Frequency Electronics, Inc. (FEIM)Technology | Communication Equipment | Mitchel Field, United States | NasdaqGM
69.98 USD
-1.22
(-1.713%) ⇩
(Oct. 15, 2026, 4 p.m.
EDT)
After hours: 69.98 |
Hot Take ↕ | Oct. 10, 2026, 7:23 a.m. EDT
The investment case for Frequency Electronics is currently fractured by capital structure concerns and a lack of shareholder returns. The company has just executed a massive $100 million public offering, which dilutes existing shareholders and signals a desperate need for cash, likely due to the inability to generate sufficient organic growth or free cash flow to fund operations. This is compounded by a complete absence of a dividend, leaving investors exposed to pure price risk without any income floor. Fundamentally, the business shows signs of distress. While revenue growth looks decent on paper, the valuation metrics are alarming; a trailing P/E of over 300 and an enterprise-to-EBITDA multiple exceeding 100 suggest the market is pricing in perfection that isn't materializing. The balance sheet, while not insolvent, carries debt relative to equity that warrants caution in a volatile sector. Technically and sentiment-wise, the outlook is bearish. The stock is trading well below its 52-week high, and the options market is screaming 'sell' with heavy put positioning at lower price levels. The statistical forecast model also leans negative for the near term. Until the company can demonstrate a path to profitability that justifies these lofty multiples and stops relying on dilutive capital raises, the risk/reward profile remains skewed against the buyer. |
| Model | MAE |
|---|---|
| AutoARIMA ✓ | 0.124689 |
| AutoETS | 0.125184 |
| MSTL | 0.125770 |
| AutoTheta | 0.125986 |
Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoARIMA
| Forecast Reliability | |
|---|---|
| Score | 45% |
| H-stat | 3.61 |
| Ljung-Box p | 0.000 |
| Jarque-Bera p | 0.169 |
| Excess Kurtosis | -1.32 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Sector | Technology |
| Ex Dividend Date | 2024-08-07 |
| Last Dividend Date | 2024-08-07 |
| Debt to Equity Ratio | 5.81 |
| Revenue per Share | 7.352 |
| Market Cap | 788,904,640 |
| Trailing P/E | 279.92 |
| Forward P/E | 36.45 |
| Beta | 0.58 |
| Profit Margins | 3.68% |
| Website | https://freqelec.com |
As of Oct. 10, 2026, 7:23 a.m. EDT: Speculators are heavily positioning for downside protection, with out-of-the-money put open interest significantly outweighing call open interest across all expirations. The bulk of put volume and open interest sits deep in the money (strikes 45-60), suggesting a fear of a significant drop to the lower end of the trading range. Conversely, call interest is concentrated far out-of-the-money (strikes 100-115), indicating speculative bets on a recovery to the upper range rather than immediate momentum. Implied volatility is elevated on the downside strikes, pricing in a higher probability of a crash than a rally.
| Date | Dividend | Yield % |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-08-08 | 1.000000 | 8.210180 |
| 2023-01-05 | 1.000000 | 16.393443 |
| 2012-12-20 | 0.200000 | 2.447980 |
| 2007-10-29 | 0.100000 | 1.005025 |
| 2007-05-25 | 0.100000 | 0.953289 |
| 2006-10-27 | 0.100000 | 0.748503 |
| 2006-04-26 | 0.100000 | 0.718391 |
| 2005-10-27 | 0.100000 | 0.943396 |
| 2005-04-27 | 0.100000 | 0.875657 |
| 2004-10-27 | 0.100000 | 0.796813 |
| 2004-04-28 | 0.100000 | 0.709220 |
| 2003-10-29 | 0.100000 | 0.952381 |
| 2003-04-28 | 0.100000 | 0.997009 |
| 2002-10-29 | 0.100000 | 1.408451 |
| 2002-04-26 | 0.100000 | 0.829876 |
| 2001-10-29 | 0.100000 | 0.888889 |
| 2001-04-26 | 0.100000 | 0.709220 |
| 2000-10-27 | 0.100000 | 0.434783 |
| 2000-04-26 | 0.100000 | 0.634921 |
