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HKIT NASDAQ

Hitek Global Inc.
1W: -13.9% 1M: -13.0% 3M: -42.1% YTD: -100.0% 1Y: -100.0% 3Y: -100.0%
$2.48
-0.13 (-4.98%)
 
Weekly Expected Move ±11.4%
$2 $2 $2 $3 $3
NASDAQ · Technology · Information Technology Services · Tech Score Neutral · Power 38 · $41877 mcap · 5113 float · 10644.61% daily turnover · Short 35% of daily vol

Edge Score

Quantitative competitive moat analysis scoring five pillars of durable advantage — cost leadership, brand intangibles, switching costs, network effects, and efficient scale — using industry percentile rankings on a 0–100 scale.

NO EDGE
39.9 / 100
NoneWeakNarrowWide
Primary source: Switching Costs  ·  ROIC: -16.4%
Cost Advantage
37
Intangibles
28
Switching Cost
64
Network Effect
28
Scale
35
The Edge Score quantifies a company's competitive moat using five pillars: Cost Advantage (20%, operating margin and SG&A efficiency vs industry peers), Intangible Assets (25%, gross margin premium, R&D intensity, brand pricing power), Switching Costs (25%, revenue stability, earnings consistency, customer retention proxied by operating leverage), Network Effects (15%, revenue growth with expanding margins, market share dominance), and Efficient Scale (15%, market concentration, ROIC sustainability). Each pillar is scored 0–100 using industry percentile rankings, then weighted into a composite. Wide ≥ 70, Narrow ≥ 55, Weak ≥ 40, None < 40. HKIT has No discernible competitive edge (39.9/100). The business operates without significant structural advantages. The primary source of advantage is Switching Costs. Negative ROIC of -16.4% indicates the company is currently destroying value, though this may reflect a growth investment phase.

Financial Rating

Composite financial health rating (A+ to F) based on discounted cash flow valuation, return on equity, return on assets, debt-to-equity leverage, and relative P/E and P/B multiples.

C+
Oct 02, 2026
DCF
2
ROE
2
ROA
3
D/E
3
P/E
1
P/B
2
The Financial Rating evaluates six fundamental factors — discounted cash flow (DCF) valuation, return on equity (ROE), return on assets (ROA), debt-to-equity leverage (D/E), and relative price-to-earnings (P/E) and price-to-book (P/B) multiples — each scored 1–5. HKIT receives an overall rating of C+. Areas of concern: DCF (2/5), ROE (2/5), P/E (1/5), P/B (2/5).
Rating Change History
DateFromTo
2026-10-01 B- C+
2026-09-02 C+ B-
2026-08-17 B- C+
2026-08-14 C+ B-
2026-07-07 B- C+
2026-06-29 B+ B-
2026-06-25 B- B+
2026-06-22 C+ B-
2026-06-10 B- C+
2026-06-08 C+ B-

InsiderStreet Scorecard

Proprietary multi-factor scorecard rating companies across seven fundamental dimensions — profitability, balance sheet strength, earnings quality, growth, value, momentum, and safety — each scored 0–100.

★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 40 Grade D
Profitability
17
Balance Sheet
75
Earnings Quality
50
Growth
52
Value
32
Momentum
50
Safety
100
Cash Flow
30
The InsiderStreet Scorecard rates companies across eight dimensions: Profitability (margins, ROA, ROE), Balance Sheet (leverage, liquidity, coverage), Earnings Quality (accruals, cash conversion), Growth (revenue and earnings trajectory), Value (P/E, P/B, earnings yield, Graham criteria), Momentum (revenue and earnings acceleration), Safety (Altman Z-Score risk adjustment), and Cash Flow (operating cash flow quality, FCF conversion, cash coverage). The overall score blends 35% quality, 35% value, and 30% momentum, with a penalty for distress-zone Altman scores. HKIT scores highest in Safety (100/100) and lowest in Profitability (17/100). A grade of D flags significant fundamental concerns across multiple dimensions.

Risk & Quality Signals

Academic financial models used by institutional investors to assess bankruptcy risk, earnings manipulation, financial strength, and credit quality.

