VUZIX CORP (VUZI)
Information Technology · wearable technology / augmented reality optics · NASDAQ
Vuzix develops advanced waveguide optics and AR-enabled smart glasses for enterprise and industrial applications, providing both branded products and component solutions for third-party manufacturers.
What VUZIX CORP does
Vuzix designs, manufactures, and markets AI-enabled smart glasses, waveguides, and augmented reality (AR) display technologies for enterprise, medical, defense, and security applications. The company develops thin, see-through waveguide optics and miniature display engines integrated into eyewear-style wearable devices that enable hands-free computing, AR overlays, and cloud-based AI assistant integration. Vuzix also provides custom optical display solutions, engineering services, and waveguide manufacturing capabilities to third-party ODMs and OEMs. The company holds over 28 years of intellectual property in wearable display technology including patents in waveguide optics, nano-imprinting, microdisplay engines, and AR computing interfaces.
Themes: Smart glasses / AR wearables, Hands-free computing, AI-enabled wearable displays, Waveguide optics technology, Enterprise productivity and remote collaboration, Medical visualization and telemedicine, Defense and security applications, ODM/OEM component supply
Fundamentals
- Price$2.94 as of 2026-08-21 close
- Market cap$248M as of 2026-08-21
- 1-year return+53.9% 2025-08-21 close $1.91 → 2026-08-21 close $2.94
- P/En/a negative earnings
- Net margin-504.1% as of 2026-08-24
- Gross margin-19.3% as of 2026-08-24
- ROE-87.5% as of 2026-08-24
- Debt / equity0.00 as of 2026-08-24
- Revenue growth (YoY)+14.2% as of 2026-08-24
- Revenue CAGR (3y)-19.0% SEC XBRL
- Beta1.77 as of 2026-08-24
- Last reported earnings2026-08-17 SEC EDGAR Form 8-K (Item 2.02)
Dividend: yield +0.0%; pays a dividend.
How VUZI compares in its sector
- net profit marginbottom 10% 405 covered Information Technology peers, as of 2026-08-24
- operating marginbottom 10% 405 covered Information Technology peers, as of 2026-08-24
- gross marginbottom 10% 403 covered Information Technology peers, as of 2026-08-24
- return on equitybottom 10% 405 covered Information Technology peers, as of 2026-08-24
- 3-year revenue CAGRbottom 10% 386 covered Information Technology peers
- indicated dividend yieldbottom 10% 107 covered Information Technology peers, as of 2026-08-24
- free cash flow (absolute dollars, latest fiscal year)bottom 25% 382 covered Information Technology peers, as of FY2025
Position among covered Information Technology 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 VUZIX CORP looks technically
VUZIX CORP (VUZI) is trading 3.4% above its 200-day average, the long-term trend line — a longer-term uptrend. Its 50-day average crossed below its 200-day average about 8 trading days ago — a "death cross", a bearish long-term signal. A trend is forming but not yet strong — ADX, a 0–100 trend-strength gauge, is 23 (a reading of 25+ marks a strong 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 47.7% below its highest point of the past year.
