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Oblong Inc (OBLG)
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12/03/2025: OBLG (1-star) is currently NOT-A-BUY. Pass it for now.
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Not Recommended Performance
These Stocks/ETFs, based on Upturn Advisory, consistently fall short of market performance, signaling caution before investing.
Analysis of Past Performance
Type Stock | Historic Profit -73.17% | Avg. Invested days 32 | Today’s Advisory PASS |
Upturn Star Rating | Upturn Advisory Performance  2.0 | Stock Returns Performance  1.0 |
| Profits based on simulation | Last Close 12/03/2025 |
Key Highlights
Company Size Small-Cap Stock | Market Capitalization 4.94M USD | Price to earnings Ratio - | 1Y Target Price 15 |
Price to earnings Ratio - | 1Y Target Price 15 | ||
Volume (30-day avg) - | Beta 4.17 | 52 Weeks Range 1.91 - 8.18 | Updated Date 06/29/2025 |
52 Weeks Range 1.91 - 8.18 | Updated Date 06/29/2025 | ||
Dividends yield (FY) - | Basic EPS (TTM) -14.28 |
Earnings Date
Report Date - | When - | Estimate - | Actual - |
Profitability
Profit Margin -150.76% | Operating Margin (TTM) -111.09% |
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (TTM) -43.37% | Return on Equity (TTM) -91.96% |
Valuation
Trailing PE - | Forward PE - | Enterprise Value -1029232 | Price to Sales(TTM) 2.08 |
Enterprise Value -1029232 | Price to Sales(TTM) 2.08 | ||
Enterprise Value to Revenue 0.08 | Enterprise Value to EBITDA 0.02 | Shares Outstanding 1594760 | Shares Floating 1231493 |
Shares Outstanding 1594760 | Shares Floating 1231493 | ||
Percent Insiders 14.66 | Percent Institutions 1.73 |
Upturn AI SWOT
Oblong Inc
Company Overview
History and Background
Oblong Inc., founded in 1993, is known for its spatial operating environment and gesture-based computing technologies. The company emerged from MIT's Media Lab and gained recognition for its g-speak platform, later evolving into its flagship product, Mezzanine.
Core Business Areas
- Immersive Collaboration Solutions: Oblong provides solutions for immersive and collaborative visual computing environments, primarily focusing on its Mezzanine platform, which enables teams to interact with digital content across multiple screens simultaneously.
- Government and Defense: Oblong offers customized collaborative solutions to government and defense agencies, enhancing situational awareness and decision-making through its technology.
Leadership and Structure
Pete Holst is the CEO. The company structure includes departments for engineering, sales, marketing, and customer support. Historically they have had a lean structure focusing on R&D and strategic partnerships.
Top Products and Market Share
Key Offerings
- Mezzanine: Mezzanine is Oblong's flagship product, a visual collaboration platform designed for distributed teams. The platform enables simultaneous interaction with multiple content streams across multiple screens, supporting in-room and remote participants. Market share is estimated to be small single digits within the video conferencing hardware and software space. Competitors include Microsoft Teams Rooms, Zoom Rooms, and Cisco Webex Board.
Market Dynamics
Industry Overview
The industry is characterized by increasing demand for collaborative solutions, driven by remote work trends and the need for enhanced productivity. Competition is intense with many established players.
Positioning
Oblong positions itself as a provider of premium immersive collaboration experiences, focusing on innovative user interfaces and multi-screen environments. It differentiates itself through its unique spatial computing approach.
Total Addressable Market (TAM)
The total addressable market for collaboration software and hardware is estimated to be in the tens of billions of dollars annually. Oblong's current market share is small, giving it potential for growth but also requiring it to effectively compete with much larger players.
Upturn SWOT Analysis
Strengths
- Unique spatial computing technology
- Innovative user interface
- Strong intellectual property portfolio
- Experienced engineering team
Weaknesses
- Limited brand recognition
- Small market share
- Limited sales and marketing reach
- Financial constraints hindering rapid scaling
Opportunities
- Growing demand for remote collaboration solutions
- Expansion into new markets (e.g., education, healthcare)
- Partnerships with larger technology companies
- Integration with emerging technologies (e.g., augmented reality, virtual reality)
Threats
- Intense competition from established players
- Rapid technological advancements
- Economic downturn impacting IT spending
- Changing customer preferences for collaboration tools
Competitors and Market Share
Key Competitors
- MSFT
- ZM
- CSCO
Competitive Landscape
Oblong faces a highly competitive landscape, dominated by established players with significant resources. Its advantage lies in its unique spatial computing technology, but it needs to improve its marketing and sales efforts to gain market share.
Growth Trajectory and Initiatives
Historical Growth: Oblong's growth has been inconsistent, characterized by periods of innovation but constrained by limited resources and market penetration.
Future Projections: Future projections are uncertain due to delisting, but hinges on its ability to secure significant partnerships or funding to scale its Mezzanine platform.
Recent Initiatives: Recent initiatives focused on strengthening partnerships and refining the Mezzanine product for specific vertical markets.
Summary
Oblong Inc. presents a mixed picture. Its innovative technology offers a unique collaboration experience but it struggles with limited brand recognition and financial resources. Competition from larger players is fierce, and sustaining growth will require strategic partnerships or significant funding to scale its platform. Overall, Oblong Inc. has faced significant challenges, and it would need significant changes to regain ground.
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About Oblong Inc
Exchange NASDAQ | Headquaters Denver, CO, United States | ||
IPO Launch date 1995-06-19 | President, CEO & Director Mr. Peter J. Holst | ||
Sector Technology | Industry Software - Application | Full time employees 7 | Website https://www.oblong.com |
Full time employees 7 | Website https://www.oblong.com | ||
Oblong, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides multi-stream collaboration products and managed services for network solutions and video collaboration in the United States and internationally. The company operates in two segments: Collaboration Products and Managed Services. Its flagship product is Mezzanine, which enables visual collaboration across multi-users, multi-screens, multi-devices, and multi-locations for video telepresence, laptop and application sharing, and whiteboard sharing and slides applications. The company also provides managed videoconferencing services; and remote service management, which offers an overlay to enterprise information technology and channel partner support organizations, as well as support and management services for customer video environments. In addition, it provides network solutions, including Cloud Connect: Video that allows its customers to outsource the management of their video traffic to them and provides the customer's office locations with a secure, dedicated video network connection to the Oblong Cloud for video communications; Cloud Connect: Converge, which offers customized multiprotocol label switching solutions; and Cloud Connect: Cross Connect that allows the customer to leverage existing carrier for the extension of a Layer 2 private line to its data center. The company serves aerospace, consulting, executive search, media, legal, insurance, technology, financial services, education, healthcare, real estate, retail, construction, hospitality, and other industries, as well as government sector. Oblong, Inc. is headquartered in Denver, Colorado.
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