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Digimarc Corp.

$DMRC·$149M·Software - Application·Technology
$6.71-2.6%YTD+1.4%1Y-47.7%
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DMDMRC
$DMRCDigimarc Corp.
$6.71-2.61%41 posts+17%
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AI verdict & sentimentAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data

Top X posts

Today's AI verdict on what's driving $DMRC, plus how loud the X conversation is and which way it's leaning.

AI analysis

TickerTalks’ read on the fundamentals and what’s driving the move.

Hinges on a big eventAcceleratingAI verdict · as of 2026-07-14

The move is getting stronger, with heavier trading behind it.

Digital-watermark franchise pivoting to agentic-AI provenance under a new CEO.

Digimarc supplies digital-watermarking and content-provenance technology — a small-cap tech franchise that is now positioning as the identity-and-verification infrastructure layer for agentic-AI workflows. The near-term print pattern was better than expected: Q1 EPS was -$0.07 vs -$0.36 (an 80% beat), Q4 $0.05 vs -$0.24 (+121%), following two negative-surprise quarters earlier.

  • Consensus revenue expands from $29M this year to $115M by year three — a hockey-stick shape that reflects analyst modelling of the AI-provenance platform materially converting into contracted revenue.
  • EPS consensus remains negative near-term (-$1.24 to -$1.28) then implies profitability in the outyear.
  • Two specific catalysts in the window: Paul Carreiro was appointed CEO to "lead the next phase of global growth" (enterprise software veteran, real credential), and Digimarc extended its Agent-Native Provenance and Verification Platform to leading agentic-AI ecosystems.
  • Coverage frames the same theme: "Provenance and Verification Infrastructure for Autonomous AI Workflows."
  • X sentiment (five posts) is bullish and specific — Microsoft Build 2026 as a catalyst window, 2.62M short interest on a 15M float, existing MSFT/ADBE relationships, EU AI Act mandate context, and a $26 gap-fill target.
  • Insider activity is not in the bundle.
  • Next reset is the August 5 Q2 print — consensus wants -$0.33 EPS.

The operating story is a legitimate pivot into a real emerging category (AI content provenance and identity). The equity works if the agentic-AI platform lands enterprise contracts and if the EU AI Act enforcement creates specific procurement demand; both are directional catalysts rather than confirmed revenue. Watch pipeline commentary from the new CEO.

Agrees with X sentimentCrowd's Microsoft Build and EU-AI-Act framing aligns with the disclosed agentic-AI platform announcement and the new CEO's positioning; the caveat is the still-tiny revenue base against the outyear hockey stick.

What to watch: August 5 Q2 print vs -$0.33 EPS consensus; new CEO commentary on enterprise pipeline; any specific agentic-AI ecosystem customer disclosure; MSFT/ADBE relationship deepening.

On the calendar: 2026-08-05 — Q2 earnings (consensus EPS -$0.33)

X sentiment

What the X crowd is saying right now — descriptive, summarised from the day’s posts.

Bullish sentiment5 posts analyzed · as of 2026-06-04

Digimarc is being framed as a Microsoft Build 2026 catalyst setup with 2.62M short interest on a tightly held 15M float and existing MSFT/ADBE relationships, plus a new 'AI-generated content trust infrastructure' announcement positioning the company against the EU AI Act mandate. Chart accounts cite price clearing key technical levels with a gap-fill target near $26 and a launch with 'a select group of early build partners and platform collaborators.' Corpus is thin but uniformly long; no real bear thread.

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What it does

Plain-English summary of the business — what they sell and how they make money.

Provides digital watermarking and product ID technology for packaging authentication, supply chain traceability, and recycling sorting.

Industry overviewAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data

Where Software - Application sits in its cycle right now — and what that implies for $DMRC.

Software - Application · Technology

No material change from last week — platforms where agents expand contract value (ServiceNow, Snowflake) are re-rated upward, while tools where agents substitute human users (Adobe Creative..

What this means for $DMRC

Neutral — Provides digital watermarking and product ID technology for packaging authentication, supply chain traceability, and recycling sorting; limited exposure means the AI agent bifurcation — contract expansion vs. user substitution is not a near-term catalyst or headwind.

Top industry ETF

$IGViShares Expanded Tech-Software Sector ETF
-12.1%YTD
-14.1%1Y

Fundamentals & catalyst

Profitability, valuation, and the next earnings event — at a glance, with rule-of-thumb signals.

