TaskUs, Inc. (TASK)Technology | Information Technology Services | New Braunfels, United States | NasdaqGS
7.42 USD
+0.07
(0.952%)
⇧
(April 17, 2026, 4 p.m.
EDT)
After hours: 7.40 -0.02 (-0.020%) ⇩ (April 17, 2026, 5:41 p.m. EDT) Short-term: ★☆☆☆☆ | Long-term: ★★☆☆☆ | Dividends: ★☆☆☆☆ |
Hot Take | April 18, 2026, 11:31 p.m. EDT
Despite Wall Street's bullish word on fundamental growth (14% revenue rise, improving margins), the market reality is deteriorating. A massive 3.65 dollar-one-time special dividend (nearly 50% of the current price) has caused a sharp intraday spike followed by immediate rejection (down 15% from the spike). The massive put accumulation combined with high puts pricing suggests the market views this renormalization as a value trap. Unless momentum recovers significantly above the 52-week high of $18, this looks like a 'sell the news' setup for the one-time cash event. |
| Model | MAE |
|---|---|
| AutoARIMA ✓ | 0.042064 |
| AutoETS | 0.042066 |
| AutoTheta | 0.043231 |
| MSTL | 0.044664 |
Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoARIMA
| Forecast Reliability | |
|---|---|
| Score | 73% |
| H-stat | 1.32 |
| Ljung-Box p | 0.006 |
| Jarque-Bera p | 0.910 |
| Excess Kurtosis | 0.00 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Sector | Technology |
| Ex Dividend Date | 2026-03-25 |
| Last Dividend Date | 2026-03-25 |
| Debt to Equity Ratio | 49.622 |
| Revenue per Share | 13.147 |
| Market Cap | 679,277,696 |
| Trailing P/E | 6.75 |
| Forward P/E | 4.89 |
| Beta | 2.24 |
| Profit Margins | 8.64% |
| Website | https://www.taskus.com |
As of April 18, 2026, 11:31 p.m. EDT: Speculator positioning is mixed, indicating distribution rather than a unified directional bet. Amidst low IV (1.5-2.0%), heavy open interest (OI) and volume exist at the 12.5 strike for both calls and puts, suggesting a key resistance/support level where traders are blockading price. However, distinct activity shows speculators selling over-ten-dollar calls (551 volume vs 156 OI in July) to cap upside, while simultaneously accumulating significant in-the-money put volume (144 contracts with 101 new flow at the ATM spot, and TI option writing). This strategy suggests a 'hedged downside' approach, expecting volatility but limiting any large upside moves.
| Date | Dividend | Yield % |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-26 | 3.65 | 55.810398 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| 52 Week Change | -0.42031252 |
| Address1 | 1,650 Independence Drive |
| Address2 | Suite 100 |
| All Time High | 85.494 |
| All Time Low | 6.2 |
| Ask | 7.46 |
| Ask Size | 1 |
| Average Analyst Rating | 2.8 - Hold |
| Average Daily Volume10 Day | 615,950 |
| Average Daily Volume3 Month | 651,175 |
| Average Volume | 651,175 |
| Average Volume10Days | 615,950 |
| Beta | 2.243 |
| Bid | 7.38 |
| Bid Size | 1 |
| Book Value | 6.63 |
| City | New Braunfels |
| Compensation As Of Epoch Date | 1,767,139,200 |
| Country | United States |
| Crypto Tradeable | 0 |
| Currency | USD |
| Current Price | 7.42 |
| Current Ratio | 3.119 |
| Custom Price Alert Confidence | HIGH |
| Date Short Interest | 1,774,915,200 |
| Day High | 7.54 |
| Day Low | 7.32 |
| Debt To Equity | 49.622 |
| Display Name | TaskUs |
| Dividend Date | 1,774,396,800 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp End | 1,772,056,800 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp Start | 1,772,056,800 |
| Earnings Growth | 2.236 |
| Earnings Quarterly Growth | 2.353 |
| Earnings Timestamp | 1,772,053,200 |
| Earnings Timestamp End | 1,778,184,000 |
| Earnings Timestamp Start | 1,778,184,000 |
| Ebitda | 216,942,000 |
| Ebitda Margins | 0.1833 |
| Enterprise To Ebitda | 3.494 |
| Enterprise To Revenue | 0.64 |
| Enterprise Value | 758,015,488 |
| Eps Current Year | 1.38572 |
| Eps Forward | 1.51816 |
| Eps Trailing Twelve Months | 1.1 |
| Esg Populated | 0 |
| Ex Dividend Date | 1,774,483,200 |
| Exchange | NMS |
| Exchange Data Delayed By | 0 |
| Exchange Timezone Name | America/New_York |
| Exchange Timezone Short Name | EDT |
| Fifty Day Average | 9.3389 |
| Fifty Day Average Change | -1.9188995 |
| Fifty Day Average Change Percent | -0.20547384 |
| Fifty Two Week Change Percent | -42.031254 |
| Fifty Two Week High | 18.39 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change | -10.969999 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change Percent | -0.5965198 |
| Fifty Two Week Low | 6.2 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change | 1.2200003 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent | 0.19677424 |
| Fifty Two Week Range | 6.2 - 18.39 |
| Financial Currency | USD |
| First Trade Date Milliseconds | 1,623,418,200,000 |
| Float Shares | 17,337,046 |
| Forward Eps | 1.51816 |
