LSI Industries Inc. (LYTS)Technology | Electronic Components | Cincinnati, United States | NasdaqGS
23.75 USD
-0.41
(-1.697%) ⇩
(July 13, 2026, 4 p.m.
EDT)
|
Hot Take ↕ | July 11, 2026, 4:25 a.m. EDT
The investment case for LSI Industries hinges entirely on the divergence between its deteriorating operational reality and its improving stock price. While the company boasts a resilient business model and a recent surge in revenue (+13.6%), the fundamentals are cracking under the weight of severe earnings contraction (-46% quarterly growth) and a massive debt load that dwarfs its cash reserves. The balance sheet is fragile, with debt-to-equity nearing 90%, which limits the management team's ability to maneuver during downturns. Despite these red flags, the market has seemingly ignored the pain, pushing the stock up 54% over the last nine years and recently breaking above its 200-day moving average. This disconnect suggests the market is pricing in a turnaround or a niche dominance in electronic components that hasn't yet been reflected in earnings. The low analyst coverage and 'no recommendation' status add to the uncertainty, making this a volatile hold rather than a clear buy. For investors, the thesis relies on the belief that the current earnings miss is temporary and that the debt burden will eventually be managed without triggering a crisis. |
| Model | MAE |
|---|---|
| AutoTheta ✓ | 0.031902 |
| MSTL | 0.045686 |
| AutoETS | 0.047203 |
| AutoARIMA | 0.206305 |
Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoTheta
| Forecast Reliability | |
|---|---|
| Score | 46% |
| H-stat | 1.37 |
| Ljung-Box p | 0.000 |
| Jarque-Bera p | 0.393 |
| Excess Kurtosis | -0.77 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Sector | Technology |
| Ex Dividend Date | 2026-05-03 |
| Last Dividend Date | 2026-05-03 |
| Debt to Equity Ratio | 89.044 |
| Revenue per Share | 19.565 |
| Market Cap | 871,919,616 |
| Trailing P/E | 32.09 |
| Forward P/E | 17.03 |
| Beta | 0.53 |
| Profit Margins | 3.91% |
| Website | https://www.lsicorp.com |
As of July 11, 2026, 4:25 a.m. EDT: Speculator positioning is extremely thin across all expirations, indicating a lack of consensus or significant capital flow. The few contracts present show a slight preference for out-of-the-money calls (higher open interest at $30/$35 strikes) compared to puts, suggesting a speculative lean toward upside potential rather than hedging against downside. However, the volume-to-open-interest ratios are negligible, meaning these positions offer little directional guidance.
| Last Yield | 1yr Yield | 3yr Avg | 5yr Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0.21% | 0.94% | 1.17% | 1.59% |
| Date | Dividend | Yield % |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-04 | 0.050000 | 0.214869 |
| 2026-02-02 | 0.050000 | 0.224316 |
| 2025-11-17 | 0.050000 | 0.283768 |
| 2025-09-02 | 0.050000 | 0.219491 |
| 2025-05-05 | 0.050000 | 0.322165 |
| 2025-02-03 | 0.050000 | 0.238209 |
| 2024-11-18 | 0.050000 | 0.250627 |
