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Deswell Industries, Inc. (DSWL)

Technology | Electronic Components | Macau, Macau | NasdaqGM
3.05 USD -0.03 (-0.974%) ⇩ (Oct. 15, 2026, 4 p.m. EDT)

Short-term:★☆☆☆☆Long-term:★★☆☆☆Dividends:★★⯪☆☆
Hot Take ↕ | Oct. 10, 2026, 5:17 a.m. EDT

The immediate outlook is bearish due to a confluence of deteriorating fundamentals and aggressive short selling. Revenue has contracted by 13.4% while earnings have plummeted 37%, signaling a severe operational headwind rather than a temporary blip. This weakness is being exploited by short sellers, with short interest surging nearly 900% in June, creating significant downward pressure on the stock price. While the trailing P/E of 4.5 appears attractive, it is a value trap reflecting the reality that the business is shrinking and profitability is evaporating; the market is correctly pricing in a lack of future growth. The recent price action confirms this sentiment, with the stock trading below both its 50-day and 200-day moving averages, indicating persistent selling pressure. The statistical forecast model offers no relief, predicting a negligible drift downward with low confidence, which aligns with the fundamental deterioration rather than offering a contrarian bounce. For investors, the risk of further earnings misses and continued revenue contraction outweighs the allure of the low price.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
MSTL ✓0.111887
AutoETS0.115649
AutoARIMA0.115652
AutoTheta0.128027

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: MSTL

Forecast Reliability
Score 40%
H-stat 4.07
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.019
Excess Kurtosis 0.74
Attribute Value
Sector Technology
Ex Dividend Date 2026-07-01
Last Dividend Date 2026-07-01
Revenue per Share 3.852
Market Cap 48,449,980
Trailing P/E 4.55
Beta 0.53
Profit Margins 17.33%
Website https://www.deswell.com

Dividend Data

Yield Summary
Last Yield 1yr Yield 3yr Avg 5yr Avg
8.75% 11.50% 8.95% 7.89%
Dividend History
Date Dividend Yield %
2026-07-02 0.300000 8.746356
2025-12-02 0.100000 2.754821
2025-07-03 0.100000 3.558719
2024-12-02 0.100000 3.787879
2024-07-05 0.100000 4.166667
2023-11-30 0.100000 3.831418
2023-07-03 0.100000 3.663004
2022-11-30 0.100000 3.144654
2022-06-29 0.100000 3.257329
2021-12-03 0.100000 2.557545
2021-06-24 0.100000 1.908397
2020-11-20 0.090000 2.735562
2020-06-24 0.090000 3.688525
2019-11-26 0.080000 2.996255
2017-06-22 0.070000 3.286385
2016-11-25 0.070000 3.954802
2016-07-05 0.035000 2.173913
2016-03-21 0.035000 2.011494
2015-11-19 0.035000 2.500000
2015-09-15 0.035000 2.302632
2015-06-24 0.035000 1.891892
2015-02-23 0.035000 1.842105
2015-01-20 0.050000 2.717391
2014-08-28 0.050000 2.283105
2014-06-18 0.050000 2.336448
2014-03-06 0.050000 2.164502
2013-11-21 0.050000 2.000000
2013-09-09 0.070000 2.723735
2013-06-24 0.050000 2.000000
2013-02-13 0.050000 1.930502
2012-11-27 0.050000 1.908397
2012-08-23 0.050000 1.792115
2012-07-03 0.150000 5.597015
2012-03-16 0.020000 0.813008
2011-12-01 0.020000 0.865801
2011-09-14 0.030000 1.185771
2011-07-06 0.050000 1.748252
2011-03-21 0.050000 1.587302
2010-07-02 0.050000 1.388889
2009-12-11 0.100000 2.403846
2009-03-10 0.040000 2.941176
2008-10-20 0.080000 2.684564
2008-07-07 0.120000 2.316602
2008-02-29 0.170000 2.518519
2007-11-28 0.100000 1.560062
2007-08-29 0.170000 1.703407
2007-07-24 0.170000 1.614435
2007-02-21 0.170000 1.363272
2006-11-28 0.170000 1.542650
2006-08-21 0.170000 1.563937
2006-06-28 0.140000 1.676647
2006-03-29 0.140000 1.438849
2005-12-20 0.160000 1.496726
2005-08-18 0.160000 1.059603
2005-06-24 0.170000 1.145553
2005-03-11 0.173333 1.020006
2004-11-24 0.160000 1.000417
2004-08-19 0.160000 1.212121
2004-06-23 0.160000 1.013086
2004-03-05 0.160000 0.965795
2003-11-13 0.160000 0.911854
2003-08-27 0.306667 2.083336
2003-03-06 0.133333 1.218024
2002-11-13 0.126667 1.357146
2002-08-19 0.126667 1.310348
2002-06-13 0.124444 1.302321
2002-02-07 0.106667 1.235843
2001-11-08 0.106667 1.522847
2001-08-16 0.106667 1.411769
2001-06-20 0.253333 3.444104
2000-11-20 0.146667 2.095243
2000-06-20 0.244444 3.666660
1999-11-19 0.146667 2.015272
1999-06-11 0.244444 5.499990
1998-11-19 0.146667 2.838716
1998-06-12 0.111111 1.520911
1997-11-28 0.133333 1.791040
1997-06-12 0.177778 1.739133
1996-12-02 0.111111 2.469133
1996-07-25 0.155556 3.414644
Additional Data
dividendYield 6.56
exDividendDate 2026-07-02
trailingAnnualDividendRate 0.2
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.064935066
lastDividendValue 0.3
lastDividendDate 2026-07-02
dividendDate 2026-07-16

