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Taboola.com Ltd. (TBLA)

Communication Services

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Fundamental
4
Sentiment
2
Technical
2

Do Nothing: qualitativeScore is 2 (below required floor of 3); strategy requires qualitativeScore ≥ 3 before any bullish entry, and the SHADOW branch is unavailable (flag false). Chart context: weak-bearish downtrend (price below all MAs, ADX 30.4, MACD still negative) — no pullback limit qualifies (countertrend: price < SMA50 with MACD < 0) and no breakout stop qualifies (momentum negative, nearest settled highs 3.89/3.91 far overhead).

Analysis as of 2026-09-21· more than 2 trading days ago

Company overview

Taboola.com Ltd. operates an AI-based platform that partners with websites, devices, and mobile apps to recommend editorial content and advertisements. The company is headquartered in New York and was founded in 2006.

Fundamental

good
Fundamental4
Strong cash generation

Taboola shows strong cash generation with low leverage and an inexpensive valuation.

Taboola screens inexpensive relative to its cash generation (TTM P/E ~9.5, EV/EBITDA ~4.6, FCF yield ~18%) with a net-cash leverage profile and ample liquidity (cash ~$133M plus a $270M revolver that management reports as covenant-compliant). SEC filings show improving operations, but first-half 2026 GAAP net income benefited from a one-time ~$77M legal settlement gain, and the business remains exposed to a competitive, privacy-constrained, cyclical digital advertising market.

Sentiment

weak
Sentiment2
Weak sentiment

Sentiment is weak due to legal overhangs and indeterminate media polarity.

The freshly announced Dianomi acquisition (2026-09-18, announced confidence, neutral market reception — no scored positive coverage surfaced) is the only actionable catalyst, while the news delta is indeterminate numerically (zero unique on-topic scored baseline items) with an item-level negative tilt from a ten-plus-firm securities class-action solicitation wave (lead-plaintiff deadline 2026-10-20) and a tape at lower lows. No severe or moderate red flags fired and retail is indeterminate (bot reposts only) — a weak, forming setup with no rewarded bullish leg.

Technical

weak
Technical2
Bearish trend

The stock is in a bearish trend with price below all moving averages.

TBLA (3.62) sits below every moving average — SMA20 3.76, SMA50 4.28, SMA200 4.12, EMA9 3.72, EMA21 3.82 — in a persistent downtrend since early July (5.53 on 07-06 down to 3.62, roughly −35%). ADX14 30.4 is above 25, and with price below all MAs that trend strength belongs to the sellers (ADX is direction-agnostic; read together with trend position it confirms a strong DOWN trend). Momentum is weak: RSI14 36.7, Williams %R −82 (oversold), MACD line −0.13 still below zero though the histogram (+0.02) shows downside momentum decelerating rather than turning. Price is above the 52-week low (2.835) with early stabilization at 3.55–3.65. The read is weak-bearish with oversold stabilization potential — a bounce-only profile, scoring 2. Regardless of the chart, the trade is blocked by the qualitative override gate (qualitativeScore 2 below the required floor of 3).

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