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BullishBLSHCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

United States · USD·Information Technology›Packaged Software

Operates an institutional-grade digital-asset exchange for spot and derivatives trading of cryptocurrencies.

Momentum laggard 12
Mkt cap
$3.20B
US dollars, full cap
Free float
26%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$35.1M
20-day average traded
Fwd P/E
33.6×
forward earnings
ROIC−WACC
-7.6 pp
WACC 9.4%
Hurdle
+18 pp
Req g minus delivered
Next earnings
12 days
18 Nov 2026
Close · USD$21.31
1D+2.9%
1W-10.8%
1M-32.2%
3M-13.2%
6M-51.2%
YTD-43.7%
1Y-55.9%
ATR %9.5%
Beta2.81
52w lowhigh56.5% off high

What Bullish does

Operates an institutional-grade digital-asset exchange for spot and derivatives trading of cryptocurrencies.

Charges trading fees on volume matched on its exchange, using a hybrid design with a matching engine and an automated pricing pool. CoinDesk, the crypto news and data business it bought in 2023, adds subscription and event income. It listed in the US in 2025, backed by crypto investor Block.one.

Products and services

  • Spot crypto exchange
  • Crypto derivatives
  • Market data/media (CoinDesk)

Customers

  • Institutional traders
  • Market makers
  • Crypto-native funds

Where it sits in the supply chain

  • Digital assets
  • Crypto exchanges
  • Institutional trading venue

What could go right

  • Institutional crypto adoption
  • Growth in derivatives/spot trading volumes

What could go wrong

  • Crypto price volatility hitting trading volumes
  • Regulatory uncertainty across jurisdictions

Moat: narrow (installed base, brand, regulatory licence). Deep liquidity and regulated venues in several jurisdictions attract institutional flow.

Headquarters: George Town, Cayman Islands · Founded: 2021 · Employees: 414

Named competitors

Bullish at a glance

Size Bullish (BLSH) is a United States Information Technology company (Packaged Software) with a market value of $3.20B, the 1499th largest of 3,117 United States companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at $21.31 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares fell 51.2%, against +0.7% for the median peer and -1.1% for the United States market (cap-weighted) — lowest of 20 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue grew 34.3% over the last twelve months (peer median +13.8%); the operating margin is 18.1% (peer median 7.8%).

Valuation It trades at 33.6× forward earnings against a peer median of 22.4× (8th most expensive of 18).

Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 32% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +14%, so the hurdle is +18 pp: the price needs faster growth than the company has been delivering — of companies that just grew 25–50% a year, 93.8% slowed down over the next four years.

Capital Return on invested capital runs 7.6 points below its cost of capital (9.4% WACC).

Short interest Short interest is 4.6% of the free float (15 Oct 2026).

Next results Next results expected around 18 Nov 2026 (exchange calendar; dates can move).

Relative performance

507510012511 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026Peer median 102BLSH 48
Six months, rebased to 100: Bullish against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

Bullish financials

Reported figures in USD; fiscal year ends 2025-12-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
Revenue$354M$286M$213M$148M$191M
Revenue growth—+34%+44%-23%—
Gross profit$282M$230M$197M$122M$153M
EBITDA$72.2M$50.6M$33.3M$21.2M$24.5M
Net income-$1.38B-$765M$78.5M$1.30B-$4.25B
Free cash flow$64.2M-$22.0M-$51.5M-$131M$188M
Capital expenditure$12.1M$52.0M$15.7M$966,000$1.29M
Total debt$518M$581M$600M$488Mn/a

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

Bullish 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

-50%0%+50%+100%-20%0%+20%ALRMSINCHWIXFRSHHEXT600100002624CLBTVIAINTA300085002065AGYS688615AVPT6651SPSCBLSH6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. Bullish is the large dot.

Fundamentals: revenue growth against valuation

0%+20%0×200×400×ALRMSINCHWIXFRSH002624CLBTVIALFTO002065002153688615TDCAVPTSPSCBLSHRevenue growth (TTM) →Forward P/E →
Further right = faster growth; higher = more expensive. The dashed lines are the peer medians. Bullish is the large dot.

Capital: growth delivered against growth the price implies

0%+20%0%20%ALRMSINCHWIXFRSHHEXT600100002624CLBTLFTOINTA002065AGYS688615TDCAVPTSPSCBLSHGrowth 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. Bullish is the large dot.

