Guardforce AI (GFAI) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Guardforce AI Co., Limited offers cash solutions and cash handling services in Thailand. The company operates through four segments: Secured Logistics Business, General Security Solutions, Robotics Solution Business, and Information Security Business. Its services include cash-in-transit, vehicles to banks, ATM management, cash center operations, cash processing, coin processing, consolidate cash center, and cheque center services, as well as cash deposit machine solutions, such as cash deposit management and express cash services. The company also sells and rents robots; and sells and installs Rapid7 software, as well as provision of integrated alarm security system installation, PCI ASV scan, and penetration testing services. Its customers include local commercial banks, chain retailers, coin manufacturing mints, and government authorities. The company was founded in 1982 and is based in Singapore.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $1.00 to $1.08
• 50-Day Range: $0.84 to $1.25
• 52-Week Range: $0.76 to $3.88
• Volume: 112,927 shs
• Average Volume: 1.02 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $18.88 million
• P/E Ratio: N/A
• Dividend Yield: N/A
• Price Target: $4.50
• Consensus Rating: Strong Buy

Guardforce AI Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Guardforce AI scored higher than 46% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 145th out of 180 stocks in the industrials sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 3.8 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Strong Buy

Consensus Rating

Guardforce AI has received a consensus rating of Strong Buy. The company's average rating score is 3.50, and is based on 1 buy rating, no hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Guardforce AI has only been the subject of 1 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 0.6 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: N/A

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Guardforce AI has a P/B Ratio of 0.41. P/B Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 2.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Bearish

Percentage of Shares Shorted

5.28% of the float of Guardforce AI has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Guardforce AI has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 1.4, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Guardforce AI has recently increased by 5.92%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

Dividend

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

Dividend Yield

Guardforce AI does not currently pay a dividend.

Dividend Growth

Guardforce AI does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Sustainability and ESG

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

Percentage of Shares Shorted

5.28% of the float of Guardforce AI has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Guardforce AI has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 1.4, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Guardforce AI has recently increased by 5.92%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

News and Social Media

• Score: 1.9 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.35

News Sentiment

Guardforce AI has a news sentiment score of 0.35. 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 0.53 average news sentiment score of Industrials companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 9 news articles for Guardforce AI this week, compared to 0 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

Only 1 people have searched for GFAI on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -83% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

Only 3 people have added Guardforce AI to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -25% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

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

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

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

Percentage Held by Insiders

76.70% of the stock of Guardforce AI is held by insiders. A high percentage of insider ownership can be a sign of company health.

Percentage Held by Institutions

Only 2.04% of the stock of Guardforce AI is held by institutions.

GFAI Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

How have GFAI shares performed this year?

Guardforce AI's stock was trading at $1.43 on January 1st, 2025. Since then, GFAI stock has decreased by 25.9% and is now trading at $1.06.
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When did Guardforce AI's stock split?

Shares of Guardforce AI reverse split on the morning of Thursday, February 9th 2023. The 1-40 reverse split was announced on Thursday, February 9th 2023. The number of shares owned by shareholders was adjusted after the market closes on Thursday, February 9th 2023. An investor that had 100 shares of stock prior to the reverse split would have 3 shares after the split.

When did Guardforce AI IPO?

Guardforce AI (GFAI) raised $15 million in an initial public offering (IPO) on Wednesday, September 29th 2021. The company issued 3,600,000 shares at a price of $4.15 per share. EF Hutton (formerly Kingswood, a division of Benchmark Investments) acted as the underwriter for the IPO.

How do I buy shares of Guardforce AI?

Shares of GFAI 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 Guardforce AI own?

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Guardforce AI investors own include NVIDIA (NVDA), Meta Platforms (META), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Broadcom (AVGO), CrowdStrike (CRWD), Adobe (ADBE) and C3.ai (AI).

Company Calendar

• Today: 4/30/2025
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2025

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NASDAQ
• Sector: Industrials
• Industry: Detective & armored car services
• Sub-Industry: Business Services
• Current Symbol: NASDAQ:GFAI
• CIK: 1804469
• Web: www.guardforceai.com
• Phone: 65-6702-1179
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 1,780
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Stock Price Target: $4.50
• High Stock Price Target: $4.50
• Low Stock Price Target: $4.50
• Potential Upside/Downside: +318.6%
• Consensus Rating: Strong Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 3.50
• Research Coverage: 2 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year): N/A
• Trailing P/E Ratio: N/A
• Forward P/E Ratio: N/A
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: N/A
• Net Margins: N/A
• Pretax Margin: N/A
• Return on Equity: N/A
• Return on Assets: N/A

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.01
• Current Ratio: 3.42
• Quick Ratio: 3.36

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $35.84 million
• Price / Sales: 0.53
• Cash Flow: $0.29 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 3.71
• Book Value: $2.56 per share
• Price / Book: 0.42

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 17,809,000
• Free Float: 4,149,000
• Market Cap: $19.14 million
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 2.57