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Acast AB is a digital media and technology company specializing in podcasting solutions for creators, advertisers, and listeners. Headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden, it operates a curated and fully integrated podcast marketplace that connects audio content with advertisers across multiple regions, including Europe, North America, and other international markets. The company provides podcast hosting and distribution tools, analytics, and audience growth services, enabling podcasters to manage and expand their shows across major listening platforms. Acast AB’s monetization offerings center on a creative and data-informed advertising marketplace, where brands can purchase targeted audio inventory through formats such as host-read ads, dynamically inserted spots, and sponsorships. It also supports membership and subscription features that help podcasters generate direct revenue from paying fans. By combining technology, ad operations, and creator support, Acast AB plays a significant role in the broader audio and entertainment sector, facilitating scalable, brand-safe advertising while helping content creators commercialize and professionalize their podcast businesses.
kr 39.00
kr 1.70 (-4.18%)
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The business is unprofitable at the operating level (-0.72% margin). The thesis depends entirely on whether and when it reaches sustainable profitability.
Revenue up 29.5% YoY with margins expanding 2.2pp.
Negative free cash flow of -kr 4M. The business is consuming cash, not generating it.
Based on TTM earnings · Diluted shares
Profitability & Returns
Revenue (TTM)
kr 2.63B
▲ +29.5% YoY
Net Income (TTM)
-kr 3M
▼ -243.7% YoY
Op. Margin
-0.09%
▲ +2.2pp YoY
ROIC
-1.05%
▲ +3.4pp YoY
Cash Flow & Balance Sheet
FCF (TTM)
kr 2M
▲ +85.9% YoY
Op. Cash Flow (TTM)
kr 44M
▲ +140.2% YoY
Net Debt
-kr 454M
Net Cash Position
Cash & Equiv.
kr 589M
3Y CAGR: +21.9%
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Acast AB (ACAST.XSTO) trades above a two-stage DCF intrinsic value of about SEK 2.60 per share, so at SEK 39.00 the stock looks overvalued (93.3% above estimated intrinsic value). A high multiple is not the same as overvalued: fast-growing, high-quality businesses can deserve a premium. See the general approach in how to tell if a stock is overvalued.
On quality, Acast AB scores 55/100 on Intrinsiqq's quality scorecard (a mixed business on these measures), weighing growth, margins, returns on capital, share count, and balance-sheet strength. All figures are computed from SEC filings; read the full methodology. This is analysis, not investment advice.
Intrinsiqq's two-stage DCF estimates an intrinsic value of about SEK 2.60 per share for ACAST.XSTO, projecting its recent free cash flow forward with a growth rate that fades toward a long-run rate and discounting it back to today. Applying a 25% margin of safety gives a more conservative fair-value entry around SEK 1.95. At today's SEK 39.00, that puts the stock about 93.3% above estimated intrinsic value. The result is sensitive to the growth and discount-rate inputs, so it is best to run conservative, base and optimistic cases. You can adjust all of them yourself with the sliders on the DCF tab.
Acast AB scores 55 out of 100 on Intrinsiqq's quality score, passing 3 of 6 checks, which makes it a mixed business on these measures. Recent fundamentals include a -0.1% operating margin and a -1.0% return on invested capital. The score weighs revenue and free-cash-flow growth, operating margins, return on invested capital, share-count change, and balance-sheet strength, all computed from SEC filings, not opinion. Because valuation only means something relative to quality, the full check-by-check breakdown is on the quality scorecard.
That depends on valuation and quality together, not either alone. ACAST.XSTO currently trades above its estimated intrinsic value and scores 55/100 on quality (mixed). A cheap price is only a bargain if the business is durable, and a premium can be justified by genuine quality, so the two questions, "is it cheap?" and "is it good?", only make sense side by side. Read the valuation against the quality scorecard, run the DCF on your own assumptions, and decide for yourself. This is analysis from SEC filings, not investment advice.