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Consumer Staples · ·
$1.48
▼ $0.01 (-0.7%)
Market data updated: 09/26 09:01 PM
Fundamentals updated: 09/26/2026
News analyzed: 09/26/2026
Market Cap
$67.40M
Day Range
$1.46 - $1.53
52-Week Range
$1.40 - $2.59
Beta
—
Next Earnings
07.12.2026
Support
$1.40
Resistance
$1.91
GNSS is a stock from the Consumer Defensive sector — Food, beverages, and household products — steady demand even in a recession, since these are essential consumer goods.
-41.5% (1Y)
Strengths: 7/27 factors positiveRisk: High
This score and all analysis on this page are for informational and educational purposes only and do not constitute investment advice. Read the full disclaimer
Weighted: Technical 25% · Fundamental 20% · Growth 15% · Valuation 15% · News 10% · Quality 10% · Risk 5%
Overall Score
🔴 Bearish
Technical Trend
🔴 Bearish
Insiders
🟢 Bullish
Computed directly from the same signals behind the score above — not AI-generated.
Biggest positive driver
Revenue growth (last year)
Revenue growth (last year): 69.8%
Growth
Biggest negative driver
DCF Fair Value
Estimated fair value: -$3.16 vs. price $1.48 (-313.3%)
Fair Value
Signal tension
Growth scores strong (82/100), but fair-value analysis scores this stock as relatively expensive (38/100) — the growth story and the current price aren't fully aligned.
What to watch next
When today echoes the past.
NO RELIABLE ECHO FOUND
Only 3 historical analog(s) found after removing overlapping dates — too few for a statistically meaningful comparison.
Historical matches considered: 3
TIME ECHO identifies historical situations that resemble the current market state. Historical outcomes are not guarantees of future performance. Similarity does not imply causation, and results may change as new data becomes available.
🗓️ What Changed This Week
🌱 Building History
We don't have a real data point from a week ago for this stock yet. The weekly comparison will appear once enough history has accumulated.
📊 Score History
43
Today
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30D
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90D
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1Y
🐂🐻 Investment Thesis
🐂 Bull Case
🐻 Bear Case
🔍 What Could Prove This Wrong
This isn't a price-direction forecast — just a synthesis of real, already-computed data, and future conditions that could change the picture.
🧬 STOCK DNA
This stock's profile across 8 real dimensions — a research tool, not a recommendation
Growth
82
Quality
42
Value
38
Momentum
36
Risk
26
Sentiment
50
Fundamental
26
Institutional
100
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This stock hasn't been analyzed by StockIQAI's movement engine yet — coverage is still expanding. Check back soon.
Recent media coverage of Genasys Inc. has centered on its expansion in public safety communications, including a partnership with PulsePoint to enhance emergency alerting across 14 U.S. states and new orders for its LRAD® devices from international military and law enforcement agencies, totaling around $1.4 million. Analysts have adjusted price targets downward, reflecting mixed market sentiment, while earnings discussions highlighted operational challenges, particularly in Puerto Rico. The company’s focus on multichannel alert systems and global security contracts remains a key theme.
AI summary based on English-language news sources only — not investment advice.
Everyone's writing about Genasys Inc.. News trend score: 50. Reason: The mix of positive and negative articles is balanced — 5 vs. 5 out of the last 20 articles.
News trend analysis is based on article sentiment only, and is not investment advice or financial counsel. Read the full disclaimer
🌡️ Emotional Temperature
9
🎯 Conviction (vs. Emotion)
40
Psychology
51
Fundamentals
26
Technical
36
Valuation
38
A significant decline over time, but on unusually low trading volume — holders unwilling to accept the loss.
The stock is moving in lockstep with its peers at the same intensity, rather than on its own data.
A sharp drop, unusual volume, and negative news sentiment all at once — selling pressure that looks emotional.
Price, volume, and sentiment accelerating together — a sign investors are chasing the price, not just following it.
Extreme momentum, price far above its moving average, and a large premium over fair value.
Price (3M)
-12%
Market Narrative
40
Fundamental Reality
40
Narrative Gap
+0
🔀 Psychology Acceleration
News attention/sentiment is running well ahead of the price move itself.
🧠 StockIQ Psychologist
The market behavior for GNSS suggests a dominant loss aversion bias, as the stock’s 22.8% drop over three months and subdued volume align with traders avoiding additional losses. Anchoring near support (1.4% away) further indicates reluctance to exit positions. While panic selling and herding are present, they are secondary to the reluctance to sell into losses. The key question is whether traders will hold or exit near support, given the narrative-reality gap remains narrow (-5).
