PALLADYNE AI CORP (PDYN)
Industrials · Application Software / Artificial Intelligence · NASDAQ
Early-stage AI-driven industrial software company developing products for automation and operational intelligence, currently pre-profitability with significant losses.
What PALLADYNE AI CORP does
Palladyne AI Corp is an early-stage technology company focused on developing and commercializing AI-powered software products and services for industrial applications. The company is in the development and commercialization phase, investing in product technology, sales and marketing capabilities, and cybersecurity infrastructure. Palladyne has accumulated significant operating losses since inception and is not yet profitable, with negative cash flows from operations as it scales development and go-to-market efforts.
Themes: artificial intelligence, emerging technology
Fundamentals
- Price$6.13 as of 2026-08-21 close
- Market cap$302M as of 2026-08-21
- 1-year return-17.6% 2025-08-21 close $7.44 → 2026-08-21 close $6.13
- P/E30.91 as of 2026-08-24
- Net margin-358.0% as of 2026-08-24
- Gross margin+32.0% as of 2026-08-24
- ROE-40.5% as of 2026-08-24
- Debt / equity0.00 as of 2026-08-24
- Revenue growth (YoY)+16.8% as of 2026-08-24
- Revenue CAGR (3y)-28.9% SEC XBRL
- Beta3.72 as of 2026-08-24
- Last reported earnings2026-08-06 SEC EDGAR Form 8-K (Item 2.02)
How PDYN compares in its sector
- price-to-earnings ratiomiddle range 357 covered Industrials peers, as of 2026-08-24
- net profit marginbottom 10% 457 covered Industrials peers, as of 2026-08-24
- operating marginbottom 10% 457 covered Industrials peers, as of 2026-08-24
- gross marginmiddle range 455 covered Industrials peers, as of 2026-08-24
- return on equitybottom 10% 460 covered Industrials peers, as of 2026-08-24
- 3-year revenue CAGRbottom 10% 426 covered Industrials peers
- free cash flow (absolute dollars, latest fiscal year)bottom 25% 414 covered Industrials peers, as of FY2025
Position among covered Industrials 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.
How PALLADYNE AI CORP looks technically
PALLADYNE AI CORP (PDYN) is trading 2.2% 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 173 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 19, below the 25 that marks a real trend). Momentum is neutral — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 54, neither overbought (above 70) nor oversold (below 30). It made a new 20-day high about 6 trading days ago. It is 42.9% below its highest point of the past year.
Trend
7
| Distance from the 200-day | it is trading 2.2% below its 200-day average, the long-term trend line — a long-term downtrend | -2.2% |
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| 50-day moving average | its average price over the last 50 trading days — a short-term trend line — is $5.82 | $5.82 |
| 200-day moving average | its average price over the last 200 trading days — the long-term trend line — is $6.27 | $6.27 |
| Swing structure | its recent peaks and dips disagree — one of them is rising while the other is not, so there is no clean up or down pattern in the swings | mixed — one of the two is not confirming |
| Last swing turn | its last significant turn was a swing high 7 calendar days ago — the swings before that are what the structure reading is measured on | 7 sessions |
| Since the 50/200 cross | its 50-day average crossed below its 200-day average about 173 trading days ago — a "death cross", a bearish long-term signal | 173 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 19, below the 25 that marks a real trend) | 19.2 |
Momentum
3
| 14-day RSI | momentum is neutral — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 54, neither overbought (above 70) nor oversold (below 30) | 54.1 |
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| Position in its 14-day range | it is trading in the lower half of its 14-day range ($5.69 to $6.67) — its "stochastic" reading is 45 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. | 44.9 |
| Since the MACD crossed zero | MACD, a trend-momentum gauge, is in positive territory (momentum leaning bullish) | 23 sessions |
Range
12
| 52-week high | its highest closing price over the past year (about 252 trading days) was $10.73 | $10.73 |
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| From the 52-week high | it is 42.9% below its 52-week high (its highest price of the past year) | -42.9% |
| Above the 52-week low | it is 48.1% above its 52-week low (its lowest price of the past year) | +48.1% |
| Below the 52-week high | it is 42.9% below its highest point of the past year | 42.9% |
| 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 18 trading days ago | 18 sessions |
| All-time high | its highest closing price on record is $63.00 (set on 2021-12-31) | $63.00 |
| Given back of the 52-week move | over the past year its closes ranged ($4.15 to $10.30), and it has recovered roughly a third of its fall from last year’s high — 32% of it. Chart-watchers call 61.8%-65% given back the "golden pocket" — for this company that is $7.95 to $8.15. It is watched widely enough that orders cluster there, which is the honest reason it matters; it is not a forecast. | 32.2% |
| From the all-time high | it is 90.3% below its all-time high | -90.3% |
| Nearest price level | it is trading 1.6% above a support level at $6.03 — a price it turned at twice since 2026-02-05, most recently on 2026-03-19. Since 2024-08-21 it has 6 such levels below the current price and 9 above. Levels like these describe where the price has reversed or paused before; they are not a forecast of where it will go. | -1.6% |
| All-time low | its lowest closing price on record is $0.398 (set on 2023-10-31) | $0.398 |
| Above the all-time low | it is 1440.2% above its all-time low | +1,440% |
Volatility
5
