Stocks · Industrials · Aerospace & Defense
BETA Technologies, Inc. BETA
$22.17 +2.02% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $4.93B
Expensive vs sectorHigh risk
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Three things to know
- The stock is 40% below its highest close of the past year.
- The company holds net cash of $1.27B (cash above total debt).
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.
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalBottom 6%
- Gross marginTop 15%
- Operating marginBottom 2%
- Accruals (lower is better)Top 3%
- Interest coverBottom 5%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldBottom 13%
- Free-cash-flow yieldBottom 15%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueBottom 5%
- Sales / enterprise valueBottom 1%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 6-month returnTop 13%
- Distance from 52-week highBottom 25%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Top 10%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersBottom 6%
- Consecutive EPS beatsBottom 16%
- Share of analysts rating BuyTop 4%
- Upside to consensus price targetTop 30%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Bottom 16%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 31%
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | 46.3% | — | Top 15% | |
| Operating margin | -1129.3% | — | Bottom 2% | |
| Net margin | -1913.9% | — | — | |
| Free-cash-flow margin | -940.0% | — | — | |
| Return on invested capital | -27.5% | — | Bottom 6% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -27.7%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 44.3%
- 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.
- -34.9×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.00%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- -22.92%
- Shareholder yield
- -22.92%
- Share count change, 1 year
- +2.5%
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 12, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 0
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 1 of 4
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- -100.0%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- +1.8%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 0 of 4
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $32.67
- Target vs current price
- +47.4%
- Analysts with a rating
- 8
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 100%
- Consensus rating
- Buy
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 12, 2026 | -16.4% | -3.3% | +8.8% | -18.1% | — |
| May 12, 2026 | +8.6% | -2.6% | -20.1% | -11.4% | +22.2% |
| Mar 9, 2026 | -288.5% | +11.9% | -13.6% | -14.2% | -3.7% |
| Dec 4, 2025 | -2259.2% | +1.2% | +6.6% | -7.4% | -34.5% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 12, 2026 | -$0.64 | -$0.55 | -16.4% | $14.7M |
| May 12, 2026 | -$0.53 | -$0.58 | +8.6% | $10.1M |
| Mar 9, 2026 | -$2.02 | -$0.52 | -288.5% | $11.1M |
| Dec 4, 2025 | -$9.83 | -$0.42 | -2259.2% | $8.9M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EV / Sales | 81.50× | — | — | Bottom 1% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | -8.55% | — | — | Bottom 15% |
| Earnings yield | -20.61% | — | — | Bottom 13% |
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
- 1
- Days above the 200-day average
- 12
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- +8.1%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- -3.0%
- Distance from 50-day average
- +1.0%
- Distance from 200-day average
- +11.0%
- RSI (14)
- 50.8
- Relative volume
- 0.55×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 72.8%
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -39.8%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -63.1%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 5, 2025 | Mar 30, 2026 | -63.1% | 98 days | Not yet recovered |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $4.93B
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- -$4.57
- Revenue (TTM)
- $44.8M
- 52-week range
- $13.43 – $39.50
| FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $15.4M | $15.1M | $35.6M |
| Gross profit | $4.7M | -$5.9M | $25.7M |
| Operating income | -$186.6M | -$272.2M | -$372.7M |
| Net income | -$175.6M | -$275.6M | -$745.9M |
| EPS (diluted) | -$0.90 | -$1.37 | -$4.20 |
| Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $4.4M | $7.8M | $7.8M | $8.9M | $11.1M | $10.1M | $14.7M |
| Net income | -$76.4M | -$79.3M | -$79.3M | -$437.2M | -$150.0M | -$122.3M | -$148.8M |
| EPS (diluted) | -$0.39 | -$0.40 | -$0.40 | -$1.97 | -$1.43 | -$0.53 | -$0.64 |
| FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | -$158.0M | -$222.7M | -$267.8M |
| Capital expenditure | -$153.2M | -$73.5M | -$45.4M |
| Free cash flow | -$311.3M | -$296.2M | -$313.2M |
| Dividends paid | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Net share buybacks | $722,000 | $325.0M | $1.70B |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $1.48B
- Total assets
- $1.93B
- Total liabilities
- $318.3M
- Total debt
- $206.7M
- Net debt
- -$1.27B
- Shareholders’ equity
- $1.62B
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 12, 2026).
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 10,768,392
- Days to cover
- 4.30
- Change vs previous report
- +17.3%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.