Creative Realities, Inc. (CREX)Technology | Software - Application | Louisville, United States | NasdaqCM
2.85 USD
-0.10
(-3.226%) ⇩
(Aug. 28, 2026, 4 p.m.
EDT)
After hours: 2.81 -0.04 (-0.040%) ⇩ (Aug. 28, 2026, 7:30 p.m. EDT) |
Hot Take ↕ | Aug. 22, 2026, 2:16 a.m. EDT
The immediate outlook is bearish due to a confluence of deteriorating technicals and severe fundamental distress. Price momentum is clearly negative, trading significantly below both the 50-day and 200-day moving averages, indicating a lack of near-term buying interest. This weakness is compounded by a catastrophic multi-year price trajectory where the stock has lost over 83% of its value since 2016, with the most recent annual period showing another sharp decline. While the company boasts impressive top-line revenue growth of 65%, this is completely offset by a massive hole in the bottom line; the business is generating negative operating cash flow and posting significant losses, resulting in negative returns on equity and assets. The balance sheet is fragile, carrying debt nearly seven times its equity, which creates a precarious situation for a company that is not yet profitable. Furthermore, there is no income component to support the investment, as the company has not paid a dividend in five years. The disconnect between the 'strong buy' analyst consensus and the actual financial reality—where the stock trades at a loss with a high debt load—is a dangerous divergence that suggests the market may be pricing in a turnaround that has not yet materialized in the fundamentals. |
| Model | MAE |
|---|---|
| AutoARIMA ✓ | 0.091435 |
| AutoETS | 0.094676 |
| MSTL | 0.095221 |
| AutoTheta | 0.100603 |
Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoARIMA
| Forecast Reliability | |
|---|---|
| Score | 37% |
| H-stat | 14.21 |
| Ljung-Box p | 0.000 |
| Jarque-Bera p | 0.149 |
| Excess Kurtosis | -1.16 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Sector | Technology |
| Debt to Equity Ratio | 142.059 |
| Revenue per Share | 6.862 |
| Market Cap | 38,550,540 |
| Forward P/E | 13.57 |
| Beta | 1.53 |
| Profit Margins | -29.29% |
| Website | https://www.cri.com |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| 52 Week Change | 0.28260875 |
| Address1 | 13,100 Magisterial Drive |
| Address2 | Suite 100 |
| All Time High | 4,711.5 |
| All Time Low | 1.22 |
| Ask | 3.05 |
| Ask Size | 1 |
| Average Analyst Rating | 1.0 - Strong Buy |
| Average Daily Volume10 Day | 29,580 |
| Average Daily Volume3 Month | 36,845 |
| Average Volume | 36,845 |
| Average Volume10Days | 29,580 |
| Beta | 1.534 |
| Bid | 3.15 |
| Bid Size | 1 |
| Book Value | 1.463 |
| City | Louisville |
| Compensation As Of Epoch Date | 1,767,139,200 |
| Country | United States |
| Crypto Tradeable | 0 |
| Currency | USD |
| Current Price | 2.85 |
| Current Ratio | 0.904 |
| Custom Price Alert Confidence | HIGH |
| Date Short Interest | 1,786,665,600 |
| Day High | 2.94 |
| Day Low | 2.82 |
| Debt To Equity | 142.059 |
| Display Name | Creative Realities |
| Dividend Date | 1,540,944,000 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp End | 1,786,626,000 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp Start | 1,786,626,000 |
| Earnings Timestamp | 1,786,624,200 |
| Earnings Timestamp End | 1,794,400,200 |
| Earnings Timestamp Start | 1,794,400,200 |
| Ebitda | 3,768,000 |
| Ebitda Margins | 0.0521 |
| Enterprise To Ebitda | 32.91 |
| Enterprise To Revenue | 1.715 |
| Enterprise Value | 124,004,544 |
| Eps Forward | 0.21 |
| Eps Trailing Twelve Months | -2.02 |
| Esg Populated | 0 |
| Exchange | NCM |
| Exchange Data Delayed By | 0 |
| Exchange Timezone Name | America/New_York |
| Exchange Timezone Short Name | EDT |
| Fifty Day Average | 3.3926 |
| Fifty Day Average Change | -0.54260015 |
| Fifty Day Average Change Percent | -0.15993637 |
| Fifty Two Week Change Percent | 28.260876 |
| Fifty Two Week High | 4.42 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change | -1.5700002 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change Percent | -0.35520366 |
| Fifty Two Week Low | 2.21 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change | 0.63999987 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent | 0.28959268 |
| Fifty Two Week Range | 2.21 - 4.42 |
| Financial Currency | USD |
| First Trade Date Milliseconds | 1,164,637,800,000 |
| Float Shares | 10,511,177 |
| Forward Eps | 0.21 |