| 2024-08-26 | 0.050000 | 0.327011 |
| 2024-05-03 | 0.050000 | 0.327225 |
| 2024-02-02 | 0.050000 | 0.364166 |
| 2023-11-10 | 0.050000 | 0.408497 |
| 2023-08-25 | 0.050000 | 0.324254 |
| 2023-05-05 | 0.050000 | 0.403551 |
| 2023-02-03 | 0.050000 | 0.362056 |
| 2022-11-10 | 0.050000 | 0.478011 |
| 2022-08-26 | 0.050000 | 0.602410 |
| 2022-05-06 | 0.050000 | 0.711238 |
| 2022-02-04 | 0.050000 | 0.686813 |
| 2021-11-12 | 0.050000 | 0.621118 |
| 2021-08-27 | 0.050000 | 0.593120 |
| 2021-04-30 | 0.050000 | 0.608272 |
| 2021-01-29 | 0.050000 | 0.520291 |
| 2020-11-06 | 0.050000 | 0.697350 |
| 2020-08-28 | 0.050000 | 0.715308 |
| 2020-05-01 | 0.050000 | 0.829187 |
| 2020-02-14 | 0.050000 | 0.730994 |
| 2019-11-15 | 0.050000 | 0.954199 |
| 2019-08-30 | 0.050000 | 1.118568 |
| 2019-05-03 | 0.050000 | 1.416431 |
| 2019-02-01 | 0.050000 | 1.562500 |
| 2018-11-15 | 0.050000 | 1.108647 |
| 2018-08-24 | 0.050000 | 0.931099 |
| 2018-05-04 | 0.050000 | 0.863558 |
| 2018-02-02 | 0.050000 | 0.628931 |
| 2017-11-03 | 0.050000 | 0.750751 |
| 2017-08-24 | 0.050000 | 0.884956 |
| 2017-05-04 | 0.050000 | 0.556793 |
| 2017-02-02 | 0.050000 | 0.525762 |
| 2016-11-03 | 0.050000 | 0.593120 |
| 2016-08-25 | 0.050000 | 0.498504 |
| 2016-04-28 | 0.050000 | 0.392465 |
| 2016-02-04 | 0.050000 | 0.485437 |
| 2015-10-29 | 0.040000 | 0.371747 |
| 2015-08-27 | 0.030000 | 0.327511 |
| 2015-05-01 | 0.030000 | 0.333333 |
| 2015-02-06 | 0.020000 | 0.259067 |
| 2014-11-18 | 0.010000 | 0.147059 |
| 2014-08-28 | 0.060000 | 0.873362 |
| 2014-05-02 | 0.060000 | 0.821918 |
| 2014-01-31 | 0.060000 | 0.710901 |
| 2013-11-01 | 0.060000 | 0.688073 |
| 2013-08-29 | 0.060000 | 0.868307 |
| 2013-05-03 | 0.060000 | 0.829876 |
| 2012-12-13 | 0.180000 | 2.620087 |
| 2012-11-02 | 0.060000 | 0.842697 |
| 2012-08-24 | 0.060000 | 0.936037 |
| 2012-05-04 | 0.060000 | 0.960000 |
| 2012-02-03 | 0.060000 | 0.826446 |
| 2011-11-04 | 0.060000 | 0.882353 |
| 2011-08-26 | 0.050000 | 0.712251 |
| 2011-05-06 | 0.050000 | 0.618812 |
| 2011-02-04 | 0.050000 | 0.660502 |
| 2010-10-29 | 0.050000 | 0.540541 |
| 2010-08-27 | 0.050000 | 0.939850 |
| 2010-04-30 | 0.050000 | 0.711238 |
| 2010-01-29 | 0.050000 | 0.838926 |
| 2009-10-30 | 0.050000 | 0.715308 |
| 2009-08-28 | 0.050000 | 0.642674 |
| 2009-05-01 | 0.050000 | 0.894454 |
| 2009-01-30 | 0.050000 | 1.098901 |
| 2008-10-30 | 0.050000 | 0.694444 |
| 2008-08-28 | 0.150000 | 1.644737 |
| 2008-05-02 | 0.150000 | 1.388889 |
| 2008-02-01 | 0.150000 | 1.152074 |
| 2007-11-02 | 0.150000 | 0.845547 |
| 2007-08-30 | 0.180000 | 0.890648 |
| 2007-05-04 | 0.130000 | 0.845804 |
| 2007-02-02 | 0.130000 | 0.686741 |
| 2006-11-03 | 0.130000 | 0.745413 |
| 2006-08-31 | 0.120000 | 0.654664 |
| 2006-05-05 | 0.120000 | 0.676437 |
| 2006-02-03 | 0.120000 | 0.878477 |
| 2005-11-04 | 0.120000 | 0.732154 |
| 2005-09-01 | 0.200000 | 1.321004 |
| 2005-05-06 | 0.100000 | 0.754717 |
| 2005-02-04 | 0.100000 | 0.868056 |
| 2004-11-05 | 0.072000 | 0.664207 |
| 2004-09-02 | 0.072000 | 0.721443 |
