DoubleDown Interactive screens as a deep-value, high-quality gaming business with strong asymmetry favoring a starter position, tempered by elevated leverage, a recent earnings-miss streak, and a fresh negative news modifier.
Thesis pillars
- Deep Value Extreme Undervaluation—
- High Quality Margins Piotroski→Stable
- Leverage Penalty Elevated Debt↑Improving
- +2 more pillars — see the Why tab for full reasoning
DoubleDown Interactive Co., Ltd (DDI) Stock Analysis
Inst Constrain edge
Communication Services · Electronic Gaming & Multimedia
Wait for pullback to $12.02. BUY gates pass at $12.89, but near 52-week high (1.2% away) and consecutive earnings misses (2) argue for a more patient entry. Engine's entry $12.02 (Atr Pullback Sticky) is the shallowest technical level that clears the 2:1 A.R:R minimum.
DoubleDown Interactive Co., Ltd. develops and publishes casual games and mobile applications in South Korea, the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, and internationally. The company operates through Social Casino Games and iGaming segments. It engages in the development... Read more
Wait for pullback to $12.02. BUY gates pass at $12.89, but near 52-week high (1.2% away) and consecutive earnings misses (2) argue for a more patient entry. Engine's entry $12.02 (Atr Pullback Sticky) is the shallowest technical level that clears the 2:1 A.R:R minimum. Chart setup: No clear chart pattern; technical signals are mixed. Deep value: 66% margin of safety. Extreme undervaluation. | News modifier -1 (STRONG_BUY_NOW → STRONG_BUY_WAIT) Score 6.9/10, moderate confidence.
Passes 7/7 gates (positive momentum, favorable risk/reward ratio, clean insider activity, no SEC red flags, earnings proximity 80d clear, semi cycle peak clear, materials cycle peak clear). Suitability: aggressive.
Recent developments
updated 2026-08-22Recent Developments — DoubleDown Interactive Co., Ltd
Latest news
- NEWS DDI|DoubleDown Interactive Co Ltd|Price:11.600|Chg%:+0.040 - TradingKey — TradingKey neutral
- NEWS DDI|DoubleDown Interactive Co Ltd|Price:11.600|Chg%:+0.040 - tradingkey.com — tradingkey.com neutral
- NEWS B. Riley Financial Forecasts Strong Price Appreciation for DoubleDown Interactive (NASDAQ:DDI) Stock - MarketBeat — MarketBeat neutral
- NEWS DoubleDown Interactive Co., Ltd. Sponsored ADR (NASDAQ:DDI) Given Average Rating of "Hold" by Analysts - MarketBeat — MarketBeat neutral
- NEWS DDI Maintains Buy Rating by B. Riley Securities -- Price Target Raised to $24 - GuruFocus — GuruFocus positive
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Rating Breakdown
1 floor-breaker·1 ceiling hit
No near-term catalyst priced in. Thesis progression will come from fundamentals grinding, not event reaction.static
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Wait for pullback to $12.02. BUY gates pass at $12.89, but near 52-week high (1.2% away) and consecutive earnings misses (2) argue for a more patient entry. Engine's entry $12.02 (Atr Pullback Sticky) is the shallowest technical level that clears the 2:1 A.R:R minimum. Chart setup: No clear chart pattern; technical signals are mixed. Deep value: 66% margin of safety. Extreme undervaluation. | News modifier -1 (STRONG_BUY_NOW → STRONG_BUY_WAIT) Target $15.70 (+21.8%), stop $11.32 (−13.9%), A.R:R 1.9:1. Score 6.9/10, moderate confidence.
Take-profit target: $15.70 (+21.8% upside). Target $15.70 (+21.8%), stop $11.32 (−13.9%), A.R:R 1.9:1. Stop-loss: $11.32.
Near 52-week high (1.2% away); Consecutive earnings misses (2).
DoubleDown Interactive Co., Ltd trades at a P/E of 5.0 (forward 5.2). TrendMatrix value score: 9.4/10. Verdict: Buy (Wait for Entry).
10 analysts cover DDI with a consensus score of 4.0/5. Average price target: $18.
What does DoubleDown Interactive Co., Ltd do?DoubleDown Interactive Co., Ltd. develops and publishes casual games and mobile applications in South Korea, the United...
DoubleDown Interactive Co., Ltd. develops and publishes casual games and mobile applications in South Korea, the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, and internationally. The company operates through Social Casino Games and iGaming segments. It engages in the development and publishing of digital gaming contents on various mobile and web platforms; hosting of DoubleDown Casino, DoubleDown Classic, and DoubleDown Fort Knox, as well as Duelz, VoodooDreams, NYSpins, and LosvegasBet on web platforms; and WHOW Games under the MyJackpot, Lounge777, and Merkur24 brands on web and mobile platforms. The company was formerly known as The8Games Co., Ltd. and changed its name to DoubleDown Interactive Co., Ltd. in December 2019. The company was incorporated in 2008 and is headquartered in Seoul, South Korea. DoubleDown Interactive Co., Ltd. operates as a subsidiary of DoubleU Games Co., Ltd.