Trend
8
| Distance from the 200-day | it is trading 3.4% above its 200-day average, the long-term trend line — a longer-term uptrend | +3.4% |
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| 50-day moving average | its average price over the last 50 trading days — a short-term trend line — is $2.68 | $2.68 |
| 200-day moving average | its average price over the last 200 trading days — the long-term trend line — is $2.84 | $2.84 |
| Swing structure | each recent peak has been lower than the one before it and each dip deeper — the pattern chart-watchers call a downtrend, which describes where price has already been and not where it goes next | lower highs and lower lows |
| Last swing turn | its last significant turn was a swing low 24 calendar days ago — the swings before that are what the structure reading is measured on | 24 sessions |
| Since the 50/200 cross | its 50-day average crossed below its 200-day average about 8 trading days ago — a "death cross", a bearish long-term signal | 8 sessions |
| Above the 200-day after a dip | it recently dipped to its 200-day average (the long-term trend line) and has since climbed back above it — now about 3.4% above | +3.4% |
| Trend strength (14-day ADX) | a trend is forming but not yet strong — ADX, a 0–100 trend-strength gauge, is 23 (a reading of 25+ marks a strong trend) | 23.1 |
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) | 59.2 |
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| Position in its 14-day range | it is trading in the upper half of its 14-day range ($2.34 to $3.35) — its "stochastic" reading is 59 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. | 59.4 |
| Since the MACD crossed zero | MACD, a trend-momentum gauge, is in positive territory (momentum leaning bullish) | 24 sessions |
Range
12
| 52-week high | its highest closing price over the past year (about 252 trading days) was $5.62 | $5.62 |
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| From the 52-week high | it is 47.7% below its 52-week high (its highest price of the past year) | -47.7% |
| Above the 52-week low | it is 60.7% above its 52-week low (its lowest price of the past year) | +60.7% |
| Below the 52-week high | it is 47.7% below its highest point of the past year | 47.7% |
| 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 $32.43 (set on 2021-04-09) | $32.43 |
| Given back of the 52-week move | over the past year its closes ranged ($1.90 to $5.14), and it has given back well over two thirds of its rise from last year’s low — 68% of it. Chart-watchers call 61.8%-65% given back the "golden pocket" — for this company that is $3.03 to $3.14. It is watched widely enough that orders cluster there, which is the honest reason it matters; it is not a forecast. | 67.9% |
| From the all-time high | it is 90.9% below its all-time high | -90.9% |
| Nearest price level | it is trading 1.4% below a resistance level at $2.98 — a price it turned at twice since 2024-12-02, most recently on 2026-06-12. Since 2024-08-21 it has 8 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. | +1.4% |
| All-time low | its lowest closing price on record is $0.8301 (set on 2024-08-15) | $0.8301 |
| Above the all-time low | it is 254.2% above its all-time low | +254.2% |
Volatility
5
| Band width vs its own 6 months | day-to-day price swings are about average versus its own recent 6-month history | 65th percentile |
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| Typical daily range | in a typical session it travels about $0.2427 between its high and its low — about 8.3% 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 | $0.2427 |
| Bollinger bands (20-day, ±2σ) | most of its recent trading has stayed between about $2.06 and $3.24 — 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 | $2.06 – $2.65 – $3.24 |
| Typical daily range (% of price) | its price moves about 8.3% in a typical session — among the most volatile in the catalog. 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 | 8.3% |
| Stretch from the 200-day average | it is trading 0.4 daily ranges above its 200-day average price (3.4% above 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 above its 200-day average |
Volume
1
| Volume vs its 30-day average | trading volume is about normal versus its 30-day average | 0.99× |
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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 | 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 | 5 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 | 5 sessions ago |
| Since a bearish engulfing | 9 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 | 9 sessions ago |
Price gaps
3
| Gap at the open | it opened on 2026-08-21 1.3% 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 | +1.3% |
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| Open gap | it gapped 2.3% above the previous close 16 sessions ago and has not traded back through the level it left behind at 2.14 — 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 5.2% gap up 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 has closed lower 5 sessions in a row, a -5.16% move over the run — an unbroken run of down days, which describes what has already happened and says nothing about the next session | 5 sessions down |
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Relative strength
4
| vs market, 1 month | over the past 1 month this stock beat the market by 17.7 percentage points (the stock gained 20.0% while the market gained 2.3%) | +17.7% |
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| vs market, 3 months | over the past 3 months this stock lagged the market by 40.5 percentage points (the stock lost 37.4% while the market gained 3.1%) | -40.5% |
| vs market, 6 months | over the past 6 months this stock lagged the market by 4.5 percentage points (the stock gained 6.5% while the market gained 11.1%) | -4.5% |
| vs market, 12 months | over the past 12 months this stock beat the market by 33.4 percentage points (the stock gained 53.9% while the market gained 20.5%) | +33.5% |
Signal agreement
2
| Bullish technical signals | 2 of the 9 technical signals we can compute for it are currently in a bullish state: trading above its 200-day average, MACD momentum is positive — these describe past price behaviour, not a forecast | 2 of 9 |
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| Bearish technical signals | 2 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, lagging the market over 6 months — these describe past price behaviour, not a forecast | 2 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 34.1% 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 7% below the average price paid so far this year, so the typical buyer over that stretch is under water. That average is $3.16 — a volume-weighted average of daily closes over 157 sessions, not a true tick-by-tick VWAP. | -7.0% |
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Price levels it has turned at before
VUZI last closed at $2.94 on 2026-08-21. Since 2024-08-21 it has turned at 8 prices below its last close and 4 above; the 3 nearest below and the 3 nearest above are listed, nearest first.
