After closing higher than the previous market sessions on both Tuesday and Wednesday, shares of Frequency Electronics (FEIM 5.30%) are heading in the opposite direction today. The developer of time and frequency generation technologies reported fourth-quarter 2025 financial results yesterday after the bell rang, and investors are expressing their disapproval today.
As of 11:42 a.m ET, shares of Frequency are down 9.4%, paring back an earlier decline of 16.9%.
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Investors have heartburn from the company's "year of digestion"
Reporting fourth-quarter 2026 revenue of $15.4 million, Frequency came up short of analysts' expectations that it would post sales of $18.6 million. With respect to the entirety of fiscal 2026, Frequency booked sales of $63.2 million compared to $69.8 million in fiscal 2025.
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Key Data Points
Addressing the company's performance, Tom McClelland, Frequency's CEO, stated that fiscal 2026 "was a year of digestion from a revenue standpoint," with some revenue that would otherwise have been expected in fiscal 2025 pulled forward.
Another concern for investors was the company's declining profitability. Whereas Frequency reported diluted earnings per share (EPS) of $0.33 in Q4 2025, the company reported a diluted loss per share of negative $0.50 in Q4 2026.
These clouds have a silver lining
While investors are clearly disappointed with Frequency's recent performance, the future looks bright. The company reported $111 million in backlog at the end of Q4 2026, up 59% year over year. Couple this with the fact that the company set targets for a minimum gross margin of 50% and a minimum operating margin of 30% by fiscal 2029, and it seems the company foresees growth ahead. Investors who find management's outlook encouraging will want to dig deeper into the tech stock and consider using today's decline as a buying opportunity.
