GCI Liberty (Series C) (GLIBK)
Communication Services · Regional telecommunications and managed services · NASDAQ
A newly independent Alaska-focused telecommunications and managed services provider spun from Liberty Broadband, serving diverse customer segments with data, wireless, and voice services.
What GCI Liberty (Series C) does
GCI Liberty consists of GCI, LLC and its subsidiaries, which provide data, wireless, voice, and managed services to residential customers, businesses, governmental entities, and educational and medical institutions, primarily in Alaska under the GCI brand. The company was separated from Liberty Broadband in July 2025 through an internal reorganization and distribution, and now operates as a standalone public company offering telecommunications and managed services across multiple customer segments.
Themes: Regional telecommunications / Alaska, Wireless connectivity, Broadband infrastructure, Managed IT services
Fundamentals
- Price$25.53 as of 2026-08-21 close
- Market cap$1.1B as of 2026-08-24
- 1-year return-32.5% 2025-08-21 close $37.85 → 2026-08-21 close $25.53
- P/En/a negative earnings
- Net margin-32.5% as of 2026-08-24
- Gross margin+48.0% as of 2026-08-24
- ROE-20.7% as of 2026-08-24
- Debt / equity0.73 as of 2026-08-24
- Revenue growth (YoY)-32.9% as of 2026-08-24
- Beta-0.63 as of 2026-08-24
- Last reported earnings2026-08-06 SEC EDGAR Form 8-K (Item 2.02)
How GLIBK compares in its sector
- net profit marginbottom 25% 132 covered Communication Services peers, as of 2026-08-24
- operating marginbottom 10% 132 covered Communication Services peers, as of 2026-08-24
- gross marginmiddle range 132 covered Communication Services peers, as of 2026-08-24
- return on equitybottom 25% 132 covered Communication Services peers, as of 2026-08-24
- free cash flow (absolute dollars, latest fiscal year)middle range 114 covered Communication Services peers, as of FY2025
Position among covered Communication Services companies that report each metric (minimum 5 peers). A relative position within our covered catalog — not a valuation, quality, or investment judgment. A higher percentile is simply a higher value (for P/E, more expensive on earnings — never "better"). Informational only.
Dividend coverage
Not assessed — last reported dividend predates the accounts. The most recent fiscal year in which GLIBK reported a dividend payment is FY2024, while its reported financial statements run through FY2025. Coverage is therefore not assessed for the latest year — an FY2024 ratio would not describe GLIBK today.
Coverage is derived from reported SEC EDGAR XBRL figures, comparing dividends paid against net income and free cash flow for the SAME fiscal year. It is not shown here because the latest fiscal year with a reported dividend payment (FY2024) is older than the latest year of reported financial statements (FY2025), so any ratio would describe an out-of-date year. Informational only — not financial advice.
How GCI Liberty (Series C) looks technically
GCI Liberty (Series C) (GLIBK) is trading 20.6% below its 200-day average, the long-term trend line — a long-term downtrend. Its 50-day average crossed below its 200-day average about 62 trading days ago — a "death cross", a bearish long-term signal. There is no clear trend right now — the price is choppy (ADX, a 0–100 trend-strength gauge, is 10, below the 25 that marks a real trend). Momentum is neutral — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 59, neither overbought (above 70) nor oversold (below 30). It made a new 20-day high about 6 trading days ago. It is 38.0% below its highest point of the past year.
