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Digimarc Corporation (DMRC)

Technology | Software - Application | Beaverton, United States | NasdaqGS
6.70 USD +0.51 (8.239%) ⇧ (Oct. 15, 2026, 4 p.m. EDT)
Short-term:★★☆☆☆Long-term:★☆☆☆☆Dividends:☆☆☆☆☆
Hot Take ↕ | Oct. 10, 2026, 10:12 a.m. EDT

The long-term investment case is severely compromised by a deteriorating business model. The company is reporting negative revenue growth (-7.8%), negative operating margins (-167%), and negative returns on equity (-83%). The price trajectory confirms this structural decline, having lost 76.68% of its value over the last nine years, with the most recent annual performance showing a catastrophic 70% drop. Despite the bleak fundamentals, the short-term outlook is driven entirely by speculative sentiment rather than value. Options data reveals a frenzy of bullish positioning with heavy call open interest at strikes far above the current price, while put buyers are virtually absent. This disconnect suggests the market is pricing in a potential reorganization or turnaround narrative, but without the underlying cash flow or profitability to support it, this remains a high-risk gamble on a turnaround story rather than a sound investment.
Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
AutoTheta ✓0.202564
MSTL0.250558
AutoETS0.254591
AutoARIMA0.302749

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoTheta

Forecast Reliability
Score 38%
H-stat 1.16
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.126
Excess Kurtosis -1.47
Attribute Value
Sector Technology
Ex Dividend Date 2014-04-30
Last Dividend Date 2014-04-30
Debt to Equity Ratio 16.234
Revenue per Share 1.435
Market Cap 151,074,624
Forward P/E -19.14
Beta 2.43
Profit Margins -99.80%
Website https://www.digimarc.com

As of Oct. 10, 2026, 10:12 a.m. EDT: Speculators are overwhelmingly positioning for upside, evidenced by massive open interest in out-of-the-money calls (strikes $15 and $20) and significant volume at $7.50. Conversely, put activity is negligible, with almost zero open interest in protective puts for expirations beyond October. This creates a highly skewed gamma profile where a rally could trigger a 'pin squeeze' at the $7.50 strike, while downside protection is virtually non-existent.

Dividend Data

Dividend History
Date Dividend Yield %
2014-05-01 0.11 0.343000
2014-02-27 0.11 0.367647
2013-10-31 0.11 0.522317
2013-08-01 0.11 0.527831
2013-05-09 0.11 0.431542
2013-02-28 0.11 0.492611
2012-11-02 0.11 0.536062
2012-08-08 0.11 0.484155
2012-05-09 0.11 0.442656
Additional Data
dividendYield 0.0
exDividendDate 2014-05-01
trailingAnnualDividendRate 0.0
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.0
lastDividendValue 0.11
lastDividendDate 2014-05-01
dividendDate 2014-05-12