| 1999-10-27 | 0.100000 | 1.095890 |
| 1999-04-28 | 0.050000 | 0.689655 |
| 1998-10-28 | 0.050000 | 0.727273 |
| 1998-04-28 | 0.100000 | 0.606061 |
| 1997-10-29 | 0.100000 | 0.582524 |
| 1984-02-21 | 0.215556 | 2.000004 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| 52 Week Change | 1.0570252 |
| Address1 | 55 Charles Lindbergh Boulevard |
| All Time High | 89.76 |
| All Time Low | 0.962963 |
| Ask | 88.32 |
| Ask Size | 2 |
| Audit Risk | 9 |
| Average Daily Volume10 Day | 297,360 |
| Average Daily Volume3 Month | 348,220 |
| Average Volume | 348,220 |
| Average Volume10Days | 297,360 |
| Beta | 0.581 |
| Bid | 51.3 |
| Bid Size | 2 |
| Board Risk | 4 |
| Book Value | 10.933 |
| City | Mitchel Field |
| Compensation As Of Epoch Date | 1,798,675,200 |
| Compensation Risk | 6 |
| Country | United States |
| Crypto Tradeable | 0 |
| Currency | USD |
| Current Price | 69.98 |
| Current Ratio | 5.336 |
| Custom Price Alert Confidence | HIGH |
| Date Short Interest | 1,790,726,400 |
| Day High | 70.27 |
| Day Low | 67.3001 |
| Debt To Equity | 5.81 |
| Display Name | Frequency Electronics |
| Dividend Date | 1,724,889,600 |
| Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp End | 1,789,072,200 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp Start | 1,789,072,200 |
| Earnings Growth | 5.288 |
| Earnings Quarterly Growth | 5.65 |
| Earnings Timestamp | 1,789,070,400 |
| Earnings Timestamp End | 1,796,932,800 |
| Earnings Timestamp Start | 1,796,932,800 |
| Ebitda | 7,740,000 |
| Ebitda Margins | 0.10622 |
| Enterprise To Ebitda | 94.891 |
| Enterprise To Revenue | 10.08 |
| Enterprise Value | 734,459,648 |
| Eps Current Year | 1.23 |
| Eps Forward | 1.92 |
| Eps Trailing Twelve Months | 0.25 |
| Esg Populated | 0 |
| Ex Dividend Date | 1,723,075,200 |
| Exchange | NGM |
| Exchange Data Delayed By | 15 |
| Exchange Timezone Name | America/New_York |
| Exchange Timezone Short Name | EDT |
| Fax | 516 794 4340 |
| Fifty Day Average | 74.5744 |
| Fifty Day Average Change | -4.5943985 |
| Fifty Day Average Change Percent | -0.06160825 |
| Fifty Two Week Change Percent | 105.70252 |
| Fifty Two Week High | 89.76 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change | -19.779999 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change Percent | -0.2203654 |
| Fifty Two Week Low | 26.05 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change | 43.930004 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent | 1.6863725 |
| Fifty Two Week Range | 26.05 - 89.76 |
| Financial Currency | USD |
| First Trade Date Milliseconds | 330,183,000,000 |
| Five Year Avg Dividend Yield | 1.85 |
| Float Shares | 8,854,491 |
| Forward Eps | 1.92 |
| Forward P E | 36.447918 |
| Free Cashflow | 3,599,000 |
| Full Exchange Name | NasdaqGM |
| Full Time Employees | 232 |
| Fullday Change | -1.2199936 |
| Fullday Change Percent | -1.7134743 |
| Fullday Price | 69.98 |
| Gmt Off Set Milliseconds | -14,400,000 |
| Governance Epoch Date | 1,790,812,800 |
| Gross Margins | 0.3824 |
| Gross Profits | 27,864,000 |
| Has Pre Post Market Data | 1 |
| Held Percent Insiders | 0.11459 |
| Held Percent Institutions | 0.66731 |
| Implied Shares Outstanding | 11,273,287 |
| Industry | Communication Equipment |
| Industry Disp | Communication Equipment |
| Industry Key | communication-equipment |
| Ir Website | http://ir.ccbn.com/ir.zhtml?t=FEI&s=2100 |
| Is Earnings Date Estimate | 1 |
| Language | en-US |
| Last Dividend Date | 1,723,075,200 |
| Last Dividend Value | 1.0 |
| Last Fiscal Year End | 1,777,507,200 |
| Last Split Date | 881,020,800 |
| Last Split Factor | 3:2 |
