eGain Corporation (EGAN)Technology | Software - Application | Sunnyvale, United States | NasdaqCM
5.53 USD
-0.03
(-0.629%) ⇩
(Oct. 16, 2026, 12:37 p.m.
EDT)
|
Hot Take ↕ | Oct. 10, 2026, 3:12 a.m. EDT
The investment case for eGain is currently fractured between a deteriorating operational reality and a speculative narrative about AI potential. Fundamentally, the company is struggling; revenue has contracted by nearly 5%, and earnings have collapsed by roughly 96% year-over-year. While the forward P/E looks attractive at 12.5x, this is a classic value trap where the low multiple reflects the severe impairment of the business quality rather than a bargain. The balance sheet is technically sound with minimal debt, but the inability to generate top-line growth makes the current valuation unjustified for a long-term hold. Short-term, the technical picture is grim. The stock is trading well below its 50-day and 200-day moving averages, confirming a downtrend. The statistical forecasting model offers no help, showing very low confidence in any directional move. Options activity reinforces this bearish bias; the heavy concentration of put open interest at the $2.50 strike suggests traders are positioning for a further decline, while call buying is relegated to distant, speculative strikes. There is no immediate catalyst to reverse this trend, making the near-term outlook weak. |
| Model | MAE |
|---|---|
| AutoETS ✓ | 0.211873 |
| AutoARIMA | 0.212335 |
| MSTL | 0.218145 |
| AutoTheta | 0.226384 |
Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoETS
| Forecast Reliability | |
|---|---|
| Score | 34% |
| H-stat | 95.21 |
| Ljung-Box p | 0.000 |
| Jarque-Bera p | 0.058 |
| Excess Kurtosis | -1.47 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Sector | Technology |
| Debt to Equity Ratio | 3.299 |
| Revenue per Share | 3.356 |
| Market Cap | 144,597,360 |
| Trailing P/E | 17.27 |
| Forward P/E | 12.95 |
| Beta | 0.81 |
| Profit Margins | 9.74% |
| Previous Name | Pepe |
| Website | https://www.egain.com |
As of Oct. 10, 2026, 3:12 a.m. EDT: Speculator positioning is heavily skewed toward downside protection. In the November 2026 expiration, there is massive open interest in deep out-of-the-money puts (strike $2.50) compared to calls, creating a significant 'pin risk' zone near $2.50. Conversely, call volume is concentrated in deep out-of-the-money strikes ($15.00 by Feb 2027), suggesting a speculative bet on a distant, high-volatility rally rather than a near-term move. The implied volatility skew is inverted, with puts trading at significantly higher premiums than calls, indicating the market prices in a higher probability of a drop than a rise.
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| 52 Week Change | -0.5887574 |
| Address1 | 1,252 Borregas Avenue |
| All Time High | 740.0 |
| All Time Low | 0.15 |
| Ask | 7.01 |
| Ask Size | 2 |
| Audit Risk | 3 |
| Average Daily Volume10 Day | 323,440 |
| Average Daily Volume3 Month | 220,968 |
| Average Volume | 220,968 |
| Average Volume10Days | 323,440 |
| Beta | 0.812 |
| Bid | 4.02 |
| Bid Size | 2 |
| Board Risk | 10 |
| Book Value | 3.218 |
| City | Sunnyvale |
| Compensation As Of Epoch Date | 1,798,675,200 |
| Compensation Risk | 8 |
| Country | United States |
| Crypto Tradeable | 0 |
| Currency | USD |
| Current Price | 5.525 |
| Current Ratio | 1.726 |
| Custom Price Alert Confidence | HIGH |
| Date Short Interest | 1,790,726,400 |
| Day High | 5.62 |
| Day Low | 5.4473 |
| Debt To Equity | 3.299 |
| Display Name | eGain |
| Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp End | 1,788,469,200 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp Start | 1,788,469,200 |
| Earnings Growth | -0.957 |
| Earnings Quarterly Growth | -0.958 |
| Earnings Timestamp | 1,793,908,800 |
| Earnings Timestamp End | 1,793,908,800 |
| Earnings Timestamp Start | 1,793,908,800 |
| Ebitda | 8,353,000 |
| Ebitda Margins | 0.09165 |
| Enterprise To Ebitda | 8.973 |
| Enterprise To Revenue | 0.822 |
| Enterprise Value | 74,955,360 |
| Eps Current Year | 0.05333 |
| Eps Forward | 0.42667 |
| Eps Trailing Twelve Months | 0.32 |
| Esg Populated | 0 |
| Exchange | NCM |
| Exchange Data Delayed By | 15 |
| Exchange Timezone Name | America/New_York |
| Exchange Timezone Short Name | EDT |
| Fifty Day Average | 6.2756 |
| Fifty Day Average Change | -0.75059986 |
| Fifty Day Average Change Percent | -0.11960607 |
| Fifty Two Week Change Percent | -58.87574 |
| Fifty Two Week High | 15.95 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change | -10.424999 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change Percent | -0.653605 |
| Fifty Two Week Low | 5.02 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change | 0.5050001 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent | 0.100597635 |
| Fifty Two Week Range | 5.02 - 15.95 |
| Financial Currency | USD |
| First Trade Date Milliseconds | 938,093,400,000 |
| Float Shares | 13,762,789 |
| Forward Eps | 0.42667 |
| Forward P E | 12.949118 |
| Free Cashflow | 17,168,124 |
| Full Exchange Name | NasdaqCM |
| Full Time Employees | 420 |
| Fullday Change | -0.034999847 |
| Fullday Change Percent | -0.62892807 |
| Fullday Price | 5.525 |
