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QUIK

Bearish signalScored 2026-09-23 Drivers: trend, fundamentals. Moteurs : tendance, fondamentaux.

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QuickLogic Corporation

Nom
QuickLogic Corporation
Secteur
Technology
Industrie
Semiconductors
Bourse
NASDAQ
Capitalisation
$161.2M
Employés
51
PDG
Brian C. Faith
Site web
https://www.quicklogic.com
Marché
ASYSATOMCTMINTTMOBXMX

QuickLogic Corporation operates as a fabless semiconductor company. The company offers embedded FPGA intellectual property, low power, multicore semiconductor system-on-chips, discrete FPGAs, and AI software; and end-to-end artificial intelligence/machine learning solution with accurate sensor algorithms using AI technology. It also provides various products, such as software tools, and eFPGA IP enables the practical and efficient field programmability for aerospace and defense, consumer/industrial IoT, and consumer electronics markets. In addition, the company engages in the eFPGA IP Licensing business and associated professional services, consisting of development and integration of eFPGA technology into custom semiconductor solutions. Further, the company offers silicon products, such as EOS, QuickAI, ArcticLink III, PolarPro 3, PolarPro II, PolarPro, and Eclipse II products; Software as a Service (SaaS) subscriptions; and PASIC 3 and QuickRAM, as well as programming hardware and design software services. The company markets and sells its products to defense industrial base contractors, the U.S. government entities, system OEMs, and fabless semiconductor companies through a network of sales managers and distributors in North America, Europe, and the Asia Pacific. QuickLogic Corporation was founded in 1988 and is headquartered in San Jose, California.

Price (1 year)

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VENTE TOTALE: 44 047 titres (~464 996,96 $ US)

Insiders
Faith Brian CTAUSS GARY H
Total bought
—

Avg buy (VWAP, 90d window) —

Total sold
$950,769

Avg sell (VWAP, 90d window) $10.56 vs last close $10.96 (+3.8%)

Total sold sums Form 4 code S in this window. Codes F, M, A and G are left out.

$15,660 of that total is under a Rule 10b5-1 plan. It is shown here and left out of the score.

Last activity
2026-09-17
Liquidity
Thin $2,651,320/day · 20d vol
Last synced
2026-09-25 21:10:50 Synced via automated research pipeline

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Insider holdings as a share of total assets aren't available for this company.

Avg buy and avg sell are volume-weighted prices (sum of shares × price, divided by shares) for Form 4 rows in this 90-day window that report both figures. A comparison with last close is market context for that average, not advice.

Recent Form 4

Filings in the 90-day window for this company. Value is shares × price from the filing. Research, not advice.

Date Person Side Shares Price Value Form 4
2026-09-17 Faith Brian C Sell · S S 17,255 $10.21 ≈ $176,234 Form 4
2026-09-17 Nader Elias Sell · S S 8,291 $10.21 ≈ $84,680 Form 4
2026-09-17 SAXE TIMOTHY Sell · S S 10,364 $10.21 ≈ $105,853 Form 4
2026-09-15 TAUSS GARY H Sell · S S · 10b5-1 1,500 $10.44 ≈ $15,660 Form 4
2026-09-10 Faith Brian C Sell · S S 25,292 $10.80 ≈ $273,103 Form 4
2026-09-10 Nader Elias Sell · S S 12,152 $10.80 ≈ $131,217 Form 4
2026-09-10 SAXE TIMOTHY Sell · S S 15,190 $10.80 ≈ $164,022 Form 4

Sales marked 10b5-1 are scheduled in advance and don't count toward the Quorum score. Les ventes marquées 10b5-1 sont planifiées à l'avance et ne pèsent pas dans le score Quorum.

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Signal

Bearish signalScored 2026-09-23 Drivers: trend, fundamentals. Moteurs : tendance, fondamentaux.

QUIK presents a critically weak financial profile with deeply negative margins, persistent net losses, and negative operating cash flow, leaving virtually no fundamental support for a long position.