Updated: 09/09/2026, 02:25 AM
What could change this?
👥 What the crowd believes
""approximately $1.4 million in LRAD orders from Asia-Pacific (APAC) and European countries""
""Fair Value cut after analysts lower growth expectations""
""exposes unprofitable core, liquidity strain and costly debt""
""Record Backlog and Margin Surge""
Signal classification confidence: High (confidence in the behavioral read, not a price prediction). Describes observable market behavior, not what any individual investor thinks, and is not a buy/sell signal.
🏛️ Investor DNA — Historical Investors
A Historical Strategy Simulation: assuming each investor follows their documented principles, how would they rate this stock today? This is not a prediction of what they would actually do.
🟢 Best match
Charles Mackay — 100/100
🔴 Weakest match
Benjamin Graham (Enterprising Investor) — 0/100
🗣️ Why do they disagree?
The stark divide in verdicts for GNSS reflects a clash between cyclical optimism and deep-value skepticism. Investors like Charles Mackay, Samuel Nelson, and Howard Marks (Market Cycle) see it as a cyclical opportunity, with scores near 99 and 97 suggesting it’s undervalued relative to its position in the market’s growth phase—likely due to favorable macro trends or overlooked fundamentals. Conversely, Benjamin Graham and his Enterprising Investor framework flatly dismiss it (score: 0), arguing the stock lacks the margin of safety or statistical cheapness required, even by his more lenient standards. Meanwhile, Peter Lynch’s growth-focused approach (score: 81) contrasts sharply with Veblen’s (score: 30), where Lynch sees untapped upside in the price-growth gap, while Veblen flags it as speculative growth-chasing. The middle ground—where Fisher, Marks, and Smith score between 50–64—highlights a business that may be solid but not exceptional, leaving room for debate over whether it’s worth the risk.
Charles Mackay
Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds (1841)
🟢 100
No obvious signs of crowd mania
Key question
Am I being swept along with the crowd, or thinking for myself?
Fact → Principle → Simulation
Howard Marks (Market Cycle)
Mastering the Market Cycle (2018)
🟢 91
Looks early-to-mid cycle, not overextended
Key question
Where are we in the cycle right now — near a hot extreme, or a cold one?
Fact → Principle → Simulation
Peter Lynch
One Up on Wall Street (1989)
🟢 81
Growth candidate — the price hasn't caught up to the growth
Key question
Is the growth worth the price?
Fact → Principle → Simulation
Samuel Armstrong Nelson
The ABC of Stock Speculation (1903)
🟢 72
Cycle position looks favorable — closer to oversold than overbought
Key question
Is the price overextended, or is there still room to move?
Fact → Principle → Simulation
Howard Marks
The Most Important Thing (2011) / Mastering the Market Cycle (2018)
🟢 66
Risk appears reasonably priced — no obvious cycle-timing red flag
Key question
What is the market probably misunderstanding about the risk here?
Fact → Principle → Simulation
Philip Fisher
Common Stocks and Uncommon Profits (1958)
🟡 60
Solid, but not the exceptional quality Fisher looked for
Key question
How exceptional is this business, really?
Fact → Principle → Simulation
Edgar Lawrence Smith
Common Stocks as Long-Term Investments (1924)
🟡 50
Reasonable but not a clear long-term holding
Key question
Is this a stock I'd be happy to hold and forget about for a decade?
Fact → Principle → Simulation
Jack Schwager
Market Wizards (1989)
🟡 46
No clear edge either way
Key question
What's the risk/reward here, and where is my exit point?
Fact → Principle → Simulation
Morgan Housel
The Psychology of Money (2020)
🟡 45
Moderate — holdable, but not effortless
Key question
Could I live with this volatility long enough for compounding to actually work?
Fact → Principle → Simulation
Thorstein Veblen
The Theory of Business Enterprise (1904)
🔴 30
Pattern Veblen would flag as growth pursued for its own sake
Key question
Is management building real value, or just building itself?
Fact → Principle → Simulation
Burton Malkiel & John Bogle
A Random Walk Down Wall Street (1973) / The Little Book of Common Sense Investing (2007)
🔴 26
Weak case — Malkiel/Bogle would say a low-cost index is the simpler bet
Key question
Do I actually have an edge here, or do I just think I do?
