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CS Disco Inc

LAWNYSE

SectorInformation Technology

IndustryApplication Software

Beta (adjusted)1.58

Intrinsic Value $7.26median of 2 methodsbased on filings through 30 Jun 2026

Market Price $4.26Price as of 1 Oct 2026

Significantly undervaluedIntrinsic value is 70% above the market price

−50% · IV below pricenear fair value ±15%IV above price · +50%

marker beyond scale (+70%)

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Market Cap $273.2M

Enterprise Value $262.3M

Shares Outstanding 64.9M diluted

Next Earnings Date4 Nov 2026

All prices and values are periodic snapshots, not live quotes. Source dates are shown for reference.

Thesis

Street consensus, scenarios, merits, risks, and invalidation triggers

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Thesis Summary

CS Disco, Inc. (NYSE: LAW) is successfully executing a turnaround driven by its advanced, litigation-specific AI capabilities (Cecilia AI and Auto Review) and a newly launched all-inclusive commercial platform. The company has demonstrated four consecutive quarters of accelerating organic revenue growth, reaching 14% YoY in Q1 2026. With a strong balance sheet featuring over $173 million in cash and short-term investments and no long-term debt, DISCO is well-positioned to fund its path to Adjusted EBITDA profitability, which management expects to achieve by Q4 2026. The stock trades at a significant discount to its historical multiples and analyst consensus targets, presenting an attractive risk-reward profile as enterprise legal departments and top-tier law firms increasingly adopt specialized agentic AI workflows.

This section is the 12-month view: analyst targets and the probability-weighted scenarios built from them. The intrinsic value at the top of this page answers a different question: what the business is worth today.

Street view · analyst 12-month targets3 analysts · as of 18 Aug 2026

Low · most bearish analyst$4.00

Mean target$6.67

High · most bullish analyst$10.00

Our research · scenarios, merits, risks, and invalidation triggersResearch as of 19 Jun 2026

Scenarios · 12-month scenario targetsAnchored at research date

Bear CaseDownside scenario

$5.0015%

Enterprise sales cycles lengthen due to macroeconomic headwinds, causing software revenue to miss the low end of FY 2026 guidance ($146M). High cloud infrastructure costs associated with running large language models compress gross margins, delaying Adjusted EBITDA profitability beyond 2026. Increased competition from legacy e-discovery players or general legal AI platforms leads to customer churn.

Base CaseCentral scenario

$8.0060%

DISCO delivers on its FY 2026 guidance with total revenue of $169.25M - $178.75M and software revenue of $146.0M - $152.5M. The company achieves Adjusted EBITDA profitability in Q4 2026 as guided. Large customer counts continue to expand steadily, and the company maintains its strong market position in litigation-specific AI, avoiding direct competition with general-purpose transactional legal AI tools.

Bull CaseUpside scenario

$10.0025%

Rapid enterprise adoption of Cecilia AI and Auto Review drives software revenue growth above the high end of FY 2026 guidance ($152.5M+). Operating leverage kicks in faster than expected, leading to positive Adjusted EBITDA ahead of Q4 2026 and a clear path to GAAP net income profitability. Multi-year enterprise deals expand, pushing the dollar-based net retention rate back above 105%.

Scenarios are anchored to street consensus at the research date, with our probabilities and rationale.

Key Investment Merits

Litigation-Specific AI Leadership: Cecilia AI and Auto Review offer end-to-end, secure workflows that keep sensitive legal data within a single environment, outperforming general-purpose AI tools.
Accelerating Growth: Four consecutive quarters of accelerating organic revenue growth, with Q1 2026 total revenue up 14% YoY.
Strong Balance Sheet: $173.6 million in cash and short-term investments with zero long-term debt provides substantial runway and financial flexibility.
Clear Path to Profitability: Management has a credible plan to reach Adjusted EBITDA profitability by Q4 2026, supported by improving operating leverage.

Key Investment Risks

Execution Risk: Success depends heavily on the market adoption of the new all-inclusive commercial model and agentic AI features.
Gross Margin Pressure: Heavy reliance on cloud infrastructure for generative AI workloads could pressure gross margins if not optimized.
Sales Cycle Volatility: Enterprise and large law firm sales cycles are inherently long and unpredictable, impacting short-term revenue visibility.

Thesis Invalidation Triggers

Failure to achieve Adjusted EBITDA profitability by Q4 2026.
A sequential decline in software revenue or a drop in the large customer count below 315.
Significant gross margin compression below 72% due to unoptimized AI infrastructure costs.

All scenarios are estimates and subject to change. Past performance is not indicative of future results.

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