Stocks · Technology · Communication Equipment
Genasys Inc. GNSS
$1.45 +2.11% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NASDAQ · Market cap $66.0M
Weak trend
Next earnings report: Dec 8, 2026
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Three things to know
- Revenue over the last four quarters was $56.9M, up 86.7% from a year earlier, slowing from 114.0% a quarter earlier.
- Operating margin widened to -3.2% from -82.4% a year earlier.
- 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)Top 6%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 10%
- Revenue growth accelerationBottom 3%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalBottom 23%
- Gross marginTop 47%
- Operating marginBottom 31%
- Accruals (lower is better)Bottom 49%
- Interest coverBottom 31%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldBottom 17%
- Free-cash-flow yieldBottom 16%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueBottom 22%
- Sales / enterprise valueTop 21%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthBottom 15%
- 6-month returnBottom 12%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Bottom 18%
- Distance from 52-week highBottom 33%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Bottom 10%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersBottom 5%
- Consecutive EPS beatsBottom 12%
- Share of analysts rating BuyTop 5%
- Upside to consensus price targetTop 6%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Top 33%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 41%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Top 49%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 114.0% | 86.7% | ↓ |
| Gross margin | 36.5% | 54.0% | ↑ |
| Operating margin | -82.4% | -3.2% | ↑ |
| FCF margin | -36.0% | -4.6% | ↑ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 86.7% | 114.0% | ↓ | Top 6% |
| Gross margin | 54.0% | 36.5% | ↑ | Top 47% |
| Operating margin | -3.2% | -82.4% | ↑ | Bottom 31% |
| Net margin | -10.9% | -92.2% | ↑ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | -4.6% | -36.0% | ↑ | — |
| Return on invested capital | -7.7% | — | Bottom 23% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | -9.0% | — | Bottom 10% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -6.3%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 2.9%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- -33.0 pp
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- -1.1×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.00%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- -0.23%
- Shareholder yield
- -0.23%
- Share count change, 1 year
- +0.8%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- +7.1%
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
- 0
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 2 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- -100.0%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- -0.5%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 2 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $3.87
- Target vs current price
- +166.9%
- Analysts with a rating
- 4
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 100%
- 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 | -499.9% | +0.6% | +8.2% | -8.8% | — |
| May 14, 2026 | +166.7% | -5.4% | +2.7% | +3.2% | -11.4% |
| Feb 10, 2026 | -100.0% | +0.0% | -1.5% | -11.7% | -2.9% |
| Dec 9, 2025 | +0.0% | +1.3% | -9.7% | -9.3% | -24.6% |
| Aug 14, 2025 | -27.3% | +1.2% | +14.2% | +33.3% | +48.1% |
| May 13, 2025 | -7.7% | -2.7% | -7.7% | -9.3% | -9.9% |
| Feb 11, 2025 | +43.8% | -0.3% | +19.2% | -27.4% | -33.2% |
| Dec 9, 2024 | -136.4% | +1.3% | -30.8% | -28.5% | -38.2% |
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 | -$0.10 | -$0.02 | -499.9% | $7.3M |
| May 14, 2026 | $0.02 | -$0.03 | +166.7% | $15.5M |
| Feb 10, 2026 | -$0.02 | -$0.01 | -100.0% | $17.1M |
| Dec 9, 2025 | -$0.03 | -$0.03 | +0.0% | $17.0M |
| Aug 14, 2025 | -$0.14 | -$0.11 | -27.3% | $9.9M |
| May 13, 2025 | -$0.14 | -$0.13 | -7.7% | $6.9M |
| Feb 11, 2025 | -$0.09 | -$0.16 | +43.8% | $6.9M |
| Dec 9, 2024 | -$0.26 | -$0.11 | -136.4% | $6.7M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EV / Sales | 1.49× | — | — | Top 21% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | -3.97% | — | — | Bottom 16% |
| Earnings yield | -9.19% | — | — | Bottom 17% |
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)
- -5.5%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- -3.7%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -9.0%
- Distance from 200-day average
- -21.3%
- RSI (14)
- 41.5
- Relative volume
- 0.56×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 49.8%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 23th percentile · Normal for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 1.41
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.37
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -39.8%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -64.8%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 2, 2021 | Sep 1, 2026 | -82.7% | 1401 days | Not yet recovered |
| Oct 23, 2020 | Nov 4, 2020 | -13.6% | 8 days | 17 days (Nov 30, 2020) |
| Nov 30, 2020 | Dec 10, 2020 | -11.3% | 8 days | 23 days (Jan 14, 2021) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $66.0M
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- -$0.13
- Revenue (TTM)
- $56.9M
- 52-week range
- $1.36 – $2.47
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $47.0M | $54.0M | $46.7M | $24.0M | $40.8M |
| Gross profit | $23.4M | $27.3M | $21.8M | $10.2M | $17.0M |
| Operating income | $1.1M | -$15.5M | -$11.0M | -$26.7M | -$16.8M |
| Net income | $704,000 | -$16.2M | -$18.4M | -$31.7M | -$18.1M |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.02 | -$0.44 | -$0.50 | -$0.72 | -$0.40 |
| Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | Q3 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $6.7M | $6.9M | $6.9M | $9.9M | $17.0M | $17.1M | $15.5M | $7.3M |
| Net income | -$11.4M | -$4.1M | -$6.1M | -$6.5M | -$1.4M | -$817,000 | $723,000 | -$4.7M |
| EPS (diluted) | -$0.26 | -$0.09 | -$0.14 | -$0.14 | -$0.03 | -$0.02 | $0.02 | -$0.10 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $6.2M | $468,000 | -$9.6M | -$19.5M | -$8.8M |
| Capital expenditure | -$208,000 | -$381,000 | -$239,000 | -$191,000 | -$255,000 |
| Free cash flow | $5.9M | $87,000 | -$9.8M | -$19.6M | -$9.0M |
| Dividends paid | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Net share buybacks | $0 | -$716,000 | $138,000 | $10.4M | $49,000 |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $3.1M
- Total assets
- $58.3M
- Total liabilities
- $59.6M
- Total debt
- $21.7M
- Net debt
- $18.6M
- Shareholders’ equity
- -$1.3M
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 13, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Jun 13, 2016 | $0.01 | Jun 30, 2016 |
| Mar 11, 2016 | $0.01 | Mar 30, 2016 |
| Jan 13, 2016 | $0.01 | Jan 29, 2016 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 573,418
- Days to cover
- 8.73
- Change vs previous report
- +4.9%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.