Altman Z-Score
449.01
Safe Zone
Piotroski F-Score
4/9
✗ ✗ ✗ ✗ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✗ ✓
Beneish M-Score
1.33
Possible Manipulator
Ohlson O-Score
-7.55
Bankruptcy prob: 0.1%
Low Risk
Credit Rating
BBB-
Score: 50.1/100
Trend: Deteriorating
Earnings Quality
—
OCF/NI: 3.14x
Accruals: 3.9%
The Altman Z-Score (1968) combines five ratios — working capital, retained earnings, EBIT, market value of equity, and sales, all relative to total assets or liabilities — into a single bankruptcy predictor. HKIT scores 449.01, placing it in the Safe Zone (safe > 2.99, distress < 1.81). Bankruptcy is statistically unlikely within the next two years. The Piotroski F-Score (2000) is a 9-point binary checklist — four profitability tests (positive ROA, positive cash flow, improving ROA, cash flow exceeding net income), three leverage tests (declining debt ratio, improving current ratio, no share dilution), and two efficiency tests (improving gross margin, improving asset turnover). Each pass scores 1 point. HKIT scores 4/9, indicating moderate financial health — some areas of strength offset by weaknesses in others. The Beneish M-Score (1999) is an 8-variable model that detects earnings manipulation by comparing year-over-year changes in receivables, gross margins, asset quality, sales growth, depreciation, SG&A, leverage, and accruals. Scores above −1.78 statistically resemble past manipulators. HKIT's score of 1.33 exceeds the −1.78 red flag threshold — this does not confirm manipulation but indicates the earnings profile resembles past manipulators statistically. The Ohlson O-Score (1980) is a 9-variable logistic regression that estimates bankruptcy probability using firm size, leverage, working capital, current ratio, profitability (ROA), cash flow coverage, negative equity flag, consecutive losses flag, and earnings trajectory. The raw score is converted to a probability via logistic transformation. HKIT's implied 0.1% bankruptcy probability is well within safe territory. Our Credit Rating model scores companies on five weighted components — solvency (30%), earning power (25%), leverage (20%), liquidity (15%), and cash flow quality (10%) — then blends the absolute score with sector and industry peer rankings. For companies with large buyback programs, equity is adjusted by adding back cumulative 5-year repurchases (capped at 80% of FCF generated) to avoid penalizing shareholder-friendly capital allocation. HKIT receives an estimated rating of BBB- (score: 50.1/100), with a deteriorating trend.

Valuation

Key valuation multiples comparing the stock's market price to its earnings, revenue, book value, and cash flows. Lower multiples may indicate relative undervaluation versus peers.

P/E
0.32x
PEG
-0.00x
P/S
0.01x
P/B
0.00x
P/FCF
-2178.66x
P/OCF
—
EV/EBITDA
78374.26x
EV/Revenue
517.03x
EV/EBIT
-9932.21x
EV/FCF
-2170.21x
Earnings Yield
-0.01%
FCF Yield
-0.05%
Shareholder Yield
0.00%
Graham Number
—
Equity-based multiples (P/E, P/B, P/FCF) compare the stock price to per-share fundamentals and are affected by capital structure. Enterprise value multiples (EV/EBITDA, EV/Revenue, EV/FCF) strip out debt and cash, making them more useful for cross-company comparisons regardless of how companies are financed. The Graham Number — √(22.5 × EPS × Book Value) — is Benjamin Graham's formula for the maximum price a defensive investor should pay. At 0.3x earnings, HKIT trades at a deep value multiple.

DuPont Decomposition (5-Factor)

The 5-factor DuPont framework breaks Return on Equity into its component drivers — tax efficiency, interest burden, operating profitability, asset utilization, and financial leverage — to reveal what truly drives shareholder returns.

Tax Burden
0.984
NI / EBT
×
Interest Burden
1.482
EBT / EBIT
×
EBIT Margin
-0.052
EBIT / Rev
×
Asset Turnover
0.242
Rev / Assets
×
Equity Multiplier
1.212
Assets / Equity
=
ROE
-2.2%
The 5-factor DuPont identity decomposes ROE as: Tax Burden × Interest Burden × EBIT Margin × Asset Turnover × Equity Multiplier = ROE. This reveals whether returns are driven by operating performance, financial leverage, or tax efficiency — three very different sources of profitability. HKIT's ROE of -2.2% is driven by Asset Turnover (0.242), indicating efficient use of assets to generate revenue. A tax burden ratio of 0.98 indicates minimal tax leakage — the company retains over 90% of pre-tax earnings.

Graham-Dodd Adjusted Valuation

Our adaptation of Graham's growth formula (Fair P/E = 8.5 + 2g) from The Intelligent Investor. The classic version relies on analyst growth projections, which can be unreliable. This adjusted model substitutes the company's realized 3-year EPS CAGR — a backward-looking, verifiable measure of actual earnings power — grounding the valuation in demonstrated performance rather than forecasts.

