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Reddit, Inc.

Strong FundamentalsStrong FundamentalsRevenue growing 69% YoY at strong marginsStreet coverage with positive forward estimatesConsistent chatter on X (1.6K/wk), no spike
$RDDT·$31B·Internet Content & Information·Communication Services
$147.74-3.4%YTD-31.1%1Y-32.9%
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2026-08-21: 137 posts2026-08-22: 38 posts1,559+2%
Price updated 3h ago·X counts updated 9d ago
RDRDDT
$RDDTReddit, Inc.
$147.74-3.44%1.6k posts+2%
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AI verdict & sentimentAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data

Top X posts

Today's AI verdict on what's driving $RDDT, 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.

Proven numbersWinding up for a moveAI verdict · as of 2026-08-30

Trading in a tight range and building pressure — a move looks likely soon, but the direction isn't clear yet.

The tape says broken; the alt data says accelerating — the print will decide it.

Reddit is the largest active-discussion social network in the US and the second-most-cited source inside AI chat products. The stock is down 31% YTD and 32% over twelve months despite quarterly revenue growth that keeps re-accelerating, which is exactly the shape of a coiled setup — the price hasn't caught up to the business yet.

  • The revenue arc is a straight line: quarterly revenue stepped from $500M to $585M to $726M to $663M across the last four quarters at a 91% gross margin, and alt-data cited by widely-followed accounts pins Q3 growth at +59% YoY versus a +49% consensus — a real base-rate acceleration rather than a chart move.
  • The AI-search side is a live tension, not a done risk: ChatGPT citations to Reddit compressed earlier this year (a real drag on referral traffic) but Reddit's core value to LLMs and to communities Google has failed to replicate over 25 years still holds — analysts model $3.23B of full-year revenue and $4.96 EPS on the surviving base.
  • The signal from inside the tent is mixed: a director selling ~$820K of stock reads as small-portfolio housekeeping given the total short-interest tape, and the recent officer/director change (an Aug 12 8-K) is worth watching but not by itself a red flag, especially with revenue accelerating into it.

An Oct 29 print that carries the alt-data-implied growth curve breaks the descending pattern hard toward the crowd's $200 target; a big-platform commentary that pulls ad dollars back to Meta or TikTok, or a fresh ChatGPT-referral decline data point, is what invalidates the coil.

Agrees with X sentimentX's bullish framing matches the setup — the alt-data acceleration and the durable-community-moat argument are real, and even the 'left behind on the way back up' minority is a technical complaint, not a fundamental one.

What to watch: The Oct 29 Q3 print — international ARPU, ad-revenue growth, and any commentary on ChatGPT/AI-search citation trends. A big-platform ad pullback or a further ChatGPT referral decline is what invalidates the coil.

On the calendar: 2026-10-29 — Q3 earnings

X sentiment

What the X crowd is saying right now — descriptive, summarised from the day’s posts.

Bullish sentiment97 posts analyzed · as of 2026-08-30

Long-term holders sound emboldened even as the tape wobbles, treating Reddit as "most beaten-up quality software" with sentiment near its worst. Bulls point to the recent S&P 500 inclusion, 61% revenue growth, BofA's call for highest US and international ARPU growth among peers, and a $350M Anthropic licensing settlement. Bears counter with a bearish head-and-shoulders chart, Wells Fargo's Q3 DAU cut and worries that AI summaries eat search traffic; Cramer says "such a buy."

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What it does

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

Social platform organized into interest-based communities, monetized through advertising and premium subscriptions.

Industry overviewAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data

Where Internet Content & Information sits in its cycle right now — and what that implies for $RDDT.

Internet Content & Information · Communication Services

Digital advertising spend is recovering as macro visibility improves; AI-driven ad targeting improvements are lifting CPMs at the major platforms. Regulatory pressure (antitrust, data privacy) is the persistent overhang on the largest names.

What this means for $RDDT

Partial — software subscription economics provide some insulation from macro cycles; AI integration is the growth catalyst for this segment; Reddit, Inc.

