PowerFleet, Inc. (AIOT)Technology | Software - Infrastructure | Woodcliff Lake, United States | NasdaqGM
3.05 USD
+0.05
(1.667%)
⇧
(Aug. 28, 2026, 4 p.m.
EDT)
After hours: 3.09 +0.04 (1.311%) ⇧ (Aug. 28, 2026, 7:36 p.m. EDT) |
Hot Take ↕ | Aug. 22, 2026, 3:09 a.m. EDT
The investment case for PowerFleet is currently fractured by a severe disconnect between optimistic analyst targets and deteriorating operational reality. While the company boasts a 'strong buy' recommendation and a $30 million buyback program, the underlying business is bleeding value: it is posting negative earnings, shrinking revenue growth, and suffering a multi-year price collapse where the market has punished the stock with a 45% drop over the last two years. The options market confirms this skepticism, with heavy speculative positioning in downside protection rather than upside speculation. Although the forward P/E looks attractive at 11.5x, it is pricing in a turnaround that hasn't materialized yet. Until the company demonstrates sustained profitability and stops the multi-year price decline, the risk of permanent capital loss outweighs the potential for a recovery based solely on cheap valuation multiples. |
| Model | MAE |
|---|---|
| AutoARIMA ✓ | 0.068776 |
| AutoETS | 0.068913 |
| AutoTheta | 0.071670 |
| MSTL | 0.074936 |
Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoARIMA
| Forecast Reliability | |
|---|---|
| Score | 31% |
| H-stat | 6.34 |
| Ljung-Box p | 0.089 |
| Jarque-Bera p | 0.000 |
| Excess Kurtosis | 5.58 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Sector | Technology |
| Debt to Equity Ratio | 60.466 |
| Revenue per Share | 3.362 |
| Market Cap | 409,389,056 |
| Forward P/E | 11.51 |
| Beta | 1.42 |
| Profit Margins | -4.16% |
| Website | https://www.powerfleet.com |
As of Aug. 22, 2026, 3:09 a.m. EDT: Speculators are heavily positioned for downside protection, with open interest concentrated significantly in out-of-the-money puts (strikes at 5.0 and 7.5) relative to calls. This 'bear put' positioning suggests a high probability of further decline or stagnation rather than a rally, despite the company's recent share repurchase program.
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| 52 Week Change | -0.32819384 |
| Address1 | 123 Tice Boulevard |
| Address2 | Suite 101 |
| All Time High | 25.84 |
| All Time Low | 1.64 |
| Ask | 4.6 |
| Ask Size | 1 |
| Audit Risk | 10 |
| Average Analyst Rating | 1.4 - Strong Buy |
| Average Daily Volume10 Day | 1,699,490 |
| Average Daily Volume3 Month | 1,891,711 |
| Average Volume | 1,891,711 |
| Average Volume10Days | 1,699,490 |
| Beta | 1.42 |
| Bid | 3.03 |
| Bid Size | 2 |
| Board Risk | 9 |
| Book Value | 3.649 |
| City | Woodcliff Lake |
| Compensation As Of Epoch Date | 1,798,675,200 |
| Compensation Risk | 10 |
| Country | United States |
| Crypto Tradeable | 0 |
| Currency | USD |
| Current Price | 3.05 |
| Current Ratio | 1.098 |
| Custom Price Alert Confidence | HIGH |
| Date Short Interest | 1,786,665,600 |
| Day High | 3.08 |
| Day Low | 2.99 |
| Debt To Equity | 60.466 |
| Display Name | PowerFleet |
| Earnings Call Timestamp End | 1,786,365,000 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp Start | 1,786,365,000 |
| Earnings Timestamp | 1,786,365,000 |
| Earnings Timestamp End | 1,794,227,400 |
| Earnings Timestamp Start | 1,794,227,400 |
| Ebitda | 86,052,000 |
| Ebitda Margins | 0.19104 |
| Enterprise To Ebitda | 7.814 |
| Enterprise To Revenue | 1.493 |
| Enterprise Value | 672,431,872 |
| Eps Current Year | 0.1075 |
| Eps Forward | 0.265 |
| Eps Trailing Twelve Months | -0.13 |
| Esg Populated | 0 |
| Exchange | NGM |
| Exchange Data Delayed By | 0 |
| Exchange Timezone Name | America/New_York |
| Exchange Timezone Short Name | EDT |
| Fifty Day Average | 3.7634 |
| Fifty Day Average Change | -0.7134001 |
| Fifty Day Average Change Percent | -0.18956266 |
| Fifty Two Week Change Percent | -32.819386 |
| Fifty Two Week High | 5.88 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change | -2.8300002 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change Percent | -0.48129255 |
| Fifty Two Week Low | 2.78 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change | 0.26999998 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent | 0.0971223 |
| Fifty Two Week Range | 2.78 - 5.88 |
| Financial Currency | USD |
| First Trade Date Milliseconds | 930,749,400,000 |
| Float Shares | 124,037,629 |
| Forward Eps | 0.265 |
| Forward P E | 11.509435 |
| Free Cashflow | 25,774,750 |
| Full Exchange Name | NasdaqGM |
| Full Time Employees | 2,658 |
| Fullday Change | 0.05 |
| Fullday Change Percent | 1.66667 |
| Fullday Price | 3.09 |
| Gmt Off Set Milliseconds | -14,400,000 |
| Governance Epoch Date | 1,785,542,400 |
| Gross Margins | 0.55745 |
| Gross Profits | 251,102,000 |
| Has Pre Post Market Data | 1 |
| Held Percent Insiders | 0.062459998 |
| Held Percent Institutions | 0.87474 |
| Implied Shares Outstanding | 134,225,918 |
