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What is Circle Internet Group (CRCL) worth?
Currently $71.08 — above the base case ($42.00) · ● live
Platform / optionality
low confidence in the point estimate
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● live · as of 2026-07-21 21:28 · Market cap $16.9B
As of 2026-07-15, Circle Internet Group (CRCL) looks overvalued. Dolphy estimates a fair value of $50.00 versus a current price of $71.08 — a 42% premium to fair value.
Executive summary
Circle (CRCL) trades at $63.22, slightly above our ~$50 intrinsic value, and is judged moderately overvalued. Circle is the leading compliant stablecoin issuer of USDC, with Q1 2026 circulation of $77B (+28% YoY) and on-chain transaction volume of $21.5 trillion (+263% YoY). However, the business is fundamentally a spread business on reserves — the vast majority of revenue comes from interest on USDC reserve assets (short-term Treasuries/repos), making it highly sensitive to interest rates, while also having to share a significant portion of the spread with distribution partners such as Coinbase.
Q1 2026 revenue $694M (+20%), net income attributable of $55M (-15% YoY), adjusted EBITDA $151M (+24%). Full-year 2025 GAAP net loss of $69.5M is largely distorted by massive IPO-related equity-based compensation (Q2 alone ~$431M); on a normalized basis, operating cash flow of $542M and FCF of $486M demonstrate real cash generation.
Key disagreement: the current price implies a ~26% five-year FCF compound growth rate, requiring both high circulation growth and high reserve yields. But rate cuts and intensifying competition (Mizuho downgrade to Underperform, JPMorgan lowering estimates) make it difficult to achieve both. Under more realistic assumptions, base-case DCF of $39.67, 25x comps $47.25, scenario-weighted ~$50. The scenario range is very wide (bear $26 / bull $95), with low conviction.
How we value it
Probability-Weighted Scenario Analysis (DCF + Forward P/E Comps)
Every figure is computed from SEC filings by the analyst’s calculator tools and fact-checked by a second, independent model.
Investment thesis
About Circle Internet Group
Circle Internet Group, Inc. operates as a platform, network, and market infrastructure for stablecoin and blockchain applications. The company provides various platform including Arc Blockchain and Developer Infrastructure, an open, layer-1 blockchain network purpose-built to bring real world economic activity onchain; Circle Digital Assets and Services, which includes circle digital assets, USDC, EURC, and USYC, as well as circle mint and xreserve, related liquidity, custody, and trust infrastructure; and Circle Applications, which includes circle payments network and stablefx, applications that use circle digital assets to deliver real-world utility on the arc network and across the broader multichain ecosystem. Its stablecoins network comprises circle stablecoins, tokenized funds, liquidity, payments network, and developer services, as well as integration services. The company was founded in 2013 and is based in New York, New York.
Frequently asked questions
Is CRCL a buy?
As of 2026-07-15, Circle Internet Group (CRCL) looks overvalued. Dolphy estimates a fair value of $50.00 versus a current price of $71.08 — a 42% premium to fair value.
What is CRCL's fair value?
Dolphy's estimated fair value for Circle Internet Group (CRCL) is $50.00, versus a current market price of $71.08.
Is CRCL overvalued or undervalued?
Circle Internet Group (CRCL) currently looks overvalued — trading at a 42% premium to Dolphy's estimated fair value of $50.00.
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