QuickLogic Corporation (QUIK)Technology | Semiconductors | San Jose, United States | NasdaqCM
14.64 USD
-1.01
(-6.454%) ⇩
(July 13, 2026, 4 p.m.
EDT)
|
Hot Take ↕ | July 11, 2026, 5:44 a.m. EDT
The investment case for QuickLogic is currently broken by a severe disconnect between its valuation and its reality. Despite a reported 16.8% revenue growth, the company is hemorrhaging cash with negative operating margins and a crushing return on equity of nearly -50%. The market has rightly punished this with a 55% drop over the last nine years, leaving the stock trading at a grotesque 11x book value despite generating no real economic profit. The recent price action confirms this distress, with the stock tumbling from highs near $22 to lows around $15 in just two weeks. While the Russell index inclusion offers some liquidity tailwinds, the fundamental rot—negative free cash flow and a path to profitability that remains unclear—is too dangerous to ignore. The options market reflects this anxiety, with traders buying deep protection at strikes far below the current price, signaling a belief that the downside is still wide open. This is not a value trap; it is a value destruction machine. |
| Model | MAE |
|---|---|
| MSTL ✓ | 0.320137 |
| AutoARIMA | 0.361449 |
| AutoETS | 0.362378 |
| AutoTheta | 0.367185 |
Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: MSTL
| Forecast Reliability | |
|---|---|
| Score | 35% |
| H-stat | 1.26 |
| Ljung-Box p | 0.000 |
| Jarque-Bera p | 0.173 |
| Excess Kurtosis | 0.39 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Sector | Technology |
| Debt to Equity Ratio | 14.364 |
| Revenue per Share | 0.864 |
| Market Cap | 259,479,360 |
| Forward P/E | 106.47 |
| Beta | 1.18 |
| Profit Margins | -102.28% |
| Website | https://www.quicklogic.com |
As of July 11, 2026, 5:44 a.m. EDT: Speculators are positioning defensively with heavy put volume and open interest at strikes significantly below the current price (e.g., $5.00 and $13.00 for August expiration), suggesting a fear of a deep decline or a 'naked put' hedge against a crash. Conversely, call activity is concentrated at distant out-of-the-money strikes ($30.00) with inflated implied volatility, indicating speculative bets on a massive rally rather than a measured recovery. The immediate term shows mixed signals with new flow in both directions, but the put-heavy structure at lower strikes dominates the risk profile.
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| 52 Week Change | 1.5080128 |
| Address1 | 2,220 Lundy Avenue |
| All Time High | 626.5 |
| All Time Low | 2.12 |
| Ask | 18.64 |
| Ask Size | 2 |
| Average Daily Volume10 Day | 581,730 |
| Average Daily Volume3 Month | 588,957 |
| Average Volume | 588,957 |
| Average Volume10Days | 581,730 |
| Beta | 1.176 |
| Bid | 10.7 |
| Bid Size | 2 |
| Book Value | 1.368 |
| City | San Jose |
| Compensation As Of Epoch Date | 1,767,139,200 |
| Country | United States |
| Crypto Tradeable | 0 |
| Currency | USD |
| Current Price | 14.64 |
| Current Ratio | 1.685 |
| Custom Price Alert Confidence | HIGH |
| Date Short Interest | 1,782,777,600 |
| Day High | 15.189 |
| Day Low | 14.51 |
| Debt To Equity | 14.364 |
| Display Name | QuickLogic |
| Dividend Date | 1,577,145,600 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp End | 1,778,621,400 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp Start | 1,778,621,400 |
| Earnings Timestamp | 1,778,616,000 |
| Earnings Timestamp End | 1,786,478,400 |
| Earnings Timestamp Start | 1,786,478,400 |
| Ebitda | -6,102,000 |
| Ebitda Margins | -0.42083 |
| Enterprise To Ebitda | -43.305 |
| Enterprise To Revenue | 18.224 |
| Enterprise Value | 264,248,160 |
| Eps Current Year | -0.0175 |
| Eps Forward | 0.1375 |
| Eps Trailing Twelve Months | -0.75 |
| Esg Populated | 0 |
| Exchange | NCM |