The first sentence of the analysis written for QUIK on 2026-09-23 - a real excerpt, not a sample. The rest of it, the 0-100 score and the rating it produced are part of Plus. See plans.

Bearish signal Drivers: trend, fundamentals. Moteurs : tendance, fondamentaux.

Factor checklist — research, not advice

A check leans with a bullish reading. A cross leans against it. A dash is unavailable or mixed.

  • Insider Pulls against a bullish reading. Selling cluster — sale value, no purchase value
  • Congress Unavailable or mixed. No purchase disclosures in the stored window
  • Narrative Pulls against a bullish reading. Stored narrative reading is in the bearish band
  • Timing Pulls against a bullish reading. Close is more than 0.5 ATR under stored support
  • Financial indicators Pulls against a bullish reading. Current ratio 1.14 · operating margin -84%

Suggested stop 9.49, nearest stored support minus 0.5 ATR(13.4% under the last close). Reward/risk to the next stored resistance is 2.62. Research, not advice. Not an order.

Market snapshot

Financial ratios

MetricTrend2025-12-282024-12-312023-12-312022-12-312021-12-31
Gross Profit Margin22.0%59.1%68.3%54.4%58.5%
Ebit Margin-86.7%-17.1%0.3%-24.9%-49.9%
Ebitda Margin-45.6%-3.2%10.5%-20.2%-44.3%
Operating Profit Margin-83.8%-17.1%0.3%-23.5%-59.3%
Pretax Profit Margin-89.4%-19.1%-1.2%-25.8%-51.2%
Continuous Operations Profit Margin-89.6%-19.1%-1.2%-26.4%-52.2%
Net Profit Margin-107.6%-19.1%-1.2%-26.4%-52.2%
Bottom Line Profit Margin-107.6%-19.1%-1.2%-26.4%-52.2%
Current Ratio1.1371.1661.1691.3951.280
Quick Ratio1.0921.1291.1001.2711.170
Solvency Ratio-0.410-0.0390.061-0.170-0.299
Cash Ratio0.8850.8620.8300.9591.039
Price To Earnings Ratio-6.747-43.462-710.769-15.118-8.965
Price To Earnings Growth Ratio-0.027-0.0357.5400.3750.179
Forward Price To Earnings Growth Ratio-0.027-0.0357.5400.3750.179
Price To Earnings Diluted Ratio-6.747-43.462-710.769-15.118-8.965
Price To Earnings Diluted Growth Ratio-0.027-0.0357.5400.3750.179
Price To Book Ratio4.4436.58811.0365.4396.401
Price To Sales Ratio7.2418.1528.7963.9994.647
Price To Free Cash Flow Ratio-15.520-25.468-124.972-13.286-16.479
Price To Operating Cash Flow Ratio-30.5746,072.70438.469-15.952-20.581
Debt To Assets Ratio0.4070.4210.4680.5030.600
Debt To Equity Ratio0.8130.8781.3251.3781.888
Debt To Capital Ratio0.4480.4680.5700.5800.654
Long Term Debt To Capital Ratio0.0400.0460.0270.0360.000
Financial Leverage Ratio1.9952.0872.8292.7393.146
Working Capital Turnover Ratio3.8654.3693.2822.4511.641
Operating Cash Flow Ratio-0.1530.0010.164-0.203-0.152
Operating Cash Flow Sales Ratio-0.2370.0010.229-0.251-0.226
Free Cash Flow Operating Cash Flow Ratio1.970-238.444-0.3081.2011.249
Debt Service Coverage Ratio-0.365-0.0320.104-0.216-0.359
Interest Coverage Ratio-31.186-8.4510.211-25.676-43.445
Short Term Operating Cash Flow Coverage Ratio-0.1930.0010.231-0.263-0.181
Operating Cash Flow Coverage Ratio-0.1790.0010.216-0.247-0.165
Capital Expenditure Coverage Ratio-1.0310.0040.765-4.983-4.017
Dividend Paid And Capex Coverage Ratio-1.0310.0040.765-4.983-4.017
Dividend Payout Ratio0.0000.0000.0000.0000.000
Enterprise Value Multiple-15.783-256.69783.067-18.905-10.093

Sparkline shows each ratio oldest → newest (left → right).