Fact → Principle → Simulation
Jesse Livermore
Reminiscences of a Stock Operator (1923) / How to Trade in Stocks (1940)
🔴 23
Negative trend — against Livermore's core rule of trading with the trend
Key question
What is the price telling me right now?
Fact → Principle → Simulation
Gerald M. Loeb
The Battle for Investment Survival (1935)
🔴 13
Risk profile Loeb would flag as a real threat to capital
Key question
How much capital could I lose here if I'm wrong?
Fact → Principle → Simulation
Walter Bagehot
Lombard Street (1873)
🔴 2
Liquidity position Bagehot would flag as a real risk
Key question
Does this company have enough liquidity to survive real stress?
Fact → Principle → Simulation
Benjamin Graham
Security Analysis (1934) / The Intelligent Investor (1949)
🔴 0
Fails most of Graham's defensive criteria
Key question
Where is my margin of safety?
⚠️ Partial data for this stock — score is less reliable — Data availability: 35%
Fact → Principle → Simulation
Benjamin Graham (Enterprising Investor)
The Intelligent Investor (1949) — the Enterprising Investor chapters
🔴 0
Not statistically cheap enough for the Enterprising Investor's looser safety bar
Key question
Is the stock statistically cheap enough to justify the extra risk?
⚠️ Partial data for this stock — score is less reliable — Data availability: 45%
Fact → Principle → Simulation
Based on the last 287 trading days, calculated from real price data. Click an indicator for details and a chart.
🔴 Most indicators support a downtrend (2 bullish · 6 bearish · 2 neutral)
A market-structure read based purely on real price and volume data — not full classic Wyckoff schematic identification (Phase A-E), but a quantitative analysis of what can reliably be computed: trading ranges, "effort vs. result", volume within the range, and Spring/Upthrust detection.
The stock is in a clear downtrend with no defined trading range in the period examined.
Low confidence
The Wyckoff Method, developed by Richard Wyckoff in the early 20th century, reads the balance of supply and demand through price and volume, based on the premise that large investors ("smart money") quietly accumulate shares before rallies and quietly distribute them before declines. The read here is based solely on real price and volume data — full, precise identification of classic Wyckoff patterns (such as Phases A-E) requires human chart-reading experience and judgment, so this is an approximate algorithmic read, not a substitute for professional analysis. This should not be considered investment advice.
Gross Margin
41.6%
Operating Margin
-41.2%
Net Margin
-44.4%
EBITDA Margin
-34.4%
ROE
-835.8%
ROA
-28.4%
ROIC
—
EPS
-$0.40
Cash
$7.97M
Total Debt
—
Current Ratio
0.72
Debt/Equity
—
How is Fair Value calculated? →
Current Price
$1.48
Estimated Fair Value (DCF)
-$3.16
Model estimate — not a price target. Highly sensitive to growth/discount-rate assumptions.
Gap
-313.3%
🔴 Appears expensive relative to estimated value
Year 1 Growth Rate
2.5%
Discount Rate (WACC)
9.0%
Terminal Growth Rate
2.5%
Projection Years
5
| Year | Growth Rate | Projected FCF | Present Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2.5% | $-9.24M | $-8.48M |
| 2 | 2.5% | $-9.48M | $-7.98M |
| 3 | 2.5% | $-9.72M | $-7.50M |
| 4 | 2.5% | $-9.96M | $-7.06M |
| 5 | 2.5% | $-10.21M | $-6.63M |
Base FCF (last actual year)
$-9.02M
Terminal Value
$-160.97M
Present Value of Terminal Value
$-104.62M
Enterprise Value
$-142.27M
Net Debt
$0
Equity Value
$-142.27M
*The DCF model is an estimate based on assumptions — not a guaranteed forecast. You can change the assumptions to examine different scenarios.
Book Value per Share
$0.05
Tangible Book Value per Share (Tangible NAV)
-$0.39
Sentiment based on basic keywords (not AI) — 5 positive, 10 neutral, 5 negative out of the last 20 articles.
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Genasys Inc. (GNSS) currently has a StockIQ AI score of 43/100, rated "Weak". The score is a weighted average across up to 7 categories (technical, fundamental, growth, fair value, news, quality, risk), based on real data only.
GNSS currently scores 43/100 (Weak) across the categories we measure. StockIQ doesn't give buy/sell recommendations — use this as one data point in your own research, not as investment advice.
Per StockIQ's DCF model, GNSS's estimated fair value is -$3.16, which is 313.3% below the current price of $1.48. This is one valuation model among several signals in the fair-value category, not a price target.
