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Data I/O Corporation (DAIO)

Technology | Electronic Components | Redmond, United States | NasdaqCM
2.84 USD -0.02 (-0.699%) ⇩ (Oct. 13, 2026, 4 p.m. EDT)

Short-term:★★☆☆☆Long-term:★⯪☆☆☆Dividends:☆☆☆☆☆
Hot Take ↕ | Oct. 10, 2026, 5:57 a.m. EDT

The investment case for Data I/O is currently fractured by a severe disconnect between its operational reality and its market valuation. Fundamentally, the company is bleeding cash with negative free cash flow and operating margins, while revenue contracted by 13.4% year-over-year. The balance sheet is fragile, with debt-to-equity exceeding 67% and no history of returning capital to shareholders via dividends. While the recent news of a $9 million investment review and a 59% jump in preliminary Q2 net sales offer a glimmer of operational stabilization, the stock remains priced for perfection with a forward P/E of nearly 20x despite trailing losses. Technically, the stock is trapped below its 50-day and 200-day moving averages, indicating persistent selling pressure. The statistical forecast model offers no directional bias, reflecting the lack of a clear trend. Options activity highlights a speculative dichotomy: traders are either longing for a leap to the $5 target or protecting against a slide to $2.50, but there is no consensus on a path forward. Until the company demonstrates sustained profitability and stabilizes its revenue growth beyond the preliminary spike, the risk-reward profile remains skewed heavily toward the downside.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
MSTL ✓0.028033
AutoARIMA0.028262
AutoETS0.028620
AutoTheta0.031522

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: MSTL

Forecast Reliability
Score 45%
H-stat 0.45
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.139
Excess Kurtosis 0.68
Attribute Value
Sector Technology
Ex Dividend Date 1989-03-08
Last Dividend Date 1989-03-08
Debt to Equity Ratio 67.179
Revenue per Share 1.884
Market Cap 29,523,580
Forward P/E 18.93
Beta 1.43
Profit Margins -50.13%
Website https://www.dataio.com

As of Oct. 10, 2026, 5:57 a.m. EDT: Speculator positioning is extremely thin and fragmented. The October expiration shows heavy out-of-the-money open interest at the $5 strike, suggesting a speculative bet on a massive gap-up, while the January 2027 expiry reveals a distinct 'wall' of open interest at the $5 strike alongside significant volume at the $2.50 level. This distribution indicates a binary view where traders are either betting on a recovery to the $5 target or hedging against a drop to the $2.50 floor, with very little intermediate positioning.


Dividend Data

Dividend History
Date Dividend Yield %
1989-03-09 4.15 72.173913
Additional Data
dividendYield 0.0
exDividendDate 1989-03-09
trailingAnnualDividendRate 0.0
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.0
lastDividendValue 4.15
lastDividendDate 1989-03-09

