Stocks · Technology · Software - Application
Digimarc Corp. DMRC
$6.36 -5.92% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NASDAQ · Market cap $142.5M
Weak trendExpensive vs sectorHigh risk
Next earnings report: Oct 29, 2026
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Three things to know
- Operating margin widened to -99.3% from -115.5% a year earlier.
- The stock is 61% below its highest close of the past year.
- The stock is in a downtrend: below its 200-day average, with the 50-day average below the 200-day.
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 6%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 44%
- Revenue growth accelerationTop 27%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalBottom 2%
- Gross marginTop 43%
- Operating marginBottom 9%
- Accruals (lower is better)Top 2%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldBottom 11%
- Free-cash-flow yieldBottom 17%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueBottom 7%
- Sales / enterprise valueBottom 47%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthBottom 11%
- 6-month returnBottom 39%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Bottom 20%
- Distance from 52-week highBottom 10%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Bottom 40%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersBottom 15%
- Consecutive EPS beatsBottom 12%
- Share of analysts rating BuyBottom 47%
- Upside to consensus price targetTop 8%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Bottom 26%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 5%
- 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) | -15.1% | -11.2% | ↑ |
| Gross margin | 61.9% | 57.1% | ↓ |
| Operating margin | -115.5% | -99.3% | ↑ |
| FCF margin | -62.2% | -15.0% | ↑ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | -11.2% | -15.1% | ↑ | Bottom 6% |
| Gross margin | 57.1% | 61.9% | ↓ | Top 43% |
| Operating margin | -99.3% | -115.5% | ↑ | Bottom 9% |
| Net margin | -99.8% | -110.9% | ↑ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | -15.0% | -62.2% | ↑ | — |
| Return on invested capital | -91.1% | — | Bottom 2% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | 3.9% | — | Bottom 44% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -59.3%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 2.3%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- +12.8 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- Net cash
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.00%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 1.43%
- Shareholder yield
- 1.43%
- Share count change, 1 year
- +3.1%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- +3.4%
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
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 0
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 3 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- -24.2%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- -1.2%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 3 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $15.00
- Target vs current price
- +135.8%
- Analysts with a rating
- 8
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 63%
- 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 | -63.6% | -5.6% | -5.4% | -33.4% | — |
| May 12, 2026 | +11.1% | -0.4% | +3.5% | +30.4% | -14.7% |
| Mar 11, 2026 | +20.8% | +6.4% | +18.0% | +18.6% | +173.3% |
| Oct 30, 2025 | -65.2% | -0.5% | -3.7% | -13.7% | -34.6% |
| Aug 14, 2025 | -20.6% | -5.1% | -29.9% | -21.3% | -28.5% |
| May 5, 2025 | -17.0% | -0.1% | -8.3% | -4.4% | -14.4% |
| Feb 26, 2025 | +16.7% | +0.4% | -45.1% | -45.4% | -53.6% |
| Nov 14, 2024 | -26.1% | -4.3% | -0.3% | +12.3% | +6.7% |
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 | -$0.54 | -$0.33 | -63.6% | $7.4M |
| May 12, 2026 | -$0.32 | -$0.36 | +11.1% | $7.6M |
| Mar 11, 2026 | -$0.19 | -$0.24 | +20.8% | $8.9M |
| Oct 30, 2025 | -$0.38 | -$0.23 | -65.2% | $7.6M |
| Aug 14, 2025 | -$0.38 | -$0.32 | -20.6% | $8.0M |
| May 5, 2025 | -$0.55 | -$0.47 | -17.0% | $9.4M |
| Feb 26, 2025 | -$0.40 | -$0.48 | +16.7% | $8.7M |
| Nov 14, 2024 | -$0.29 | -$0.23 | -26.1% | $9.4M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EV / Sales | 4.46× | — | — | Bottom 47% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | -3.32% | — | — | Bottom 17% |
| Earnings yield | -22.48% | — | — | Bottom 11% |
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)
- -10.1%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- -3.8%
- Distance from 50-day average
- +4.7%
- Distance from 200-day average
- -10.0%
- RSI (14)
- 61.1
- Relative volume
- 1.09×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 79.7%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 79th percentile · Normal for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 2.60
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.44
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -61.3%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -90.8%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 8, 2020 | Mar 2, 2026 | -92.2% | 1311 days | Not yet recovered |
| Oct 23, 2020 | Oct 28, 2020 | -12.5% | 3 days | 1 days (Oct 29, 2020) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $142.5M
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- -$1.43
- Revenue (TTM)
- $31.5M
- 52-week range
- $4.07 – $17.47
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $26.5M | $30.2M | $34.9M | $38.4M | $33.9M |
| Gross profit | $17.7M | $15.3M | $20.2M | $24.2M | $18.2M |
| Operating income | -$39.9M | -$61.8M | -$48.2M | -$41.3M | -$33.3M |
| Net income | -$34.8M | -$59.8M | -$46.0M | -$39.0M | -$32.3M |
| EPS (diluted) | -$2.11 | -$3.12 | -$2.26 | -$1.83 | -$1.49 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $9.4M | $8.7M | $9.4M | $8.0M | $7.6M | $8.9M | $7.6M | $7.4M |
| Net income | -$10.8M | -$8.6M | -$11.7M | -$8.2M | -$8.2M | -$4.2M | -$7.0M | -$12.1M |
| EPS (diluted) | -$0.50 | -$0.40 | -$0.55 | -$0.38 | -$0.38 | -$0.19 | -$0.32 | -$0.54 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | -$26.1M | -$44.4M | -$22.0M | -$26.6M | -$11.8M |
| Capital expenditure | -$1.6M | -$1.5M | -$740,000 | -$212,000 | -$570,000 |
| Free cash flow | -$27.7M | -$45.9M | -$22.7M | -$26.8M | -$12.3M |
| Dividends paid | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Net share buybacks | -$5.8M | $60.5M | -$2.7M | $28.8M | -$2.9M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $8.8M
- Total assets
- $45.8M
- Total liabilities
- $16.4M
- Total debt
- $4.8M
- Net debt
- -$2.2M
- Shareholders’ equity
- $29.3M
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 14, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| May 1, 2014 | $0.11 | May 12, 2014 |
| Feb 27, 2014 | $0.11 | Mar 10, 2014 |
| Oct 31, 2013 | $0.11 | Nov 12, 2013 |
| Aug 1, 2013 | $0.11 | Aug 12, 2013 |
| May 9, 2013 | $0.11 | May 20, 2013 |
| Feb 28, 2013 | $0.11 | Mar 11, 2013 |
| Nov 2, 2012 | $0.11 | Nov 20, 2012 |
| Aug 8, 2012 | $0.11 | Aug 24, 2012 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 2,483,811
- Days to cover
- 16.61
- Change vs previous report
- +7.5%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.