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Neutral 46 (OpenAI - 5.2)
Rating:46Neutral
Price Target:
$5.50
▲(3.19% Upside)
Action:ReiteratedDate:03/07/26
The score is held down primarily by weak financial performance (large losses, negative free cash flow, and balance-sheet equity inconsistency) and bearish technicals (below major moving averages with negative MACD). The latest earnings call provides a meaningful offset via growth catalysts (Tether commitment, Shorts traction, and Northern Data acquisition) and improving cost trends, while valuation support is limited based on the provided P/E and missing dividend yield.
Positive Factors
Revenue Scale
Surpassing $100.6M in annual revenue demonstrates the platform is scaling audience reach and commercial traction. Coupled with 52M MAUs and sequential growth, this milestone reflects durable product-market fit and a foundation for multi-channel monetization expansion over time.
Liquidity Cushion
A $256.4M liquidity position (including $237.9M cash) gives several quarters of runway to fund product launches, Northern Data integration and targeted content spend. This reduces near-term dilution risk and supports execution on strategic initiatives without immediate capital raises.
AI/Cloud Opportunity
The Northern Data deal and ~85% GPU utilization provide structural entry into high‑demand GPU cloud services. Owning capacity can diversify revenue beyond ads, capture higher-margin AI workloads, and strengthen Rumble Cloud’s competitive position in infrastructure over the medium term.
Negative Factors
Weak Cash Generation
Persistent negative operating and free cash flow indicates the business consumes cash while scaling. Ongoing cash burn constrains reinvestment capacity, raises dependence on external financing, and heightens execution risk for capital‑intensive moves like GPU expansion or content reinvestment.
Balance‑Sheet Fragility
Episodes of negative or zero equity erode the balance‑sheet cushion and complicate leverage metrics. This weakens borrowing flexibility, increases vulnerability to shocks during growth investments, and may limit the company’s ability to absorb losses from large capex or integration costs.
Monetization Pressure
Low ARPU and rapid international MAU growth that currently monetizes poorly mean audience scale does not translate directly into revenue. Reliance on later ad monetization, anchor deals and timing of Shorts monetization makes durable revenue improvement contingent on execution and regional monetization progress.

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Rumble Business Overview & Revenue Model

Company DescriptionRumble Inc. operates video sharing platforms. The company operates rumble.com, a platform that enables video creators to host, livestream, manage, distribute, and create OTT feeds, as well as monetize their content. It also operates locals.com, a subscription-based video sharing platform. The company was founded in 2013 and is based in Longboat Key, Florida.
How the Company Makes MoneyRumble primarily generates revenue from (1) advertising and platform monetization on its video properties, where ads are sold against video views and engagement; (2) subscription and other platform-based monetization offerings for users/creators (specific product-level revenue details not available: null); and (3) cloud and infrastructure services revenue via Rumble Cloud, where customers pay for hosting, compute, storage, and related services (specific customer/pricing details not available: null). The company’s earnings can also be influenced by distribution and traffic-acquisition arrangements, and by relationships with advertisers, creators, and technology partners that affect audience reach and ad inventory (specific significant partnerships and their financial terms not available: null).

