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What is Circle Internet Group (CRCL) worth?
Currently $102.05 — above the base case ($42.00) · ● live
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low confidence in the point estimate
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● live · as of 2026-09-04 23:05 · 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 $102.05 — a 104% premium to fair value.
Executive summary
Circle (CRCL) trades modestly above our ~$50 intrinsic value; we view the stock as slightly overvalued. Circle is the leading issuer of the compliant stablecoin USDC, with Q1 2026 circulation of $77B (up 28% YoY) and on-chain transaction volume up 263% YoY to $21.5 trillion. Yet the business at its core is a reserve spread operation — revenue overwhelmingly comes from interest on USDC reserve assets (short-dated Treasuries/repos), making it highly sensitive to rates, with a large share of that income passed through to distribution partners like Coinbase.
Q1 2026 revenue was $694M (+20%), net income attributable to parent $55M (-15% YoY), adjusted EBITDA $151M (+24%). The full-year 2025 GAAP net loss of $69.5M was heavily distorted by massive IPO-related stock-based compensation (~$431M in Q2 alone); stripping that out, operating cash flow was $542M and free cash flow $486M, demonstrating genuine cash generation.
The key debate: the current price discounts roughly 26% five-year FCF CAGR, which requires both high circulation growth and high reserve yields to hold simultaneously. But rate cuts and intensifying competition (Mizuho downgrading to Underperform, JPMorgan cutting estimates) make that combination elusive. Under more realistic assumptions, base-case DCF yields $39.67, 25x comparable multiple gives $47.25, and probability-weighted scenario value is ~$50. The scenario range is extremely wide (bear $26 / bull $95), so confidence is low.
How we value it
Probability-weighted scenario analysis (DCF + forward P/E comparables)
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 $102.05 — a 104% 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 $102.05.
Is CRCL overvalued or undervalued?
Circle Internet Group (CRCL) currently looks overvalued — trading at a 104% premium to Dolphy's estimated fair value of $50.00.
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