| Forward P E | 4.8874955 |
| Free Cashflow | 60,823,000 |
| Full Exchange Name | NasdaqGS |
| Full Time Employees | 65,500 |
| Gmt Off Set Milliseconds | -14,400,000 |
| Gross Margins | 0.39922002 |
| Gross Profits | 472,492,000 |
| Has Pre Post Market Data | 1 |
| Held Percent Insiders | 0.25017 |
| Held Percent Institutions | 0.80641997 |
| Implied Shares Outstanding | 91,546,859 |
| Industry | Information Technology Services |
| Industry Disp | Information Technology Services |
| Industry Key | information-technology-services |
| Ipo Expected Date | 2,021-06-11 |
| Is Earnings Date Estimate | 1 |
| Language | en-US |
| Last Dividend Date | 1,774,483,200 |
| Last Dividend Value | 3.65 |
| Last Fiscal Year End | 1,767,139,200 |
| Long Business Summary | TaskUs, Inc. provides outsourced digital services for companies in Philippines, the United States, India, and internationally. The company offers digital customer experience that consists of omni-channel customer care services primarily delivered through non-voice digital channels; and other solutions, including learning experience, new product or market launches, and sales and customer acquisition solutions. It also provides trust and safety solutions, such as monitoring, reviewing and managing user and advertiser-generated content on online platforms to ensure it complies with community guidelines, legal regulations, platform specific policies, risk management, compliance, identity management and fraud; and artificial intelligence (AI) solutions that consist of data labeling, annotation, context relevance, and transcription services for training and tuning machine learning algorithms that enables to develop AI systems. It serves clients in various industry segments comprising social media, e-commerce, gaming, streaming media, food delivery and ride sharing, technology, financial services, and healthcare. The company was formerly known as TU TopCo, Inc. and changed its name to TaskUs, Inc. in December 2020. TaskUs, Inc. was founded in 2008 and is headquartered in New Braunfels, Texas. |
| Long Name | TaskUs, Inc. |
| Market | us_market |
| Market Cap | 679,277,696 |
| Market State | PREPRE |
| Max Age | 86,400 |
| Message Board Id | finmb_250281193 |
| Most Recent Quarter | 1,767,139,200 |
| Net Income To Common | 102,275,000 |
| Next Fiscal Year End | 1,798,675,200 |
| Non Diluted Market Cap | 680,193,161 |
| Number Of Analyst Opinions | 6 |
| Open | 7.49 |
| Operating Cashflow | 137,215,008 |
| Operating Margins | 0.12028 |
| Payout Ratio | 0.0 |
| Phone | 888 400 8275 |
| Post Market Change | -0.01999998 |
| Post Market Change Percent | -0.26954153 |
| Post Market Price | 7.4 |
| Post Market Time | 1,776,462,069 |
| Previous Close | 7.35 |
| Price Eps Current Year | 5.354617 |
| Price Hint | 2 |
| Price To Book | 1.1191553 |
| Price To Sales Trailing12 Months | 0.57393384 |
| Profit Margins | 0.08641 |
| Quick Ratio | 2.856 |
| Quote Source Name | Nasdaq Real Time Price |
| Quote Type | EQUITY |
| Recommendation Key | hold |
| Recommendation Mean | 2.75 |
| Region | US |
| Regular Market Change | 0.0700002 |
| Regular Market Change Percent | 0.952383 |
| Regular Market Day High | 7.54 |
| Regular Market Day Low | 7.32 |
| Regular Market Day Range | 7.32 - 7.54 |
| Regular Market Open | 7.49 |
| Regular Market Previous Close | 7.35 |
| Regular Market Price | 7.42 |
| Regular Market Time | 1,776,456,000 |
| Regular Market Volume | 452,995 |
| Return On Assets | 0.096949995 |
| Return On Equity | 0.18648 |
| Revenue Growth | 0.141 |
| Revenue Per Share | 13.147 |
| Sand P52 Week Change | 0.38150132 |
| Sector | Technology |
| Sector Disp | Technology |
| Sector Key | technology |
| Shares Outstanding | 36,514,165 |
| Shares Percent Shares Out | 0.0215 |
| Shares Short | 1,968,412 |
| Shares Short Previous Month Date | 1,772,150,400 |
| Shares Short Prior Month | 1,539,598 |
| Short Name | TaskUs, Inc. |
| Short Percent Of Float | 0.12979999 |
| Short Ratio | 2.53 |
| Source Interval | 15 |
| State | TX |
| Symbol | TASK |
| Target High Price | 14.0 |
| Target Low Price | 10.0 |
| Target Mean Price | 12.0 |
| Target Median Price | 12.5 |
| Total Cash | 211,676,000 |
| Total Cash Per Share | 2.337 |
| Total Debt | 297,727,008 |
| Total Revenue | 1,183,547,008 |
| Tradeable | 0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Rate | 0.0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Trailing Eps | 1.1 |
| Trailing P E | 6.7454543 |
| Trailing Peg Ratio | None |
| Triggerable | 1 |
| Two Hundred Day Average | 13.17995 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change | -5.7599497 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent | -0.43702364 |
| Type Disp | Equity |
| Volume | 452,995 |
| Website | https://www.taskus.com |
| Zip | 78,132 |