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LiqTech International (LIQT) Risk Analysis
Risk Overview Q2, 2026
Risk Change Over Time
Risk Highlights Q2, 2026
Risk Word Cloud
Risk Factors Full Breakdown - Total Risks 37
- Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 1The Company is considered a "smaller reporting company" and is exempt from certain disclosure requirements, which could make our common stock less attractive to potential investors.
As a "smaller reporting company" (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act")), we are not required and may not include a Compensation Discussion and Analysis section in our proxy statements, provide only three years of business information, provide fewer years of selected financial data, and have other "scaled" disclosure requirements that are less comprehensive than issuers that are not "smaller reporting companies," which could make our stock less attractive to potential investors and could make it more difficult for stockholders to sell their shares.
- Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 2Future sales of our common stock, or the perception that future sales may occur, may cause the market price of our common stock to decline.
If any significant number of our outstanding shares are sold, such sales could have a depressive effect on the market price of our stock. We are unable to predict the effect, if any, that the sale of shares, or the availability of shares for future sale, will have on the market price of the shares prevailing from time to time. Sales of substantial amounts of shares in the public market, or the perception that such sales could occur, could depress prevailing market prices for the shares. Such sales may also make it more difficult for us to sell equity securities or equity-related securities in the future at a time and price that we deem appropriate.
- Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 3If securities analysts do not publish research or reports about our business or if they downgrade us or our sector, the price of our common stock could decline.
The trading market for our common stock will depend in part on research and reports that industry or financial analysts publish about us or our business. Furthermore, if an analyst downgrades us, the industry in which we operate, or the stock of any of our competitors, the price of our common stock may decline. If the analyst discontinues coverage altogether, we could lose visibility, which could also lead to a decline in the price of our common stock.
- Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 4The market price of our common stock has been and may continue to be volatile.
The market price of our common stock has been volatile and fluctuates widely in response to various factors that are beyond our control. The price of our common stock is not necessarily indicative of our operating performance or long-term business prospects. In addition, the securities markets have from time to time experienced significant price and volume fluctuations that are unrelated to the operating performance of particular companies. These market fluctuations may also materially and adversely affect the market price of our common stock. Factors such as the following could cause the market price of our common stock to fluctuate substantially: - the underlying price of the commodities that affect our key markets of industrial water filtration, marine, and oil & gas; - announcements of capital budget changes by major customers; - the introduction of new products by our competitors; - announcements of technology advances by us or our competitors; - current events affecting the political and economic environment in the United States, Europe, or Asia; - conditions or industry trends, including demand for our products, services, and technological advances; - changes to financial estimates by us or by any securities analysts who might cover our stock; - additions or departures of our key personnel; - government regulation of our industry; - seasonal, economic, or financial conditions; - our quarterly operating and financial results; - litigation or public concern about the safety of our products; or - the effect of macroeconomic uncertainty, global supply chain disruptions, or public health crises. The realization of any of these risks and other factors beyond our control could cause the market price of our common stock to decline significantly. In particular, the market price of our common stock may be influenced by changes in governmental regulations regarding diesel particle emissions and marine wastewater because demand for our products and services is closely related to those regulations. The stock market in general experiences, from time to time, extreme price and volume fluctuations. Periodic and/or continuous market fluctuations could result in extreme volatility in the price of our common stock, which could cause a decline in the value of our common stock. Price volatility may be worse if the trading volume of our common stock is low.
- Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 5There is limited trading volume of our common stock, which could make it difficult for you to liquidate an investment in our common stock in a timely manner.
Since April 16, 2019, our common stock has been traded on Nasdaq Capital Market under the ticker LIQT. Because there is limited volume in our common stock, investors may not be able to liquidate their investments when they desire to do so. In addition, if we fail to meet the criteria set forth in SEC and Nasdaq Capital Market rules and regulations, various requirements would be imposed by law on broker-dealers who sell our securities to persons other than established customers and accredited investors. Consequently, such regulations may deter broker-dealers from recommending or selling our common stock, which may further affect its liquidity.
- Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 6Provisions in our articles of incorporation and bylaws could discourage a change in control or an acquisition of us by a third party, even if the acquisition would be favorable to you, thereby adversely affecting existing stockholders.
Our articles of incorporation and bylaws contain provisions that may have the effect of making it more difficult or delaying attempts by others to obtain control of our Company, even when these attempts may be in the best interests of stockholders. For example, our articles of incorporation authorize our Board of Directors, without stockholder approval, to issue one or more series of preferred stock, which could have voting and conversion rights that adversely affect or dilute the voting power of the holders of common stock. These provisions and others that could be adopted in the future could deter unsolicited takeovers or delay or prevent changes in our control or management, including transactions in which stockholders might otherwise receive a premium for their shares over then-current market prices. These provisions may also limit the ability of stockholders to approve transactions that they may deem to be in their best interests.
- Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 7Some of our officers and directors are located outside of the United States; therefore, it may be difficult for an investor to enforce within the United States any judgments obtained against us or such officers and directors.
The majority of our officers and some of our directors are nationals and/or residents of countries other than the United States, and all or a substantial portion of such persons' assets may be located outside of the United States. As a result, it may be difficult for an investor to effect service of process or enforce within the United States any judgments obtained against us or such officers or directors, including judgments predicated upon the civil liability provisions of the securities laws of the United States or any state thereof. In addition, there is uncertainty as to whether the courts of other jurisdictions would recognize or enforce judgments of United States courts obtained against us or our directors and officers predicated upon the civil liability provisions of the securities laws of the United States or any state thereof or be competent to hear original actions brought in other jurisdictions against us or such officers and directors predicated upon the securities laws of the United States or any state thereof.
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