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Z Squared Inc.

Rising onWhy it's trendingX mentions rising faster than the marketBacked by solid revenue growthPrice and volume picking up
$ZSQR·$53M·Software - Services·Technology
$8.56+0.8%1Y-20.8%
Mentions · last 7 days
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ZSZSQR
$ZSQRZ Squared Inc.
$8.56+0.82%96 posts
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Today's AI verdict on what's driving $ZSQR, 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 2026-07-10

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

Z Squared AI infrastructure micro-cap — Russell 2000/3000 addition plus $15M non-debt capital raise, day +21%.

Z Squared Inc. is a small AI-infrastructure services company — recently added to Russell 2000 and 3000 indexes with specific fresh strategic capital raise. The stock is at just $52.8M market cap with today's +20.60% specific tape action reflecting specific low-float dynamics.

Where the setup stands:

  • Q1 revenue was just $114K — genuinely trivial against the $52.8M market cap — with gross margin at -254% and operating margin at -3,441%; this is a pre-scale operating business where specific narrative catalysts dominate.
  • The specific $15.3M non-debt capital raise to advance AI infrastructure strategy plus the specific Russell 2000/3000 index addition are the specific catalyst drivers — that's specific fresh liquidity plus specific passive-inflow support.
  • The specific Jeffrey Harris CTO appointment adds specific management-hiring signal — but at the underlying operating scale, the tape moves entirely on specific low-float momentum-trader dynamics and specific narrative-driven headlines.

The September 2 print won't matter on operating fundamentals — the tape moves on specific AI-infrastructure commercial-customer contract announcements. Any specific named-enterprise-customer or specific hyperscaler-partnership disclosure restarts the tape toward $15; specific fresh dilution announcements or specific commentary about specific commercialization delays takes ZSQR back toward $4.

What to watch: September 2 print won't matter operationally. What matters is any AI-infrastructure commercial-customer contract or hyperscaler-partnership disclosure — a named contract restarts toward $15; fresh dilution or commercialization delays takes ZSQR toward $4.

On the calendar: 2026-09-02 — Q2 earnings

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What it does

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

Z Squared Inc. operates as an integrated computing infrastructure company, deploying and managing advanced computing equipment across its facilities in North Carolina, South Carolina, and Iowa. The firm diligently oversees and optimizes its extensive network of specialized hardware. This comprehensive approach incorporates dynamic power management strategies, real-time analytics dashboards for performance monitoring, and an internal program dedicated to repair and lifecycle management. These measures collectively aim to maximize the operational efficiency of their hardware assets and minimize capital expenditure. Established in 2022, Z Squared Inc. has its corporate base in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

Industry overviewAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data

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

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Industry benchmark

4-name peer basket
+17.7%YTD
+55.7%1Y

Fundamentals & catalyst

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

Key ratios

P/E
-3.5How 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
-59.3%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
-9.1%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
-15.1%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
37.4Same 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
-82.9%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
-254%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
0.0Total 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 14, 2026$-0.65$-1.60+59.4%
Next earningsWed, Sep 2

Quarterly trend

QuarterRevenueYoYGrossOpEPSFCF
Q1 FY26$114K+81.0%-1802%-3441%$-0.65$-1.8M
Q4 FY25$862K—-14.6%-231%$-0.27$-1.7M
Q3 FY25$237K—-275%-1043%$-0.58$-2.2M
Q2 FY25$201K—-377%-2253%$-0.95$-2.4M

Forward consensus

2-year forecast · up to 1 analysts
FYRevenueRangeEPSRangeAnalysts
FY26$1.0M$1.0M – $1.0M-$3.40-$3.40 – -$3.401
FY27$767K$767K – $767K-$3.60-$3.60 – -$3.601

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.1.0×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.—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.-26.6%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.—Latest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.

Float & profile

FloatTiny float · 5.9M shFree-float shares — the slice of issued stock actually available to trade. Lower buckets squeeze harder on a catalyst.Traded today10.7% 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.β-0.245-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.

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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Recent news

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

Z Squared Inc. Appoints Jeffrey Harris as Chief Technology Officerprnewswire.com·11d agoZ Squared Raises Approximately $15.3 Million in Non-Debt Capital to Advance AI Infrastructure Strategyprnewswire.com·11d agoRussell Indexes Add Z Squared Inc. to Russell 2000® and Russell 3000®prnewswire.com·12d agoZ Squared, Inc. to Acquire Majority Interest in Paradox Data and Its Union County Campus, a Next-Generation Data Center Development Targeting Up to 150 MW of Firm Powerprnewswire.com·16d agoZ Squared to Participate in Maxim Group's AI Data Center Summitprnewswire.com·32d ago

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