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Magnite, Inc.MGNICompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

United States · USD·Information Technology›Packaged Software

Runs an independent ad-tech platform that helps publishers and streaming services sell advertising inventory programmatically.

Momentum leader 96
Mkt cap
$3.93B
US dollars, full cap
Free float
98%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$59.4M
20-day average traded
Fwd P/E
20.9×
forward earnings
ROIC−WACC
-6.9 pp
WACC 15.9%
Hurdle
+6 pp
Req g minus delivered
Next earnings
110 days
24 Feb 2027
Close · USD$27.39
1D-0.5%
1W+27.4%
1M+7.6%
3M+13.1%
6M+93.8%
YTD+68.8%
1Y+60.2%
ATR %5.1%
Beta0.42
52w lowhigh2.8% off high

What Magnite does

Runs an independent ad-tech platform that helps publishers and streaming services sell advertising inventory programmatically.

Takes a fee on the advertising spend that passes through its exchange: publishers and streaming services place ad slots with it and buyers bid for them, so revenue tracks ad volume and prices, not anything it owns. Its CTV (ads on internet-delivered television) focus came from the 2020 Telaria merger and the 2021 SpotX purchase.

Products and services

  • Video/CTV ad exchange
  • Display/audio ad exchange
  • Header bidding technology

Customers

  • Publishers/streaming/CTV platforms
  • Advertisers/agencies

Where it sits in the supply chain

  • Information technology
  • Ad tech
  • Sell-side advertising platform (SSP)

What could go right

  • Growing connected TV (CTV) ad spend
  • Independent SSP share gains vs walled gardens

What could go wrong

  • Ad spending cyclicality
  • Competition from Google/large walled-garden ad platforms

Moat: narrow (network effects, scale, data). Largest independent sell-side platform scale in connected TV, but ad-tech is fragmented and competitive.

Headquarters: Los Angeles, California, United States · Founded: 2007 · Employees: 971

Named competitors

Magnite at a glance

Size Magnite (MGNI) is a United States Information Technology company (Packaged Software) with a market value of $3.93B, the 1357th largest of 3,117 United States companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at $27.39 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares gained 93.8%, against +1.8% for the median peer and -1.1% for the United States market (cap-weighted) — 2nd highest of 20 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue grew 8.3% over the last twelve months (peer median +24.0%); the operating margin is 15.7% (peer median 5.7%).

Valuation It trades at 20.9× forward earnings against a peer median of 27.8× (8th cheapest of 17).

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 +26%, so the hurdle is +6 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 6.9 points below its cost of capital (15.9% WACC).

Short interest Short interest is 7.3% of the free float (15 Oct 2026).

Next results Next results expected around 24 Feb 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).

Relative performance

10015020011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026MGNI 205Peer median 99
Six months, rebased to 100: Magnite against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

Magnite financials

Reported figures in USD; fiscal year ends 2025-12-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
Revenue$742M$714M$668M$620M$577M
Revenue growth—+7%+8%+7%—
Gross profit$480M$443M$398M$181M$196M
EBITDA$171M$151M$110M$93.3M$111M
Net income$167M$145M$22.8M-$159M-$130M
Free cash flow$216M$166M$202M$188M$162M
Capital expenditure$80.6M$84.3M$47.1M$37.4M$44.4M
Total debt$417M$626M$609M$607M$814M

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

Magnite 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%+150%-20%0%+20%DLOLIFKXS300496FACORZ6885686034440022613635301396MNDY0268APPNOPLN6005366460HUBMGNI6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. Magnite is the large dot.

Fundamentals: revenue growth against valuation

-20%0%+20%+40%+60%50×100×DLOLIFKXS300496FA6034443635301396MNDY0268APPNOPLN600536SRADMGNIRevenue growth (TTM) →Forward P/E →
Further right = faster growth; higher = more expensive. The dashed lines are the peer medians. Magnite is the large dot.

Capital: growth delivered against growth the price implies

0%+20%+40%+60%0%20%40%60%DLOKXSFA6034443635MNDY0268APPNOPLN600536SRADHUBMGNIGrowth 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. Magnite is the large dot.

