Geospace Technologies Corporation (GEOS)Energy | Oil & Gas Equipment & Services | Houston, United States | NasdaqGS
5.28 USD
+0.05
(0.956%)
⇧
(Aug. 28, 2026, 4 p.m.
EDT)
After hours: 5.28 |
Hot Take ↕ | Aug. 22, 2026, 3:58 a.m. EDT
The investment case here is fundamentally broken. The company is hemorrhaging cash, reporting negative operating margins of nearly 64%, and cutting its workforce by 20%—a clear admission that the core business is failing to generate value. While the stock recently rallied 55%, the underlying reality is stark: revenue has contracted by 36% year-over-year, and the company is burning through free cash flow at a rapid pace. The balance sheet offers little comfort given the severe losses and the aggressive cost-cutting measures already implemented. The options market confirms this pessimism. There is a massive buildup of put options at strikes well below the current price, indicating that traders are betting on a continued decline rather than a recovery. The statistical forecasting model is unreliable, so we cannot use it to argue for a bounce, but the confluence of deteriorating fundamentals, active restructuring, and heavy speculative hedging against downside makes this a dangerous hold. With no dividend to provide income and a trajectory of shrinking revenues, the long-term outlook remains bleak. |
| Model | MAE |
|---|---|
| MSTL ✓ | 0.075939 |
| AutoARIMA | 0.088160 |
| AutoETS | 0.088808 |
| AutoTheta | 0.088926 |
Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: MSTL
| Forecast Reliability | |
|---|---|
| Score | 25% |
| H-stat | 26.64 |
| Ljung-Box p | 0.000 |
| Jarque-Bera p | 0.018 |
| Excess Kurtosis | -0.06 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Sector | Energy |
| Debt to Equity Ratio | 0.693 |
| Revenue per Share | 7.131 |
| Market Cap | 68,299,984 |
| Forward P/E | 13.20 |
| Beta | 0.17 |
| Profit Margins | -43.10% |
| Website | https://www.geospace.com |
As of Aug. 22, 2026, 3:58 a.m. EDT: Speculators are heavily positioned for downside protection, with massive open interest in deep out-of-the-money puts (strikes $2.50 and $5.00) expiring in late 2026 and early 2027. This 'put wall' suggests a strong consensus expectation of further price weakness or a crash scenario, outweighing the modest call activity which is concentrated in strikes significantly above the current price.
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| 52 Week Change | -0.7189683 |
| Address1 | 7,007 Pinemont Drive |
| All Time High | 113.73 |
| All Time Low | 3.25 |
| Ask | 6.6 |
| Ask Size | 2 |
| Average Daily Volume10 Day | 119,230 |
| Average Daily Volume3 Month | 142,212 |
| Average Volume | 142,212 |
| Average Volume10Days | 119,230 |
| Beta | 0.171 |
| Bid | 3.83 |
| Bid Size | 2 |
| Book Value | 7.399 |
| City | Houston |
| Compensation As Of Epoch Date | 1,767,139,200 |
| Country | United States |
| Crypto Tradeable | 0 |
| Currency | USD |
| Current Price | 5.28 |
| Current Ratio | 2.436 |
| Custom Price Alert Confidence | HIGH |
| Date Short Interest | 1,786,665,600 |
| Day High | 5.4299 |
| Day Low | 5.1583 |
| Debt To Equity | 0.693 |
| Display Name | Geospace |
| Earnings Call Timestamp End | 1,786,111,200 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp Start | 1,786,111,200 |
| Earnings Timestamp | 1,786,046,400 |
| Earnings Timestamp End | 1,795,118,400 |
| Earnings Timestamp Start | 1,795,118,400 |
| Ebitda | -30,413,000 |
| Ebitda Margins | -0.33113 |
| Enterprise To Ebitda | -2.174 |
| Enterprise To Revenue | 0.72 |
| Enterprise Value | 66,129,984 |
| Eps Forward | 0.4 |
| Eps Trailing Twelve Months | -3.1 |
| Esg Populated | 0 |
| Exchange | NMS |
| Exchange Data Delayed By | 0 |
| Exchange Timezone Name | America/New_York |
| Exchange Timezone Short Name | EDT |
| Fifty Day Average | 6.5282 |
| Fifty Day Average Change | -1.2481999 |
| Fifty Day Average Change Percent | -0.19120124 |
| Fifty Two Week Change Percent | -71.89683 |
| Fifty Two Week High | 29.89 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change | -24.609999 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change Percent | -0.8233523 |
| Fifty Two Week Low | 5.05 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change | 0.23000002 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent | 0.045544557 |
| Fifty Two Week Range | 5.05 - 29.89 |
| Financial Currency | USD |
| First Trade Date Milliseconds | 880,122,600,000 |
| Float Shares | 12,552,321 |
| Forward Eps | 0.4 |
| Forward P E | 13.200001 |
| Free Cashflow | -8,203,375 |
| Full Exchange Name | NasdaqGS |
| Full Time Employees | 519 |
| Fullday Change | 0.0500002 |
| Fullday Change Percent | 0.956027 |
| Fullday Price | 5.28 |
| Gmt Off Set Milliseconds | -14,400,000 |
| Gross Margins | 0.07999 |
