QuickLogic Corporation (QUIK)Technology | Semiconductors | San Jose, United States | NasdaqCM
10.81 USD
-0.51
(-4.505%) ⇩
(Aug. 28, 2026, 4 p.m.
EDT)
After hours: 10.94 +0.13 (1.203%) ⇧ (Aug. 28, 2026, 7:59 p.m. EDT) |
Hot Take ↕ | Aug. 22, 2026, 2:04 a.m. EDT
The investment case here is fundamentally broken despite the aggressive bullish positioning in the options chain. The company is losing money, with negative operating margins and a return on equity of -36%, while trading at a forward P/E of nearly 109x. This valuation implies the market is pricing in a miraculous turnaround that the current financials do not support. The price action confirms this disconnect; the stock has been in a multi-year downtrend, dropping over 55% from its peak, and recently failed to break above its 200-day moving average, remaining trapped below key resistance levels. While the options data shows a frenzy of speculative buying for a moonshot rally, the underlying business lacks the revenue consistency or profitability required to sustain such a premium. Until the company demonstrates a path to consistent profitability and stabilizes its earnings, this remains a high-risk speculative vehicle unsuitable for serious capital allocation. |
| Model | MAE |
|---|---|
| AutoARIMA ✓ | 0.304461 |
| MSTL | 0.314840 |
| AutoETS | 0.434152 |
| AutoTheta | 0.486461 |
Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoARIMA
| Forecast Reliability | |
|---|---|
| Score | 28% |
| H-stat | 4.92 |
| Ljung-Box p | 0.000 |
| Jarque-Bera p | 0.170 |
| Excess Kurtosis | 0.05 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Sector | Technology |
| Debt to Equity Ratio | 25.21 |
| Revenue per Share | 0.942 |
| Market Cap | 198,014,784 |
| Forward P/E | 102.95 |
| Beta | 1.23 |
| Profit Margins | -80.07% |
| Website | https://www.quicklogic.com |
As of Aug. 22, 2026, 2:04 a.m. EDT: Speculators are overwhelmingly bullish on the upside, evidenced by massive open interest in out-of-the-money calls (strikes 23, 28, 32) compared to negligible put volume. However, this bullishness is concentrated in deep OTM strikes, suggesting a speculative 'lottery ticket' mentality rather than a conviction bet on immediate near-term gains. The heavy concentration of call volume at strikes significantly above the current price indicates a desire for a massive gap-up event, while the lack of protective puts suggests traders are willing to take significant downside risk.
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| 52 Week Change | 1.3149285 |
| Address1 | 2,220 Lundy Avenue |
| All Time High | 626.5 |
| All Time Low | 2.12 |
| Ask | 14.1 |
| Ask Size | 2 |
| Average Daily Volume10 Day | 241,110 |
| Average Daily Volume3 Month | 380,679 |
| Average Volume | 380,679 |
| Average Volume10Days | 241,110 |
| Beta | 1.227 |
| Bid | 8.1 |
| Bid Size | 2 |
| Book Value | 1.706 |
| City | San Jose |
| Compensation As Of Epoch Date | 1,767,139,200 |
| Country | United States |
| Crypto Tradeable | 0 |
| Currency | USD |
| Current Price | 10.81 |
| Current Ratio | 2.152 |
| Custom Price Alert Confidence | HIGH |
| Date Short Interest | 1,786,665,600 |
| Day High | 11.275 |
| Day Low | 10.81 |
| Debt To Equity | 25.21 |
| Display Name | QuickLogic |
| Dividend Date | 1,577,145,600 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp End | 1,786,483,800 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp Start | 1,786,483,800 |
| Earnings Timestamp | 1,786,478,400 |
| Earnings Timestamp End | 1,794,427,200 |
| Earnings Timestamp Start | 1,794,427,200 |
| Ebitda | -5,334,000 |
| Ebitda Margins | -0.32734 |
| Enterprise To Ebitda | -35.136 |
| Enterprise To Revenue | 11.501 |
| Enterprise Value | 187,415,776 |
| Eps Current Year | -0.1025 |
| Eps Forward | 0.105 |
| Eps Trailing Twelve Months | -0.6 |
| Esg Populated | 0 |
| Exchange | NCM |
| Exchange Data Delayed By | 0 |
| Exchange Timezone Name | America/New_York |
| Exchange Timezone Short Name | EDT |
| Fifty Day Average | 14.6192 |
| Fifty Day Average Change | -3.8091993 |
| Fifty Day Average Change Percent | -0.2605614 |
| Fifty Two Week Change Percent | 131.49286 |
| Fifty Two Week High | 24.33 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change | -13.5199995 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change Percent | -0.55569255 |
| Fifty Two Week Low | 4.8 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change | 6.01 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent | 1.2520833 |
| Fifty Two Week Range | 4.8 - 24.33 |
| Financial Currency | USD |
| First Trade Date Milliseconds | 940,253,400,000 |
| Float Shares | 16,753,223 |
| Forward Eps | 0.105 |
| Forward P E | 102.952385 |
| Free Cashflow | 2,573,750 |