Info Dump

Attribute Value
52 Week Change -0.11849713
Address1 10B, Edificio Associacao Industrial De Macau
Address2 32 Rua do Comandante Mata e Oliveria
All Time High 20.4
All Time Low 1.08
Ask 3.24
Ask Size 1
Average Daily Volume10 Day 7,340
Average Daily Volume3 Month 8,964
Average Volume 8,964
Average Volume10Days 7,340
Beta 0.528
Bid 3.53
Bid Size 1
Book Value 6.886
City Macau
Country Macau
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Current Price 3.05
Current Ratio 5.249
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Date Short Interest 1,790,726,400
Day High 3.09
Day Low 3.05
Display Name Deswell Industries
Dividend Date 1,784,160,000
Dividend Yield 6.56
Earnings Growth -0.37
Earnings Quarterly Growth -0.373
Earnings Timestamp End 1,605,015,000
Earnings Timestamp Start 1,605,015,000
Ebitda 4,026,000
Ebitda Margins 0.06564
Enterprise To Ebitda -8.416
Enterprise To Revenue -0.552
Enterprise Value -33,884,020
Eps Trailing Twelve Months 0.67
Esg Populated 0
Ex Dividend Date 1,782,950,400
Exchange NGM
Exchange Data Delayed By 15
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fax 853 2832 3265
Fifty Day Average 3.1074
Fifty Day Average Change -0.05739999
Fifty Day Average Change Percent -0.01847203
Fifty Two Week Change Percent -11.849713
Fifty Two Week High 4.06
Fifty Two Week High Change -1.01
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.24876848
Fifty Two Week Low 2.84
Fifty Two Week Low Change 0.21000004
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.073943675
Fifty Two Week Range 2.84 - 4.06
Financial Currency USD
First Trade Date Milliseconds 806,160,600,000
Five Year Avg Dividend Yield 6.7
Float Shares 4,535,712
Free Cashflow 1,667,750
Full Exchange Name NasdaqGM
Full Time Employees 854
Fullday Change -0.029999971
Fullday Change Percent -0.9740251
Fullday Price 3.05
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Gross Margins 0.22368
Gross Profits 13,719,000
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Held Percent Insiders 0.71259004
Held Percent Institutions 0.06077
Implied Shares Outstanding 15,885,239
Industry Electronic Components
Industry Disp Electronic Components
Industry Key electronic-components
Ir Website http://www.deswell.com/invest.html
Language en-US
Last Dividend Date 1,782,950,400
Last Dividend Value 0.3
Last Fiscal Year End 1,774,915,200
Last Split Date 1,112,140,800
Last Split Factor 3:2
Long Business Summary Deswell Industries, Inc. engages in the manufacturing and sale of injection-molded plastic parts and components, and electronic products assembling. The company operates in two segments, Plastic Injection Molding and Electronic Products Assembling. It produces plastic parts and components for use in the manufacture of consumer and industrial products, such as film injection, integrated injection, and insert injection. The company offers plastic components of electronic entertainment products; plastic components for power tools, accessories, and outdoor equipment; cases for