Phunware, Inc. (PHUN)Technology | Software - Application | Austin, United States | NasdaqCM
2.03 USD
-0.11
(-5.140%) ⇩
(Oct. 13, 2026, 4 p.m.
EDT)
|
Hot Take ↕ | Oct. 10, 2026, 5:27 a.m. EDT
The investment case for Phunware is fundamentally broken by a catastrophic multi-year decline. Despite reporting a 75% revenue growth rate, the company has suffered three consecutive years of negative annual returns, dropping nearly 99.5% over the last eight years. This trajectory confirms that the market views the reported top-line growth as insufficient to offset severe operational inefficiencies, evidenced by negative operating margins and negative free cash flow. The balance sheet, while technically liquid due to low debt, is generating value destruction rather than wealth. The absence of a dividend and the presence of activist pressure further highlight governance and strategic concerns. While the stock trades at a discount to book value, this is a value trap where the price reflects the reality of a failing business model rather than a margin of safety. The statistical forecast shows negligible expected movement, and the options market is devoid of meaningful positioning, confirming that there is no active capital flow driving a turnaround narrative. |
| Model | MAE |
|---|---|
| MSTL ✓ | 0.033656 |
| AutoETS | 0.038128 |
| AutoARIMA | 0.038681 |
| AutoTheta | 0.046654 |
Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: MSTL
| Forecast Reliability | |
|---|---|
| Score | 48% |
| H-stat | 6.10 |
| Ljung-Box p | 0.000 |
| Jarque-Bera p | 0.859 |
| Excess Kurtosis | -0.39 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Sector | Technology |
| Debt to Equity Ratio | 0.512 |
| Revenue per Share | 0.136 |
| Market Cap | 41,539,232 |
| Forward P/E | -3.90 |
| Beta | 2.63 |
| Website | https://www.phunware.com |
As of Oct. 10, 2026, 5:27 a.m. EDT: Speculator positioning is extremely thin and skewed toward calls, with virtually no put volume or open interest recorded across expirations. The lack of protective puts suggests a lack of hedging or bearish conviction, while the call activity remains minimal, indicating low speculative interest in a major breakout.
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| 52 Week Change | -0.29020977 |
| Address1 | 1,002 West Avenue |
| All Time High | 27,500.0 |
| All Time Low | 1.56 |
| Ask | 2.07 |
| Ask Size | 6 |
| Average Daily Volume10 Day | 68,450 |
| Average Daily Volume3 Month | 87,643 |
| Average Volume | 87,643 |
| Average Volume10Days | 68,450 |
| Beta | 2.626 |
| Bid | 1.45 |
| Bid Size | 2 |
| Book Value | 4.328 |
| City | Austin |
| Compensation As Of Epoch Date | 1,767,139,200 |
| Country | United States |
| Crypto Tradeable | 0 |
| Currency | USD |
| Current Price | 2.03 |
| Current Ratio | 19.84 |
| Custom Price Alert Confidence | HIGH |
| Date Short Interest | 1,790,726,400 |
| Day High | 2.13 |
| Day Low | 2.03 |
| Debt To Equity | 0.512 |
| Display Name | Phunware |
| Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp End | 1,731,015,000 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp Start | 1,731,015,000 |
| Earnings Timestamp End | 1,793,908,800 |
| Earnings Timestamp Start | 1,793,908,800 |
| Ebitda | -21,507,000 |
| Ebitda Margins | 0.0 |
| Enterprise To Ebitda | 2.331 |
| Enterprise To Revenue | -18.226 |
| Enterprise Value | -50,140,768 |
| Eps Forward | -0.52 |
| Eps Trailing Twelve Months | -0.65 |
| Esg Populated | 0 |
| Exchange | NCM |
| Exchange Data Delayed By | 15 |
| Exchange Timezone Name | America/New_York |
| Exchange Timezone Short Name | EDT |
| Fifty Day Average | 2.058 |
| Fifty Day Average Change | -0.028000116 |
| Fifty Day Average Change Percent | -0.013605498 |
| Fifty Two Week Change Percent | -29.020977 |
| Fifty Two Week High | 3.04 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change | -1.01 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change Percent | -0.33223686 |
| Fifty Two Week Low | 1.56 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change | 0.47000003 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent | 0.30128208 |
| Fifty Two Week Range | 1.56 - 3.04 |
| Financial Currency | USD |
| First Trade Date Milliseconds | 1,477,661,400,000 |
| Float Shares | 19,510,547 |
| Forward Eps | -0.52 |
| Forward P E | -3.9038463 |
| Free Cashflow | -13,959,000 |
| Full Exchange Name | NasdaqCM |