| Gross Profits | 7,347,000 |
| Has Pre Post Market Data | 1 |
| Held Percent Insiders | 0.0313 |
| Held Percent Institutions | 0.40280998 |
| Implied Shares Outstanding | 12,935,603 |
| Industry | Oil & Gas Equipment & Services |
| Industry Disp | Oil & Gas Equipment & Services |
| Industry Key | oil-gas-equipment-services |
| Is Earnings Date Estimate | 0 |
| Language | en-US |
| Last Fiscal Year End | 1,759,190,400 |
| Last Split Date | 1,350,604,800 |
| Last Split Factor | 2:1 |
| Long Business Summary | Geospace Technologies Corporation designs and manufactures instruments and equipment used in the oil and gas industry to acquire seismic data in order to locate, characterize, and monitor hydrocarbon producing reservoirs. The company operates through three segments: Smart Water, Energy Solutions and Intelligent Industrial. The Energy Solutions segment offers wireless seismic data acquisition systems and reservoir characterization products and services, as well as traditional seismic exploration products, such as geophones, hydrophones, leader wires, connectors, cables, marine streamer retrieval and steering devices, and other seismic products. The Smart Water segment engages in the water management industry. This business segment contains the Hydroconn, a smart water connectivity offerings, and Aquana products. The Intelligent Industrial segment designs and sells products used for border and perimeter security surveillance, cross-border tunneling detection, and other products targeted at movement monitoring, intrusion detection, and situational awareness; and seismic sensor products used for vibration monitoring geotechnical applications such as mine safety applications and earthquake detection, seismic products targeted at the border and perimeter security markets, imaging products, as well as providing contract manufacturing services. This segment serves various agencies of the United States government, including the Department of Defense, Department of Energy, Department of Homeland Security, and other agencies, as well as energy companies. The company operates in Asia, Canada, Europe, Mexico, South America, the United States, and internationally. Geospace Technologies Corporation was founded in 1980 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas. |
| Long Name | Geospace Technologies Corporation |
| Market | us_market |
| Market Cap | 68,299,984 |
| Market State | CLOSED |
| Max Age | 86,400 |
| Message Board Id | finmb_374066 |
| Most Recent Quarter | 1,782,777,600 |
| Net Income To Common | -39,583,000 |
| Next Fiscal Year End | 1,790,726,400 |
| Non Diluted Market Cap | 67,653,203 |
| Open | 5.16 |
| Operating Cashflow | -31,455,000 |
| Operating Margins | -0.63756 |
| Payout Ratio | 0.0 |
| Peg Ratio | 0.77 |
| Phone | 713 986 4444 |
| Post Market Change | 0.0 |
| Post Market Change Percent | 0.0 |
| Post Market Price | 5.28 |
| Post Market Time | 1,787,959,805 |
| Previous Close | 5.23 |
| Price Hint | 2 |
| Price To Book | 0.71360993 |
| Price To Sales Trailing12 Months | 0.7436359 |
| Profit Margins | -0.43097 |
| Quick Ratio | 0.34 |
| Quote Source Name | Nasdaq Real Time Price |
| Quote Type | EQUITY |
| Recommendation Key | none |
| Region | US |
| Regular Market Change | 0.0500002 |
| Regular Market Change Percent | 0.956027 |
| Regular Market Day High | 5.4299 |
| Regular Market Day Low | 5.1583 |
| Regular Market Day Range | 5.1583 - 5.4299 |
| Regular Market Open | 5.16 |
| Regular Market Previous Close | 5.23 |
| Regular Market Price | 5.28 |
| Regular Market Time | 1,787,947,201 |
| Regular Market Volume | 76,471 |
| Return On Assets | -0.18549 |
| Return On Equity | -0.3442 |
| Revenue Growth | -0.364 |
| Revenue Per Share | 7.131 |
| Sand P52 Week Change | 0.20504117 |
| Sector | Energy |
| Sector Disp | Energy |
| Sector Key | energy |
| Shares Outstanding | 12,935,603 |
| Shares Percent Shares Out | 0.0334 |
| Shares Short | 431,604 |
| Shares Short Previous Month Date | 1,784,073,600 |
| Shares Short Prior Month | 468,923 |
| Short Name | Geospace Technologies Corporati |
| Short Percent Of Float | 0.0343 |
| Short Ratio | 3.07 |
| Source Interval | 15 |
| State | TX |
| Symbol | GEOS |
| Total Cash | 2,833,000 |
| Total Cash Per Share | 0.219 |
| Total Debt | 663,000 |
| Total Revenue | 91,846,000 |
| Tradeable | 0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Rate | 0.0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Trailing Eps | -3.1 |
| Trailing Peg Ratio | None |
| Triggerable | 1 |
| Two Hundred Day Average | 11.33195 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change | -6.05195 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent | -0.5340608 |
| Type Disp | Equity |
| Volume | 76,471 |
| Website | https://www.geospace.com |
| Zip | 77,040-6601 |