Smith Micro Software, Inc. (SMSI)Technology | Software - Application | Pittsburgh, United States | NasdaqCM
2.91 USD
-0.05
(-1.689%) ⇩
(Aug. 28, 2026, 4 p.m.
EDT)
After hours: 2.91 |
Hot Take ↕ | Aug. 22, 2026, 4:15 a.m. EDT
The investment case for Smith Micro Software is currently broken by deteriorating fundamentals and a catastrophic multi-year price trajectory. Despite a recent quarterly revenue beat and a positive year-over-year price move, the company has suffered a nearly 97% decline over the last nine years, with five consecutive years of negative annual returns prior to the latest recovery. This deep structural decline suggests the market views the current business model as insufficient to sustain value, rendering any low valuation multiples misleading. The balance sheet is fragile, with negative free cash flow, negative operating cash flow, and negative returns on equity and assets. While the forward P/E looks attractive, it relies on a turnaround that has not yet materialized in terms of profitability. With no dividend to provide income and a statistical forecast showing a weak bearish lean, the security offers no clear edge for investors at these levels. |
| Model | MAE |
|---|---|
| MSTL ✓ | 0.403259 |
| AutoETS | 0.409331 |
| AutoARIMA | 0.409338 |
| AutoTheta | 0.456143 |
Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: MSTL
| Forecast Reliability | |
|---|---|
| Score | 33% |
| H-stat | 4.13 |
| Ljung-Box p | 0.000 |
| Jarque-Bera p | 0.001 |
| Excess Kurtosis | 0.66 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Sector | Technology |
| Debt to Equity Ratio | 25.753 |
| Revenue per Share | 3.498 |
| Market Cap | 16,266,551 |
| Forward P/E | 6.33 |
| Beta | 0.72 |
| Profit Margins | -92.59% |
| Website | https://www.smithmicro.com |
As of Aug. 22, 2026, 4:15 a.m. EDT: Options activity is extremely thin with negligible volume and open interest across both calls and puts. Implied volatility is effectively zero, indicating a lack of speculative positioning or hedging activity. The market appears indifferent to near-term directional moves.
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| 52 Week Change | -0.2135135 |
| Address1 | 5,800 Corporate Drive |
| All Time High | 5,120.0 |
| All Time Low | 2.05 |
| Ask | 3.75 |
| Ask Size | 2 |
| Audit Risk | 4 |
| Average Daily Volume10 Day | 16,950 |
| Average Daily Volume3 Month | 158,329 |
| Average Volume | 158,329 |
| Average Volume10Days | 16,950 |
| Beta | 0.718 |
| Bid | 2.16 |
| Bid Size | 2 |
| Board Risk | 9 |
| Book Value | 3.581 |
| City | Pittsburgh |
| Compensation As Of Epoch Date | 1,767,139,200 |
| Compensation Risk | 7 |
| Country | United States |
| Crypto Tradeable | 0 |
| Currency | USD |
| Current Price | 2.91 |
| Current Ratio | 1.446 |
| Custom Price Alert Confidence | HIGH |
| Date Short Interest | 1,786,665,600 |
| Day High | 3.0 |
| Day Low | 2.8683 |
| Debt To Equity | 25.753 |
| Display Name | Smith Micro Software |
| Dividend Date | 1,471,392,000 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp End | 1,786,653,000 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp Start | 1,786,653,000 |
| Earnings Timestamp | 1,786,651,200 |
| Earnings Timestamp End | 1,793,822,400 |
| Earnings Timestamp Start | 1,793,822,400 |
| Ebitda | -9,345,000 |
| Ebitda Margins | -0.55347997 |
| Enterprise To Ebitda | -1.919 |
| Enterprise To Revenue | 1.062 |
| Enterprise Value | 17,935,550 |
| Eps Current Year | -0.67 |
| Eps Forward | 0.46 |
| Eps Trailing Twelve Months | -3.14 |
| Esg Populated | 0 |
| Exchange | NCM |
| Exchange Data Delayed By | 0 |
| Exchange Timezone Name | America/New_York |
| Exchange Timezone Short Name | EDT |
| Fifty Day Average | 2.7484 |
| Fifty Day Average Change | 0.16160011 |
| Fifty Day Average Change Percent | 0.05879789 |
| Fifty Two Week Change Percent | -21.351349 |
| Fifty Two Week High | 4.65 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change | -1.74 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change Percent | -0.37419355 |
| Fifty Two Week Low | 2.05 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change | 0.86000013 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent | 0.41951227 |
| Fifty Two Week Range | 2.05 - 4.65 |
| Financial Currency | USD |
| First Trade Date Milliseconds | 811,517,400,000 |
| Float Shares | 4,118,344 |
| Forward Eps | 0.46 |
| Forward P E | 6.326087 |
| Free Cashflow | -2,101,625 |