| 2004-05-07 | 0.072000 | 0.727273 |
| 2004-01-30 | 0.072000 | 0.524017 |
| 2003-11-03 | 0.072000 | 0.585176 |
| 2003-08-28 | 0.048000 | 0.461538 |
| 2003-05-02 | 0.048000 | 0.551471 |
| 2003-02-07 | 0.048000 | 0.626959 |
| 2002-11-01 | 0.048000 | 0.563380 |
| 2002-08-29 | 0.048000 | 0.603015 |
| 2002-05-03 | 0.048000 | 0.300752 |
| 2002-02-01 | 0.048000 | 0.345821 |
| 2001-11-02 | 0.048000 | 0.413034 |
| 2001-08-30 | 0.045333 | 0.341363 |
| 2001-05-04 | 0.045333 | 0.354164 |
| 2001-02-02 | 0.045333 | 0.435894 |
| 2000-11-03 | 0.045333 | 0.442994 |
| 2000-08-31 | 0.069333 | 0.654085 |
| 2000-05-05 | 0.042667 | 0.455520 |
| 2000-02-04 | 0.042667 | 0.419675 |
| 1999-11-05 | 0.042667 | 0.357545 |
| 1999-09-02 | 0.036267 | 0.289364 |
| 1999-05-07 | 0.036267 | 0.333745 |
| 1999-02-05 | 0.036267 | 0.318132 |
| 1998-11-06 | 0.036267 | 0.337891 |
| 1998-09-03 | 0.033067 | 0.332889 |
| 1998-05-08 | 0.033067 | 0.269568 |
| 1998-02-06 | 0.033067 | 0.325249 |
| 1997-11-06 | 0.033067 | 0.339729 |
| 1997-09-05 | 0.026667 | 0.327873 |
| 1997-05-09 | 0.026667 | 0.390249 |
| 1997-02-07 | 0.026667 | 0.357147 |
| 1996-11-07 | 0.026667 | 0.487811 |
| 1996-09-06 | 0.021333 | 0.249996 |
| 1996-05-08 | 0.021333 | 0.225349 |
| 1996-01-31 | 0.021333 | 0.249996 |
| 1995-11-02 | 0.021333 | 0.230212 |
| 1995-05-09 | 0.014222 | 0.246150 |
| 1995-01-31 | 0.014222 | 0.336837 |
| 1994-11-01 | 0.014222 | 0.359545 |
| 1994-09-06 | 0.008889 | 0.210529 |
| 1993-08-31 | 0.004267 | 0.208712 |
| 1992-08-27 | 0.004267 | 0.320025 |
| 1991-08-26 | 0.004267 | 0.266687 |
| 1990-08-27 | 0.004267 | 0.192015 |
| 1989-08-28 | 0.017778 | 0.396045 |
| 1988-08-26 | 0.011852 | 0.396044 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| 52 Week Change | 0.3672999 |
| Address1 | 10,000 Alliance Road |
| All Time High | 27.36 |
| All Time Low | 1.155556 |
| Ask | 30.66 |
| Ask Size | 2 |
| Audit Risk | 7 |
| Average Daily Volume10 Day | 267,530 |
| Average Daily Volume3 Month | 489,004 |
| Average Volume | 489,004 |
| Average Volume10Days | 267,530 |
| Beta | 0.528 |
| Bid | 17.28 |
| Bid Size | 2 |
| Board Risk | 3 |
| Book Value | 9.914 |
| City | Cincinnati |
| Compensation As Of Epoch Date | 1,767,139,200 |
| Compensation Risk | 3 |
| Country | United States |
| Crypto Tradeable | 0 |
| Currency | USD |
| Current Price | 23.75 |
| Current Ratio | 1.483 |
| Custom Price Alert Confidence | HIGH |
| Date Short Interest | 1,782,777,600 |
| Day High | 24.36 |
| Day Low | 23.69 |
| Debt To Equity | 89.044 |
| Display Name | LSI Industries |
| Dividend Date | 1,778,544,000 |
| Dividend Rate | 0.2 |
| Dividend Yield | 0.83 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp End | 1,776,956,400 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp Start | 1,776,956,400 |
| Earnings Growth | -0.536 |
| Earnings Quarterly Growth | -0.461 |
| Earnings Timestamp | 1,776,947,400 |
| Earnings Timestamp End | 1,776,947,400 |
| Earnings Timestamp Start | 1,776,947,400 |
| Ebitda | 50,579,000 |
| Ebitda Margins | 0.08294 |
