DoubleDown Interactive Co.

DDI

Electronic Gaming & Multimedia · Technology

Price

$12.89

+0.13 (+1.02%)

Market Cap

$638.7M

Exchange

NASDAQ

Winston Score

Winston is happy

A high-quality business with solid fundamentals.

Data as of Aug 23, 2026 · filings through Jun 30, 2026

How the score breaks down

Quality

Strong

Growth

Good

Cash Flow

Exceptional

Stability

Exceptional

Valuation

Strong

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Share count rising — dilution

+7.6% over 4y

The company has issued more shares over this period, which dilutes each existing shareholder’s stake.

Diluted shares outstanding: 46.1M (2021) → 49.6M (2025)

Winston Score History

The full picture

DoubleDown Interactive makes mobile and online casino-style games. These are games like virtual slot machines and poker that people play on their phones or computers for fun — no real money is won or lost. The company is headquartered in Seoul, South Korea, and its most well-known product is DoubleDown Casino, a free-to-play social casino app with millions of users, mostly in the United States.

The company makes money by offering the games for free but selling virtual chips and coins that players use inside the game — this is called a "free-to-play" model. With a gross margin above 72% and an operating margin near 38%, the business keeps a large share of each dollar it earns. Its moat comes from an established player base and recognizable game titles, but the company faces real risk from slowing user growth and heavy competition from larger gaming companies with bigger marketing budgets.

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+11.2% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Steady revenue growth

EPS Growth

+50.0% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

EPS growth accelerating

R&D Spend

$12M/ year

↓ Declining (-14% vs prior year)

3.3% of revenue

Below sector average (15%)

R&D spend declining — could signal cost-cutting or efficiency

Insider Activity

98.8%ownership

→ Flat

Insider ownership roughly steady over the past year

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

$554M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↑ Burn rate improving

Company generates more cash than it spends — no dilution risk from fundraising

Growth + cash flow

DoubleDown Interactive Co. is a rare growth stock that's already generating positive cash flow while growing at 11%. The Winston Score doesn't fully credit this transition from "burner" to "earner."

The Winston Score above measures business quality today. Growth stocks often score lower because they invest in the future rather than maximising current profits. These metrics show what matters most for evaluating that future.

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Quality

Profit per sale

Gross Margin

75.5%

Premium pricing power — 75.5% gross margin

Profit after running costs

Operating Margin

38.7%

Excellent — 38.7% operating margin

Return on the money invested

ROCE

13.9%

Good — 13.9% return on capital

ROIC between 5% and 15%. They earn 5 to 15 cents back per year on every dollar invested.

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Growth

Sales growth

Sales YoY

+14.0%

Fast-growing sales (+14.0% YoY)

Profit growth

EPS YoY

+16.7%

Earnings growing fast (+16.7% YoY)

Healthy double-digit earnings growth — what compounders look like.

How steady the profit is

EPS Consistency

4/8 quarters

Earnings inconsistent quarter-to-quarter

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Cash Flow

Profit that turns into cash

Cash Conversion

117%

Turns 117% of profit into real cash

Spare cash per sale

FCF Margin

38.5%

Converts sales into free cash efficiently (38.5%)

Free cash flow margin above 20%. Out of every $100 in sales, more than $20 is real cash they keep.

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Stability

What it owes vs what it owns

Debt / Equity

0.03

Conservative — low debt load (0.03)

Covers its interest

Interest Cover

43.37x

Comfortably covers interest (43.4x)

Interest coverage above 8. Profits cover interest many times over.

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Valuation

Price vs profit

P/E Ratio (TTM)

5.1x

Attractive valuation — P/E 5.1

P/E under 10. The price tag is small relative to last year's profit.

Cheaper or dearer next year

P/E vs Forward

+0.5

GROWING

Earnings roughly flat

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Dividends

Not applicable for this business.

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