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PLAYSTUDIOS, Inc.

$MYPS·$90M·Electronic Gaming & Multimedia·Technology
$0.52+0.8%YTD+7.7%1Y-43.8%
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MYMYPS
$MYPSPLAYSTUDIOS, Inc.
$0.52+0.83%9 posts0%
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AI verdict & sentimentAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data

Today's AI verdict on what's driving $MYPS, plus how loud the X conversation is and which way it's leaning.

AI analysis

TickerTalks’ read on the fundamentals and what’s driving the move.

Broken storySelling offAI verdict · as of 2026-08-18

Falling on heavy selling — points lower unless it turns around.

Sub-$1 casual-gaming SPAC vintage - four consecutive wide misses, negative operating margin, and no meaningful catalyst on the horizon.

PLAYSTUDIOS is a Las Vegas-based mobile casino-gaming operator ($90M market cap, $0.52 stock price) that has drifted from its 2021 SPAC vintage into a chronic-miss pattern. Q2 (reported Aug 11) printed -$0.10 vs -$0.037 - a 168% miss - continuing the sequence: -250%, -125%, -60%, -168% across the last four quarters. Consensus keeps modeling smaller losses than actuals deliver. Fundamentals show a strange split: 72.5% gross margin (typical for mobile-games IAP economics) but -12.6% operating margin and -15.6% ROE, meaning marketing/user-acquisition is eating the contribution profit. The single bright spot is a 36.3% FCF yield - CFO is materially positive even with GAAP losses, largely because stock-based comp is a big non-cash driver. D/E is trivial (0.03), so there's no leverage overhang. The July 10 annual-meeting 8-K re-elected all four directors on healthy vote counts, so there's no proxy-contest overhang either. Single-analyst coverage: FY26 EPS -$0.21, FY27 -$0.15 - no path to breakeven modeled. Zero news items outside the results release.

What you're actually weighing:

  • Casual-gaming operator with consistently negative operating leverage and no visible catalyst.
  • A high FCF yield reflects SBC, not organic earnings power.
  • Sub-$1 stock adds Nasdaq compliance risk on the runway.

The read: a stuck mobile-games operator. The FCF gives it time; the operating trend gives no reason to buy that time.

What to watch: Q3 print Nov 9 (consensus -$0.03), any user-acquisition spend commentary that would explain the miss pattern, and any Nasdaq minimum-bid notice.

On the calendar: 2026-11-09 Q3 earnings

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What it does

Plain-English summary of the business — what they sell and how they make money.

Free-to-play casual mobile game studio whose playAWARDS loyalty program lets players earn real-world prizes at hotels, restaurants, and entertainment venues.

Industry overviewAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data

Where Electronic Gaming & Multimedia sits in its cycle right now — and what that implies for $MYPS.

Electronic Gaming & Multimedia · Technology

No material change from last week — Roblox's user safety restrictions are suppressing engagement and bookings while TTWO's weak GTA VI monetization timeline guidance depresses sector sentiment.

What this means for $MYPS

Neutral — Free-to-play casual mobile game studio whose playAWARDS loyalty program lets players earn real-world prizes at hotels, restaurants, and entertainment venues; limited read-through from electronic gaming & multimedia macro dynamics to this specific revenue mix.

Top industry ETF

$HEROGlobal X Video Games & Esports ETF
-9.1%YTD
-17.5%1Y

Fundamentals & catalyst

Profitability, valuation, and the next earnings event — at a glance, with rule-of-thumb signals.

Key ratios

P/E
-2.2How much investors are paying per dollar of profit the company actually earned in the last 12 months. Lower means the stock looks cheaper relative to earnings.~15–25 is typical for the S&P 500; high-growth names trade 30+; hyper-growth or speculative can be 100+ or negative.
ROIC
-12.0%What percentage return the business earns on every dollar of capital (equity + debt) deployed in operations. The cleanest measure of business quality.Above ~15% is high-quality; consistently above 25% suggests a real moat. Below the company's cost of capital is value-destroying.
Op margin
-12.6%Operating profit (after sales, marketing, R&D, and overhead but before interest and taxes) as a percentage of revenue. The clearest view of how well the underlying business is run.Mature business above 20% is healthy; software businesses can run 30%+; commodity / retail businesses operate in single digits.
FCF yield
36.3%Free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capex) divided by the company's market cap. The cash-on-cash return you'd get owning the whole business at today's price.Above ~5% is attractive; below ~2% means you're paying up for growth. Capital-light businesses (software) run higher than capital-heavy ones (utilities).
P/S
0.3Same idea as P/E but per dollar of revenue. Useful for companies that aren't profitable yet, where P/E is meaningless.Under ~2 is cheap; software / SaaS often runs 8–15; well above 20 implies the market is pricing in very high future growth.
ROE
-15.6%Net income as a percentage of shareholders' equity. Similar to ROIC but counts only the equity side.Above 20% is strong, but can be inflated by leverage — a heavily indebted company can show high ROE with weak underlying ROIC.
Gross margin
72.5%Revenue minus the direct cost of producing what was sold, as a percentage of revenue. The first read on whether the product is structurally profitable.Software / SaaS is typically 70%+; consumer goods 30–50%; commodity / hardware businesses can be under 20%.
D/E
0.0Total debt divided by shareholders' equity. Measures how much the business runs on borrowed money versus owner capital.Under 1 is conservative; 1–2 is typical for mature businesses; over 2 is leveraged and more sensitive to interest rates.

