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Consumer Discretionary · ·
$2.78
▼ $0.11 (-3.8%)
Market data updated: 09/15 02:09 AM
Fundamentals updated: 09/15/2026
News analyzed: 09/15/2026
Market Cap
$48.42M
Day Range
$2.78 - $2.93
52-Week Range
—
Beta
—
Next Earnings
10.11.2026
IZEA is a stock from the Consumer Cyclical sector — Retail, automotive, and leisure — demand rises and falls with economic sentiment and consumers' disposable income.
-24.3% (1Y)
Strengths: 11/30 factors positiveRisk: Medium
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
🟡 Mixed
Technical Trend
🔴 Bearish
Computed directly from the same signals behind the score above — not AI-generated.
Biggest positive driver
DCF Fair Value
Estimated fair value: $4.49 vs. price $2.78 (+61.6%)
Fair Value
Biggest negative driver
Operating margin
Operating margin: -6.0% (negative)
Fundamental
What to watch next
When today echoes the past.
NO RELIABLE ECHO FOUND
Only 2 historical analog(s) found after removing overlapping dates — too few for a statistically meaningful comparison.
Historical matches considered: 2
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
49
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
68
Quality
63
Value
62
Momentum
6
Risk
46
Sentiment
98
Fundamental
49
Institutional
No data available
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Not enough comparably-scored stocks yet to show similar matches.
This stock hasn't been analyzed by StockIQAI's movement engine yet — coverage is still expanding. Check back soon.
Recent media coverage of IZEA Worldwide, Inc. has primarily centered on its **Q2 2026 earnings report**, which revealed a **$5.8 million revenue**—falling short of analyst expectations—alongside a **missed earnings-per-share (EPS) estimate** of $(0.04) versus the projected $(0.02). The company highlighted its **enterprise-focused growth strategy** and progress in transitioning its business model, though financial underperformance and stock volatility were noted. Analysts and market reactions emphasized its struggles amid shifting market dynamics.
AI summary based on English-language news sources only — not investment advice.
Everyone's writing about IZEA Worldwide, Inc.. News trend score: 98. Reason: 9 of the last 15 articles are positive, versus 1 negative.
News trend analysis is based on article sentiment only, and is not investment advice or financial counsel. Read the full disclaimer
🌡️ Emotional Temperature
27
🎯 Conviction (vs. Emotion)
44
Psychology
100
Fundamentals
49
Technical
6
Valuation
62
The price is holding at a real, documented historical support/resistance level (a 50-day high or low).
A significant decline over time, but on unusually low trading volume — holders unwilling to accept the loss.
A sharp drop, unusual volume, and negative news sentiment all at once — selling pressure that looks emotional.
Extreme momentum, price far above its moving average, and a large premium over fair value.
Price, volume, and sentiment accelerating together — a sign investors are chasing the price, not just following it.
Price (3M)
-24%
Market Narrative
39
Fundamental Reality
44
Narrative Gap
-5
🔀 Psychology Acceleration
News attention/sentiment is running well ahead of the price move itself.
🧠 StockIQ Psychologist
IZEA’s dominant **Loss Aversion** (71) aligns with a prolonged drawdown (-19.4% over three months) and cautious trading volume (0.41x average). The market behavior suggests investors are hesitant to crystallize losses, even as the stock trades well below fair value (-33% vs. DCF) and peers underperform. Anchoring (28) further hints at fixation near support (3.6% above), reinforcing reluctance to act. The key question remains whether this hesitation persists or if a catalyst—like a break below support—could shift the dynamic. Narrative-reality alignment (gap: 4) suggests no extreme disconnect, but the low volume and muted volatility (0.83x ATR) underscore a cautious, risk-averse stance.
Updated: 09/05/2026, 05:37 PM
What could change this?
👥 What the crowd believes
"IZEA Worldwide, Inc. (IZEA) Q2 2026 Earnings Call Highlights: Enterprise Transition Progress"
"IZEA Worldwide (IZEA) reported quarterly losses of $(0.04) per share which missed the analyst consensus estimate of $(0.02) by 100%"
"IZEA Reports Q2 2026 Revenue of $5.8 million, Advances Enterprise-Focused Growth Strategy"
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
Walter Bagehot — 100/100
🔴 Weakest match
Jesse Livermore — 18/100
🗣️ Why do they disagree?
