Intrusion (NASDAQ:INTZ) Posts Quarterly Earnings Results

Intrusion (NASDAQ:INTZ) announced its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday. The company reported ($0.14) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of ($0.09) by ($0.05), Zacks reports. The company had revenue of $1.48 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.06 million. Intrusion had a negative return on equity of 77.99% and a negative net margin of 127.65%.

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

NASDAQ:INTZ opened at $0.98 on Thursday. The company has a market cap of $19.72 million, a P/E ratio of -2.18 and a beta of -2.02. The firm’s fifty day moving average price is $1.07 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $1.40. Intrusion has a one year low of $0.75 and a one year high of $2.64. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.01, a current ratio of 3.11 and a quick ratio of 3.11.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several research firms have issued reports on INTZ. Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a “sell (e+)” rating on shares of Intrusion in a research report on Monday, December 29th. Ascendiant Capital Markets boosted their price objective on shares of Intrusion from $12.00 to $12.50 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Monday, December 8th. Finally, Wall Street Zen raised shares of 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 issued a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $7.25.

Institutional Trading of Intrusion

Several hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Virtu Financial LLC bought a new stake in Intrusion in the 4th quarter valued at $31,000. Millennium Management LLC bought a new position in Intrusion during the 3rd quarter worth $34,000. XTX Topco Ltd acquired a new stake in shares of Intrusion during the fourth quarter worth $35,000. Jane Street Group LLC bought a new stake in shares of Intrusion in the fourth quarter valued at about $51,000. Finally, State Street Corp boosted its position in shares of Intrusion by 11.6% in the fourth quarter. State Street Corp now owns 102,765 shares of the company’s stock valued at $118,000 after acquiring an additional 10,700 shares during the period. 19.43% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Trending Headlines about Intrusion

Here are the key news stories impacting Intrusion this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Product / go‑to‑market catalyst — Intrusion launched Intrusion Shield Cloud on Microsoft Azure and said it is enhancing sales processes, which management highlighted as drivers for scalable, long‑term growth. Intrusion Inc. Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2025 Results
• Neutral Sentiment: Timing of revenue recognition — Management and analyst writeups say several U.S. government contract deliverables were delayed and revenue tied to those contracts is expected to be recognized in H1 2026; this explains the Q4 top‑line shortfall but leaves near‑term visibility dependent on contract timing. Intrusion anticipates revenue recognition in H1 2026
• Neutral Sentiment: Earnings call / transcript available — The Q4 2025 earnings call transcript and highlight pieces provide management commentary on Shield, sales changes and timing; useful for watching updated cadence and backlog details. Intrusion Inc. (INTZ) Q4 2025 Earnings Call Transcript
• Negative Sentiment: Q4 results missed expectations — Intrusion reported EPS of ($0.14) vs. consensus ($0.09) and revenue of $1.48M vs. ~$2.06M expected; while the loss narrowed year‑over‑year, negative margins and weaker-than-expected revenue pressured sentiment. Intrusion Inc. (INTZ) Reports Q4 Loss, Lags Revenue Estimates
• Negative Sentiment: Market reaction & technicals — Coverage notes the stock sold off after the miss (one report flagged an ~8% drop), intraday volume is elevated versus average, and the 50‑day moving average remains below the 200‑day (short‑term weakness). Intrusion Stock Tanks 8% as Q4 Earnings Miss
• Neutral Sentiment: Short interest reporting appears noisy — multiple datafeeds showed a large reported increase but the filings contain zeros/NaN values; current published short metrics look unreliable and should be confirmed with official exchange filings before drawing conclusions.

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.