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American Battery Technology Company Common Stock ABAT
$2.19 -3.95% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NASDAQ · Market cap $298.7M
Weak trendExpensive vs sectorHigh risk
Next earnings report: Nov 6, 2026
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Three things to know
- Revenue over the last four quarters was $21.7M, up 406.8% from a year earlier, slowing from 776.5% a quarter earlier.
- Operating margin widened to -343.6% from -979.5% a year earlier.
- The diluted share count rose 49.4% in a year.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Industrials sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Top 1%
- Revenue growth accelerationBottom 1%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalBottom 2%
- Gross marginBottom 2%
- Operating marginBottom 4%
- Accruals (lower is better)Top 2%
- Interest coverBottom 3%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldBottom 10%
- Free-cash-flow yieldBottom 13%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueBottom 4%
- Sales / enterprise valueBottom 5%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthBottom 9%
- 6-month returnBottom 18%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Bottom 6%
- Distance from 52-week highBottom 3%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Bottom 15%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersBottom 6%
- Consecutive EPS beatsBottom 16%
- Upside to consensus price targetTop 5%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Bottom 23%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 5%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Bottom 8%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 776.5% | 406.8% | ↓ |
| Gross margin | -246.5% | -29.9% | ↑ |
| Operating margin | -979.5% | -343.6% | ↑ |
| FCF margin | -719.9% | -168.4% | ↑ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 406.8% | 776.5% | ↓ | Top 1% |
| Gross margin | -29.9% | -246.5% | ↑ | Bottom 2% |
| Operating margin | -343.6% | -979.5% | ↑ | Bottom 4% |
| Net margin | -337.5% | -1090.0% | ↑ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | -168.4% | -719.9% | ↑ | — |
| Return on invested capital | -59.0% | — | Bottom 2% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -36.7%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 86.8%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- -311.9 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- Net cash
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- -115.0×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.00%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- -24.89%
- Shareholder yield
- -24.89%
- Share count change, 1 year
- +49.4%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- +44.2%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Sep 14, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 0
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 0 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- -100.0%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- +4.1%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 3 of 7
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $6.00
- Target vs current price
- +174.0%
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 14, 2026 | -200.0% | -4.5% | -11.7% | — | — |
| May 11, 2026 | -225.0% | +4.7% | -1.3% | +19.9% | -26.8% |
| Feb 5, 2026 | -40.0% | -12.6% | +2.7% | -15.8% | -19.1% |
| Nov 7, 2025 | -200.0% | +20.1% | -0.8% | +12.5% | +9.5% |
| Sep 18, 2025 | -12.5% | +23.5% | +93.4% | +268.3% | +75.7% |
| May 16, 2025 | -450.0% | -1.9% | -18.4% | -16.5% | +47.5% |
| Feb 14, 2025 | -500.0% | +6.2% | -23.8% | -24.6% | +3.1% |
| Nov 14, 2024 | -166.7% | -2.3% | -21.8% | -0.8% | +18.9% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 14, 2026 | -$0.15 | -$0.05 | -200.0% | $8.2M |
| May 11, 2026 | -$0.26 | -$0.08 | -225.0% | $7.8M |
| Feb 5, 2026 | -$0.07 | -$0.05 | -40.0% | $4.8M |
| Nov 7, 2025 | -$0.09 | -$0.03 | -200.0% | $937,589 |
| Sep 18, 2025 | -$0.09 | -$0.08 | -12.5% | $2.8M |
| May 16, 2025 | -$0.14 | $0.04 | -450.0% | $979,977 |
| Feb 14, 2025 | -$0.18 | -$0.03 | -500.0% | $332,440 |
| Nov 14, 2024 | -$0.16 | -$0.06 | -166.7% | $201,960 |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EV / Sales | 11.47× | — | — | Bottom 5% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | -12.25% | — | — | Bottom 13% |
| Earnings yield | -26.19% | — | — | Bottom 10% |
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✗ Price above 20-day average
- ✗ Price above 50-day average
- ✗ Price above 200-day average
- ✗ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✗ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 0
- Days above the 200-day average
- 0
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- -3.8%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- -4.4%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -9.0%
- Distance from 200-day average
- -31.2%
- RSI (14)
- 41.8
- Relative volume
- 0.92×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 68.4%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 17th percentile · Low for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 2.30
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.19
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -80.7%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -91.2%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 25, 2021 | Nov 21, 2024 | -98.8% | 964 days | Not yet recovered |
| Sep 28, 2020 | Oct 8, 2020 | -42.9% | 8 days | 36 days (Nov 30, 2020) |
| Dec 28, 2020 | Jan 5, 2021 | -38.1% | 5 days | 10 days (Jan 20, 2021) |
| Nov 30, 2020 | Dec 9, 2020 | -22.4% | 7 days | 5 days (Dec 16, 2020) |
| Dec 22, 2020 | Dec 23, 2020 | -18.2% | 1 days | 2 days (Dec 28, 2020) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $298.7M
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- -$0.57
- Revenue (TTM)
- $21.7M
- 52-week range
- $2.00 – $11.49
| FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | FY 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $0 | $0 | $343,500 | $4.3M | $21.7M |
| Gross profit | $0 | $0 | -$3.0M | -$10.6M | -$6.5M |
| Operating income | -$33.5M | -$22.4M | -$37.5M | -$42.0M | -$74.7M |
| Net income | -$33.5M | -$22.2M | -$52.5M | -$46.8M | -$73.4M |
| EPS (diluted) | -$12.05 | -$7.32 | -$1.02 | -$0.58 | -$0.58 |
| Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | Q3 2026 | Q4 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $201,960 | $332,440 | $979,977 | $2.8M | $937,589 | $4.8M | $7.8M | $8.2M |
| Net income | -$11.7M | -$13.4M | -$11.5M | -$10.2M | -$10.3M | -$9.3M | -$33.8M | -$20.0M |
| EPS (diluted) | -$0.17 | -$0.18 | -$0.14 | -$0.11 | -$0.09 | -$0.07 | -$0.26 | -$0.15 |
| FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | FY 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | -$10.2M | -$13.4M | -$16.7M | -$28.9M | -$24.2M |
| Capital expenditure | -$15.1M | -$14.8M | -$12.7M | -$2.5M | -$13.6M |
| Free cash flow | -$25.3M | -$28.2M | -$29.4M | -$31.5M | -$37.8M |
| Dividends paid | -$125,700 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Net share buybacks | $40.9M | $17.4M | $38.1M | $18.6M | $75.6M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $49.5M
- Total assets
- $132.8M
- Total liabilities
- $6.5M
- Total debt
- $190,163
- Net debt
- -$49.3M
- Shareholders’ equity
- $126.4M
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Sep 14, 2026).
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 22,100,445
- Days to cover
- 6.82
- Change vs previous report
- +2.3%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.
Stock splits
- Sep 11, 2023
- 1-for-15