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Unity Software Inc.

$U·$13B·Software - Application·Technology
$30.54-2.3%YTD-30.8%1Y+5.3%
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$UUnity Software Inc.
$30.54-2.33%1.4k posts+18%
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AI verdict & sentimentAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data

Top X posts

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

Comeback attemptWinding up for a moveAI verdict · as of 2026-07-16

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

Game-engine platform now with M&A chatter and a top-tier fund taking size — turnaround with real optionality.

Unity is the video-game engine that powers a huge share of iOS/Android mobile games plus increasingly non-gaming 3D applications — automotive, architecture, film. After a rough execution stretch, potential buyers are reportedly lining up and hedge-fund Atreides just made Unity a top-2 holding.

  • Revenue grew 17% YoY to $435M last quarter — the top line has quietly stabilized, and this is the first quarter in a while where the business is growing faster than the ad-tech peer group.
  • Atreides' Gavin Baker made Unity his #2 holding — added 5.8M shares per the latest 13F, which is real institutional endorsement from a fund with a strong track record picking software turnarounds.
  • 'Potential buyers line up for Unity' news headline is not yet a definitive agreement, but the coverage acknowledges valuation has reached a level where PE and strategics start actively looking — the setup a takeout situation typically has 12-18 months before the announcement.
  • Trades at 6.6x sales with an operating margin of -36% and negative TTM EPS — the multiple looks cheap for a growth software name but only makes sense if the operating losses narrow, which is the essential Q2 setup.
  • Zero insider selling in the last 30 days with 52-week position 41st percentile — the tape has been consolidating rather than breaking down, which is what typically happens before a definitive event.

August 6 Q2 earnings sets the tone: revenue growth held above 15% plus operating loss narrowing is what turns the coiling into a base; a soft Q3 guide or fresh dilution is where the M&A optionality resets lower. Baker size-added + potential-buyer coverage + a stabilizing print is the specific combo that flips this from turnaround to catalyst play. Otherwise the tape drifts.

Agrees with X sentimentThe bullish X take on Baker's Atreides position and Unity as an AI-video-game-platform beneficiary is analytically fair — Atreides' size disclosure is one of the highest-signal institutional endorsements this stock has ever received. The '150% today' language in the corpus doesn't match the tape (down 1.5% on the day), so treat those specific chart-target claims as noise.

What to watch: Aug 6 Q2 earnings — need revenue growth held above 15% and operating loss narrowing. A soft Q3 guide or fresh dilution filing is where the M&A optionality resets lower.

On the calendar: 2026-08-06 — Q2 earnings

X sentiment

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

Bullish sentiment7 posts analyzed · as of 2026-07-15

Unity Software chatter is bullish. U ripped over 150% today - 'mooner of the day.' Atreides' Gavin Baker made U their #2 holding (adding 5.8M shares in latest 13F). Community frames U as the video-game platform AI winner - 'AI is not just great for video game platforms but also a positive for video ad tech.' Chart shows continuation pattern - watch for breakout. Community broadly long.

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What it does

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

Real-time 3D content creation engine for game developers, architects, and industrial applications across mobile, console, and AR/VR.

Industry overviewAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data

Where Software - Application sits in its cycle right now — and what that implies for $U.

Software - Application · Technology

No material change from last week — platforms where agents expand contract value (ServiceNow, Snowflake) are re-rated upward, while tools where agents substitute human users (Adobe Creative..

What this means for $U

Neutral — Real-time 3D content creation engine for game developers, architects, and industrial applications across mobile, console, and AR/VR; the AI agent bifurcation — contract expansion vs. user substitution does not materially affect this business's near-term earnings.