| Full Time Employees | 26 |
| Fullday Change | -0.0048999786 |
| Fullday Change Percent | -0.24137826 |
| Fullday Price | 2.0251 |
| Gmt Off Set Milliseconds | -14,400,000 |
| Gross Margins | 0.6096 |
| Gross Profits | 1,677,000 |
| Has Pre Post Market Data | 1 |
| Held Percent Insiders | 0.047989998 |
| Held Percent Institutions | 0.23438999 |
| Implied Shares Outstanding | 20,462,675 |
| Industry | Software - Application |
| Industry Disp | Software - Application |
| Industry Key | software-application |
| Is Earnings Date Estimate | 1 |
| Language | en-US |
| Last Fiscal Year End | 1,767,139,200 |
| Last Split Date | 1,708,992,000 |
| Last Split Factor | 1:50 |
| Long Business Summary | Phunware, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides integrated software platform that equips companies with the products, solutions, and services to engage, manage, and monetize their mobile application portfolios in the United States and internationally. It operates through two segments: software subscriptions and services and advertising. The company offers cloud-based prepackaged vertical solution application, software development kit (SDK) licenses for organizations developing their own application and customized development services; content management that allows application administrators to create and manage app content in a cloud-based portal; alerts, notifications, and messaging, which enables brands to send messages; mobile marketing automation; advertising; and location-based services, such as mapping, navigation, wayfinding, workflow, asset management, and policy enforcement. It is also involved in the provision of cloud-based vertical solutions; in-app advertising services, including re-occurring and one-time transactional media purchases for application discovery, user acquisition and audience building, audience engagement, and audience monetization. The company was founded in 2009 and is headquartered in Austin, Texas. |
| Long Name | Phunware, Inc. |
| Market | us_market |
| Market Cap | 41,539,232 |
| Market State | PRE |
| Max Age | 86,400 |
| Message Board Id | finmb_108788945 |
| Most Recent Quarter | 1,782,777,600 |
| Net Income To Common | -12,977,000 |
| Next Fiscal Year End | 1,798,675,200 |
| Non Diluted Market Cap | 40,516,096 |
| Open | 2.09 |
| Operating Cashflow | -14,131,000 |
| Operating Margins | -7.5707097 |
| Phone | 512 693 4199 |
| Pre Market Change | -0.0048999786 |
| Pre Market Change Percent | -0.24137826 |
| Pre Market Price | 2.0251 |
| Pre Market Time | 1,791,969,095 |
| Previous Close | 2.14 |
| Price Hint | 4 |
| Price To Book | 0.4690388 |
| Price To Sales Trailing12 Months | 15.099685 |
| Profit Margins | 0.0 |
| Quick Ratio | 19.706 |
| Quote Source Name | Nasdaq Real Time Price |
| Quote Type | EQUITY |
| Recommendation Key | none |
| Region | US |
| Regular Market Change | -0.11 |
| Regular Market Change Percent | -5.14019 |
| Regular Market Day High | 2.13 |
| Regular Market Day Low | 2.03 |
| Regular Market Day Range | 2.03 - 2.13 |
| Regular Market Open | 2.09 |
| Regular Market Previous Close | 2.14 |
| Regular Market Price | 2.03 |
| Regular Market Time | 1,791,921,601 |
| Regular Market Volume | 92,889 |
| Return On Assets | -0.13340999 |
| Return On Equity | -0.13724 |
| Revenue Growth | 0.756 |
| Revenue Per Share | 0.136 |
| Sand P52 Week Change | 0.17004645 |
| Sector | Technology |
| Sector Disp | Technology |
| Sector Key | technology |
| Shares Outstanding | 20,462,675 |
| Shares Percent Shares Out | 0.0287 |
| Shares Short | 587,534 |
| Shares Short Previous Month Date | 1,788,134,400 |
| Shares Short Prior Month | 562,454 |
| Short Name | Phunware, Inc. |
| Short Percent Of Float | 0.028800001 |
| Short Ratio | 6.52 |
| Source Interval | 15 |
| State | TX |
| Symbol | PHUN |
| Total Cash | 92,133,000 |
| Total Cash Per Share | 4.502 |
| Total Debt | 453,000 |
| Total Revenue | 2,751,000 |
| Tradeable | 0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Rate | 0.0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Trailing Eps | -0.65 |
| Trailing Peg Ratio | None |
| Triggerable | 1 |
| Two Hundred Day Average | 1.976475 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change | 0.05352497 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent | 0.027081026 |
| Type Disp | Equity |
| Volume | 92,889 |
| Website | https://www.phunware.com |
| Zip | 78,701 |