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Affle 3iAFFLE.NSCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

India · INR·IT›Packaged Software

Mobile ad-tech platform helping brands acquire and engage app users, paid mainly on cost-per-converted-user basis.

≈ A smaller, mobile-first AppLovinMomentum strong 67
Mkt cap
$2.36B
US dollars, full cap
Free float
24%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$6.67M
20-day average traded
Fwd P/E
40.0×
forward earnings
ROIC−WACC
+4.1 pp
WACC 12.7%
Hurdle
-6 pp
Req g minus delivered
Next earnings
87 days
1 Feb 2027
Close · INR₹1,580
1D-1.7%
1W+17.8%
1M+10.0%
3M-6.4%
6M+6.1%
YTD-12.2%
1Y-18.3%
ATR %4.0%
Beta0.60
52w lowhigh19.4% off high

What Affle 3i does

Mobile ad-tech platform helping brands acquire and engage app users, paid mainly on cost-per-converted-user basis.

Brands pay only when an app user actually installs or transacts, not for impressions, so revenue follows the number of converted users it delivers and the price per conversion. Most income comes from this consumer platform. Acquisitions, including Appnext and Jampp, added overseas ad-tech businesses.

In one line: A smaller, mobile-first AppLovin.

Products and services

  • User acquisition (CPCU) platform
  • Anti-fraud/ad verification
  • Programmatic advertising (Appnext)

Customers

  • Consumer brands
  • App developers/publishers

Where it sits in the supply chain

  • Ad inventory/publishers
  • Mobile ad-tech platform
  • Advertiser campaign delivery

What could go right

  • Mobile ad spend growth in emerging markets
  • Expansion into new geographies

What could go wrong

  • Platform policy changes (Apple/Google)
  • Ad-fraud/regulatory scrutiny

Moat: narrow (data, IP / patents). Proprietary conversion-based bidding and fraud-detection technology differentiate it from generic ad networks.

Headquarters: Gurugram, India · Founded: 2005 · Employees: 626

Named competitors

Affle 3i at a glance

Size Affle 3i (AFFLE.NS) is an India Information Technology company (Packaged Software) with a market value of $2.36B, the 341st largest of 1,058 India companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at ₹1,580 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares gained 6.1%, against +23.2% for the median peer and 0.0% for the India market (cap-weighted) — 8th lowest of 21 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue grew 20.3% over the last twelve months (peer median +12.2%); the operating margin is 17.9% (peer median 4.2%).

Valuation It trades at 40.0× forward earnings against a peer median of 16.2× (5th most expensive of 17).

Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 33% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +39%, so the hurdle is -6 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.

Capital Return on invested capital runs 4.1 points above its cost of capital (12.7% WACC).

Next results Next results expected around 1 Feb 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).

Relative performance

10012011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026Peer median 126AFFLE.NS 105
Six months, rebased to 100: Affle 3i against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

Affle 3i financials

Reported figures in INR; fiscal year ends 2026-03-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
Revenue₹29.7B₹27.1B₹22.7B₹18.4B₹14.3B
Revenue growth—+20%+23%+29%—
Gross profit₹7.04B₹6.54B₹5.59B₹4.11B₹3.13B
EBITDA₹6.73B₹6.15B₹4.86B₹3.61B₹2.90B
Net income₹4.97B₹4.55B₹3.82B₹2.97B₹2.45B
Free cash flown/a₹3.33B₹3.07B₹1.74B₹1.80B
Capital expendituren/a₹2.11B₹1.60B₹1.16B₹922M
Total debt₹52.6M₹148M₹821M₹1.83B₹1.06B

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

Affle 3i competitor charts

The default views of Competitor Analysis ▸ Charts, drawn from the same data. Open them in the cockpit to change the axes, pin companies and read every value.

Performance: 6-month against 1-month return

0%+50%+100%-20%0%+20%3923NCNOPLUS688507NTCTASANBLKB300738SDGR13573994002405LIFEURBANCODVPBI000158FIVNAMPLEMBRAC-BAFFLE.NS6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. Affle 3i is the large dot.

Fundamentals: revenue growth against valuation

0%+50%+100%0×1,000×2,000×3923NCNO6885073007383994LIFEPBIEMBRAC-BAFFLE.NSRevenue growth (TTM) →Forward P/E →
Further right = faster growth; higher = more expensive. The dashed lines are the peer medians. Affle 3i is the large dot.

Capital: growth delivered against growth the price implies

0%+20%+40%0%20%40%3923NCNOPLUSNTCTASANBLKB1357DVPBIFIVNAMPLEMBRAC-BAFFLE.NSGrowth delivered (Del g) →Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) →
Above the diagonal = the price needs more growth than the company has been delivering; below = the price already allows for a slowdown. Affle 3i is the large dot.

