analyzeportfolio
Nasdaq · Communication Services

Franklin Wireless Corp. (FKWL)

As-reported financials and SEC filings for Franklin Wireless Corp. The latest annual period is FY2026. The latest reported quarter is Q4 FY2026. Financial statements come straight from the company’s EDGAR filings; valuation figures such as P/E and market cap use market data.

About Franklin Wireless Corp.

Franklin Wireless Corp develops and sells wireless data products and technology. The company provides engineering projects and product development services primarily for customers in North America and Asia. It serves businesses requiring wireless communication solutions and related technology.

Snapshot

Revenue
$36.5M
Revenue growth (YoY)
-20.8%
Net income
$-4.7M
Diluted EPS
$-0.40
Gross margin
17.1%
Operating margin
-7.3%
Net margin
-13.0%
FCF margin
-17.3%
ROE
-15.6%
net income / fiscal-year-end equity
P/E
n/m
not meaningful: a reported loss in the fiscal year or the trailing twelve months
Market cap
$26.5M
Long-term debt / equity
—
non-current term debt only

Fundamentals are from SEC filings for FY2026, the latest annual period (ended June 30, 2026). P/E and market cap are derived from stored market prices, last retrieved on a rolling basis and typically within the past week.

What changed at Franklin Wireless

  • Revenue fell 20.8% to $37M in FY2026, slower than the 49.6% the year before.
  • Operating margin is -7.3% in FY2026, +13.4 pp against -20.7% in FY2022.
  • Most recent quarter Q4 FY2026: revenue $8M, up 21.2% from Q4 FY2025.
  • Free cash flow was negative $6M in FY2026.
  • Net loss widened to $5M in FY2026, from $243101 in FY2025.

Computed from the as-reported figures in the statements below. A change we cannot state from filed figures is left out rather than estimated.

Peer comparison

Where Franklin Wireless’s fundamentals sit among the 214 Communication Services companies. Each figure is ranked only against peers that report it, from lowest (left) to highest (right).

Gross margin17.1%
9th percentile of 103
Operating margin-7.3%
31st percentile of 183
Net margin-13.0%
27th percentile of 189
FCF margin-17.3%
10th percentile of 163
Revenue growth (YoY)-20.8%
6th percentile of 207
ROE-15.6%
30th percentile of 163
Short interest5.74d
69th percentile of 213

Franklin Wireless’s revenue growth of -20.8% ranks in the 6th percentile of the 207 Communication Services companies reporting it. Franklin Wireless’s gross margin of 17.1% ranks in the 9th percentile of the 103 Communication Services companies reporting it. Franklin Wireless’s FCF margin of -17.3% ranks in the 10th percentile of the 163 Communication Services companies reporting it.

No reported insider transactions (codes P/S) in the last 90 days. For context, about 15% of companies in the universe saw any reported insider purchase (code P) in the same window. Browse insider activity →

Percentiles describe where a figure sits among sector peers reporting it (100th = highest). They are position within a peer group, not a rating, and not investment advice. Short interest ranking uses days to cover from FINRA Consolidated Short Interest data; FINRA is the owner and source of that data, included at no additional charge.

Institutional ownership

Held by 1 quant / multi-strat book among the superinvestors we track; no conviction manager currently reports a position.

Conviction investors
0
+1 quant / multi-strat
Initiated / added
0
0 new, 0 added
Reduced / exited
1
1 trimmed, 0 exited
Combined position
$245,367
reported long value
InvestorAs ofPosition valueSharesChange
Renaissance TechnologiesquantQ2 2026$245,36796.6KReduced

From quarterly Form 13F filings, which can be up to 45 days delayed. Long US-listed positions only: excludes short positions, options, cash, bonds, and non-US holdings, so this is not a manager’s complete portfolio. Counts are of the investors we track, not all institutions. Not investment advice.

Short interest

Total shares sold short as of each twice-monthly FINRA settlement. Rising short interest means more investors are positioned against the stock; days to cover estimates how many trading days of average volume that position represents.

