Key Takeaways From Perion's Discussion At Needham's AdTech Measurement Conference

  • Needham summarised Perion Network Ltd's PERI discussion on the "Future of Streaming" last week during Needham's AdTech Measurement Conference. There are top 10 PERI takeaways from the conference.
  • Measurement key weakness is that CMOs collect too much data about the wrong things.
  • Attention is the most vital metric to measure.
  • PERI's SORT measurement product knew what consumers did before it targeted them with an ad.
  • PERI used behavioral science in SORT.
  • SORT aggregated groups of consumers into similar mindsets and then served them an ad.
  • Brands talk about "brand safety" rather than "consumer safety."
  • Consumers bought CTV like digital, not like linear TV.
  • Automated content creation is an excellent solution to frequency caps.
  • CTV is an entire funnel marketing channel.
  • Automated content creation is a good solution to frequency caps.
  • CTV is a full-funnel marketing channel.
  • Cookie targeting has limited AdTech industry growth.
  • PERI allows investors to participate in ad growth in the Open Internet (i.e., outside Walled Gardens), Needham noted. 
  • Needham expects ad growth in 2022 to be robust based on a post-COVID bounce in consumer spending and advertisers trying to influence consumer spending choices. 
  • Also, because PERI has interactive CTV ad units, its CTV revs are proliferating. 
  • Because advertising revenue has high incremental gross margins, Needham saw an upside to its EBITDA and EPS estimates for PERI in 2022. 
  • Additionally, Needham believes PERI has lower regulatory risks than other open internet ad-driven competitors. 
  • Needham reiterated a Buy on Perion with a price target of $32.
  • Price Action: PERI shares traded higher by 3.01% at $18.51 on the last check Tuesday.
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