Rumble Earnings Call Summary

Earnings Call Date:Mar 05, 2026
(Q4-2025)
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Next Earnings Date:May 19, 2026
Earnings Call Sentiment Positive
The call presents a constructive forward-looking outlook with several operational and strategic positives: product launches (Rumble Wallet, Rumble Shorts) showing strong early traction, sequential MAU and revenue growth, meaningful cost reductions, improved full-year adjusted EBITDA, solid liquidity, a significant Tether advertising commitment, and the transformative potential of the pending Northern Data acquisition (high GPU utilization and strong demand). Offsetting these positives are near-term revenue headwinds (Q4 YoY decline), continued quarterly adjusted EBITDA loss, modest ARPU, international monetization dilution, ongoing operating cash burn, and timing/execution risk around ad monetization, sales-cycle length, and the Northern Data close. Overall, the highlights — including concrete product progress, incremental monetization improvements and strategic cloud opportunities — modestly outweigh the lowlights, though several important execution risks remain.
Q4-2025 Updates
Positive Updates
Annual Revenue Milestone
Full year 2025 revenue reached $100.6M, up 5% versus $95.5M in 2024 — the company's first time surpassing $100M in annual revenue.
Quarterly Sequential Revenue Growth and MAU Momentum
Q4 2025 revenue was $27.1M, a 9% sequential increase from Q3 ($24.8M). Average global MAUs reached 52M in Q4, an 11% sequential increase driven primarily by international expansion.
Product Launches and Strong Early Traction
Launched Rumble Wallet (tipping in Bitcoin, USD Tether and Tether Gold) and Rumble Shorts. Rumble Shorts achieved over 1 million unique video views in a single day, up from 669,000 one week earlier (~+49.5% week-over-week). Concurrent streamers hit a new all-time high and notable creators (Dan Bongino returning, Asmongold joining) were announced.
Cost Reductions and Improved Full-Year Profitability Metrics
Cost of services for Q4 decreased 26% year-over-year to $25.6M, driven primarily by an $8.8M reduction in programming and content expenses. For the full year, cost of services decreased by $31.1M to $107.4M (primarily from a $33.9M reduction in programming/content). Full-year adjusted EBITDA loss improved to $74.3M from $92.1M in 2024 (improvement of $17.8M).
Solid Liquidity Position
Ended the quarter with total liquidity of $256.4M, including $237.9M in cash and cash equivalents and $18.5M in Bitcoin holdings. Net cash used in operating activities improved to $70.4M for the full year (from $87.0M in 2024).
Strategic Partnerships and Sales Rebuild
Signed several notable brand relationships (Netflix, Morgan & Morgan, Perplexity, Crypto.com, Paramount, Amazon Prime, Fox Nation) and appointed Greg Sherrill as President of Sales to pursue brand advertising. Announced a multi-year Tether advertising commitment (reported as $50M per year over 2 years in prepared remarks) intended to be used as an anchor to attract influencers and advertisers.
Northern Data Acquisition and AI/Cloud Opportunity
Pending acquisition of Northern Data expected to close in Q2 2026. Northern Data reported being on pace for roughly 85% GPU utilization by end of February 2026, signaling strong GPU-as-a-Service demand and early Blackwell (GB300) interest from customers and suppliers.
Negative Updates
Quarterly Year-over-Year Revenue Decline
Q4 revenue was down year-over-year by $3.2M. The decline was driven by a $5.5M reduction in audience monetization revenues (advertising, tipping and platform hosting fees), partially offset by a $2.7M increase in subscription and licensing fees.
Adjusted EBITDA and Quarterly Profitability Pressure
Adjusted EBITDA loss worsened in Q4 2025 to $16.0M compared to a $13.4M loss in Q4 2024. Net loss for Q4 was $32.7M (improved versus a prior-year Q4 that included a large non-cash derivative fair value change), indicating continuing quarterly-level profitability challenges.
ARPU Low and Only Modest Sequential Improvement
ARPU for Q4 increased to $0.46, only a 2% sequential improvement from Q3, and remains low. International MAU growth is diluting monetization because monetization in those markets is currently negligible compared to the U.S.
Content Spend Reduction Impacts and Minimum Guarantees
Significant reductions in programming and content spending drove cost declines, but management indicated they will re-invest (and expect some minimum guarantees to grow) tied to the Tether commitment — introducing near-term variability in content spend and potential reacceleration of costs.
Ongoing Cash Burn and Operating Losses
Although improved, net cash used in operations was $70.4M for the year and adjusted EBITDA remains a material loss ($74.3M for 2025), indicating continued cash consumption as scale and monetization ramp.
Execution and Timing Risks for Key Catalysts
Revenue ramp expectations are concentrated in H2 2026 and into 2027 (sales cycles of 6–12 months). The Northern Data acquisition must close (targeted Q2 2026) to fuel cloud ambitions, and there are CapEx and competitive pressures in the GPU cloud market. Dependence on Tether commitments and timing of ad monetization of Rumble Shorts are material execution risks.
Company Guidance
Management guided that 2026 should be a year of accelerating growth driven by Rumble Shorts, the Tether advertising and data‑center commitments, and the pending Northern Data acquisition: Northern Data is expected to close in Q2 2026 and was operating at roughly 85% GPU utilization by end‑February, Tether’s advertising deal is $50M per year (a $100M two‑year commitment) and is expected to materially ramp in Q2–Q3 2026 (analysts also referenced a ~$150M Tether data‑center spend), Rumble Shorts exceeded 1.0M unique video views in a single day (up from 669k a week earlier) and ads are planned for Q3–Q4 after an initial growth period, and sales under new President of Sales are expected to produce meaningful brand revenue in the back half of 2026 and into 2027; financially the company closed FY2025 with $100.6M revenue (Q4 $27.1M, +9% sequential from $24.8M), average MAUs 52M (+11% q/q), ARPU $0.46 (+2% q/q), Q4 cost of services $25.6M (–26% YoY), Q4 adjusted EBITDA loss $16M (FY adjusted EBITDA loss $74.3M, improved from $92.1M), Q4 net loss $32.7M, ending liquidity $256.4M (cash $237.9M, $18.5M Bitcoin) and FY net cash used in operations $70.4M (improved from $87M).