Two adjustments we make, and why. Growth is capped at 15%. Graham defined g as expected growth over the next seven to ten years, not last year's rate. Across US companies since 1994 the median realized 7-year EPS growth is 5–8% regardless of how fast a company grew beforehand, and of 4,457 company-quarters that grew faster than 200%, none sustained it. Uncapped, the formula assigned fair multiples in the hundreds to companies that had never held that rate — and scored worse than simply reading the P/E. Capped, it carries real information. The verdict has three states, not two. Tested over 377,249 stock-months, this ratio only separates outcomes at its extremes: below 0.25 beat the universe by 1.3 points a year, above 3.0 lagged by 2.7, and everything in between sat inside a one-point band. Rather than call two-thirds of the market "undervalued" on a threshold of 1.0, we say Neutral where the model cannot tell — which is most of the time.

Adj. Growth Rate
0.00%
Fair P/E
8.50x
Intrinsic Value
—
Price/Value
—
Margin of Safety
—
Premium
—

Profitability Trends

Historical profitability ratios tracking how efficiently the company converts revenue into returns for shareholders over time.

Leverage & Solvency Trends

Debt and liquidity metrics showing the company's financial leverage and ability to meet short-term and long-term obligations.

Efficiency & Working Capital Trends

Operating efficiency metrics measuring how quickly the company converts inventory to sales, collects receivables, and manages its cash conversion cycle.

Growth Trends (YoY %)

Year-over-year growth rates for key financial metrics, showing the trajectory of revenue, earnings, and cash flow generation.

Earnings Stability

R-squared of linear regression measuring how predictably revenue, earnings, and margins follow a trend over the trailing 5 years. 1.0 = perfectly predictable; lower values indicate erratic or cyclical behavior.

Monte Carlo Price Simulation

Geometric Brownian Motion with 1,000 antithetic paths over 1 year, seeded from 880 days of historical volatility. Percentile bands show the range of statistically plausible outcomes — this is a statistical model, not a forecast.

Current Price
$2.48
Median 1Y
$0.00
5th Pctile
$0.00
95th Pctile
$0.46
Ann. Volatility
270.2%
25th–75th percentile 5th–95th percentile Median path Historical

Workforce & Productivity

Workforce efficiency metrics measuring revenue, profit, and R&D spend per employee — key indicators of operational leverage and human capital productivity.

Employees
24
-20.0% YoY
Revenue / Employee
—
Profit / Employee
—
SGA / Employee
—
Avg labor cost proxy

Scaling Efficiency

All Ratios & Metrics

Complete fundamental data with up to 20 periods of history, sparkline trends, and current values across 13 categories and 130+ financial metrics.

