NYSE: YOU

Clear Secure (YOU) Stock Analysis & Forecast

Sep 28 close

$40.36+0.76 (+1.9%)

Gekko Brief

AI summary

Clear Secure shares rose this week, continuing a move tied to the company's Q1 FY2026 results reported on 5 August, which beat expectations with EPS of $0.49 against a $0.40 estimate and revenue of $277.76 million, up 26.6% year-over-year. Coverage this week also highlighted a consensus price target of $58.29 with a "Hold" rating from analysts, alongside comparisons to peer zSpace.

The stock closed at $40.36, up 1.9%, but remains below both its 50-day average of $46.51 and 200-day average of $46.81, with the 50-day below the 200-day. Over the past month shares are down 8.5%, and down 28% over three months, though still up 10.9% over the past year. The GekkoIndex reads 66.7, placing the stock in the Accumulation zone, while price sits 23.2% below the Gekko Fair Value of $52.54.

The next earnings report is set for 5 November, 37 days away and outside a typical 20-trading-day holding window. No insider, Congress, or unusual options activity appears in the recent windows. Seasonality data shows the next 20 trading days from this point averaged 0% over five years, with gains in 3 of those years. Consensus among six firms includes 4 buy, 1 hold, and 1 sell ratings, with an average target implying 47.8% upside from current levels.

Written by AI and checked automatically against the figures on this page. Generated Sep 29, 2026 from the data above.

Clear Secure price vs fair value

$52.54$40.36Sep ’25Mar ’26Sep ’26
Close $40.36200-day averageGekko Fair Value $52.54

Clear Secure quick facts

Market cap
$4.06B
P/E ratio
26.4
Forward P/E
—
EPS, TTM
$1.46
Revenue, TTM
$1.00B
Profit margin
14.8%
Dividend yield
1.41%
Beta
1.02
Volume
2.43M avg 1.91M
1-year return
+10.9%
Typical daily move
±4%
Typical 20-day move
±9.4%
50-day average
$46.51
200-day average
$46.81
Next earnings
Nov 5 before open
Shares outstanding
102.9M
52-week range
$29.44$69.07

Clear Secure swing-trade checklist

Clear Secure scores 3 supportive, 1 mixed and 1 headwind across the 5 checklist items with data.

Six things swing traders check before a 20-day hold, read from the latest data.

3 supportive1 mixed1 headwind

  • Trendheadwind

    Below 50 and 200-day

    Close $40.36 is below the 50-day ($46.51) and 200-day ($46.81) averages, and the 50-day is below the 200-day.

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  • GekkoIndexsupportive

    66.7, Accumulation

    Reading 66.7 is in the Accumulation zone.

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  • Fair valuesupportive

    23.2% below

    Price is 23.2% below Gekko Fair Value (more than 5% below).

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  • Smart moneyno data

    No data

    No insider, Congress or unusual options activity in the window.

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  • Earnings risksupportive

    Reports in 37 days

    Next report Nov 5, 2026, 37 days away — outside a typical 20-trading-day hold.

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  • Seasonalitymixed

    0.0% on average

    From this point in the calendar, the next 20 trading days averaged 0% over 5 years, rising in 3 of them.

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Clear Secure stock chart and price history

Clear Secure closed at $40.36 on Sep 28, 2026, +10.9% over the past year, inside a 52-week range of $29.44 to $69.07.

Close50-day average200-day averageVolume
Clear Secure share price, past year, with 50-day and 200-day moving averages and volume$30$50$60NovDecJan 2026FebMarAprMayJunJulAugSep40.36

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Performance Breakdown

1 month
−8.5%
3 months
−28.0%
6 months
−14.9%
1 year
+10.9%
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About Clear Secure

Clear Secure builds a platform that confirms who a person is, then uses that confirmed identity to speed them through everyday checkpoints. The best-known application is CLEAR Plus, a paid membership for air travelers that gives them faster, more consistent entry into security lanes and access to related services at participating locations.

Members sign up and manage their accounts largely through the CLEAR app, which handles enrollment and day-to-day use from a phone. The company also offers Reserve powered by CLEAR, a virtual queuing tool that lets people hold a place in line remotely rather than wait on site, and Atlas Certified, a service that checks professional licenses and certifications by connecting directly with the bodies that issue them, giving organizations current verification data when they need it.

Clear Secure was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in New York, New York. Its shares are listed on the NYSE under the ticker YOU.

Listed
NYSE
Sector
Technology services
Industry
Packaged software
Website
clearme.com

Clear Secure GekkoIndex: the smart money zone

Clear Secure’s GekkoIndex — Gekko’s 0 to 100 smart money score — reads 66.7, in the Accumulation zone, down 10.6 points over five sessions.