| Gmt Off Set Milliseconds | -14,400,000 |
| Governance Epoch Date | 1,790,812,800 |
| Gross Margins | 0.73352 |
| Gross Profits | 66,850,000 |
| Has Pre Post Market Data | 1 |
| Held Percent Insiders | 0.43838 |
| Held Percent Institutions | 0.66331 |
| Implied Shares Outstanding | 26,171,467 |
| Industry | Software - Application |
| Industry Disp | Software - Application |
| Industry Key | software-application |
| Ir Website | http://www.egain.com/about_us/investors.asp |
| Is Earnings Date Estimate | 0 |
| Language | en-US |
| Last Fiscal Year End | 1,782,777,600 |
| Last Split Date | 1,061,337,600 |
| Last Split Factor | 1:10 |
| Long Business Summary | eGain Corporation engages in the development, license, implementation, and support of AI-powered knowledge management and customer experience automation solutions for enterprises in North America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia Pacific. It provides eGain AI Agent, which helps businesses to deploy enterprise-grade agentic solutions built on knowledge and guided actions; eGain AI Knowledge Hub to centralize knowledge, policies, procedures, situations, and best-practices, as well as guided and personalized answers to customers, agents, and field staff; and eGain Conversation Hub for scalable capabilities of digital-first interaction management within a modern, omnichannel desktop. The company also offers eGain Agentic Studio, which build agents that answer and act; Trusted Knowledge, a platform for Enterprise AI; eGain Evaluator, that offers proactive quality assurance for AI answers; and AI Knowledge Connectors, which connect every system, employee, customer, and AI agent to one source of trusted knowledge. In addition, it provides AI Knowledge Suite, provides trusted knowledge for people, AI, and every banking interaction for retail banking; and eGain AI Knowledge Suite, a knowledge foundation for reliable healthcare AI, as well as eGain AI return on investment calculator. Further, the company offers a cloud-based platform through subscription; professional services, such as consulting and implementation services, training services, and managed services. It serves companies and government organizations in banking, credit unions, financial services, government, healthcare providers, insurance, manufacturing, property and casualty insurance, outsourcing services, retail, technology, telecommunications, travel and hospitality, and utilities industries. The company was incorporated in 1997 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California. |
| Long Name | eGain Corporation |
| Market | us_market |
| Market Cap | 144,597,360 |
| Market State | REGULAR |
| Max Age | 86,400 |
| Message Board Id | finmb_27928 |
| Most Recent Quarter | 1,782,777,600 |
| Name Change Date | 2,026-10-16 |
| Net Income To Common | 8,876,000 |
| Next Fiscal Year End | 1,814,313,600 |
| Non Diluted Market Cap | 155,196,799 |
| Number Of Analyst Opinions | 3 |
| Open | 5.56 |
| Operating Cashflow | 21,150,000 |
| Operating Margins | 0.04867 |
| Overall Risk | 7 |
| Payout Ratio | 0.0 |
| Peg Ratio | 1.4 |
| Phone | 408 636 4500 |
| Prev Name | Pepe |
| Previous Close | 5.56 |
| Price Eps Current Year | 103.60023 |
| Price Hint | 2 |
| Price To Book | 1.716905 |
| Price To Sales Trailing12 Months | 1.5866108 |
| Profit Margins | 0.09739 |
| Quick Ratio | 1.654 |
| Quote Source Name | Nasdaq Real Time Price |
| Quote Type | EQUITY |
| Recommendation Key | none |
| Region | US |
| Regular Market Change | -0.034999847 |
| Regular Market Change Percent | -0.62892807 |
| Regular Market Day High | 5.62 |
| Regular Market Day Low | 5.4473 |
| Regular Market Day Range | 5.4473 - 5.62 |
| Regular Market Open | 5.56 |
| Regular Market Previous Close | 5.56 |
| Regular Market Price | 5.525 |
| Regular Market Time | 1,792,168,662 |
| Regular Market Volume | 53,139 |
| Return On Assets | 0.03364 |
| Return On Equity | 0.10762 |
| Revenue Growth | -0.047 |
| Revenue Per Share | 3.356 |
| Sand P52 Week Change | 0.16207206 |
| Sector | Technology |
| Sector Disp | Technology |
| Sector Key | technology |
| Share Holder Rights Risk | 4 |
| Shares Outstanding | 26,171,467 |
| Shares Percent Shares Out | 0.0555 |
| Shares Short | 1,453,326 |
| Shares Short Previous Month Date | 1,788,134,400 |
| Shares Short Prior Month | 1,528,847 |
| Short Name | eGain Corporation |
| Short Percent Of Float | 0.0884 |
| Short Ratio | 4.35 |
| Source Interval | 15 |
| State | CA |
| Symbol | EGAN |
| Target High Price | 7.0 |
| Target Low Price | 6.0 |
| Target Mean Price | 6.33333 |
| Target Median Price | 6.0 |
| Total Cash | 73,336,000 |
| Total Cash Per Share | 2.802 |
| Total Debt | 2,778,000 |
| Total Revenue | 91,136,000 |
| Tradeable | 0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Rate | 0.0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Trailing Eps | 0.32 |
| Trailing P E | 17.265625 |
| Trailing Peg Ratio | None |
| Triggerable | 1 |
| Two Hundred Day Average | 7.72245 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change | -2.1974497 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent | -0.28455344 |
| Type Disp | Equity |
| Volume | 53,139 |
| Website | https://www.egain.com |
| Zip | 94,089 |