QuickLogic (QUIK) Laps the Stock Market: Here's Why
In the latest trading session, QuickLogic (QUIK) closed at $13.4, marking a +2.21% move from the previous day.

QuickLogic Corporation operates as a fabless semiconductor company. The company offers embedded FPGA intellectual property, low power, multicore semiconductor system-on-chips, discrete FPGAs, ...
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Operator: Ladies and gentlemen, good afternoon. At this time, I would like to welcome everyone to QuickLogic Corporation's second quarter fiscal 2026 earnings results conference call. As a reminder, today's call is being recorded for replay purposes. I would now like to turn the conference over to Ms. Alison Ziegler of Darrow Associates. Ms. Alison Ziegler, you may begin. Alison Ziegler: Thank you, operator, and thank you to all of you for joining us. Our speakers today are Brian Faith, President and Chief Executive Officer, and Elias Nader, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. As a reminder, some of the comments QuickLogic makes today are forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties, including but not limited to statements regarding our future profitability, revenue growth and cash flows, expectations regarding our future business, and statements regarding the timing, milestones, and payments related to our government contracts, statements regarding expected contracts and the expected magnitude of such contracts, and statements regarding expected adoption rates and/or orders by our customers. Actual results may differ due to a variety of factors, including delays in the market acceptance of the company's new products, the ability to convert design opportunities into customer revenue, our ability to replace revenue from end-of-life products, the level and timing of customer design activity, the market acceptance of our customers' products, the risk that new orders may not result in future revenue, our ability to introduce and produce new products based on advanced wafer technology on a timely basis, our ability to adequately market the low power, competitive pricing, and short time to market of our new products, intense competition by competitors. Our ability to hire and retain qualified personnel, changes in product demand or supply, general economic conditions, political events, international trade disputes, natural disasters and other business interruptions that could disrupt supply or delivery of, or demand for the company's products, and changes in tax rates and exposure to additional tax liabilities. For more detailed discussions on the risks, uncertainties, and assumptions that could result in these differences, please refer to the risk factors discussed in QuickLogic's most recently filed periodic reports with the SEC. QuickLogic assumes no obligation to update any forward-looking statements or information, which speak as of the respective dates of any new information or future events. In today's call, we will be reporting non-GAAP financial measures. You may refer to the earnings release we issued today for a detailed reconciliation of our GAAP and non-GAAP results and other financial statements. We have also posted an updated financial table on our IR webpage that provides current and historical non-GAAP data. Please note, QuickLogic uses its website, the company blog, corporate X account, Facebook …
Est. EPS $-0.05 · Revenue $5.51M · 2 analysts
Est. EPS $-0.10 · Revenue $23.87M · 2 analysts
| Metric | Latest | 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. |
|---|---|---|---|
| The 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). |
| Name | Title | Compensation | Gender | Year Born | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Brian C. Faith | President, Chief Executive Officer & Director | USD 819,000 | Male | 1975 | Active |
Elias N. Nader | Chief Financial Officer & Senior Vice President of Finance |
| USD 522,625 |
| Male |
| 1963 |
| Active |
Timothy Saxe | Senior Vice President of Worldwide Engineering & Chief Technology Officer | USD 469,625 | Male | 1956 | Active |
Rajiv Jain | Vice President of Worldwide Operations | USD 217,052 | Male | 1961 | Active |
Andrew Chan | Co-Founder | — | Male | — | Active |
Owen Bateman | Vice President of Worldwide Sales | — | Male | 1967 | Active |
Est. EPS $0.01 · Revenue $6.50M · 1 analysts
Est. EPS $0.02 · Revenue $6.80M · 1 analysts
| $13.8M |
| -31.5% |
| +8.5% |
| 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. | $-14.8M | -285.7% | +59.8% |
| 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. | +22.0% | -62.7% | +20.4% |
| 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). | -83.8% | -391.1% | +25.3% |
| 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. | -107.6% | -463.2% | +63.0% |
| 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. | $-6.4M | +0.2% | +1485.7% |
| 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. | -46.7% | -45.7% | +1361.0% |
| 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. | 81.3% | -7.5% | -72.6% |
| 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 | -2.4% | +32.4% |
| 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. | $44.8M | -13.8% | +32.6% |
| Metric | Annual (A vs E) | Annual Surprise | Quarter (A vs E) | Quarter Surprise |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EPS Surprise | -0.91 vs -0.47 | -92.3% | -0.05 vs -0.05 | 0.0% |
| Revenue Surprise | $13.8M vs $13.6M | +1.3% | $5.5M vs $5.5M | -0.5% |
| Date | Executive | Title | Security | Side | Shares | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 20, 2026 | Faith Brian C | director, officer: PRESIDENT AND CEO | Common Stock | A | 41,480 | $12.05 |
| May 20, 2026 | Faith Brian C | director, officer: PRESIDENT AND CEO | Common Stock | D | 41,480 | $20.45 |
| May 20, 2026 | Faith Brian C | director, officer: PRESIDENT AND CEO | Stock Option (Right to Buy) | D | 41,480 | $12.05 |
| May 20, 2026 | Kim Joyce | director | Common Stock | D | 5,500 | $20.00 |
| May 18, 2026 | TAUSS GARY H | director | Common Stock | D | 2,195 | $19.20 |