Tucows Inc. (TCX)Technology | Software - Infrastructure | Toronto, Canada | NasdaqCM
17.61 USD
+0.07
(0.428%)
⇧
(April 21, 2026, 11:02 a.m.
EDT)
Short-term: ★★☆☆☆ | Long-term: ★★☆☆☆ | Dividends: ★☆☆☆☆ |
Hot Take | April 19, 2026, 12:43 a.m. EDT
Tucows (TCX) is currently a fundamental value trap facing a 'double whammy' of cash burn (negative operating & free cash flow) and an existential threat regarding its Ting division. Despite the $40M buyback and institutional interest, the stock's structural flaws (high short ratio, negative book value, deleterious profit margins) and insider selling at current prices outweigh the optimistic 5.7% price forecast. The options market is essentially pricing in a potential volatility event or permanent capital re-allocation at $25-$30, suggesting a higher probability of further downside before any significant recovery. |
| Model | MAE |
|---|---|
| AutoARIMA ✓ | 0.260229 |
| AutoTheta | 0.276014 |
| AutoETS | 0.276055 |
| MSTL | 0.278162 |
Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoARIMA
| Forecast Reliability | |
|---|---|
| Score | 48% |
| H-stat | 5.28 |
| Ljung-Box p | 0.000 |
| Jarque-Bera p | 0.059 |
| Excess Kurtosis | -0.30 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Sector | Technology |
| Last Dividend Date | 2001-05-10 |
| Revenue per Share | 35.271 |
| Market Cap | 195,925,552 |
| Forward P/E | 9.07 |
| Beta | 1.03 |
| Profit Margins | -19.43% |
| Website | https://www.tucows.com |
As of April 19, 2026, 12:43 a.m. EDT: Options activity reveals a distinct asymmetry in speculator positioning. The June-August Put chain shows massive Open Interest (OI) concentration at strikes $25.00 (306 contracts) and $30.00 (67 contracts), creating a heavy 'wall' for downside protection or a hedge against a deeper correction to these levels. Conversely, while there is some ATM call interest, the volume of long-dated puts significantly outweighs calls in terms of positioning weight ($377vs$347 OI in the extended May-Aug periods combined). This suggests a net-long-term bearish bias or strong hedging activity by shareholders concerned about the potential impairment of the Ting asset sale and management instability. Implied Volatility (IV) in the near term is low (approx 0.5-3.4%), indicating complacency or low expectations for immediate news-driven volatility, while longer-dated IV remains suppressed.
| Date | Dividend | Yield % |
|---|---|---|
| 2001-05-11 | 0.268 | 6.979167 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| 52 Week Change | 0.06760049 |
| Address1 | 96 Mowat Avenue |
| All Time High | 94.2 |
| All Time Low | 0.4 |
| Ask | 22.89 |
| Ask Size | 2 |
| Audit Risk | 10 |
| Average Daily Volume10 Day | 31,650 |
| Average Daily Volume3 Month | 31,301 |
| Average Volume | 31,301 |
| Average Volume10Days | 31,650 |
| Beta | 1.028 |
| Bid | 12.71 |
| Bid Size | 2 |
| Board Risk | 9 |
| Book Value | -14.778 |
| City | Toronto |
| Compensation As Of Epoch Date | 1,767,139,200 |
| Compensation Risk | 7 |
| Country | Canada |
| Crypto Tradeable | 0 |
| Currency | USD |
| Current Price | 17.605 |
| Current Ratio | 0.615 |
| Custom Price Alert Confidence | HIGH |
| Date Short Interest | 1,774,915,200 |
| Day High | 17.83 |
| Day Low | 17.31 |
| Display Name | Tucows |
| Earnings Call Timestamp End | 1,772,056,800 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp Start | 1,772,056,800 |
| Earnings Timestamp | 1,770,930,000 |
| Earnings Timestamp End | 1,778,184,000 |
| Earnings Timestamp Start | 1,778,184,000 |
| Ebitda | 27,794,000 |
| Ebitda Margins | 0.07121 |
| Enterprise To Ebitda | 29.865 |
| Enterprise To Revenue | 2.127 |
| Enterprise Value | 830,065,856 |
| Eps Forward | 1.94 |
| Eps Trailing Twelve Months | -6.85 |
| Esg Populated | 0 |
| Exchange | NCM |
| Exchange Data Delayed By | 0 |
| Exchange Timezone Name | America/New_York |
| Exchange Timezone Short Name | EDT |
| Fifty Day Average | 17.3098 |
| Fifty Day Average Change | 0.29520035 |
| Fifty Day Average Change Percent | 0.017053945 |
| Fifty Two Week Change Percent | 6.760049 |
| Fifty Two Week High | 25.17 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change | -7.5650005 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change Percent | -0.30055624 |
| Fifty Two Week Low | 15.18 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change | 2.4249992 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent | 0.15974961 |
| Fifty Two Week Range | 15.18 - 25.17 |
| Financial Currency | USD |
