Rekor Systems, Inc. (REKR)Technology | Software - Infrastructure | Columbia, United States | NasdaqCM
0.55 USD
-0.03
(-4.494%) ⇩
(Aug. 28, 2026, 4 p.m.
EDT)
After hours: 0.56 +0.01 (1.660%) ⇧ (Aug. 28, 2026, 7:54 p.m. EDT) |
Hot Take ↕ | Aug. 22, 2026, 5:16 a.m. EDT
The investment case for Rekor Systems is currently broken by a severe disconnect between its operational reality and its market performance. While analysts offer a 'strong buy' rating based on a uniform $2.50 target, the company's fundamentals tell a different story: it is burning cash, posting negative operating margins, and has delivered a catastrophic 61% cumulative decline over the last eight years. The price history reveals a brutal pattern of volatility where gains were quickly erased by deeper losses, with the stock trading significantly below its 200-day average, confirming a long-term downtrend. The options market reflects this pessimism, with traders buying deep out-of-the-money puts to hedge against further collapse rather than betting on a rally. Until the company demonstrates sustained profitability and a reversal in its multi-year price trajectory, the 'strong buy' analyst consensus appears to be ignoring the harsh verdict of the market. |
| Model | MAE |
|---|---|
| MSTL ✓ | 0.059583 |
| AutoETS | 0.066464 |
| AutoTheta | 0.188372 |
| AutoARIMA | 0.265786 |
Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: MSTL
| Forecast Reliability | |
|---|---|
| Score | 41% |
| H-stat | 0.94 |
| Ljung-Box p | 0.000 |
| Jarque-Bera p | 0.437 |
| Excess Kurtosis | -0.90 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Sector | Technology |
| Debt to Equity Ratio | 77.778 |
| Revenue per Share | 0.377 |
| Market Cap | 75,466,096 |
| Forward P/E | -9.14 |
| Beta | 1.81 |
| Profit Margins | -43.84% |
| Website | https://www.rekor.ai |
As of Aug. 22, 2026, 5:16 a.m. EDT: Speculators are positioning heavily for downside protection, with significant open interest in out-of-the-money puts at strikes of $1.50 and $2.00 expiring late in 2026 and early 2027. Call activity is concentrated at lower strikes ($1.00-$1.50), suggesting a speculative bid for a bounce rather than a conviction bet on a major recovery. Implied volatility remains extremely low across all expirations, indicating a lack of pricing for significant moves.
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| 52 Week Change | -0.4733945 |
| Address1 | 6,721 Columbia Gateway Drive |
| Address2 | Suite 400 |
| All Time High | 25.38 |
| All Time Low | 0.432 |
| Ask | 0.5446 |
| Ask Size | 3 |
| Average Analyst Rating | 1.0 - Strong Buy |
| Average Daily Volume10 Day | 1,621,550 |
| Average Daily Volume3 Month | 1,938,182 |
| Average Volume | 1,938,182 |
| Average Volume10Days | 1,621,550 |
| Beta | 1.81 |
| Bid | 0.406 |
| Bid Size | 2 |
| Book Value | 0.248 |
| City | Columbia |
| Compensation As Of Epoch Date | 1,767,139,200 |
| Country | United States |
| Crypto Tradeable | 0 |
| Currency | USD |
| Current Price | 0.5483 |
| Current Ratio | 0.778 |
| Custom Price Alert Confidence | HIGH |
| Date Short Interest | 1,786,665,600 |
| Day High | 0.5814 |
| Day Low | 0.5415 |
| Debt To Equity | 77.778 |
| Display Name | Rekor Systems |
| Earnings Call Timestamp End | 1,786,653,000 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp Start | 1,786,653,000 |
| Earnings Timestamp | 1,786,624,200 |
| Earnings Timestamp End | 1,794,486,600 |
| Earnings Timestamp Start | 1,794,486,600 |
| Ebitda | -12,515,000 |
| Ebitda Margins | -0.25121 |
| Enterprise To Ebitda | -7.357 |
| Enterprise To Revenue | 1.848 |
| Enterprise Value | 92,071,584 |
| Eps Forward | -0.06 |
| Eps Trailing Twelve Months | -0.15 |
| Esg Populated | 0 |
| Exchange | NCM |
| Exchange Data Delayed By | 0 |
| Exchange Timezone Name | America/New_York |
| Exchange Timezone Short Name | EDT |
| Fifty Day Average | 0.64196 |
| Fifty Day Average Change | -0.09366 |
| Fifty Day Average Change Percent | -0.14589693 |
| Fifty Two Week Change Percent | -47.33945 |
| Fifty Two Week High | 3.42 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change | -2.8717 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change Percent | -0.83967835 |
| Fifty Two Week Low | 0.5415 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change | 0.0068000555 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent | 0.012557813 |
| Fifty Two Week Range | 0.5415 - 3.42 |
| Financial Currency | USD |
| First Trade Date Milliseconds | 1,504,013,400,000 |
| Float Shares | 132,883,245 |
| Forward Eps | -0.06 |