Top industry ETF

$IGViShares Expanded Tech-Software Sector ETF
-11.8%YTD
-13.8%1Y

Fundamentals & catalyst

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

Key ratios

P/E
-18.8How 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
-12.4%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
-36.1%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
3.6%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
6.6Same 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
-21.3%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
59.4%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
0.8Total 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
Q1 2026May 7, 2026$-0.80$-0.21-278.9%
Q4 2025Feb 11, 2026$-0.21$0.20-205.0%
Q3 2025Nov 5, 2025$0.20$0.18+8.4%
Q2 2025Aug 6, 2025$-0.26$0.14-287.9%
Next earningsThu, Aug 6·consensus EPS $0.24

Quarterly trend

QuarterRevenueYoYGrossOpEPSFCF
Q1 FY26$508.2M+16.8%30.8%-69.1%$-0.80$66.5M
Q4 FY25$503.1M+10.1%61.2%-19.5%$-0.21$118.7M
Q3 FY25$470.6M+5.4%74.4%-26.7%$-0.30$151.3M
Q2 FY25$440.9M-1.9%74.2%-26.9%$-0.26$126.7M

Forward consensus

5-year forecast · up to 19 analysts
FYRevenueRangeEPSRangeAnalysts
FY26$2.1B$2.1B – $2.2B-$0.95-$1.03 – -$0.8019
FY27$2.4B$2.3B – $2.6B$0.53$0.41 – $0.7019
FY28$2.8B$2.8B – $2.8B$0.99$0.64 – $1.3216
FY29$3.2B$3.0B – $3.4B$0.23$0.21 – $0.2515
FY30$3.7B$3.4B – $3.9B$0.48$0.44 – $0.5215

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.1.0×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.41%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.+10.5%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.-2.0%Latest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.

Float & profile

FloatHigh float · 357.9M shFree-float shares — the slice of issued stock actually available to trade. Lower buckets squeeze harder on a catalyst.Traded today2.1% 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.β2.055-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

SellMay 28Alexander BlumCOO2.1K sh$57KSellMay 26Jarrod YahesCFO24.0K sh$653KSellMay 26Matthew S BrombergCEO139.0K sh$3.8MSellMay 26Boyden Rebecca BereniceSVP, Chief Legal Officer952 sh$26KSellMay 26Alexander BlumCOO19.0K sh$517KSellMay 26Mark BarrysmithChief Accounting Officer13.2K sh$360KSellMar 5Jarrod YahesCFO6.2K sh$130KSellFeb 27Alexander BlumCOO2.5K sh$48KSellFeb 25Mark BarrysmithChief Accounting Officer10.6K sh$191KSellFeb 25Alexander BlumCOO10.2K sh$184K
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+ 13 other (13 awards) 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 voteMay 148-K — Item 5.07: Shareholder vote
AI summary

U held its Annual Meeting of stockholders around 2026-05-14 (8-K Item 5.07). Stockholders elected 5 directors to the board. A non-binding say-on-pay vote on executive compensation was conducted. Independent auditor ratification was approved. Routine governance event — monitor for unusually high withhold votes as an activist signal.

3New insider — initial holdingsMay 53
AI summary

Form filed by More than One Reporting Person Table I - Non-De filed a Form 3 (initial ownership statement) for U on 2026-05-05, initiating required Section 16 reporting. Role: of Reporting Person. Form 3 is a mandatory administrative filing upon first becoming an insider or 10%+ holder; it does not reflect a purchase or sale event.

8-KPress release / Reg FDMar 268-K — Item 7.01: Press release / Reg FD
AI summary

U filed an 8-K Item 7.01 (Reg FD) disclosure dated 2026-03-26. Reg FD disclosures make material information simultaneously available to all investors; content may include guidance updates, strategic plans, or preliminary results.

3New insider — initial holdingsFeb 123
8-KOfficer or director changeFeb 108-K — Item 5.02: Officer or director change
8-KOfficer or director changeFeb 108-K — Item 5.02: Officer or director change · Item 7.01: Press release / Reg FD
+ 10 other (2 earnings 8-Ks · 2 proxys · 2 13Gs · 1 10-Q) in window

Recent news

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

Unity Software Inc. (U) Stock Falls Amid Market Uptick: What Investors Need to Knowzacks.com·22h agoPotential Buyers Line Up for Unity Software as Valuation Hits Rock Bottom247wallst.com·2d agoUnity Stock Is Moving Higher Today — Here's What The Chart Is Signalingbenzinga.com·6d agoHere's Why Unity Software Inc. (U) is a Strong Momentum Stockzacks.com·6d agoUnity Announces Date of Second Quarter 2026 Financial Results Webcastbusinesswire.com·8d ago

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