Lantronix, Inc. (LTRX)Technology | Communication Equipment | Irvine, United States | NasdaqCM
5.37 USD
-0.66
(-10.945%) ⇩
(Aug. 28, 2026, 4 p.m.
EDT)
After hours: 5.40 +0.03 (0.559%) ⇧ (Aug. 28, 2026, 7:50 p.m. EDT) |
Hot Take ↕ | Aug. 22, 2026, 4:15 a.m. EDT
The investment case here is defined by a stark disconnect between aggressive market sentiment and deteriorating business fundamentals. On the short end, the options market is screaming bullishness, with heavy open interest at strikes 7.5 and 10.0, while the stock trades near its yearly low. This suggests traders are positioning for a catalyst—perhaps the announced SaaS acquisition or the capital raise—to spark a rally. However, looking through the noise, the long-term picture is grim. The company has suffered three consecutive years of negative annual returns, dragging the price down significantly over the last decade despite a positive cumulative gain from the very early days. Fundamentally, the business is bleeding value with negative profit margins, negative return on equity, and a forward P/E that implies massive future earnings growth which currently isn't materializing. With no dividend to provide income and a balance sheet showing operational losses, the 'buy now' headlines appear to be a speculative gamble on a turnaround rather than a sound investment in a quality compounder. |
| Model | MAE |
|---|---|
| AutoTheta ✓ | 0.054809 |
| MSTL | 0.062138 |
| AutoETS | 0.068407 |
| AutoARIMA | 0.070656 |
Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoTheta
| Forecast Reliability | |
|---|---|
| Score | 35% |
| H-stat | 4.11 |
| Ljung-Box p | 0.000 |
| Jarque-Bera p | 0.823 |
| Excess Kurtosis | -0.01 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Sector | Technology |
| Debt to Equity Ratio | 7.533 |
| Revenue per Share | 3.012 |
| Market Cap | 250,807,520 |
| Forward P/E | 16.78 |
| Beta | 1.68 |
| Profit Margins | -3.46% |
| Website | https://www.lantronix.com |
As of Aug. 22, 2026, 4:15 a.m. EDT: Speculators are heavily skewed toward calls, with open interest concentrated significantly out-of-the-money at strikes of 7.5 and 10.0 across near-term expirations. This indicates a strong bullish bias and a bet on a rapid recovery or breakout, despite the underlying stock trading near its 52-week lows. Put activity is minimal, suggesting limited hedging against further downside.
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| 52 Week Change | 0.14255321 |
| Address1 | 48 Discovery |
| Address2 | Suite 250 |
| All Time High | 74.25 |
| All Time Low | 0.8 |
| Ask | 5.36 |
| Ask Size | 4 |
| Average Analyst Rating | 1.2 - Strong Buy |
| Average Daily Volume10 Day | 1,353,330 |
| Average Daily Volume3 Month | 1,139,228 |
| Average Volume | 1,139,228 |
| Average Volume10Days | 1,353,330 |
| Beta | 1.678 |
| Bid | 5.3 |
| Bid Size | 7 |
| Book Value | 2.56 |
| City | Irvine |
| Compensation As Of Epoch Date | 1,767,139,200 |
| Country | United States |
| Crypto Tradeable | 0 |
| Currency | USD |
| Current Price | 5.37 |
| Current Ratio | 3.661 |
| Custom Price Alert Confidence | HIGH |
| Date Short Interest | 1,786,665,600 |
| Day High | 5.91 |
| Day Low | 5.35 |
| Debt To Equity | 7.533 |
| Display Name | Lantronix |
| Earnings Call Timestamp End | 1,787,776,200 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp Start | 1,787,776,200 |
| Earnings Timestamp | 1,787,774,400 |
| Earnings Timestamp End | 1,793,822,400 |
| Earnings Timestamp Start | 1,793,822,400 |
| Ebitda | 323,332 |
| Ebitda Margins | 0.0026699998 |
| Enterprise To Ebitda | 614.632 |
| Enterprise To Revenue | 1.644 |
| Enterprise Value | 198,730,304 |
| Eps Current Year | 0.27833 |
| Eps Forward | 0.32 |
| Eps Trailing Twelve Months | -0.09 |
| Esg Populated | 0 |
| Exchange | NCM |
| Exchange Data Delayed By | 0 |
| Exchange Timezone Name | America/New_York |
| Exchange Timezone Short Name | EDT |
| Fax | 949 453 3995 |
| Fifty Day Average | 5.7288 |
| Fifty Day Average Change | -0.35879993 |
| Fifty Day Average Change Percent | -0.06263091 |
| Fifty Two Week Change Percent | 14.2553215 |
| Fifty Two Week High | 8.75 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change | -3.38 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change Percent | -0.38628572 |
| Fifty Two Week Low | 4.37 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change | 1.0 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent | 0.22883296 |
| Fifty Two Week Range | 4.37 - 8.75 |
| Financial Currency | USD |
| First Trade Date Milliseconds | 965,395,800,000 |
| Float Shares | 41,331,925 |
| Forward Eps | 0.32 |
| Forward P E | 16.78125 |
| Full Exchange Name | NasdaqCM |
| Fullday Change | -0.66 |
| Fullday Change Percent | -10.9453 |
| Fullday Price | 5.4 |
| Gmt Off Set Milliseconds | -14,400,000 |
| Gross Margins | 0.43798 |
| Gross Profits | 52,951,000 |
| Has Pre Post Market Data | 1 |
| Held Percent Insiders | 0.11163 |
| Held Percent Institutions | 0.59865004 |
| Implied Shares Outstanding | 46,705,312 |
| Industry | Communication Equipment |
