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Filed 2025-06-09 路 Form 8-K 路 Accession 0001515156-25-000085 micro
Price before filing: $5.3 (2025-06-06 close, split/dividend-adjusted)
Market cap at flag: $221.6M (2025-06-09) 路 Latest: $75.4M (2026-10-16)
| Window | ARQ | SPY | vs SPY | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 days | +12.6% | +4.5% | +8.2% | 2025-07-09 |
| 90 days | +37.2% | +8.6% | +28.6% | 2025-09-08 |
| 180 days | -30.6% | +14.8% | -45.3% | 2025-12-08 |
Return from the last close before the filing date to the first close on/after the window end. Pending windows have not fully elapsed. Past performance says nothing certain about the future.
90 days before the flag: 4 insiders sold $96K (4 sales); 5 insiders bought $772K (9 purchases)
30 days after: none reported.
| Date | Insider | Type | Shares | Price | Value | 10b5-1 plan | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-03-24 | Hansen Stacia Chief Accounting Officer | Sale | 3,557 | $4.68 | $17K | no | Form 4 |
| 2025-03-24 | Smith Claiborne Benson Gen Counsel, Corp Secretary | Sale | 5,202 | $4.68 | $24K | no | Form 4 |
| 2025-03-24 | Williamson Jeremy Chief Operating Officer | Sale | 5,233 | $4.68 | $24K | no | Form 4 |
| 2025-03-24 | Wong Joseph M Chief Technology Officer | Sale | 6,596 | $4.68 | $31K | no | Form 4 |
| 2025-05-09 | Rasmus Robert E. Chief Executive Officer, Director | Purchase | 582 | $3.60 | $2K | no | Form 4 |
| 2025-05-12 | Rasmus Robert E. Chief Executive Officer, Director | Purchase | 4,680 | $4.00 | $19K | no | Form 4 |
| 2025-05-12 | Williamson Jeremy Chief Operating Officer | Purchase | 400 | $4.02 | $2K | no | Form 4 |
| 2025-05-13 | Rasmus Robert E. Chief Executive Officer, Director | Purchase | 2,921 | $4.00 | $12K | no | Form 4 |
| 2025-05-14 | Rasmus Robert E. Chief Executive Officer, Director | Purchase | 12,535 | $3.93 | $49K | no | Form 4 |
| 2025-05-16 | Wong Joseph M Chief Technology Officer | Purchase | 16,000 | $4.61 | $74K | no | Form 4 |
| 2025-05-23 | Blank Jeremy Director | Purchase | 50,000 | $4.10 | $205K | no | Form 4 |
| 2025-05-23 | Campbell-Breeden Richard Director | Purchase | 75,000 | $4.10 | $308K | no | Form 4 |
| 2025-05-23 | Rasmus Robert E. Chief Executive Officer, Director | Purchase | 25,000 | $4.10 | $102K | no | Form 4 |
| 2025-06-09: red flag filed | |||||||
Open-market purchases and sales (Form 4 codes P and S) by officers, directors and 10% owners, by transaction date, from 2025-03-11 to 2025-07-09. Excludes option exercises, grants, gifts and tax withholding. Amended filings replace the originals; joint filings count once. Foreign private issuers do not file Form 4. Many insider sales are pre-scheduled (10b5-1 plans) and are not by themselves a sign of wrongdoing.
"In connection with the merger, Moss Adams has resigned as the auditors of the Company, and the Audit Committee of the Company's Board of Directors approved the appointment of Baker Tilly to succeed Moss Adams as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm."
Quoted from the filing. Source
The company changed its outside auditor (8-K Item 4.01). A dismissal or resignation, especially near an annual report or with reported disagreements, is a warning sign. Changes caused by audit firms merging are usually routine.
Type: resigned
Disagreements reported: no
Former auditor: Moss Adams LLP · New auditor: Baker Tilly US, LLP
Why this score: auditor resigned
Read the original filing on SEC.gov →
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