Profitability
Metric Trend Q2'23 Q4'23 Q2'24 Q4'24 Q2'25 Q4'25 Current
ROE 2.4% 3.7% 4.2% 0.4% -4.6% -2.2% -2.23%
ROA 1.9% 3.0% 2.7% 0.4% -3.7% -1.8% -1.84%
ROIC 2.0% 0.5% -3.1% 3.2% -37.4% -16.4% -16.44%
ROCE 0.9% -0.5% 0.8% -2.8% -5.5% -1.3% -1.31%
Gross Margin 50.3% 26.1% 45.5% 4.9% 3.8% 6.4% 6.35%
Operating Margin 17.2% -25.2% -20.3% -1.3% -1.8% -7.7% -7.66%
Net Margin 21.1% 26.3% 6.6% -95.1% -1.2% 18.9% 18.92%
EBITDA Margin 9.2% -23.0% 30.8% -1.2% -96.8% 25.0% 25.02%
FCF Margin 2.0% -5.4% 7.4% -12.9% -43.6% -23.8% -23.82%
OCF Margin 6.8% -1.4% 10.4% -10.4% -42.7% -23.8% -23.82%
ROIC Economic snapshot only -7.27%
Cash ROA snapshot only -5.28%
Cash ROIC snapshot only -13.23%
CROIC snapshot only -13.23%
NOPAT Margin snapshot only -29.61%
Pretax Margin snapshot only -7.71%
R&D / Revenue snapshot only 0.00%
SGA / Revenue snapshot only 45.31%
SBC / Revenue snapshot only 0.00%
Valuation
Metric Trend Q2'23 Q4'23 Q2'24 Q4'24 Q2'25 Q4'25 Current
P/E Ratio 426061.86 54092.84 77081.90 952573.02 -108911.89 -6838.80 0.320
P/S Ratio 89887.74 12417.46 14089.05 19253.03 28709.95 519.04 0.006
P/B Ratio 10209.05 1999.82 3202.47 4076.40 4366.93 136.08 0.002
P/FCF 4392206.75 -228128.81 191364.25 -149506.14 -65820.59 -2178.66 -2178.659
P/OCF 1319258.24 — 135057.81 — — — —
EV/EBITDA 979144.29 -563557.09 193990.51 -186707.58 -85880.25 78374.26 78374.259
EV/Revenue 89884.46 12414.05 14085.49 19249.33 28704.78 517.03 517.025
EV/EBIT 1043879.03 -370801.53 307052.16 -132893.22 -68669.85 -9932.21 -9932.214
EV/FCF 4392046.52 -228066.25 191315.82 -149477.41 -65808.74 -2170.21 -2170.207
Earnings Yield 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% -0.0% -0.0% -0.01%
FCF Yield 0.0% -0.0% 0.0% -0.0% -0.0% -0.0% -0.05%
Price/Tangible Book snapshot only 136.081
EV/Gross Profit snapshot only 3803.456
Shareholder Yield snapshot only 0.00%
Leverage & Solvency
Metric Trend Q2'23 Q4'23 Q2'24 Q4'24 Q2'25 Q4'25 Current
Current Ratio 3.92 7.35 6.88 13.08 14.27 8.23 8.233
Quick Ratio 3.84 7.18 6.84 13.02 13.26 8.22 8.217
Debt/Equity 0.10 0.09 0.09 0.07 0.08 0.07 0.073
Net Debt/Equity -0.37 -0.55 -0.81 -0.78 -0.79 -0.53 -0.528
Debt/Assets 0.08 0.07 0.06 0.06 0.06 0.06 0.062
Debt/EBITDA 9.44 -25.96 5.48 -3.29 -1.48 42.48 42.476
Net Debt/EBITDA -35.72 154.57 -49.11 35.89 15.46 -305.24 -305.236
Interest Coverage 1.58 -0.33 0.47 -1.74 -3.58 -1.06 -1.062
Equity Multiplier 1.28 1.25 1.55 1.18 1.22 1.18 1.182
Cash Ratio snapshot only 4.371
Debt Service Coverage snapshot only 0.135
Cash to Debt snapshot only 8.186
FCF to Debt snapshot only -0.850
Defensive Interval snapshot only 3059.8 days
Efficiency & Turnover
Metric Trend Q2'23 Q4'23 Q2'24 Q4'24 Q2'25 Q4'25 Current
Asset Turnover 0.09 0.13 0.15 0.18 0.14 0.24 0.242
Inventory Turnover 3.21 4.77 18.99 30.28 2.71 25.61 25.610
Receivables Turnover (trade) 2.33 2.15 3.30 5.39 4.36 2.51 2.509
Payables Turnover 2.62 5.00 6.10 18.27 10.21 19.80 19.796
DSO (trade) 156 169 111 68 84 145 145.5 days
DIO 114 77 19 12 135 14 14.3 days
DPO 139 73 60 20 36 18 18.4 days
Cash Conversion Cycle (trade) 131 173 70 60 183 141 141.3 days
Fixed Asset Turnover snapshot only 19.868
Operating Cycle snapshot only 159.7 days
Cash Velocity snapshot only 0.436
Capital Intensity snapshot only 4.510
Growth (YoY)
Metric Trend Q2'23 Q4'23 Q2'24 Q4'24 Q2'25 Q4'25 Current
Revenue — — — — 78.5% 1.1% 1.07%
Net Income — — — — -3.2% -1.7% -1.68%
EPS — — — — -2.1% -17.8% -17.80%
FCF — — — — -39.0% -8.1% -8.05%
EBITDA — — — — -7.5% 1.6% 1.62%
Op. Income — — — — -7.9% -36.0% -36.01%
OCF Growth snapshot only -35.33%
Asset Growth snapshot only 20.19%
Equity Growth snapshot only 27.08%
Debt Growth snapshot only 1.36%
Shares Change snapshot only -95.93%
Growth Quality
Metric Trend Q2'23 Q4'23 Q2'24 Q4'24 Q2'25 Q4'25 Current
Revenue Stability — — — — — — —
Earnings Stability — — — — — — —
