Genasys Inc. (GNSS)Technology | Scientific & Technical Instruments | San Diego, United States | NasdaqCM
1.33 USD
+0.04
(3.101%)
⇧
(Oct. 16, 2026, 4 p.m.
EDT)
After hours: 1.33 |
Hot Take ↕ | Oct. 10, 2026, 3:14 a.m. EDT
The investment case for Genasys is currently paralyzed by deteriorating fundamentals that outweigh the optimistic news headlines. While recent contracts with utilities and a resumption of work in Puerto Rico suggest operational continuity, the financial reality is stark: revenue contracted by 26%, operating margins are deeply negative at -58%, and the company is burning cash with no free cash flow generation. The balance sheet is fragile, carrying debt significantly higher than its cash reserves, resulting in a negative book value. The market has already priced in this distress, evidenced by the stock trading near its 52-week low and failing to break out of its downtrend despite the positive news flow. The statistical forecast model offers a weak bearish lean, which aligns with the technical weakness, though its low reliability suggests the immediate path is uncertain. Crucially, there is no dividend to provide income, and the options market shows only speculative longing for a turnaround, not the steady accumulation seen in a genuine recovery phase. Until the company demonstrates a sustained return to profitability and stabilizes its balance sheet, the risk of permanent capital impairment remains high. |
| Model | MAE |
|---|---|
| AutoTheta ✓ | 0.070385 |
| AutoETS | 0.082873 |
| AutoARIMA | 0.082874 |
| MSTL | 0.083310 |
Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoTheta
| Forecast Reliability | |
|---|---|
| Score | 38% |
| H-stat | 3.64 |
| Ljung-Box p | 0.000 |
| Jarque-Bera p | 0.363 |
| Excess Kurtosis | -0.91 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Sector | Technology |
| Ex Dividend Date | 2016-06-12 |
| Last Dividend Date | 2016-06-12 |
| Revenue per Share | 1.256 |
| Market Cap | 60,570,872 |
| Forward P/E | 11.08 |
| Beta | 0.73 |
| Profit Margins | -10.86% |
| Website | https://genasys.com |
As of Oct. 10, 2026, 3:14 a.m. EDT: Call option activity is heavily skewed toward out-of-the-money strikes at $2.00 and $7.00, indicating speculative bets on a significant price rebound or a 'lottery ticket' scenario rather than a measured recovery. Put volume is negligible, suggesting a lack of organized downside hedging. Implied volatility is elevated relative to the deep out-of-the-money strikes, reflecting uncertainty about whether the stock can recover from its multi-year decline.
| Date | Dividend | Yield % |
|---|---|---|
| 2016-06-13 | 0.01 | 0.546448 |
| 2016-03-11 | 0.01 | 0.617284 |
| 2016-01-13 | 0.01 | 0.568182 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| 52 Week Change | -0.39545453 |
| Address1 | 16,262 West Bernardo Drive |
| All Time High | 14.836795 |
| All Time Low | 0.21637 |
| Ask | 1.81 |
| Ask Size | 2 |
| Average Daily Volume10 Day | 167,560 |
| Average Daily Volume3 Month | 93,850 |
| Average Volume | 93,850 |
| Average Volume10Days | 167,560 |
| Beta | 0.73 |
| Bid | 1.04 |
| Bid Size | 2 |
| Book Value | -0.029 |
| City | San Diego |
| Compensation As Of Epoch Date | 1,767,139,200 |
| Country | United States |
| Crypto Tradeable | 0 |
| Currency | USD |
| Current Price | 1.33 |
| Current Ratio | 0.764 |
| Custom Price Alert Confidence | HIGH |
| Date Short Interest | 1,790,726,400 |
| Day High | 1.38 |
| Day Low | 1.26 |
| Display Name | Genasys |
| Dividend Date | 1,467,244,800 |
| Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp End | 1,786,653,000 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp Start | 1,786,653,000 |
| Earnings Timestamp | 1,786,651,200 |
| Earnings Timestamp End | 1,786,651,200 |
| Earnings Timestamp Start | 1,786,651,200 |
| Ebitda | -5,838,000 |
| Ebitda Margins | -0.10261 |
| Enterprise To Ebitda | -13.564 |
| Enterprise To Revenue | 1.392 |
| Enterprise Value | 79,188,872 |
| Eps Current Year | -0.08 |
| Eps Forward | 0.12 |
| Eps Trailing Twelve Months | -0.14 |
| Esg Populated | 0 |
| Ex Dividend Date | 1,465,776,000 |
| Exchange | NCM |
| Exchange Data Delayed By | 15 |
| Exchange Timezone Name | America/New_York |
| Exchange Timezone Short Name | EDT |
| Fifty Day Average | 1.525 |
| Fifty Day Average Change | -0.19499993 |
| Fifty Day Average Change Percent | -0.12786882 |
| Fifty Two Week Change Percent | -39.545452 |
| Fifty Two Week High | 2.47 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change | -1.14 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change Percent | -0.46153846 |
| Fifty Two Week Low | 1.17 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change | 0.16000009 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent | 0.13675222 |
| Fifty Two Week Range | 1.17 - 2.47 |
| Financial Currency | USD |