How the latest year compares

For each ratio: its most recent value, the change versus one year earlier, and versus its 5-year average. ▲ higher ▼ lower

MetricCurrentvs 1Y agovs 5Y avg
Gross Profit Margin 22.0% ▼-37.1% ▼-30.4%
Ebit Margin -86.7% ▼-69.7% ▼-51.1%
Ebitda Margin -45.6% ▼-42.4% ▼-25.0%
Operating Profit Margin -83.8% ▼-66.7% ▼-47.1%
Pretax Profit Margin -89.4% ▼-70.3% ▼-52.1%
Continuous Operations Profit Margin -89.5% ▼-70.5% ▼-51.9%
Net Profit Margin -107.6% ▼-88.5% ▼-66.3%
Bottom Line Profit Margin -107.6% ▼-88.5% ▼-66.3%
Current Ratio 1.137 ▼-0.028 ▼-0.092
Quick Ratio 1.092 ▼-0.036 ▼-0.060
Solvency Ratio -0.410 ▼-0.371 ▼-0.238
Cash Ratio 0.885 ▲0.024 ▼-0.030
Price To Earnings Ratio -6.747 ▲36.714 ▲150.265
Price To Earnings Growth Ratio -0.027 ▲0.008 ▼-1.633
Forward Price To Earnings Growth Ratio -0.027 ▲0.008 ▼-1.633
Price To Earnings Diluted Ratio -6.747 ▲36.714 ▲150.265
Price To Earnings Diluted Growth Ratio -0.027 ▲0.008 ▼-1.633
Price To Book Ratio 4.443 ▼-2.146 ▼-2.339
Price To Sales Ratio 7.241 ▼-0.912 ▲0.674
Price To Free Cash Flow Ratio -15.520 ▲9.948 ▲23.625
Price To Operating Cash Flow Ratio -30.574 ▼-6103.278 ▼-1239.387
Debt To Assets Ratio 0.407 ▼-0.014 ▼-0.073
Debt To Equity Ratio 0.813 ▼-0.066 ▼-0.444
Debt To Capital Ratio 0.448 ▼-0.019 ▼-0.096
Long Term Debt To Capital Ratio 0.040 ▼-0.006 ▲0.010
Financial Leverage Ratio 1.995 ▼-0.092 ▼-0.564
Working Capital Turnover Ratio 3.865 ▼-0.504 ▲0.743
Operating Cash Flow Ratio -0.153 ▼-0.154 ▼-0.085
Operating Cash Flow Sales Ratio -0.237 ▼-0.238 ▼-0.140
Free Cash Flow Operating Cash Flow Ratio 1.970 ▲240.414 ▲48.837
Debt Service Coverage Ratio -0.365 ▼-0.334 ▼-0.192
Interest Coverage Ratio -31.186 ▼-22.736 ▼-9.477
Short Term Operating Cash Flow Coverage Ratio -0.193 ▼-0.195 ▼-0.113
Operating Cash Flow Coverage Ratio -0.179 ▼-0.180 ▼-0.104
Capital Expenditure Coverage Ratio -1.031 ▼-1.035 ▲0.821
Dividend Paid And Capex Coverage Ratio -1.031 ▼-1.035 ▲0.821
Dividend Payout Ratio 0.000 0.000 0.000
Enterprise Value Multiple -15.783 ▲240.914 ▲27.899

