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Playstudios Inc (MYPS)

Communication Services Electronic Gaming & Multimedia
0.61 $
+2.1% vs. previous close
Closing price · As of: 31. Jul 2026
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Open questions

The business works in principle, but one material question is open. As long as it stays open, our findings do not carry a quality verdict.

The traffic light judges the company, not the share price. There is no documented substance problem: equity of $227.9 million as of December 31, 2025 is clearly positive and equals 78.4 percent of total assets, cash of $104.3 million as of March 31, 2026 exceeds the entire market value, there is no financial debt, the distress metric of 7.34 sits far above the safety threshold of 2.6, and there is no indication of a going-concern issue. What is open are three questions at once: revenue fell 18.8 percent in 2025 and a further 6.9 percent in the first quarter of 2026 while the operating loss in that quarter grew from $2.7 million to $13.3 million; fully calculated free cash flow was only $9.8 million in 2025 and minus $0.4 million in the first quarter of 2026, below stock-based compensation of $14.1 million; and the Nasdaq minimum bid price period expires on November 2, 2026 as the second and final one. Goodwill of $52.2 million — two-thirds of market value — has never been written down. Hence yellow: hard substance, unresolved trading performance.

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PLAYSTUDIOS: Cheaper Than Its Own Cash

On paper PLAYSTUDIOS is a bargain: the entire market value stood at roughly $79 million on July 24, 2026 — while cash alone was $104 million and there is no bank debt at all. Our scanner duly lists the stock among the cheapest names on free cash flow. The trouble is that this very metric does not survive scrutiny: it overlooks $15.5 million of capitalized game development and counts one of two share classes. We read the 2025 annual report, the quarterly report for the period ended March 31, 2026 and the Nasdaq filings, and we recalculate both. There is no recommendation at the end, only a number you can check yourself.

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Trading Day

Previous Close
0.59$
Open
0.59$
Day High
0.63$
Day Low
0.57$
Volume
259,639shares

Key levels of the most recently completed trading day — not a live quote.

52-Week Range

52-Week Low 52-Week High
0.41 $ 1.20 $
05/06/2026 07/31/2025

Current price 0.61 $ — 25% of the range above the low.

Lowest and highest closing price over the last 52 weeks. The marker shows where the current price sits within that range: close to the high speaks for strength, close to the low for weakness.

Basics

Market Cap
0.1$B
Shares Outstanding
112Mio.
Float
81.2%
Beta
1.0

Performance

Perf. 1M
0.10%
Perf. 3M
9.20%
Perf. 6M
-27.70%
YTD Performance (%)
-21.00%
52-Week-High Distance
-68.6%
Perf. 1Y
-47.36%
Perf. 3Y
-87.72%
Perf. 5Y
-90.83%
Perf. Since Inception
-94.09%

Technical Indicators

MA 38 Days
0.62$
MA 50 Days
0.59$
MA 200 Days
0.60$
RSI (14)
44.8
Volatility 30 Days
97.7%
Volatility 250 Days
74.2%

Calculated from the price history · as of 08/03/2026

Valuation

P/E
Forward P/E
208.3
PEG
7.0
P/B
0.4
P/S
0.4
EV/EBITDA
0.4
Price/FCF
2.8

Profitability

Gross Margin
76.7%
EBIT Margin
Net Margin
-15.8%
Return on Equity
-15.7%
Return on Assets
-5.8%

Balance Sheet & Safety

Equity Ratio
Debt/Equity
0.03
fortress balance sheet
Altman Z″
7.34
Piotroski
4 out of 9

Growth

Sales Growth Last Quarter
-6.90%
EPS Growth Last Quarter
2.80%
Sales Growth (Year)
-18.77%
Forward Sales Growth
-2.61%
Forward EPS Growth
114.30%

Dividend

This stock currently pays no dividend.