| Long Business Summary | Frequency Electronics, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the design, development, manufacture, marketing, and sale of precision time and frequency control products and components for microwave integrated circuit applications. The company operates through two segments, FEI-NY and FEI-Zyfer. The FEI-NY segment offers precision time and frequency control products for communication satellites, terrestrial cellular telephone or other ground-based telecommunication stations; and other components and systems for the U.S. military, as well as provides designing and technical support for the satellite business. The FEI-Zyfer segment provides global positioning system technologies for systems and subsystems for secure communications, government and commercial, and other locator applications; and engages in the sale and support of wireline telecommunications products, such as US5G. It operates in the United States, Europe, and Asia. Frequency Electronics, Inc. was founded in 1961 and is headquartered in Mitchel Field, New York. |
| Long Name | Frequency Electronics, Inc. |
| Market | us_market |
| Market Cap | 788,904,640 |
| Market State | PREPRE |
| Max Age | 86,400 |
| Message Board Id | finmb_273673 |
| Most Recent Quarter | 1,785,456,000 |
| Net Income To Common | 2,679,000 |
| Next Fiscal Year End | 1,809,043,200 |
| Non Diluted Market Cap | 951,127,224 |
| Number Of Analyst Opinions | 2 |
| Open | 69.05 |
| Operating Cashflow | 2,743,000 |
| Operating Margins | 0.22173999 |
| Overall Risk | 4 |
| Payout Ratio | 0.0 |
| Peg Ratio | 1.25 |
| Phone | 516 794 4500 |
| Post Market Change | 0.0 |
| Post Market Change Percent | 0.0 |
| Post Market Price | 69.98 |
| Post Market Time | 1,792,094,445 |
| Previous Close | 71.2 |
| Price Eps Current Year | 56.89431 |
| Price Hint | 2 |
| Price To Book | 6.4008055 |
| Price To Sales Trailing12 Months | 10.826787 |
| Profit Margins | 0.03677 |
| Quick Ratio | 4.194 |
| Quote Source Name | Nasdaq Real Time Price |
| Quote Type | EQUITY |
| Recommendation Key | none |
| Region | US |
| Regular Market Change | -1.21999 |
| Regular Market Change Percent | -1.71347 |
| Regular Market Day High | 70.27 |
| Regular Market Day Low | 67.3001 |
| Regular Market Day Range | 67.3001 - 70.27 |
| Regular Market Open | 69.05 |
| Regular Market Previous Close | 71.2 |
| Regular Market Price | 69.98 |
| Regular Market Time | 1,792,094,401 |
| Regular Market Volume | 290,574 |
| Return On Assets | 0.030569999 |
| Return On Equity | 0.03042 |
| Revenue Growth | 0.698 |
| Revenue Per Share | 7.352 |
| Sand P52 Week Change | 0.16207206 |
| Sector | Technology |
| Sector Disp | Technology |
| Sector Key | technology |
| Share Holder Rights Risk | 3 |
| Shares Outstanding | 11,273,287 |
| Shares Percent Shares Out | 0.0867 |
| Shares Short | 976,836 |
| Shares Short Previous Month Date | 1,788,134,400 |
| Shares Short Prior Month | 980,575 |
| Short Name | Frequency Electronics, Inc. |
| Short Percent Of Float | 0.1122 |
| Short Ratio | 2.54 |
| Source Interval | 15 |
| State | NY |
| Symbol | FEIM |
| Target High Price | 100.0 |
| Target Low Price | 91.0 |
| Target Mean Price | 95.5 |
| Target Median Price | 95.5 |
| Total Cash | 61,407,000 |
| Total Cash Per Share | 5.447 |
| Total Debt | 6,962,000 |
| Total Revenue | 72,866,000 |
| Tradeable | 0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Rate | 0.0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Trailing Eps | 0.25 |
| Trailing P E | 279.92 |
| Trailing Peg Ratio | None |
| Triggerable | 1 |
| Two Hundred Day Average | 61.87925 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change | 8.100754 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent | 0.13091229 |
| Type Disp | Equity |
| Volume | 290,574 |
| Website | https://freqelec.com |
| Zip | 11,553 |