| Forward P E | 13.571428 |
| Free Cashflow | 4,780,375 |
| Full Exchange Name | NasdaqCM |
| Full Time Employees | 238 |
| Fullday Change | -0.095 |
| Fullday Change Percent | -3.22581 |
| Fullday Price | 2.81 |
| Gmt Off Set Milliseconds | -14,400,000 |
| Gross Margins | 0.41671002 |
| Gross Profits | 30,137,000 |
| Has Pre Post Market Data | 1 |
| Held Percent Insiders | 0.17239 |
| Held Percent Institutions | 0.29729998 |
| Implied Shares Outstanding | 13,526,506 |
| 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 | 1,679,875,200 |
| Last Split Factor | 1:3 |
| Long Business Summary | Creative Realities, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides digital signage and media solutions in the United States and internationally. It resells digital signage hardware from original equipment manufacturers. The company also provides design, deployment, and management of digital signage and in-store retail media networks services, including hardware system design/engineering, hardware installation, content development, and post-development network and field support, as well as AdTech to traffic advertising and content directly and through programmatic channels. In addition, it offers digital signage software platforms, such as ReflectView and Reflect Xperience; AdLogic, an AdTech management platform for digital signage networks; CPM+, a demand side and supply side platform with campaign management and programmatic advertising; Clarity, a digital signage platform for menu board solutions; and iShowroomProX, an omni-channel digital sales support platform targeted at original equipment manufacturers in the transportation sector. Creative Realities, Inc. is headquartered in Louisville, Kentucky. |
| Long Name | Creative Realities, Inc. |
| Market | us_market |
| Market Cap | 38,550,540 |
| Market State | CLOSED |
| Max Age | 86,400 |
| Message Board Id | finmb_30943418 |
| Most Recent Quarter | 1,782,777,600 |
| Net Income To Common | -22,208,000 |
| Next Fiscal Year End | 1,798,675,200 |
| Non Diluted Market Cap | 39,903,192 |
| Number Of Analyst Opinions | 3 |
| Open | 2.9 |
| Operating Cashflow | -7,520,000 |
| Operating Margins | -0.11648 |
| Payout Ratio | 0.0 |
| Peg Ratio | 0.48 |
| Phone | 502 791 8800 |
| Post Market Change | -0.03999996 |
| Post Market Change Percent | -1.4035075 |
| Post Market Price | 2.81 |
| Post Market Time | 1,787,959,806 |
| Previous Close | 2.945 |
| Price Hint | 4 |
| Price To Book | 1.9480518 |
| Price To Sales Trailing12 Months | 0.5330477 |
| Profit Margins | -0.29292 |
| Quick Ratio | 0.724 |
| Quote Source Name | Nasdaq Real Time Price |
| Quote Type | EQUITY |
| Recommendation Key | strong_buy |
| Recommendation Mean | 1.0 |
| Region | US |
| Regular Market Change | -0.095 |
| Regular Market Change Percent | -3.22581 |
| Regular Market Day High | 2.94 |
| Regular Market Day Low | 2.82 |
| Regular Market Day Range | 2.82 - 2.94 |
| Regular Market Open | 2.9 |
| Regular Market Previous Close | 2.945 |
| Regular Market Price | 2.85 |
| Regular Market Time | 1,787,947,201 |
| Regular Market Volume | 9,842 |
| Return On Assets | -0.04899 |
| Return On Equity | -0.54964 |
| Revenue Growth | 0.65 |
| Revenue Per Share | 6.862 |
| Sand P52 Week Change | 0.20504117 |
| Sector | Technology |
| Sector Disp | Technology |
| Sector Key | technology |
| Shares Outstanding | 13,526,506 |
| Shares Percent Shares Out | 0.0054 |
| Shares Short | 72,589 |
| Shares Short Previous Month Date | 1,784,073,600 |
| Shares Short Prior Month | 56,739 |
| Short Name | Creative Realities, Inc. |
| Short Percent Of Float | 0.0066000004 |
| Short Ratio | 2.11 |
| Source Interval | 15 |
| State | KY |
| Symbol | CREX |
| Target High Price | 10.0 |
| Target Low Price | 7.0 |
| Target Mean Price | 8.33333 |
| Target Median Price | 8.0 |
| Total Cash | 10,703,000 |
| Total Cash Per Share | 0.791 |
| Total Debt | 67,677,000 |
| Total Revenue | 72,321,000 |
| Tradeable | 0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Rate | 0.0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Trailing Eps | -2.02 |
| Trailing Peg Ratio | None |
| Triggerable | 1 |
| Two Hundred Day Average | 3.3649 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change | -0.5149002 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent | -0.15302095 |
| Type Disp | Equity |
| Volume | 9,842 |
| Website | https://www.cri.com |
| Zip | 40,223 |