Info Dump

Attribute Value
52 Week Change -0.06229508
Address1 6,645 185th Avenue NE
Address2 Suite 100
All Time High 16.49
All Time Low 0.41
Ask 3.82
Ask Size 2
Average Daily Volume10 Day 25,000
Average Daily Volume3 Month 32,468
Average Volume 32,468
Average Volume10Days 25,000
Beta 1.427
Bid 2.13
Bid Size 2
Book Value 1.14
City Redmond
Compensation As Of Epoch Date 1,767,139,200
Country United States
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Current Price 2.84
Current Ratio 1.932
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Date Short Interest 1,790,726,400
Day High 2.8899
Day Low 2.825
Debt To Equity 67.179
Display Name Data I/O
Dividend Yield 0.0
Earnings Call Timestamp End 1,745,528,400
Earnings Call Timestamp Start 1,745,528,400
Earnings Timestamp End 1,753,704,000
Earnings Timestamp Start 1,753,268,340
Ebitda -7,289,000
Ebitda Margins -0.41007
Enterprise To Ebitda -3.655
Enterprise To Revenue 1.499
Enterprise Value 26,642,580
Eps Current Year -0.3
Eps Forward 0.15
Eps Trailing Twelve Months -0.95
Esg Populated 0
Ex Dividend Date 605,404,800
Exchange NCM
Exchange Data Delayed By 15
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 2.9062
Fifty Day Average Change -0.06620002
Fifty Day Average Change Percent -0.022778893
Fifty Two Week Change Percent -6.229508
Fifty Two Week High 4.49
Fifty Two Week High Change -1.6499999
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.3674833
Fifty Two Week Low 2.16
Fifty Two Week Low Change 0.6799998
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.31481472
Fifty Two Week Range 2.16 - 4.49
Financial Currency USD
First Trade Date Milliseconds 599,841,000,000
Float Shares 9,506,281
Forward Eps 0.15
Forward P E 18.933332
Free Cashflow -5,371,125
Full Exchange Name NasdaqCM
Full Time Employees 90
Fullday Change -0.01999998
Fullday Change Percent -0.70052475
Fullday Price 2.84
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Gross Margins 0.50594
Gross Profits 8,993,000
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Held Percent Insiders 0.13626
Held Percent Institutions 0.29923
Implied Shares Outstanding 10,395,627
Industry Electronic Components
Industry Disp Electronic Components
Industry Key electronic-components
Ir Website http://www.dataio.com/Company/InvestorRelations/DataIOProfile.aspx
Is Earnings Date Estimate 1
Language en-US
Last Dividend Date 605,404,800
Last Dividend Value 4.15
Last Fiscal Year End 1,767,139,200
Last Split Date 430,358,400
Last Split Factor 3:2
Long Business Summary Data I/O Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the design, manufacture, and sale of programming and security deployment systems and services for electronic device manufacturers in the United States, Germany, China, Mexico, and Korea. The company offers PSV systems off-line automated programming systems; PSV7000 high-mix automated programming system; and PSV5000 compact automated programming system, as well as LumenX and FlashPAK III programming non-automated systems. It offers its products for automotive electronics, medical devices, industrial controls, military/aerospace, semiconductor, consumer products, internet of things, wireless devices, edge AI, EMS and contract manufacturers, and programming centers industries. The company markets and sells its products to original equipment manufacturers in automotive and consumer electronics, internet of things, and industrial, as well as electronic manufacturing service contract manufacturers through direct sales, indirect sales representatives, and distributors. Data I/O Corporation was incorporated in 1969 and is headquartered in Redmond, Washington.
Long Name Data I/O Corporation
Market us_market
Market Cap 29,523,580
Market State POST
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_27369
Most Recent Quarter 1,782,777,600
Net Income To Common -8,911,000
Next Fiscal Year End 1,798,675,200
Non Diluted Market Cap 29,731,493
Number Of Analyst Opinions 1
Open 2.86
Operating Cashflow -7,160,000
Operating Margins -0.14061
Payout Ratio 0.0
Phone 425 881 6444
Previous Close 2.86
Price Eps Current Year -9.466666
Price Hint 4
Price To Book 2.491228
Price To Sales Trailing12 Months 1.6609609
Profit Margins -0.50132
Quick Ratio 1.319
Quote Source Name Delayed Quote
Quote Type EQUITY
Recommendation Key none
Region US
Regular Market Change -0.01999998
Regular Market Change Percent -0.69930005
Regular Market Day High 2.8899
Regular Market Day Low 2.825
Regular Market Day Range 2.825 - 2.8899
Regular Market Open 2.86
Regular Market Previous Close 2.86
Regular Market Price 2.84
Regular Market Time 1,791,921,601
Regular Market Volume 19,106
Return On Assets -0.19904
Return On Equity -0.61248
Revenue Growth -0.134
Revenue Per Share 1.884
Sand P52 Week Change 0.17502642
Sector Technology
Sector Disp Technology
Sector Key technology
Shares Outstanding 10,395,627
Shares Percent Shares Out 0.0015
Shares Short 15,678
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,788,134,400
Shares Short Prior Month 3,449
Short Name Data I/O Corporation
Short Percent Of Float 0.0016
Short Ratio 0.72
Source Interval 15
State WA
Symbol DAIO
Target High Price 5.5
Target Low Price 5.5
Target Mean Price 5.5
Target Median Price 5.5
Total Cash 10,843,000
Total Cash Per Share 1.043
Total Debt 7,962,000
Total Revenue 17,775,000
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 0.0
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.0
Trailing Eps -0.95
Trailing Peg Ratio None
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 3.0337
Two Hundred Day Average Change -0.19370008
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent -0.06384945
Type Disp Equity
Volume 19,106
Website https://www.dataio.com
Zip 98,052