Quality & Screener

Stage
4
RS Rating
12
EPS Rating
53
Piotroski
4 out of 9
Fundamental Rating
D (44 out of 100)
fortress balance sheet
Altman Z″
7.34

AI Rating

Neutral

In den sechs ausgewerteten Einreichungen kommt künstliche Intelligenz genau einmal vor — als Beschreibung der Angreiferseite im Cybersicherheits-Risikohinweis; weder Produkte, Umsätze noch Kostenstruktur von PLAYSTUDIOS werden im Geschäftsbericht 2025 oder im Quartalsbericht zum 31.03.2026 mit KI in Verbindung gebracht (keine Nennung von „machine learning“ oder „generative“).

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Highlighted are things our editorial team noticed: green = stands out as strong, red = deserves a closer look. No single metric is a verdict on its own — always read it in context.

Analysts & Price Target

Current Price 0.61 $
Price Target (average) 0.50 $

The price target sits 18.0% below the current price.

Combined picture of the price targets and recommendations of every analyst covering the stock. Price targets are expectations for the next 12 months, not promises — and they often follow the price rather than predict it.

Next Reporting Date

3. Aug 2026 · Q2 2026
Expected Earnings per Share
-0.05 $

Expected date of the next quarterly or annual figures. Dates do shift occasionally — only the invitation issued by the company is binding.

Revenue & Profit

Cash Flow

Balance Sheet

Margins

Per Share

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Sales Per Quarter ($M)
2024: Q4 · 67.8 $M Q4 2025: Q1 · 62.7 $M Q1 2025: Q2 · 59.3 $M Q2 2025: Q3 · 57.6 $M Q3 2025: Q4 · 55.4 $M Q4 2026: Q1 · 58.4 $M Q1

Source: fundamental data

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Quarterly Figures

Quarterly Figures
Quarter EPS (Earnings Per Share) EPS YoY (%) Sales ($M) Sales YoY (%) Net Margin (%) OCF ($M) FCF ($M)
2024: Q4 -0.18 68 -12.10 -33.10 12 7
2025: Q1 -0.02 63 -19.40 -4.60 3 0
2025: Q2 -0.02 59 -18.30 -5.00 14 9
2025: Q3 -0.07 58 -19.10 -15.80 6 13
2025: Q4 -0.11 55 -18.30 -24.70 4 4
2026: Q1 -0.08 58 -6.90 -18.30 4 4
What Do These Terms Mean?
EPS (Earnings Per Share):
Quarterly profit divided by the total share count — how much of the profit works out to a single share.
YoY (Year over Year):
Change versus the same quarter a year ago — this is how you compare without seasonal distortion (e.g. the holiday shopping season).
Sales:
All revenue for the quarter, before any costs are deducted — the top line of the income statement.
Net Margin:
What percentage of sales is left over as profit in the end. Negative means the company is posting a loss.
OCF (Operating Cash Flow):
The cash that actually flows into the till from the core business during the quarter — harder to dress up than book profit.
FCF (Free Cash Flow):
Operating cash flow minus capital expenditures — the money that's genuinely free to use, say for paying down debt, buybacks, or dividends.

Assessment: Opportunities & Risks

Balance sheet and financial staying power

As of December 31, 2025 the books held $104.9 million of cash with no financial debt whatsoever; equity of $227.9 million equalled 78.4 percent of total assets. Cash still stood at $104.3 million on March 31, 2026. The distress metric of 7.34 is far above the safety threshold of 2.6.

Revenue trend

Revenue fell 18.8 percent to $235.1 million in 2025 and a further 6.9 percent to $58.4 million in the first quarter of 2026. At the same time user acquisition spending in that quarter rose 64.4 percent from $10.2 million to $16.7 million — more expensive players against falling receipts.

Free cash flow and share-based pay

After $15.5 million of capitalized game development and $1.0 million of property and equipment, $9.8 million remained in 2025 from $26.3 million of operating cash flow. Stock-based compensation of $14.1 million exceeded that by roughly half. In the first quarter of 2026 free cash flow on the same basis was negative at minus $0.4 million.

The playAWARDS loyalty programme

The segment meant to distinguish the business model from other games publishers generated just $1.0 million of revenue in 2025 and reported adjusted operating income of minus $8.7 million. In the first quarter of 2026 it was $0.5 million against minus $1.5 million. No indirect benefit is quantified in the filings.

