Netlist (NLST) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Netlist, Inc. is a technology company that develops high-performance memory and storage solutions for enterprise computing, cloud infrastructure, data centers and other demanding applications. Its products are designed to improve system capacity, performance, reliability and efficiency in servers and computing platforms.

The company’s offerings have included memory modules based on DRAM technologies, including registered DIMMs and other specialized memory products, as well as solid-state storage and related solutions. Netlist has also developed technologies intended to support emerging computing architectures and high-bandwidth data processing, including solutions associated with nonvolatile memory and next-generation memory interfaces.

Founded in 2000 and based in Irvine, California, Netlist serves computing-system manufacturers, data-center operators and other technology customers. The company also maintains a portfolio of intellectual property related to memory and storage technologies and has pursued licensing and patent-enforcement activities. Netlist was co-founded and is led by C.K. Hong, who serves as chief executive officer and president.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $5.59 to $5.92
• 50-Day Range: $2.33 to $6.82
• 52-Week Range: $0.45 to $7.00
• Volume: 1.19 million shs
• Average Volume: 1.60 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $2.15 billion
• P/E Ratio: N/A
• Dividend Yield: N/A
• Price Target: $15.00
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

Netlist Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Netlist scored higher than 51% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 3.7 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

Netlist has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.50, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 1 buy rating, 1 hold rating, and no sell ratings.

Upside Potential

Netlist has a consensus price target of $15.00, representing about 164.1% upside from its current price of $5.68.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

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

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: -24.05%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Netlist are expected to decrease by -24.05% in the coming year, from $0.79 to $0.60 per share.

Short Interest

• Score: 5.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

4.44% of the float of Netlist has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Netlist has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 2.38, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Netlist has recently decreased by 5.21%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.

Dividend

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

Dividend Yield

Netlist does not currently pay a dividend.

Dividend Growth

Netlist does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

News and Social Media

• Score: 1.8 / 5
• News Sentiment: -0.06

News Sentiment

Netlist has a news sentiment score of -0.06. 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 0.66 average news sentiment score of Technology companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 8 news articles for Netlist this week, compared to 1 article on an average week.

Search Interest

35 people have searched for NLST on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 25% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

Only 14 people have added Netlist to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -13% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.2 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

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

Percentage Held by Insiders

5.07% of the stock of Netlist is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

0.01% of the stock of Netlist is held by institutions.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 5/12/2026
• Today: 10/01/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 11/05/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: OTCMKTS
• Sector: Technology
• Industry: Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components
• Sub-Industry: Electronic Equipment & Instruments
• Current Symbol: OTCMKTS:NLST
• CIK: 1282631
• Web: www.netlist.com
• Phone: (949) 435-0025
• Fax: 949-435-0031
• Employees: 69
• Year Founded: 2000

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Netlist: $15.00
• High Price Target: $15.00
• Low Price Target: $15.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +164.1%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.50
• Research Coverage: 2 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): N/A
• Trailing P/E Ratio: N/A
• Forward P/E Ratio: N/A
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: -$24.82 million
• Net Margins: 0.24%
• Pretax Margin: 0.24%
• Return on Equity: 20.86%
• Return on Assets: 1.18%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: N/A
• Current Ratio: 1.45
• Quick Ratio: 0.90

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $188.63 million
• Price / Sales: 11.38
• Cash Flow: N/A
• Price / Cash Flow: N/A
• Book Value: ($0.02) per share
• Price / Book: -284.03

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 378,040,000
• Free Float: 358,875,000
• Market Cap: $2.15 billion
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 1.52