Key ratios

P/E
-10.9How much investors are paying per dollar of profit the company actually earned in the last 12 months. Lower means the stock looks cheaper relative to earnings.~15–25 is typical for the S&P 500; high-growth names trade 30+; hyper-growth or speculative can be 100+ or negative.
ROIC
-71.4%What percentage return the business earns on every dollar of capital (equity + debt) deployed in operations. The cleanest measure of business quality.Above ~15% is high-quality; consistently above 25% suggests a real moat. Below the company's cost of capital is value-destroying.
Op margin
-85.1%Operating profit (after sales, marketing, R&D, and overhead but before interest and taxes) as a percentage of revenue. The clearest view of how well the underlying business is run.Mature business above 20% is healthy; software businesses can run 30%+; commodity / retail businesses operate in single digits.
FCF yield
-2.9%Free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capex) divided by the company's market cap. The cash-on-cash return you'd get owning the whole business at today's price.Above ~5% is attractive; below ~2% means you're paying up for growth. Capital-light businesses (software) run higher than capital-heavy ones (utilities).
P/S
9.4Same idea as P/E but per dollar of revenue. Useful for companies that aren't profitable yet, where P/E is meaningless.Under ~2 is cheap; software / SaaS often runs 8–15; well above 20 implies the market is pricing in very high future growth.
ROE
-67.9%Net income as a percentage of shareholders' equity. Similar to ROIC but counts only the equity side.Above 20% is strong, but can be inflated by leverage — a heavily indebted company can show high ROE with weak underlying ROIC.
Gross margin
59.3%Revenue minus the direct cost of producing what was sold, as a percentage of revenue. The first read on whether the product is structurally profitable.Software / SaaS is typically 70%+; consumer goods 30–50%; commodity / hardware businesses can be under 20%.
D/E
0.1Total debt divided by shareholders' equity. Measures how much the business runs on borrowed money versus owner capital.Under 1 is conservative; 1–2 is typical for mature businesses; over 2 is leveraged and more sensitive to interest rates.

Past earnings

QuarterReportedActualEstimateSurprise
Q1 2026May 12, 2026$-0.32$-0.36+11.1%
Q4 2025Mar 11, 2026$0.05$-0.24+120.8%
Q3 2025Oct 30, 2025$-0.10$-0.01-566.7%
Q2 2025Aug 14, 2025$-0.11$-0.05-120.0%
Next earningsWed, Aug 5·consensus EPS $-0.33

Quarterly trend

QuarterRevenueYoYGrossOpEPSFCF
Q1 FY26$7.6M-19.1%56.0%-94.2%$-0.32$-1.9M
Q4 FY25$8.9M+2.9%63.5%-47.8%$-0.19$895K
Q3 FY25$7.6M-19.2%58.3%-98.6%$-0.38$-2.8M
Q2 FY25$8.0M-22.8%58.8%-105%$-0.38$-5.0M

Forward consensus

3-year forecast · up to 2 analysts
FYRevenueRangeEPSRangeAnalysts
FY26$29.1M$29.0M – $29.2M-$1.27-$1.33 – -$1.222
FY27$31.5M$31.4M – $31.6M-$1.24-$1.35 – -$1.132
FY28$115.4M$115.1M – $115.8M$0.00$0.00 – $0.001

Setup & momentum

Volume, range, and moving-average position — the technical setup driving short-term moves.

Right now

Vol vs 30dToday's traded share volume divided by the average over the prior 30 trading days. ≥3× signals unusual interest; below 1× is quiet.0.5×Today's traded share volume divided by the average over the prior 30 trading days. ≥3× signals unusual interest; below 1× is quiet.
52w rangeWhere the latest close sits between the 52-week low (0%) and high (100%). Above 80% is extended; below 30% is basing or in a downtrend.20%Where the latest close sits between the 52-week low (0%) and high (100%). Above 80% is extended; below 30% is basing or in a downtrend.
vs 50d MALatest close vs the 50-day simple moving average. Positive = short-term trend is up.-33.8%Latest close vs the 50-day simple moving average. Positive = short-term trend is up.
vs 200d MALatest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.-14.4%Latest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.

Float & profile

FloatLow float · 16.3M shFree-float shares — the slice of issued stock actually available to trade. Lower buckets squeeze harder on a catalyst.Traded today0.7% of floatToday's volume as a percent of the free float. Above 5% on a single day is unusually high turnover for the available share count.β2.265-year weekly beta vs the S&P 500. Above 1.5 means the stock typically moves more than the index; below 0.8 moves less.FilingActive offeringA shelf registration (S-3 / S-3ASR / S-1) or prospectus supplement (424B*) was filed in the last 90 days — the company is registered to (or actively) issuing new shares. Dilution risk.

Insider activity

Recent open-market buys and sells by officers and directors — flagged when multiple insiders cluster.

Recent transactions

No open-market buys or sells in the last 180 days.

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SEC filings

Material 8-K, 13D, S-3, and 424B5 events from the last 180 days — the filings that actually move the price.

Recent material filings

3New insider — initial holdingsJul 83
AI summary

Paul Carreiro, newly appointed CEO of Digimarc Corp (DMRC), filed a Form 3 on July 7, 2026 disclosing ownership of 0 shares of common stock at the time of his appointment (effective July 6, 2026). Routine administrative filing for a new reporting officer; no shares held at appointment.

