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QuickLogic Corporation

QUIK
22
Semiconductors · Technology
Price
$11.44
+0.10 (+0.88%)
Market Cap
$202.8M
Exchange
NASDAQ
Winston Score
22
Winston is worried
Weak fundamentals across most pillars.
Data as of Aug 23, 2026 · filings through Jun 28, 2026
How the score breaks down
Quality
Weak
Growth
Weak
Cash Flow
Weak
Stability
Good
Valuation
Data not available

Share count rising — dilution

+40.8% over 4y

The company has issued more shares over this period, which dilutes each existing shareholder’s stake.

Diluted shares outstanding: 11.5M (2021) → 16.2M (2025)

Winston Score History

The full picture

QuickLogic Corporation makes specialized computer chips and software for electronics companies. Its main products include low-power programmable chips (called eFPGAs) and sensor processing solutions used in devices like smartphones, wearables, and military equipment. The company is small but focuses on a niche: helping customers add custom chip features without designing a full chip from scratch.

QuickLogic earns money through chip sales, software licenses, and engineering service contracts with customers. It operates primarily in the United States but sells to customers globally, including in defense and consumer electronics markets. The company's competitive edge comes from its eFPGA technology, which lets other chipmakers embed programmable logic into their own designs — a growing need as custom silicon becomes more common. However, QuickLogic is currently unprofitable with deeply negative operating margins, and its main risk is burning through cash before its technology gains enough commercial traction to sustain the business.

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+48.7% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Revenue accelerating

EPS Growth

+76.5% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

EPS growth accelerating

R&D Spend

$5M/ year

Declining (-19% vs prior year)

38.4% of revenue

2.6x the sector average (15%)

R&D spend declining — could signal cost-cutting or efficiency

Insider Activity

6.0%ownership

Flat

Insider ownership roughly steady over the past year

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

$6M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

→ Burn rate stable

Company generates more cash than it spends — no dilution risk from fundraising

Revenue accelerating

QuickLogic Corporation grew revenue 49% year-over-year and the growth rate is speeding up. That's the kind of momentum growth investors look for — the question is whether margins can follow.

The Winston Score above measures business quality today. Growth stocks often score lower because they invest in the future rather than maximising current profits. These metrics show what matters most for evaluating that future.

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Quality

Profit per sale
Gross Margin
43.9%
Healthy — 43.9% gross margin
Profit after running costs
Operating Margin
-31.5%
Losing money on operations — -31.5%
Return on the money invested
ROCE
-41.1%
Weak — -41.1% return on capital

Negative ROIC means the business is losing money on every dollar invested in it.

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Growth

Sales growth
Sales YoY
-9.4%
Shrinking sales (-9.4% YoY)
Profit growth
EPS YoY
N/A
Data not available
How steady the profit is
EPS Consistency
2/8 quarters
Earnings rarely grow — volatile business

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Cash Flow

Profit that turns into cash
Cash Conversion
N/A
Data not available
Spare cash per sale
FCF Margin
-30.9%
Burning cash (-30.9%)

Free cash flow is negative. They are burning cash, not generating it.

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Stability

What it owes vs what it owns
Debt / Equity
0.13
Conservative — low debt load (0.13)
Covers its interest
Interest Cover
N/A
Data not available

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Valuation

Price vs profit
P/E Ratio (TTM)
N/M
Negative earnings — P/E not meaningful
Cheaper or dearer next year
P/E vs Forward
N/A
not available
Data not available

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Dividends

Not applicable for this business.
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