InTest Corporation (INTT)Technology | Semiconductor Equipment & Materials | Mount Laurel, United States | NYSE American
11.05 USD
-0.53
(-4.577%) ⇩
(Aug. 28, 2026, 4 p.m.
EDT)
After hours: 10.90 -0.15 (-0.150%) ⇩ (Aug. 28, 2026, 7:42 p.m. EDT) |
Hot Take ↕ | Aug. 22, 2026, 4:59 a.m. EDT
The investment case for InTest is a classic tale of a high-quality business trapped in a low-price reality. Fundamentally, the company is executing exceptionally well, delivering a 27% revenue surge and an EPS beat in the first quarter of 2026, which validates the 'strong buy' consensus among analysts. The valuation metrics reflect this turnaround potential; while the trailing P/E looks astronomical at 167x due to depressed historical earnings, the forward P/E compresses to a reasonable 17.6x, implying the market is pricing in a massive earnings expansion. The balance sheet remains fortress-like with minimal debt and strong cash generation. However, the price action tells a different story for the short term. Despite the earnings beat, the stock has been under pressure, trading below its 50-day moving average and failing to capitalize on the positive news immediately. This disconnect creates a frustrating setup where the business is growing, but the share price is lagging. For the long term, this is a solid buy (3 stars) because the fundamentals are unambiguously improving and the valuation gap is wide enough to offer a margin of safety if execution continues. For the short term, the rating is neutral (2.5) because the immediate momentum is mixed; the stock is trying to find a floor after a long decline, but the recent price action shows weakness rather than the explosive momentum required for a bullish entry. There is no dividend to provide income, making the entire thesis dependent on capital appreciation. |
| Model | MAE |
|---|---|
| AutoARIMA ✓ | 0.183520 |
| AutoTheta | 0.209298 |
| AutoETS | 0.210488 |
| MSTL | 0.224780 |
Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoARIMA
| Forecast Reliability | |
|---|---|
| Score | 32% |
| H-stat | 7.17 |
| Ljung-Box p | 0.000 |
| Jarque-Bera p | 0.479 |
| Excess Kurtosis | -0.32 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Sector | Technology |
| Ex Dividend Date | 2012-12-05 |
| Last Dividend Date | 2012-12-05 |
| Debt to Equity Ratio | 13.729 |
| Revenue per Share | 10.472 |
| Market Cap | 141,724,944 |
| Trailing P/E | 157.86 |
| Forward P/E | 16.66 |
| Beta | 1.54 |
| Profit Margins | 0.75% |
| Website | https://www.intest.com |
As of Aug. 22, 2026, 4:59 a.m. EDT: Speculators are positioning defensively with heavy put volume concentrated at strikes below the current price, particularly the $10 strike for March 2027 expiration, suggesting a fear of a significant downside move. Conversely, call interest is skewed toward out-of-the-money strikes ($17.50 and $20.00), indicating a speculative hope for a recovery rally to test previous highs, though the overall open interest suggests a net bearish bias.