| Level | Side | Distance | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| $2.98 | Resistance | 1.4% above the last close | turned there twice · 2024-12-02 to 2026-06-12 |
| $2.87 | Support | 2.3% below the last close | turned there three times · 2025-01-13 to 2025-11-28 |
| $2.75 | Support | 6.3% below the last close | turned there three times · 2025-07-21 to 2026-04-17 |
| $3.18 | Resistance | 8.1% above the last close | turned there four times · 2025-06-30 to 2026-02-25 |
| $2.67 | Support | 9.2% below the last close | turned there twice · 2025-06-23 to 2025-12-16 |
| $3.41 | Resistance | 16.0% above the last close | turned there three times · 2025-06-09 to 2025-10-22 |
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 above the 200-day moving average · Recent death cross (50-day crossed below 200-day) · Tested and reclaimed 200-day support · Pulled back from the 12-month high · On a losing streak (5+ lower closes in a row) · Just filled a gap (5%+ closed in the last week) | 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
- Consensus ratingStrong Buy (1.00 mean, 1=Strong Buy…5=Strong Sell) — 1 analyst
- Mean price target$6.00 range $6.00 – $6.00
Analyst estimates, as of 2026-08-18. These are third-party analyst opinions and price targets, aggregated — not a recommendation, prediction, or advice from stocks-llm. Informational only.
Key risks (from latest filing)
["History of operating losses and uncertainty regarding future profitability","Significant competition from larger, better-funded technology companies","Dependence on the successful adoption of emerging AR/wearable display technologies"]
What changed in the latest 10-Q
AI-assisted comparison of VUZI's 10-Q filed 2026-05-14 against the prior one filed 2025-11-13.
Management's Discussion & Analysis (MD&A)
- Added:
- Newer filing added 'Evaluation of liabilities to equity and derivatives' to critical accounting policies list (2026-05-14)
- Newer filing added 'Variable interest entities' to critical accounting policies list (2026-05-14)
- Newer filing added 'microLEDs' to description of company's technology leadership (2026-05-14)
- Newer filing added 'security, and select consumer applications' to market focus description (2026-05-14)
- Removed:
- Older filing referenced Annual Report on Form 10-K for year ended December 31, 2024; newer filing references year ended December 31, 2025 (2025-11-13 vs 2026-05-14)
- Older filing listed 'Carrying value of long-lived assets and other intangible assets' (without goodwill); newer filing lists 'Carrying value of long-lived assets, goodwill and other intangible assets' (2025-11-13)
- Older filing listed 'Product warranties' (plural); newer filing lists 'Product warranty' (singular) (2025-11-13 vs 2026-05-14)
- Older filing listed 'Stock-based compensation and modification accounting'; newer filing lists only 'Stock-based compensation' (2025-11-13 vs 2026-05-14)
- Older filing referenced 'industrial, medical and commercial markets'; newer filing references 'medical, security, and select consumer applications' (2025-11-13 vs 2026-05-14)
- Older filing included description of waveguide design and manufacturing; newer filing removed this detailed description (2025-11-13)
- Older filing mentioned 'display engine technology' only; newer filing added 'microLEDs and display engine technology' (2026-05-14)
- Older filing stated nine months ended September 30, 2025; newer filing states three months ended March 31, 2026 (different reporting period)
- Reworded:
- Older filing: 'micro-display technology'; newer filing: 'microdisplay technology' (hyphenation removed) (2025-11-13 vs 2026-05-14)
