Interlink Electronics (NasdaqCM:LINK) - Share price, News & Analysis

LINK fundamental analysis
Snowflake Score
Valuation	0/6
Future Growth	0/6
Past Performance	0/6
Financial Health	6/6
Dividends	0/6

LINK Stock Overview

Risk Analysis

Earnings have declined by 73.3% per year over past 5 years

Does not have a meaningful market cap ($60M)

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Price History & Performance

Summary of all time highs, changes and price drops for Interlink Electronics
Historical stock prices
Current Share Price	US$9.02
52 Week High	US$13.25
52 Week Low	US$7.75
Beta	1.39
1 Month Change	-9.72%
3 Month Change	-9.62%
1 Year Change	-30.62%
3 Year Change	372.23%
5 Year Change	6.11%
Change since IPO	22.99%

Recent News & Updates

Mar 10

Calculating The Fair Value Of Interlink Electronics, Inc. (NASDAQ:LINK)

Today we will run through one way of estimating the intrinsic value of Interlink Electronics, Inc. ( NASDAQ:LINK ) by...

Shareholder Returns

	LINK	US Electronic	US Market
7D	-8.9%	-1.4%	-2.5%
1Y	-30.6%	-12.3%	-10.4%

Return vs Industry: LINK underperformed the US Electronic industry which returned -12.3% over the past year.

Return vs Market: LINK underperformed the US Market which returned -10.4% over the past year.

Price Volatility

Is LINK's price volatile compared to industry and market?
LINK volatility
LINK Average Weekly Movement	7.1%
Electronic Industry Average Movement	7.7%
Market Average Movement	7.8%
10% most volatile stocks in US Market	16.7%
10% least volatile stocks in US Market	2.8%

Stable Share Price: LINK is not significantly more volatile than the rest of US stocks over the past 3 months, typically moving +/- 7% a week.

Volatility Over Time: LINK's weekly volatility (7%) has been stable over the past year.

About the Company

Founded	Employees	CEO	Website
1985	89	Steven Bronson	https://www.interlinkelectronics.com

Interlink Electronics, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, designs, develops, manufactures, and sells force-sensing technologies that incorporate proprietary materials technology, and firmware and software into sensor-based products and custom sensor system solutions. Its products comprise sensor components, subassemblies, modules, and products that support cursor control and novel three-dimensional user inputs. The company also provides multi-finger capable rugged trackpads; Force-Sensing Resistor sensors; force sensing linear potentiometers for menu navigation and control; and integrated mouse modules and pointing solutions to various electronic devices.

Interlink Electronics Fundamentals Summary

How do Interlink Electronics's earnings and revenue compare to its market cap?
LINK fundamental statistics
Market Cap	US$59.55m
Earnings (TTM)	-US$697.00k
Revenue (TTM)	US$7.90m

7.5x

P/S Ratio

-85.4x

P/E Ratio

Is LINK overvalued?

See Fair Value and valuation analysis

Earnings & Revenue

Key profitability statistics from the latest earnings report
LINK income statement (TTM)
Revenue	US$7.90m
Cost of Revenue	US$3.48m
Gross Profit	US$4.43m
Other Expenses	US$5.12m
Earnings	-US$697.00k

Last Reported Earnings

Mar 31, 2022

Next Earnings Date

n/a

Earnings per share (EPS)	-0.11
Gross Margin	56.01%
Net Profit Margin	-8.82%
Debt/Equity Ratio	0%

How did LINK perform over the long term?

See historical performance and comparison

Valuation

Is Interlink Electronics undervalued compared to its fair value and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

0/6

Valuation Score 0/6

Below Fair Value
Significantly Below Fair Value
PE vs Industry
PE vs Market
PEG Ratio
PB vs Industry

4.67x

Price to Book (PB) ratio

Share Price vs. Fair Value

Below Fair Value: Insufficient data to calculate LINK's fair value for valuation analysis.

Significantly Below Fair Value: Insufficient data to calculate LINK's fair value for valuation analysis.

Price To Earnings Ratio

PE vs Industry: LINK is unprofitable, so we can't compare its PE Ratio to the US Electronic industry average.

PE vs Market: LINK is unprofitable, so we can't compare its PE Ratio to the US market.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

PEG Ratio: Insufficient data to calculate LINK's PEG Ratio to determine if it is good value.

Price to Book Ratio

PB vs Industry: LINK is overvalued based on its PB Ratio (4.7x) compared to the US Electronic industry average (1.8x).

Future Growth

How is Interlink Electronics forecast to perform in the next 1 to 3 years based on estimates from 0 analysts?