| Full Exchange Name | NasdaqCM |
| Full Time Employees | 51 |
| Fullday Change | -0.509999 |
| Fullday Change Percent | -4.50529 |
| Fullday Price | 10.94 |
| Gmt Off Set Milliseconds | -14,400,000 |
| Gross Margins | 0.27321 |
| Gross Profits | 4,452,000 |
| Has Pre Post Market Data | 1 |
| Held Percent Insiders | 0.08767 |
| Held Percent Institutions | 0.41004002 |
| Implied Shares Outstanding | 18,317,741 |
| Industry | Semiconductors |
| Industry Disp | Semiconductors |
| Industry Key | semiconductors |
| Ir Website | http://ir.quicklogic.com/ |
| Is Earnings Date Estimate | 1 |
| Language | en-US |
| Last Fiscal Year End | 1,766,880,000 |
| Last Split Date | 1,577,145,600 |
| Last Split Factor | 1:14 |
| Long Business Summary | QuickLogic Corporation operates as a fabless semiconductor company. The company offers embedded Field Programmable Gate Array (eFPGA) intellectual property and specialized FPGA devices used in various applications; and end-to-end artificial intelligence/machine learning solution with accurate sensor algorithms using AI technology. It also provides eFPGA IP licensing, discrete FPGA devices, and related development tools and software. In addition, the company engages in the eFPGA IP Licensing business and associated professional services, consisting of development and integration of eFPGA technology into custom semiconductor solutions. Further, the company offers silicon products, such as EOS, ArcticLink III, PolarPro 3, PolarPro II, PolarPro, and Eclipse II products; Software as a Service (SaaS) subscriptions; and PASIC 3 and QuickRAM, as well as programming hardware and design software services. It markets and sells its products to defense industrial base contractors, the U.S. government entities, system OEMs, and fabless semiconductor companies through a network of sales managers and distributors in North America, Europe, and the Asia Pacific. QuickLogic Corporation was founded in 1988 and is headquartered in San Jose, California. |
| Long Name | QuickLogic Corporation |
| Market | us_market |
| Market Cap | 198,014,784 |
| Market State | CLOSED |
| Max Age | 86,400 |
| Message Board Id | finmb_33535 |
| Most Recent Quarter | 1,782,604,800 |
| Net Income To Common | -10,668,000 |
| Next Fiscal Year End | 1,798,416,000 |
| Non Diluted Market Cap | 207,448,416 |
| Number Of Analyst Opinions | 3 |
| Open | 11.2 |
| Operating Cashflow | 426,000 |
| Operating Margins | -0.31028998 |
| Payout Ratio | 0.0 |
| Peg Ratio | 1.5 |
| Phone | 408 990 4000 |
| Post Market Change | 0.12999916 |
| Post Market Change Percent | 1.2025824 |
| Post Market Price | 10.94 |
| Post Market Time | 1,787,961,552 |
| Previous Close | 11.32 |
| Price Eps Current Year | -105.46342 |
| Price Hint | 2 |
| Price To Book | 6.33646 |
| Price To Sales Trailing12 Months | 12.151874 |
| Profit Margins | -0.80074 |
| Quick Ratio | 1.851 |
| Quote Source Name | Nasdaq Real Time Price |
| Quote Type | EQUITY |
| Recommendation Key | none |
| Region | US |
| Regular Market Change | -0.509999 |
| Regular Market Change Percent | -4.50529 |
| Regular Market Day High | 11.275 |
| Regular Market Day Low | 10.81 |
| Regular Market Day Range | 10.81 - 11.275 |
| Regular Market Open | 11.2 |
| Regular Market Previous Close | 11.32 |
| Regular Market Price | 10.81 |
| Regular Market Time | 1,787,947,200 |
| Regular Market Volume | 213,282 |
| Return On Assets | -0.15057999 |
| Return On Equity | -0.36224997 |
| Revenue Growth | 0.487 |
| Revenue Per Share | 0.942 |
| Sand P52 Week Change | 0.20504117 |
| Sector | Technology |
| Sector Disp | Technology |
| Sector Key | technology |
| Shares Outstanding | 18,317,741 |
| Shares Percent Shares Out | 0.090100005 |
| Shares Short | 1,651,076 |
| Shares Short Previous Month Date | 1,784,073,600 |
| Shares Short Prior Month | 1,598,981 |
| Short Name | QuickLogic Corporation |
| Short Percent Of Float | 0.093 |
| Short Ratio | 5.42 |
| Source Interval | 15 |
| State | CA |
| Symbol | QUIK |
| Target High Price | 27.0 |
| Target Low Price | 20.0 |
| Target Mean Price | 23.0 |
| Target Median Price | 22.0 |
| Total Cash | 18,475,000 |
| Total Cash Per Share | 1.009 |
| Total Debt | 7,876,000 |
| Total Revenue | 16,295,000 |
| Tradeable | 0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Rate | 0.0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Trailing Eps | -0.6 |
| Trailing Peg Ratio | None |
| Triggerable | 1 |
| Two Hundred Day Average | 11.7755 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change | -0.9654999 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent | -0.08199226 |
| Type Disp | Equity |
| Volume | 213,282 |
| Website | https://www.quicklogic.com |
| Zip | 95,131 |