010066.7Accumulation

Down 10.6 points over five sessions, from the Buying zone.

Reading for Sep 28, 2026

What followed past readings in each zone

ZoneReadings5 days10 days20 days50 days
Buying41−0.4%+0.5%−0.1%+9.6%
Accumulation (current zone)226+1.0%+1.8%+4.7%+11.2%
Neutral353+1.0%+1.6%+2.2%+8.0%
Distribution47−1.0%+1.7%+7.9%+16.6%
Selling5Too few readings yet

Average YOU share-price change over the trading days after each daily reading in its GekkoIndex history. Across every stock Gekko tracks, Accumulation readings averaged +2.3% over 20 days. Past behaviour doesn’t guarantee future results.

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Is Clear Secure stock overvalued? Gekko Fair Value

Clear Secure trades 23.2% below Gekko Fair Value of $52.54, so the shares are undervalued on Gekko’s estimate.

Gekko’s own estimate of what Clear Secure shares are worth, recalculated every trading day.

$52.54

Gekko Fair Value, Sep 26, 2026

23.2% Undervalued

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Clear Secure insider and Congress trading

No open-market insider purchases were filed for Clear Secure, and no Congress trades were disclosed, in the last 90 days.

Plus buybacks, unusual options and fund positions, each dated to when it became public.

Insider buying last 90 days

No open-market insider purchases were filed for YOU in the last 90 days.

From Form 4 filings, dated to when each was filed.

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Congress trades last 90 days

No trades in YOU were disclosed by members of Congress in the last 90 days.

From congressional disclosures, which report amounts as ranges.

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Buybacks

Clear Secure has been buying back its own shares.

Bought back, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
$1.24M
As a share of market cap
0.03%
Trailing four quarters
$10.19M

From company filings.

Hedge funds and billionaires quarter ended Jun 30

0of the funds Gekko tracks hold YOU.

0added0opened0trimmed3sold out
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Clear Secure earnings: next date and track record

Clear Secure reports on Nov 5, 2026, before the open (37 days away), and beat the EPS estimate in 6 of its last 8 reports.

6 of 8reports beat the EPS estimate
±13.7%average move across the report
3 of 8reports followed by a gain

Share-price move across each report

−27.8%Nov ’24−5.1%Feb ’25−8.3%May ’25+8.4%Aug ’25+13.5%Nov ’25+40.8%Feb ’26−1.0%May ’26−4.9%Aug ’26

Last earnings call, Aug 5, 2026 AI summary

What they said
CLEAR reported Q1 FY2026 bookings of $296 million (+33% YoY) and free cash flow of $189 million (+60% YoY), with nearly 44 million total members. The company achieved a 36.4% adjusted EBITDA margin, surpassing its IPO-era 35% target for the first time. CLEAR expanded its travel platform with eGates covering 70%+ of its network and launched new concessions partnerships. The company also introduced its CLEAR1 identity framework with three new products: Vertex, Apex, and Helix.
Guidance
No explicit forward-looking financial targets or guidance figures were provided in this excerpt. Management signaled continued aggressive investment in identity and travel products, implying sustained growth expectations.
ReportedEPSSurpriseRevenueSurpriseMove
Aug 5, 2026$0.49
est $0.40
+22.5%$277.8M
est $269.7M
+3.0%−4.9%
May 6, 2026$0.47
est $0.28
+67.8%$253.0M
est $244.4M
+3.5%−1.0%
Feb 25, 2026$0.31
est $0.31
0.0%$240.8M
est $235.7M
+2.1%+40.8%
Nov 6, 2025$0.29
est $0.27
+7.4%$229.2M
est $235.7M
−2.7%+13.5%
Aug 5, 2025$0.37
est $0.30
+23.0%$219.5M
est $224.3M
−2.2%+8.4%
May 8, 2025$0.34
est $0.30
+16.2%$211.4M
est $213.3M
−0.9%−8.3%
Feb 26, 2025$0.90
est $0.29
+210.3%$206.3M
est $208.0M
−0.8%−5.1%
Nov 7, 2024$0.30
est $0.33
−9.1%$198.4M
est $202.2M
−1.9%−27.8%

“Move” is the close of the first session after the report compared with the close of the last session before it, so it reads the same whether the company reported before the open or after the close.

Clear Secure stock forecast and analyst price targets

Analysts’ average 12-month price target for Clear Secure is $59.67, +47.8% from the last close, from 6 firms rating the stock in the last 90 days.

$59.67consensus 12-month target, +47.8% from the last close
Low $45High $75
Buy4
Hold1
Sell1

Each firm’s latest rating in the last 90 days: 6 firms.

