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Lantronix, Inc. LTRX
$7.19 +1.84% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NASDAQ · Market cap $320.7M
Next earnings report: Nov 4, 2026
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Three things to know
- The diluted share count rose 8.2% in a year.
- Operating margin widened to -3.1% from -8.9% a year earlier.
- Over the past year the stock returned +56.6%, ahead of the S&P 500 by 41.6 percentage points.
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 14%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Top 36%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 22%
- Revenue growth accelerationTop 7%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalBottom 31%
- Gross marginBottom 39%
- Operating marginBottom 31%
- Accruals (lower is better)Top 41%
- Interest coverBottom 15%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldBottom 32%
- Free-cash-flow yieldTop 48%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueBottom 28%
- Sales / enterprise valueTop 31%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthTop 42%
- 6-month returnTop 42%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 25%
- Distance from 52-week highTop 30%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Top 44%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersTop 27%
- Consecutive EPS beatsBottom 31%
- Share of analysts rating BuyTop 5%
- Upside to consensus price targetTop 31%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Bottom 47%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 29%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Top 48%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | -17.2% | -1.6% | ↑ |
| Gross margin | 42.1% | 42.7% | ↑ |
| Operating margin | -8.9% | -3.1% | ↑ |
| FCF margin | 5.5% | 7.7% | ↑ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | -1.6% | -17.2% | ↑ | Bottom 14% |
| Gross margin | 42.7% | 42.1% | ↑ | Bottom 39% |
| Operating margin | -3.1% | -8.9% | ↑ | Bottom 31% |
| Net margin | -3.5% | -9.3% | ↑ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 7.7% | 5.5% | ↑ | — |
| Return on invested capital | -2.8% | — | Bottom 31% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | -2.7% | — | Bottom 22% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -8.8%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 5.2%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- +4.0 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.
- -20.0×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.00%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- -13.89%
- Shareholder yield
- -13.89%
- Share count change, 1 year
- +8.2%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- +4.7%
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 27, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 1
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 3 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +20.0%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- -1.2%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 5 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $10.63
- Target vs current price
- +47.8%
- Analysts with a rating
- 6
- 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 26, 2026 | +33.3% | -3.4% | -12.1% | +9.2% | — |
| May 6, 2026 | -20.0% | -1.9% | -11.4% | +8.7% | -22.0% |
| Feb 4, 2026 | +33.3% | -13.5% | -13.6% | -17.9% | -6.8% |
| Nov 5, 2025 | +33.3% | -0.2% | +8.8% | +20.6% | +45.9% |
| Aug 27, 2025 | +0.0% | +0.8% | +25.0% | +28.0% | +25.5% |
| May 8, 2025 | +0.0% | +6.6% | +10.3% | +8.9% | +45.5% |
| Feb 6, 2025 | -42.9% | +0.2% | -27.7% | -34.6% | -46.3% |
| Nov 7, 2024 | -33.3% | +2.1% | -30.4% | -19.1% | +9.7% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 26, 2026 | $0.04 | $0.03 | +33.3% | $31.2M |
| May 6, 2026 | $0.04 | $0.05 | -20.0% | $30.2M |
| Feb 4, 2026 | $0.04 | $0.03 | +33.3% | $29.8M |
| Nov 5, 2025 | $0.04 | $0.03 | +33.3% | $29.8M |
| Aug 27, 2025 | $0.01 | $0.01 | +0.0% | $28.8M |
| May 8, 2025 | $0.03 | $0.03 | +0.0% | $28.5M |
| Feb 6, 2025 | $0.04 | $0.07 | -42.9% | $31.2M |
| Nov 7, 2024 | $0.06 | $0.09 | -33.3% | $34.4M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (forward) | 32.1× | — | — | — |
| EV / Sales | 2.22× | — | — | Top 31% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 2.89% | — | — | Top 48% |
| Earnings yield | -1.47% | — | — | Bottom 32% |
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
- 12
- Days above the 200-day average
- 10
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- +4.0%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- +1.3%
- Distance from 50-day average
- +22.3%
- Distance from 200-day average
- +18.4%
- RSI (14)
- 71.6
- Relative volume
- 0.61×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 64.4%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 43th percentile · Normal for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 1.40
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.30
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -14.9%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -71.7%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 8, 2021 | Apr 8, 2025 | -80.3% | 856 days | Not yet recovered |
| Feb 19, 2021 | Mar 8, 2021 | -24.7% | 11 days | 39 days (May 3, 2021) |
| May 4, 2021 | Aug 17, 2021 | -21.3% | 73 days | 9 days (Aug 30, 2021) |
| Oct 16, 2020 | Nov 2, 2020 | -19.2% | 11 days | 73 days (Feb 18, 2021) |
| Sep 9, 2021 | Sep 17, 2021 | -15.7% | 6 days | 19 days (Oct 14, 2021) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $320.7M
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- -$0.11
- Revenue (TTM)
- $120.9M
- 52-week range
- $4.37 – $8.75
| FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | FY 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $129.7M | $131.2M | $160.3M | $122.9M | $120.9M |
| Gross profit | $55.6M | $56.3M | $64.4M | $51.7M | $51.6M |
| Operating income | -$5.0M | -$6.7M | -$2.9M | -$11.0M | -$3.7M |
| Net income | -$5.4M | -$9.0M | -$4.5M | -$11.4M | -$4.2M |
| EPS (diluted) | -$0.16 | -$0.25 | -$0.12 | -$0.29 | -$0.11 |
| Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | Q3 2026 | Q4 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $34.4M | $31.2M | $28.5M | $28.8M | $29.8M | $29.8M | $30.2M | $31.2M |
| Net income | -$2.5M | -$2.4M | -$3.9M | -$2.6M | -$1.4M | -$1.3M | -$1.2M | -$269,000 |
| EPS (diluted) | -$0.07 | -$0.06 | -$0.10 | -$0.07 | -$0.04 | -$0.03 | -$0.03 | -$0.01 |
| FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | FY 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | -$9.4M | $237,000 | $18.6M | $7.3M | $9.9M |
| Capital expenditure | -$2.1M | -$2.7M | -$1.5M | -$505,000 | -$612,000 |
| Free cash flow | -$11.5M | -$2.4M | $17.1M | $6.8M | $9.3M |
| Dividends paid | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Net share buybacks | $34.2M | $1.3M | $1.0M | $357,000 | $44.9M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $60.5M
- Total assets
- $160.3M
- Total liabilities
- $41.1M
- Total debt
- $8.3M
- Net debt
- -$52.2M
- Shareholders’ equity
- $119.3M
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 27, 2026).
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 2,514,550
- Days to cover
- 2.81
- Change vs previous report
- -12.0%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.
Stock splits
- Dec 21, 2009
- 1-for-6