Bullish competitors and peer comparison

Head to head with its named competitors (BLSH vs COIN vs CME vs HOOD)
CompanyMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginForward P/EReq g
Bullish BLSH$3.20B-51%+34%18%33.6×32.3%
Coinbase COIN$35.7B-33%-48%-33%99.3×n/a
CME CME$109B+9%+9%66%23.6×n/a
Robinhood Markets HOOD$72.9B+5%+22%44%29.7×n/a

How Bullish 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.

Bullish against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
MeasureBLSHPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return-32.2%+4.2%lowest of 21
6-month return-51.2%+0.7%lowest of 20
Distance from 52-week high-56.5%-37.7%3rd lowest of 21
Revenue growth (TTM)+34.3%+13.8%3rd highest of 21
Operating margin18.1%7.8%3rd highest of 21
Forward P/E33.6×22.4×8th most expensive of 18
Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs)32.3%13.9%most demanding of 17
Growth delivered (Del g)+14.4%+18.8%6th lowest of 17
Hurdle (Req g minus delivered)+18.0 pp-2.3 pp3rd most demanding of 17
ROIC minus cost of capital-7.6 pp+2.7 pp6th lowest of 19
EV / EBITDA47.6×15.9×3rd most expensive of 11
Net debt / EBITDA2.6×-1.4×2nd most indebted of 12

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
Bullish BLSHUnited States$3.20B-51%+34%18%33.6×32.3%+14.4%
Alarm.com ALRMUnited States$3.19B+37%+9%13%22.4×10.9%+10.3%
Sinch SINCH.STSweden$3.19B+13%-6%4%13.3×23.8%+27.5%
Wix.com WIXUnited States$3.18B-5%+14%-3%12.6×-4.4%+15.2%
Freshworks FRSHUnited States$3.18B+37%+15%8%14.5×12.9%+27.4%
Hexaware Technologies HEXT.NSIndia$3.26B+9%+13%12%21.7×15.4%+16.5%
Tsinghua Tongfang 600100.SSChina$3.15B-22%-11%-2%n/a30.2%-10.3%
Perfect World 002624.SZChina$3.26B-26%-8%8%21.1×19.0%-8.2%
Cellebrite DI CLBTUnited States$3.13B-2%+18%11%38.0×22.8%+19.5%
Via Transportation VIAUnited States$3.07B+118%+29%-17%259.2×n/an/a
Liftoff Mobile LFTOUnited States$3.07Bn/a+35%36%18.6×-7.3%+35.5%
Intapp INTAUnited States$3.35B+76%+14%-4%25.7×4.3%+21.9%
Shenzhen Infogem Technologies 300085.SZChina$3.06B-23%+2%-11%n/an/an/a
DHC Software 002065.SZChina$3.04B-23%-4%3%39.5×14.8%+7.1%
Beijing Shiji Information Technology 002153.SZChina$3.02B-27%-4%-3%492.7×n/an/a
Agilysys AGYSUnited States$3.42B+69%+15%13%41.6×22.9%+18.4%
Intsig Information 688615.SSChina$2.96B-26%+24%22%34.9×12.6%+22.1%
Teradata TDCUnited States$2.96B+1%+1%8%11.6×-5.4%-2.0%
AvePoint AVPTUnited States$3.50B+45%+25%10%37.6×31.6%+22.6%
Beijing 51WORLD Digital Twin Technology 6651.HKHong Kong$2.91B-1%+39%-38%n/an/an/a
SPS Commerce SPSCUnited States$2.90B+45%+7%17%15.3×7.3%+19.2%

Questions

Who are Bullish's main competitors?
Named competitors: Coinbase (COIN), Kraken (private or unlisted), Binance (private or unlisted), CME Group (CME), Robinhood (HOOD). The cockpit's measured peer set (industry) also includes Alarm.com (ALRM), Sinch (SINCH.ST), Wix.com (WIX), Freshworks (FRSH), Hexaware Technologies (HEXT.NS), Tsinghua Tongfang (600100.SS).
Is Bullish expensive compared with its peers?
On forward p/e it trades at 33.6× against a peer median of 22.4×, 8th most expensive of 18 in its peer set. For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 32% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +14%, so the hurdle is +18 pp: the price needs faster growth than the company has been delivering — of companies that just grew 25–50% a year, 93.8% slowed down over the next four years.
How has Bullish stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned -51.2% against +0.7% for the median peer; over one year -55.9%.

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.