The stock price of Bio-Key International Inc (NASDAQ: BKYI) has jumped by 5.11 compared to previous close of 0.82. Despite this, the company has seen a gain of 10.13% in its stock price over the last five trading days. globenewswire.com reported 2025-05-20 that HOLMDEL, N.J., May 20, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — BIO-key® International, Inc. (Nasdaq: BKYI), an innovative provider of workforce and customer Identity and Access Management (IAM) solutions featuring passwordless, phoneless and tokenless, Identity-Bound Biometric (IBB) authentication solutions today announces its participation at the Aegis Capital Corp. 2025 Virtual Conference on Thursday, May 22nd and the Maxim Virtual Tech Conference on Wednesday, June 4th – webcast access details provided below.
Is It Worth Investing in Bio-Key International Inc (NASDAQ: BKYI) Right Now?
Moreover, the 36-month beta value for BKYI is 0.35. Analysts have varying opinions on the stock, with 0 analysts rating it as a “buy,” 1 as “overweight,” 0 as “hold,” and 0 as “sell.”
The public float for BKYI is 3.62M and currently, short sellers hold a 1.33% of that float. On June 05, 2025, BKYI’s average trading volume was 310.50K shares.
BKYI’s Market Performance
The stock of Bio-Key International Inc (BKYI) has seen a 10.13% increase in the past week, with a 8.06% rise in the past month, and a -19.95% fall in the past quarter. The volatility ratio for the week is 4.15%, and the volatility levels for the past 30 days are at 2.71% for BKYI. The simple moving average for the past 20 days is 5.69% for BKYI’s stock, with a -18.89% simple moving average for the past 200 days.
Analysts’ Opinion of BKYI
Many brokerage firms have already submitted their reports for BKYI stocks, with Maxim Group repeating the rating for BKYI by listing it as a “Buy.” The predicted price for BKYI in the upcoming period, according to Maxim Group is $6 based on the research report published on March 26, 2021 of the previous year 2021.
BKYI Trading at 10.01% from the 50-Day Moving Average
After a stumble in the market that brought BKYI to its low price for the period of the last 52 weeks, the company was unable to rebound, for now settling with -76.51% of loss for the given period.
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Stock Fundamentals for BKYI
Current profitability levels for the company are sitting at:
- -0.65 for the present operating margin
- 0.8 for the gross margin
The net margin for Bio-Key International Inc stands at -0.74. The total capital return value is set at -0.54. Equity return is now at value -116.82, with -61.35 for asset returns.
Based on Bio-Key International Inc (BKYI), the company’s capital structure generated 0.01 points at debt to capital in total, while cash flow to debt ratio is standing at -59.8. The debt to equity ratio resting at 0.01. The interest coverage ratio of the stock is -15.78.
Currently, EBITDA for the company is -3.55 million with net debt to EBITDA at 0.78. When we switch over and look at the enterprise to sales, we see a ratio of 0.31. The receivables turnover for the company is 7.91for trailing twelve months and the total asset turnover is 0.57. The liquidity ratio also appears to be rather interesting for investors as it stands at 1.32.
Conclusion
To wrap up, the performance of Bio-Key International Inc (BKYI) has been mixed in recent times. The stock has received a mixed of “buy” and “hold” ratings from analysts. It’s important to note that the stock is currently trading at a significant distance from its 50-day moving average and its 52-week high.
