Direct Digital Holdings (DRCT) Gross Margin (2021 - 2026)

Direct Digital Holdings (DRCT) reported Gross Margin of 33.86% for Q1 2026, up 453.0% year-over-year from 6.12% in Q1 2025, and up 26.54% quarter-over-quarter from 26.76% in Q4 2025.

Direct Digital Holdings (DRCT) Gross Margin (2021 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Direct Digital Holdings (DRCT) has 6 years of Gross Margin data on file, last reported at 33.86% in Q1 2026.

  • Gross Margin for Q1 2026 came in at 33.86%, up 453.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 30.97% (up 28.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 30.03%, up 211.0% from the prior year.
  • Gross Margin climbed to 33.86% in Q1 2026 per DRCT's latest filing, from 26.76% in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Gross Margin peaked at 42.05% in Q1 2022 and troughed at 19.76% in Q3 2023.
  • A 5-year average of 30.19% and a median of 28.71% in 2022 frame the typical range for Gross Margin.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2024: Gross Margin slumped 2194 bps in 2022, then surged 1896 bps in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of Gross Margin shows it stood at 28.44% in 2022, then decreased by 20 bps to 22.71% in 2023, then soared by 43 bps to 32.45% in 2024, then decreased by 18 bps to 26.76% in 2025, then grew by 27 bps to 33.86% in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows DRCT's Gross Margin at 33.86% in Q1 2026, 26.76% in Q4 2025, and 27.73% in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Gross Margin (Qtr)
1 AppLovin 175.91 Bn 173.15 Bn 1.78 Bn 96.70%
2 Omnicom 22.52 Bn 18.86 Bn 1.04 Bn 16.62%
3 Trade Desk 9.46 Bn 8.05 Bn 506.89 Mn 73.58%
4 Wpp 2.71 Bn -875.81 Mn - -
5 Nexxen International 2.36 Bn 2.23 Bn 70.41 Mn 81.08%
6 Magnite 2.27 Bn 2.09 Bn 118.28 Mn 71.96%
7 Ziff Davis 1.74 Bn 1.22 Bn 152.41 Mn 56.94%
8 DoubleVerify Holdings 1.69 Bn 1.51 Bn 135.23 Mn 74.79%
9 Stagwell 1.60 Bn 1.51 Bn 244.61 Mn 34.74%
10 Direct Digital Holdings 1.60 Mn -4.36 Mn 2.26 Mn 33.86%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 33.86%
Dec 31, 2025 26.76%
Sep 30, 2025 27.73%
Jun 30, 2025 35.10%
Mar 31, 2025 29.34%
Dec 31, 2024 32.45%
Sep 30, 2024 38.72%
Jun 30, 2024 27.14%
Mar 31, 2024 22.44%
Dec 31, 2023 22.71%
Sep 30, 2023 19.76%
Jun 30, 2023 28.45%
Mar 31, 2023 30.31%
Dec 31, 2022 28.44%
Sep 30, 2022 28.71%
Jun 30, 2022 39.21%
Mar 31, 2022 42.05%
Dec 31, 2021 38.93%
Sep 30, 2021 50.65%
Jun 30, 2021 55.22%