| Industry Disp | Communication Equipment |
| Industry Key | communication-equipment |
| Ir Website | http://ir.lantronix.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=122202&p=irol-irhome |
| Is Earnings Date Estimate | 1 |
| Language | en-US |
| Last Fiscal Year End | 1,782,777,600 |
| Last Split Date | 1,261,353,600 |
| Last Split Factor | 1:6 |
| Long Business Summary | Lantronix, Inc. develops, markets, and sells industrial and enterprise internet of things (IoT) products and services in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia Pacific Japan. The company's embedded IoT solutions provides embedded products, including compute system-on-module and system-in-package solutions; and IoT compute products which offers application processing solutions for data transformation, computer vision, machine learning, augmented/virtual reality, and custom applications, as well as software tools for industrial automation, automotive systems, and smart city infrastructure. It also provides IoT Systems Solutions, which include wired and wireless connections which enhances modern electronic systems and equipment by providing secure network connectivity, power for IoT end devices through power over ethernet (PoE), application hosting, protocol conversion, media conversion, secure access for distributed IoT deployments, and other functions; PoE products for support of remote devices, such as camera and wireless access points; smart tracking devices; and advanced out-of-band products, including console and power management, and IP-connected keyboard-video-mouse. In addition, the company offers a SaaS platform that enables customers to deploy, monitor, manage, and automate deployments; multitenancy functionality for support of customer separation and data security; and multidisciplinary engineering services for IoT product development, including hardware, software, mechanical engineering, rapid prototyping, and quality assurance. The company has a strategic partnership with Safe Pro Group Inc. to develop autonomous drone components integrating edge AI compute with flight control systems; has a collaboration with Cherry & White to Launch rapid Wi-Fi platform that brings enterprise-grade connectivity to critical infrastructure in minutes. Lantronix, Inc. was incorporated in 1989 and is based in Irvine, California. |
| Long Name | Lantronix, Inc. |
| Market | us_market |
| Market Cap | 250,807,520 |
| Market State | CLOSED |
| Max Age | 86,400 |
| Message Board Id | finmb_527299 |
| Most Recent Quarter | 1,782,777,600 |
| Net Income To Common | -4,181,000 |
| Next Fiscal Year End | 1,814,313,600 |
| Non Diluted Market Cap | 280,963,526 |
| Number Of Analyst Opinions | 6 |
| Open | 5.91 |
| Operating Margins | -0.00212 |
| Payout Ratio | 0.0 |
| Peg Ratio | 0.91 |
| Phone | 949 453 3990 |
| Post Market Change | 0.03000021 |
| Post Market Change Percent | 0.55866313 |
| Post Market Price | 5.4 |
| Post Market Time | 1,787,961,053 |
| Previous Close | 6.03 |
| Price Eps Current Year | 19.293644 |
| Price Hint | 2 |
| Price To Book | 2.0976562 |
| Price To Sales Trailing12 Months | 2.074521 |
| Profit Margins | -0.03458 |
| Quick Ratio | 2.784 |
| Quote Source Name | Nasdaq Real Time Price |
| Quote Type | EQUITY |
| Recommendation Key | strong_buy |
| Recommendation Mean | 1.16667 |
| Region | US |
| Regular Market Change | -0.66 |
| Regular Market Change Percent | -10.9453 |
| Regular Market Day High | 5.91 |
| Regular Market Day Low | 5.35 |
| Regular Market Day Range | 5.35 - 5.91 |
| Regular Market Open | 5.91 |
| Regular Market Previous Close | 6.03 |
| Regular Market Price | 5.37 |
| Regular Market Time | 1,787,947,201 |
| Regular Market Volume | 2,320,474 |
| Return On Assets | -0.01418 |
| Return On Equity | -0.04318 |
| Revenue Growth | 0.08 |
| Revenue Per Share | 3.012 |
| Sand P52 Week Change | 0.20204377 |
| Sector | Technology |
| Sector Disp | Technology |
| Sector Key | technology |
| Shares Outstanding | 46,705,312 |
| Shares Percent Shares Out | 0.047 |
| Shares Short | 2,097,912 |
| Shares Short Previous Month Date | 1,784,073,600 |
| Shares Short Prior Month | 2,469,007 |
| Short Name | Lantronix, Inc. |
| Short Percent Of Float | 0.0544 |
| Short Ratio | 2.88 |
| Source Interval | 15 |
| State | CA |
| Symbol | LTRX |
| Target High Price | 12.0 |
| Target Low Price | 8.0 |
| Target Mean Price | 10.33333 |
| Target Median Price | 10.5 |
| Total Cash | 60,466,000 |
| Total Cash Per Share | 1.298 |
| Total Debt | 8,985,000 |
| Total Revenue | 120,899,000 |
| Tradeable | 0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Rate | 0.0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Trailing Eps | -0.09 |
| Trailing Peg Ratio | None |
| Triggerable | 1 |
| Two Hundred Day Average | 5.9917 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change | -0.6217003 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent | -0.10376025 |
| Type Disp | Equity |
| Volume | 2,320,474 |
| Website | https://www.lantronix.com |
| Zip | 92,618 |