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WAVE SYSTEMS CORP

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Signs4 warning3 severedetails ↓

Financials

SEC XBRL · annual
 FY14FY13FY12FY11FY10FY09
Revenue$5.3M$5.8M$28.8M$36.1M$26.1M$18.9M
Operating income−$3.2M−$10.2M−$33.8M−$10.9M−$4.0M−$3.3M
Net income
Total assets$8.0M$11.8M$18.6M$30.1M$17.1M
Total liabilities$14.9M$20.8M$21.5M$18.6M$14.4M
Equity−$6.9M−$9.0M−$2.9M$11.5M$2.7M−$1.9M
EPS (diluted)
Shares out.84.3M79.9M68.5M

Reported figures from the company's SEC filings (XBRL). Blank where a line item isn't cleanly tagged — never estimated.

Key ratios

from filings · FY2014
Operating margin
−60.9%
Net margin
Return on equity
Return on assets
Return on capital (ROCE)
Liabilities / assets
186.1%
Debt / equity
Book value / share
Revenue growth (YoY)
−8.0%
Net income growth (YoY)

Computed from the company's own SEC figures — no market price, so these are facts, not a valuation. Book value per share is reported equity ÷ shares; it is not the stock price.

Financial health

forensic scores · FY2014
Altman Z″ (distress)
-181.87distress
Piotroski F-Score
2/5weak

Altman Z″is a textbook bankruptcy-distress score from book values only (>2.6 safe · 1.1–2.6 grey · <1.1 distress). Accruals = (net income − operating cash flow) ÷ assets; persistently high accruals are an earnings-quality red flag. Beneish M-Scoreis an eight-ratio screen comparing this year with last (M > −1.78 = elevated manipulation-risk screen, not proof). Piotroski F-Scorecounts how many of nine fundamental-health checks pass (shown as passed / applicable; we use operating margin and total liabilities as documented proxies where the exact input isn't XBRL-tagged). Computed from SEC filings — descriptive factors, not advice or a forecast.

Quality score

EDS Score
7
/ 100
Profitability 0Growth 0Catalyst 33Earnings quality 0Financial strength 0

Our own multi-factor score from free SEC data — profitability, growth, financial strength, earnings quality, and event/ownership catalysts. No market price and no licensed model: each axis is the share of source-backed checks it passes. Descriptive factors, not advice or a forecast.

Signs

3 severe4 warning0 good
  • Negative shareholder equity
  • Altman Z″ in the distress zone
  • Filed a late-filing notice (Form NT) — missed an SEC deadline
  • Operating losses (negative operating margin)
  • Revenue declined year-over-year
  • High leverage (liabilities > 70% of assets)
  • Negative operating cash flow

Derived from the company's own SEC figures (fundamentals, forensic scores, filing discipline) — descriptive factors, not advice or a forecast.

Risk flags

late SEC filings

A Form NT means the company notified the SEC it would file a periodic report late — often an accounting, audit or liquidity warning sign. Also search SEC enforcement actions for this company.

Insider transactions

SEC Form 4 · most recent
0 acquisitions6 disposalsnet 2.1M shares · last 6
InsiderDateTypeSharesPrice
Wave Systems Corp10% ownerDec 14, 2017Sell1.5M$22.00
Wave Systems Corp10% ownerSep 13, 2017Sell4,805$22.25
Wave Systems Corp10% ownerSep 11, 2017Sell15,000$22.58
Wave Systems Corp10% ownerSep 7, 2017Sell15,000$22.26
Wave Systems Corp10% ownerJul 20, 2017Sell18,780$22.83
Wave Systems Corp10% ownerJun 23, 2017Sell561,712$22.68

Headline trade per Form 4 (officers, directors, 10%+ owners). Buy/sell read from the filing's structured data — blank where a field isn't cleanly tagged.

Material events

SEC Form 8-K · most recent

Events the company reported on Form 8-K, labelled by the SEC item code it filed under — its own classification, not our interpretation.

Recent SEC filings

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