AudioEye, Inc. (AEYE)Technology | Software - Application | Tucson, United States | NasdaqCM
7.35 USD
+0.25
(3.521%)
⇧
(July 13, 2026, 4 p.m.
EDT)
After hours: 7.35 |
Hot Take ↕ | July 11, 2026, 3:30 a.m. EDT
The investment case here is structurally broken despite the recent headline of 'record results.' The company is burning cash with negative operating margins of nearly 18% and a return on equity of -67%, indicating that the recent revenue growth is propping up a fundamentally deteriorating business rather than driving profitability. The balance sheet is precarious, with debt significantly outweighing equity, leaving little room for error in a downturn. The price action confirms this distress; after a massive spike in 2024, the stock has collapsed, trading well below its 200-day average. While the recent weekly price action shows a slight bounce off the lows, the momentum is weak, and the statistical forecast offers no directional edge. Most critically, the options market is screaming 'sell.' The sheer volume of put buying at the $5 and $7 strikes suggests smart money is pricing in a failure to recover, not just a pause. With no dividend to provide income and a high risk of further dilution or capital raising to cover losses, this is a speculative trap disguised as a turnaround story. |
| Model | MAE |
|---|---|
| MSTL ✓ | 0.091977 |
| MSTL_55 | 0.094050 |
| AutoTheta | 0.095913 |
| AutoARIMA | 0.098551 |
| AutoETS | 0.098554 |
| MSTL_55_79 | 0.112060 |
| MSTL_79 | 0.115913 |
Forecast horizon: 60 days | Selected: MSTL
| Forecast Reliability | |
|---|---|
| Score | 38% |
| H-stat | 0.63 |
| Ljung-Box p | 0.000 |
| Jarque-Bera p | 0.132 |
| Excess Kurtosis | 0.22 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Sector | Technology |
| Debt to Equity Ratio | 532.966 |
| Revenue per Share | 3.308 |
| Market Cap | 91,826,600 |
| Forward P/E | 6.53 |
| Beta | 0.82 |
| Profit Margins | -9.05% |
| Website | https://www.audioeye.com |
As of July 11, 2026, 3:30 a.m. EDT: Speculators are heavily positioned for downside protection, with massive open interest in out-of-the-money puts expiring in September and December (over 300 contracts combined vs negligible call volume). This creates a 'bear put spread' environment where traders are betting on a significant drop to the $5 strike level, while call activity remains thin and focused only on immediate, low-strike anchors.
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| 52 Week Change | -0.38740295 |
| Address1 | 5,210 East Williams Circle |
| Address2 | Suite 750 |
| All Time High | 75.0 |
| All Time Low | 0.75 |
| Ask | 7.37 |
| Ask Size | 1 |
| Audit Risk | 3 |
| Average Daily Volume10 Day | 273,910 |
| Average Daily Volume3 Month | 141,844 |
| Average Volume | 141,844 |
| Average Volume10Days | 273,910 |
| Beta | 0.822 |
| Bid | 5.4 |
| Bid Size | 2 |
| Board Risk | 6 |
| Book Value | 0.256 |
| City | Tucson |
| Compensation As Of Epoch Date | 1,767,139,200 |
| Compensation Risk | 9 |
| Country | United States |
| Crypto Tradeable | 0 |
| Currency | USD |
| Current Price | 7.35 |
| Current Ratio | 1.029 |
| Custom Price Alert Confidence | HIGH |
| Date Short Interest | 1,782,777,600 |
| Day High | 7.5499 |
| Day Low | 7.13 |
| Debt To Equity | 532.966 |
| Display Name | AudioEye |
| Dividend Date | 1,533,686,400 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp End | 1,778,617,800 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp Start | 1,778,617,800 |
| Earnings Timestamp | 1,778,616,000 |
| Earnings Timestamp End | 1,786,046,400 |
| Earnings Timestamp Start | 1,786,046,400 |
| Ebitda | -2,272,000 |
| Ebitda Margins | -0.05524 |
| Enterprise To Ebitda | -43.927 |
| Enterprise To Revenue | 2.426 |
| Enterprise Value | 99,801,464 |
| Eps Current Year | 0.94 |
| Eps Forward | 1.125 |
| Eps Trailing Twelve Months | -0.3 |
| Esg Populated | 0 |
| Exchange | NCM |
| Exchange Data Delayed By | 0 |
| Exchange Timezone Name | America/New_York |
| Exchange Timezone Short Name | EDT |
| Fifty Day Average | 7.0346 |
| Fifty Day Average Change | 0.31540012 |
| Fifty Day Average Change Percent | 0.044835545 |
| Fifty Two Week Change Percent | -38.740295 |
| Fifty Two Week High | 16.39 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change | -9.039999 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change Percent | -0.5515558 |
| Fifty Two Week Low | 5.31 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change | 2.04 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent | 0.38418078 |
| Fifty Two Week Range | 5.31 - 16.39 |
| Financial Currency | USD |
| First Trade Date Milliseconds | 1,366,983,000,000 |
| Float Shares | 8,221,961 |
| Forward Eps | 1.125 |
| Forward P E | 6.5333333 |
| Free Cashflow | 7,125,750 |