| Date | Dividend | Yield % |
|---|---|---|
| 2012-12-06 | 0.08 | 3.305785 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| 52 Week Change | 0.63098586 |
| Address1 | 804 East Gate Drive |
| Address2 | Suite 200 |
| All Time High | 27.17 |
| All Time Low | 0.1 |
| Ask | 11.2 |
| Ask Size | 300 |
| Audit Risk | 8 |
| Average Daily Volume10 Day | 131,680 |
| Average Daily Volume3 Month | 207,059 |
| Average Volume | 207,059 |
| Average Volume10Days | 131,680 |
| Beta | 1.537 |
| Bid | 10.5 |
| Bid Size | 400 |
| Board Risk | 4 |
| Book Value | 8.453 |
| City | Mount Laurel |
| Compensation As Of Epoch Date | 1,767,139,200 |
| Compensation Risk | 5 |
| Country | United States |
| Crypto Tradeable | 0 |
| Currency | USD |
| Current Price | 11.05 |
| Current Ratio | 2.487 |
| Custom Price Alert Confidence | HIGH |
| Date Short Interest | 1,786,665,600 |
| Day High | 11.65 |
| Day Low | 11.0 |
| Debt To Equity | 13.729 |
| Display Name | InTest |
| Dividend Date | 1,355,702,400 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp End | 1,786,365,000 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp Start | 1,786,365,000 |
| Earnings Timestamp | 1,786,365,000 |
| Earnings Timestamp End | 1,793,795,400 |
| Earnings Timestamp Start | 1,793,795,400 |
| Ebitda | 6,256,000 |
| Ebitda Margins | 0.048779998 |
| Enterprise To Ebitda | 21.336 |
| Enterprise To Revenue | 1.041 |
| Enterprise Value | 133,474,968 |
| Eps Current Year | 0.44 |
| Eps Forward | 0.66333 |
| Eps Trailing Twelve Months | 0.07 |
| Esg Populated | 0 |
| Ex Dividend Date | 1,354,752,000 |
| Exchange | ASE |
| Exchange Data Delayed By | 0 |
| Exchange Timezone Name | America/New_York |
| Exchange Timezone Short Name | EDT |
| Fifty Day Average | 14.3922 |
| Fifty Day Average Change | -3.3422003 |
| Fifty Day Average Change Percent | -0.23222302 |
| Fifty Two Week Change Percent | 63.098587 |
| Fifty Two Week High | 20.0 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change | -8.95 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change Percent | -0.4475 |
| Fifty Two Week Low | 6.86 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change | 4.19 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent | 0.61078715 |
| Fifty Two Week Range | 6.86 - 20.0 |
| Financial Currency | USD |
| First Trade Date Milliseconds | 866,554,200,000 |
| Float Shares | 11,766,940 |
| Forward Eps | 0.66333 |
| Forward P E | 16.658375 |
| Free Cashflow | 7,555,375 |
| Full Exchange Name | NYSE American |
| Full Time Employees | 385 |
| Fullday Change | -0.53 |
| Fullday Change Percent | -4.57685 |
| Fullday Price | 10.9 |
| Gmt Off Set Milliseconds | -14,400,000 |
| Governance Epoch Date | 1,785,542,400 |
| Gross Margins | 0.42763 |
| Gross Profits | 54,847,000 |
| Has Pre Post Market Data | 1 |
| Held Percent Insiders | 0.09554 |
| Held Percent Institutions | 0.66501 |
| Implied Shares Outstanding | 12,825,786 |
| Industry | Semiconductor Equipment & Materials |
| Industry Disp | Semiconductor Equipment & Materials |
| Industry Key | semiconductor-equipment-materials |
| Ir Website | http://investor.shareholder.com/intest/index.cfm |
| Is Earnings Date Estimate | 0 |
| Language | en-US |
| Last Dividend Date | 1,354,752,000 |
| Last Dividend Value | 0.08 |
| Last Fiscal Year End | 1,767,139,200 |
| Long Business Summary | inTEST Corporation provides test and process technology solutions for use in Semi, Auto/Electric Vehicle, Defense/Aerospace, Industrial, Life Sciences, Safety/Security, and other markets in the United States and internationally. The company operates through three segments: Electronic Test, Environmental Technologies, and Process Technologies. The Electronic Test segment offers Cobal, and LS series manipulators that hold various test heads and enable an operator to reposition a test head for use with several probers on a test floor; and docking hardware products, which protect the interface contacts and ensure proper repeatable and precise alignment between the test head's interface board