Lantronix, Inc. (LTRX)Technology | Communication Equipment | Irvine, United States | NasdaqCM
5.31 USD
-0.29
(-5.179%) ⇩
(July 13, 2026, 4 p.m.
EDT)
|
Hot Take ↕ | July 11, 2026, 3:09 a.m. EDT
The investment case here is defined by a stark disconnect between the company's operational reality and the market's speculative fervor. Fundamentally, the business is in a severe freefall; the last four consecutive years have seen double-digit declines in annual returns, culminating in a 20% drop last year. The company is currently unprofitable with negative operating margins and a forward P/E that implies a turnaround is priced in immediately. There is no dividend to provide a floor, and the balance sheet shows signs of distress with negative ROE. However, the short-term outlook is driven entirely by a massive speculative bet rather than value. Options data reveals a concentrated buildup of call open interest at the $10 strike, a level nearly double the current price, while put activity is virtually non-existent. This suggests traders are pricing in a specific catalyst—likely the rumored partnership with Unusual Machines or the pending SaaS acquisition—that could force a re-rating of the stock. While the statistical forecast model offers no directional guidance due to low confidence, the options flow is screaming 'bullish.' For a trader, this is a high-risk, high-reward momentum play based on a binary event; for a long-term investor, the multi-year structural decline and lack of profitability make this a dangerous value trap. |
| Model | MAE |
|---|---|
| MSTL ✓ | 0.074366 |
| AutoETS | 0.074805 |
| AutoARIMA | 0.074805 |
| AutoTheta | 0.080583 |
Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: MSTL
| Forecast Reliability | |
|---|---|
| Score | 37% |
| H-stat | 2.90 |
| Ljung-Box p | 0.000 |
| Jarque-Bera p | 0.686 |
| Excess Kurtosis | 0.10 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Sector | Technology |
| Debt to Equity Ratio | 22.66 |
| Revenue per Share | 3.014 |
| Market Cap | 236,871,648 |
| Forward P/E | 19.10 |
| Beta | 1.70 |
| Profit Margins | -5.52% |
| Website | https://www.lantronix.com |
As of July 11, 2026, 3:09 a.m. EDT: Speculators are positioning for a significant upside move, evidenced by heavy open interest in out-of-the-money calls at the $10 strike across multiple expirations, which sits well above the current price. This bullish skew contrasts sharply with the negligible put volume, suggesting a 'long-only' sentiment despite the company's deteriorating fundamentals. Implied volatility is elevated on the far-dated calls, indicating expectations of a large gap-up event.
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| 52 Week Change | 0.68571424 |
| Address1 | 48 Discovery |
| Address2 | Suite 250 |
| All Time High | 74.25 |
| All Time Low | 0.8 |
| Ask | 6.74 |
| Ask Size | 2 |
| Average Analyst Rating | 1.2 - Strong Buy |
| Average Daily Volume10 Day | 1,122,660 |
| Average Daily Volume3 Month | 1,237,219 |
| Average Volume | 1,237,219 |
| Average Volume10Days | 1,122,660 |
| Beta | 1.695 |
| Bid | 3.98 |
| Bid Size | 2 |
| Book Value | 1.87 |
| City | Irvine |
| Compensation As Of Epoch Date | 1,767,139,200 |
| Country | United States |
| Crypto Tradeable | 0 |
| Currency | USD |
| Current Price | 5.31 |
| Current Ratio | 2.74 |
| Custom Price Alert Confidence | HIGH |
| Date Short Interest | 1,782,777,600 |
| Day High | 5.59 |
| Day Low | 5.255 |
| Debt To Equity | 22.66 |
| Display Name | Lantronix |
| Earnings Call Timestamp End | 1,778,099,400 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp Start | 1,778,099,400 |
| Earnings Timestamp | 1,778,097,600 |
| Earnings Timestamp End | 1,778,097,600 |
| Earnings Timestamp Start | 1,778,097,600 |
| Ebitda | -1,627,000 |
| Ebitda Margins | -0.01372 |
| Enterprise To Ebitda | -125.868 |
| Enterprise To Revenue | 1.727 |
| Enterprise Value | 204,787,904 |
| Eps Current Year | 0.152 |
| Eps Forward | 0.278 |