| Enterprise To Ebitda | 22.724 |
| Enterprise To Revenue | 1.885 |
| Enterprise Value | 1,149,382,144 |
| Eps Current Year | 1.225 |
| Eps Forward | 1.395 |
| Eps Trailing Twelve Months | 0.74 |
| Esg Populated | 0 |
| Ex Dividend Date | 1,777,852,800 |
| Exchange | NMS |
| Exchange Data Delayed By | 0 |
| Exchange Timezone Name | America/New_York |
| Exchange Timezone Short Name | EDT |
| Fifty Day Average | 24.5452 |
| Fifty Day Average Change | -0.79520035 |
| Fifty Day Average Change Percent | -0.032397386 |
| Fifty Two Week Change Percent | 36.729992 |
| Fifty Two Week High | 27.36 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change | -3.6100006 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change Percent | -0.13194446 |
| Fifty Two Week Low | 17.2 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change | 6.549999 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent | 0.3808139 |
| Fifty Two Week Range | 17.2 - 27.36 |
| Financial Currency | USD |
| First Trade Date Milliseconds | 479,485,800,000 |
| Five Year Avg Dividend Yield | 1.68 |
| Float Shares | 34,013,469 |
| Forward Eps | 1.395 |
| Forward P E | 17.02509 |
| Free Cashflow | -12,440,375 |
| Full Exchange Name | NasdaqGS |
| Full Time Employees | 3,000 |
| Gmt Off Set Milliseconds | -14,400,000 |
| Governance Epoch Date | 1,782,864,000 |
| Gross Margins | 0.25679 |
| Gross Profits | 156,604,000 |
| Has Pre Post Market Data | 1 |
| Held Percent Insiders | 0.10095 |
| Held Percent Institutions | 0.82202005 |
| Implied Shares Outstanding | 36,712,404 |
| Industry | Electronic Components |
| Industry Disp | Electronic Components |
| Industry Key | electronic-components |
| Ir Website | http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=64125&p=irol-IRHome |
| Is Earnings Date Estimate | 0 |
| Language | en-US |
| Last Dividend Date | 1,777,852,800 |
| Last Dividend Value | 0.05 |
| Last Fiscal Year End | 1,751,241,600 |
| Last Split Date | 1,069,027,200 |
| Last Split Factor | 5:4 |
| Long Business Summary | LSI Industries Inc. manufactures, markets, and sells non-residential lighting and retail display solutions in the United States. The company operates through Lighting and Display Solutions segments. The Lighting segment offers outdoor and indoor lighting fixture and controls solutions, including sensors, photocontrols, dimming, motion detection, and circuit controllers. The Display Solutions segment provides exterior and interior visual image and display elements, including printed graphics, structural graphics, digital signage, digital menu board systems, refrigerated displays, and custom display elements. It also offers signage and canopy, pump dispenser, building fascia graphics, decals, interior signage and marketing graphics, aisle markers, wall mural graphics, refrigerated food and beverage displays, check-out counters, and an array of merchandising displays and cabinetry. In addition, the company provides various project management services, including installation management, site surveys, permitting, and content management. It serves across various vertical markets, such as refueling and convenience store, parking lot and garage, quick-service restaurant, retail, grocery and pharmacy, automotive dealership, sports court and field, and warehouse. LSI Industries Inc. was founded in 1976 and is based in Cincinnati, Ohio. |
