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AEye, Inc. (LIDR)

Technology | Software - Infrastructure | Pleasanton, United States | NasdaqCM
1.29 USD -0.05 (-3.731%) ⇩ (July 13, 2026, 4 p.m. EDT)
After hours: 1.31 +0.02 (1.550%) ⇧ (July 13, 2026, 7:58 p.m. EDT)

Short-term:★☆☆☆☆Long-term:⯪☆☆☆☆Dividends:☆☆☆☆☆
Hot Take | July 11, 2026, 5:46 a.m. EDT

The immediate outlook is severely clouded by a massive gap between the current price of $1.34 and the weighted average analyst target of $4.75, suggesting significant upside potential if the company can stabilize its operations. However, this potential is currently outweighed by a catastrophic multi-year price trajectory where the stock has lost 99.6% of its value over the last four years, with every single year showing a decline. While recent headlines highlight a surge in revenue and a reduction in losses, the business remains fundamentally broken, evidenced by negative gross margins, negative operating margins, and a forward P/E that cannot be calculated due to negative earnings. With no history of paying dividends and a balance sheet showing significant cash burn, the investment case relies entirely on a turnaround story that has yet to be proven by consistent profitability or sustained growth.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
AutoARIMA ✓0.125040
MSTL0.180958
AutoETS0.183550
AutoTheta0.211711

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoARIMA

Forecast Reliability
Score 39%
H-stat 2.73
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.244
Excess Kurtosis -0.63
Attribute Value
Sector Technology
Debt to Equity Ratio 2.113
Revenue per Share 0.009
Market Cap 59,746,116
Forward P/E -1.95
Beta 2.80
Previous Name CF Finance Acquisition Corp. III
Website https://www.aeye.ai

Info Dump

Attribute Value
52 Week Change 0.27619052
Address1 4,670 Willow Road
Address2 Suite 125
All Time High 434.7
All Time Low 0.49
Ask 1.65
Ask Size 2
Average Daily Volume10 Day 848,770
Average Daily Volume3 Month 3,050,388
Average Volume 3,050,388
Average Volume10Days 848,770
Beta 2.803
Bid 0.9648
Bid Size 2
Book Value 1.641
City Pleasanton
Compensation As Of Epoch Date 1,767,139,200
Country United States
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Current Price 1.29
Current Ratio 12.887
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Date Short Interest 1,782,777,600
Day High 1.34
Day Low 1.27
Debt To Equity 2.113
Display Name AEye
Earnings Call Timestamp End 1,778,706,000
Earnings Call Timestamp Start 1,778,706,000
Earnings Timestamp 1,778,702,400
Earnings Timestamp End 1,785,441,600
Earnings Timestamp Start 1,785,441,600
Ebitda -33,802,000
Ebitda Margins 0.0
Enterprise To Ebitda 0.471
Enterprise To Revenue -58.977
Enterprise Value -15,923,882
Eps Current Year -0.675
Eps Forward -0.66
Eps Trailing Twelve Months -1.19
Esg Populated 0
Exchange NCM
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 1.7529
Fifty Day Average Change -0.46290004
Fifty Day Average Change Percent -0.2640767
Fifty Two Week Change Percent 27.619053
Fifty Two Week High 6.44
Fifty Two Week High Change -5.15
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.7996895
Fifty Two Week Low 0.968
Fifty Two Week Low Change 0.32199997
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.33264458
Fifty Two Week Range 0.968 - 6.44
Financial Currency USD
First Trade Date Milliseconds 1,610,375,400,000
Float Shares 44,853,587
Forward Eps -0.66
Forward P E -1.9545454
Free Cashflow -19,814,500
Full Exchange Name NasdaqCM
Full Time Employees 56
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Gross Margins -1.4407401
Gross Profits -389,000
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Held Percent Insiders 0.02451
Held Percent Institutions 0.23604
Implied Shares Outstanding 46,314,820
Industry Software - Infrastructure
Industry Disp Software - Infrastructure
Industry Key software-infrastructure
Is Earnings Date Estimate 1
Language en-US
Last Fiscal Year End 1,767,139,200
Last Split Date 1,703,635,200
Last Split Factor 1:30
Long Business Summary AEye, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides physical AI sensing solutions for vehicle autonomy, advanced driver-assistance systems (ADAS), robotic vision applications, and non-automotive applications in the United States, Europe, and the Asia Pacific. The company offers Apollo, an intelligent sensing lidar platform for ADAS and autonomous vehicles applications, as well as non-automotive market, including rail, construction, mining and agriculture, aerospace and defense, security and foreign object detection, and intelligent transportation systems. It also provides STRATOS for applications requiring enhanced long-distance performance comprising certain automotive, infrastructure, aviation, industrial, and defense sensing environments; and OPTIS, a full-stack physical AI solution for the non-automotive market. It sells its products through direct sales in the automotive and non-automotive markets; and system integrator channel partners for the non-automotive market. AEye, Inc. was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in Pleasanton, California.
Long Name AEye, Inc.
Market us_market
Market Cap 59,746,116
Market State PREPRE
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_418282297
Most Recent Quarter 1,774,915,200
Name Change Date 2,026-07-13
Net Income To Common -34,287,000
Next Fiscal Year End 1,798,675,200
Non Diluted Market Cap 62,293,432
Number Of Analyst Opinions 2
Open 1.33
Operating Cashflow -28,529,000
Operating Margins -89.396034
Payout Ratio 0.0
Phone 925 400 4366
Post Market Change 0.01999998
Post Market Change Percent 1.5503862
Post Market Price 1.31
Post Market Time 1,783,987,094
Prev Name CF Finance Acquisition Corp. III
Previous Close 1.34
Price Eps Current Year -1.911111
Price Hint 4
Price To Book 0.786106
Price To Sales Trailing12 Months 221.2819
Profit Margins 0.0
Quick Ratio 12.505
Quote Source Name Nasdaq Real Time Price
Quote Type EQUITY
Recommendation Key none
Region US
Regular Market Change -0.0500001
Regular Market Change Percent -3.73135
Regular Market Day High 1.34
Regular Market Day Low 1.27
Regular Market Day Range 1.27 - 1.34
Regular Market Open 1.33
Regular Market Previous Close 1.34
Regular Market Price 1.29
Regular Market Time 1,783,972,801
Regular Market Volume 646,521
Return On Assets -0.38296002
Return On Equity -0.75179
Revenue Growth 0.578
Revenue Per Share 0.009
Sand P52 Week Change 0.20847368
Sector Technology
Sector Disp Technology
Sector Key technology
Shares Outstanding 46,314,820
Shares Percent Shares Out 0.045
Shares Short 2,082,199
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,780,012,800
Shares Short Prior Month 3,031,762
Short Name AEye, Inc.
Short Percent Of Float 0.046
Short Ratio 1.51
Source Interval 15
State CA
Symbol LIDR
Target High Price 6.0
Target Low Price 3.5
Target Mean Price 4.75
Target Median Price 4.75
Total Cash 77,238,000
Total Cash Per Share 1.668
Total Debt 1,568,000
Total Revenue 270,000
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 0.0
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.0
Trailing Eps -1.19
Trailing Peg Ratio None
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 2.046375
Two Hundred Day Average Change -0.7563751
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent -0.36961704
Type Disp Equity
Volume 646,521
Website https://www.aeye.ai
Zip 94,588