Stocks · Communication Services · Telecommunications Services
Anterix Inc. ATEX
$84.33 +2.24% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NASDAQ · Market cap $1.64B
Strong growthHigh qualityStrong trendExpensive vs sector
Next earnings report: Nov 11, 2026
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Three things to know
- Diluted EPS over the last four quarters was $3.50, up 124.5% year over year.
- Operating margin widened to 1011.3% from 435.2% a year earlier.
- Over the past year the stock returned +289.5%, ahead of the S&P 500 by 274.4 percentage points.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Communication Services 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 17%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Top 11%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRTop 4%
- Revenue growth accelerationTop 7%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalTop 13%
- Gross marginTop 1%
- Operating marginTop 1%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Bottom 5%
- Accruals (lower is better)Bottom 3%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 1%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldTop 30%
- Free-cash-flow yieldBottom 25%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueBottom 23%
- Sales / enterprise valueBottom 2%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthTop 1%
- 6-month returnTop 2%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 1%
- Distance from 52-week highTop 39%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Top 15%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersBottom 22%
- Consecutive EPS beatsBottom 47%
- Share of analysts rating BuyTop 28%
- Upside to consensus price targetBottom 47%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Bottom 29%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 50%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Top 20%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 1%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 7.8% | 18.9% | ↑ |
| Gross margin | 100.0% | 100.0% | → |
| Operating margin | 435.2% | 1011.3% | ↑ |
| FCF margin | -669.0% | 207.3% | ↑ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 18.9% | 7.8% | ↑ | Top 17% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | 124.5% | — | Top 11% | |
| Gross margin | 100.0% | 100.0% | → | Top 1% |
| Operating margin | 1011.3% | 435.2% | ↑ | Top 1% |
| Net margin | 933.0% | 495.1% | ↑ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 207.3% | -669.0% | ↑ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 13.6% | — | Top 13% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | 50.2% | — | Top 4% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 0.16×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- 11.0%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 158.2%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- +148.8 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- -56.99×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.00%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- -1.45%
- Shareholder yield
- -1.45%
- Share count change, 1 year
- +4.9%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- +1.2%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 11, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 1
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 3 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- -68.5%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- +5.0%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 6 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $115.00
- Target vs current price
- +36.4%
- Analysts with a rating
- 6
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 67%
- Consensus rating
- Buy
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 11, 2026 | +102.3% | +0.2% | -1.3% | -7.9% | — |
| Jun 10, 2026 | -75.0% | +0.4% | +20.3% | +65.5% | +34.9% |
| Feb 11, 2026 | +38.6% | +3.1% | +14.1% | +34.5% | +84.6% |
| Nov 12, 2025 | -340.0% | +1.9% | +20.5% | +20.1% | +59.4% |
| Aug 12, 2025 | -150.0% | +6.9% | +6.1% | +3.5% | -8.4% |
| Jun 24, 2025 | -14.0% | +1.6% | -9.5% | -22.2% | -24.7% |
| Feb 11, 2025 | +28.1% | +26.8% | +45.0% | +32.0% | +0.4% |
| Nov 13, 2024 | -16.9% | -0.5% | -1.7% | +1.1% | +7.0% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 11, 2026 | $0.01 | -$0.43 | +102.3% | $2.0M |
| Jun 10, 2026 | -$0.98 | -$0.56 | -75.0% | $2.0M |
| Feb 11, 2026 | -$0.35 | -$0.57 | +38.6% | $1.6M |
| Nov 12, 2025 | -$2.86 | -$0.65 | -340.0% | $1.6M |
| Aug 12, 2025 | -$1.35 | -$0.54 | -150.0% | $1.4M |
| Jun 24, 2025 | -$0.49 | -$0.43 | -14.0% | $1.4M |
| Feb 11, 2025 | -$0.41 | -$0.57 | +28.1% | $1.6M |
| Nov 13, 2024 | -$0.69 | -$0.59 | -16.9% | $1.6M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 24.1× | — | — | Top 30% |
| EV / EBITDA | 780.2× | — | — | Bottom 23% |
| EV / Sales | 217.64× | — | — | Bottom 2% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 0.89% | — | — | Bottom 25% |
| Earnings yield | 4.15% | — | — | Top 30% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 3.6× – 71.8× since Sep 30, 2023. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
What moved the stock over the past year
- Price return, 1 year
- +289.5%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- +124.5%
- Change in P/E multiple
- +84.8%
Most of the move came from earnings growth.
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
- 173
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- -8.3%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- +11.3%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -4.3%
- Distance from 200-day average
- +42.1%
- RSI (14)
- 51.3
- Relative volume
- 0.80×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 61.8%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 89th percentile · High for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 0.51
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.12
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -22.1%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -57.3%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 2, 2021 | Nov 6, 2025 | -72.3% | 1007 days | 138 days (May 28, 2026) |
| Jul 1, 2026 | Sep 15, 2026 | -29.8% | 52 days | Not yet recovered |
| Dec 21, 2020 | Jan 7, 2021 | -25.1% | 11 days | 27 days (Feb 17, 2021) |
| Oct 15, 2020 | Nov 18, 2020 | -24.4% | 24 days | 22 days (Dec 21, 2020) |
| Jun 23, 2021 | Sep 17, 2021 | -13.0% | 60 days | 30 days (Oct 29, 2021) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $1.64B
- P/E (TTM)
- 24.1
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $3.50
- Revenue (TTM)
- $7.0M
- 52-week range
- $17.58 – $113.00
| FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | FY 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $1.1M | $1.9M | $4.2M | $6.0M | $6.5M |
| Gross profit | $1.1M | $1.9M | $4.2M | $6.0M | $6.0M |
| Operating income | -$36.8M | -$16.5M | -$10.1M | -$11.7M | -$41.6M |
| Net income | -$37.5M | -$16.3M | -$9.1M | -$11.4M | $90.6M |
| EPS (diluted) | -$2.07 | -$0.87 | -$0.49 | -$0.61 | $4.83 |
| Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | Q3 2026 | Q4 2026 | Q1 2027 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $1.6M | $1.6M | $1.4M | $1.4M | $1.6M | $1.6M | $2.0M | $2.0M |
| Net income | -$12.8M | $7.7M | $9.2M | $25.2M | $53.5M | -$6.6M | $18.5M | $240,000 |
| EPS (diluted) | -$0.69 | $0.41 | $0.49 | $1.35 | $2.86 | -$0.35 | $0.98 | $0.01 |
| FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | FY 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $17.9M | -$27.3M | $42.0M | -$29.3M | $5.5M |
| Capital expenditure | -$27.4M | -$27.1M | -$17.3M | -$18.2M | -$31,000 |
| Free cash flow | -$9.5M | -$54.4M | $24.7M | -$47.4M | $5.5M |
| Dividends paid | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Net share buybacks | -$15.0M | -$8.2M | -$24.7M | -$8.4M | $4.4M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $116.0M
- Total assets
- $497.9M
- Total liabilities
- $212.1M
- Total debt
- $4.1M
- Net debt
- -$111.9M
- Shareholders’ equity
- $285.8M
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 11, 2026).
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 1,647,665
- Days to cover
- 5.43
- Change vs previous report
- +2.0%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.