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Unity Software Inc.

$U·$19B·Software - Application·Technology
$42.10-2.8%YTD-22.1%1Y+6.8%
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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 attemptAcceleratingAI verdict · as of 2026-08-31

The move is getting stronger, with heavier trading behind it.

The 3D-engine turnaround the market wrote off — CEO Bromberg calls Q2 the best quarter ever, the tape is 23% above the 50-day, and officers are trimming into the run.

Unity Software provides the leading real-time 3D engine used to build games, plus an advertising platform (Grow) that monetizes those games. The company spent 2023-2024 broken (Runtime Fee debacle, CEO turnover) — the CEO Bromberg-era turnaround is now visibly working, and the tape has responded.

  • The revenue re-acceleration is real: Q1 grew 17% year-over-year to $508M — up from -2% just three quarters ago — and the last quarter EPS of -$0.05 crushed the -$0.11 consensus by 53%, the largest surprise in the recovery.
  • The margin story is what earns the multiple: gross margins are back to 74% (from the 30% Q1 print, which reflected a one-time inventory item), and consensus models a swing to positive $0.54 EPS in FY27 from -$0.94 FY26 — that's the shape a real fix should take.
  • The tape has already noticed: at 23% above the 50-day moving average and 35% above the 200-day, the equity is 75% of the way through its 52-week range — the base-breakout call the crowd is making is now confirmed by price, not just anticipation.
  • The insider tape is loud and one-sided: CFO Jarrod Yahes sold $1.2M, COO Alexander Blum sold ~$1M split across two days, CEO Bromberg sold $742K — a cluster of officer selling at $45+ is what taking chips off a 30%+ move looks like, matched against a fresh 880K-share performance grant for the CEO (5-year vesting) that resets long-term incentives higher.

The path if the run continues is a Nov 4 Q3 print keeping revenue above +15% year-over-year and confirming the FY27 positive-EPS trajectory — the tape earns the acceleration and the AI+gaming pitch continues to compound. What breaks the setup is a Q3 that shows Grow-ads revenue decelerating or Runtime Fee residual customer churn returning; that's when a 22% year-to-date decline could re-emerge from a stock that has just erased most of it.

Agrees with X sentimentThe bullish X take — a base breakout, AI-plus-gaming positioning, a $1.7M block of $42 January calls, cryptic Roaring Kitty references, and the CEO calling last quarter 'Unity's best ever as a public company' — captures the turnaround-validation the print delivered; the recent cluster of officer selling ($1M+ from CFO, similar from COO, CEO $742K) is what makes this a bounded acceleration rather than an unconstrained one.

What to watch: The Nov 4 Q3 print — revenue staying above +15% YoY with the FY27 positive-EPS trajectory intact extends the run; a Q3 that shows Grow-ads revenue decelerating or Runtime Fee residual churn returning is what breaks the acceleration.

On the calendar: 2026-11-04 — Q3 2026 earnings

X sentiment

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

Bullish sentiment35 posts analyzed · as of 2026-08-30

Unity fans are excited about a base breakout, AI plus gaming positioning, a $1.7M block of $42 January calls, and cryptic Roaring Kitty references that have retail primed for a comeback story. The CEO reportedly called the last quarter Unity's best ever as a public company. Separately, a Primus Labs privacy protocol using the '$U' stablecoin creates a parallel crypto conversation with no obvious equity read-through.

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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

SaaS multiples remain compressed as rate-sensitive valuations weigh on pure-play software; customers are lengthening deal cycles outside of AI-native workloads. AI co-pilot upsell is the only clear near-term catalyst — companies without it are treading water.

What this means for $U

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

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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
Q2 2026Aug 6, 2026$-0.05$-0.11+53.4%
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%
Next earningsWed, Nov 4·consensus EPS $0.34

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-$0.94-$1.03 – -$0.8019
FY27$2.4B$2.3B – $2.6B$0.54$0.42 – $0.7219
FY28$2.8B$2.6B – $3.1B$1.01$0.64 – $1.3216
FY29$3.2B$3.0B – $3.5B$0.23$0.21 – $0.2515
FY30$3.7B$3.4B – $3.9B$0.48$0.44 – $0.5315

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.0.9×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.72%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.+18.9%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.+31.6%Latest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.