| Long Name | LSI Industries Inc. |
| Market | us_market |
| Market Cap | 871,919,616 |
| Market State | PRE |
| Max Age | 86,400 |
| Message Board Id | finmb_283721 |
| Most Recent Quarter | 1,774,915,200 |
| Net Income To Common | 23,874,000 |
| Next Fiscal Year End | 1,782,777,600 |
| Non Diluted Market Cap | 871,919,595 |
| Number Of Analyst Opinions | 3 |
| Open | 24.16 |
| Operating Cashflow | 42,088,000 |
| Operating Margins | 0.02708 |
| Overall Risk | 5 |
| Payout Ratio | 0.2703 |
| Peg Ratio | 0.4 |
| Phone | 513 793 3200 |
| Previous Close | 24.16 |
| Price Eps Current Year | 19.387754 |
| Price Hint | 2 |
| Price To Book | 2.3956022 |
| Price To Sales Trailing12 Months | 1.4297444 |
| Profit Margins | 0.03915 |
| Quick Ratio | 0.79 |
| Quote Source Name | Nasdaq Real Time Price |
| Quote Type | EQUITY |
| Recommendation Key | none |
| Region | US |
| Regular Market Change | -0.41 |
| Regular Market Change Percent | -1.69702 |
| Regular Market Day High | 24.36 |
| Regular Market Day Low | 23.69 |
| Regular Market Day Range | 23.69 - 24.36 |
| Regular Market Open | 24.16 |
| Regular Market Previous Close | 24.16 |
| Regular Market Price | 23.75 |
| Regular Market Time | 1,783,972,801 |
| Regular Market Volume | 280,539 |
| Return On Assets | 0.03924 |
| Return On Equity | 0.08311 |
| Revenue Growth | 0.136 |
| Revenue Per Share | 19.565 |
| Sand P52 Week Change | 0.20365608 |
| Sector | Technology |
| Sector Disp | Technology |
| Sector Key | technology |
| Share Holder Rights Risk | 9 |
| Shares Outstanding | 36,712,404 |
| Shares Percent Shares Out | 0.0572 |
| Shares Short | 2,098,948 |
| Shares Short Previous Month Date | 1,780,012,800 |
| Shares Short Prior Month | 1,498,639 |
| Short Name | LSI Industries Inc. |
| Short Percent Of Float | 0.0608 |
| Short Ratio | 3.65 |
| Source Interval | 15 |
| State | OH |
| Symbol | LYTS |
| Target High Price | 31.0 |
| Target Low Price | 30.0 |
| Target Mean Price | 30.33333 |
| Target Median Price | 30.0 |
| Total Cash | 10,333,000 |
| Total Cash Per Share | 0.29 |
| Total Debt | 314,158,016 |
| Total Revenue | 609,843,008 |
| Tradeable | 0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Rate | 0.2 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Yield | 0.008278145 |
| Trailing Eps | 0.74 |
| Trailing P E | 32.094593 |
| Trailing Peg Ratio | None |
| Triggerable | 1 |
| Two Hundred Day Average | 21.54825 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change | 2.2017498 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent | 0.10217766 |
| Type Disp | Equity |
| Volume | 280,539 |
| Website | https://www.lsicorp.com |
| Zip | 45,242 |