Nasdaq listing

Following the notice of November 5, 2025 the first compliance period lapsed unused on May 4, 2026. Since the transfer to the Nasdaq Capital Market on May 6, 2026 the second and final period runs to November 2, 2026, and a curing reverse split must be completed ten business days earlier. Shareholders approved one on July 10, 2026 by 391.8 million votes to 0.6 million.

Valuation against substance

At 128,355,221 shares across both classes and $0.6158 on July 24, 2026, market value is roughly $79.0 million — below the $104.3 million of cash and at 0.35 times book. Enterprise value is negative at around minus $25 million, so the operating business is valued at less than nothing.

Bottom Line

PLAYSTUDIOS is worth less on the market than the money in its own account: roughly $79.0 million of market value against $104.3 million of cash with no financial debt, at 0.35 times book. The metric that puts the stock into our free cash flow ranking does not survive scrutiny, however — it overlooks $15.5 million of capitalized game development and counts only one of two share classes; calculated properly, a multiple of 2.0 becomes 8.1. Against that stand revenue down 18.8 percent, widening operating losses and a listing deadline of November 2, 2026. Not investment advice.

Worth Noting:
  • Hook: in-house stock scanner K-FCF ranking (U.S. selection), measured July 27, 2026 on both brands — 545 U.S. hits, PLAYSTUDIOS in place 38 at 2.0137. The value occurs only once, so there is no tie here. Only the 25 strongest hits are listed (cutoff 1.393), so PLAYSTUDIOS does not appear on the list. All lists are recomputed daily.
  • Data as of: price, valuation and ratio data from July 24, 2026; balance sheet and income figures from the Form 10-K for 2025 (March 16, 2026) and the Form 10-Q for March 31, 2026 (May 11, 2026).
  • Market value cross-check: calculated over 128,355,221 shares across both classes per the 10-Q cover page as of April 30, 2026. The metrics.sharesOutM field of the data set holds Class A only for MYPS (112.3 million) and understates by 12.8 percent; the stored market_cap_b of $59 million is 34 percent below the correct figure. Neither was used.
  • The distress metric is the Z double-prime variant for non-manufacturers with thresholds of 1.1 (distress) and 2.6 (safe), not the original formula.
  • Risk of confusion: prices before June 2021 belong to the blank-check vehicle Acies Acquisition Corp., not to the games business. The Form 25 of June 17, 2026 concerns the warrants (MYPSW) only, not the common stock.

About the Company

PLAYSTUDIOS, Inc. entwickelt und veröffentlicht Free-to-Play-Casual-Games für Mobil- und Social-Plattformen in den USA und international.

Employees530
HeadquartersLas Vegas, NV
Websiteplaystudios.com
IPO Date21. Dec 2020

Management

Management
Name Title Birth Year
Andrew S. Pascal Co-Founder, Chairman & CEO 1966
Scott Peterson Chief Financial Officer 1966
Robert L. Oseland Chief Operating Officer 1967
Paul Mathews Co-Founder & Executive VP 1966
Joel J. Agena General Counsel, VP & Secretary 1963
Mickey Sonnino Chief Marketing Officer
Stephanie Rosol Chief People Performance Officer
Katie Bolich Head of Player Experience 1969

Executives per the latest required filings; titles kept in their original language. Source: fundamental data.

Insider Transactions

Insider Transactions
Date Person Role Type Shares Price Value
16. Jul 2026 Zanella Steven J Director Other 120,000 0.00
16. Jul 2026 Horowitz Hyman Joseph Director Other 120,000 0.00
16. Jul 2026 Krikorian Jason Director Other 120,000 0.00
16. Jul 2026 Mencher Judy K Director Other 120,000 0.00

Reportable transactions by officers and major shareholders from SEC Form 4 filings. "Other" includes things like stock grants and option exercises without a buy/sell character.

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Data as of: July 31, 2026 · Source: fundamental data & SEC filings (annual and quarterly reports, 10-K/10-Q)

Note: pure fact-based analysis, not investment advice and not a solicitation to buy or sell. All figures without guarantee.

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