Trend
8
| Distance from the 200-day | it is trading 20.6% below its 200-day average, the long-term trend line — a long-term downtrend | -20.6% |
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| 50-day moving average | its average price over the last 50 trading days — a short-term trend line — is $22.83 | $22.83 |
| 200-day moving average | its average price over the last 200 trading days — the long-term trend line — is $32.15 | $32.15 |
| Swing structure | each recent peak has been higher than the one before it and each dip has been shallower — the pattern chart-watchers call an uptrend, which describes where price has already been and not where it goes next | higher highs and higher lows |
| Last swing turn | its last significant turn was a swing high 8 calendar days ago — the swings before that are what the structure reading is measured on | 8 sessions |
| Wave structure | its recent swings can be read as a five-part upward sequence — what Elliott-wave chartists call an impulse — now in the fourth leg, a pullback against that upward direction; the labelling fails if price closes below 23.4999. It is one of several labellings that fit, and it describes the swings already printed, not what comes next. The same swings also read as a completed three-part correction. | possible upward five-wave sequence, in wave 4 (one of several readings) |
| Since the 50/200 cross | its 50-day average crossed below its 200-day average about 62 trading days ago — a "death cross", a bearish long-term signal | 62 sessions |
| Trend strength (14-day ADX) | there is no clear trend right now — the price is choppy (ADX, a 0–100 trend-strength gauge, is 10, below the 25 that marks a real trend) | 10.3 |
Momentum
3
| 14-day RSI | momentum is neutral — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 59, neither overbought (above 70) nor oversold (below 30) | 58.6 |
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| Position in its 14-day range | it is trading in the upper half of its 14-day range ($21.90 to $27.16) — its "stochastic" reading is 69 out of 100, where 0 would mean closing exactly at the 14-session low and 100 exactly at the high. This measures WHERE the price sits inside its recent range, which is a different question from the RSI beside it: RSI is a momentum gauge, measuring how FAST the price has been moving, so a stock can drift quietly to the bottom of its range with an ordinary RSI, or fall sharply and still sit in the middle. It has been slipping within that range over the last few sessions. | 69.0 |
| Since the MACD crossed zero | MACD, a trend-momentum gauge, is in positive territory (momentum leaning bullish) | 43 sessions |
Range
12
| 52-week high | its highest closing price over the past year (about 252 trading days) was $41.17 | $41.17 |
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| From the 52-week high | it is 38.0% below its 52-week high (its highest price of the past year) | -38.0% |
| Above the 52-week low | it is 32.3% above its 52-week low (its lowest price of the past year) | +32.3% |
| Below the 52-week high | it is 38.0% below its highest point of the past year | 38.0% |
| Since a 20-day breakout | it made a new 20-day high about 6 trading days ago | 6 sessions |
| Since a 55-day breakout | it made a new 55-day low about 41 trading days ago | 41 sessions |
| All-time high | its highest closing price on record is $41.17 (set on 2026-02-18) | $41.17 |
| Given back of the 52-week move | over the past year its closes ranged ($19.86 to $40.04), and it has recovered roughly a quarter of its fall from last year’s high — 28% of it. Chart-watchers call 61.8%-65% given back the "golden pocket" — for this company that is $32.33 to $32.98. It is watched widely enough that orders cluster there, which is the honest reason it matters; it is not a forecast. | 28.1% |
| From the all-time high | it is 38.0% below its all-time high | -38.0% |
| Nearest price level | it is trading 39.1% below a resistance level at $35.51 — a price it turned at five times since 2025-10-08, most recently on 2026-04-07. Since 2025-07-15 it has 0 such levels below the current price and 4 above. Levels like these describe where the price has reversed or paused before; they are not a forecast of where it will go. | +39.1% |
| All-time low | its lowest closing price on record is $19.30 (set on 2026-06-18) | $19.30 |
| Above the all-time low | it is 32.3% above its all-time low | +32.3% |
Volatility
5
| Band width vs its own 6 months | day-to-day price swings are about average versus its own recent 6-month history | 70th percentile |
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| Typical daily range | in a typical session it travels about $1.11 between its high and its low — about 4.4% of its price. That is its "average true range" over the last 14 sessions, which also counts the distance from the previous close, so a day that opens well away from yesterday counts as the large move it was | $1.11 |
| Bollinger bands (20-day, ±2σ) | most of its recent trading has stayed between about $22.07 and $27.16 — the "Bollinger bands", a range drawn two standard deviations either side of its 20-day average price, which widens when the stock gets more volatile and narrows when it settles | $22.07 – $24.62 – $27.16 |