| Exchange Data Delayed By | 0 |
| Exchange Timezone Name | America/New_York |
| Exchange Timezone Short Name | EDT |
| Fifty Day Average | 19.4228 |
| Fifty Day Average Change | -4.7827997 |
| Fifty Day Average Change Percent | -0.24624667 |
| Fifty Two Week Change Percent | 150.80127 |
| Fifty Two Week High | 24.33 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change | -9.69 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change Percent | -0.3982737 |
| Fifty Two Week Low | 4.8 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change | 9.84 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent | 2.05 |
| Fifty Two Week Range | 4.8 - 24.33 |
| Financial Currency | USD |
| First Trade Date Milliseconds | 940,253,400,000 |
| Float Shares | 16,660,389 |
| Forward Eps | 0.1375 |
| Forward P E | 106.472725 |
| Free Cashflow | 1,490,125 |
| Full Exchange Name | NasdaqCM |
| Full Time Employees | 51 |
| Gmt Off Set Milliseconds | -14,400,000 |
| Gross Margins | 0.20683001 |
| Gross Profits | 2,999,000 |
| Has Pre Post Market Data | 1 |
| Held Percent Insiders | 0.088120006 |
| Held Percent Institutions | 0.28332 |
| Implied Shares Outstanding | 17,724,000 |
| 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 | 259,479,360 |
| Market State | PRE |
| Max Age | 86,400 |
| Message Board Id | finmb_33535 |
| Most Recent Quarter | 1,774,742,400 |
| Net Income To Common | -12,447,000 |
| Next Fiscal Year End | 1,798,416,000 |
| Non Diluted Market Cap | 259,302,120 |
| Number Of Analyst Opinions | 3 |
| Open | 15.1 |
| Operating Cashflow | -415,000 |
| Operating Margins | -0.41715 |
| Payout Ratio | 0.0 |
| Peg Ratio | 1.5 |
| Phone | 408 990 4000 |
| Pre Market Change | 0.41429996 |
| Pre Market Change Percent | 2.8299177 |
| Pre Market Price | 15.0543 |
| Pre Market Time | 1,784,029,340 |
| Previous Close | 15.65 |
| Price Eps Current Year | -836.5715 |
| Price Hint | 2 |
| Price To Book | 10.701755 |
| Price To Sales Trailing12 Months | 17.895128 |
| Profit Margins | -1.02283 |
| Quick Ratio | 1.349 |
| Quote Source Name | Nasdaq Real Time Price |
| Quote Type | EQUITY |
| Recommendation Key | none |
| Region | US |
| Regular Market Change | -1.01 |
| Regular Market Change Percent | -6.45367 |
| Regular Market Day High | 15.189 |
| Regular Market Day Low | 14.51 |
| Regular Market Day Range | 14.51 - 15.189 |
| Regular Market Open | 15.1 |
| Regular Market Previous Close | 15.65 |
| Regular Market Price | 14.64 |
| Regular Market Time | 1,783,972,800 |
| Regular Market Volume | 217,618 |
| Return On Assets | -0.17989 |
| Return On Equity | -0.49225 |
| Revenue Growth | 0.168 |
| Revenue Per Share | 0.864 |
| Sand P52 Week Change | 0.20365608 |
| Sector | Technology |
| Sector Disp | Technology |
| Sector Key | technology |
| Shares Outstanding | 17,724,000 |
| Shares Percent Shares Out | 0.081199996 |
| Shares Short | 1,438,582 |
| Shares Short Previous Month Date | 1,780,012,800 |
| Shares Short Prior Month | 912,129 |
| Short Name | QuickLogic Corporation |
| Short Percent Of Float | 0.083900005 |
| Short Ratio | 2.66 |
| Source Interval | 15 |
| State | CA |
| Symbol | QUIK |
| Target High Price | 27.0 |
| Target Low Price | 22.0 |
| Target Mean Price | 23.66667 |
| Target Median Price | 22.0 |
| Total Cash | 6,047,000 |
| Total Cash Per Share | 0.332 |
| Total Debt | 3,484,000 |
| Total Revenue | 14,500,000 |
| Tradeable | 0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Rate | 0.0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Trailing Eps | -0.75 |
| Trailing Peg Ratio | None |
| Triggerable | 1 |
| Two Hundred Day Average | 10.71125 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change | 3.92875 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent | 0.36678725 |
| Type Disp | Equity |
| Volume | 217,618 |
| Website | https://www.quicklogic.com |
| Zip | 95,131 |