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AudioEye, Inc. AEYE
$6.92 -0.29% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NASDAQ · Market cap $86.5M
Weak trendHigh risk
Next earnings report: Nov 3, 2026
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Three things to know
- Over the past year the stock returned -51.2%, behind the S&P 500 by 66.2 percentage points.
- The stock is in a downtrend: below its 200-day average, with the 50-day average below the 200-day.
- The stock is 55% below its highest close of the past year.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Technology sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 44%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Top 28%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRTop 40%
- Revenue growth accelerationBottom 24%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalBottom 13%
- Gross marginTop 13%
- Operating marginBottom 26%
- Accruals (lower is better)Top 7%
- Interest coverBottom 17%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldBottom 21%
- Free-cash-flow yieldTop 24%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueBottom 21%
- Sales / enterprise valueTop 27%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthBottom 9%
- 6-month returnBottom 31%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Bottom 10%
- Distance from 52-week highBottom 13%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Bottom 26%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersBottom 31%
- Consecutive EPS beatsBottom 31%
- Share of analysts rating BuyTop 18%
- Upside to consensus price targetTop 4%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Bottom 19%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 10%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Bottom 9%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 11.6% | 9.8% | ↓ |
| Gross margin | 79.2% | 78.4% | ↓ |
| Operating margin | -7.7% | -8.7% | ↓ |
| FCF margin | 10.1% | 13.9% | ↑ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 9.8% | 11.6% | ↓ | Bottom 44% |
| Gross margin | 78.4% | 79.2% | ↓ | Top 13% |
| Operating margin | -8.7% | -7.7% | ↓ | Bottom 26% |
| Net margin | -10.9% | -10.9% | ↓ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 13.9% | 10.1% | ↑ | — |
| Return on invested capital | -17.9% | — | Bottom 13% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | 10.5% | — | Top 40% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -29.9%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 9.1%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- -14.6 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- Net cash
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- -13.4×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.00%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 3.73%
- Shareholder yield
- 3.73%
- Share count change, 1 year
- +0.3%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- +2.1%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 13, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 1
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 5 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +3.3%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- -0.0%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 3 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $21.00
- Target vs current price
- +203.5%
- Analysts with a rating
- 7
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 86%
- Consensus rating
- Buy
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 13, 2026 | +8.2% | +0.0% | +21.7% | +29.1% | — |
| May 12, 2026 | -5.3% | -1.4% | -5.6% | -12.0% | -24.8% |
| Mar 5, 2026 | +4.8% | +2.6% | -23.3% | -9.4% | +0.1% |
| Nov 4, 2025 | +5.6% | -6.6% | -15.0% | -19.6% | -38.2% |
| Aug 7, 2025 | -6.3% | -3.0% | -8.2% | +5.9% | +23.5% |
| Apr 29, 2025 | +0.0% | -1.2% | -0.8% | +5.2% | +8.2% |
| Mar 12, 2025 | +35.8% | +5.2% | -7.1% | -17.6% | +2.0% |
| Nov 7, 2024 | +14.3% | +4.3% | +2.0% | -20.1% | -21.8% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 13, 2026 | $0.23 | $0.21 | +8.2% | $10.7M |
| May 12, 2026 | $0.18 | $0.19 | -5.3% | $10.6M |
| Mar 5, 2026 | $0.22 | $0.21 | +4.8% | $10.5M |
| Nov 4, 2025 | $0.19 | $0.18 | +5.6% | $10.2M |
| Aug 7, 2025 | $0.15 | $0.16 | -6.3% | $9.9M |
| Apr 29, 2025 | $0.15 | $0.15 | +0.0% | $9.7M |
| Mar 12, 2025 | $0.18 | $0.13 | +35.8% | $9.7M |
| Nov 7, 2024 | $0.16 | $0.14 | +14.3% | $8.9M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (forward) | 7.0× | — | — | — |
| EV / Sales | 1.88× | — | — | Top 27% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 6.74% | — | — | Top 24% |
| Earnings yield | -5.34% | — | — | Bottom 21% |
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✗ Price above 20-day average
- ✓ Price above 50-day average
- ✗ Price above 200-day average
- ✗ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✗ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 2
- Days above the 200-day average
- 0
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- +4.3%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- -6.4%
- Distance from 50-day average
- +0.6%
- Distance from 200-day average
- -5.6%
- RSI (14)
- 47.1
- Relative volume
- 0.33×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 86.6%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 65th percentile · Normal for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 2.58
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.51
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -55.0%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -83.9%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 11, 2021 | May 16, 2022 | -92.8% | 317 days | Not yet recovered |
| Nov 6, 2020 | Nov 25, 2020 | -24.4% | 13 days | 14 days (Dec 16, 2020) |
| Dec 21, 2020 | Feb 1, 2021 | -15.6% | 27 days | 3 days (Feb 4, 2021) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $86.5M
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- -$0.37
- Revenue (TTM)
- $42.0M
- 52-week range
- $5.31 – $16.39
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $24.5M | $29.9M | $31.3M | $35.2M | $40.3M |
| Gross profit | $18.4M | $22.7M | $24.3M | $27.9M | $31.6M |
| Operating income | -$15.5M | -$10.4M | -$6.0M | -$3.4M | -$3.2M |
| Net income | -$14.2M | -$10.4M | -$5.9M | -$4.3M | -$3.1M |
| EPS (diluted) | -$1.29 | -$0.91 | -$0.50 | -$0.36 | -$0.25 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $8.9M | $9.7M | $9.7M | $9.9M | $10.2M | $10.5M | $10.6M | $10.7M |
| Net income | -$1.2M | -$1.5M | -$1.5M | -$2,000 | -$554,000 | -$1.1M | -$2.1M | -$865,000 |
| EPS (diluted) | -$0.10 | -$0.12 | -$0.12 | -$0.00 | -$0.04 | -$0.08 | -$0.17 | -$0.07 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | -$5.0M | -$5.0M | $318,000 | $2.7M | $4.8M |
| Capital expenditure | -$1.6M | -$1.2M | -$2.2M | -$1.9M | -$54,000 |
| Free cash flow | -$6.6M | -$6.2M | -$1.8M | $790,000 | $4.7M |
| Dividends paid | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Net share buybacks | $16.5M | -$756,000 | -$1.1M | $4.6M | -$4.5M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $8.7M
- Total assets
- $34.9M
- Total liabilities
- $31.7M
- Total debt
- $1.2M
- Net debt
- -$7.5M
- Shareholders’ equity
- $3.2M
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 13, 2026).
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 338,568
- Days to cover
- 1.40
- Change vs previous report
- +13.4%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.
Stock splits
- Aug 8, 2018
- 1-for-25