Magnite competitors and peer comparison

Head to head with its named competitors (MGNI vs PUBM vs TTD vs GOOGL)
CompanyMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginForward P/EReq g
Magnite MGNI$3.93B+94%+8%16%20.9×31.9%
PubMatic PUBM$811M+82%-1%-5%360.6×7.8%
Trade Desk (The) TTD$6.11B-44%+12%20%121.4×-5.8%
Alphabet Inc. (Class A) GOOGL$3.47T-29%+22%33%20.5×18.5%

How Magnite 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.

Magnite against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
MeasureMGNIPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return+7.6%+3.5%9th highest of 21
6-month return+93.8%+1.8%2nd highest of 20
Distance from 52-week high-2.8%-40.8%2nd highest of 21
Revenue growth (TTM)+8.3%+24.0%3rd lowest of 21
Operating margin15.7%5.7%7th highest of 20
Forward P/E20.9×27.8×8th cheapest of 17
Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs)31.9%12.9%5th most demanding of 14
Growth delivered (Del g)+26.4%+19.0%4th highest of 14
Hurdle (Req g minus delivered)+5.5 pp-7.7 pp5th most demanding of 14
ROIC minus cost of capital-6.9 pp-3.7 pp5th lowest of 16
EV / EBITDA23.5×14.4×5th most expensive of 10
Net debt / EBITDA0.5×-0.2×4th 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
Magnite MGNIUnited States$3.93B+94%+8%16%20.9×31.9%+26.4%
DLocal DLOUnited States$3.94B+2%+57%18%14.4×2.4%+60.0%
Life360 LIFUnited States$3.86B+8%+34%1%33.9×n/an/a
Kinaxis KXS.TOCanada$4.01B+35%+16%18%30.9×12.9%+20.6%
Momenta Global 6880.HKHong Kong$4.02Bn/a+82%-32%n/an/an/a
Thunder Software Technology 300496.SZChina$3.83B-13%+40%6%40.0×n/an/a
First Advantage FAUnited States$4.04B+47%+33%11%17.4×20.8%+25.3%
Core Scientific CORZUnited States$3.78B-49%+26%-31%n/an/an/a
Geovis Technology 688568.SSChina$3.78B-45%-64%-70%n/an/an/a
G-Bits Network Technology (Xiamen) 603444.SSChina$3.77B-14%+35%40%12.5×-0.9%+17.7%
Talkweb Information System 002261.SZChina$4.11B-39%+9%1%n/an/an/a
Koei Tecmo 3635.TJapan$3.74B+15%+19%43%15.1×-5.7%+7.9%
Glory View Technology 301396.SZChina$3.72B-49%+53%n/a25.3×n/an/a
monday.com MNDYUnited States$3.72B+22%+24%3%14.2×23.6%+50.2%
Kingdee International Software 0268.HKHong Kong$4.16B+3%+17%2%65.4×45.4%+15.0%
Appian APPNUnited States$3.70B+135%+21%4%41.6×42.9%+19.0%
OPENLANE OPLNUnited States$4.22B-9%+13%17%20.7×11.1%-2.4%
China National Software & Service 600536.SSChina$4.22B-20%-16%0%131.0×49.7%-7.3%
Sportradar SRADUnited States$4.22B+4%+25%13%30.2×11.3%+25.8%
Sega Sammy 6460.TJapan$4.28B+46%+24%10%17.8×-2.3%+11.9%
HUB24 HUB.AXAustralia$4.39B-4%+23%29%42.6×35.6%+35.7%

Questions

Who are Magnite's main competitors?
Named competitors: PubMatic (PUBM), The Trade Desk (TTD), Google Ad Manager (Alphabet) (GOOGL). The cockpit's measured peer set (industry) also includes DLocal (DLO), Life360 (LIF), Kinaxis (KXS.TO), Momenta Global (6880.HK), Thunder Software Technology (300496.SZ), First Advantage (FA).
Is Magnite expensive compared with its peers?
On forward p/e it trades at 20.9× against a peer median of 27.8×, 8th cheapest of 17 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 +26%, so the hurdle is +6 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 Magnite stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned +93.8% against +1.8% for the median peer; over one year +60.2%.

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.