| First Trade Date Milliseconds | 830,871,000,000 |
| Float Shares | 5,696,476 |
| Forward Eps | 1.94 |
| Forward P E | 9.074741 |
| Free Cashflow | -21,019,124 |
| Full Exchange Name | NasdaqCM |
| Full Time Employees | 759 |
| Gmt Off Set Milliseconds | -14,400,000 |
| Governance Epoch Date | 1,775,001,600 |
| Gross Margins | 0.35224998 |
| Gross Profits | 137,484,000 |
| Has Pre Post Market Data | 1 |
| Held Percent Insiders | 0.20129 |
| Held Percent Institutions | 0.67851996 |
| Implied Shares Outstanding | 11,128,972 |
| Industry | Software - Infrastructure |
| Industry Disp | Software - Infrastructure |
| Industry Key | software-infrastructure |
| Ir Website | http://tucowsinc.com/investors/ |
| Is Earnings Date Estimate | 1 |
| Language | en-US |
| Last Dividend Date | 989,539,200 |
| Last Dividend Value | 0.268 |
| Last Fiscal Year End | 1,767,139,200 |
| Last Split Date | 1,388,448,000 |
| Last Split Factor | 1:4 |
| Long Business Summary | Tucows Inc. provides domain name registration, email, and other internet related services in North America and Europe. It operates through three segments: Ting, Wavelo, and Tucows Domains. The Ting segment provides gigabit fiber and fixed wireless internet services to consumer and business customers. The Wavelo segment offers full-service platforms and professional services that support communication services providers, including subscription and billing management, network orchestration and provisioning, and individual developer tools, as well as billing solutions to internet services providers under the Platypus brand. The Tucows Domains segment provides wholesale and retail domain name registration services under the OpenSRS, eNom, Ascio, EPAG, and Hover brands, as well as value added services, such as hosted email, internet security services, WHOIS privacy, and other value-added services. The company offers its services primarily through an internet-based distribution network of internet service providers, web hosting companies, and other providers of internet services to end-users. Tucows Inc. was founded in 1992 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada. |
| Long Name | Tucows Inc. |
| Market | us_market |
| Market Cap | 195,925,552 |
| Market State | REGULAR |
| Max Age | 86,400 |
| Message Board Id | finmb_1342547 |
| Most Recent Quarter | 1,767,139,200 |
| Net Income To Common | -75,819,000 |
| Next Fiscal Year End | 1,798,675,200 |
| Non Diluted Market Cap | 192,753,795 |
| Open | 17.31 |
| Operating Cashflow | -5,758,000 |
| Operating Margins | -0.084259994 |
| Overall Risk | 7 |
| Payout Ratio | 0.0 |
| Peg Ratio | 1.89 |
| Phone | 416 535 0123 |
| Previous Close | 17.53 |
| Price Hint | 2 |
| Price To Book | -1.1912979 |
| Price To Sales Trailing12 Months | 0.50198704 |
| Profit Margins | -0.19426 |
| Quick Ratio | 0.216 |
| Quote Source Name | Nasdaq Real Time Price |
| Quote Type | EQUITY |
| Recommendation Key | none |
| Region | US |
| Regular Market Change | 0.074998856 |
| Regular Market Change Percent | 0.42783144 |
| Regular Market Day High | 17.83 |
| Regular Market Day Low | 17.31 |
| Regular Market Day Range | 17.31 - 17.83 |
| Regular Market Open | 17.31 |
| Regular Market Previous Close | 17.53 |
| Regular Market Price | 17.605 |
| Regular Market Time | 1,776,783,762 |
| Regular Market Volume | 2,453 |
| Return On Assets | -0.01496 |
| Revenue Growth | 0.06 |
| Revenue Per Share | 35.271 |
| Sand P52 Week Change | 0.34445214 |
| Sector | Technology |
| Sector Disp | Technology |
| Sector Key | technology |
| Share Holder Rights Risk | 4 |
| Shares Outstanding | 11,128,972 |
| Shares Percent Shares Out | 0.052399997 |
| Shares Short | 583,669 |
| Shares Short Previous Month Date | 1,772,150,400 |
| Shares Short Prior Month | 523,028 |
| Short Name | Tucows Inc. |
| Short Percent Of Float | 0.0862 |
| Short Ratio | 14.47 |
| Source Interval | 15 |
| State | ON |
| Symbol | TCX |
| Total Cash | 46,759,000 |
| Total Cash Per Share | 4.202 |
| Total Debt | 681,734,016 |
| Total Revenue | 390,300,000 |
| Tradeable | 0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Rate | 0.0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Trailing Eps | -6.85 |
| Trailing Peg Ratio | None |
| Triggerable | 1 |
| Two Hundred Day Average | 19.60995 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change | -2.0049496 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent | -0.10224145 |
| Type Disp | Equity |
| Volume | 2,453 |
| Website | https://www.tucows.com |
| Zip | M6K 3M1 |