| Full Exchange Name | NasdaqCM |
| Full Time Employees | 118 |
| Fullday Change | -0.05 |
| Fullday Change Percent | -1.68919 |
| Fullday Price | 2.91 |
| Gmt Off Set Milliseconds | -14,400,000 |
| Governance Epoch Date | 1,785,542,400 |
| Gross Margins | 0.77499 |
| Gross Profits | 13,085,000 |
| Has Pre Post Market Data | 1 |
| Held Percent Insiders | 0.23732 |
| Held Percent Institutions | 0.09332 |
| Implied Shares Outstanding | 5,589,880 |
| Industry | Software - Application |
| Industry Disp | Software - Application |
| Industry Key | software-application |
| Is Earnings Date Estimate | 0 |
| Language | en-US |
| Last Fiscal Year End | 1,767,139,200 |
| Last Split Date | 1,780,617,600 |
| Last Split Factor | 1:5 |
| Long Business Summary | Smith Micro Software, Inc. develops and sells software solutions to simplify and enhance the mobile experience to wireless and cable service providers in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. The company offers SafePath OS, SafePath Kids, SafePath Family, SafePath Global, SafePath Drive, OS for senior phone, SafePath 8, drive, digital wellness, and SafePath IoT, which provides tools to protect digital lifestyles and manage connected devices inside and outside the home; and CommSuite, a messaging platform that helps mobile service provides deliver a next-generation voicemail experience to mobile subscribers, and CommSuite visual voicemail and premium visual voicemail, as well as enables multi-language voice-to-text (VTT) transcription messaging. It also engages in family safety cloud-based, and consulting services. Smith Micro Software, Inc. was founded in 1982 and is headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. |
| Long Name | Smith Micro Software, Inc. |
| Market | us_market |
| Market Cap | 16,266,551 |
| Market State | CLOSED |
| Max Age | 86,400 |
| Message Board Id | finmb_350676 |
| Most Recent Quarter | 1,782,777,600 |
| Net Income To Common | -16,488,000 |
| Next Fiscal Year End | 1,798,675,200 |
| Non Diluted Market Cap | 16,546,044 |
| Number Of Analyst Opinions | 2 |
| Open | 2.8683 |
| Operating Cashflow | -8,957,000 |
| Operating Margins | -0.54573 |
| Overall Risk | 7 |
| Payout Ratio | 0.0 |
| Peg Ratio | 1.25 |
| Phone | 412 837 5300 |
| Post Market Change | 0.0 |
| Post Market Change Percent | 0.0 |
| Post Market Price | 2.91 |
| Post Market Time | 1,787,959,805 |
| Previous Close | 2.96 |
| Price Eps Current Year | -4.3432837 |
| Price Hint | 4 |
| Price To Book | 0.8126222 |
| Price To Sales Trailing12 Months | 0.9634299 |
| Profit Margins | -0.92591006 |
| Quick Ratio | 1.151 |
| Quote Source Name | Nasdaq Real Time Price |
| Quote Type | EQUITY |
| Recommendation Key | none |
| Region | US |
| Regular Market Change | -0.05 |
| Regular Market Change Percent | -1.68919 |
| Regular Market Day High | 3.0 |
| Regular Market Day Low | 2.8683 |
| Regular Market Day Range | 2.8683 - 3.0 |
| Regular Market Open | 2.8683 |
| Regular Market Previous Close | 2.96 |
| Regular Market Price | 2.91 |
| Regular Market Time | 1,787,947,201 |
| Regular Market Volume | 15,361 |
| Return On Assets | -0.32875 |
| Return On Equity | -0.78661 |
| Revenue Growth | -0.018 |
| Revenue Per Share | 3.498 |
| Sand P52 Week Change | 0.20204377 |
| Sector | Technology |
| Sector Disp | Technology |
| Sector Key | technology |
| Share Holder Rights Risk | 7 |
| Shares Outstanding | 5,589,880 |
| Shares Percent Shares Out | 0.0191 |
| Shares Short | 106,981 |
| Shares Short Previous Month Date | 1,784,073,600 |
| Shares Short Prior Month | 135,136 |
| Short Name | Smith Micro Software, Inc. |
| Short Percent Of Float | 0.0251 |
| Short Ratio | 3.62 |
| Source Interval | 15 |
| State | PA |
| Symbol | SMSI |
| Target High Price | 12.0 |
| Target Low Price | 10.0 |
| Target Mean Price | 11.0 |
| Target Median Price | 11.0 |
| Total Cash | 2,795,000 |
| Total Cash Per Share | 0.5 |
| Total Debt | 4,464,000 |
| Total Revenue | 16,884,000 |
| Tradeable | 0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Rate | 0.0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Trailing Eps | -3.14 |
| Trailing Peg Ratio | None |
| Triggerable | 1 |
| Two Hundred Day Average | 3.1794 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change | -0.26939988 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent | -0.084732935 |
| Type Disp | Equity |
| Volume | 15,361 |
| Website | https://www.smithmicro.com |
| Zip | 15,237 |