Palladyne AI Corp. (PDYN)Technology | Software - Infrastructure | Salt Lake City, United States | NasdaqGM
5.15 USD
-0.13
(-2.462%) ⇩
(July 13, 2026, 4 p.m.
EDT)
After hours: 5.14 -0.01 (-0.008%) ⇩ (July 13, 2026, 7:57 p.m. EDT) |
Hot Take ↕ | July 11, 2026, 5:27 a.m. EDT
The investment case here is defined by a stark disconnect between the company's precarious financial reality and the market's aggressive speculative appetite. Fundamentally, Palladyne AI is a cash-burning entity with negative operating margins, negative free cash flow, and no dividend history. While revenue growth is impressive at 107%, the lack of profitability and the massive cash burn suggest the business is still in a fragile early stage. The balance sheet is thin, with cash barely covering debt, making the company vulnerable to any slowdown in defense contract funding. However, the momentum is undeniable. The stock has rallied nearly 500% over the last three years, driven by a surge in defense contracts and a booming backlog. The recent news of a Q2 beat and expanded backlog has fueled a self-reinforcing cycle of optimism. The options market confirms this sentiment, with traders placing heavy bets on a continued ascent, ignoring the fundamental risks entirely. For the short term, the stock is trading at a premium to its moving averages, suggesting some exhaustion, though the high beta and options flow keep the volatility alive. For the long term, the path is unclear; the company must transition from a cash burner to a profitable operator to justify its current valuation. Until then, this remains a high-risk, high-reward speculative play suitable only for investors with a high tolerance for volatility and a belief in the AI/defense sector's future dominance. |
| Model | MAE |
|---|---|
| AutoTheta ✓ | 0.081184 |
| AutoETS | 0.081376 |
| AutoARIMA | 0.082121 |
| MSTL | 0.083578 |
| MSTL_67 | 0.108982 |
| MSTL_100 | 0.129785 |
| MSTL_67_100 | 0.140163 |
Forecast horizon: 60 days | Selected: AutoTheta
| Forecast Reliability | |
|---|---|
| Score | 22% |
| H-stat | 3.96 |
| Ljung-Box p | 0.000 |
| Jarque-Bera p | 0.001 |
| Excess Kurtosis | 1.07 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Sector | Technology |
| Debt to Equity Ratio | 15.061 |
| Revenue per Share | 0.171 |
| Market Cap | 243,307,760 |
| Forward P/E | -7.25 |
| Beta | 3.63 |
| Previous Name | Sarcos Technology and Robotics Corporation |
| Website | https://www.palladyneai.com |
As of July 11, 2026, 5:27 a.m. EDT: Speculators are heavily skewed toward bullish exposure, evidenced by massive open interest in out-of-the-money calls (strikes $10, $20) compared to negligible put volume. This indicates a 'lottery ticket' mentality where traders are betting on a massive re-rating or binary event rather than hedging downside risk. Implied volatility is elevated, pricing in significant uncertainty, but the skew is overwhelmingly directional toward upside speculation.
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| 52 Week Change | -0.4159292 |
| Address1 | 650 South 500 West |
| Address2 | Suite 150 |
| All Time High | 63.0 |
| All Time Low | 0.398 |
| Ask | 6.5 |
| Ask Size | 2 |
| Audit Risk | 9 |
| Average Analyst Rating | 1.5 - Strong Buy |
| Average Daily Volume10 Day | 2,019,170 |
| Average Daily Volume3 Month | 1,977,603 |
| Average Volume | 1,977,603 |
| Average Volume10Days | 2,019,170 |
| Beta | 3.63 |
| Bid | 3.74 |
| Bid Size | 2 |
| Board Risk | 8 |
| Book Value | 1.48 |
| City | Salt Lake City |
| Compensation As Of Epoch Date | 1,767,139,200 |
| Compensation Risk | 10 |
| Country | United States |
| Crypto Tradeable | 0 |
| Currency | USD |
| Current Price | 5.15 |
| Current Ratio | 7.846 |
| Custom Price Alert Confidence | HIGH |
| Date Short Interest | 1,782,777,600 |
| Day High | 5.2699 |
| Day Low | 5.07 |
| Debt To Equity | 15.061 |
| Display Name | Palladyne AI |
| Earnings Call Timestamp End | 1,777,982,400 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp Start | 1,777,982,400 |
| Earnings Timestamp | 1,777,984,200 |
| Earnings Timestamp End | 1,785,933,000 |
| Earnings Timestamp Start | 1,785,933,000 |
| Ebitda | -35,810,000 |
| Ebitda Margins | 0.0 |
| Enterprise To Ebitda | -5.869 |
| Enterprise To Revenue | 29.709 |
| Enterprise Value | 210,159,760 |
| Eps Current Year | -0.935 |
| Eps Forward | -0.71 |
| Eps Trailing Twelve Months | -0.59 |
| Esg Populated | 0 |
| Exchange | NGM |
| Exchange Data Delayed By | 0 |
| Exchange Timezone Name | America/New_York |
| Exchange Timezone Short Name | EDT |
| Fifty Day Average | 6.5349 |
| Fifty Day Average Change | -1.3849001 |
| Fifty Day Average Change Percent | -0.21192367 |
| Fifty Two Week Change Percent | -41.59292 |
| Fifty Two Week High | 13.0 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change | -7.85 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change Percent | -0.60384613 |
| Fifty Two Week Low | 4.14 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change | 1.0100002 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent | 0.24396141 |