| Typical daily range (% of price) | its price moves about 4.4% in a typical session — about typical for the companies we cover. This is the average gap between a session's high and low over the last 14 sessions, counting overnight moves, expressed against the current price so it can be compared with companies trading at any price | 4.4% |
| Stretch from the 200-day average | it is trading 5.9 daily ranges below its 200-day average price (20.6% below it in plain percentage terms) — a way of asking how far it has stretched from its own average in units of how far it normally moves in a day, so a calm company and a jumpy one can be compared on the same scale | 5.9 daily ranges below its 200-day average |
Volume
1
| Volume vs its 30-day average | trading volume is about normal versus its 30-day average | 0.63× |
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Candlestick patterns
3
| Since a doji | 1 session ago it opened and closed at almost the same price after trading through a wider range — a "doji", the classic picture of buyers and sellers finishing the session level | 1 session ago |
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| Since a bullish engulfing | 7 sessions ago it opened below the previous session's close and finished above that session's open — a "bullish engulfing" pair, where one up day more than undid the down day before it | 7 sessions ago |
| Since a bearish engulfing | 2 sessions ago it opened above the previous session's close and finished below that session's open — a "bearish engulfing" pair, where one down day more than undid the up day before it | 2 sessions ago |
Price gaps
2
| Gap at the open | it opened on 2026-08-21 0.7% above the previous session's close — an overnight gap, the part of the move that happened while the market was shut, and traded back through that level before the close | +0.7% |
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| Gap filled | a 2.0% gap down opened on 2026-08-20 has been "filled" today — price traded back through the level the gap left behind, and it took 1 session to close | today |
Price streaks
1
| Closing streak | it closed higher in its latest session, after a session that did not close higher — a single up day rather than a run | 1 session up |
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Relative strength
4
| vs market, 1 month | over the past 1 month this stock beat the market by 13.5 percentage points (the stock gained 15.8% while the market gained 2.3%) | +13.5% |
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| vs market, 3 months | over the past 3 months this stock lagged the market by 4.1 percentage points (the stock lost 1.0% while the market gained 3.1%) | -4.1% |
| vs market, 6 months | over the past 6 months this stock lagged the market by 47.3 percentage points (the stock lost 36.2% while the market gained 11.1%) | -47.3% |
| vs market, 12 months | over the past 12 months this stock lagged the market by 53.0 percentage points (the stock lost 32.5% while the market gained 20.5%) | -53.0% |
Signal agreement
2
| Bullish technical signals | 1 of the 9 technical signals we can compute for it is currently in a bullish state: MACD momentum is positive — these describe past price behaviour, not a forecast | 1 of 9 |
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| Bearish technical signals | 3 of the 9 technical signals we can compute for it are currently in a bearish state: a "death cross" — its 50-day average is below its 200-day, trading below its 200-day average, lagging the market over 6 months — these describe past price behaviour, not a forecast | 3 of 9 |
Trend (Ichimoku cloud)
1
| Vs the Ichimoku cloud | trading inside the Ichimoku cloud — a band drawn from where its own highs and lows sat up to 2026-07-16 and projected forward over today's price, the zone traders read as unresolved — neither side has established a trend, and the band is where that gets settled. The band itself is thick, spanning 26.0% of the share price, which is taken to mean a barrier that has held for a while and takes effort to cross. | 0.0% |
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Volume-weighted price
1
| Vs this year’s average price paid | the price is 13% below the average price paid so far this year, so the typical buyer over that stretch is under water. That average is $29.32 — a volume-weighted average of daily closes over 150 sessions, not a true tick-by-tick VWAP. | -12.9% |
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Price levels it has turned at before
GLIBK last closed at $25.53 on 2026-08-21. Since 2025-07-15 it has turned at 0 prices below its last close and 4 above; the 3 nearest above are listed, nearest first.
| Level | Side | Distance | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| $35.51 | Resistance | 39.1% above the last close | turned there five times · 2025-10-08 to 2026-04-07 |
| $36.28 | Resistance | 42.1% above the last close | turned there twice · 2025-08-07 to 2026-01-29 |
| $37.63 | Resistance | 47.4% above the last close | turned there 9 times · 2025-09-11 to 2026-04-17 |
A level is a price this company reversed or paused at more than once — they describe past behaviour, not a forecast of where the price will go.
