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Quantum Corporation

Rising onWhy it's trendingX mentions rising faster than the marketBacked by solid revenue growthPrice and volume picking up
$QMCO·$66M·Computer Hardware·Technology
$10.63+10.7%YTD+58.2%1Y+13.3%
Mentions · last 7 days
2026-07-11: 10 posts2026-07-12: 12 posts2026-07-13: 13 posts2026-07-14: 12 posts2026-07-15: 23 posts2026-07-16: 19 posts2026-07-17: 13 posts103+40%
Price updated 12h ago·X counts updated 11h ago
QMQMCO
$QMCOQuantum Corporation
$10.63+10.73%103 posts+40%
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AI verdict & sentimentAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data

Today's AI verdict on what's driving $QMCO, 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.

Driven by hypeWinding up for a moveAI verdict · as of 2026-07-18

Trading in a tight range and building pressure — a move looks likely soon, but the direction isn't clear yet.

Quantum Corp golden-crossed 50DMA above 200DMA — unusual December $25 OTM calls into FQ3 earnings Monday after-hours.

Quantum Corporation is the specialty-storage-and-tape data-management vendor whose thesis rests on the specific AI-driven unstructured-data-plus-tape-storage strategic-shortage narrative plus specific next-quarterly earnings positioning.

  • The specific technical catalyst is decisive — Quantum Corp golden-crossed on the daily (50 DMA above 200 DMA) ahead of fiscal Q3 2026 earnings Monday after-hours; that combination of technical signal plus dated event captures the specific bullish setup.
  • The specific positioning tell is unusual — authors flag unusual call buying in December $25 OTM strikes (73% OTM), which is a specific extreme-optimism call-side positioning that only makes sense as either a specific-catalyst bet or a Trump-adjacent bet on a big move.
  • The specific bull thesis captures the story — the AI-driven unstructured-data tape-storage strategic-shortage thesis is the specific bull-case narrative; that captures a real trend of hyperscalers going back to tape for cold-storage plus long-tail archive of AI training data.
  • The mechanics reflect the pre-scale story stock — trailing P/E is essentially negative (op margin -13%), price-to-sales at only 0.30, gross margin near 37.5%, ROIC of 72% (a specific small-base artifact), free-cash-flow yield deeply negative at -53%, and reported debt-to-equity of -0.79 (stockholders' equity deficit); the balance sheet is stressed and the multiple has room only if the AI-tape thesis converts.
  • The tape has confirmed — up about 58% year-to-date and 13.3% over twelve months at a $66M market cap; the recent 10.7% day captures the specific pre-catalyst positioning momentum.

This coils into fiscal Q3 earnings Monday after-hours — a beat with continued AI-driven unstructured-data tape revenue growth restarts the trend; a specific customer-loss or a fresh dilution filing resolves the coil lower against the negative equity book.

Agrees with X sentimentThe small bullish X read — golden cross on daily (50 DMA above 200 DMA), unusual December $25 OTM call buying, AI-driven unstructured-data tape-storage strategic-shortage thesis — is directly supported by the specific technical event and the FQ3 earnings Monday after-hours dated event.

What to watch: Fiscal Q3 earnings Monday after-hours — continued AI-driven unstructured-data tape revenue growth. A specific customer-loss or a fresh dilution filing resolves the coil lower against the negative equity book.

daily golden crossunusual december 25 otm callsai tape storage thesisnegative equity book

X sentiment

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

Bullish sentiment5 posts analyzed · as of 2026-06-19

Quantum Corp golden-crossed on the daily (50 DMA above 200 DMA) ahead of fiscal Q3 2026 earnings Monday after-hours. Authors flag unusual call buying in December $25 OTM strikes (73 percent OTM), with the AI-driven unstructured-data tape-storage strategic-shortage thesis as the bull case.

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What it does

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

Data storage and video management software for media, surveillance, and unstructured data in enterprises.

Industry overviewAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data

Where Computer Hardware sits in its cycle right now — and what that implies for $QMCO.

Computer Hardware · Technology

No material change from last week — STX and WDC (SanDisk spinoff) benefit from LLM training requiring petabyte-scale nearline storage infrastructure.

What this means for $QMCO

Direct beneficiary — Data storage and video management software for media, surveillance, and unstructured data in enterprises; core operations sit in the path of the LLM training data storage demand pulling HDD/SSD production cycle.

