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Spok Holdings, Inc. (SPOK)

Healthcare | Health Information Services | Plano, United States | NasdaqGS
10.65 USD +0.29 (2.799%) ⇧ (Aug. 28, 2026, 4 p.m. EDT)
After hours: 10.48 -0.17 (-0.170%) ⇩ (Aug. 28, 2026, 7:30 p.m. EDT)

Short-term:★★☆☆☆Long-term:★★☆☆☆Dividends:★☆☆☆☆
Hot Take | Aug. 22, 2026, 5:54 a.m. EDT

The investment case for Spok Holdings is currently fractured by a severe disconnect between its headline-grabbing dividend yield and its operational reality. While the stock offers a reported yield of nearly 12%, the payout ratio of 219% indicates the company is distributing far more cash than it earns, effectively burning through capital to maintain the payout. This is confirmed by the recent news of a cut full-year revenue outlook and negative earnings growth, signaling that the dividend is unsustainable and likely to be cut soon. Fundamentally, the business is struggling. Revenue has contracted by nearly 2% annually, and earnings are down double-digits. Although the long-term price chart shows a recovery from a decade-long downtrend, the most recent annual performance was flat, suggesting the market has paused its reassessment of the company's quality. The balance sheet is also stretched with a debt-to-equity ratio exceeding 4x. Short-term, the stock is technically weak, trading below both its 50-day and 200-day moving averages, with options flow showing zero interest from buyers. The statistical forecast model offers no directional bias, reinforcing the view that the stock is in a holding pattern rather than a breakout phase. Investors chasing the high yield are likely setting themselves up for a painful dividend cut and continued capital erosion.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
AutoARIMA ✓0.016260
AutoETS0.016355
MSTL0.016758
AutoTheta0.019393

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoARIMA

Forecast Reliability
Score 50%
H-stat 1.41
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.519
Excess Kurtosis -0.25
Attribute Value
Sector Healthcare
Ex Dividend Date 2026-08-18
Last Dividend Date 2026-08-18
Debt to Equity Ratio 4.108
Revenue per Share 6.563
Market Cap 222,778,144
Trailing P/E 18.05
Forward P/E 12.68
Beta 0.43
Profit Margins 9.00%
Website https://www.spok.com

As of Aug. 22, 2026, 5:54 a.m. EDT: Options activity reveals a distinct lack of bullish positioning. Call volume is negligible across all expirations, while put volume is concentrated in the January 2027 expiration, creating a heavy wall of downside protection at the $12.50 strike. This asymmetry suggests speculators are hedging against further declines rather than anticipating a rally, despite the stock trading near its 52-week lows.