Margin Stability — — — — — — —
Rev. Growth Consistency 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.50 0.50 0.500
Earn. Growth Consistency 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.000
FCF Positive Streak 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Earnings Persistence — — — — — — —
Earnings Smoothness — — — — — — —
ROE Trend — — — — — — —
Gross Margin Trend — — — — — — —
FCF Margin Trend — — — — — — —
Sustainable Growth Rate 2.4% 3.7% 4.2% 0.4% — — —
Internal Growth Rate 1.9% 3.0% 2.8% 0.4% — — —
Cash Flow Quality
Metric Trend Q2'23 Q4'23 Q2'24 Q4'24 Q2'25 Q4'25 Current
OCF/Net Income 0.32 -0.06 0.57 -5.14 1.62 3.14 3.139
FCF/OCF 0.30 4.01 0.71 1.24 1.02 1.00 1.000
FCF/Net Income snapshot only 3.139
OCF/EBITDA snapshot only -36.114
CapEx/Revenue 4.8% 4.1% 3.1% 2.5% 0.9% 0.0% 0.00%
CapEx/Depreciation snapshot only 0.000
Accruals Ratio 0.01 0.03 0.01 0.02 0.02 0.04 0.039
Sloan Accruals snapshot only 0.356
Cash Flow Adequacy snapshot only -749746.333
Dividends & Buybacks
Metric Trend Q2'23 Q4'23 Q2'24 Q4'24 Q2'25 Q4'25 Current
Dividend Yield 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.00%
Dividend/Share $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
Payout Ratio 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% — — —
FCF Payout Ratio 0.0% — 0.0% — — — —
Total Payout Ratio 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% — — —
Div. Increase Streak — — — — — — —
Chowder Number — — — — — — —
Buyback Yield 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.00%
Net Buyback Yield 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.00%
Total Shareholder Return 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.00%
DuPont Factors
Metric Trend Q2'23 Q4'23 Q2'24 Q4'24 Q2'25 Q4'25 Current
Tax Burden (NI/EBT) 0.66 0.66 0.62 0.20 1.13 0.98 0.984
Interest Burden (EBT/EBIT) 3.73 -10.44 6.43 -0.68 0.56 1.48 1.482
EBIT Margin 0.09 -0.03 0.05 -0.14 -0.42 -0.05 -0.052
Asset Turnover 0.09 0.13 0.15 0.18 0.14 0.24 0.242
Equity Multiplier 1.28 1.25 1.55 1.18 1.25 1.21 1.212
Per Share
Metric Trend Q2'23 Q4'23 Q2'24 Q4'24 Q2'25 Q4'25 Current
EPS (Diluted TTM) $0.04 $0.07 $0.08 $0.01 $-0.05 $-1.22 $-1.22
Book Value/Share $1.80 $1.97 $1.96 $1.32 $1.18 $61.45 $1536.34
Tangible Book/Share $1.86 $1.97 $1.96 $1.32 $1.18 $61.45 $61.45
Revenue/Share $0.20 $0.32 $0.44 $0.28 $0.18 $16.11 $278.86
FCF/Share $0.00 $-0.02 $0.03 $-0.04 $-0.08 $-3.84 $-65.53
OCF/Share $0.01 $-0.00 $0.05 $-0.03 $-0.08 $-3.84 $-65.53
Cash/Share $0.85 $1.26 $1.76 $1.13 $1.02 $36.96 $923.94
EBITDA/Share $0.02 $-0.01 $0.03 $-0.03 $-0.06 $0.11 $0.11
Debt/Share $0.18 $0.18 $0.18 $0.09 $0.09 $4.51 $4.51
Net Debt/Share $-0.67 $-1.08 $-1.58 $-1.03 $-0.93 $-32.44 $-32.44
Per Employee
Metric Trend Q2'23 Q4'23 Q2'24 Q4'24 Q2'25 Q4'25 Current
Employee Count snapshot only 24
Revenue/Employee snapshot only $393380.58
Income/Employee snapshot only $-29856.08
EBITDA/Employee snapshot only $2595.08
FCF/Employee snapshot only $-93718.12
Assets/Employee snapshot only $1774209.67
Market Cap/Employee snapshot only $204179845.31
Academic Models
Metric Trend Q2'23 Q4'23 Q2'24 Q4'24 Q2'25 Q4'25 Current
Altman Z-Score — — — — — — 449.013
Altman Z-Prime snapshot only 789.330
Piotroski F-Score 3 2 3 2 3 4 4
Beneish M-Score — — — — 2.43 1.33 1.332
Ohlson O-Score snapshot only -7.546
ROIC (Greenblatt) snapshot only -1.35%
Net-Net WC snapshot only $58.40
EVA snapshot only $-4495425.77
Credit
Metric Trend Q2'23 Q4'23 Q2'24 Q4'24 Q2'25 Q4'25 Current
Credit Rating snapshot only BBB-
Credit Score 58.77 58.34 59.21 58.07 57.89 50.07 50.070
Credit Grade snapshot only 10
Credit Trend snapshot only -8.269
Implied Spread (bps) snapshot only 350.000
Industry Credit Rank snapshot only 32
Sector Credit Rank snapshot only 35

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