Perion Network PERI
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What the company does
Perion Network is a small-cap company in the Communication Services sector (Advertising Agencies), with a market value of $366M, based in the USA.
It employs about 511 people and has been listed since Jan 31, 2006.
Perion Network Ltd. provides digital advertising solutions to brands, agencies, and retailers in the United States and internationally. It offers Perion One, a platform that offers seamless, streamlined experience for supply and demand side customers; Outmax AI Agent, an production-grade AI execution agent; Buying Technologies, designed to assist advertisers with campaign planning, design, activation, and optimization by providing data-driven recommendations and automations; Creative Platform, a technology platform enables the automation of high impact ad unit production across all formats; Supply Technology & SODA, Supply Management set of technologies designed to facilitate relationships with publishers by treating impressions in an optimal manner; Supply Optimization & Demand Amplification, an AI solution that helps publishers improve the monetization of inventory; Search Advertising Technology, a publisher management system that provides publishers access to online dashboard; and Agentic Development.
Cheap or expensive? relatively cheap
The company is loss-making, so it has no P/E — we compare on price-to-sales instead.
Its price-to-sales (P/S) is 0.8 versus 1.8 for the median of the Communication Services sector in our universe (18 companies) — relatively cheap.
Revenue is shrinking 5% versus the same quarter last year.
The average analyst price target is 13.00, 47% above the current price (their view, not ours).
The stock sits at 34% of its one-year range (0% = the low, 100% = the high).
The risks
- • The company is loss-making.
- • Low trading volume — hard to buy or sell size without moving the price.
Strengths
- ✅ Generates free cash flow — profit becomes cash in the bank.
- ✅ Buys back its shares (12% fewer shares in a year).
- ✅ More cash than debt.
What changed this week
Over the past week the stock rose 4.2% (for comparison: S&P 500 +1.2%, sector ETF XLC +0.1%).
No notable news about the company was found in the past week.
What changed since last week
This is the first summary for this stock; from next week this section shows what changed.
A description of facts from the filings and the market — not investment advice or a recommendation. "Cheap" and "expensive" are always relative to the comparison group.