Wave structure
Its recent swings can be read as a five-part upward sequence — what Elliott-wave chartists call an impulse — now in leg 4 of five, a pullback against that direction.
This labelling fails — stops being a possible reading at all — if it closes below $23.50.
This is one of several labellings that fit the same swings, so treat it as a reading rather than the reading. It was chosen from 2 labellings that survived the rules, counting shorter readings of the same bars.
On past moves of this shape the leg has usually ended somewhere between $24.18 and $25.75 — that is where it has tended to end if the count holds, not a forecast of where the price goes.
Alternate reading: The same swings also read as a completed three-part correction, which fails on a close above $27.16.
This reading has stood for 2 trading days, since 2026-08-20.
Read from daily closes as of 2026-08-21.
An Elliott-wave count describes the swings already printed and the level that would disprove it. It is not a forecast, a target, or advice.
Screens: Trading below the 200-day moving average · Pulled back from the 12-month high · trendless / choppy (low ADX) · lagging the market · Trading inside the Ichimoku cloud · Elliott wave 4 pullbacks | Learn: moving average · golden cross · adx · rsi · breakout · fifty two week high low
Based on daily closing prices as of 2026-08-21. Describes past price behavior only — informational, not financial advice.
Key risks (from latest filing)
["Competition reducing market share and financial performance; customer demand shifts and inability to adapt to technology changes (including AI), which could impact revenue growth in a declining market","Significant indebtedness and refinancing risk; ability to generate cash to service debt obligations is constrained by unprofitable operations and negative net margins (-31.47%)","Regulatory and compliance risks from FCC regulations, adverse economic conditions, inflationary pressures on input costs and labor, and cybersecurity / data protection liabilities that could result in costly enforcement actions and reputational damage"]
What changed in the latest 10-Q
AI-assisted comparison of GLIBK's 10-Q filed 2026-05-07 against the prior one filed 2025-11-05.
Management's Discussion & Analysis (MD&A)
- Added:
- Added phrase 'including the use of artificial intelligence, and the resulting risks and challenges associated with the use of new technology' to the technology risk factor (filed 2026-05-07)
- Added reference 'and Liberty Live Holdings, Inc.' to the overlapping officers risk factor (filed 2026-05-07)
- Removed:
- Removed 'new service and product offerings;' from the forward-looking statements scope (filed 2025-11-05)
- Removed 'including the Rural Health Care ("RHC") Program' from USF programs description (filed 2025-11-05)
- Removed entire bullet point 'the impact of a prolonged federal government shutdown on the timeliness of government grant approvals and funding' (filed 2025-11-05)
- Removed 'and management' from overlapping directors/officers bullet, now reads 'overlapping directors and officers' instead of 'overlapping directors and management' (filed 2025-11-05)
- Removed reference to prospectus filed July 2, 2025 and Form S-1 registration statement (filed 2025-11-05)
- Removed 'and Part II, Item 1A in this Quarterly Report' from risk factors reference (filed 2025-11-05)
- Removed forward-looking statements disclaimer paragraph beginning with 'These forward-looking statements and such risks...' (filed 2025-11-05)
- Removed entire 'Overview' section describing GCI Liberty formation, Separation details, and related agreements (filed 2025-11-05)
- Reworded:
- Changed 'our ability to stay abreast of new technology' to 'our ability to stay abreast of new technology, including the use of artificial intelligence, and the resulting risks and challenges associated with the use of new technology' (filed 2026-05-07)
- Changed 'our overlapping directors and management with Liberty Broadband Corporation ("Liberty Broadband") and Liberty Media Corporation ("Liberty Media")' to 'our overlapping directors and officers with Liberty Broadband Corporation ("Liberty Broadband"), and Liberty Media Corporation ("Liberty Media"), and our overlapping officers with Liberty Live Holdings, Inc.' (filed 2026-05-07)
- Notes:
- The newer filing (2026-05-07) appears to truncate the MD&A section mid-text at 'For additional risk factors, please see Part I,' whereas the older filing (2025-11-05) continues with full disclosure text and Overview section; the comparison is limited to the text provided and does not reflect whether substantive content differences exist in truncated portions
Risk Factors
- Added:
- Newer filing (2026-05-07) adds comprehensive overview section describing GCI Liberty formation in December 2024, internal reorganization on July 14, 2025, Preferred Stock Sale, reclassification into GLIBA/GLIBB/GLIBK series, and the Separation transaction structure
