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Cyanotech Corporation

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Cyanotech Corporation

CYAN·OTC·Consumer Defensive·CIK 0000768408

Cyanotech Corporation is a global leader in cultivating premium quality, sustainable microalgae to produce high-value natural ingredients and dietary supplement products for health and wellness. Incorporated in 1983, the company operates through its wholly owned subsidiary, Nutrex Hawaii, Inc. Cyanotech is Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) certified by Merieux NutriSciences. Its products include BioAstin® Hawaiian Astaxanthin®, a natural antioxidant used as a human dietary supplement and ingredient, and Hawaiian Spirulina Pacifica®, a nutrient-rich superfood dietary supplement. Microalgae, microscopic plants, are attractive for commercial production due to their rapid growth, uniform cell structures allowing easier product extraction and higher cell utilization, and the ability to control their growing environment to optimize cell characteristics.

Cyanotech Corporation (OTC:CYAN) is a publicly traded company in the Consumer Defensive sector. Wiseek has independently scored 3 items for CYAN at importance 7 or higher on its 1–10 market-impact scale. Its most recent item scored 7 or higher is dated 2026-02-13, rated 9/10. Across its 3 most recent items scored 7 or higher, the top rating is 9/10, with 3 rated 8 or above. Recent SEC coverage for CYAN spans SC 13E3/A, SC 13E3.

Recent high-impact activity:

  • Cyanotech Completes Going-Private Transaction, Initiates Delisting Process
  • Cyanotech Finalizes "Going Private" Transaction, Sets $0.47 Cash-Out Price and February 9 Effective Date
  • Cyanotech to Go Private via Reverse/Forward Stock Split, Forcing Out Small Shareholders

Financial Snapshot

Fiscal year ended March 31, 2025
Revenue
$24.21M
Net Income
-$3.2M
Op. Cash Flow
-$1.19M
Free Cash Flow
-$1.44M
Gross Profit
$6.88M
Operating Income
-$2.51M
Cash & Equivalents
$257K
Total Debt
$3.89M
Debt / Equity
0.44×
Net Margin
-13.2%
Shares Outstanding
7.2M sh
Source: 10-K · filed 2025-06-20 · accession 0001437749-25-020904

Short Interest & Short Volume

1.00 days to cover

FINRA reported short interest of 678 shares in CYAN as of the September 15, 2026 settlement, a 3.8% increase from the prior period — about 1.0 days to cover at its recent average daily volume. On October 2, 2026, 27.1% of CYAN volume reported to FINRA trade-reporting facilities was marked short.

Short interest (bi-monthly positions)678 shares as of September 15, 2026
Change vs prior period▲ 3.8%
Days to cover1.00 at avg daily volume of 5,496
Daily short volume (FINRA facilities)27.1% of 15,875 shares on October 2, 2026

Daily short sale volume covers trades reported to FINRA trade-reporting facilities and is not the same as short interest (bi-monthly reported positions). Source: FINRA — FINRA is the owner and source of this short interest and short sale volume data; it may not be redistributed.

$0.41 +0.06% today
Market cap
$3.03M
Volume
15.9K (2.5× avg)
3-mo avg 6.3K
Live data · 2026-10-05 05:10 UTC · Market overnight

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CYAN
Feb 13, 2026, 2:09 PM EST
Filing Type: SC 13E3/A
Importance Score:
9
Price at Filing: $0.465
Real-time Price: $0.410 info
Change: -$0.055 (-12%) info
Market Cap: $3.031M info
CYAN
Feb 03, 2026, 5:18 PM EST
Filing Type: SC 13E3/A
Importance Score:
9
Price at Filing: $0.500
Real-time Price: $0.410 info
Change: Reverse Stock Split info
Market Cap: $3.031M info
CYAN
Jan 12, 2026, 12:12 PM EST
Filing Type: SC 13E3
Importance Score:
9
Price at Filing: $0.499404
Real-time Price: $0.410 info
Change: Reverse Stock Split info
Market Cap: $3.031M info
Research tools: Filing Impact Index Dilution Tracker Split Calendar Open Datasets