Rumble Financial Statement Overview

Summary
Strong revenue growth, but profitability remains very weak with large operating/net losses. Cash generation is poor with consistently negative free cash flow and ongoing operating cash burn, and periods of negative/zero equity reduce financial flexibility despite no clear evidence of heavy debt.
Income Statement
18
Very Negative
Revenue has grown sharply over time (strong growth rates in multiple years), but profitability is very weak and volatile. Gross profit was negative in most annual periods (2022–2024), and even when positive (2020–2021 and the 2025 annual print), operating losses and net losses remain very large, with deeply negative net margins in recent periods. Overall, the company is scaling revenue but has not demonstrated a stable path to profitability.
Balance Sheet
34
Negative
Leverage appears low in the earlier years (debt levels small relative to assets, and modest debt-to-equity when equity is positive), but equity quality/consistency is a concern: equity turns negative in 2020 and again in 2024, and is shown as zero in 2025, which limits balance-sheet cushion and makes leverage ratios less informative. Total assets increased materially, yet the combination of negative/zero equity and continuing losses increases financial risk despite debt not looking extreme.
Cash Flow
16
Very Negative
Cash generation is weak. Operating cash flow is negative in most annual periods (2021–2024) and free cash flow is consistently negative across the annual history shown, indicating the business is consuming cash rather than funding itself. The 2025 annual print shows operating cash flow and free cash flow at zero with a -100% free cash flow growth figure, suggesting continued pressure and/or data inconsistency, but in either case there is no clear evidence of sustainable positive cash flow.
BreakdownDec 2025Dec 2024Dec 2023Dec 2022Dec 2021
Income Statement
Total Revenue100.62M95.49M80.96M39.38M9.47M
Gross Profit14.24M-42.98M-65.19M-4.36M1.66M
EBITDA-62.57M-326.76M-131.47M-32.40M-10.37M
Net Income-81.83M-338.36M-116.42M-11.40M-13.41M
Balance Sheet
Total Assets336.85M195.31M295.71M366.98M55.80M
Cash, Cash Equivalents and Short-Term Investments10.00T>114.02M219.47M338.27M46.85M
Total Debt1.91T1.80M2.61M1.42M1.51M
Total Liabilities62.00M258.43M44.09M27.35M25.43M
Stockholders Equity274.84M-63.12M251.62M339.63M30.37M
Cash Flow
Free Cash Flow-74.50M-89.68M-107.48M-41.33M-7.15M
Operating Cash Flow-70.43M-87.01M-92.91M-32.29M-5.31M
Investing Cash Flow-26.05M-15.64M-23.77M-10.14M1.58M
Financing Cash Flow220.39M-1.67M-2.15M332.79M49.13M

