Intrusion (NASDAQ:INTZ) Posts Earnings Results, Misses Expectations By $0.05 EPS

Intrusion (NASDAQ:INTZ) issued its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday. The company reported ($0.14) EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of ($0.09) by ($0.05), Zacks reports. Intrusion had a negative net margin of 112.36% and a negative return on equity of 87.92%. The firm had revenue of $1.48 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $2.06 million.

Here are the key takeaways from Intrusion’s conference call:

• The company said Q4 revenue fell 12% year‑over‑year (Q4 $1.5M) due to a delayed incremental funding/extension of a critical U.S. Department of War contract that management expects to recognize in H1 2026, with deployment costs already expensed so the back‑filled revenue would be largely incremental margin.
• FY2025 revenue grew 23% to $7.1M, and the firm expanded product availability (Shield Cloud on AWS Marketplace and Azure) and launched Shield Stratus, which management says materially broadens its go‑to‑market reach.
• Operating expenses increased (Q4 op ex $4.0M; FY op ex $14.5M), gross margin compressed ~93 bps year‑over‑year to 76% for the year, net loss widened to $9.1M, cash was $3.6M at year‑end, and the company plans to pursue a small debt financing in the near term.
• The PortNexus partnership and the P.O.S.S.E. program showed high pilot adoption and identified/blocked active threats, with management highlighting a scalable, high‑margin licensing path into schools, sheriff’s offices and other public safety accounts across multiple states.
• Management reiterated a 2026 goal to reach break‑even (management said Q3 2026 is a target if contract wins and government funding normalize), and will continue to increase sales & marketing investment while seeking cost efficiencies elsewhere.

Intrusion Trading Down 16.4%

NASDAQ:INTZ opened at $0.87 on Wednesday. The company has a market capitalization of $17.47 million, a P/E ratio of -1.30 and a beta of -2.02. The stock’s 50 day moving average price is $1.08 and its 200 day moving average price is $1.40. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.01, a quick ratio of 3.11 and a current ratio of 3.11. Intrusion has a 52 week low of $0.75 and a 52 week high of $2.64.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of analysts have recently issued reports on the company. Weiss Ratings restated a “sell (e+)” rating on shares of Intrusion in a report on Monday, December 29th. Ascendiant Capital Markets increased their price target on shares of Intrusion from $12.00 to $12.50 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Monday, December 8th. Finally, Wall Street Zen raised shares of Intrusion from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Saturday, January 10th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Buy rating, one has given a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, Intrusion has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $7.25.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of INTZ. Geode Capital Management LLC boosted its stake in Intrusion by 18.8% during the 2nd quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 163,584 shares of the company’s stock valued at $375,000 after purchasing an additional 25,894 shares during the period. State Street Corp increased its position in Intrusion by 11.6% in the 4th quarter. State Street Corp now owns 102,765 shares of the company’s stock worth $118,000 after buying an additional 10,700 shares during the period. XTX Topco Ltd acquired a new position in shares of Intrusion during the second quarter worth approximately $55,000. Jane Street Group LLC acquired a new position in shares of Intrusion during the fourth quarter worth approximately $51,000. Finally, Millennium Management LLC bought a new stake in shares of Intrusion in the third quarter valued at approximately $34,000. Institutional investors own 19.43% of the company’s stock.

About Intrusion

Intrusion Inc, a cybersecurity company in the United States. The company offers its customers access to threat intelligence database, which contains the historical data, known associations, and reputational behavior of Internet Protocol addresses. It offers INTRUSION Shield, a zero trust reputation-based Software as a Service solution that inspects and kills dangerous network connections. The company also provides INTRUSION TraceCop, a big data tool that contains an inventory of network selectors and enrichments to support forensic investigations; and INTRUSION Savant, a network monitoring solution that uses the data available in TraceCop to identify suspicious traffic in real-time.