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Filed 2025-08-06 路 Form 10-Q 路 Accession 0001880613-25-000083 small
Price before filing: $130.9 (2025-08-05 close, split/dividend-adjusted)
Market cap at flag: $400.6M (2025-08-06) 路 Latest: $382,931 (2026-10-06)
| Window | DRCT | SPY | vs SPY | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 days | -26.9% | +3.1% | -29.9% | 2025-09-05 |
| 90 days | -44.5% | +7.8% | -52.4% | 2025-11-04 |
| 180 days | -93.5% | +11.4% | -104.9% | 2026-02-02 |
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: 5 insiders sold $169K (27 sales)
30 days after: 1 insider sold $28K (3 sales)
| Date | Insider | Type | Shares | Price | Value | 10b5-1 plan | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-06-10 | Cohen Richard Director | Sale | 6,856 | $0.54 | $4K | no | Form 4 |
| 2025-06-10 | Leatherberry Antoinette Renee Director | Sale | 4,009 | $0.55 | $2K | no | Form 4 |
| 2025-06-11 | Walker Mark D Chairman and CEO, Director, 10% owner | Sale | 9,763 | $0.53 | $5K | yes | Form 4 |
| 2025-06-12 | Cohen Richard Director | Sale | 3,414 | $0.53 | $2K | no | Form 4 |
| 2025-06-12 | Leatherberry Antoinette Renee Director | Sale | 2,028 | $0.53 | $1K | no | Form 4 |
| 2025-06-12 | Locke Mistelle Director | Sale | 3,432 | $0.52 | $2K | no | Form 4 |
| 2025-06-12 | Walker Mark D Chairman and CEO, Director, 10% owner | Sale | 11,574 | $0.53 | $6K | yes | Form 4 |
| 2025-06-13 | Walker Mark D Chairman and CEO, Director, 10% owner | Sale | 6,986 | $0.51 | $4K | yes | Form 4 |
| 2025-07-14 | SMITH W KEITH President, Director, 10% owner | Sale | 20,476 | $0.55 | $11K | yes | Form 4 |
| 2025-07-14 | Walker Mark D Chairman and CEO, Director, 10% owner | Sale | 21,154 | $0.55 | $12K | yes | Form 4 |
| 2025-07-15 | SMITH W KEITH President, Director, 10% owner | Sale | 8,100 | $0.54 | $4K | yes | Form 4 |
| 2025-07-15 | Walker Mark D Chairman and CEO, Director, 10% owner | Sale | 8,066 | $0.54 | $4K | yes | Form 4 |
| 2025-07-16 | SMITH W KEITH President, Director, 10% owner | Sale | 11,694 | $0.53 | $6K | yes | Form 4 |
| 2025-07-16 | Walker Mark D Chairman and CEO, Director, 10% owner | Sale | 11,603 | $0.53 | $6K | yes | Form 4 |
| 2025-07-17 | SMITH W KEITH President, Director, 10% owner | Sale | 19,950 | $0.52 | $10K | yes | Form 4 |
| 2025-07-17 | Walker Mark D Chairman and CEO, Director, 10% owner | Sale | 19,315 | $0.52 | $10K | yes | Form 4 |
| 2025-07-18 | SMITH W KEITH President, Director, 10% owner | Sale | 19,488 | $0.51 | $10K | yes | Form 4 |
| 2025-07-18 | Walker Mark D Chairman and CEO, Director, 10% owner | Sale | 19,777 | $0.51 | $10K | yes | Form 4 |
| 2025-07-21 | SMITH W KEITH President, Director, 10% owner | Sale | 16,987 | $0.52 | $9K | yes | Form 4 |
| 2025-07-21 | Walker Mark D Chairman and CEO, Director, 10% owner | Sale | 16,735 | $0.52 | $9K | yes | Form 4 |
| 2025-07-22 | SMITH W KEITH President, Director, 10% owner | Sale | 15,321 | $0.51 | $8K | yes | Form 4 |
| 2025-07-22 | Walker Mark D Chairman and CEO, Director, 10% owner | Sale | 15,470 | $0.51 | $8K | yes | Form 4 |
| 2025-07-23 | SMITH W KEITH President, Director, 10% owner | Sale | 11,934 | $0.51 | $6K | yes | Form 4 |
| 2025-07-23 | Walker Mark D Chairman and CEO, Director, 10% owner | Sale | 5,567 | $0.51 | $3K | yes | Form 4 |
| 2025-07-24 | SMITH W KEITH President, Director, 10% owner | Sale | 15,800 | $0.53 | $8K | yes | Form 4 |
| 2025-08-06: red flag filed | |||||||
Showing 25 of 30 transactions.
Open-market purchases and sales (Form 4 codes P and S) by officers, directors and 10% owners, by transaction date, from 2025-05-08 to 2025-09-05. 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. 13 Table of Contents The Company anticipates sources of liquidity to include cash on hand, cash flow from operations, cash generated from its sales under the Company's Equity Reserve Facility with New Circle Principal Investments LLC and cash generated from other potential sales of equity..."
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 2025-06-30)
Why this score: quarterly (unaudited) disclosure
Read the original filing on SEC.gov →
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