Dividend Data

Yield Summary
Last Yield 1yr Yield 3yr Avg 5yr Avg
2.99% 11.07% 8.90% 10.49%
Dividend History
Date Dividend Yield %
2026-08-19 0.313 2.986641
2026-05-26 0.313 2.917055
2026-03-16 0.313 2.738408
2025-11-18 0.313 2.428239
2025-08-19 0.313 1.742762
2025-05-23 0.313 1.972275
2025-03-14 0.313 1.982267
2024-11-18 0.313 1.913203
2024-08-19 0.313 2.097855
2024-05-23 0.313 2.076974
2024-03-14 0.313 1.859774
2023-11-15 0.313 1.978508
2023-08-16 0.313 2.320237
2023-05-24 0.313 2.488076
2023-03-15 0.313 3.233471
2022-11-15 0.313 3.826406
2022-08-16 0.313 4.402250
2022-05-24 0.313 4.420904
2022-03-15 0.313 3.817073
2021-11-15 0.125 1.233959
2021-08-16 0.125 1.724138
2021-05-24 0.125 1.103266
2021-03-15 0.125 1.094571
2020-11-13 0.125 1.284687
2020-08-14 0.125 1.199616
2020-05-21 0.125 1.197318
2020-03-13 0.125 1.329787
2019-11-14 0.125 1.070205
2019-08-15 0.125 1.099384
2019-05-23 0.125 0.764059
2019-03-14 0.125 0.909753
2018-11-15 0.125 0.849762
2018-08-16 0.125 0.803859
2018-05-24 0.125 0.816993
2018-03-15 0.125 0.889680
2017-11-16 0.125 0.737463
2017-08-16 0.125 0.769231
2017-05-19 0.125 0.737463
2017-03-15 0.125 0.694444
2016-12-30 0.250 1.204819
2016-11-16 0.125 0.706215
2016-08-17 0.125 0.752106
2016-05-19 0.125 0.773036
2016-03-16 0.125 0.769231
2015-11-16 0.250 1.432665
2015-08-17 0.125 0.736160
2015-05-20 0.125 0.731422
2015-03-16 0.125 0.702642
2014-11-14 0.125 0.750300
2014-08-15 0.125 0.838926
2014-05-20 0.125 0.889047
2014-03-14 0.125 0.806972
2013-11-18 0.125 0.848033
2013-08-15 0.125 0.879662
2013-05-16 0.125 0.921829
2013-03-13 0.125 1.014610
2012-11-14 0.125 1.159555
2012-08-15 0.125 1.134301
2012-05-16 0.250 1.944012
2012-03-14 0.250 1.862891
2011-11-16 0.250 1.759324
2011-08-17 0.250 1.616031
2011-05-18 0.250 1.607717
2011-03-15 0.250 1.924557
2010-11-16 1.250 7.901391
2010-08-17 0.250 1.721763
2010-05-18 0.250 1.691475
2010-03-15 0.250 2.022654
2009-11-13 0.250 2.354049
2009-08-12 0.250 1.893939
2009-05-18 0.250 2.194908
2009-03-13 1.250 12.600806
2008-11-12 0.250 2.585315
2008-08-12 0.250 2.224199
2008-05-15 0.250 3.180662
2008-02-21 0.650 5.834829
2007-11-06 0.650 4.024768
2007-08-14 0.650 3.479657
2007-05-15 1.650 7.864633
2007-02-20 0.650 3.345342
2006-11-14 0.650 2.574257
2006-06-28 3.000 18.438844
2005-11-29 1.500 5.677517
Additional Data
dividendRate 1.25
dividendYield 12.07
exDividendDate 2026-08-19
trailingAnnualDividendRate 1.25
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.12065637
lastDividendValue 0.313
lastDividendDate 2026-08-19
dividendDate 2026-09-09

