Key Tronic Corporation (KTCC)Technology | Computer Hardware | Spokane Valley, United States | NasdaqGM
2.83 USD
+0.10
(3.663%)
⇧
(April 20, 2026, 4 p.m.
EDT)
Short-term: ★★☆☆☆ | Long-term: ★★☆☆☆ | Dividends: ★☆☆☆☆ |
Hot Take | April 19, 2026, 12:28 a.m. EDT
Key Tronic presents a value trap wrapped in a turnaround narrative. While insiders buying and cost-cutting restructuring are positive signals, the company is burning cash with negative operating margins (-10.65%), declining revenue (-15.4%), and a net of ~$1.2M in cash against ~$133M in debt. The price action is range-bound below moving averages, and the options market is heavily weighted towards puts, confirming a lack of near-term bullish conviction. This is a 'hold' or 'watch' situation, not a buy. |
| Model | MAE |
|---|---|
| MSTL ✓ | 0.045839 |
| AutoARIMA | 0.046941 |
| AutoETS | 0.047517 |
| AutoTheta | 0.047911 |
Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: MSTL
| Forecast Reliability | |
|---|---|
| Score | 80% |
| H-stat | 0.09 |
| Ljung-Box p | 0.000 |
| Jarque-Bera p | 0.228 |
| Excess Kurtosis | -0.38 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Sector | Technology |
| Debt to Equity Ratio | 124.961 |
| Revenue per Share | 38.701 |
| Market Cap | 30,731,734 |
| Beta | 1.16 |
| Profit Margins | -3.68% |
| Website | https://www.keytronic.com |
As of April 19, 2026, 12:28 a.m. EDT: Options activity shows a distinct skews towards downside protection. On the 2026-04-17 expiration, ATM puts (strike 2.5) exhibit massive Open Interest relative to volume (351 OI vs 25 Vol), indicating significant positioning by speculators hedging against further declines or betting on a short squeeze. ATM calls are virtually nonexistent across all expirations. Implied volatility is low for calls but elevated for near-term puts, suggesting market participants are pricing in a higher probability of downside moves than upside breakouts in the immediate term.
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| 52 Week Change | 0.18410039 |
| Address1 | 4,424 North Sullivan Road |
| All Time High | 26.75 |
| All Time Low | 0.2 |
| Ask | 2.9 |
| Ask Size | 7 |
| Average Daily Volume10 Day | 11,680 |
| Average Daily Volume3 Month | 11,936 |
| Average Volume | 11,936 |
| Average Volume10Days | 11,680 |
| Beta | 1.159 |
| Bid | 2.79 |
| Bid Size | 1 |
| Book Value | 9.778 |
| City | Spokane Valley |
| Compensation As Of Epoch Date | 1,767,139,200 |
| Country | United States |
| Crypto Tradeable | 0 |
| Currency | USD |
| Current Price | 2.83 |
| Current Ratio | 2.032 |
| Custom Price Alert Confidence | HIGH |
| Date Short Interest | 1,774,915,200 |
| Day High | 2.9 |
| Day Low | 2.72 |
| Debt To Equity | 124.961 |
| Display Name | Key Tronic |
| Earnings Call Timestamp End | 1,770,156,000 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp Start | 1,770,156,000 |
| Earnings Timestamp | 1,770,152,400 |
| Earnings Timestamp End | 1,778,011,200 |
| Earnings Timestamp Start | 1,778,011,200 |
| Ebitda | -4,556,000 |
| Ebitda Margins | -0.01091 |
| Enterprise To Ebitda | -35.694 |
| Enterprise To Revenue | 0.389 |
| Enterprise Value | 162,619,728 |
| Eps Trailing Twelve Months | -1.42 |
| Esg Populated | 0 |
| Exchange | NGM |
| Exchange Data Delayed By | 0 |
| Exchange Timezone Name | America/New_York |
| Exchange Timezone Short Name | EDT |
| Fax | 509 927 5555 |
| Fifty Day Average | 2.8496 |
| Fifty Day Average Change | -0.019600153 |
| Fifty Day Average Change Percent | -0.0068782116 |
| Fifty Two Week Change Percent | 18.410038 |
| Fifty Two Week High | 3.7 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change | -0.8700001 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change Percent | -0.23513517 |
| Fifty Two Week Low | 2.23 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change | 0.5999999 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent | 0.26905826 |
| Fifty Two Week Range | 2.23 - 3.7 |
| Financial Currency | USD |
| First Trade Date Milliseconds | 425,136,600,000 |
| Float Shares | 10,007,577 |
| Free Cashflow | 38,719,752 |
| Full Exchange Name | NasdaqGM |
| Full Time Employees | 3,539 |
| Gmt Off Set Milliseconds | -14,400,000 |