| Eps Trailing Twelve Months | -0.16 |
| 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 | 6.4398 |
| Fifty Day Average Change | -1.1297998 |
| Fifty Day Average Change Percent | -0.1754402 |
| Fifty Two Week Change Percent | 68.57143 |
| Fifty Two Week High | 8.75 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change | -3.44 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change Percent | -0.39314285 |
| Fifty Two Week Low | 2.86 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change | 2.45 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent | 0.8566434 |
| Fifty Two Week Range | 2.86 - 8.75 |
| Financial Currency | USD |
| First Trade Date Milliseconds | 965,395,800,000 |
| Float Shares | 34,628,784 |
| Forward Eps | 0.278 |
| Forward P E | 19.10072 |
| Free Cashflow | 11,643,125 |
| Full Exchange Name | NasdaqCM |
| Full Time Employees | 351 |
| Gmt Off Set Milliseconds | -14,400,000 |
| Gross Margins | 0.42959 |
| Gross Profits | 50,943,000 |
| Has Pre Post Market Data | 1 |
| Held Percent Insiders | 0.1158 |
| Held Percent Institutions | 0.44989 |
| Implied Shares Outstanding | 44,608,597 |
| 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 | 0 |
| Language | en-US |
| Last Fiscal Year End | 1,751,241,600 |
| 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 | 236,871,648 |
| Market State | PRE |
| Max Age | 86,400 |
| Message Board Id | finmb_527299 |
| Most Recent Quarter | 1,774,915,200 |
| Net Income To Common | -6,543,000 |
| Next Fiscal Year End | 1,782,777,600 |
| Non Diluted Market Cap | 236,871,650 |
| Number Of Analyst Opinions | 5 |
| Open | 5.55 |
| Operating Cashflow | 9,002,000 |
| Operating Margins | -0.02625 |
| Payout Ratio | 0.0 |
| Peg Ratio | 0.91 |
| Phone | 949 453 3990 |
| Pre Market Change | 0.119999886 |
| Pre Market Change Percent | 2.2598848 |
| Pre Market Price | 5.43 |
| Pre Market Time | 1,784,032,242 |
| Previous Close | 5.6 |
| Price Eps Current Year | 34.93421 |
| Price Hint | 2 |
| Price To Book | 2.8395722 |
| Price To Sales Trailing12 Months | 1.9975009 |
| Profit Margins | -0.055180002 |
| Quick Ratio | 1.705 |
| Quote Source Name | Nasdaq Real Time Price |
| Quote Type | EQUITY |
| Recommendation Key | strong_buy |
| Recommendation Mean | 1.2 |
| Region | US |
| Regular Market Change | -0.29 |
| Regular Market Change Percent | -5.17857 |
| Regular Market Day High | 5.59 |
| Regular Market Day Low | 5.255 |
| Regular Market Day Range | 5.255 - 5.59 |
| Regular Market Open | 5.55 |
| Regular Market Previous Close | 5.6 |
| Regular Market Price | 5.31 |
| Regular Market Time | 1,783,972,800 |
| Regular Market Volume | 676,007 |
| Return On Assets | -0.02726 |
| Return On Equity | -0.08727 |
| Revenue Growth | 0.059 |
| Revenue Per Share | 3.014 |
| Sand P52 Week Change | 0.20365608 |
| Sector | Technology |
| Sector Disp | Technology |
| Sector Key | technology |
| Shares Outstanding | 44,608,597 |
| Shares Percent Shares Out | 0.053400002 |
| Shares Short | 2,381,201 |
| Shares Short Previous Month Date | 1,780,012,800 |
| Shares Short Prior Month | 520,506 |
| Short Name | Lantronix, Inc. |
| Short Percent Of Float | 0.0618 |
| Short Ratio | 1.51 |
| Source Interval | 15 |
| State | CA |
| Symbol | LTRX |
| Target High Price | 11.0 |
| Target Low Price | 8.0 |
| Target Mean Price | 10.0 |
| Target Median Price | 10.0 |
| Total Cash | 23,515,000 |
| Total Cash Per Share | 0.591 |
| Total Debt | 16,875,000 |
| Total Revenue | 118,584,000 |
| Tradeable | 0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Rate | 0.0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Trailing Eps | -0.16 |
| Trailing Peg Ratio | None |
| Triggerable | 1 |
| Two Hundred Day Average | 5.85325 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change | -0.5432501 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent | -0.092811696 |
| Type Disp | Equity |
| Volume | 676,007 |
| Website | https://www.lantronix.com |
| Zip | 92,618 |