S-3Shelf registrationJul 7S-3
AI summary

Digimarc Corporation filed a Form S-3 shelf registration statement on July 6, 2026, to register an unspecified amount of securities for potential future offering on a delayed or continuous basis. Digimarc is a smaller reporting company headquartered in Beaverton, Oregon. The S-3 is connected to a corporate reorganization — the excerpt references an 'Explanatory Note' suggesting it relates to the company's recent name change from Digimarc Parent, Inc. to Digimarc Corporation. This is a preparatory capital markets filing that does not indicate an immediate offering.

8-KOfficer or director changeJul 68-K — Item 5.02: Officer or director change · Item 8.01: Other event
AI summary

Digimarc Corporation disclosed the compensation package for its new President and CEO Paul Carreiro (appointed effective July 6, 2026) on July 6, 2026. His inducement equity award consists of 307,400 time-vesting LTIP Units (vesting in 15 equal quarterly installments from September 2026 through June 2030) plus 752,600 performance-vesting LTIP Units in DMRC LLC (a subsidiary). The time-vesting grant alone equates to approximately $4.2M at the June 5 price of $13.63. These are material inducement grants to attract a new chief executive; investors should note the ongoing dilution from unvested units.

SC 13D/AActivist amendmentJun 18SC 13D/A
AI summary

A Schedule 13D/A (Amendment No. 3) was filed on June 18, 2026 regarding Digimarc Corporation common stock, amending prior filings from October 2020 and subsequent amendments. The filer's identity and the specific changes to their beneficial ownership position are not available in the body excerpt as the text is truncated before the reporting person's details. Investors should review the full Schedule 13D/A for the filer's current stake and stated investment purpose.

8-KMaterial agreementJun 88-K — Item 1.01: Material agreement · Item 5.02: Officer or director change · Item 8.01: Other event
AI summary

Digimarc Corporation entered into an ATM (at-the-market) sales agreement with Needham & Company, LLC on June 8, 2026, allowing Digimarc to sell up to $17.5 million of common stock through Needham as agent at market prices at a 3.0% commission. The shares are registered on Digimarc's shelf (Form S-3 No. 333-272903, effectiveness amended May 21, 2026). This is a small equity raise facility; at the June 5 price of $13.63, $17.5M represents approximately 1.28 million shares. The same 8-K also confirmed the appointment of Paul Carreiro as the new President and CEO.

424B5Prospectus supplement (offering)Jun 8424B5
AI summary

Digimarc Corporation (DMRC) filed a 424B5 prospectus supplement related to an at-the-market (ATM) equity offering program. The program allows the company to sell up to $17,500,000 of common shares over time through a sales agent into the market at prevailing prices. ATM programs provide flexible, dilution-minimized capital access without a traditional underwritten deal, typically used for growth capital or balance sheet management.

424B5Prospectus supplement (offering)Jun 8424B5
AI summary

Digimarc Corporation filed a 424B5 ATM prospectus supplement on June 8, 2026, enabling at-the-market equity sales of up to $17.5 million through Needham & Company as sales agent at a 3% commission. Sales can be made directly on Nasdaq at market prices, in block transactions, or as otherwise agreed. The last reported sale price on June 5, 2026 was $13.63 per share. This is the companion prospectus to the ATM Sales Agreement (8-K Item 1.01); it represents a modest but dilutive equity program for a smaller reporting company.

8-KCharter amendmentMay 218-K — Item 5.03: Charter amendment
AI summary

Digimarc Corporation filed Articles of Amendment with Oregon's Secretary of State on May 21, 2026 to formally change the company's name from 'Digimarc Parent, Inc.' to 'Digimarc Corporation,' effective at 12:01 a.m. on May 21, 2026 (effective on Nasdaq May 22, 2026). The name change reflects the completion of the company's corporate reorganization; no shareholder rights were affected. This is a post-restructuring administrative cleanup with no business impact.

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Recent news

Latest headlines from major outlets, sourced and timestamped — context for whatever just moved.

Paul Carreiro Assumes Role as Chief Executive Officer and President of Digimarcbusinesswire.com·9d agoDigimarc Extends Its Agent-Native Provenance and Verification Platform to the World's Leading Agentic AI Ecosystemsgurufocus.com·29d agoDigimarc Extends Its Agent-Native Provenance and Verification Platform to the World's Leading Agentic AI Ecosystemsbusinesswire.com·29d agoDigimarc Appoints Enterprise Software Veteran Paul Carreiro as Chief Executive Officer to Lead Next Phase of Global Growthbusinesswire.com·37d agoDigimarc Introduces Provenance and Verification Infrastructure for Autonomous AI Workflowsgurufocus.com·48d ago

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