Stocks · Technology · Software - Infrastructure
Palladyne AI Corp. PDYN
$5.33 +0.00% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NASDAQ · Market cap $251.8M
Strong growthWeak trendExpensive vs sector
Next earnings report: Nov 11, 2026
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Three things to know
- Revenue over the last four quarters was $11.8M, up 171.8% from a year earlier, accelerating from 16.8% a quarter earlier.
- Operating margin widened to -360.7% from -661.2% a year earlier.
- The diluted share count rose 21.8% in a year.
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 4%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 2%
- Revenue growth accelerationTop 1%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalBottom 5%
- Gross marginBottom 21%
- Operating marginBottom 5%
- Accruals (lower is better)Bottom 6%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldBottom 15%
- Free-cash-flow yieldBottom 9%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueBottom 9%
- Sales / enterprise valueBottom 12%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthBottom 13%
- 6-month returnBottom 13%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Bottom 15%
- Distance from 52-week highBottom 22%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Bottom 10%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersBottom 17%
- Consecutive EPS beatsBottom 12%
- Upside to consensus price targetTop 12%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Top 34%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 35%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Bottom 4%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 16.8% | 171.8% | ↑ |
| Gross margin | 57.3% | 28.7% | ↓ |
| Operating margin | -661.2% | -360.7% | ↑ |
| FCF margin | -518.5% | -310.0% | ↑ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 171.8% | 16.8% | ↑ | Top 4% |
| Gross margin | 28.7% | 57.3% | ↓ | Bottom 21% |
| Operating margin | -360.7% | -661.2% | ↑ | Bottom 5% |
| Net margin | -254.7% | -1028.1% | ↑ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | -310.0% | -518.5% | ↑ | — |
| Return on invested capital | -45.1% | — | Bottom 5% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | -28.9% | — | Bottom 2% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- 5.3%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 48.3%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- +53.6 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- Net cash
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.00%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- -10.02%
- Shareholder yield
- -10.02%
- Share count change, 1 year
- +21.8%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- +21.7%
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 6, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 0
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 2 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- -14.8%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- +0.9%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 3 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $10.75
- Target vs current price
- +101.7%
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 2026 | -16.1% | -1.3% | +6.4% | -8.7% | — |
| May 5, 2026 | -16.7% | -5.8% | +1.1% | +31.9% | -20.6% |
| Mar 5, 2026 | -77.8% | +34.1% | +0.0% | -16.6% | +13.5% |
| Nov 12, 2025 | +51.4% | -0.6% | -17.3% | -24.4% | +7.5% |
| Aug 6, 2025 | +0.0% | -7.7% | -14.5% | -21.9% | -10.1% |
| May 7, 2025 | +0.0% | -2.9% | +1.5% | +52.5% | +35.4% |
| Feb 20, 2025 | +0.0% | -3.7% | -25.7% | -10.8% | -29.7% |
| Nov 13, 2024 | +55.7% | -4.6% | -17.1% | +82.5% | +372.8% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 2026 | -$0.27 | -$0.23 | -16.1% | $5.8M |
| May 5, 2026 | -$0.28 | -$0.24 | -16.7% | $3.5M |
| Mar 5, 2026 | -$0.16 | -$0.09 | -77.8% | $1.7M |
| Nov 12, 2025 | -$0.09 | -$0.19 | +51.4% | $860,000 |
| Aug 6, 2025 | -$0.20 | -$0.20 | +0.0% | $1.0M |
| May 7, 2025 | $0.55 | $0.55 | +0.0% | $1.7M |
| Feb 20, 2025 | -$1.98 | -$1.98 | +0.0% | $761,000 |
| Nov 13, 2024 | -$0.27 | -$0.61 | +55.7% | $871,000 |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EV / Sales | 19.30× | — | — | Bottom 12% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | -14.58% | — | — | Bottom 9% |
| Earnings yield | -12.67% | — | — | Bottom 15% |
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)
- +0.6%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- +0.3%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -6.7%
- Distance from 200-day average
- -14.3%
- RSI (14)
- 41.0
- Relative volume
- 0.76×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 50.8%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 0th percentile · Low for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 3.25
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.22
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -48.3%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -68.8%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 31, 2021 | Feb 6, 2024 | -99.2% | 526 days | Not yet recovered |
| Sep 27, 2021 | Oct 12, 2021 | -33.2% | 11 days | 49 days (Dec 21, 2021) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $251.8M
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- -$0.68
- Revenue (TTM)
- $11.8M
- 52-week range
- $4.14 – $10.73
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $5.1M | $14.6M | $6.1M | $7.8M | $5.2M |
| Gross profit | $1.2M | $3.0M | $1.1M | $4.3M | $2.6M |
| Operating income | -$81.0M | -$177.0M | -$121.0M | -$26.9M | -$32.4M |
| Net income | -$81.5M | -$157.1M | -$115.6M | -$72.6M | $10.0M |
| EPS (diluted) | -$4.32 | -$6.42 | -$4.51 | -$2.77 | $0.24 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $871,000 | $761,000 | $1.7M | $1.0M | $860,000 | $1.7M | $3.5M | $5.8M |
| Net income | -$7.1M | -$53.0M | $22.8M | -$7.5M | -$3.7M | -$1.5M | -$12.6M | -$12.3M |
| EPS (diluted) | -$0.27 | -$2.02 | $0.55 | -$0.20 | -$0.09 | -$0.04 | -$0.28 | -$0.27 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | -$42.1M | -$65.4M | -$76.6M | -$22.6M | -$27.6M |
| Capital expenditure | -$4.7M | -$1.5M | -$782,000 | -$265,000 | -$713,000 |
| Free cash flow | -$46.8M | -$66.9M | -$77.4M | -$22.9M | -$28.4M |
| Dividends paid | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Net share buybacks | $228.8M | -$8.1M | -$78,000 | $19.9M | $43.0M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $43.7M
- Total assets
- $94.4M
- Total liabilities
- $23.6M
- Total debt
- $10.6M
- Net debt
- -$23.2M
- Shareholders’ equity
- $70.8M
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 6, 2026).
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 6,448,148
- Days to cover
- 9.78
- Change vs previous report
- -16.5%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.
Stock splits
- Jul 6, 2023
- 1-for-6