Rumble Technical Analysis

Technical Analysis Sentiment
Negative
Last Price5.33
Price Trends
50DMA
5.90
Negative
100DMA
6.26
Negative
200DMA
7.28
Negative
Market Momentum
MACD
-0.17
Negative
RSI
44.20
Neutral
STOCH
77.94
Neutral
Evaluating momentum and price trends is crucial in stock analysis to make informed investment decisions. For RUM, the sentiment is Negative. The current price of 5.33 is below the 20-day moving average (MA) of 5.56, below the 50-day MA of 5.90, and below the 200-day MA of 7.28, indicating a bearish trend. The MACD of -0.17 indicates Negative momentum. The RSI at 44.20 is Neutral, neither overbought nor oversold. The STOCH value of 77.94 is Neutral, not indicating any strong overbought or oversold conditions. Overall, these indicators collectively point to a Negative sentiment for RUM.

Rumble Risk Analysis

Rumble disclosed 52 risk factors in its most recent earnings report. Rumble reported the most risks in the "Finance & Corporate" category.
Finance & Corporate - Financial and accounting risks. Risks related to the execution of corporate activity and strategy
Latest Risks Added 0 New Risks

Rumble Peers Comparison

Overall Rating
UnderperformOutperform
Sector (60)
Financial Indicators
Name
Overall Rating
Market Cap
P/E Ratio
ROE
Dividend Yield
Revenue Growth
EPS Growth
68
Neutral
$11.65B41.908.74%16.79%819.94%
67
Neutral
$2.21B27.1160.60%28.97%-4.18%
60
Neutral
$48.67B4.58-11.27%4.14%2.83%-41.78%
57
Neutral
$425.03M-0.53-106.91%-7.43%61.36%
55
Neutral
$7.70B-29.98-20.72%11.75%49.19%
46
Neutral
$2.32B-19.67-26.59%21.17%-108.27%
* Communication Services Sector Average
Performance Comparison
Ticker
Company Name
Price
Change
% Change
RUM
Rumble
5.33
-2.78
-34.28%
SNAP
Snap
4.56
-4.43
-49.28%
PINS
Pinterest
18.18
-13.89
-43.31%
GRND
Grindr
11.93
-5.01
-29.57%
BMBL
Bumble
3.77
-1.24
-24.75%

Rumble Corporate Events

Business Operations and StrategyFinancial DisclosuresM&A Transactions
Rumble Reports Record 2025 Revenue and User Growth
Positive
Mar 5, 2026

Rumble reported that for the fourth quarter and full year ended Dec. 31, 2025, it surpassed $100 million in annual revenue for the first time, generated $27.1 million in Q4 revenue with 11% sequential growth in monthly active users to 52 million, and modestly increased ARPU, while narrowing its quarterly net loss to $32.7 million from a derivative-driven loss a year earlier. During late 2025 and early 2026, the company deepened its push into advertising, AI infrastructure, and creator tools through a $100 million ad commitment and GPU services pact with Tether, a pending acquisition of AI infrastructure group Northern Data, expansion of Rumble Cloud with new NFL clients, launches of Rumble Wallet and Rumble Shorts, leadership hires, and new content and AI-search partnerships that strengthen its competitive position in social video and cloud services.

The most recent analyst rating on (RUM) stock is a Sell with a $5.00 price target. To see the full list of analyst forecasts on Rumble stock, see the RUM Stock Forecast page.

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This AI Analyst Stock Report is automatically generated by our AI systems using advanced algorithms and publicly available financial, technical, and market data. While the information provided aims to be accurate and insightful, it is intended for informational purposes only and should not be considered financial advice. Any content created by an AI (Artificial Intelligence) system may contain inaccuracies and/or contain errors. Investing in stocks carries inherent risks, and past performance is not indicative of future results. This report does not account for your personal financial circumstances, objectives, or risk tolerance. Always conduct your own research or consult with a qualified financial advisor before making investment decisions. The analysis and recommendations provided are based on historical and current data and may not fully reflect future market conditions or unexpected developments. Neither the creators of this report nor its affiliated entities guarantee the accuracy, completeness, or reliability of the information presented. Use this report at your own discretion and risk.Date of analysis: Mar 07, 2026