- Older filing: 'HMDs' with quotation marks; newer filing: 'HMDs' without quotation marks (2025-11-13 vs 2026-05-14)
- Older filing: 'AI-powered Smart Glasses'; newer filing: 'AI powered Smart Glasses' (hyphenation removed) (2025-11-13 vs 2026-05-14)
- Older filing: 'Augmented Reality ("AR")'; newer filing: 'Augmented Reality (AR)' (removed quotation marks around AR) (2025-11-13 vs 2026-05-14)
- Older filing stated rapid technological change occurred 'over the last decade, including'; newer filing states 'over the last decade including' (removed comma) (2025-11-13 vs 2026-05-14)
- Notes:
- The two filings report on different fiscal periods (three months ended March 31, 2026 vs three months ended September 30, 2025), which may account for some differences in financial metrics shown
- Critical accounting policies section was condensed/reorganized between filings; some items combined or separated differently
Risk Factors
The two filings could not be meaningfully compared for this section.
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 ($228492) — 3 selling insiders
Most recent open-market transaction: 2026-05-26. As of 2026-08-24.
View full insider trading history → View SEC Form 3/4/5 filingsAsk about VUZI'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 VUZI as of 2026-03-31 (quarter-end position, filed within 45 days).
- Distinct 13F filers 4
- Reported shares held 12,800,206
- Reported value $29,568,477
reported quarterly holdings change (2025-12-31 → 2026-03-31): 0 new, 1 increased, 3 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)
VUZI had 15,768,230 shares of reported short interest as of the 2026-07-31 FINRA settlement date (delayed, bi-monthly; not real-time).
VUZI had 18.7% 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 17.13 days to cover at the same settlement.
- Reported short interest (shares) 15,768,230
- Short interest (% of shares outstanding) 18.7%
- Prior settlement (shares) 15,241,179
- Reported change 3.46%
- Days to cover (reported) 17.13
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
- Microsoft (MSFT)
- Magic Leap
- Meta Platforms (META)
- Apple
- Qualcomm (QCOM)
- RealWear
- Enterprise hands-free workflows
- Medical/healthcare (assisted visualization, telemedicine)
- Defense and security applications
- ODMs and OEMs (original design/equipment manufacturers)
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Frequently asked questions
What does VUZIX CORP (VUZI) do?
Vuzix designs, manufactures, and markets AI-enabled smart glasses, waveguides, and augmented reality (AR) display technologies for enterprise, medical, defense, and security applications. The company develops thin, see-through waveguide optics and miniature display engines integrated into eyewear-style wearable devices that enable hands-free computing, AR overlays, and cloud-based AI assistant integration.
What sector is VUZIX CORP (VUZI) in?
VUZIX CORP (VUZI) is classified in the Information Technology sector. Its industry is wearable technology / augmented reality optics. It trades on NASDAQ.
Does VUZI pay a dividend?
Yes — VUZIX CORP (VUZI) pays a dividend, with an indicated yield of about 0.03% (market data, as of 2026-08-24). Informational only — not financial advice.
Who are VUZIX CORP's (VUZI) competitors?
Notable peers of VUZIX CORP (VUZI) include Microsoft, Magic Leap, Meta Platforms, Apple and Qualcomm. This peer set is informational only — not financial advice.
Is VUZIX CORP (VUZI) overbought or oversold right now?
VUZIX CORP (VUZI) 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 VUZI 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.