- Newer filing adds description of separation agreements including separation and distribution agreement, Tax Sharing Agreement, and Tax Receivables Agreement with Liberty Broadband
- Newer filing adds description of Services Agreement with Liberty Media providing public company support services (legal, tax, accounting, treasury, IT, cybersecurity, internal audit, investor relations) with cost reimbursement and quarterly fee review
- Newer filing adds discussion of Federal Reserve interest rate decreases in 2024 and latter half of 2025 with no additional decreases in 2026
- Newer filing adds specific reference to October 1, 2025 federal government shutdown and potential future impacts on government grant approvals and funding
- Newer filing adds reference to goodwill and intangible asset impairments recorded during third quarter of 2025
- Removed:
- Older filing (2025-11-05) begins with statement 'Except as discussed below, there have been no material changes in the Company's risk factors from those disclosed in the Prospectus' - this introductory statement is removed in newer filing
- Older filing states 'Each of the following risk factors is hereby replaced in its entirety as set forth below' - this statement is removed in newer filing
- Older filing includes specific risk factor titled 'If GCI experiences customer losses or a change in demand for our products and services, our Company's financial performance will be negatively impacted' with detailed discussion - this entire risk factor is removed in newer filing
- Older filing includes specific quantified goodwill and intangible asset amounts: '$812 million of indefinite-lived intangible assets as of September 30, 2025, consisting of goodwill of $638 million, cable certificates of $149 million and other intangibles of $25 million' - these specific figures are removed in newer filing
- Older filing references 'September 30, 2025' as measurement date - newer filing references March 31, 2026 period
- Older filing includes detailed description of cable certificates and wireless licenses as specific intangible assets - this detailed description is removed in newer filing
- Older filing includes specific impairment charges: '$401 million for cable certificates and $16 million for other intangibles, and a goodwill impairment in the amount of $108 million' for quarter ended September 30, 2025 - these specific amounts are removed in newer filing
- Reworded:
- Older filing references 'Prospectus' as source of risk factors; newer filing references 'Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2025'
- Older filing states 'GCI had $812 million'; newer filing states 'Due to goodwill and intangible asset impairments recorded during the third quarter of 2025, the fair values of such intangible assets do not significantly exceed their carrying value'
- Older filing discusses testing 'annually during the fourth quarter'; newer filing discusses ongoing monitoring without specifying annual fourth quarter testing
- Economic conditions discussion expanded in newer filing to include more detail about inflation-sensitive items and business impact monitoring
- Notes:
- Text appears partially truncated at end of newer filing excerpt
- Older filing excerpt shows transition from Risk Factors (Item 1A) to Item 2 and Item 5 sections; newer filing excerpt focuses primarily on Risk Factors section
- The two filings appear to serve different purposes (10-Q quarterly reports for different fiscal periods) which may account for structural and content differences beyond substantive risk factor changes
AI-assisted comparison of two SEC filing sections. It describes wording and theme changes only, makes no materiality, legal, or investment judgement, and is not financial advice. Informational only — not financial advice.
Insider activity (SEC Form 4)
4 open-market purchases and 0 open-market sales by insiders in the last 90 days.
- Last 90 days4 buys ($1M) · 0 sells — 1 buying insider
- Last 180 days5 buys ($1M) · 0 sells — 2 buying insiders
Activity heuristic: net buying (a transparent product heuristic from the counts above, not a prediction or advice)
Most recent open-market transaction: 2026-06-03. As of 2026-08-24.
View full insider trading history → View SEC Form 3/4/5 filingsAsk about GLIBK's insider activity →
Only open-market purchases (SEC code P) and sales (code S) are counted here. Option exercises, vesting/awards, gifts, and shares withheld for taxes are excluded — they are compensation or mechanical, not open-market conviction. Sales may be planned and non-discretionary (e.g. a Rule 10b5-1 plan) and are not necessarily bearish; open-market buying is not a recommendation to buy. Informational only — not financial advice.