Key metrics

MetricTrend20252024202320222021
Market cap$99.7M$164.0M$186.5M$64.7M$58.9M
Enterprise value$99.1M$163.9M$184.2M$61.9M$56.7M
EV / Sales7.20x8.15x8.69x3.83x4.47x
EV / Op. cash flow-30.39x6072.00x38.01x-15.26x-19.80x
EV / Free cash flow-15.43x-25.46x-123.49x-12.71x-15.86x
EV / EBITDA-15.78x-256.70x83.07x-18.91x-10.09x
Net debt / EBITDA0.10x0.03x-1.00x0.86x0.40x
Current ratio1.14x1.17x1.17x1.40x1.28x
Income quality0.26x-0.01x-18.43x0.95x0.43x
Graham net-net-$0-$0-$0$0$0
Tax burden120.3%100.1%100.8%102.4%101.8%
Interest burden103.1%111.8%-372.9%103.7%102.7%
Working capital$2.9M$4.2M$5.0M$7.9M$5.3M
Invested capital$22.0M$24.1M$17.7M$12.1M$9.5M
Return on assets-33.1%-7.4%-0.6%-13.1%-22.8%
Operating ROA-23.9%-6.9%0.2%-12.3%-24.3%
Return on tangible assets-33.3%-7.9%-0.6%-14.1%-24.7%
Return on equity-66.0%-15.4%-1.6%-35.9%-71.8%
Return on invested capital-28.4%-7.3%0.2%-13.4%-28.1%
Return on capital employed-49.1%-12.9%0.4%-30.2%-74.4%
Earnings yield-14.9%-2.3%-0.1%-6.6%-11.2%
Free cash flow yield-6.4%-3.9%-0.8%-7.5%-6.1%
Capex / Op. cash flow-97.0%23944.4%130.8%-20.1%-24.9%
Capex / Depreciation55.8%166.5%294.2%54.6%53.8%
Capex / Sales23.0%32.1%29.9%5.0%5.6%
SG&A / Sales67.4%43.6%37.6%47.0%63.1%
R&D / Sales38.4%32.5%30.4%30.9%54.6%
Stock comp / Sales24.1%22.9%11.9%12.6%19.9%
Intangibles / Total assets0.8%6.6%5.8%7.2%7.5%
Days sales outstanding80d93d111d105d37d
Days payables outstanding76d138d253d118d65d
Operating cycle113d135d221d229d181d
Cash conversion cycle36d-4d-32d111d117d

Change by theme

Grouped by what each metric measures. Each figure is the change over the period shown — ▲ up ▼ down versus then.

Change over 1 year

Valuation
Market cap ▼-39.2%EV / Sales ▼-11.7%EV / EBITDA ▲+93.9%EV / Op. cash flow ▼-6102.391Earnings yield ▼-0.125
Profitability
Return on equity ▼-0.506Return on assets ▼-0.257Return on invested capital ▼-0.210Return on capital employed ▼-0.362Operating ROA ▼-0.170Income quality ▲+0.271Tax burden ▲+0.202
Efficiency
Days sales outstanding ▼-12.697Days payables outstanding ▼-61.939Operating cycle ▼-21.916Cash conversion cycle ▲+40.022Capex / Sales ▼-0.092R&D / Sales ▲+0.059
Balance-sheet strength
Current ratio ▼-0.028Net debt / EBITDA ▲+0.065Working capital ▼-1286000.000Invested capital ▼-2150000.000Intangibles / Total assets ▼-0.059

Change over 5 years

Valuation
Market cap ▲+69.2%EV / Sales ▲+61.0%EV / EBITDA ▼-56.4%EV / Op. cash flow ▼-10.586Earnings yield ▼-0.036
Profitability
Return on equity ▲+0.058Return on assets ▼-0.102Return on invested capital ▼-0.002Return on capital employed ▲+0.253Operating ROA ▲+0.004Income quality ▼-0.168Tax burden ▲+0.185
Efficiency
Days sales outstanding ▲+42.953Days payables outstanding ▲+11.763Operating cycle ▼-68.589Cash conversion cycle ▼-80.351Capex / Sales ▲+0.174R&D / Sales ▼-0.162
Balance-sheet strength
Current ratio ▼-0.143Net debt / EBITDA ▼-0.301Working capital ▼-2364000.000Invested capital ▲+12467000.000Intangibles / Total assets ▼-0.068

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