Stocks · Industrials · Electrical Equipment & Parts
Capstone Energy+, Inc. CEPL
$4.50 +2.74% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NASDAQ · Market cap $144.8M
Next earnings report: Nov 12, 2026
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Three things to know
- The stock is 62% below its highest close of the past 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.
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalTop 45%
- Gross marginTop 37%
- Operating marginBottom 39%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Bottom 34%
- Accruals (lower is better)Bottom 20%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 27%
- Interest coverBottom 32%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldBottom 3%
- Free-cash-flow yieldBottom 38%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 45%
- Sales / enterprise valueTop 35%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
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 4%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Bottom 3%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 30%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 27%
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | 34.0% | — | Top 37% | |
| Operating margin | 4.4% | — | Bottom 39% | |
| Net margin | 3.5% | — | — | |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 2.8% | — | — | |
| Return on invested capital | 6.7% | — | Top 45% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 1.26×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -0.8%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 0.8%
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 0.50×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 1.2×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.00%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- -39.50%
- Shareholder yield
- -39.50%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Jun 30, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 0
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 0 of 4
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- -100.0%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- +7.5%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 1 of 2
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $13.00
- Target vs current price
- +188.9%
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 12, 2026 | -650.0% | +8.7% | -12.4% | -24.1% | — |
| Jun 25, 2026 | -2250.0% | +6.3% | -5.1% | +8.1% | -28.8% |
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 | -$0.03 | -$0.00 | -650.0% | $24.9M |
| Jun 25, 2026 | -$0.47 | -$0.02 | -2250.0% | $23.0M |
| Feb 12, 2026 | -$1.79 | -$0.02 | -8850.0% | $26.8M |
| Nov 13, 2025 | $0.04 | $0.04 | +0.0% | $28.4M |
| Aug 8, 2025 | -$0.04 | — | — | $27.9M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (forward) | 45.2× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 15.5× | — | — | Top 45% |
| EV / Sales | 1.45× | — | — | Top 35% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 1.98% | — | — | Bottom 38% |
| Earnings yield | -69.98% | — | — | Bottom 3% |
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✗ Price above 20-day average
- ✗ Price above 50-day average
- ✗ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 0
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- -22.6%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -29.8%
- RSI (14)
- 33.6
- Relative volume
- 0.62×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 108.0%
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -62.3%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -63.3%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 2026 | Oct 1, 2026 | -63.3% | 73 days | Not yet recovered |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $144.8M
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- -$3.15
- Revenue (TTM)
- $103.1M
| FY 2025 | |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $106.0M |
| Gross profit | $33.9M |
| Operating income | $3.4M |
| Net income | $2.8M |
| EPS (diluted) | -$3.21 |
| Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $28.4M | $26.8M | $23.0M | $24.9M |
| Net income | $834,000 | $1.2M | $1.5M | $37,000 |
| EPS (diluted) | -$0.89 | -$1.79 | -$0.47 | $0.00 |
| FY 2025 | |
|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | -$2.5M |
| Capital expenditure | -$835,000 |
| Free cash flow | -$3.4M |
| Dividends paid | $0 |
| Net share buybacks | $43.7M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $31.8M
- Total assets
- $114.8M
- Total liabilities
- $85.1M
- Total debt
- $36.4M
- Net debt
- $4.8M
- Shareholders’ equity
- $29.7M
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Jun 30, 2026).
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 870,989
- Days to cover
- 2.03
- Change vs previous report
- +16.9%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.
Stock splits
- Oct 22, 2019
- 1-for-10
- Nov 9, 2015
- 1-for-20