| Fifty Two Week Range | 4.14 - 13.0 |
| Financial Currency | USD |
| First Trade Date Milliseconds | 1,632,749,400,000 |
| Float Shares | 29,764,807 |
| Forward Eps | -0.71 |
| Forward P E | -7.2535214 |
| Free Cashflow | -17,763,000 |
| Full Exchange Name | NasdaqGM |
| Full Time Employees | 161 |
| Gmt Off Set Milliseconds | -14,400,000 |
| Governance Epoch Date | 1,782,864,000 |
| Gross Margins | 0.32005 |
| Gross Profits | 2,264,000 |
| Has Pre Post Market Data | 1 |
| Held Percent Insiders | 0.35762 |
| Held Percent Institutions | 0.24023001 |
| Implied Shares Outstanding | 47,244,225 |
| 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 | 1,688,601,600 |
| Last Split Factor | 1:6 |
| Long Business Summary | Palladyne AI Corp., a technology company, develops and offers embodied artificial intelligence software and collaborative autonomy solutions in the United States. Its Artificial Intelligence (AI)/ Machine Learning (ML) Foundational Technology enables robots to observe, learn, reason, and act in unstructured. In addition, the company's technologies enable robotic systems to perceive their environment and quickly adapt to changing circumstances by generalizing from their experience using dynamic real-time operations without extensive programming, training, or the latency associated with processing in the cloud. Further, it offers Palladyne IQ used with industrial robots and cobots, enabling them to learn multiple tasks and handle disruptions or obstacles; and develops Palladyne Pilot for use with unmanned platform, such as UAVs to enable persistent detection, identification, tracking, and classification of objects of interest by sharing situational awareness information across multiple drones that is derived by fusing multi-modal sensor data. It serves industrial manufacturing, defense, infrastructure maintenance, repair and surveillance, energy, and aerospace and aviation industries. The company was formerly known as Sarcos Technology and Robotics Corporation and changed its name to Palladyne AI Corp. in March 2024. Palladyne AI Corp. is headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah. |
| Long Name | Palladyne AI Corp. |
| Market | us_market |
| Market Cap | 243,307,760 |
| Market State | PREPRE |
| Max Age | 86,400 |
| Message Board Id | finmb_38898012 |
| Most Recent Quarter | 1,774,915,200 |
| Name Change Date | 2,026-07-13 |
| Net Income To Common | -25,328,000 |
| Next Fiscal Year End | 1,798,675,200 |
| Non Diluted Market Cap | 249,449,508 |
| Number Of Analyst Opinions | 4 |
| Open | 5.18 |
| Operating Cashflow | -30,360,000 |
| Operating Margins | -3.36885 |
| Overall Risk | 10 |
| Payout Ratio | 0.0 |
| Phone | 888 927 7296 |
| Post Market Change | -0.008100033 |
| Post Market Change Percent | -0.15728219 |
| Post Market Price | 5.1419 |
| Post Market Time | 1,783,987,073 |
| Prev Name | Sarcos Technology and Robotics Corporation |
| Previous Close | 5.28 |
| Price Eps Current Year | -5.5080214 |
| Price Hint | 2 |
| Price To Book | 3.4797297 |
| Price To Sales Trailing12 Months | 34.39465 |
| Profit Margins | 0.0 |
| Quick Ratio | 7.468 |
| Quote Source Name | Nasdaq Real Time Price |
| Quote Type | EQUITY |
| Recommendation Key | strong_buy |
| Recommendation Mean | 1.5 |
| Region | US |
| Regular Market Change | -0.13 |
| Regular Market Change Percent | -2.46212 |
| Regular Market Day High | 5.2699 |
| Regular Market Day Low | 5.07 |
| Regular Market Day Range | 5.07 - 5.2699 |
| Regular Market Open | 5.18 |
| Regular Market Previous Close | 5.28 |
| Regular Market Price | 5.15 |
| Regular Market Time | 1,783,972,800 |
| Regular Market Volume | 1,106,495 |
| Return On Assets | -0.2999 |
| Return On Equity | -0.51577 |
| Revenue Growth | 1.069 |
| Revenue Per Share | 0.171 |
| Sand P52 Week Change | 0.20847368 |
| Sector | Technology |
| Sector Disp | Technology |
| Sector Key | technology |
| Share Holder Rights Risk | 8 |
| Shares Outstanding | 47,244,225 |
| Shares Percent Shares Out | 0.17639999 |
| Shares Short | 8,332,776 |
| Shares Short Previous Month Date | 1,780,012,800 |
| Shares Short Prior Month | 6,804,876 |
| Short Name | Palladyne AI Corp. |
| Short Percent Of Float | 0.1997 |
| Short Ratio | 3.27 |
| Source Interval | 15 |
| State | UT |
| Symbol | PDYN |
| Target High Price | 15.0 |
| Target Low Price | 7.0 |
| Target Mean Price | 11.25 |
| Target Median Price | 11.5 |
| Total Cash | 43,678,000 |
| Total Cash Per Share | 0.925 |
| Total Debt | 10,530,000 |
| Total Revenue | 7,074,000 |
| Tradeable | 0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Rate | 0.0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Trailing Eps | -0.59 |
| Trailing Peg Ratio | None |
| Triggerable | 1 |
| Two Hundred Day Average | 6.735125 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change | -1.585125 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent | -0.23535198 |
| Type Disp | Equity |
| Volume | 1,106,495 |
| Website | https://www.palladyneai.com |
| Zip | 84,101 |