| Forward P E | -9.138334 |
| Free Cashflow | -4,818,750 |
| Full Exchange Name | NasdaqCM |
| Full Time Employees | 233 |
| Fullday Change | -0.0258 |
| Fullday Change Percent | -4.49399 |
| Fullday Price | 0.5574 |
| Gmt Off Set Milliseconds | -14,400,000 |
| Gross Margins | 0.58242 |
| Gross Profits | 29,015,000 |
| Has Pre Post Market Data | 1 |
| Held Percent Insiders | 0.03987 |
| Held Percent Institutions | 0.28096 |
| Implied Shares Outstanding | 137,636,495 |
| Industry | Software - Infrastructure |
| Industry Disp | Software - Infrastructure |
| Industry Key | software-infrastructure |
| Is Earnings Date Estimate | 0 |
| Language | en-US |
| Last Fiscal Year End | 1,767,139,200 |
| Long Business Summary | Rekor Systems, Inc. provides infrastructure solutions for public safety, urban mobility, and transportation management markets in the United States and internationally. The company offers Rekor One, a roadway intelligence engine; Rekor Command for transportation management; Rekor Discover for urban mobility; Rekor Scout for public safety; and Rekor AutoNotice, cloud-based financial management application for contactless compliance, as well as Rekor CarCheck, an artificial intelligence (AI) based vehicle and license plate recognition technology. It also provides Rekor Edge Max, a fixed traffic data collection system that captures and transforms roadway data into holistic traffic insights; Rekor Edge Pro, a vehicle recognition solution that is used on a standalone basis or integrated into a network; and Rekor Edge Flex, a portable data collection system. In addition, the company provides traffic services, such as traditional traffic studies for permanent and temporary traffic analytics projects; AI-driven traffic studies for traffic management; and traffic engineering services. Rekor Systems, Inc. was incorporated in 2017 and is headquartered in Columbia, Maryland. |
| Long Name | Rekor Systems, Inc. |
| Market | us_market |
| Market Cap | 75,466,096 |
| Market State | CLOSED |
| Max Age | 86,400 |
| Message Board Id | finmb_339110510 |
| Most Recent Quarter | 1,782,777,600 |
| Net Income To Common | -21,840,000 |
| Next Fiscal Year End | 1,798,675,200 |
| Non Diluted Market Cap | 78,989,584 |
| Number Of Analyst Opinions | 1 |
| Open | 0.58 |
| Operating Cashflow | -10,770,000 |
| Operating Margins | -0.19989 |
| Payout Ratio | 0.0 |
| Phone | 410 762 0800 |
| Post Market Change | 0.00909996 |
| Post Market Change Percent | 1.6596681 |
| Post Market Price | 0.5574 |
| Post Market Time | 1,787,961,269 |
| Previous Close | 0.5741 |
| Price Hint | 4 |
| Price To Book | 2.2108872 |
| Price To Sales Trailing12 Months | 1.514836 |
| Profit Margins | -0.4384 |
| Quick Ratio | 0.604 |
| Quote Type | EQUITY |
| Recommendation Key | strong_buy |
| Recommendation Mean | 1.0 |
| Region | US |
| Regular Market Change | -0.0258 |
| Regular Market Change Percent | -4.49399 |
| Regular Market Day High | 0.5814 |
| Regular Market Day Low | 0.5415 |
| Regular Market Day Range | 0.5415 - 0.5814 |
| Regular Market Open | 0.58 |
| Regular Market Previous Close | 0.5741 |
| Regular Market Price | 0.5483 |
| Regular Market Time | 1,787,947,200 |
| Regular Market Volume | 2,323,018 |
| Return On Assets | -0.14968 |
| Return On Equity | -0.62824 |
| Revenue Growth | 0.025 |
| Revenue Per Share | 0.377 |
| Sand P52 Week Change | 0.20504117 |
| Sector | Technology |
| Sector Disp | Technology |
| Sector Key | technology |
| Shares Outstanding | 137,636,495 |
| Shares Percent Shares Out | 0.106400006 |
| Shares Short | 14,642,217 |
| Shares Short Previous Month Date | 1,784,073,600 |
| Shares Short Prior Month | 16,810,584 |
| Short Name | Rekor Systems, Inc. |
| Short Percent Of Float | 0.1223 |
| Short Ratio | 9.25 |
| Source Interval | 15 |
| State | MD |
| Symbol | REKR |
| Target High Price | 2.5 |
| Target Low Price | 2.5 |
| Target Mean Price | 2.5 |
| Target Median Price | 2.5 |
| Total Cash | 9,766,000 |
| Total Cash Per Share | 0.071 |
| Total Debt | 26,545,000 |
| Total Revenue | 49,818,000 |
| Tradeable | 0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Rate | 0.0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Trailing Eps | -0.15 |
| Trailing Peg Ratio | None |
| Triggerable | 1 |
| Two Hundred Day Average | 1.020775 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change | -0.47247493 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent | -0.46285906 |
| Type Disp | Equity |
| Volume | 2,323,018 |
| Website | https://www.rekor.ai |
| Zip | 21,046 |