Float & profile

FloatHigh float · 358.6M shFree-float shares — the slice of issued stock actually available to trade. Lower buckets squeeze harder on a catalyst.Traded today2.8% 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.β2.025-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 27Alexander BlumCOO2.0K sh$88KSellAug 25Alexander BlumCOO20.6K sh$933KSellAug 25Boyden Rebecca BereniceSVP, Chief Legal Officer1.0K sh$47KSellAug 25Matthew S BrombergCEO16.4K sh$742KSellAug 25Jarrod YahesCFO26.0K sh$1.2MSellMay 28Alexander BlumCOO2.1K sh$57KSellMay 26Jarrod YahesCFO24.0K sh$653KSellMay 26Matthew S BrombergCEO139.0K sh$3.8MSellMay 26Alexander BlumCOO19.0K sh$517KSellMay 26Mark BarrysmithChief Accounting Officer13.2K sh$360K
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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 198-K — Item 5.02: Officer or director change · Item 7.01: Press release / Reg FD
AI summary

Unity Software's Compensation Committee approved a special performance-based award of 880,000 Price-Vesting RSUs (PPSUs) for CEO Matthew Bromberg on August 17, 2026, tied to a five-year performance period (August 17, 2026 to August 17, 2031). Vesting is contingent on Unity's stock price achieving specified milestones over the performance period. Material CEO incentive grant designed to align Bromberg's long-term compensation with shareholder value creation over a five-year horizon; potentially dilutive depending on stock price achievement.

3New insider — initial holdingsJul 273
AI summary

Michael Lieb filed a Form 3 with the SEC on July 27, 2026 disclosing his status as Chief Accounting Officer of Unity Software Inc. (ticker: U). Table I of the Form 3 shows no non-derivative securities beneficially owned as of the time of this filing, and Table II shows no derivative securities, indicating he had not yet received any equity grants as of the filing date. Lieb was formally designated as Unity's principal accounting officer effective July 27, 2026, as separately disclosed in the company's Form 8-K filed the same day. This is the routine initial ownership statement required of all new Section 16 reporting persons within 10 days of acquiring the reporting obligation.

8-KOfficer or director changeJul 278-K — Item 5.02: Officer or director change
AI summary

Unity Software Inc. disclosed under Item 5.02 on July 27, 2026 that Michael Lieb, its Chief Accounting Officer, was formally designated as the company's principal accounting officer effective July 27, 2026. Lieb, age 45, joins from Peloton Interactive, Inc. where he served as Vice President and Corporate Controller from 2023 until his departure, and prior to that held controller and financial reporting roles at other organizations from 2018 to 2023. His base compensation is $385,000 per year, with an equity grant of $1.2 million in RSUs vesting over a standard schedule. Unity is a San Francisco-based real-time 3D development platform used by game developers and increasingly applied to industrial and automotive digital twin applications; the appointment fills a key senior finance function.

8-KOfficer or director changeJul 168-K — Item 5.02: Officer or director change
AI summary

Unity Software Inc. disclosed on July 16, 2026, that director Shlomo Dovrat notified the board of his intention to resign from the board effective July 24, 2026. No replacement director has been named. Routine board departure with no disclosed disagreement or operational trigger.

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.

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Recent news

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

36,400 Shares in Unity Software Inc. $U Acquired by Caisse de depot et placement du Quebecdefenseworld.net·1d agoUnity Software CFO Jarrod Yahes Sells 26,017 Shares for $1.2 Millionfool.com·3d agoUnity Software COO Alexander Blum Sells 22,559 Shares for $1 Millionfool.com·4d agoAlgert Global LLC Has $8.29 Million Holdings in Unity Software Inc. $Udefenseworld.net·5d ago2,187,605 Shares in Unity Software Inc. $U Acquired by Avala Global LPdefenseworld.net·5d ago

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