Digital Turbine (Digital Turbine (APPS)) shares are climbing on Tuesday as investors gear up for the company's fourth-quarter earnings report due out after the closing bell. The mobile growth platform is expected to post earnings of eight cents per share on revenue of $133.23 million.

The stock was up 6.7% at $4.86 at the time of publication, reflecting some optimism heading into the print.

Recent AI Moves

Digital Turbine has been busy on the partnership front. Last week, it expanded its AI capabilities through a deepened collaboration with Google Cloud. The deal focuses on enhancing AI-powered optimization and recommendation features across its mobile platform.

Ben John, CTO of Digital Turbine, explained the thinking: "By combining Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform with our proprietary mobile signals and global infrastructure, we're embedding AI directly into the intelligence layer of our platform to enable systems that continuously learn, optimize and adapt in real time across billions of mobile interactions."

That wasn't the only AI news. Digital Turbine also entered a strategic collaboration with Databricks to expand AI use across its global mobile ecosystem. The partnership will integrate Databricks' Genie Spaces and Databricks Apps into Digital Turbine's tech stack, allowing AI-driven insights from its network of over 80,000 apps and more than one billion devices.

Technical Picture

Digital Turbine's stock has been showing some solid momentum lately. It's trading 21.4% above its 20-day simple moving average (SMA) and 38.1% above its 50-day SMA. The stock is also 4.9% above its 200-day SMA, which points to a bullish near-term trend.

But there's a wrinkle: the 50-day SMA is still below the 200-day SMA, a configuration known as a "death cross" that occurred back in January. That's a signal that longer-term investors might want to keep an eye on, even if the short-term action looks good.

What Digital Turbine Does

For those new to the story, Digital Turbine is an independent mobile growth platform. It provides end-to-end products and solutions for everyone in the mobile app ecosystem, from brand discovery and advertising to user acquisition and operational efficiency. The company operates through two segments: On Device Solutions and App Growth Platform.

Wall Street is bullish on the stock, with analysts giving it a Buy rating and a consensus price target of $4.25. That's a bit below the current trading level, but the target may shift after today's earnings report.

All eyes are on the Q4 numbers now. Whether Digital Turbine can deliver on those expectations—and what it says about the future—will determine if the stock can hold its gains.