Info Dump

Attribute Value
52 Week Change -0.42794037
Address1 3,000 Technology Drive
Address2 Suite 400
All Time High 39.75
All Time Low 6.13
Ask 13.37
Ask Size 2
Audit Risk 1
Average Daily Volume10 Day 185,920
Average Daily Volume3 Month 170,788
Average Volume 170,788
Average Volume10Days 185,920
Beta 0.427
Bid 7.58
Bid Size 2
Board Risk 2
Book Value 6.69
City Plano
Compensation As Of Epoch Date 1,767,139,200
Compensation Risk 5
Country United States
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Current Price 10.65
Current Ratio 1.093
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Date Short Interest 1,786,665,600
Day High 10.65
Day Low 10.36
Debt To Equity 4.108
Display Name Spok
Dividend Date 1,788,912,000
Dividend Rate 1.25
Dividend Yield 12.07
Earnings Call Timestamp End 1,785,358,800
Earnings Call Timestamp Start 1,785,358,800
Earnings Growth -0.104
Earnings Quarterly Growth -0.095
Earnings Timestamp 1,785,355,200
Earnings Timestamp End 1,793,217,600
Earnings Timestamp Start 1,793,217,600
Ebitda 22,054,000
Ebitda Margins 0.16219999
Enterprise To Ebitda 9.61
Enterprise To Revenue 1.559
Enterprise Value 211,932,160
Eps Forward 0.84
Eps Trailing Twelve Months 0.59
Esg Populated 0
Ex Dividend Date 1,787,097,600
Exchange NMS
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 10.6972
Fifty Day Average Change -0.047200203
Fifty Day Average Change Percent -0.0044123884
Fifty Two Week Change Percent -42.794037
Fifty Two Week High 18.26
Fifty Two Week High Change -7.6100006
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.41675797
Fifty Two Week Low 9.95
Fifty Two Week Low Change 0.6999998
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.07035174
Fifty Two Week Range 9.95 - 18.26
Financial Currency USD
First Trade Date Milliseconds 1,100,701,800,000
Five Year Avg Dividend Yield 9.03
Float Shares 18,207,774
Forward Eps 0.84
Forward P E 12.678572
Free Cashflow 20,814,624
Full Exchange Name NasdaqGS
Full Time Employees 382
Fullday Change 0.29
Fullday Change Percent 2.79923
Fullday Price 10.48
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Governance Epoch Date 1,785,542,400
Gross Margins 0.60376
Gross Profits 82,090,000
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Held Percent Insiders 0.02264
Held Percent Institutions 0.57905
Implied Shares Outstanding 20,918,137
Industry Health Information Services
Industry Disp Health Information Services
Industry Key health-information-services
Is Earnings Date Estimate 0
Language en-US
Last Dividend Date 1,787,097,600
Last Dividend Value 0.313
Last Fiscal Year End 1,767,139,200
Long Business Summary Spok Holdings, Inc., through its subsidiary, Spok, Inc., engages in the healthcare communication solutions in the United States, Europe, Canada, Australia, Asia, and the Middle East. Its products and services enhance workflows for clinicians and support administrative compliance. The company delivers clinical information to care teams when and where it matters to enhance patient outcomes; and provides GenA Pager, a one-way alphanumeric pager. It offers subscriptions to one-way or two-way messaging services, as well as alphanumeric pagers that are configurable to support unencrypted or encrypted operation; and ancillary services, such as voicemail, and equipment loss or maintenance protection services, as well as sells devices to resellers who lease or resell them to their subscribers. The company provides Spok Care Connect suite products for contact centers, clinical alerting and notification, mobile communications and messaging, and public safety notifications. In addition, it provides professional, software license updates, and product support services, as well as sells third-party equipment. It serves businesses, professionals, management personnel, medical personnel, field sales personnel and service forces, members of the construction industry and construction trades, real estate brokers and developers, sales and services organizations, specialty trade organizations, manufacturing organizations, and government agencies. The company was formerly known as USA Mobility, Inc. and changed its name to Spok Holdings, Inc. in July 2014. Spok Holdings, Inc. was founded in 1986 and is headquartered in Plano, Texas.
Long Name Spok Holdings, Inc.
Market us_market
Market Cap 222,778,144
Market State CLOSED
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_10622427
Most Recent Quarter 1,782,777,600
Net Income To Common 12,240,000
Next Fiscal Year End 1,798,675,200
Non Diluted Market Cap 216,711,899
Open 10.42
Operating Cashflow 28,581,000
Operating Margins 0.19908
Overall Risk 1
Payout Ratio 2.193
Phone 800 611 8488
Post Market Change -0.17000008
Post Market Change Percent -1.5962449
Post Market Price 10.48
Post Market Time 1,787,959,804
Previous Close 10.36
Price Hint 2
Price To Book 1.5919281
Price To Sales Trailing12 Months 1.6384964
Profit Margins 0.09002
Quick Ratio 0.866
Quote Source Name Nasdaq Real Time Price
Quote Type EQUITY
Recommendation Key none
Region US
Regular Market Change 0.29
Regular Market Change Percent 2.79923
Regular Market Day High 10.65
Regular Market Day Low 10.36
Regular Market Day Range 10.36 - 10.65
Regular Market Open 10.42
Regular Market Previous Close 10.36
Regular Market Price 10.65
Regular Market Time 1,787,947,200
Regular Market Volume 155,140
Return On Assets 0.056939997
Return On Equity 0.084180005
Revenue Growth -0.019
Revenue Per Share 6.563
Sand P52 Week Change 0.20504117
Sector Healthcare
Sector Disp Healthcare
Sector Key healthcare
Share Holder Rights Risk 2
Shares Outstanding 20,918,137
Shares Percent Shares Out 0.028099999
Shares Short 586,769
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,784,073,600
Shares Short Prior Month 560,202
Short Name Spok Holdings, Inc.
Short Percent Of Float 0.030299999
Short Ratio 3.76
Source Interval 15
State TX
Symbol SPOK
Total Cash 16,592,000
Total Cash Per Share 0.793
Total Debt 5,746,000
Total Revenue 135,964,992
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 1.25
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.12065637
Trailing Eps 0.59
Trailing P E 18.050848
Trailing Peg Ratio None
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 11.8294
Two Hundred Day Average Change -1.1794004
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent -0.099700786
Type Disp Equity
Volume 155,140
Website https://www.spok.com
Zip 75,074