Stocks · Communication Services · Advertising Agencies
Fluent, Inc. FLNT
$2.98 -4.49% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NASDAQ · Market cap $88.9M
Next earnings report: Nov 12, 2026
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Three things to know
- The diluted share count rose 31.1% in a year.
- Revenue over the last four quarters was $202.1M, down 12.0% from a year earlier, accelerating from -18.6% a quarter earlier.
- The stock is 30% below its highest close of the past year.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Communication Services 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 7%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 5%
- Revenue growth accelerationTop 12%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalBottom 3%
- Gross marginBottom 13%
- Operating marginBottom 14%
- Accruals (lower is better)Top 14%
- Interest coverBottom 12%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldBottom 18%
- Free-cash-flow yieldBottom 9%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueBottom 15%
- Sales / enterprise valueTop 8%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthTop 19%
- 6-month returnBottom 36%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 20%
- Distance from 52-week highBottom 48%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Bottom 45%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersBottom 25%
- Consecutive EPS beatsTop 34%
- Share of analysts rating BuyBottom 16%
- Upside to consensus price targetTop 24%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Bottom 37%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 37%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Bottom 33%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | -18.6% | -12.0% | ↑ |
| Gross margin | 22.3% | 24.5% | ↑ |
| Operating margin | -10.2% | -8.2% | ↑ |
| FCF margin | -0.9% | -3.7% | ↓ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | -12.0% | -18.6% | ↑ | Bottom 7% |
| Gross margin | 24.5% | 22.3% | ↑ | Bottom 13% |
| Operating margin | -8.2% | -10.2% | ↑ | Bottom 14% |
| Net margin | -11.5% | -11.7% | ↑ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | -3.7% | -0.9% | ↓ | — |
| Return on invested capital | -37.9% | — | Bottom 3% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | -16.7% | — | Bottom 5% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -25.3%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 2.2%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- +38.2 pp
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- -6.0×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.00%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 10.10%
- Shareholder yield
- 10.10%
- Share count change, 1 year
- +31.1%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- +31.8%
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
- 2
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 3 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- -42.1%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- +1.5%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 1 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $5.00
- Target vs current price
- +67.8%
- Analysts with a rating
- 3
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 33%
- Consensus rating
- Hold
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 10, 2026 | +11.4% | +5.7% | +1.5% | -22.0% | — |
| May 13, 2026 | +9.5% | -3.0% | +3.7% | -17.8% | +49.6% |
| Mar 9, 2026 | -125.0% | -2.5% | -14.3% | -10.7% | -30.0% |
| Nov 13, 2025 | -64.3% | +3.6% | -4.1% | +11.3% | +67.2% |
| Aug 19, 2025 | -4.3% | +3.2% | +2.3% | -4.5% | -11.8% |
| May 15, 2025 | -5.1% | +3.0% | -15.3% | -20.0% | -0.9% |
| Feb 28, 2025 | +21.7% | +2.3% | -2.6% | -14.7% | -41.1% |
| Nov 14, 2024 | -175.0% | +0.0% | -2.6% | -7.6% | -3.0% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 10, 2026 | -$0.13 | -$0.15 | +11.4% | $48.4M |
| May 13, 2026 | -$0.19 | -$0.21 | +9.5% | $44.9M |
| Mar 9, 2026 | -$0.09 | -$0.04 | -125.0% | $61.8M |
| Nov 13, 2025 | -$0.23 | -$0.14 | -64.3% | $47.0M |
| Aug 19, 2025 | -$0.24 | -$0.23 | -4.3% | $44.7M |
| May 15, 2025 | -$0.31 | -$0.30 | -5.1% | $55.2M |
| Feb 28, 2025 | -$0.18 | -$0.23 | +21.7% | $65.4M |
| Nov 14, 2024 | -$0.22 | -$0.08 | -175.0% | $64.5M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EV / Sales | 0.58× | — | — | Top 8% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | -8.39% | — | — | Bottom 9% |
| Earnings yield | -25.84% | — | — | Bottom 18% |
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)
- -4.3%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- +4.3%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -16.2%
- Distance from 200-day average
- -7.9%
- RSI (14)
- 34.5
- Relative volume
- 0.97×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 53.8%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 8th percentile · Low for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 1.14
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.22
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -30.2%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -65.7%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 18, 2021 | May 23, 2025 | -96.7% | 1071 days | Not yet recovered |
| Dec 28, 2020 | Jan 21, 2021 | -24.7% | 16 days | 8 days (Feb 2, 2021) |
| Oct 12, 2020 | Oct 28, 2020 | -17.3% | 12 days | 9 days (Nov 10, 2020) |
| Dec 8, 2020 | Dec 17, 2020 | -15.6% | 7 days | 3 days (Dec 22, 2020) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $88.9M
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- -$0.77
- Revenue (TTM)
- $202.1M
- 52-week range
- $1.70 – $4.49
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $329.3M | $361.1M | $298.4M | $254.6M | $208.8M |
| Gross profit | $85.5M | $93.6M | $78.5M | $60.8M | $41.5M |
| Operating income | -$4.7M | -$119.6M | -$60.1M | -$23.7M | -$19.5M |
| Net income | -$10.1M | -$123.3M | -$63.2M | -$29.3M | -$27.2M |
| EPS (diluted) | -$0.75 | -$9.09 | -$4.59 | -$1.80 | -$1.05 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $64.5M | $65.4M | $55.2M | $44.7M | $47.0M | $61.8M | $44.9M | $48.4M |
| Net income | -$7.9M | -$3.4M | -$8.3M | -$7.2M | -$7.3M | -$4.3M | -$5.4M | -$6.2M |
| EPS (diluted) | -$0.48 | -$0.19 | -$0.39 | -$0.30 | -$0.27 | -$0.13 | -$0.17 | -$0.20 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $12.4M | $2.0M | $8.1M | -$14.1M | -$1.5M |
| Capital expenditure | -$3.0M | -$4.4M | -$5.9M | -$6.2M | -$69,000 |
| Free cash flow | $9.4M | -$2.4M | $2.3M | -$20.3M | -$1.5M |
| Dividends paid | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Net share buybacks | $136,000 | $0 | $0 | $5.8M | $18.5M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $6.9M
- Total assets
- $75.1M
- Total liabilities
- $67.0M
- Total debt
- $34.6M
- Net debt
- $27.7M
- Shareholders’ equity
- $8.1M
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 13, 2026).
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 42,435
- Days to cover
- 1.00
- Change vs previous report
- -29.5%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.
Stock splits
- Apr 12, 2024
- 1-for-6
- Mar 20, 2015
- 1-for-5