This stock’s starkly divided verdicts reflect deep contrasts in methodology priorities. The highest-scoring investors—Bagehot (100) and Graham (95)—focus on fundamentals and liquidity, seeing it as a defensive or resilient bet, while Graham’s *Enterprising* variant (77) still flags it as a statistical bargain. Meanwhile, cycle-oriented thinkers like Marks (74) and Nelson (80) view it as favorably positioned, neither overbought nor overextended, but Lynch (71) and Veblen (65) lean into its growth potential, assuming the price hasn’t yet reflected underlying momentum. At the opposite end, Fisher (48) and Smith (48) dismiss it for lacking the long-term quality or conviction they demand, while Livermore’s (35) outright rejection stems from its apparent divergence from prevailing market trends—highlighting how timing and trend-following can override even strong fundamentals.
Walter Bagehot
Lombard Street (1873)
🟢 100
Strong liquidity — would likely survive a real credit squeeze
Key question
Does this company have enough liquidity to survive real stress?
Fact → Principle → Simulation
Samuel Armstrong Nelson
The ABC of Stock Speculation (1903)
🟢 100
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
Benjamin Graham
Security Analysis (1934) / The Intelligent Investor (1949)
🟢 98
Attractive to a Defensive Graham Investor
Key question
Where is my margin of safety?
Fact → Principle → Simulation
Charles Mackay
Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds (1841)
🟢 80
No obvious signs of crowd mania
Key question
Am I being swept along with the crowd, or thinking for myself?
Fact → Principle → Simulation
Benjamin Graham (Enterprising Investor)
The Intelligent Investor (1949) — the Enterprising Investor chapters
🟢 80
Deep statistical discount — a real Enterprising Investor candidate
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
Howard Marks (Market Cycle)
Mastering the Market Cycle (2018)
🟢 80
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)
🟢 71
Growth candidate — the price hasn't caught up to the growth
Key question
Is the growth worth the price?
Fact → Principle → Simulation
Howard Marks
The Most Important Thing (2011) / Mastering the Market Cycle (2018)
🟢 69
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
Thorstein Veblen
The Theory of Business Enterprise (1904)
🟢 65
Growth appears aligned with real value creation
Key question
Is management building real value, or just building itself?
Fact → Principle → Simulation
Morgan Housel
The Psychology of Money (2020)
🟡 63
Moderate — holdable, but not effortless
Key question
Could I live with this volatility long enough for compounding to actually work?
Fact → Principle → Simulation
Burton Malkiel & John Bogle
A Random Walk Down Wall Street (1973) / The Little Book of Common Sense Investing (2007)
🟡 57
Mixed case — the evidence for picking this stock over an index is not strong
Key question
Do I actually have an edge here, or do I just think I do?
Fact → Principle → Simulation
Gerald M. Loeb
The Battle for Investment Survival (1935)
🟡 54
Moderate risk to capital
Key question
How much capital could I lose here if I'm wrong?
Fact → Principle → Simulation
Jack Schwager
Market Wizards (1989)
🟡 51
No clear edge either way
Key question
What's the risk/reward here, and where is my exit point?
Fact → Principle → Simulation
Philip Fisher
Common Stocks and Uncommon Profits (1958)
🟡 48
Doesn't show the quality/growth signature Fisher required
Key question
How exceptional is this business, really?
Fact → Principle → Simulation
Edgar Lawrence Smith
Common Stocks as Long-Term Investments (1924)
🟡 48
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
Jesse Livermore
Reminiscences of a Stock Operator (1923) / How to Trade in Stocks (1940)
🔴 18
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
Based on the last 276 trading days, calculated from real price data. Click an indicator for details and a chart.
🔴 Most indicators support a downtrend (0 bullish · 11 bearish · 0 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.
Medium 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
48.1%
Operating Margin
-6.0%
Net Margin
0.1%
EBITDA Margin
-3.9%
ROE
0.1%
ROA
0.1%
ROIC
—
EPS
$0.00
Cash
$50.89M
Total Debt
$18.21K
Current Ratio
6.44
Debt/Equity
0.00
How is Fair Value calculated? →
Current Price
$2.78
Estimated Fair Value (DCF)
$4.49
Model estimate — not a price target. Highly sensitive to growth/discount-rate assumptions.
Gap
+61.6%
🟢 Appears cheap relative to estimated value
Year 1 Growth Rate
-5.0%
Discount Rate (WACC)
9.0%
Terminal Growth Rate
2.5%
Projection Years
5
| Year | Growth Rate | Projected FCF | Present Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | -5.0% | $2.26M | $2.07M |
| 2 | -3.1% | $2.18M | $1.84M |
| 3 | -1.2% | $2.16M | $1.67M |
| 4 | 0.6% | $2.17M | $1.54M |
| 5 | 2.5% | $2.23M | $1.45M |
Base FCF (last actual year)
$2.37M
Terminal Value
$35.09M
Present Value of Terminal Value
$22.81M
Enterprise Value
$31.37M
Net Debt
$-50.87M
Equity Value
$82.23M
*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
$2.67
Tangible Book Value per Share (Tangible NAV)
$2.67
Sentiment based on basic keywords (not AI) — 9 positive, 5 neutral, 1 negative out of the last 15 articles.