Shares short
46.1K
settled 2026-09-30
Change vs prior
-16.1%
vs previous settlement
Days to cover
5.74
at avg daily volume
Avg daily volume
8.0K
FINRA reported
SettlementShares shortChangeDays to cover
2026-09-3046.1K-16.1%5.74
2026-09-1555.0K-16.7%5.95
2026-08-3166.0K+60.8%5.03
2026-08-1441.1K+24.8%2.34
2026-07-3132.9K+144.2%1.32
2026-07-1513.5K-52.2%1.00
2026-06-3028.2K+18.6%1.00
2026-06-1523.8K+1.9%1.00

Source: FINRA Consolidated Short Interest. FINRA is the owner and source of the FINRA-supplied data, which is included at no additional charge for your own personal or professional use; republishing or redistributing it is not permitted. Settlement dates are shown; FINRA publishes each settlement about nine business days later, so the latest figure can be two to four weeks old. Not presented as a percentage of float. No FINRA endorsement of this product is implied. Not investment advice.

Income statement (as reported)

 FY2026FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
Revenue$36.5M$46.1M$30.8M$45.9M$24.0M
Gross profit
Operating income$-2.7M$-2.9M$-5.9M$-2.3M$-5.0M
Net income$-4.7M$-243,101$-4.0M$-2.9M$-3.8M
Diluted EPS$-0.40$-0.02$-0.34$-0.24$-0.32

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (tap or hover a figure to see how it was calculated or what was filed). Full details: where the numbers come from.

Balance sheet (as reported)

 FY2026FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
Cash and equivalents$13.4M$14.7M$12.3M$12.2M$26.3M
Current assets$40.5M$45.2M$40.2M$51.9M$48.4M
Total assets$46.4M$51.3M$46.7M$56.9M$52.0M
Current liabilities$15.2M$12.4M$9.1M$16.5M$9.3M
Long-term debt—————
Total liabilities$15.9M$13.4M$10.3M$16.5M$9.4M
Total equity$30.5M$37.9M$36.4M$40.4M$42.6M

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (tap or hover a figure to see how it was calculated or what was filed). Full details: where the numbers come from.

Cash flow (as reported)

 FY2026FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
Operating cash flow$-6.3M$1.8M$-773,360$-1.9M$-7.4M
Capital expenditure$28,863$32,765$55,025$47,106$42,085
Free cash flow

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (tap or hover a figure to see how it was calculated or what was filed). Full details: where the numbers come from.

Quarterly trend

QuarterRevenueRevenue YoYNet incomeDiluted EPS
Q4 FY202621.2%
Q3 FY2026$3.4M-57.0%$-1.6M$-0.13
Q2 FY2026$11.9M-33.1%$533,622$0.05
Q1 FY2026$12.7M-4.3%$640,478$0.05
Q4 FY202513.2%
Q3 FY2025$8.0M29.7%$-644,786$-0.05
Q2 FY2025$17.8M101.5%$228,740$0.02
Q1 FY2025$13.3M38.0%$515,187$0.04

Latest 8 quarters, from company XBRL filings on SEC EDGAR. A dotted underline marks a fourth-quarter figure we calculated from the full year and the first nine months. Revenue YoY is our calculation too: each quarter against the same quarter a year earlier.

Company facts

ExchangeNasdaq
SectorCommunication Services
SIC industryTelephone & Telegraph Apparatus
Latest annual periodFY2026 (ended June 30, 2026)
Latest reported quarterQ4 FY2026 (ended June 30, 2026)
Oldest indexed filing1997
SEC CIK722572

Selected SEC filings

10-K2026-09-28
View on EDGAR →
10-K2025-09-29
View on EDGAR →
10-Q2026-05-15
View on EDGAR →
10-Q2026-02-17
View on EDGAR →
10-Q2025-11-14
View on EDGAR →
10-Q2025-05-15
View on EDGAR →
8-K2026-07-31
View on EDGAR →
8-K2026-03-26
View on EDGAR →

Largest Communication Services peers

All Communication Services companies →

Monitor FKWL

Get an alert when Franklin Wireless files something material, see which superinvestors own it, and ask its filings a question with cited answers.

Monitor FKWL free

Includes one free filing-grounded research answer. Or check your whole portfolio, no account needed.

Data sourced from SEC EDGAR. Figures are as-reported and may be unaudited or restated; verify against the source filing before relying on them. Informational only. Not investment advice.