| Band width vs its own 6 months | day-to-day price swings are about average versus its own recent 6-month history | 54th percentile |
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| Typical daily range | in a typical session it travels about $0.3497 between its high and its low — about 5.7% 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 | $0.3497 |
| Bollinger bands (20-day, ±2σ) | most of its recent trading has stayed between about $4.87 and $6.92 — 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 | $4.87 – $5.90 – $6.92 |
| Typical daily range (% of price) | its price moves about 5.7% 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 | 5.7% |
| Stretch from the 200-day average | it is trading 0.4 daily ranges below its 200-day average price (2.2% 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 | 0.4 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 | 0.87× |
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Analyst
2
| Change in the average price target | analysts' average price target is unchanged from the prior reading | 0.0% |
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| Change in the consensus rating | not available for this company yet | n/a |
Candlestick patterns
3
| Since a doji | 3 sessions 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 | 3 sessions ago |
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| Since a bullish engulfing | 9 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 | 9 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
3
| Gap at the open | it opened on 2026-08-21 1.5% 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 | +1.5% |
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| Open gap | it gapped 2.3% above the previous close 13 sessions ago and has not traded back through the level it left behind at 5.62 — an "unfilled gap", which describes a price range no trade has since crossed and is not a forecast that it will be crossed | +2.3% |
| Gap filled | a 3.3% gap down opened on 2026-08-18 has been "filled" 3 sessions ago — price traded back through the level the gap left behind, and it closed again during the very session that opened it | 3 sessions ago |
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 14.4 percentage points (the stock gained 16.8% while the market gained 2.3%) | +14.4% |
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| vs market, 3 months | over the past 3 months this stock lagged the market by 4.4 percentage points (the stock lost 1.3% while the market gained 3.1%) | -4.4% |
| vs market, 6 months | over the past 6 months this stock lagged the market by 21.8 percentage points (the stock lost 10.8% while the market gained 11.1%) | -21.8% |
| vs market, 12 months | over the past 12 months this stock lagged the market by 38.1 percentage points (the stock lost 17.6% while the market gained 20.5%) | -38.1% |
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 18.9% 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
2
| Vs this year’s average price paid | the price is 14% below the average price paid so far this year, so the typical buyer over that stretch is under water. That average is $7.12 — a volume-weighted average of daily closes over 156 sessions, not a true tick-by-tick VWAP. | -13.9% |
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| Vs the average paid since it last reported | the price is 8% above the average price paid since it last reported on 2026-07-08 (its 8-K), so the typical buyer over that stretch is showing a gain. That average is $5.65 — a volume-weighted average of daily closes over 33 sessions, not a true tick-by-tick VWAP. | +8.5% |
Price levels it has turned at before
PDYN last closed at $6.13 on 2026-08-21. Since 2024-08-21 it has turned at 6 prices below its last close and 9 above; the 3 nearest below and the 3 nearest above are listed, nearest first.
| Level | Side | Distance | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| $6.03 | Support | 1.6% below the last close | turned there twice · 2026-02-05 to 2026-03-19 |
| $5.88 | Support | 4.2% below the last close | turned there twice · 2025-03-11 to 2026-01-21 |
| $5.74 | Support | 6.4% below the last close | turned there twice · 2026-04-29 to 2026-05-19 |
| $6.55 | Resistance | 6.9% above the last close | turned there four times · 2025-01-08 to 2026-07-02 |
| $6.74 | Resistance | 9.9% above the last close | turned there three times · 2025-04-28 to 2026-08-14 |
| $6.84 | Resistance | 11.7% above the last close | turned there twice · 2025-08-20 to 2026-05-13 |
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
No Elliott-wave labelling currently fits its swings: the recent highs and lows do not satisfy the three rules a five-wave count has to obey, so there is no count to show rather than a count we are unsure about.
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 | 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.
Analyst consensus
- Mean price target$10.75 range $7.00 – $15.00; median $10.50
Analyst estimates, as of 2026-08-23. These are third-party analyst opinions and price targets, aggregated — not a recommendation, prediction, or advice from stocks-llm. Informational only.
Analyst EPS estimate for PDYN
- Consensus EPS estimate-$0.255 next reporting period, as of 2026-08-23
Change over time is not available yet: it needs two readings of the same reporting period at least 30 days apart, and we have been recording these estimates since 2026-08-04. An estimate for a DIFFERENT quarter is not a revision, so a reading from before the last report is never compared with one after it.
The consensus estimate for the next reporting period, and how it has moved between readings of that SAME period. A change is measured only between readings estimating one period — when a company reports, the consensus moves to the next quarter and the two numbers are not comparable. Informational only, not a forecast and not advice.