| First Trade Date Milliseconds | 765,466,200,000 |
| Float Shares | 38,543,568 |
| Forward Eps | 0.12 |
| Forward P E | 11.083334 |
| Free Cashflow | -2,046,375 |
| Full Exchange Name | NasdaqCM |
| Full Time Employees | 187 |
| Fullday Change | 0.04000008 |
| Fullday Change Percent | 3.1007817 |
| Fullday Price | 1.33 |
| Gmt Off Set Milliseconds | -14,400,000 |
| Gross Margins | 0.49315 |
| Gross Profits | 28,057,000 |
| Has Pre Post Market Data | 1 |
| Held Percent Insiders | 0.07163 |
| Held Percent Institutions | 0.57645 |
| Implied Shares Outstanding | 45,542,009 |
| Industry | Scientific & Technical Instruments |
| Industry Disp | Scientific & Technical Instruments |
| Industry Key | scientific-technical-instruments |
| Ir Website | http://www.lradx.com/site/content/view/2037/55/ |
| Is Earnings Date Estimate | 0 |
| Language | en-US |
| Last Dividend Date | 1,465,776,000 |
| Last Dividend Value | 0.01 |
| Last Fiscal Year End | 1,759,190,400 |
| Long Business Summary | Genasys Inc. designs, develops, and sells critical communications hardware and software solutions to alert, inform, and protect people principally in the Asia Pacific, North and South America, Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. The company operates through two segments, Hardware and Software. Its products include Genasys Protect Platform, a complete protective communications platform that provides protective communications tools for various hazards to provide targeted emergency communication, data-driven decision making, secure inter-agency collaboration, and others; Genasys ACOUSTICS that are clear voice messaging acoustic devices with software connectivity, solar power backup, and satellite backup to reach everyone when it matters; and Genasys Evertel, a secure compliant real-time inter- and intra-agency communication and collaboration software for law enforcement and public officials. The company sells its products directly to governments, militaries, end-users, and prime vendors. The company was formerly known as LRAD Corporation and changed its name to Genasys Inc. in October 2019. Genasys Inc. was incorporated in 1992 and is based in San Diego, California. |
| Long Name | Genasys Inc. |
| Market | us_market |
| Market Cap | 60,570,872 |
| Market State | CLOSED |
| Max Age | 86,400 |
| Message Board Id | finmb_372933 |
| Most Recent Quarter | 1,782,777,600 |
| Net Income To Common | -6,179,000 |
| Next Fiscal Year End | 1,790,726,400 |
| Non Diluted Market Cap | 68,313,013 |
| Number Of Analyst Opinions | 3 |
| Open | 1.32 |
| Operating Cashflow | -2,538,000 |
| Operating Margins | -0.58478 |
| Payout Ratio | 0.0 |
| Phone | 858 676 1112 |
| Post Market Change | 0.0 |
| Post Market Change Percent | 0.0 |
| Post Market Price | 1.33 |
| Post Market Time | 1,792,180,941 |
| Previous Close | 1.29 |
| Price Eps Current Year | -16.625 |
| Price Hint | 4 |
| Price To Book | -45.862072 |
| Price To Sales Trailing12 Months | 1.0646454 |
| Profit Margins | -0.108610004 |
| Quick Ratio | 0.353 |
| Quote Source Name | Nasdaq Real Time Price |
| Quote Type | EQUITY |
| Recommendation Key | none |
| Region | US |
| Regular Market Change | 0.0400001 |
| Regular Market Change Percent | 3.10078 |
| Regular Market Day High | 1.38 |
| Regular Market Day Low | 1.26 |
| Regular Market Day Range | 1.26 - 1.38 |
| Regular Market Open | 1.32 |
| Regular Market Previous Close | 1.29 |
| Regular Market Price | 1.33 |
| Regular Market Time | 1,792,180,801 |
| Regular Market Volume | 54,918 |
| Return On Assets | -0.04838 |
| Return On Equity | -6.7199597 |
| Revenue Growth | -0.26 |
| Revenue Per Share | 1.256 |
| Sand P52 Week Change | 0.13723719 |
| Sector | Technology |
| Sector Disp | Technology |
| Sector Key | technology |
| Shares Outstanding | 45,542,009 |
| Shares Percent Shares Out | 0.0137 |
| Shares Short | 623,078 |
| Shares Short Previous Month Date | 1,788,134,400 |
| Shares Short Prior Month | 546,824 |
| Short Name | Genasys Inc. |
| Short Percent Of Float | 0.020399999 |
| Short Ratio | 9.68 |
| Source Interval | 15 |
| State | CA |
| Symbol | GNSS |
| Target High Price | 5.0 |
| Target Low Price | 3.0 |
| Target Mean Price | 3.86667 |
| Target Median Price | 3.6 |
| Total Cash | 3,068,000 |
| Total Cash Per Share | 0.067 |
| Total Debt | 21,686,000 |
| Total Revenue | 56,893,000 |
| Tradeable | 0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Rate | 0.0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Trailing Eps | -0.14 |
| Trailing Peg Ratio | None |
| Triggerable | 1 |
| Two Hundred Day Average | 1.8015 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change | -0.47149992 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent | -0.2617263 |
| Type Disp | Equity |
| Volume | 54,918 |
| Website | https://genasys.com |
| Zip | 92,127 |