| Industry | Software - Infrastructure |
| Industry Disp | Software - Infrastructure |
| Industry Key | software-infrastructure |
| Is Earnings Date Estimate | 0 |
| Language | en-US |
| Last Fiscal Year End | 1,774,915,200 |
| Long Business Summary | PowerFleet, Inc. provides artificial intelligence-of-things (AIoT) solutions for managing high-value enterprise and mid-market assets in North America, Israel, Africa, Europe, the Middle East, Australia, and internationally. It offers unity solution portfolio, which includes unity platform that enables integration with AIoT devices and third-party business systems to a data highway that powers artificial intelligence-driven insights to help customers save lives, time, and money; software as a service based unity modules, which comprises vehicle, video, and in-warehouse IoT for customers to gain visibility and AI-powered insights into their people, assets, and business processes to manage utilization and maintenance, safety, fuel and energy management, and compliance and high-risk incidents; and open application programming interfaces for additional integrations and development to enhance other enterprise management systems and third-party applications. The company also provides hosting, maintenance, and customer support and consulting services; and software as a service, such as system monitoring, help desk technical support, escalation procedure development, routine diagnostic data analysis, and software update services. It offers its products under the Powerfleet, Pointer, Cellocator, MiX by Powerfleet, and Fleet Complete brands. The company markets and sells its wireless solutions to a range of customers in the commercial and government sectors, including construction and heavy equipment, distribution, field services, leasing and car rental, government and public safety, manufacturing and automotive, oil and gas, chemical, transportation and logistics, utilities and telecommunications, and cold chain logistics. The company was formerly known as I.D. Systems, Inc. and changed its name to PowerFleet, Inc. in October 2019. PowerFleet, Inc. was incorporated in 1993 and is headquartered in Woodcliff Lake, New Jersey. |
| Long Name | PowerFleet, Inc. |
| Market | us_market |
| Market Cap | 409,389,056 |
| Market State | CLOSED |
| Max Age | 86,400 |
| Message Board Id | finmb_238361 |
| Most Recent Quarter | 1,782,777,600 |
| Net Income To Common | -18,758,000 |
| Next Fiscal Year End | 1,806,451,200 |
| Non Diluted Market Cap | 402,006,624 |
| Number Of Analyst Opinions | 5 |
| Open | 2.99 |
| Operating Cashflow | 34,183,000 |
| Operating Margins | 0.01683 |
| Overall Risk | 10 |
| Payout Ratio | 0.0 |
| Peg Ratio | 0.8 |
| Phone | 201 996 9000 |
| Post Market Change | 0.03999996 |
| Post Market Change Percent | 1.3114742 |
| Post Market Price | 3.09 |
| Post Market Time | 1,787,960,171 |
| Previous Close | 3.0 |
| Price Eps Current Year | 28.372091 |
| Price Hint | 4 |
| Price To Book | 0.8358454 |
| Price To Sales Trailing12 Months | 0.9088467 |
| Profit Margins | -0.04164 |
| Quick Ratio | 0.873 |
| Quote Source Name | Nasdaq Real Time Price |
| Quote Type | EQUITY |
| Recommendation Key | strong_buy |
| Recommendation Mean | 1.42857 |
| Region | US |
| Regular Market Change | 0.05 |
| Regular Market Change Percent | 1.66667 |
| Regular Market Day High | 3.08 |
| Regular Market Day Low | 2.99 |
| Regular Market Day Range | 2.99 - 3.08 |
| Regular Market Open | 2.99 |
| Regular Market Previous Close | 3.0 |
| Regular Market Price | 3.05 |
| Regular Market Time | 1,787,947,200 |
| Regular Market Volume | 1,632,106 |
| Return On Assets | 0.01993 |
| Return On Equity | -0.03783 |
| Revenue Growth | 0.064 |
| Revenue Per Share | 3.362 |
| Sand P52 Week Change | 0.20204377 |
| Sector | Technology |
| Sector Disp | Technology |
| Sector Key | technology |
| Share Holder Rights Risk | 7 |
| Shares Outstanding | 134,225,918 |
| Shares Percent Shares Out | 0.1043 |
| Shares Short | 14,003,954 |
| Shares Short Previous Month Date | 1,784,073,600 |
| Shares Short Prior Month | 12,917,131 |
| Short Name | PowerFleet, Inc. |
| Short Percent Of Float | 0.1105 |
| Short Ratio | 6.7 |
| Source Interval | 15 |
| State | NJ |
| Symbol | AIOT |
| Target High Price | 13.0 |
| Target Low Price | 6.0 |
| Target Mean Price | 8.4 |
| Target Median Price | 7.0 |
| Total Cash | 32,824,000 |
| Total Cash Per Share | 0.248 |
| Total Debt | 295,614,016 |
| Total Revenue | 450,448,992 |
| Tradeable | 0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Rate | 0.0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Trailing Eps | -0.13 |
| Trailing Peg Ratio | None |
| Triggerable | 1 |
| Two Hundred Day Average | 4.0376 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change | -0.9876001 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent | -0.24460077 |
| Type Disp | Equity |
| Volume | 1,632,106 |
| Website | https://www.powerfleet.com |
| Zip | 7,677 |