Institutional ownership (13F)
5 institutional 13F filers reported holding GLIBK as of 2026-03-31 (quarter-end position, filed within 45 days).
- Distinct 13F filers 5
- Reported shares held 3,737,556
- Reported value $139,074,452
reported quarterly holdings change (2025-12-31 → 2026-03-31): 0 new, 3 increased, 2 decreased, 0 exited. Change counts cover only managers that filed 13F reports in BOTH quarters, derived between two quarter-end snapshots — not same-day trades; a single manager is never said to have "bought" or "sold".
Institutional holdings are quarter-end long positions reported on SEC Form 13F-HR, filed up to 45 days after the quarter ends — they are delayed, are not real-time trades, exclude short positions and most non-US securities, and are not investment advice. Any increase/decrease is a reported change between two quarterly snapshots, not a same-day purchase or sale. These are quarter-end snapshots from the 13F filings on SEC EDGAR, filed within 45 days — not real-time, and any change is a difference between two quarterly reports, not a same-day trade. Informational only — not financial advice.
Short interest (FINRA)
GLIBK had 2,860,919 shares of reported short interest as of the 2026-07-31 FINRA settlement date (delayed, bi-monthly; not real-time).
Short interest as a percent of shares outstanding is not shown for GLIBK because we do not hold a verified share count to divide it by. The reported figures above are unaffected.
- Reported short interest (shares) 2,860,919
- Prior settlement (shares) 2,931,256
- Reported change -2.4%
- Days to cover (reported) 6.5
Reported to FINRA as of the 2026-07-31 settlement date. Short interest is reported to FINRA and published on a delayed, bi-monthly schedule (as of a settlement date, disseminated roughly eight business days later) — it is NOT real-time, does not cover every venue or all US trading, and is not a short-squeeze prediction or investment advice. Days-to-cover is the value FINRA reports; percent of float is not shown because the source file carries no share-count denominator — where a percent appears it is of shares OUTSTANDING, the larger base, and is therefore a floor on percent of float. Informational only — not financial advice.
Competitors & peers
- Alaska Communications Systems Group
- AT&T (T)
- Verizon Communications (VZ)
- T-Mobile US (TMUS)
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Frequently asked questions
What does GCI Liberty (Series C) (GLIBK) do?
GCI Liberty consists of GCI, LLC and its subsidiaries, which provide data, wireless, voice, and managed services to residential customers, businesses, governmental entities, and educational and medical institutions, primarily in Alaska under the GCI brand. The company was separated from Liberty Broadband in July 2025 through an internal reorganization and distribution, and now operates as a standalone public company offering telecommunications and managed services across multiple customer…
What sector is GCI Liberty (Series C) (GLIBK) in?
GCI Liberty (Series C) (GLIBK) is classified in the Communication Services sector. Its industry is Regional telecommunications and managed services. It trades on NASDAQ.
Who are GCI Liberty (Series C)'s (GLIBK) competitors?
Notable peers of GCI Liberty (Series C) (GLIBK) include Alaska Communications Systems Group, AT&T, Verizon Communications and T-Mobile US. This peer set is informational only — not financial advice.
Is GCI Liberty (Series C) (GLIBK) overbought or oversold right now?
GCI Liberty (Series C) (GLIBK) is currently neither overbought nor oversold — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 59, in the neutral middle (as of 2026-08-21). RSI describes recent price momentum, not a forecast — informational only, not financial advice.
Where does stocks-llm's data on GLIBK come from?
Fundamentals and prices come from market data, as of 2026-08-24; company filings and profile facts come from SEC EDGAR. All figures are delayed daily-close data shown with their as-of date — informational only, not financial advice.
Fundamentals: market data, as of 2026-08-24. Filings: SEC EDGAR. Prices are delayed daily-close data.
Last updated 2026-08-21.
Informational only — NOT financial advice. All figures are delayed daily-close data from SEC EDGAR & market data, shown with their as-of date.