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Filed 2026-01-21 路 Form 8-K 路 Accession 0001628280-26-002903 micro
Price before filing: $5.06 (2026-01-20 close, split/dividend-adjusted)
Market cap at flag: $50.1M (2026-01-21) 路 Latest: $28.7M (2026-10-16)
| Window | WKHS | SPY | vs SPY | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 days | -28.7% | +1.7% | -30.4% | 2026-02-20 |
| 90 days | -42.5% | +4.2% | -46.7% | 2026-04-21 |
| 180 days | -45.5% | +10.1% | -55.6% | 2026-07-20 |
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: 12 insiders sold $285K (23 sales)
30 days after: none reported.
| Date | Insider | Type | Shares | Price | Value | 10b5-1 plan | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-15 | Anderson Joshua Joseph Chief Technology Officer | Sale | 110 | $6.51 | $716 | no | Form 4 |
| 2025-12-15 | Anderson Joshua Joseph Chief Technology Officer | Sale | 21 | $6.51 | $137 | no | Form 4 |
| 2025-12-15 | Anderson Joshua Joseph Chief Technology Officer | Sale | 165 | $6.51 | $1K | no | Form 4 |
| 2025-12-15 | Botti Jean Director | Sale | 5,051 | $6.51 | $33K | no | Form 4 |
| 2025-12-15 | Chess Raymond Joseph Director | Sale | 6,314 | $6.51 | $41K | no | Form 4 |
| 2025-12-15 | DAUCH RICHARD F Chief Executive Officer, Director | Sale | 1,273 | $6.51 | $8K | no | Form 4 |
| 2025-12-15 | DAUCH RICHARD F Chief Executive Officer, Director | Sale | 5,051 | $6.51 | $33K | no | Form 4 |
| 2025-12-15 | DAUCH RICHARD F Chief Executive Officer, Director | Sale | 331 | $6.51 | $2K | no | Form 4 |
| 2025-12-15 | DAUCH RICHARD F Chief Executive Officer, Director | Sale | 1,909 | $6.51 | $12K | no | Form 4 |
| 2025-12-15 | DEDO JACQUELINE A Director | Sale | 5,051 | $6.51 | $33K | no | Form 4 |
| 2025-12-15 | GINNAN ROBERT M Chief Financial Officer | Sale | 211 | $6.51 | $1K | no | Form 4 |
| 2025-12-15 | GINNAN ROBERT M Chief Financial Officer | Sale | 40 | $6.51 | $260 | no | Form 4 |
| 2025-12-15 | GINNAN ROBERT M Chief Financial Officer | Sale | 316 | $6.51 | $2K | no | Form 4 |
| 2025-12-15 | Harrington James D. General Counsel | Sale | 198 | $6.51 | $1K | no | Form 4 |
| 2025-12-15 | Harrington James D. General Counsel | Sale | 38 | $6.51 | $247 | no | Form 4 |
| 2025-12-15 | Harrington James D. General Counsel | Sale | 296 | $6.51 | $2K | no | Form 4 |
| 2025-12-15 | Henricks Alan S. Director | Sale | 1,894 | $6.51 | $12K | no | Form 4 |
| 2025-12-15 | Mader Pamela S. Director | Sale | 5,051 | $6.51 | $33K | no | Form 4 |
| 2025-12-15 | March Stanley Raymond VP, Corporate Development | Sale | 106 | $6.51 | $690 | no | Form 4 |
| 2025-12-15 | March Stanley Raymond VP, Corporate Development | Sale | 20 | $6.51 | $130 | no | Form 4 |
| 2025-12-15 | March Stanley Raymond VP, Corporate Development | Sale | 158 | $6.51 | $1K | no | Form 4 |
| 2025-12-15 | Miller Austin Scott Director | Sale | 5,051 | $6.51 | $33K | no | Form 4 |
| 2025-12-15 | QUIGLEY WILLIAM G III Director | Sale | 5,051 | $6.51 | $33K | no | Form 4 |
| 2026-01-21: red flag filed | |||||||
Open-market purchases and sales (Form 4 codes P and S) by officers, directors and 10% owners, by transaction date, from 2025-10-23 to 2026-02-20. 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.
"The Company has been notified that Carr, Riggs & Ingram, L.L.C. ("CRI") acquired, effective as of January 1, 2026, certain assets related to the capital markets practice of BPB. On January 21, 2026, the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company simultaneously dismissed BPB as the Company's independent registered accounting firm and approved the appointment of CRI as the Company's new independent..."
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: dismissed
Disagreements reported: no
Former auditor: Berkowitz Pollack Brant Advisors + CPAs · New auditor: Carr, Riggs & Ingram, L.L.C.
Why this score: also within 90 days: Going-concern doubt
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