8x8, Inc. (EGHT)Technology | Software - Application | Campbell, United States | NasdaqGS
1.99 USD
-0.02
(-0.995%) ⇩
(Aug. 28, 2026, 4 p.m.
EDT)
After hours: 1.99 |
Hot Take ↕ | Aug. 22, 2026, 5:07 a.m. EDT
The investment case here is fractured between a desperate search for value and a deteriorating business reality. Fundamentally, the company is trapped in a multi-year structural decline, having lost over 85% of its value since 2016. While the latest year showed a modest recovery, the cumulative trajectory remains deeply bearish, and the balance sheet is fragile with debt nearly four times equity. The lack of a dividend and razor-thin profit margins confirm that the core business is struggling to generate sustainable cash flow. However, the market is pricing in a dramatic turnaround. The forward P/E of 5.4x implies analysts expect earnings to explode from $0.03 to $0.37, a 12-fold increase that hasn't materialized yet. This disconnect is fueling a speculative frenzy in the options chain, where traders are stacking massive call positions at strikes far above the current price, betting on a sudden re-rating driven by AI narratives or a one-time catalyst. For a traditional investor, the gap between the broken fundamentals and the speculative optimism creates a high-risk environment where the 'value' is likely a trap waiting for the inevitable earnings miss to trigger further downside. |
| Model | MAE |
|---|---|
| AutoETS ✓ | 0.109520 |
| AutoARIMA | 0.109579 |
| AutoTheta | 0.113232 |
| MSTL | 0.128912 |
Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoETS
| Forecast Reliability | |
|---|---|
| Score | 33% |
| H-stat | 8.98 |
| Ljung-Box p | 0.000 |
| Jarque-Bera p | 0.424 |
| Excess Kurtosis | -0.96 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Sector | Technology |
| Debt to Equity Ratio | 241.866 |
| Revenue per Share | 5.339 |
| Market Cap | 287,426,656 |
| Trailing P/E | 66.33 |
| Forward P/E | 5.38 |
| Beta | 1.84 |
| Profit Margins | 0.64% |
| Website | https://www.8x8.com |
As of Aug. 22, 2026, 5:07 a.m. EDT: Speculators are overwhelmingly bullish on upside potential, evidenced by massive open interest in out-of-the-money calls (strikes $2.50 and $5.00) compared to negligible put activity. This heavy call positioning suggests a bet on a significant price surge rather than a hedge against downside risk, despite the stock trading near its 52-week lows.
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| 52 Week Change | 0.01015234 |
| Address1 | 675 Creekside Way |
| All Time High | 39.17 |
| All Time Low | 0.17 |
| Ask | 2.27 |
| Ask Size | 1 |
| Audit Risk | 2 |
| Average Analyst Rating | 2.3 - Buy |
| Average Daily Volume10 Day | 1,162,250 |
| Average Daily Volume3 Month | 1,753,931 |
| Average Volume | 1,753,931 |
| Average Volume10Days | 1,162,250 |
| Beta | 1.839 |
| Bid | 1.71 |
| Bid Size | 1 |
| Board Risk | 2 |
| Book Value | 1.027 |
| City | Campbell |
| Compensation As Of Epoch Date | 1,798,675,200 |
| Compensation Risk | 3 |
| Country | United States |
| Crypto Tradeable | 0 |
| Currency | USD |
| Current Price | 1.99 |
| Current Ratio | 1.048 |
| Custom Price Alert Confidence | HIGH |
| Date Short Interest | 1,786,665,600 |
| Day High | 2.1099 |
| Day Low | 1.98 |
| Debt To Equity | 241.866 |
| Display Name | 8x8 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp End | 1,785,877,200 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp Start | 1,785,877,200 |
| Earnings Timestamp | 1,785,873,600 |
| Earnings Timestamp End | 1,793,736,000 |
| Earnings Timestamp Start | 1,793,736,000 |
| Ebitda | 43,618,000 |
| Ebitda Margins | 0.058579996 |
| Enterprise To Ebitda | 12.709 |
| Enterprise To Revenue | 0.745 |
| Enterprise Value | 554,350,656 |
| Eps Current Year | 0.35333 |
| Eps Forward | 0.37 |
| Eps Trailing Twelve Months | 0.03 |
| Esg Populated | 0 |
| Exchange | NMS |
| Exchange Data Delayed By | 0 |
| Exchange Timezone Name | America/New_York |
| Exchange Timezone Short Name | EDT |
| Fifty Day Average | 1.9562 |
| Fifty Day Average Change | 0.033800006 |
| Fifty Day Average Change Percent | 0.0172784 |
| Fifty Two Week Change Percent | 1.015234 |
| Fifty Two Week High | 2.88 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change | -0.8900001 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change Percent | -0.3090278 |
| Fifty Two Week Low | 1.57 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change | 0.41999996 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent | 0.2675159 |
| Fifty Two Week Range | 1.57 - 2.88 |
| Financial Currency | USD |
| First Trade Date Milliseconds | 867,850,200,000 |
| Float Shares | 137,235,391 |
| Forward Eps | 0.37 |
| Forward P E | 5.3783784 |
| Free Cashflow | 71,902,000 |
| Full Exchange Name | NasdaqGS |
| Full Time Employees | 1,819 |
| Fullday Change | -0.02 |
