Palladyne AI (PDYN) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Palladyne AI Corp., a software company, focuses on delivering software that enhances the utility and functionality of third-party stationary and mobile robotic systems in the United States. Its Artificial Intelligence (AI)/ Machine Learning (ML) software platform enables robots to observe, learn, reason, and act in structured and unstructured environments. The company's software platform enables robotic systems to perceive their environment and quickly adapt to changing circumstances by generalizing from their experience using dynamic real-time operations without extensive programming and with minimal robot training. It serves customers from various industries, such as industrial manufacturing, warehousing and logistics, defense, infrastructure maintenance and repair, energy, aerospace and aviation, and others. The company was formerly known as Sarcos Technology and Robotics Corporation and changed its name to Palladyne AI Corp. in March 2024. Palladyne AI Corp. was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $5.88 to $6.02
• 50-Day Range: $4.83 to $7.00
• 52-Week Range: $4.14 to $10.73
• Volume: 269,126 shs
• Average Volume: 2.64 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $293.81 million
• P/E Ratio: N/A
• Dividend Yield: N/A
• Price Target: $11.00
• Consensus Rating: Hold

Palladyne AI Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Palladyne AI scored higher than 64% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 392nd out of 664 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: 3.6 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Hold

Consensus Rating

Palladyne AI has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.33, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 3 buy ratings, 2 hold ratings, and 1 sell rating.

Upside Potential

Palladyne AI has a consensus price target of $11.00, representing about 84.4% upside from its current price of $5.97.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Palladyne AI has only been the subject of 2 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 0.6 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: Growing

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Palladyne AI are expected to grow in the coming year, from ($0.95) to ($0.78) per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Palladyne AI is -8.76, which means that its earnings are negative and its P/E ratio cannot be compared to companies with positive earnings.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Palladyne AI is -8.76, which means that its earnings are negative and its P/E ratio cannot be compared to companies with positive earnings.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Palladyne AI has a P/B Ratio of 4.14. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

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

Percentage of Shares Shorted

18.54% of the float of Palladyne AI has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Palladyne AI has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 7.72.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Palladyne AI has recently decreased by 8.82%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.

Dividend

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

Dividend Yield

Palladyne AI does not currently pay a dividend.

Dividend Growth

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

News and Social Media

• Score: 3.4 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.43

News Sentiment

Palladyne AI has a news sentiment score of 0.43. 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 0.76 average news sentiment score of Industrials companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 12 news articles for Palladyne AI this week, compared to 3 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

24 people have searched for PDYN on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 85% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

9 people have added Palladyne AI to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 125% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.5 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Palladyne AI insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $167,749.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

13.40% of the stock of Palladyne AI is held by insiders. A high percentage of insider ownership can be a sign of company health.

Percentage Held by Institutions

26.02% of the stock of Palladyne AI is held by institutions.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 8/06/2026
• Today: 8/26/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 11/11/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NASDAQ
• Sector: Industrials
• Industry: Aerospace & Defense
• Sub-Industry: Aerospace & Defense
• Current Symbol: NASDAQ:PDYN
• Previous Symbol: NASDAQ:PDYN
• CIK: 1826681
• Web: www.palladyneai.com
• Phone: 888-927-7296
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 70
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Palladyne AI: $11.00
• High Price Target: $15.00
• Low Price Target: $7.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +85.7%
• Consensus Rating: Hold
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.33
• Research Coverage: 6 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): ($0.68)
• Trailing P/E Ratio: N/A
• Forward P/E Ratio: N/A
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: $10.04 million
• Net Margins: -254.75%
• Pretax Margin: -276.18%
• Return on Equity: -53.29%
• Return on Assets: -40.05%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: N/A
• Current Ratio: 6.30
• Quick Ratio: 6.19

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $11.84 million
• Price / Sales: 24.69
• Cash Flow: N/A
• Price / Cash Flow: N/A
• Book Value: $1.44 per share
• Price / Book: 4.11

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 49,339,000
• Free Float: 42,728,000
• Market Cap: $292.33 million
• Optionable: N/A
• Beta: 3.65