Digimarc Corporation (DMRC)Technology | Software - Application | Beaverton, United States | NasdaqGS
7.16 USD
+0.37
(5.449%)
⇧
(April 17, 2026, 4 p.m.
EDT)
After hours: 7.16 Short-term: ★★★★☆ | Long-term: ★★☆☆☆ | Dividends: ☆☆☆☆☆ |
Hot Take | April 18, 2026, 10:41 p.m. EDT
Digimarc is on a precise technical rebound back from a 52-week low, with momentum converging with aggressive speculative positioning. While fundamental fragility and analyst skepticism regarding turnaround execution remain high, the options market is pricing in a divergent thesis: a sharp 30-40% move to the upside by mid-2026. The heavy call flow at 10.00 (above analyst targets) versus the managed put selling at 5.00 suggests smart money is positioning for a breakout, with the current price acting as strong support rather than an exit point. |
| Model | MAE |
|---|---|
| AutoTheta ✓ | 0.140848 |
| MSTL | 0.152570 |
| AutoARIMA | 0.153190 |
| AutoETS | 0.153190 |
Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoTheta
| Forecast Reliability | |
|---|---|
| Score | 67% |
| H-stat | 1.51 |
| Ljung-Box p | 0.000 |
| Jarque-Bera p | 0.193 |
| Excess Kurtosis | -0.99 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Sector | Technology |
| Ex Dividend Date | 2014-04-30 |
| Last Dividend Date | 2014-04-30 |
| Debt to Equity Ratio | 12.958 |
| Revenue per Share | 1.565 |
| Market Cap | 158,187,936 |
| Forward P/E | -84.24 |
| Beta | 1.63 |
| Profit Margins | -95.27% |
| Website | https://www.digimarc.com |
As of April 18, 2026, 10:41 p.m. EDT: Speculators exhibit a highly skewed bullish bias despite high put volume at recent strikes. In April 2026, massive put volume (~18% of total OI/Volume) was written/held at the 5.0 strike, but this exceeded open interest, suggesting established positions rather than defensive hedging. Conversely, April calls were heavily purchased at-the-money, neutralizing downside pressure. Looking forward to May and June, 'new flow' shows significant call volume (316 contracts) targeting the 10.0 strike in May, indicating expectations for a 30-40% rally. May options also show a bullish skew with put open interest rising while call volume remains high. By June, call positioning dominates (Vol/OI > 80%), betting on further upside to 17.5 strikes. The low Implied Volatility (IV) at deeper out-of-the-money strikes in future expirations suggests low perceived probability of massive downside, reinforcing the bullish speculative thesis.
| Date | Dividend | Yield % |
|---|---|---|
| 2014-05-01 | 0.11 | 0.343000 |
| 2014-02-27 | 0.11 | 0.368876 |
| 2013-10-31 | 0.11 | 0.525972 |
| 2013-08-01 | 0.11 | 0.534221 |
| 2013-05-09 | 0.11 | 0.439067 |
| 2013-02-28 | 0.11 | 0.503372 |
| 2012-11-02 | 0.11 | 0.550447 |
| 2012-08-08 | 0.11 | 0.499786 |
| 2012-05-09 | 0.11 | 0.459159 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| 52 Week Change | -0.36185384 |
| Address1 | 8,500 SW Creekside Place |
| All Time High | 88.0 |
| All Time Low | 4.07 |
| Ask | 7.22 |
| Ask Size | 3 |
| Audit Risk | 1 |
| Average Daily Volume10 Day | 199,090 |
| Average Daily Volume3 Month | 249,280 |
| Average Volume | 249,280 |
| Average Volume10Days | 199,090 |
| Beta | 1.634 |
| Bid | 7.09 |
| Bid Size | 3 |
| Board Risk | 2 |
| Book Value | 1.842 |
| City | Beaverton |
| Compensation As Of Epoch Date | 1,767,139,200 |
| Compensation Risk | 5 |
| Country | United States |
| Crypto Tradeable | 0 |
| Currency | USD |
| Current Price | 7.16 |
| Current Ratio | 2.555 |
| Custom Price Alert Confidence | HIGH |
| Date Short Interest | 1,774,915,200 |
| Day High | 7.2499 |
| Day Low | 6.6355 |
| Debt To Equity | 12.958 |
| Display Name | Digimarc |
| Dividend Date | 1,399,852,800 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp End | 1,773,262,800 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp Start | 1,773,262,800 |
| Earnings Timestamp | 1,773,259,200 |
| Earnings Timestamp End | 1,777,924,800 |
| Earnings Timestamp Start | 1,777,924,800 |
| Ebitda | -22,063,000 |
| Ebitda Margins | -0.65058 |
| Enterprise To Ebitda | -6.798 |
| Enterprise To Revenue | 4.422 |
| Enterprise Value | 149,976,336 |
| Eps Current Year | -0.295 |
| Eps Forward | -0.085 |
| Eps Trailing Twelve Months | -1.49 |
| Esg Populated | 0 |
| Ex Dividend Date | 1,398,902,400 |
| Exchange | NMS |
| Exchange Data Delayed By | 0 |
| Exchange Timezone Name | America/New_York |
| Exchange Timezone Short Name | EDT |
| Fifty Day Average | 5.3666 |
| Fifty Day Average Change | 1.7933998 |
| Fifty Day Average Change Percent | 0.33417803 |
| Fifty Two Week Change Percent | -36.185383 |
| Fifty Two Week High | 14.64 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change | -7.4800005 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change Percent | -0.510929 |
