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Filed 2025-05-07 路 Form 10-Q 路 Accession 0001628280-25-023192 small
Price before filing: $192.9 (2025-05-06 close, split/dividend-adjusted)
Market cap at flag: $568.3M (2025-05-07) 路 Latest: $382,931 (2026-10-06)
| Window | DRCT | SPY | vs SPY | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 days | -37.2% | +7.2% | -44.5% | 2025-06-06 |
| 90 days | -32.1% | +12.7% | -44.9% | 2025-08-05 |
| 180 days | -59.0% | +23.0% | -82.0% | 2025-11-03 |
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: 2 insiders sold $216K (26 sales)
30 days after: none reported.
| Date | Insider | Type | Shares | Price | Value | 10b5-1 plan | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-03-11 | Walker Mark D Chairman and CEO, Director, 10% owner | Sale | 11,302 | $0.92 | $10K | yes | Form 4 |
| 2025-03-12 | SMITH W KEITH President, Director, 10% owner | Sale | 14,881 | $0.83 | $12K | yes | Form 4 |
| 2025-03-12 | Walker Mark D Chairman and CEO, Director, 10% owner | Sale | 14,870 | $0.83 | $12K | yes | Form 4 |
| 2025-03-13 | SMITH W KEITH President, Director, 10% owner | Sale | 3,803 | $0.81 | $3K | yes | Form 4 |
| 2025-03-13 | Walker Mark D Chairman and CEO, Director, 10% owner | Sale | 3,864 | $0.81 | $3K | yes | Form 4 |
| 2025-03-14 | SMITH W KEITH President, Director, 10% owner | Sale | 15,874 | $0.77 | $12K | yes | Form 4 |
| 2025-03-14 | Walker Mark D Chairman and CEO, Director, 10% owner | Sale | 15,900 | $0.77 | $12K | yes | Form 4 |
| 2025-03-17 | SMITH W KEITH President, Director, 10% owner | Sale | 8,657 | $0.73 | $6K | yes | Form 4 |
| 2025-03-17 | Walker Mark D Chairman and CEO, Director, 10% owner | Sale | 10,800 | $0.73 | $8K | yes | Form 4 |
| 2025-03-18 | SMITH W KEITH President, Director, 10% owner | Sale | 5,125 | $0.80 | $4K | yes | Form 4 |
| 2025-03-18 | Walker Mark D Chairman and CEO, Director, 10% owner | Sale | 5,109 | $0.80 | $4K | yes | Form 4 |
| 2025-03-19 | SMITH W KEITH President, Director, 10% owner | Sale | 10,171 | $0.80 | $8K | yes | Form 4 |
| 2025-03-19 | Walker Mark D Chairman and CEO, Director, 10% owner | Sale | 10,960 | $0.80 | $9K | yes | Form 4 |
| 2025-03-20 | SMITH W KEITH President, Director, 10% owner | Sale | 15,631 | $0.79 | $12K | yes | Form 4 |
| 2025-03-20 | Walker Mark D Chairman and CEO, Director, 10% owner | Sale | 14,600 | $0.79 | $12K | yes | Form 4 |
| 2025-03-21 | SMITH W KEITH President, Director, 10% owner | Sale | 5,831 | $0.76 | $4K | yes | Form 4 |
| 2025-03-21 | Walker Mark D Chairman and CEO, Director, 10% owner | Sale | 5,830 | $0.76 | $4K | yes | Form 4 |
| 2025-03-24 | SMITH W KEITH President, Director, 10% owner | Sale | 10,300 | $0.76 | $8K | yes | Form 4 |
| 2025-03-24 | Walker Mark D Chairman and CEO, Director, 10% owner | Sale | 10,448 | $0.76 | $8K | yes | Form 4 |
| 2025-03-25 | SMITH W KEITH President, Director, 10% owner | Sale | 7,700 | $0.76 | $6K | yes | Form 4 |
| 2025-03-25 | Walker Mark D Chairman and CEO, Director, 10% owner | Sale | 7,710 | $0.76 | $6K | yes | Form 4 |
| 2025-03-26 | SMITH W KEITH President, Director, 10% owner | Sale | 20,563 | $0.78 | $16K | yes | Form 4 |
| 2025-03-26 | Walker Mark D Chairman and CEO, Director, 10% owner | Sale | 19,778 | $0.78 | $15K | yes | Form 4 |
| 2025-03-27 | SMITH W KEITH President, Director, 10% owner | Sale | 12,186 | $0.78 | $10K | yes | Form 4 |
| 2025-03-27 | Walker Mark D Chairman and CEO, Director, 10% owner | Sale | 6,119 | $0.75 | $5K | yes | Form 4 |
| 2025-05-07: red flag filed | |||||||
Showing 25 of 26 transactions.
Open-market purchases and sales (Form 4 codes P and S) by officers, directors and 10% owners, by transaction date, from 2025-02-06 to 2025-06-06. 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.
"These factors raise substantial doubt about the Company's ability to continue as a going concern over the next twelve months."
Quoted from the filing. Source
The filing states that substantial doubt exists about the company's ability to continue as a going concern: it may not have enough cash to last the next 12 months. Expect dilution, debt deals or worse. An auditor's going-concern paragraph is the strongest form of this warning.
Source: management disclosure in Form 10-Q (period 2025-03-31)
Why this score: quarterly (unaudited) disclosure
Read the original filing on SEC.gov →
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