ClearOne, Inc., established in 1983 and headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah, specializes in the design, development, and sale of advanced communication ...
ClearOne, Inc. is a U.S.-based communications technology company headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah. Founded in 1983, it focuses on unified meeting and collaboration experiences for organizations that need reliable voice and media transmission—ranging from large enterprises to smaller meeting spaces. The company’s product portfolio spans audio conferencing and sound ...ClearOne, Inc. is a U.S.-based communications technology company headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah. Founded in 1983, it focuses on unified meeting and collaboration experiences for organizations that need reliable voice and media transmission—ranging from large enterprises to smaller meeting spaces. The company’s product portfolio spans audio conferencing and sound reinforcement systems, USB and tabletop speakerphones for individual and group use, professional microphones (including beamforming, ceiling-mounted, and wireless options), and video collaboration tools. It also supplies AV networking solutions designed to deliver high-definition audio, video, and control signals across standard TCP/IP networks, supporting an “IP A/V” workflow for modern conferencing setups.
From a business perspective, ClearOne’s offerings are positioned to support real-time communications across multiple verticals including corporate enterprise, healthcare, education/distance learning, government, legal, and finance. Its solutions are engineered to integrate with existing conferencing environments, including video and web conferencing platforms, enabling customers to combine ClearOne hardware with common software-based meeting tools. The emphasis on both conferencing hardware and networking components suggests a strategy aimed at end-to-end meeting-room functionality rather than single-device products.
ClearOne’s distribution model includes sales through independent professional AV/IT/telecommunications distributors, as well as system integrators, dealers, value-added resellers, and direct sales to end-users. This channel mix is important for fit-and-install use cases typical in meeting rooms—where integrators and resellers can match device selection, cabling/networking requirements, and configuration to customer environments.
In terms of product and cost considerations, hardware-based conferencing and AV networking products typically require materials and manufacturing for microphones, speakerphone/audio components, camera/video interfaces (where applicable), plus power/processing electronics for control and streaming. ClearOne’s mix of products implies recurring engineering and component sourcing needs, and customer projects can also involve network infrastructure or configuration effort (e.g., IP-based signal routing and control). Financial performance can be sensitive to demand cycles in enterprise/education IT refresh cycles and to product mix, pricing, and inventory management, especially when companies face restructuring or divestiture events. The provided market and financial indicators (e.g., profitability and cash flow measures) indicate that investors often evaluate ClearOne through a lens of operational improvement and cash generation capacity.
Key people: Derek L. Graham serves as CEO (appointed interim CEO in May 2022 and confirmed as permanent CEO in January 2023). Overall, ClearOne’s “conferencing, collaboration, and network streaming” theme—paired with audio, microphone, video collaboration, and IP A/V networking—reflects an intent to help organizations build consistent voice and media experiences across distributed meeting spaces.
YoYYoY means Year-over-Year. It compares the latest annual value with the previous annual value to show long-term trend strength.
QoQQoQ means Quarter-over-Quarter. It compares the latest quarter with the immediately previous quarter to show short-term momentum changes.
RevenueThe total money that came through the front door from selling things, before paying a single bill. Think of it as the grand total of every credit card swipe from customers. (YoY compares this year to last year's performance, while QoQ compares the current three months to the previous three).
$0
-100.0%
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Net IncomeThe absolute bottom line. If the company paid every single supplier, employee, banker, and tax collector, this is the actual money left in their pocket at the end of the day.
$-26.1M
-190.4%
-87.7%
Gross MarginThe basic markup. If they sell a $100 pair of sneakers, this percentage tells you how much of that price tag is profit right after paying for the rubber and shoelaces, but before paying for things like store rent or TV commercials.
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Operating MarginThe 'day job' efficiency score. Out of every dollar a customer spends, this shows how many cents the company keeps after making the product AND paying for all the everyday corporate overhead (like salaries, marketing, and keeping the lights on).
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Net MarginThe final take-home percentage. When you strip away every conceivable cost, tax, and interest payment, this is the exact number of cents the company truly gets to keep from every dollar in sales.
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Free Cash FlowThe holy grail of corporate cash. It's the spendable, physical money left over after the business pays for its daily operations AND buys the big, expensive upgrades (like new factories or servers) it needs to survive. This is the 'free' money they can use to pay dividends or buy back stock.
$-7.5M
-19.2%
+27.0%
FCF MarginThe ultimate cash conversion rate. It shows how good the company is at turning regular sales directly into cold, hard, spendable cash. A high percentage means the business is an absolute cash-printing machine.
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Debt / EquityThe financial risk gauge. It compares how much of the company's empire was built using borrowed money (loans) versus the owners' own money (shareholders). A high number means they are heavily leveraged and playing a riskier game; a low number means they are playing it safe.
-71.8%
-2087.8%
-307.2%
Current RatioThe 12-month survival check. It simply compares the cash they have right now (plus things they can quickly turn into cash) against the immediate bills they absolutely must pay this year. A score above 1 means they have enough in the wallet to cover the upcoming bills without panicking.
1.14x
-78.4%
-45.0%
Total AssetsThe absolute size of the company's empire. It bundles together absolutely everything of value they own—from the cash in the register and the inventory in the warehouse, to the software patents in the vault and the factories on the ground.