| Full Exchange Name | NasdaqCM |
| Full Time Employees | 116 |
| Gmt Off Set Milliseconds | -14,400,000 |
| Governance Epoch Date | 1,782,864,000 |
| Gross Margins | 0.77970004 |
| Gross Profits | 32,070,000 |
| Has Pre Post Market Data | 1 |
| Held Percent Insiders | 0.33051 |
| Held Percent Institutions | 0.36726 |
| Implied Shares Outstanding | 12,493,415 |
| Industry | Software - Application |
| Industry Disp | Software - Application |
| Industry Key | software-application |
| Is Earnings Date Estimate | 1 |
| Language | en-US |
| Last Fiscal Year End | 1,767,139,200 |
| Last Split Date | 1,533,686,400 |
| Last Split Factor | 1:25 |
| Long Business Summary | AudioEye, Inc. provides patented, Internet content publication and distribution software and related services to Internet and other media to people regardless of their device, location, or disabilities in the United States. Its software and services enable conversion of digital content into accessible formats and allow for real time distribution to end users on any Internet connected device. The company's offering provides ongoing testing, automated fixes, and 24/7 monitoring that enhances conformance with web content accessibility guidelines; identifies and fixes the accessibility errors and addresses a range of disabilities, including dyslexia, color blindness, epilepsy, and others; and offers additional solutions to provide for enhanced compliance and accessibility, including periodic auditing, custom fixes by experts, and legal support services, as well as PDF remediation services, mobile application, and audit reporting services to help customers with their digital accessibility needs. It serves small- and medium-sized businesses, corporate enterprises, non-profit organizations, and federal government agencies, as well as federal, state, and local governments and agencies through content management system partners, platform and agency partners, authorized resellers, and the marketplace. AudioEye, Inc. was incorporated in 2005 and is based in Tucson, Arizona. |
| Long Name | AudioEye, Inc. |
| Market | us_market |
| Market Cap | 91,826,600 |
| Market State | POSTPOST |
| Max Age | 86,400 |
| Message Board Id | finmb_33094830 |
| Most Recent Quarter | 1,774,915,200 |
| Net Income To Common | -3,722,000 |
| Next Fiscal Year End | 1,798,675,200 |
| Non Diluted Market Cap | 88,703,246 |
| Number Of Analyst Opinions | 4 |
| Open | 7.205 |
| Operating Cashflow | 6,057,000 |
| Operating Margins | -0.17843 |
| Overall Risk | 6 |
| Payout Ratio | 0.0 |
| Peg Ratio | 2.16 |
| Phone | 866 331 5324 |
| Post Market Change | 0.0 |
| Post Market Change Percent | 0.0 |
| Post Market Price | 7.35 |
| Post Market Time | 1,783,981,117 |
| Previous Close | 7.1 |
| Price Eps Current Year | 7.819149 |
| Price Hint | 2 |
| Price To Book | 28.710936 |
| Price To Sales Trailing12 Months | 2.23254 |
| Profit Margins | -0.09049 |
| Quick Ratio | 0.962 |
| Quote Source Name | Nasdaq Real Time Price |
| Quote Type | EQUITY |
| Recommendation Key | none |
| Region | US |
| Regular Market Change | 0.25 |
| Regular Market Change Percent | 3.52113 |
| Regular Market Day High | 7.5499 |
| Regular Market Day Low | 7.13 |
| Regular Market Day Range | 7.13 - 7.5499 |
| Regular Market Open | 7.205 |
| Regular Market Previous Close | 7.1 |
| Regular Market Price | 7.35 |
| Regular Market Time | 1,783,972,801 |
| Regular Market Volume | 78,318 |
| Return On Assets | -0.07646 |
| Return On Equity | -0.66912 |
| Revenue Growth | 0.084 |
| Revenue Per Share | 3.308 |
| Sand P52 Week Change | 0.20847368 |
| Sector | Technology |
| Sector Disp | Technology |
| Sector Key | technology |
| Share Holder Rights Risk | 3 |
| Shares Outstanding | 12,493,415 |
| Shares Percent Shares Out | 0.0254 |
| Shares Short | 317,618 |
| Shares Short Previous Month Date | 1,780,012,800 |
| Shares Short Prior Month | 531,394 |
| Short Name | AudioEye, Inc. |
| Short Percent Of Float | 0.0342 |
| Short Ratio | 1.96 |
| Source Interval | 15 |
| State | AZ |
| Symbol | AEYE |
| Target High Price | 25.0 |
| Target Low Price | 7.0 |
| Target Mean Price | 15.75 |
| Target Median Price | 15.5 |
| Total Cash | 8,563,000 |
| Total Cash Per Share | 0.688 |
| Total Debt | 16,943,000 |
| Total Revenue | 41,131,000 |
| Tradeable | 0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Rate | 0.0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Trailing Eps | -0.3 |
| Trailing Peg Ratio | None |
| Triggerable | 1 |
| Two Hundred Day Average | 9.24795 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change | -1.8979497 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent | -0.20522924 |
| Type Disp | Equity |
| Volume | 78,318 |
| Website | https://www.audioeye.com |
| Zip | 85,711 |