Stocks · Technology · Software - Application
8x8, Inc. EGHT
$2.24 -1.75% Close, Oct 5, 2026 · NASDAQ · Market cap $323.3M
Inexpensive vs sectorHigh risk
Next earnings report: Nov 3, 2026
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Three things to know
- Net debt is 4.6× EBITDA, a high level of leverage.
- Earnings beat analyst estimates in each of the last 4 quarters (average surprise over the last four: +31.8%).
- Revenue over the last four quarters was $744.6M, up 3.7% from a year earlier.
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 26%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 15%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 31%
- Revenue growth accelerationTop 49%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalBottom 50%
- Gross marginTop 35%
- Operating marginBottom 46%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Top 11%
- Accruals (lower is better)Top 44%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 8%
- Interest coverBottom 40%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldTop 47%
- Free-cash-flow yieldTop 7%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 12%
- Sales / enterprise valueTop 9%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthBottom 41%
- 6-month returnTop 48%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 48%
- Distance from 52-week highTop 37%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Top 19%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersTop 18%
- Consecutive EPS beatsTop 41%
- Share of analysts rating BuyBottom 16%
- Upside to consensus price targetTop 1%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Bottom 36%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsTop 46%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Bottom 17%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 8%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 3.1% | 3.7% | ↑ |
| Gross margin | 67.5% | 63.4% | ↓ |
| Operating margin | 2.4% | 3.6% | ↑ |
| FCF margin | 10.1% | 6.7% | ↓ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 3.7% | 3.1% | ↑ | Bottom 26% |
| Gross margin | 63.4% | 67.5% | ↓ | Top 35% |
| Operating margin | 3.6% | 2.4% | ↑ | Bottom 46% |
| Net margin | 0.6% | -3.0% | ↑ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 6.7% | 10.1% | ↓ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 4.0% | — | Bottom 50% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | 0.3% | — | Bottom 31% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 3.00×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -7.9%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 1.8%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- +12.7 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 4.62×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 1.6×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.00%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- -1.45%
- Shareholder yield
- -1.45%
- Share count change, 1 year
- +5.3%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- +6.7%
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 5, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 4
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 6 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +31.8%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- -0.9%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 4 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $19.77
- Target vs current price
- +782.6%
- Analysts with a rating
- 28
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 39%
- Consensus rating
- Hold
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 4, 2026 | +8.0% | +8.7% | +8.7% | -8.7% | — |
| May 19, 2026 | +57.1% | +0.8% | -10.0% | -24.3% | -12.1% |
| Feb 3, 2026 | +33.3% | -3.5% | +56.4% | +29.1% | +5.8% |
| Nov 4, 2025 | +28.6% | -4.8% | +5.9% | +3.8% | -10.8% |
| Aug 6, 2025 | +0.0% | -7.9% | -3.1% | +3.7% | -2.6% |
| May 19, 2025 | +0.0% | -0.6% | -12.2% | -3.9% | +7.7% |
| Feb 5, 2025 | +22.2% | -5.3% | +4.6% | -16.5% | -37.3% |
| Nov 4, 2024 | +12.5% | +5.5% | +35.5% | +45.0% | +27.3% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 4, 2026 | $0.09 | $0.08 | +8.0% | $190.0M |
| May 19, 2026 | $0.11 | $0.07 | +57.1% | $185.2M |
| Feb 3, 2026 | $0.12 | $0.09 | +33.3% | $185.1M |
| Nov 4, 2025 | $0.09 | $0.07 | +28.6% | $184.1M |
| Aug 6, 2025 | $0.08 | $0.08 | +0.0% | $181.4M |
| May 19, 2025 | $0.08 | $0.08 | +0.0% | $177.0M |
| Feb 5, 2025 | $0.11 | $0.09 | +22.2% | $178.9M |
| Nov 4, 2024 | $0.09 | $0.08 | +12.5% | $181.0M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 70.2× | — | — | Top 47% |
| P/E (forward) | 6.3× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 10.2× | — | — | Top 12% |
| EV / Sales | 0.79× | — | — | Top 9% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 15.34% | — | — | Top 7% |
| Earnings yield | 1.42% | — | — | Top 47% |
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
- 10
- Days above the 200-day average
- 9
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- +2.7%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- +0.1%
- Distance from 50-day average
- +10.7%
- Distance from 200-day average
- +10.9%
- RSI (14)
- 60.5
- Relative volume
- 0.56×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 72.2%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 54th percentile · Normal for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 2.22
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.42
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -18.8%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -59.5%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 25, 2021 | Apr 16, 2025 | -95.9% | 1062 days | Not yet recovered |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $323.3M
- P/E (TTM)
- 70.2
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $0.03
- Revenue (TTM)
- $744.6M
- 52-week range
- $1.57 – $2.88
| FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | FY 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $638.1M | $728.7M | $728.7M | $715.1M | $735.8M |
| Gross profit | $390.6M | $503.8M | $503.8M | $485.3M | $475.0M |
| Operating income | -$154.1M | -$27.6M | -$27.6M | $15.2M | $18.9M |
| Net income | -$175.4M | -$67.6M | -$67.6M | -$27.2M | $1.6M |
| EPS (diluted) | -$1.55 | -$0.56 | -$0.56 | -$0.21 | $0.01 |
| Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | Q3 2026 | Q4 2026 | Q1 2027 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $181.0M | $178.9M | $177.0M | $181.4M | $184.1M | $185.1M | $185.2M | $190.2M |
| Net income | -$14.5M | $3.0M | -$5.4M | -$4.3M | $767,000 | $5.1M | $106,000 | -$1.2M |
| EPS (diluted) | -$0.11 | $0.02 | -$0.04 | -$0.03 | $0.01 | $0.04 | $0.00 | -$0.01 |
| FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | FY 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $34.7M | $48.8M | $79.0M | $63.6M | $55.7M |
| Capital expenditure | -$24.5M | -$14.9M | -$16.9M | -$13.5M | -$3.7M |
| Free cash flow | $10.2M | $33.9M | $62.0M | $50.1M | $52.0M |
| Dividends paid | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Net share buybacks | -$45.0M | -$60.2M | $4.9M | $3.7M | $981,000 |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $90.6M
- Total assets
- $672.8M
- Total liabilities
- $525.0M
- Total debt
- $357.5M
- Net debt
- $266.9M
- Shareholders’ equity
- $147.8M
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 5, 2026).
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 3,431,116
- Days to cover
- 2.55
- Change vs previous report
- +15.9%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.