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

Intrusion (NASDAQ:INTZ) announced its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday. The company reported ($0.14) earnings per share 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%.

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 Price Performance

Shares of INTZ stock opened at $1.04 on Wednesday. The company has a quick ratio of 3.11, a current ratio of 3.11 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.01. Intrusion has a 12-month low of $0.75 and a 12-month high of $2.64. The firm has a fifty day moving average of $1.08 and a 200-day moving average of $1.40. The firm has a market capitalization of $20.90 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of -1.55 and a beta of -2.02.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

INTZ has been the subject of several recent research reports. Ascendiant Capital Markets upped their target price on shares of Intrusion from $12.00 to $12.50 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Monday, December 8th. Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a “sell (e+)” rating on shares of Intrusion in a research note on Monday, December 29th. Finally, Wall Street Zen upgraded Intrusion from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Saturday, January 10th. One 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 a consensus price target of $7.25.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Geode Capital Management LLC grew its stake in Intrusion by 18.8% in the second quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 163,584 shares of the company’s stock valued at $375,000 after acquiring an additional 25,894 shares during the period. State Street Corp raised its position in shares of Intrusion by 11.6% during the fourth quarter. State Street Corp now owns 102,765 shares of the company’s stock worth $118,000 after purchasing an additional 10,700 shares during the period. XTX Topco Ltd acquired a new stake in shares of Intrusion during the second quarter worth about $55,000. Jane Street Group LLC bought a new position in shares of Intrusion during the 4th quarter valued at about $51,000. Finally, Millennium Management LLC acquired a new position in shares of Intrusion in the 3rd quarter valued at approximately $34,000. 19.43% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Intrusion Company Profile

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.