Stocks · Technology · Information Technology Services
CSP Inc. CSPI
$7.54 -0.40% Close, Oct 5, 2026 · NASDAQ · Market cap $76.2M
Weak trend
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Three things to know
- The stock is in a downtrend: below its 200-day average, with the 50-day average below the 200-day.
- The stock is 50% below its highest close of the past year.
- Over the past year the stock returned -34.9%, behind the S&P 500 by 50.7 percentage points.
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 6, 2026.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 16%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 39%
- Revenue growth accelerationBottom 10%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalBottom 31%
- Gross marginBottom 25%
- Operating marginBottom 29%
- Accruals (lower is better)Bottom 13%
- Interest coverBottom 26%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldBottom 34%
- Free-cash-flow yieldBottom 21%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueBottom 22%
- Sales / enterprise valueTop 13%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthBottom 21%
- 6-month returnBottom 18%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Bottom 20%
- Distance from 52-week highBottom 22%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Bottom 10%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Top 13%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 26%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Top 48%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 5.5% | -0.7% | ↓ |
| Gross margin | 29.5% | 33.1% | ↑ |
| Operating margin | -8.1% | -5.3% | ↑ |
| FCF margin | -2.2% | -2.5% | ↓ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | -0.7% | 5.5% | ↓ | Bottom 16% |
| Gross margin | 33.1% | 29.5% | ↑ | Bottom 25% |
| Operating margin | -5.3% | -8.1% | ↑ | Bottom 29% |
| Net margin | -1.2% | -2.7% | ↑ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | -2.5% | -2.2% | ↓ | — |
| Return on invested capital | -2.9% | — | Bottom 31% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | 2.6% | — | Bottom 39% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- 0.5%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 3.2%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- +17.8 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.
- -5.3×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 1.57%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 0.30%
- Shareholder yield
- 1.87%
- Share count change, 1 year
- +2.1%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- +1.9%
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 14, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- -3.1%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 3 of 8
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 14, 2026 | — | -3.7% | -11.1% | -7.2% | — |
| May 7, 2026 | — | +1.4% | +1.0% | +1.2% | -11.1% |
| Feb 12, 2026 | — | -8.4% | -3.9% | -14.1% | -8.7% |
| Dec 16, 2025 | — | -15.4% | -12.7% | -21.5% | -40.3% |
| Aug 14, 2025 | — | +5.9% | +0.2% | +1.3% | -1.7% |
| May 14, 2025 | — | +4.3% | -4.7% | -21.9% | -32.0% |
| Feb 10, 2025 | — | +0.6% | -1.6% | -22.2% | -14.8% |
| Dec 20, 2024 | — | -9.6% | -5.7% | +3.9% | +5.0% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 14, 2026 | -$0.09 | — | — | $14.4M |
| May 7, 2026 | $0.03 | — | — | $16.0M |
| Feb 12, 2026 | $0.01 | — | — | $12.0M |
| Dec 16, 2025 | -$0.02 | — | — | $14.5M |
| Aug 14, 2025 | -$0.03 | — | — | $15.4M |
| May 14, 2025 | -$0.01 | — | — | $13.1M |
| Feb 10, 2025 | $0.05 | — | — | $15.7M |
| Dec 20, 2024 | -$0.18 | — | — | $13.0M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EV / Sales | 0.97× | — | — | Top 13% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | -1.88% | — | — | Bottom 21% |
| Earnings yield | -0.97% | — | — | Bottom 34% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 8.8× – 437.2× since Sep 30, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
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
- 0
- Days above the 200-day average
- 0
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- -2.4%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- -4.9%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -4.0%
- Distance from 200-day average
- -17.7%
- RSI (14)
- 43.4
- Relative volume
- 1.28×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 36.7%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 10th percentile · Low for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 1.40
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.37
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -49.6%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -73.9%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 1, 2024 | Aug 18, 2026 | -73.9% | 617 days | Not yet recovered |
| Jan 19, 2021 | May 10, 2022 | -46.6% | 330 days | 220 days (Mar 27, 2023) |
| Dec 1, 2023 | Dec 15, 2023 | -39.7% | 10 days | 38 days (Feb 12, 2024) |
| Sep 18, 2023 | Oct 3, 2023 | -32.2% | 11 days | 27 days (Nov 9, 2023) |
| Apr 13, 2023 | Jul 12, 2023 | -31.4% | 61 days | 25 days (Aug 16, 2023) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $76.2M
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- -$0.07
- Revenue (TTM)
- $56.9M
- Dividend yield
- 1.59%
- 52-week range
- $7.11 – $15.00
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $49.2M | $54.4M | $64.6M | $55.2M | $58.7M |
| Gross profit | $16.1M | $18.8M | $21.9M | $18.9M | $18.5M |
| Operating income | -$1.4M | -$40,000 | $1.9M | -$1.9M | -$3.1M |
| Net income | $699,000 | $1.9M | $5.2M | -$326,000 | -$91,000 |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.06 | $0.21 | $0.55 | -$0.04 | -$0.01 |
| Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | Q3 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $13.0M | $15.7M | $13.1M | $15.4M | $14.5M | $12.0M | $16.0M | $14.4M |
| Net income | -$1.7M | $472,000 | -$108,000 | -$264,000 | -$191,000 | $91,000 | $264,000 | -$846,000 |
| EPS (diluted) | -$0.14 | $0.05 | -$0.01 | -$0.03 | -$0.02 | $0.01 | $0.03 | -$0.09 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $1.9M | $2.7M | $3.9M | $4.2M | $2.3M |
| Capital expenditure | -$98,000 | -$234,000 | -$277,000 | -$196,000 | -$374,000 |
| Free cash flow | $1.8M | $2.4M | $3.6M | $4.0M | $1.9M |
| Dividends paid | $0 | -$137,000 | -$656,000 | -$1.0M | -$1.2M |
| Net share buybacks | $283,000 | $65,000 | $274,000 | $170,000 | -$583,000 |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $24.7M
- Total assets
- $70.8M
- Total liabilities
- $26.5M
- Total debt
- $3.6M
- Net debt
- -$21.1M
- Shareholders’ equity
- $44.3M
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 14, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 28, 2026 | $0.03 | Sep 15, 2026 |
| May 21, 2026 | $0.03 | Jun 15, 2026 |
| Feb 26, 2026 | $0.03 | Mar 12, 2026 |
| Dec 26, 2025 | $0.03 | Jan 15, 2026 |
| Aug 29, 2025 | $0.03 | Sep 15, 2025 |
| May 28, 2025 | $0.03 | Jun 11, 2025 |
| Feb 24, 2025 | $0.03 | Mar 10, 2025 |
| Dec 27, 2024 | $0.03 | Jan 15, 2025 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 81,081
- Days to cover
- 6.12
- Change vs previous report
- -12.0%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.
Stock splits
- Mar 21, 2024
- 2-for-1
- Apr 19, 1999
- 11-for-10
- Oct 22, 1998
- 11-for-10
- Mar 20, 1998
- 11-for-10