Latest analyst actions

DateFirmRatingTargetvs price
Sep 16NeedhamBuy, maintained$70+73.4%
Sep 11D.A. DavidsonHold, reiterated$45+11.5%
Sep 11D.A. DavidsonHold, maintained$45+11.5%
Aug 24J.P. MorganBuy, initiated$55+36.3%
Aug 6Wells FargoSell, maintained$45+11.5%
+4.7%average 20-day move after past Accumulation readings
0.0%average move over the next 20 trading days in the last 5 years
±4%typical daily move, from the 14-day average range

Gekko doesn’t publish price predictions. These are analyst targets and historical base rates, which don’t guarantee future results.

Clear Secure seasonality: the next 20 trading days

Over the next 20 trading days from Sep 26, Clear Secure averaged 0.0% across the last 5 years, rising in 3 of them.

Next 20 trading days, by year

+0.7%2021+8.6%2022−3.9%2023+12.1%2024−14.6%2025

Average move and hit rate

WindowAverageYears higher
Next 5 trading days−6.5%1 of 5
Next 10 trading days−5.4%2 of 5
Next 15 trading days+1.1%2 of 5
Next 20 trading days0.0%3 of 5
Next 30 trading days+7.4%3 of 5

For scale, YOU’s typical 20-trading-day move in either direction is about 9.4%.

Clear Secure market cap and key statistics

Clear Secure’s market cap is $4.06B, with a P/E ratio of 26.4 and revenue of $1.00B over the last twelve months.

Valuation

Market cap
$4.06B
P/E ratio
26.4
EPS, TTM
$1.46
Gekko Fair Value
$52.54

Trading

Volume
2.43M
Avg volume, 20 days
1.91M
52-week high
$69.07
52-week low
$29.44
Shares outstanding
102.9M

Financials

Revenue, TTM
$1.00B
Profit margin
14.8%
Return on equity
119.2%
Quarterly earnings growth, YoY
+87.0%

Risk and income

Beta
1.02
Typical daily move
±4%
Typical 20-day move
±9.4%
Dividend yield
1.41%

Clear Secure stock news this week

5 headlines about Clear Secure from the past week, newest first, each linking to the publisher.

Clear Secure peers

Clear Secure’s 6 largest industry peers by market value, with today’s move, GekkoIndex zone and gap to Gekko Fair Value.

StockTodayGekkoIndex zonevs Fair Value
MSFTMicrosoft+0.7%Neutral17.3% above
PLTRPalantir Technologies+0.7%Neutral15.7% above
ORCLOracle−0.1%Accumulation25.9% below
PANWPalo Alto Networks+5.8%Neutral16.1% above
CRWDCrowdStrike+4.2%Neutral27.2% above
CRMSalesforce+1.0%Neutral5.9% below

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In the Buying zone today

Reporting earnings this week

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Clear Secure stock FAQ

What is Clear Secure’s market cap?

Clear Secure’s market cap is $4.06B at the Sep 28, 2026 close of $40.36, with 102.9M shares outstanding. The shares trade on a P/E ratio of 26.4.

What is the Clear Secure stock forecast?

The consensus analyst 12-month price target for Clear Secure is $59.67, +47.8% from the last close. Of the 6 firms that rated the stock in the last 90 days, 4 rate it a buy, 1 a hold and 1 a sell. Gekko doesn’t publish price predictions of its own.

Is Clear Secure stock overvalued or undervalued?

On Gekko’s estimate Clear Secure is undervalued: the Sep 28, 2026 close of $40.36 is 23.2% below Gekko Fair Value of $52.54. Gekko Fair Value is recalculated every trading day, and a gap inside 5% either way counts as about fair value.

When does Clear Secure report earnings next?

Clear Secure is expected to report on Nov 5, 2026, before the market opens (37 days away). Analysts expect earnings of $0.56 per share on revenue of $286.6M. Clear Secure beat the earnings estimate in 6 of its last 8 reports, moving 13.7% on average across the report.

What is Clear Secure’s 52-week high and low?

Clear Secure’s 52-week high is $69.07 and its 52-week low is $29.44; it closed at $40.36 on Sep 28, 2026, +10.9% over the past year.

Is Clear Secure stock a buy right now?

Gekko describes the data; it does not make buy or sell recommendations. On the swing-trade checklist, 3 of the 5 items with data read as supportive (gekkoindex, fair value and earnings risk), 1 as mixed (seasonality) and 1 as a headwind (trend). The checklist is a description of current data, not a recommendation.

How this page works

During US trading hours the price at the top of the page is a delayed quote, refreshed every 15 minutes; everything else is rebuilt after each US market close. The GekkoIndex, Gekko Fair Value and the checklist are Gekko’s own, and the Gekko Brief is written by AI from this page’s data and checked against it before it is published. How Gekko’s data works →

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