Info Dump

Attribute Value
52 Week Change -0.22093022
Address1 8,500 SW Creekside Place
All Time High 88.0
All Time Low 4.07
Ask 7.98
Ask Size 2
Audit Risk 2
Average Daily Volume10 Day 134,840
Average Daily Volume3 Month 144,600
Average Volume 144,600
Average Volume10Days 134,840
Beta 2.433
Bid 4.82
Bid Size 2
Board Risk 1
Book Value 1.313
City Beaverton
Compensation As Of Epoch Date 1,767,139,200
Compensation Risk 6
Country United States
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Current Price 6.7
Current Ratio 1.432
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Date Short Interest 1,790,726,400
Day High 6.76
Day Low 6.15
Debt To Equity 16.234
Display Name Digimarc
Dividend Date 1,399,852,800
Dividend Yield 0.0
Earnings Call Timestamp End 1,786,654,800
Earnings Call Timestamp Start 1,786,654,800
Earnings Timestamp 1,786,651,200
Earnings Timestamp End 1,793,304,000
Earnings Timestamp Start 1,793,304,000
Ebitda -24,157,000
Ebitda Margins -0.76685995
Enterprise To Ebitda -6.042
Enterprise To Revenue 4.633
Enterprise Value 145,954,912
Eps Current Year -0.405
Eps Forward -0.35
Eps Trailing Twelve Months -1.43
Esg Populated 0
Ex Dividend Date 1,398,902,400
Exchange NMS
Exchange Data Delayed By 15
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 6.0122
Fifty Day Average Change 0.68779993
Fifty Day Average Change Percent 0.11440071
Fifty Two Week Change Percent -22.093021
Fifty Two Week High 17.47
Fifty Two Week High Change -10.7699995
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.6164854
Fifty Two Week Low 4.07
Fifty Two Week Low Change 2.6299996
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.64619154
Fifty Two Week Range 4.07 - 17.47
Financial Currency USD
First Trade Date Milliseconds 944,145,000,000
Float Shares 16,410,569
Forward Eps -0.35
Forward P E -19.142857
Free Cashflow 7,020,625
Full Exchange Name NasdaqGS
Full Time Employees 110
Fullday Change 0.63999987
Fullday Change Percent 10.339254
Fullday Price 6.7
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Governance Epoch Date 1,790,812,800
Gross Margins 0.75391
Gross Profits 23,749,000
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Held Percent Insiders 0.30009001
Held Percent Institutions 0.54654
Implied Shares Outstanding 22,548,451
Industry Software - Application
Industry Disp Software - Application
Industry Key software-application
Is Earnings Date Estimate 0
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 digital identity and authentication 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. The company's commercial solutions run on the Illuminate platform, a software as a service cloud-based platform for digital connectivity. The company serves various industries in retail, CPG, media and technology, pharmaceutical, health and wellness, apparel, and automotive industries, as well as central banks and other government customers. The company was formerly known as Digimarc Parent, Inc. and changed its name to Digimarc Corporation in May 2026. The company was incorporated in 2008 and is headquartered in Beaverton, Oregon.
Long Name Digimarc Corporation
Market us_market
Market Cap 151,074,624
Market State PRE
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_46271970
Most Recent Quarter 1,782,777,600
Net Income To Common -31,439,000
Next Fiscal Year End 1,798,675,200
Non Diluted Market Cap 110,803,371
Number Of Analyst Opinions 2
Open 6.15
Operating Cashflow -4,242,000
Operating Margins -1.6735201
Overall Risk 4
Payout Ratio 1.913
Peg Ratio 0.52
Phone 503 469 4800
Previous Close 6.19
Price Eps Current Year -16.54321
Price Hint 2
Price To Book 5.102818
Price To Sales Trailing12 Months 4.7958674
Profit Margins -0.99803
Quick Ratio 1.221
Quote Source Name Nasdaq Real Time Price
Quote Type EQUITY
Recommendation Key none
Region US
Regular Market Change 0.51
Regular Market Change Percent 8.23909
Regular Market Day High 6.76
Regular Market Day Low 6.15
Regular Market Day Range 6.15 - 6.76
Regular Market Open 6.15
Regular Market Previous Close 6.19
Regular Market Price 6.7
Regular Market Time 1,792,094,401
Regular Market Volume 142,957
Return On Assets -0.37675998
Return On Equity -0.82864
Revenue Growth -0.078
Revenue Per Share 1.435
Sand P52 Week Change 0.16207206
Sector Technology
Sector Disp Technology
Sector Key technology
Share Holder Rights Risk 6
Shares Outstanding 22,548,451
Shares Percent Shares Out 0.11310001
Shares Short 2,550,721
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,788,134,400
Shares Short Prior Month 2,310,874
Short Name Digimarc Corporation
Short Percent Of Float 0.2698
Short Ratio 15.53
Source Interval 15
State OR
Symbol DMRC
Target High Price 15.0
Target Low Price 8.0
Target Mean Price 11.5
Target Median Price 11.5
Total Cash 8,755,000
Total Cash Per Share 0.392
Total Debt 4,779,000
Total Revenue 31,501,000
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 0.0
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.0
Trailing Eps -1.43
Trailing Peg Ratio None
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 7.014
Two Hundred Day Average Change -0.31400013
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent -0.044767626
Type Disp Equity
Volume 142,957
Website https://www.digimarc.com
Zip 97,008