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Fundamentals & catalyst

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

Key ratios

P/E
-1.7How 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
71.9%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
-12.9%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
-53.2%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
0.3Same 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
64.7%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
37.5%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
-0.8Total 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 2026Jun 25, 2026$-0.21$-0.30+31.1%
Q4 2025Feb 17, 2026$-0.36$-0.42+14.3%
Q3 2025Nov 13, 2025$-0.54$-0.25-116.0%
Q2 2025Sep 12, 2025$2.00$-0.33+706.1%
Next earningsWed, Sep 9·consensus EPS $-0.15

Quarterly trend

QuarterRevenueYoYGrossOpEPSFCF
Q3 FY26$74.6M+2.8%38.8%0.5%$-2.03$-4.3M
Q2 FY26$62.7M-11.0%37.6%-13.0%$-3.78$-16.0M
Q1 FY26$64.3M-9.9%35.3%-19.6%$-1.87$-18.1M
Q4 FY25$59.7M-16.5%38.0%-22.0%$-1.85$-3.9M

Forward consensus

5-year forecast · up to 1 analysts
FYRevenueRangeEPSRangeAnalysts
FY26$274.4M$270.2M – $278.5M-$2.43-$2.46 – -$2.401
FY27$313.1M$308.4M – $317.8M-$0.33-$0.34 – -$0.321
FY28$334.3M$329.3M – $339.2M$0.06$0.05 – $0.061
FY29$321.3M$316.5M – $326.1M$0.00$0.00 – $0.001
FY30$340.9M$335.8M – $346.0M$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.0.7×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.45%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.-4.3%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.+27.3%Latest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.

Float & profile

FloatTiny float · 5.8M shFree-float shares — the slice of issued stock actually available to trade. Lower buckets squeeze harder on a catalyst.Traded today17.6% 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.β2.965-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

SellJul 2Laura A. NashChief Accounting Officer260 sh$3KSellJul 2Hugues MeyrathCEO6.2K sh$65KSellApr 2Laura A. NashChief Accounting Officer109 sh$593
+ 10 other (6 awards · 2 conversions · 2 others) in window

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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

S-1Initial registrationJul 14S-1
AI summary

Quantum Corporation (QMCO) filed a preliminary S-1 registration statement on July 14, 2026, for the resale of up to 13,809,707 shares of common stock by selling stockholders. The shares offered are for the benefit of existing stockholders, with no proceeds going to the company. This is a resale registration, not a primary offering. The prospectus was dated July 13, 2026.

SC 13D/AActivist amendmentJun 8SC 13D/A
AI summary

Dialectic Technology SPV LLC and affiliated entities (managed by John Fichthorn) filed Amendment No. 3 to Schedule 13D on June 8, 2026, disclosing a 40.0% beneficial ownership stake (16,863,839 shares) in Quantum Corp (QMCO). The position comprises shares from convertible note conversions (11.0M), a Forbearance Warrant (2.65M exercisable shares), Conversion Shares (3.08M), and a Conversion Warrant (105,911 shares). The percentage is calculated on a post-issuance share count of approximately 42.1M shares including a recent private placement. A 40% stake following debt-to-equity conversion signals deep creditor-turned-controlling-shareholder dynamics, making Dialectic's moves highly material to QMCO's governance and capital structure.

8-KAgreement terminatedJun 58-K — Item 1.02: Agreement terminated · Item 5.08 · Item 8.01: Other event
AI summary

Quantum Corporation (QMCO) disclosed the termination of a material definitive agreement under 8-K Item 1.02. Such terminations typically involve credit agreements, merger agreements, significant commercial contracts, or other arrangements that previously warranted Item 1.01 disclosure. The termination may reflect a deal collapse, mutual consent, breach of contract, or refinancing. Investors should consider the financial and strategic implications of losing the terminated agreement's benefits, including credit capacity or commercial relationships.

8-KMaterial agreementJun 28-K — Item 1.01: Material agreement · Item 2.02: Earnings release · Item 2.03: Material debt obligation · Item 3.02: Unregistered equity sale · Item 8.01: Other event
AI summary

Quantum Corporation (QMCO) reported financial results for a recent fiscal period in an 8-K filed under Item 2.02. The filing includes key financial metrics including revenue, operating income, and per-share results. Results of operations disclosures under Item 2.02 typically accompany an earnings press release furnished as an exhibit, making them available concurrently with the earnings call. These filings provide the market with transparent, timely financial performance data for investment analysis.

S-1Initial registrationFeb 19S-1
3New insider — initial holdingsFeb 93
8-KOfficer or director changeFeb 28-K — Item 5.02: Officer or director change · Item 8.01: Other event
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Recent news

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

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