Past earnings

QuarterReportedActualEstimateSurprise
Q2 2026Aug 10, 2026$-0.10$-0.04-168.2%
Q1 2026May 11, 2026$-0.08$-0.05-60.0%
Q4 2025Mar 16, 2026$-0.09$-0.04-125.0%
Q3 2025Nov 3, 2025$-0.07$-0.02-250.0%
Next earningsMon, Nov 9·consensus EPS $-0.03

Quarterly trend

QuarterRevenueYoYGrossOpEPSFCF
Q1 FY26$58.4M-6.9%62.5%-14.8%$-0.08$3.7M
Q4 FY25$55.4M-18.3%75.6%-16.2%$-0.11$3.6M
Q3 FY25$57.6M-19.1%76.4%-13.6%$-0.07$12.8M
Q2 FY25$59.3M-18.3%75.5%-5.9%$-0.02$9.2M

Forward consensus

3-year forecast · up to 1 analysts
FYRevenueRangeEPSRangeAnalysts
FY26$224.0M$223.7M – $224.3M-$0.21-$0.21 – -$0.211
FY27$216.0M$215.7M – $216.3M-$0.15-$0.15 – -$0.151
FY28$217.7M$217.4M – $218.0M-$0.14-$0.14 – -$0.141

Setup & momentum

Volume, range, and moving-average position — the technical setup driving short-term moves.

Right now

Vol vs 30dToday's traded share volume divided by the average over the prior 30 trading days. ≥3× signals unusual interest; below 1× is quiet.0.8×Today's traded share volume divided by the average over the prior 30 trading days. ≥3× signals unusual interest; below 1× is quiet.
52w rangeWhere the latest close sits between the 52-week low (0%) and high (100%). Above 80% is extended; below 30% is basing or in a downtrend.17%Where the latest close sits between the 52-week low (0%) and high (100%). Above 80% is extended; below 30% is basing or in a downtrend.
vs 50d MALatest close vs the 50-day simple moving average. Positive = short-term trend is up.-17.1%Latest close vs the 50-day simple moving average. Positive = short-term trend is up.
vs 200d MALatest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.-10.9%Latest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.

Float & profile

β0.995-year weekly beta vs the S&P 500. Above 1.5 means the stock typically moves more than the index; below 0.8 moves less.

Insider activity

Recent open-market buys and sells by officers and directors — flagged when multiple insiders cluster.

Recent transactions

SellApr 8Peterson Scott EdwardCFO24.0K sh$11KSellApr 7Peterson Scott EdwardCFO24.0K sh$11K
+ 18 other (8 awards · 4 returns · 2 others · 2 inkinds · 2 exempts) in window

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SEC filings

Material 8-K, 13D, S-3, and 424B5 events from the last 180 days — the filings that actually move the price.

Recent material filings

8-KShareholder voteJul 108-K — Item 5.07: Shareholder vote
AI summary

Playstudios (MYPS) disclosed 2026 Annual Meeting results on July 10, 2026. All four director nominees were re-elected: Andrew Pascal (355.5 million votes for), Jason Krikorian (349.3 million), Joe Horowitz (359.1 million), and Judy Mencher (354.3 million). Shareholders also approved an authorization for a reverse stock split at a ratio of between 1-for-10 and 1-for-30 at the board's discretion. No additional items required shareholder approval.

8-KListing / delisting noticeMay 58-K — Item 3.01: Listing / delisting notice
AI summary

PLAYSTUDIOS filed an Item 3.01 notice updating its Nasdaq minimum bid price deficiency (originally received November 2025, when the stock closed below $1.00 for 30+ consecutive days under Nasdaq Listing Rule 5450(a)(1)). This is an update on the ongoing compliance status; full resolution details not visible in excerpt. Ongoing Nasdaq minimum bid price deficiency; continued risk of delisting if not remediated.

8-KOfficer or director changeMar 188-K — Item 5.02: Officer or director change
8-KRestructuring / exit costsMar 168-K — Item 2.02: Earnings release · Item 2.05: Restructuring / exit costs
+ 13 other (2 earnings 8-Ks · 2 10-Qs · 2 10-Ks · 1 NT 10-Q) in window

Recent news

Latest headlines from major outlets, sourced and timestamped — context for whatever just moved.

PLAYSTUDIOS, Inc. Announces Second Quarter Resultsgurufocus.com·7d agoPLAYSTUDIOS, Inc. Announces Second Quarter Resultsbusinesswire.com·7d ago

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