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QuickLogic Corporation QUIK
$11.65 -1.85% Close, Oct 5, 2026 · NASDAQ · Market cap $210.4M
Expensive vs sector
Next earnings report: Nov 10, 2026
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Three things to know
- Operating margin narrowed to -69.0% from -34.8% a year earlier.
- The diluted share count rose 13.5% in a year.
- Over the past year the stock returned +93.2%, ahead of the S&P 500 by 77.4 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 6, 2026.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 7%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 16%
- Revenue growth accelerationTop 9%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalBottom 6%
- Gross marginBottom 18%
- Operating marginBottom 12%
- Accruals (lower is better)Top 7%
- Interest coverBottom 11%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldBottom 20%
- Free-cash-flow yieldBottom 25%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueBottom 19%
- Sales / enterprise valueBottom 20%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthTop 14%
- 6-month returnBottom 45%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 15%
- Distance from 52-week highBottom 20%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Bottom 25%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersBottom 14%
- Consecutive EPS beatsBottom 12%
- Share of analysts rating BuyTop 5%
- Upside to consensus price targetTop 17%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Top 47%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 20%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Bottom 20%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | -21.2% | -9.4% | ↑ |
| Gross margin | 48.0% | 27.3% | ↓ |
| Operating margin | -34.8% | -69.0% | ↓ |
| FCF margin | -35.5% | -8.0% | ↑ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | -9.4% | -21.2% | ↑ | Bottom 7% |
| Gross margin | 27.3% | 48.0% | ↓ | Bottom 18% |
| Operating margin | -69.0% | -34.8% | ↓ | Bottom 12% |
| Net margin | -80.2% | -40.4% | ↓ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | -8.0% | -35.5% | ↑ | — |
| Return on invested capital | -34.6% | — | Bottom 6% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | -5.2% | — | Bottom 16% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -31.4%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 15.0%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- -65.9 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.
- -38.6×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.00%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- -4.97%
- Shareholder yield
- -4.97%
- Share count change, 1 year
- +13.5%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- +9.1%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 28, 2026 (filed Aug 12, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 0
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 2 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- -38.5%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- -1.1%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 2 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $21.00
- Target vs current price
- +80.3%
- 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 11, 2026 | -37.6% | +3.4% | -8.2% | -20.4% | — |
| May 12, 2026 | -71.4% | -7.9% | -10.8% | -4.8% | -33.0% |
| Mar 3, 2026 | -54.5% | -3.5% | +6.2% | +12.4% | +179.2% |
| Nov 11, 2025 | +9.5% | -0.8% | -17.7% | -11.9% | -1.8% |
| Aug 12, 2025 | -28.6% | +0.9% | -1.7% | -6.2% | +31.7% |
| May 13, 2025 | +12.5% | +2.7% | -11.8% | +4.7% | -9.6% |
| Feb 25, 2025 | -85.7% | -4.9% | -18.3% | -13.7% | -20.1% |
| Nov 11, 2024 | -20.0% | +1.5% | -12.2% | -5.2% | -8.0% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 11, 2026 | -$0.06 | -$0.04 | -37.6% | $5.5M |
| May 12, 2026 | -$0.08 | -$0.05 | -71.4% | $5.1M |
| Mar 3, 2026 | -$0.17 | -$0.11 | -54.5% | $3.7M |
| Nov 11, 2025 | -$0.19 | -$0.21 | +9.5% | $2.0M |
| Aug 12, 2025 | -$0.09 | -$0.07 | -28.6% | $3.7M |
| May 13, 2025 | -$0.07 | -$0.08 | +12.5% | $4.3M |
| Feb 25, 2025 | $0.04 | $0.28 | -85.7% | $5.7M |
| Nov 11, 2024 | -$0.06 | -$0.05 | -20.0% | $4.3M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EV / Sales | 11.85× | — | — | Bottom 20% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | -0.62% | — | — | Bottom 25% |
| Earnings yield | -6.70% | — | — | Bottom 20% |
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)
- -13.0%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- +4.0%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -0.7%
- Distance from 200-day average
- -5.9%
- RSI (14)
- 55.6
- Relative volume
- 0.80×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 59.5%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 31th percentile · Normal for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 2.13
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.47
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -50.9%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -76.9%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 18, 2024 | Apr 8, 2025 | -76.8% | 265 days | 272 days (May 8, 2026) |
| Jun 4, 2026 | Sep 16, 2026 | -57.8% | 71 days | Not yet recovered |
| Feb 19, 2021 | Jan 27, 2022 | -49.8% | 237 days | 120 days (Jul 21, 2022) |
| Jul 22, 2022 | Dec 16, 2022 | -44.9% | 103 days | 129 days (Jun 26, 2023) |
| Jan 25, 2024 | Feb 1, 2024 | -26.6% | 5 days | 18 days (Feb 28, 2024) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $210.4M
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- -$0.78
- Revenue (TTM)
- $16.3M
- 52-week range
- $5.28 – $24.33
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $12.7M | $16.2M | $21.2M | $20.1M | $13.8M |
| Gross profit | $7.4M | $8.8M | $14.5M | $11.9M | $3.0M |
| Operating income | -$7.5M | -$3.8M | $70,000 | -$3.4M | -$11.5M |
| Net income | -$6.6M | -$4.3M | -$263,000 | -$3.8M | -$14.8M |
| EPS (diluted) | -$0.57 | -$0.34 | -$0.02 | -$0.26 | -$0.91 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $4.3M | $5.7M | $4.3M | $3.7M | $2.0M | $3.7M | $5.1M | $5.5M |
| Net income | -$2.1M | -$305,000 | -$2.2M | -$2.7M | -$4.0M | -$6.0M | -$2.2M | -$887,000 |
| EPS (diluted) | -$0.14 | -$0.02 | -$0.14 | -$0.17 | -$0.24 | -$0.36 | -$0.13 | -$0.05 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | -$2.9M | -$4.1M | $4.8M | $27,000 | -$3.3M |
| Capital expenditure | -$713,000 | -$814,000 | -$6.3M | -$6.5M | -$3.2M |
| Free cash flow | -$3.6M | -$4.9M | -$1.5M | -$6.4M | -$6.4M |
| Dividends paid | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Net share buybacks | $1.3M | $4.9M | $2.5M | $7.1M | $9.1M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $18.5M
- Total assets
- $43.0M
- Total liabilities
- $11.7M
- Total debt
- $1.2M
- Net debt
- -$17.2M
- Shareholders’ equity
- $31.2M
As of Jun 28, 2026 (filed Aug 12, 2026).
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 1,676,005
- Days to cover
- 7.36
- Change vs previous report
- +0.3%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.
Stock splits
- Dec 24, 2019
- 1-for-14