GNSS's technical score is 36/100, which currently reads as bearish — based on real price/volume signals (moving averages, RSI, MACD, and more), not a prediction of what happens next.
Based on the real signals StockIQ computed: Revenue growth (last year): 69.8%; Earnings per share (EPS) growth: 44.4%; Free cash flow growth: 54.1%.
Based on the real signals StockIQ computed: Estimated fair value: -$3.16 vs. price $1.48 (-313.3%); Operating margin: -41.2% (negative); Net margin: -44.4% (negative).
StockIQ has no recorded dividend payment history for GNSS.
Real transactions by officers and insiders, as reported to the SEC on Form 4 — 6 purchases and 0 sales out of the last 25 filings.
| Name | Transaction Type | Date | Shares | Change | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Malhotra R. Rimmy | Open Market Purchase | 26.8.2026 | 197,285 | +1,000 | $1.55 |
| Malhotra R. Rimmy | Open Market Purchase | 26.8.2026 | 1,000 | +1,000 | $1.55 |
| Danforth Richard | Disposition to the Company | 14.5.2026 | 200,000 | -200,000 | — |
| HERNANDEZ-MONTEON CASSANDRA L | Disposition to the Company | 14.5.2026 | 11,667 | -11,667 | — |
| HERNANDEZ-MONTEON CASSANDRA L | Disposition to the Company | 14.5.2026 | 76,039 | -11,667 | — |
| Danforth Richard | Disposition to the Company | 14.5.2026 | 394,692 | -200,000 | — |
| Hagenbuch Lawrence F | Grant/Award from Employer | 26.3.2026 | 48,498 | +48,498 | — |
| Hagenbuch Lawrence F | Grant/Award from Employer | 26.3.2026 | 48,498 | +48,498 | — |
| Dodd William H | Grant/Award from Employer | 17.3.2026 | 47,620 | +47,620 | — |
| Fugate William Craig | Grant/Award from Employer | 17.3.2026 | 47,620 | +47,620 | — |
| Schmeiser Susan Lee | Grant/Award from Employer | 17.3.2026 | 47,620 | +47,620 | — |
| Malhotra R. Rimmy | Grant/Award from Employer | 17.3.2026 | 47,620 | +47,620 | — |
| Malhotra R. Rimmy | Grant/Award from Employer | 17.3.2026 | 196,285 | +47,620 | — |
| Fugate William Craig | Grant/Award from Employer | 17.3.2026 | 115,821 | +47,620 | — |
| Schmeiser Susan Lee | Grant/Award from Employer | 17.3.2026 | 193,256 | +47,620 | — |
| Dodd William H | Grant/Award from Employer | 17.3.2026 | 176,783 | +47,620 | — |
| Dodd William H | Open Market Purchase | 19.2.2026 | 25,430 | +25,430 | $1.98 |
| Dodd William H | Open Market Purchase | 19.2.2026 | 129,163 | +25,430 | $1.98 |
| Dodd William H | Open Market Purchase | 18.2.2026 | 27 | +27 | $1.97 |
| Dodd William H | Open Market Purchase | 18.2.2026 | 103,733 | +27 | $1.97 |
| Danforth Richard | Grant/Award from Employer | 26.1.2026 | 400,000 | +400,000 | — |
| Danforth Richard | Grant/Award from Employer | 26.1.2026 | 594,692 | +400,000 | — |
| HERNANDEZ-MONTEON CASSANDRA L | Grant/Award from Employer | 24.12.2025 | 70,000 | +70,000 | — |
| HERNANDEZ-MONTEON CASSANDRA L | Grant/Award from Employer | 24.12.2025 | 87,706 | +70,000 | — |
| HERNANDEZ-MONTEON CASSANDRA L | Grant/Award from Employer | 11.12.2025 | 10,000 | +10,000 | — |
Official FINRA data — the number of shares open in short positions, plus daily short-sale activity.
573,418 shares short as of 2026-09-15 · vs. 546,824 on 2026-08-31
Official biweekly report (FINRA Rule 4560) — no real higher-frequency data exists for this metric.
24.8% of trading volume this week was short selling, vs. 45.0% the prior week
Based on daily short-sale volume (Reg SHO) — a different metric from the open short interest above: this is daily trading volume, not an open position, so it updates weekly rather than biweekly.
Full breakdown of every data type and its source: Data Sources · Methodology