Creative Realities (CREX) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Creative Realities, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides digital marketing technology and solutions in the United States and internationally. It offers digital signage and media solutions to enhance communications in a wide-ranging variety of out-of-home environments. The company's solutions include digital merchandising systems and omni-channel customer engagement systems; interactive digital shopping assistants; advisors and kiosks; and other interactive marketing technologies, such as mobile, social media, point-of-sale transactions, beaconing, and web-based media that enables its customers to engage with their consumers. It also provides hardware system design/engineering, hardware installation, content development, content scheduling, post-deployment network and field support, and media sales, as well as media management and distribution software platforms and networks; device and product management; and customized software service layers, systems, experiences, workflows, and integrated solutions. The company sells its solutions to the automotive, retail, digital out of home comprising advertising networks and retail media networks, foodservice/quick-serve restaurants, financial services, gaming, and sports and entertainment venues. Creative Realities, Inc. is headquartered in Louisville, Kentucky.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $1.66 to $1.81
• 50-Day Range: $1.28 to $2.10
• 52-Week Range: $1.28 to $5.20
• Volume: 63,368 shs
• Average Volume: 52,676 shs
• Market Capitalization: $18.60 million
• P/E Ratio: 11.87
• Dividend Yield: N/A
• Price Target: $8.00
• Consensus Rating: Buy

Creative Realities Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Creative Realities scored higher than 74% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 225th out of 657 stocks in the computer and technology sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 3.5 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Buy

Consensus Rating

Creative Realities has received a consensus rating of Buy. The company's average rating score is 3.00, and is based on 2 buy ratings, no hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Creative Realities has received no research coverage in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: Growing

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Creative Realities are expected to grow in the coming year, from ($0.17) to $0.31 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Creative Realities is 11.87, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 22.61.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Creative Realities is 11.87, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Computer and Technology sector average P/E ratio of about 45.37.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Creative Realities has a P/B Ratio of 0.64. P/B Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 3.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

0.96% of the float of Creative Realities has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Creative Realities has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 1.3, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Creative Realities has recently increased by 859.46%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Dividend Strength: N/A

Dividend Yield

Creative Realities does not currently pay a dividend.

Dividend Growth

Creative Realities does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Sustainability and ESG

• Score: N/A
• Environmental Score: N/A

Percentage of Shares Shorted

0.96% of the float of Creative Realities has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Creative Realities has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 1.3, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Creative Realities has recently increased by 859.46%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

News and Social Media

• Score: 3.1 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.64

News Sentiment

Creative Realities has a news sentiment score of 0.64. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a lower news sentiment than the 0.82 average news sentiment score of Computer and Technology companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 3 news articles for Creative Realities this week, compared to 1 article on an average week.

Search Interest

7 people have searched for CREX on MarketBeat in the last 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

1 people have added Creative Realities to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Creative Realities insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

14.70% of the stock of Creative Realities is held by insiders. A high percentage of insider ownership can be a sign of company health.

Percentage Held by Institutions

41.32% of the stock of Creative Realities is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

CREX Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

How have CREX shares performed this year?

Creative Realities' stock was trading at $2.45 at the beginning of the year. Since then, CREX stock has decreased by 27.3% and is now trading at $1.78.
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How were Creative Realities' earnings last quarter?

Creative Realities, Inc. (NASDAQ:CREX) announced its earnings results on Friday, March, 14th. The company reported ($0.27) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of ($0.11) by $0.16. The business earned $11.01 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $10.36 million. Creative Realities had a net margin of 1.38% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 2.62%.
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When did Creative Realities' stock split?

Creative Realities shares reverse split on the morning of Monday, March 27th 2023. The 1-3 reverse split was announced on Monday, March 27th 2023. The number of shares owned by shareholders was adjusted after the market closes on Monday, March 27th 2023. An investor that had 100 shares of stock prior to the reverse split would have 33 shares after the split.

Who are Creative Realities' major shareholders?

Creative Realities' top institutional shareholders include Sargent Investment Group LLC (0.87%) and XTX Topco Ltd (0.14%). Insiders that own company stock include Richard C Mills, Donald A Harris and William Lindsey Iv Logan.
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How do I buy shares of Creative Realities?

Shares of CREX stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.

What other stocks do shareholders of Creative Realities own?

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Creative Realities investors own include Vista Energy (VIST), GE Aerospace (GE), NVIDIA (NVDA), Assertio (ASRT), Opera (OPRA), Oracle (ORCL) and Tenet Healthcare (THC).

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 3/14/2025
• Today: 5/13/2025
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 5/14/2025
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2025

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NASDAQ
• Sector: Computer and Technology
• Industry: Computer integrated systems design
• Sub-Industry: Computer Software
• Current Symbol: NASDAQ:CREX
• CIK: 1356093
• Web: www.cri.com
• Phone: (502) 791-8800
• Fax: 952-974-7887
• Employees: 100
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Stock Price Target: $8.00
• High Stock Price Target: $10.00
• Low Stock Price Target: $6.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +342.0%
• Consensus Rating: Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 3.00
• Research Coverage: 2 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year): ($0.33)
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 12.07
• Forward P/E Ratio: N/A
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: $-2,940,000.00
• Net Margins: 1.38%
• Pretax Margin: 1.81%
• Return on Equity: 2.62%
• Return on Assets: 1.09%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: N/A
• Current Ratio: 0.58
• Quick Ratio: 0.47

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $50.85 million
• Price / Sales: 0.37
• Cash Flow: $0.12 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 15.37
• Book Value: $2.77 per share
• Price / Book: 0.65

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 10,447,000
• Free Float: 8,911,000
• Market Cap: $18.91 million
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 1.02