Key risks (from latest filing)
["History of significant operating losses and negative cash flows, with an expectation of continued losses for the foreseeable future.","Reliance on successful, large-scale commercialization and adoption of technology products which may not occur.","Need for additional capital, which may not be available on favorable terms or at all, potentially leading to dilution or an inability to continue operations."]
What changed in the latest 10-Q
AI-assisted comparison of PDYN's 10-Q filed 2026-05-05 against the prior one filed 2025-11-12.
Management's Discussion & Analysis (MD&A)
- Reworded:
- Reference to annual Form 10-K changed from 'fiscal year ended December 31, 2024' (older, filed 2025-11-12) to 'fiscal year ended December 31, 2025' (newer, filed 2026-05-05)
- Notes:
- Both texts are truncated at 'Part II' and the comparison is limited to the provided excerpt
Risk Factors
- Added:
- Newer filing (2026-05-05) added specific financial metrics: loss from operations of $11.9 million for three months ended March 31, 2026, accumulated deficit of $493.4 million, and working capital of $43.9 million as of March 31, 2026
- Newer filing (2026-05-05) added: negative cash flow from operating activities of $10.2 million for the three months ended March 31, 2026
- Removed:
- Older filing (2025-11-12) contained: loss from operations of $23.1 million for nine months ended September 30, 2025, accumulated deficit of $479.3 million, working capital of $56.0 million as of September 30, 2025
- Older filing (2025-11-12) contained: negative cash flow from operating activities of $19.1 million for nine months ended September 30, 2025
- Older filing (2025-11-12) referenced: negative cash flow of $76.6 million for year ended December 31, 2023
- Older filing (2025-11-12) stated: 'no previous experience commercializing software products' and 'no previous history or experience commercializing AI/ML software products'
- Reworded:
- Newer filing (2026-05-05) changed 'our technology, products and services' to replace specific reference to 'AI/ML Foundational Technology and related products' from older filing
- Newer filing (2026-05-05) changed description from 'no previous experience commercializing software products' (older) to 'no or limited previous experience commercializing our products'
- Newer filing (2026-05-05) changed 'no previous history or experience commercializing AI/ML software products' (older) to 'no or limited experience commercializing our products'
- Newer filing (2026-05-05) changed reference from 'legacy hardware products' to 'legacy hardware technologies' in title
- Newer filing (2026-05-05) removed 'or capital expenditures' from working capital discussion, now reads 'working capital to support sales growth, capital expenditures or additional product development efforts' in older vs. newer version
- Newer filing (2026-05-05) changed from 'our AI/ML Foundational Technology and related products and our cybersecurity measures' to 'our technology, products and services and in our cybersecurity measures'
- Newer filing (2026-05-05) changed from reference to 'software licensing revenue' to generic 'product revenue'
- Newer filing (2026-05-05) changed from 'commercialization of our software products' to 'commercialization of our products'
- Notes:
- The newer filing text appears truncated at the end ('Market acceptance of our products is uncertain and we may n'), preventing complete comparison of the final sentence
- The newer filing shows updated financial reporting periods (Q1 2026 vs. nine months 2025 in older filing), reflecting normal quarterly progression rather than substantive content 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)
No open-market insider purchases or sales recorded in the last 90 days.
- Last 180 days0 buys · 3 sells ($165777) — 3 selling insiders
Most recent open-market transaction: 2026-05-21. As of 2026-08-24.
View full insider trading history → View SEC Form 3/4/5 filingsAsk about PDYN'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)
4 institutional 13F filers reported holding PDYN as of 2026-03-31 (quarter-end position, filed within 45 days).
- Distinct 13F filers 4
- Reported shares held 3,054,308
- Reported value $18,539,649
reported quarterly holdings change (2025-12-31 → 2026-03-31): 0 new, 3 increased, 1 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)
PDYN had 8,688,831 shares of reported short interest as of the 2026-07-31 FINRA settlement date (delayed, bi-monthly; not real-time).
PDYN had 17.6% of its shares outstanding sold short as of the 2026-07-31 FINRA settlement date (percent of FLOAT would be higher — float is not disclosed in the source). FINRA reported 10.74 days to cover at the same settlement.
- Reported short interest (shares) 8,688,831
- Short interest (% of shares outstanding) 17.6%
- Prior settlement (shares) 9,222,861
- Reported change -5.79%
- Days to cover (reported) 10.74
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.
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Frequently asked questions
What does PALLADYNE AI CORP (PDYN) do?
Palladyne AI Corp is an early-stage technology company focused on developing and commercializing AI-powered software products and services for industrial applications. The company is in the development and commercialization phase, investing in product technology, sales and marketing capabilities, and cybersecurity infrastructure.
What sector is PALLADYNE AI CORP (PDYN) in?
PALLADYNE AI CORP (PDYN) is classified in the Industrials sector. Its industry is Application Software / Artificial Intelligence. It trades on NASDAQ.
Is PALLADYNE AI CORP (PDYN) overbought or oversold right now?
PALLADYNE AI CORP (PDYN) is currently neither overbought nor oversold — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 54, 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 PDYN 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.