| Gross Margins | 0.05804 |
| Gross Profits | 24,232,000 |
| Has Pre Post Market Data | 1 |
| Held Percent Insiders | 0.0773 |
| Held Percent Institutions | 0.42439997 |
| Implied Shares Outstanding | 10,859,270 |
| Industry | Computer Hardware |
| Industry Disp | Computer Hardware |
| Industry Key | computer-hardware |
| Ir Website | http://www.keytronicems.com/home/investor-relations/ |
| Is Earnings Date Estimate | 1 |
| Language | en-US |
| Last Fiscal Year End | 1,751,068,800 |
| Long Business Summary | Key Tronic Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, provides contract manufacturing services for original equipment manufacturers in the United States and internationally. The company offers integrated electronic and mechanical engineering, precision plastic molding, printed circuit board and complete product assembly, component selection, sourcing and procurement, logistics, and new product testing and production services. It also provides product and prototype design, surface mount technologies and pin through hole capability for printed circuit board assembly, tool making, sheet metal fabrication and painting, liquid injection molding, and complex and full product assembly. In addition, the company offers precision metal stamping, fabricating, and finishing; automated processes, including component insertion, selective soldering, flexible robotic assembly, computerized vision system quality inspection, laser turrets, automated switch and key top installation, robotic welding, automated powder coat application, and automated functional testing; and research, development, and engineering services. It markets its products and services through field sales people and distributors. The company exports its products. Key Tronic Corporation was incorporated in 1969 and is headquartered in Spokane Valley, Washington. |
| Long Name | Key Tronic Corporation |
| Market | us_market |
| Market Cap | 30,731,734 |
| Market State | PRE |
| Max Age | 86,400 |
| Message Board Id | finmb_282911 |
| Most Recent Quarter | 1,766,793,600 |
| Net Income To Common | -15,353,000 |
| Next Fiscal Year End | 1,782,604,800 |
| Non Diluted Market Cap | 30,731,731 |
| Open | 2.79 |
| Operating Cashflow | 21,374,000 |
| Operating Margins | -0.1065 |
| Payout Ratio | 0.0 |
| Peg Ratio | 0.82 |
| Phone | 509 928 8000 |
| Previous Close | 2.73 |
| Price Hint | 4 |
| Price To Book | 0.28942522 |
| Price To Sales Trailing12 Months | 0.07360383 |
| Profit Margins | -0.03677 |
| Quick Ratio | 1.018 |
| Quote Source Name | Nasdaq Real Time Price |
| Quote Type | EQUITY |
| Recommendation Key | none |
| Region | US |
| Regular Market Change | 0.1 |
| Regular Market Change Percent | 3.663 |
| Regular Market Day High | 2.9 |
| Regular Market Day Low | 2.72 |
| Regular Market Day Range | 2.72 - 2.9 |
| Regular Market Open | 2.79 |
| Regular Market Previous Close | 2.73 |
| Regular Market Price | 2.83 |
| Regular Market Time | 1,776,715,201 |
| Regular Market Volume | 33,141 |
| Return On Assets | -0.02604 |
| Return On Equity | -0.13607 |
| Revenue Growth | -0.154 |
| Revenue Per Share | 38.701 |
| Sand P52 Week Change | 0.34445214 |
| Sector | Technology |
| Sector Disp | Technology |
| Sector Key | technology |
| Shares Outstanding | 10,859,269 |
| Shares Percent Shares Out | 0.0011999999 |
| Shares Short | 12,960 |
| Shares Short Previous Month Date | 1,772,150,400 |
| Shares Short Prior Month | 15,308 |
| Short Name | Key Tronic Corporation |
| Short Percent Of Float | 0.0016 |
| Short Ratio | 1.54 |
| Source Interval | 15 |
| State | WA |
| Symbol | KTCC |
| Total Cash | 788,000 |
| Total Cash Per Share | 0.073 |
| Total Debt | 132,676,000 |
| Total Revenue | 417,528,992 |
| Tradeable | 0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Rate | 0.0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Trailing Eps | -1.42 |
| Trailing Peg Ratio | None |
| Triggerable | 1 |
| Two Hundred Day Average | 2.93415 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change | -0.10415006 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent | -0.035495818 |
| Type Disp | Equity |
| Volume | 33,141 |
| Website | https://www.keytronic.com |
| Zip | 99,216 |