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IZEA Worldwide, Inc. (IZEA) currently has a StockIQ AI score of 49/100, rated "Moderate". The score is a weighted average across up to 7 categories (technical, fundamental, growth, fair value, news, quality, risk), based on real data only.
IZEA currently scores 49/100 (Moderate) 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, IZEA's estimated fair value is $4.49, which is 61.6% above the current price of $2.78. This is one valuation model among several signals in the fair-value category, not a price target.
IZEA's technical score is 6/100, 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: Estimated fair value: $4.49 vs. price $2.78 (+61.6%); Earnings per share (EPS) growth: 100.0%; Free cash flow growth: 120.6%.
Based on the real signals StockIQ computed: Operating margin: -6.0% (negative); ATR: 4.4% of price; Calmar: 0.20 (3y annualized return 10.2% / max drawdown 51.2%).
StockIQ has no recorded dividend payment history for IZEA.
Real transactions by officers and insiders, as reported to the SEC on Form 4 — 0 purchases and 0 sales out of the last 25 filings.
| Name | Transaction Type | Date | Shares | Change | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BIERE PETER | Exercise of Derivative Securities | 31.8.2026 | 200 | -200 | — |
| BIERE PETER | Exercise of Derivative Securities | 31.8.2026 | 200 | +200 | — |
| BIERE PETER | Tax Withholding in Shares | 31.8.2026 | 49 | -49 | $3.04 |
| BIERE PETER | Exercise of Derivative Securities | 31.7.2026 | 2,454 | +2,454 | — |
| BIERE PETER | Exercise of Derivative Securities | 31.7.2026 | 2,383 | -2,383 | — |
| BIERE PETER | Exercise of Derivative Securities | 31.7.2026 | 200 | -200 | — |
| BIERE PETER | Exercise of Derivative Securities | 31.7.2026 | 2,284 | -2,284 | — |
| BIERE PETER | Exercise of Derivative Securities | 31.7.2026 | 2,284 | +2,284 | — |
| BIERE PETER | Exercise of Derivative Securities | 31.7.2026 | 2,145 | -2,145 | — |
| BIERE PETER | Tax Withholding in Shares | 31.7.2026 | 7,184 | -7,184 | $3.46 |
| BIERE PETER | Exercise of Derivative Securities | 31.7.2026 | 1,737 | +1,737 | — |
| BIERE PETER | Exercise of Derivative Securities | 31.7.2026 | 1,774 | -1,774 | — |
| BIERE PETER | Exercise of Derivative Securities | 31.7.2026 | 5,290 | -5,290 | — |
| BIERE PETER | Exercise of Derivative Securities | 31.7.2026 | 2,383 | +2,383 | — |
| BIERE PETER | Exercise of Derivative Securities | 31.7.2026 | 200 | +200 | — |
| BIERE PETER | Exercise of Derivative Securities | 31.7.2026 | 2,454 | -2,454 | — |
| BIERE PETER | Grant/Award from Employer | 31.7.2026 | 17,110 | +17,110 | — |
| BIERE PETER | Exercise of Derivative Securities | 31.7.2026 | 1,974 | +1,974 | — |
| Venetucci Patrick James | Exercise of Derivative Securities | 31.7.2026 | 30,650 | +30,650 | — |
| BIERE PETER | Exercise of Derivative Securities | 31.7.2026 | 1,974 | -1,974 | — |
| Venetucci Patrick James | Tax Withholding in Shares | 31.7.2026 | 13,072 | -13,072 | $3.46 |
| BIERE PETER | Exercise of Derivative Securities | 31.7.2026 | 1,737 | -1,737 | — |
| Venetucci Patrick James | Exercise of Derivative Securities | 31.7.2026 | 30,650 | -30,650 | — |
| BIERE PETER | Exercise of Derivative Securities | 31.7.2026 | 1,774 | +1,774 | — |
| BIERE PETER | Exercise of Derivative Securities | 31.7.2026 | 2,145 | +2,145 | — |
Official FINRA data — the number of shares open in short positions, plus daily short-sale activity.
105,264 shares short as of 2026-08-31 · vs. 60,541 on 2026-07-31
Official biweekly report (FINRA Rule 4560) — no real higher-frequency data exists for this metric.
42.8% of trading volume this week was short selling, vs. 45.7% 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