flashlights, telephones, printers, and scanners; parts for industrial components, indoor control switches, and audio equipment; cases and key tops for personal organizers and remote controls; and laser key and double injection caps. In addition, the company provides parts for medical products such as apparatus for blood tests; automobile components; and plastic components of automatic robots comprising mops and vacuums. Further, it manufactures electronic products consisting of digital and analogue audio mixers, amplifiers, signal processors, audio interfaces, network audio equipment, and speaker enclosures; multi-channel receivers and amplifiers, wired and wireless audio streaming products, and headphones; printed circuit board assemblies using surface mount technology, automatic insertion, and pin-through-hole interconnection technologies; and medical products. The company operates in the United States, the People's Republic of China, the United Kingdom, Hong Kong, Europe, Canada, and internationally. Deswell Industries, Inc. was founded in 1987 and is based in Macau.
Long Name Deswell Industries, Inc.
Market us_market
Market Cap 48,449,980
Market State PRE
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_346973
Most Recent Quarter 1,774,915,200
Net Income To Common 10,627,000
Next Fiscal Year End 1,806,451,200
Non Diluted Market Cap 49,879,650
Open 3.09
Operating Cashflow 5,195,000
Operating Margins 0.0019200001
Payout Ratio 0.2985
Peg Ratio 0.89
Phone 853 2832 2096
Previous Close 3.08
Price Hint 4
Price To Book 0.44292766
Price To Sales Trailing12 Months 0.7899625
Profit Margins 0.17327
Quick Ratio 4.611
Quote Source Name Delayed Quote
Quote Type EQUITY
Recommendation Key none
Region US
Regular Market Change -0.029999971
Regular Market Change Percent -0.97402513
Regular Market Day High 3.09
Regular Market Day Low 3.05
Regular Market Day Range 3.05 - 3.09
Regular Market Open 3.09
Regular Market Previous Close 3.08
Regular Market Price 3.05
Regular Market Time 1,792,094,400
Regular Market Volume 10,046
Return On Assets 0.0127
Return On Equity 0.10049
Revenue Growth -0.134
Revenue Per Share 3.852
Sand P52 Week Change 0.16207206
Sector Technology
Sector Disp Technology
Sector Key technology
Shares Outstanding 15,885,239
Shares Percent Shares Out 0.0
Shares Short 182
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,788,134,400
Shares Short Prior Month 503
Short Name Deswell Industries, Inc.
Short Percent Of Float 0.0
Short Ratio 0.02
Source Interval 15
Symbol DSWL
Total Cash 82,334,000
Total Cash Per Share 5.183
Total Debt 0
Total Revenue 61,332,000
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 0.2
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.064935066
Trailing Eps 0.67
Trailing P E 4.5522385
Trailing Peg Ratio None
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 3.3286
Two Hundred Day Average Change -0.27859998
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent -0.08369885
Type Disp Equity
Volume 10,046
Website https://www.deswell.com