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Geospace Technologies Corporation GEOS

$4.75 -1.04% Close, Oct 5, 2026 · NASDAQ · Market cap $62.1M

Weak trendExpensive vs sectorHigh risk

Next earnings report: Nov 19, 2026

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Three things to know

  1. Operating margin narrowed to -44.7% from -0.8% a year earlier.
  2. The stock is 83% below its highest close of the past year.
  3. Over the past year the stock returned -76.1%, behind the S&P 500 by 91.9 percentage points.

PromtFinance scores

Each score is a percentile within the Energy sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 6, 2026.

Growth10Very weak

How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.

  • Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 5%
  • Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRTop 32%
  • Revenue growth accelerationBottom 13%
Quality2Very weak

Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.

  • Return on invested capitalBottom 1%
  • Gross marginBottom 11%
  • Operating marginBottom 5%
  • Accruals (lower is better)Bottom 44%
  • Interest coverBottom 1%
Value10Very weak

How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.

  • Earnings yieldBottom 3%
  • Free-cash-flow yieldBottom 4%
  • EBITDA / enterprise valueBottom 2%
  • Sales / enterprise valueTop 8%
Momentum1Very weak

Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.

  • 12-month return excluding last monthBottom 2%
  • 6-month returnBottom 3%
  • 1-year return vs S&P 500Bottom 2%
  • Distance from 52-week highBottom 2%
  • Trend checklist (0–4)Bottom 16%
Revisions—Not enough data

Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).

  • Share of analysts rating BuyBottom 4%
Stability10Very weak

Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.

  • Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Bottom 19%
  • Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 6%
  • Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Bottom 27%

What changed

Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).

MeasureBeforeNow
Revenue growth (YoY)-13.4%-20.5%↓
Gross margin39.3%8.0%↓
Operating margin-0.8%-44.7%↓
FCF margin-22.5%-40.2%↓

Fundamental momentum

MeasureNow (TTM)Year / quarter beforeSector rank
Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)-20.5%-13.4%↓Bottom 5%
Gross margin8.0%39.3%↓Bottom 11%
Operating margin-44.7%-0.8%↓Bottom 5%
Net margin-43.1%-11.7%↓—
Free-cash-flow margin-40.2%-22.5%↓—
Return on invested capital-42.2%—Bottom 1%
Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR7.5%—Top 32%

Quality of earnings and balance sheet

Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
-6.5%
Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
1.1%
Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
-25.4 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.
-273.7×

Shareholder returns

Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
0.00%
Net buyback yield (TTM)
0.49%
Shareholder yield
0.49%
Share count change, 1 year
+1.0%
Share count change, 3-year CAGR
-1.0%

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 7, 2026).

Earnings and expectations

Earnings momentum

Average 2-day reaction, last 8
-4.4%
Positive 20 days after report
1 of 8

Analysts

Analysts with a rating
8
Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
13%
Consensus rating
Hold

How the stock reacted to recent reports

Report dateEPS surprise2 days5 days20 days60 days
Aug 6, 2026—-7.2%-28.6%-30.2%—
May 7, 2026—-8.9%-14.6%-5.8%-19.4%
Feb 4, 2026—-11.3%-44.6%-44.9%-49.3%
Nov 20, 2025—-8.6%-41.2%-18.5%-49.2%
Aug 7, 2025—-5.9%-13.5%+2.4%+38.2%
May 8, 2025—+2.3%-5.7%-2.9%+170.5%
Feb 5, 2025—-5.4%-11.2%-21.8%-30.7%
Nov 21, 2024—+9.6%-15.3%-20.5%-30.0%

Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.

Earnings history

Report dateEPSEstimateSurpriseRevenue
Aug 6, 2026-$0.75——$15.8M
May 7, 2026-$0.86——$19.7M
Feb 4, 2026-$0.76——$25.6M
Nov 20, 2025-$0.71——$30.7M
Aug 7, 2025$0.06——$24.8M
May 8, 2025-$0.77——$18.0M
Feb 5, 2025$0.65——$37.2M
Nov 21, 2024$0.36——$35.4M

Valuation in context

MultipleNow5-year median5-year percentileSector rank (cheapness)
EV / Sales0.65×——Top 8%
Free-cash-flow yield-59.53%——Bottom 4%
Earnings yield-64.84%——Bottom 3%

P/E over the past five years

Range 7.7× – 13.2× since Sep 30, 2023. 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)
-12.0%
200-day average slope (20 days)
-9.1%
Distance from 50-day average
-14.6%
Distance from 200-day average
-51.2%
RSI (14)
34.4
Relative volume
2.73×

Risk and drawdowns

Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
60.2%
Volatility vs own 5-year history
50th percentile · Normal for this stock
Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
0.87
Correlation with S&P 500
0.13
Current drawdown from 1-year high
-83.3%
Maximum drawdown, 3 years
-83.3%

Largest declines in the past six years

From peakTo lowDeclineLengthRecovery
Nov 11, 2025Oct 5, 2026-83.3%224 daysNot yet recovered
Feb 24, 2021Dec 15, 2022-68.1%457 days182 days (Sep 8, 2023)
Jan 29, 2024May 29, 2025-64.2%334 days16 days (Jun 23, 2025)
Jun 23, 2025Jul 17, 2025-42.8%17 days14 days (Aug 6, 2025)
Aug 6, 2025Aug 11, 2025-21.9%3 days9 days (Aug 22, 2025)

Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.

Financial statements

Market cap
$62.1M
EPS, diluted (TTM)
-$3.08
Revenue (TTM)
$91.8M
52-week range
$4.68 – $29.89
FY 2021FY 2022FY 2023FY 2024FY 2025
Revenue$94.9M$89.3M$124.5M$135.6M$110.8M
Gross profit$16.3M$18.0M$51.7M$52.6M$32.9M
Operating income-$16.9M-$23.1M$11.3M$7.1M-$11.3M
Net income-$14.1M-$22.9M$12.2M-$6.6M-$9.7M
EPS (diluted)-$1.05-$1.76$0.92-$0.50-$0.76
Q4 2024Q1 2025Q2 2025Q3 2025Q4 2025Q1 2026Q2 2026Q3 2026
Revenue$35.4M$37.2M$18.0M$24.8M$30.7M$25.6M$19.7M$15.8M
Net income-$12.9M$8.4M-$9.8M$760,000-$9.1M-$9.8M-$11.0M-$9.7M
EPS (diluted)-$1.00$0.65-$0.77$0.06-$0.71-$0.76-$0.86-$0.75
FY 2021FY 2022FY 2023FY 2024FY 2025
Operating cash flow-$7.2M-$10.0M$15.6M-$9.1M-$22.2M
Capital expenditure-$5.3M-$6.0M-$13.9M-$3.9M-$8.0M
Free cash flow-$12.5M-$16.0M$1.7M-$12.9M-$30.2M
Dividends paid$0$0$0$0$0
Net share buybacks-$6.8M-$695,000$0-$6.4M-$615,000

Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.

Cash and short-term investments
$2.8M
Total assets
$125.1M
Total liabilities
$29.4M
Total debt
$663,000
Net debt
-$2.2M
Shareholders’ equity
$95.7M

As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 7, 2026).

Short interest

Shares sold short
430,092
Days to cover
7.86
Change vs previous report
-3.1%

FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.

Stock splits

Oct 19, 2012
2-for-1