| Fifty Two Week Low | 4.07 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change | 3.0899997 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent | 0.7592136 |
| Fifty Two Week Range | 4.07 - 14.64 |
| Financial Currency | USD |
| First Trade Date Milliseconds | 944,145,000,000 |
| Float Shares | 13,977,683 |
| Forward Eps | -0.085 |
| Forward P E | -84.23529 |
| Free Cashflow | 1,547,500 |
| Full Exchange Name | NasdaqGS |
| Full Time Employees | 110 |
| Gmt Off Set Milliseconds | -14,400,000 |
| Governance Epoch Date | 1,775,001,600 |
| Gross Margins | 0.75582004 |
| Gross Profits | 25,632,000 |
| Has Pre Post Market Data | 1 |
| Held Percent Insiders | 0.2899 |
| Held Percent Institutions | 0.59546 |
| Implied Shares Outstanding | 22,093,288 |
| Industry | Software - Application |
| Industry Disp | Software - Application |
| Industry Key | software-application |
| Ir Website | http://www.digimarc.com/investors |
| Is Earnings Date Estimate | 1 |
| Language | en-US |
| Last Dividend Date | 1,398,902,400 |
| Last Dividend Value | 0.11 |
| Last Fiscal Year End | 1,767,139,200 |
| Long Business Summary | Digimarc Corporation provides product digitization solutions in the United States and internationally. The company offers software subscriptions and software development services. It also provides physical digimarc solutions for anti-counterfeiting, counterfeiting deterrence, product swap prevention, recycling, and secure gift cards; and digital digimarc solutions for internal compliance, leak detection, piracy prevention, provenance and authenticity, and royalty monitoring. In addition, the company offers commercial solutions which runs on the Illuminate platform, a software as a service cloud-based platform for digital connectivity. The company serves retail, CPG, media and technology, pharmaceutical, health and wellness, apparel, and automotive industries, as well as central banks and other government customers. Digimarc Corporation was incorporated in 2008 and is headquartered in Beaverton, Oregon. |
| Long Name | Digimarc Corporation |
| Market | us_market |
| Market Cap | 158,187,936 |
| Market State | CLOSED |
| Max Age | 86,400 |
| Message Board Id | finmb_46271970 |
| Most Recent Quarter | 1,767,139,200 |
| Net Income To Common | -32,309,000 |
| Next Fiscal Year End | 1,798,675,200 |
| Non Diluted Market Cap | 157,967,002 |
| Number Of Analyst Opinions | 2 |
| Open | 6.89 |
| Operating Cashflow | -11,779,000 |
| Operating Margins | -0.11933 |
| Overall Risk | 3 |
| Payout Ratio | 0.0 |
| Peg Ratio | 0.52 |
| Phone | 503 469 4800 |
| Post Market Change | 0.0 |
| Post Market Change Percent | 0.0 |
| Post Market Price | 7.16 |
| Post Market Time | 1,776,456,605 |
| Previous Close | 6.79 |
| Price Eps Current Year | -24.271187 |
| Price Hint | 2 |
| Price To Book | 3.8870792 |
| Price To Sales Trailing12 Months | 4.664522 |
| Profit Margins | -0.95269996 |
| Quick Ratio | 2.32 |
| Quote Source Name | Nasdaq Real Time Price |
| Quote Type | EQUITY |
| Recommendation Key | none |
| Region | US |
| Regular Market Change | 0.37 |
| Regular Market Change Percent | 5.44919 |
| Regular Market Day High | 7.2499 |
| Regular Market Day Low | 6.6355 |
| Regular Market Day Range | 6.6355 - 7.2499 |
| Regular Market Open | 6.89 |
| Regular Market Previous Close | 6.79 |
| Regular Market Price | 7.16 |
| Regular Market Time | 1,776,456,001 |
| Regular Market Volume | 157,137 |
| Return On Assets | -0.29066 |
| Return On Equity | -0.63608 |
| Revenue Growth | 0.029 |
| Revenue Per Share | 1.565 |
| Sand P52 Week Change | 0.38150132 |
| Sector | Technology |
| Sector Disp | Technology |
| Sector Key | technology |
| Share Holder Rights Risk | 6 |
| Shares Outstanding | 22,093,287 |
| Shares Percent Shares Out | 0.1192 |
| Shares Short | 2,634,139 |
| Shares Short Previous Month Date | 1,772,150,400 |
| Shares Short Prior Month | 2,257,780 |
| Short Name | Digimarc Corporation |
| Short Percent Of Float | 0.2928 |
| Short Ratio | 9.41 |
| Source Interval | 15 |
| State | OR |
| Symbol | DMRC |
| Target High Price | 10.0 |
| Target Low Price | 6.0 |
| Target Mean Price | 8.0 |
| Target Median Price | 8.0 |
| Total Cash | 12,866,000 |
| Total Cash Per Share | 0.585 |
| Total Debt | 5,213,000 |
| Total Revenue | 33,913,000 |
| Tradeable | 0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Rate | 0.0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Trailing Eps | -1.49 |
| Trailing Peg Ratio | None |
| Triggerable | 1 |
| Two Hundred Day Average | 8.16165 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change | -1.0016499 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent | -0.122726396 |
| Type Disp | Equity |
| Volume | 157,137 |
| Website | https://www.digimarc.com |
| Zip | 97,008 |