Top industry ETF

$FDNFirst Trust Dow Jones Internet Index Fund
+6.4%YTD
+6.8%1Y

Fundamentals & catalyst

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

Key ratios

P/E
46.9How 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
19.2%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
25.1%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
2.6%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
13.5Same 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
25.5%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
91.4%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 2026Jul 30, 2026$1.25$0.95+31.7%
Q1 2026Apr 30, 2026$1.01$0.57+77.5%
Q4 2025Feb 5, 2026$1.24$0.94+32.3%
Q3 2025Oct 30, 2025$0.80$1.04-23.1%
Next earningsThu, Oct 29·consensus EPS $1.33

Quarterly trend

QuarterRevenueYoYGrossOpEPSFCF
Q1 FY26$663.4M+69.1%91.5%27.6%$1.07$311.2M
Q4 FY25$725.6M+69.7%91.9%31.9%$1.32$263.6M
Q3 FY25$584.9M+67.9%91.0%23.7%$0.87$183.1M
Q2 FY25$499.6M+77.7%90.8%13.6%$0.48$110.8M

Forward consensus

5-year forecast · up to 25 analysts
FYRevenueRangeEPSRangeAnalysts
FY26$3.2B$3.1B – $3.4B$4.96$4.30 – $5.6925
FY27$4.3B$4.0B – $4.6B$6.57$4.19 – $8.0725
FY28$5.4B$4.6B – $5.9B$8.47$6.06 – $10.6820
FY29$5.9B$5.5B – $6.5B$10.10$9.10 – $11.2511
FY30$7.2B$6.6B – $7.8B$14.18$12.77 – $15.7911

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.0.4×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.21%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.-10.7%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.-12.9%Latest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.

Float & profile

FloatMid float · 170.1M shFree-float shares — the slice of issued stock actually available to trade. Lower buckets squeeze harder on a catalyst.Traded today1.6% of floatToday's volume as a percent of the free float. Above 5% on a single day is unusually high turnover for the available share count.β2.035-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

SellAug 25Robert A. SauerbergDirector5.1K sh$820KSellAug 14Huffman Steve LaddCEO18.0K sh$3.2MSellAug 14Jennifer L. WongCOO75.0K sh$13.4MSellAug 4Huffman Steve LaddCEO18.0K sh$2.9MSellJul 15Jennifer L. WongCOO9.6K sh$1.9MSellJul 15Huffman Steve LaddCEO18.0K sh$3.6MSellJul 1Reynolds Michelle MarieChief Accounting Officer808 sh$162KSellJun 30Huffman Steve LaddCEO1.1K sh$188KSellJun 16Jennifer L. WongCOO38.5K sh$6.8MSellJun 15Huffman Steve LaddCEO18.0K sh$3.2M
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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-KOfficer or director changeAug 128-K — Item 5.02: Officer or director change
AI summary

Reddit (RDDT) filed an 8-K on August 13, 2026 (event date August 12) under Item 5.02, reporting a change in its officers or directors. The excerpt is the cover page; the specific officer identity and transition details are in the body. Reddit completed its IPO in March 2024 and has been building out its public-company leadership team. Officer changes are material disclosures required within four business days of the triggering event.

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

Reddit, Inc. held its 2026 Annual Meeting on June 8, 2026, voting on three proposals with Class A holders receiving one vote per share and Class B holders ten votes per share, voting as a single class. All eight director nominees (including CEO Steve Huffman) were elected for terms until the 2027 annual meeting; detailed vote tallies are in the full filing. Auditor ratification and named executive officer compensation advisory vote were also on the ballot. Routine annual governance event — the dual-class voting structure means controlling insiders effectively determine all outcomes.

SC 13D/AActivist amendmentMay 6SC 13D/A
AI summary

Steve Ladd Huffman filed an amended Schedule 13D on RDDT disclosing beneficial ownership (48,143,643.00 shares) as of 2026-05-06. The filer's stated intent is passive investment with no plan to influence control of the company.

+ 11 other (4 13Gs · 2 10-Qs · 2 earnings 8-Ks · 2 proxys) in window

Recent news

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

Jim Cramer Just Called a Stock Down Nearly 30% This Year ‘Ridiculously Cheap'247wallst.com·4d agoA Reddit Director Sells Over 5,000 Shares Worth $820,070 Amid a Stock Price Declinefool.com·4d agoGOOGL Rides on Strong Advertising Revenues: Can It Beat RDDT and META?zacks.com·4d agoReddit Gains From Strong User Growth: Can It Outpace PINS & SNAP?zacks.com·5d agoWhat Reddit's ChatGPT citations collapse means for marketersbusinessinsider.com·6d ago

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