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Filed 2026-05-07 路 Form 10-Q 路 Accession 0001702780-26-000035 small
Price before filing: $1.38 (2026-05-06 close, split/dividend-adjusted)
Market cap at flag: $557.5M (2026-05-07) 路 Latest: $402.3M (2026-10-16)
| Window | OPTU | SPY | vs SPY | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 days | -23.2% | +0.7% | -23.9% | 2026-06-08 |
| 90 days | -43.2% | +5.2% | -48.4% | 2026-08-05 |
| 180 days | pending | pending | until 2026-11-03 |
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: 1 insider sold $486K (4 sales)
30 days after: 1 insider sold $22K (1 sale)
| Date | Insider | Type | Shares | Price | Value | 10b5-1 plan | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-17 | Olsen Michael General Counsel and CCRO | Sale | 250,000 | $1.60 | $400K | no | Form 4 |
| 2026-03-02 | Olsen Michael General Counsel and CCRO | Sale | 20,000 | $1.40 | $28K | yes | Form 4 |
| 2026-04-01 | Olsen Michael General Counsel and CCRO | Sale | 20,000 | $1.29 | $26K | yes | Form 4 |
| 2026-05-01 | Olsen Michael General Counsel and CCRO | Sale | 20,000 | $1.59 | $32K | yes | Form 4 |
| 2026-05-07: red flag filed | |||||||
| 2026-06-01 | Olsen Michael General Counsel and CCRO | Sale | 20,000 | $1.12 | $22K | yes | Form 4 |
Open-market purchases and sales (Form 4 codes P and S) by officers, directors and 10% owners, by transaction date, from 2026-02-06 to 2026-06-06. 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.
"Because we do not currently have committed financing or cash and cash equivalents combined with projected future cash flows sufficient to satisfy the foregoing debt maturities arising within one year after the date these consolidated financial statements are issued, substantial doubt exists about our ability to continue as a going concern within one year after the date these consolidated financial statements are..."
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 2026-03-31)
Why this score: quarterly (unaudited) disclosure
Read the original filing on SEC.gov →
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