Future Growth Score

0/6

Future Growth Score 0/6

Earnings vs Savings Rate
Earnings vs Market
High Growth Earnings
Revenue vs Market
High Growth Revenue
Future ROE

14.0%

Forecasted Tech industry annual growth in earnings

In this section we usually present revenue and earnings growth projections based on the consensus estimates of professional analysts to help investors understand the company’s ability to generate profit. But as Interlink Electronics has not provided enough past data and has no analyst forecast, its future earnings cannot be reliably calculated by extrapolating past data or using analyst predictions.

This is quite a rare situation as 97% of companies covered by SimplyWall St do have past financial data.

Past Performance

How has Interlink Electronics performed over the past 5 years?

Past Performance Score

0/6

Past Performance Score 0/6

Quality Earnings
Growing Profit Margin
Earnings Trend
Accelerating Growth
Earnings vs Industry
High ROE

-73.3%

Historical annual earnings growth

Earnings and Revenue History

Quality Earnings: LINK is currently unprofitable.

Growing Profit Margin: LINK is currently unprofitable.

Past Earnings Growth Analysis

Earnings Trend: LINK is unprofitable, and losses have increased over the past 5 years at a rate of 73.3% per year.

Accelerating Growth: Unable to compare LINK's earnings growth over the past year to its 5-year average as it is currently unprofitable

Earnings vs Industry: LINK is unprofitable, making it difficult to compare its past year earnings growth to the Electronic industry (38.5%).

Return on Equity

High ROE: LINK has a negative Return on Equity (-4.3%), as it is currently unprofitable.

Financial Health

How is Interlink Electronics's financial position?

Financial Health Score

6/6

Financial Health Score 6/6

Short Term Liabilities
Long Term Liabilities
Debt Level
Reducing Debt
Debt Coverage
Interest Coverage

Financial Position Analysis

Short Term Liabilities: LINK's short term assets ($13.0M) exceed its short term liabilities ($764.0K).

Long Term Liabilities: LINK's short term assets ($13.0M) exceed its long term liabilities ($14.0K).

Debt to Equity History and Analysis

Debt Level: LINK is debt free.

Reducing Debt: LINK had no debt 5 years ago.

Debt Coverage: LINK has no debt, therefore it does not need to be covered by operating cash flow.

Interest Coverage: LINK has no debt, therefore coverage of interest payments is not a concern.

Balance Sheet

Dividend

What is Interlink Electronics's current dividend yield, its reliability and sustainability?

Dividend Score

0/6

Dividend Score 0/6

Notable Dividend
High Dividend
Stable Dividend
Growing Dividend
Earnings Coverage
Future Dividend Coverage

Dividend Yield vs Market

Notable Dividend: Unable to evaluate LINK's dividend yield against the bottom 25% of dividend payers, as the company has not reported any recent payouts.

High Dividend: Unable to evaluate LINK's dividend yield against the top 25% of dividend payers, as the company has not reported any recent payouts.

Stability and Growth of Payments

Stable Dividend: Insufficient data to determine if LINK's dividends per share have been stable in the past.

Growing Dividend: Insufficient data to determine if LINK's dividend payments have been increasing.

Earnings Payout to Shareholders

Earnings Coverage: Insufficient data to calculate payout ratio to determine if its dividend payments are covered by earnings.

Cash Payout to Shareholders

Cash Flow Coverage: Unable to calculate sustainability of dividends as LINK has not reported any payouts.

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Management

How experienced are the management team and are they aligned to shareholders interests?

4.9yrs

Average management tenure

CEO

Steven Bronson (56 yo)

11.83yrs

Tenure

US$401,677

Compensation

Mr. Steven Nathan Bronson has served as the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer at Interlink Electronics, Inc. since July 13, 2010 and President since March 2011. Mr. Bronson served as Acting Chief Financ...

CEO Compensation Analysis

Compensation vs Market: Steven's total compensation ($USD401.68K) is below average for companies of similar size in the US market ($USD771.12K).

Compensation vs Earnings: Steven's compensation has increased whilst the company is unprofitable.

Leadership Team

Experienced Management: LINK's management team is considered experienced (4.9 years average tenure).

Board Members

Experienced Board: LINK's board of directors are not considered experienced ( 1.9 years average tenure), which suggests a new board.

Ownership

Who are the major shareholders and have insiders been buying or selling?

Insider Trading Volume

Insider Buying: Insufficient data to determine if insiders have bought more shares than they have sold in the past 3 months.

Ownership Breakdown

Dilution of Shares: Shareholders have not been meaningfully diluted in the past year.

Data	Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis	2022/05/14 00:00
End of Day Share Price	2022/05/13 00:00
Earnings	2022/03/31
Annual Earnings	2021/12/31