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Zeta Global Holdings Corp

ZETANYSE

SectorInformation Technology

IndustrySoftware - Infrastructure

Beta (adjusted)1.26

Intrinsic Value $26.38median of 3 methodsbased on filings through 30 Jun 2026

Market Price $31.57Price as of 30 Sep 2026

OvervaluedIntrinsic value is 16% below the market price

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

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Market Cap $7.9B

Enterprise Value $7.8B

Shares Outstanding 247.8M diluted

Moat Rating None

Next Earnings Date3 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

Zeta Global is successfully transitioning from a traditional marketing technology provider into a leading AI-native marketing cloud. Driven by the rapid adoption of its Athena agentic AI platform and the integration of Marigold's enterprise business, Zeta is capturing market share from legacy marketing clouds (such as Salesforce and Adobe) through vendor consolidation. The company's 'One Zeta' sales motion is driving strong operational leverage, evidenced by a 19-quarter beat-and-raise streak, accelerating super-scaled customer ARPU, and a clear path to positive GAAP net income in 2026.

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 targets14 analysts · as of 18 Aug 2026

Low · most bearish analyst$25.00

Mean target$31.00

High · most bullish analyst$44.00

Our research · scenarios, merits, risks, and invalidation triggersResearch as of 18 Sep 2026

Scenarios · 12-month scenario targetsAnchored at research date

Bear CaseDownside scenario

Tighter privacy regulations and digital tracking restrictions disrupt ad targeting capabilities. Increased competition from legacy clouds or AI-native startups slows down new customer acquisition, and integration delays with Marigold compress margins, delaying the transition to GAAP profitability.

Base CaseCentral scenario

Zeta continues to execute on its land-and-expand strategy, maintaining organic revenue growth above 20% and successfully integrating Marigold. Athena AI drives higher multi-use case adoption, pushing super-scaled customer ARPU up. The company achieves its raised FY 2026 revenue guidance midpoint of $1.785 billion and delivers positive GAAP net income.

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

Key Investment Merits

Athena AI platform is seeing rapid adoption, driving 60% of platform AI activity within its first week of general availability.
Strong customer expansion flywheel with super-scaled customer ARPU growing 21% YoY to $1.7 million in Q1 2026.
Consistent execution history with 19 consecutive quarters of beating and raising financial guidance.
Improving financial profile with free cash flow conversion reaching 63% in Q1 2026 and a clear path to FY 2026 GAAP profitability.

Key Investment Risks

High reliance on third-party data ecosystems and potential disruption from tighter privacy rules or browser cookie deprecation.
Intense competition from well-capitalized legacy marketing clouds like Adobe, Salesforce, and Oracle.
Integration risks associated with large acquisitions such as Marigold's Enterprise Business.

Thesis Invalidation Triggers

Net Revenue Retention (NRR) falling below the target floor of 110%.
Failure to achieve positive GAAP net income for the full year 2026.

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

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