| Fullday Change Percent | -0.995024 |
| Fullday Price | 1.99 |
| Gmt Off Set Milliseconds | -14,400,000 |
| Governance Epoch Date | 1,785,542,400 |
| Gross Margins | 0.63256 |
| Gross Profits | 470,980,000 |
| Has Pre Post Market Data | 1 |
| Held Percent Insiders | 0.023699999 |
| Held Percent Institutions | 0.72833 |
| Implied Shares Outstanding | 144,435,501 |
| Industry | Software - Application |
| Industry Disp | Software - Application |
| Industry Key | software-application |
| Ipo Expected Date | 2,022-11-15 |
| Ir Website | http://investors.8x8.com/ |
| Is Earnings Date Estimate | 0 |
| Language | en-US |
| Last Fiscal Year End | 1,774,915,200 |
| Long Business Summary | 8x8, Inc. provides contact center, voice, video, chat, and enterprise-class application programmable interface (API) solutions worldwide. The company offers 8x8 Work, a unified communications-as-a-service solution that enable collaboration and business continuity across voice, video, chat, and messaging; and 8x8 Contact Center is a cloud-based contact center-as-a-service solution that customer engagement across voice, chat, email, and digital channels. It also provides 8x8 Engage, which extends digital engagement tools to non-traditional customer-facing employees-sales, field service, finance-enabling to deliver AI-informed customer experiences at desk, in the field or on the go; 8x8 Communications APIs, a communications-as-a-service solutions that allow businesses to embed communications directly into digital experiences via communications APIs, including voice, SMS, rich messaging services, and additional digital and social channels; and solutions for Microsoft team users. The company markets its services through digital marketing, in-person and virtual events, peer reference and advocacy programs, localized and regional advertising, and partner and co-marketing initiatives. It serves small business, mid-market, public sector, enterprise customers, government agencies, and other organizations. 8x8, Inc. was incorporated in 1987 and is headquartered in Campbell, California. |
| Long Name | 8x8, Inc. |
| Market | us_market |
| Market Cap | 287,426,656 |
| Market State | CLOSED |
| Max Age | 86,400 |
| Message Board Id | finmb_362956 |
| Most Recent Quarter | 1,782,777,600 |
| Net Income To Common | 4,763,000 |
| Next Fiscal Year End | 1,806,451,200 |
| Non Diluted Market Cap | 289,593,179 |
| Number Of Analyst Opinions | 3 |
| Open | 2.01 |
| Operating Cashflow | 60,947,000 |
| Operating Margins | 0.02303 |
| Overall Risk | 3 |
| Payout Ratio | 0.0 |
| Peg Ratio | 0.48 |
| Phone | 408 727 1885 |
| Post Market Change | 0.0 |
| Post Market Change Percent | 0.0 |
| Post Market Price | 1.99 |
| Post Market Time | 1,787,959,805 |
| Previous Close | 2.01 |
| Price Eps Current Year | 5.6321287 |
| Price Hint | 4 |
| Price To Book | 1.9376826 |
| Price To Sales Trailing12 Months | 0.38603505 |
| Profit Margins | 0.0064 |
| Quick Ratio | 0.788 |
| Quote Source Name | Nasdaq Real Time Price |
| Quote Type | EQUITY |
| Recommendation Key | buy |
| Recommendation Mean | 2.33333 |
| Region | US |
| Regular Market Change | -0.02 |
| Regular Market Change Percent | -0.995024 |
| Regular Market Day High | 2.1099 |
| Regular Market Day Low | 1.98 |
| Regular Market Day Range | 1.98 - 2.1099 |
| Regular Market Open | 2.01 |
| Regular Market Previous Close | 2.01 |
| Regular Market Price | 1.99 |
| Regular Market Time | 1,787,947,201 |
| Regular Market Volume | 1,449,226 |
| Return On Assets | 0.02096 |
| Return On Equity | 0.03451 |
| Revenue Growth | 0.049 |
| Revenue Per Share | 5.339 |
| Sand P52 Week Change | 0.20204377 |
| Sector | Technology |
| Sector Disp | Technology |
| Sector Key | technology |
| Share Holder Rights Risk | 5 |
| Shares Outstanding | 144,435,501 |
| Shares Percent Shares Out | 0.0197 |
| Shares Short | 2,844,768 |
| Shares Short Previous Month Date | 1,784,073,600 |
| Shares Short Prior Month | 3,023,528 |
| Short Name | 8x8 Inc |
| Short Percent Of Float | 0.02 |
| Short Ratio | 1.59 |
| Source Interval | 15 |
| State | CA |
| Symbol | EGHT |
| Target High Price | 3.25 |
| Target Low Price | 1.5 |
| Target Mean Price | 2.58333 |
| Target Median Price | 3.0 |
| Total Cash | 90,595,000 |
| Total Cash Per Share | 0.627 |
| Total Debt | 357,519,008 |
| Total Revenue | 744,561,024 |
| Tradeable | 0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Rate | 0.0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Trailing Eps | 0.03 |
| Trailing P E | 66.333336 |
| Trailing Peg Ratio | None |
| Triggerable | 1 |
| Two Hundred Day Average | 2.0193 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change | -0.029299974 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent | -0.014509967 |
| Type Disp | Equity |
| Volume | 1,449,226 |
| Website | https://www.8x8.com |
| Zip | 95,008 |