Affle 3i competitors and peer comparison

Head to head with its named competitors (AFFLE.NS vs APP vs APPS)
CompanyMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginForward P/EReq g
Affle 3i AFFLE.NS$2.36B+6%+20%18%40.0×33.0%
AppLovin APP$131B-16%+29%78%20.0×28.2%
Digital Turbine APPS$1.26B+200%+19%10%14.7×33.1%

How Affle 3i compares with its peers

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size. This is the same default set the interactive Competitor Analysis opens with.

Affle 3i against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
MeasureAFFLE.NSPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return+10.0%+2.5%8th highest of 21
6-month return+6.1%+23.2%8th lowest of 21
Distance from 52-week high-19.4%-19.4%11th highest of 21
Revenue growth (TTM)+20.3%+12.2%8th highest of 21
Operating margin17.9%4.2%6th highest of 21
Forward P/E40.0×16.2×5th most expensive of 17
Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs)33.0%9.7%2nd most demanding of 14
Growth delivered (Del g)+39.3%+22.6%highest of 13
Hurdle (Req g minus delivered)-6.3 pp-5.6 pp6th least demanding of 13
ROIC minus cost of capital+4.1 pp-3.6 pp6th highest of 18
EV / EBITDA30.3×9.9×2nd most expensive of 11
Net debt / EBITDA-2.8×-0.5×2nd least indebted of 11

Peer table

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size
CompanyMarketMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginForward P/EReq gDelivered g
Affle 3i AFFLE.NSIndia$2.36B+6%+20%18%40.0×33.0%+39.3%
RAKUS 3923.TJapan$2.38B+24%+17%31%14.1×15.8%+31.4%
nCino NCNOUnited States$2.40B+28%+9%9%15.8×23.9%+23.8%
ePlus PLUSUnited States$2.40B+2%+15%7%16.1×4.3%+9.5%
Shanghai Suochen Information Technology 688507.SSChina$2.31B+97%+32%-2%196.7×n/an/a
NetScout Systems NTCTUnited States$2.29B-19%+6%15%11.6×-0.1%+0.7%
Asana ASANUnited States$2.43B+60%+9%-15%27.4×10.7%+28.4%
Blackbaud BLKBUnited States$2.43B+44%+2%21%9.4×-1.6%+4.3%
Guangdong Aofei Data Technology 300738.SZChina$2.44B-34%+24%23%42.6×n/an/a
Schrodinger SDGRUnited States$2.23B+125%+9%-59%n/an/an/a
Meitu 1357.HKHong Kong$2.50B-9%+24%24%12.8×7.5%+25.5%
Money Forward 3994.TJapan$2.52B+51%+35%2%2,235.1×n/an/a
SeeWay.ai 002405.SZChina$2.18B-32%+22%-29%n/an/an/a
Ethos Technologies LIFEUnited States$2.18B+13%+112%-16%33.9×24.1%n/a
Urban URBANCO.NSIndia$2.58B+8%+36%-26%n/an/an/a
DoubleVerify DVUnited States$2.12B+23%+7%14%21.3×9.7%+25.1%
Pitney Bowes PBIUnited States$2.11B-1%-4%25%9.6×-5.4%-11.8%
Shijiazhuang Changshan Beiming Technology 000158.SZChina$2.64B-35%-14%2%n/an/an/a
Five9 FIVNUnited States$2.10B+27%+9%6%8.1×17.9%+21.4%
Amplitude AMPLUnited States$2.09B+161%+18%-27%109.2×36.9%+27.4%
Embracer EMBRAC-B.STSweden$2.08B+37%-31%-43%16.4×-9.8%+12.0%

Questions

Who are Affle 3i's main competitors?
Named competitors: AppLovin (APP), InMobi (private or unlisted), Digital Turbine (APPS), Vertoz (private or unlisted). The cockpit's measured peer set (industry) also includes RAKUS (3923.T), nCino (NCNO), ePlus (PLUS), Shanghai Suochen Information Technology (688507.SS), NetScout Systems (NTCT), Asana (ASAN).
Is Affle 3i expensive compared with its peers?
On forward p/e it trades at 40.0× against a peer median of 16.2×, 5th most expensive of 17 in its peer set. For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 33% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +39%, so the hurdle is -6 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.
How has Affle 3i stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned +6.1% against +23.2% for the median peer; over one year -18.3%.

How these numbers are made. Returns are close-to-close in local currency. Revenue growth and margins are trailing twelve months. Req g is the revenue growth that today's enterprise value requires for seven years at the company's own cost of capital; Delivered g is what it actually grew; the gap is the hurdle (honest precision about ±8 points, so read the ranking more than the decimal). No fair values, price targets or analyst ratings are shown, by design. Method and validation.