and the prober's probing assembly. This segment also provides tester interfaces that offer electrical connections between the tester and the wafer prober or IC handler; scorpion flying probe test systems that designs and manufactures robotics-based electronic test equipment and application support services; and BRiZ automated test and programming services, as well as functional test platform, touch display tester, wafer-level optical component tester, and specialty test modules. The Environmental Technologies segment provides ThermoStream products that are used in the semi market as a stand-alone temperature management tool, or in various electronic test applications; Thermal Chambers; Thermal Platforms; Thermonics temperature conditioning products that offer tempered gas or fluid; and ultra-cold storage solutions, including biomedical freezers, refrigerators, and mobile storage solutions. The Process Technologies segment offers EKOHEAT and EASYHEAT induction heating systems; and digital streaming and image capturing solutions. The company markets and sells its products to semiconductor manufacturers, third-party foundries, test and assembly providers, and original equipment manufacturers. inTEST Corporation was incorporated in 1981 and is headquartered in Mount Laurel, New Jersey. |
| Long Name | InTest Corporation |
| Market | us_market |
| Market Cap | 141,724,944 |
| Market State | CLOSED |
| Max Age | 86,400 |
| Message Board Id | finmb_371255 |
| Most Recent Quarter | 1,782,777,600 |
| Net Income To Common | 962,000 |
| Next Fiscal Year End | 1,798,675,200 |
| Non Diluted Market Cap | 148,522,601 |
| Number Of Analyst Opinions | 3 |
| Open | 11.52 |
| Operating Cashflow | 5,472,000 |
| Operating Margins | 0.01113 |
| Overall Risk | 4 |
| Payout Ratio | 0.0 |
| Phone | 856 505 8800 |
| Post Market Change | -0.15000057 |
| Post Market Change Percent | -1.3574712 |
| Post Market Price | 10.9 |
| Post Market Time | 1,787,960,550 |
| Previous Close | 11.58 |
| Price Eps Current Year | 25.113636 |
| Price Hint | 2 |
| Price To Book | 1.3072282 |
| Price To Sales Trailing12 Months | 1.1050075 |
| Profit Margins | 0.0075 |
| Quick Ratio | 1.524 |
| Quote Source Name | Delayed Quote |
| Quote Type | EQUITY |
| Recommendation Key | none |
| Region | US |
| Regular Market Change | -0.53 |
| Regular Market Change Percent | -4.57685 |
| Regular Market Day High | 11.65 |
| Regular Market Day Low | 11.0 |
| Regular Market Day Range | 11.0 - 11.65 |
| Regular Market Open | 11.52 |
| Regular Market Previous Close | 11.58 |
| Regular Market Price | 11.05 |
| Regular Market Time | 1,787,947,200 |
| Regular Market Volume | 111,076 |
| Return On Assets | 0.0073 |
| Return On Equity | 0.00915 |
| Revenue Growth | 0.255 |
| Revenue Per Share | 10.472 |
| Sand P52 Week Change | 0.20504117 |
| Sector | Technology |
| Sector Disp | Technology |
| Sector Key | technology |
| Share Holder Rights Risk | 3 |
| Shares Outstanding | 12,825,786 |
| Shares Percent Shares Out | 0.0355 |
| Shares Short | 455,002 |
| Shares Short Previous Month Date | 1,784,073,600 |
| Shares Short Prior Month | 370,896 |
| Short Name | inTest Corporation |
| Short Percent Of Float | 0.042 |
| Short Ratio | 2.74 |
| Source Interval | 15 |
| State | NJ |
| Symbol | INTT |
| Target High Price | 22.0 |
| Target Low Price | 15.0 |
| Target Mean Price | 19.33333 |
| Target Median Price | 21.0 |
| Total Cash | 22,102,000 |
| Total Cash Per Share | 1.735 |
| Total Debt | 14,786,000 |
| Total Revenue | 128,257,000 |
| Tradeable | 0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Rate | 0.0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Trailing Eps | 0.07 |
| Trailing P E | 157.85715 |
| Trailing Peg Ratio | None |
| Triggerable | 1 |
| Two Hundred Day Average | 12.7664 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change | -1.7164001 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent | -0.13444668 |
| Type Disp | Equity |
| Volume | 111,076 |
| Website | https://www.intest.com |
| Zip | 8,054 |