Stocks · Basic Materials · Industrial Materials
Critical Metals Corp. CRML
$7.03 -2.36% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NASDAQ · Market cap $1.03B
Strong growthExpensive vs sectorHigh risk
Next earnings report: Mar 3, 2027
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Three things to know
- Revenue over the last four quarters was $1.9M, up 236.8% from a year earlier, accelerating from 155.9% a quarter earlier.
- Operating margin widened to -4233.6% from -8464.0% a year earlier.
- The diluted share count rose 35.4% in a year.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Basic Materials 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, 3-year CAGRTop 1%
- Revenue growth accelerationTop 1%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalBottom 11%
- Gross marginTop 1%
- Operating marginBottom 3%
- Accruals (lower is better)Top 5%
- Interest coverBottom 2%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldBottom 9%
- Free-cash-flow yieldBottom 23%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueBottom 11%
- Sales / enterprise valueBottom 2%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthBottom 39%
- 6-month returnBottom 33%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Bottom 45%
- Distance from 52-week highBottom 3%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Top 42%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersBottom 6%
- Consecutive EPS beatsBottom 21%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Bottom 3%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 1%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Bottom 10%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 155.9% | 236.8% | ↑ |
| Gross margin | 100.0% | 100.0% | → |
| Operating margin | -8464.0% | -4233.6% | ↑ |
| FCF margin | -2771.8% | -2257.3% | ↑ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 236.8% | 155.9% | ↑ | Top 1% |
| Gross margin | 100.0% | 100.0% | → | Top 1% |
| Operating margin | -4233.6% | -8464.0% | ↑ | Bottom 3% |
| Net margin | -12085.9% | -9252.5% | ↓ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | -2257.3% | -2771.8% | ↑ | — |
| Return on invested capital | -20.5% | — | Bottom 11% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | 157.0% | — | Top 1% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -39.4%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 3495.2%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- -336.8 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.
- -450.2×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.00%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 0.00%
- Shareholder yield
- 0.00%
- Share count change, 1 year
- +35.4%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- +131.1%
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 25, 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
- +3.7%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 4 of 7
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 25, 2026 | +0.0% | -4.2% | -11.9% | — | — |
| Sep 2, 2026 | +0.0% | +5.5% | +2.2% | +4.9% | — |
| Mar 13, 2026 | -41.7% | -2.9% | -9.8% | -4.8% | +8.5% |
| Oct 6, 2025 | -433.3% | +45.2% | +87.7% | +62.2% | -13.4% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | — | -0.7% | +5.7% | -2.1% | +97.9% |
| Mar 19, 2025 | — | -2.1% | -25.3% | +13.2% | -15.3% |
| Nov 14, 2024 | — | -3.8% | -8.6% | +10.2% | -18.2% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | — | -7.8% | -13.5% | -11.8% | -36.7% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 25, 2026 | -$0.07 | -$0.07 | +0.0% | $1.3M |
| Sep 2, 2026 | -$0.07 | -$0.07 | +0.0% | $660,168 |
| Mar 13, 2026 | -$0.09 | -$0.06 | -41.7% | $283,905 |
| Oct 6, 2025 | -$0.16 | -$0.03 | -433.3% | $100,382 |
| Mar 31, 2025 | -$0.19 | — | — | $100,382 |
| Mar 19, 2025 | -$0.08 | — | — | $179,930 |
| Nov 14, 2024 | -$0.08 | — | — | $179,930 |
| Jun 30, 2024 | -$0.90 | — | — | $58,830 |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EV / Sales | 496.06× | — | — | Bottom 2% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | -4.13% | — | — | Bottom 23% |
| Earnings yield | -26.74% | — | — | Bottom 9% |
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
- 12
- Days above the 200-day average
- 0
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- -4.8%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- -1.2%
- Distance from 50-day average
- +1.8%
- Distance from 200-day average
- -26.7%
- RSI (14)
- 47.1
- Relative volume
- 0.49×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 123.1%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 33th percentile · Normal for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 1.79
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.18
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -76.5%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -93.9%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 27, 2024 | Apr 28, 2025 | -93.9% | 292 days | 116 days (Oct 13, 2025) |
| Oct 14, 2025 | Jul 29, 2026 | -82.9% | 197 days | Not yet recovered |
| Feb 22, 2024 | Feb 23, 2024 | -11.3% | 1 days | 2 days (Feb 27, 2024) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $1.03B
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- -$1.88
- Revenue (TTM)
- $1.9M
- 52-week range
- $5.12 – $32.15
| FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | FY 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $0 | $111,218 | $117,660 | $560,623 | $1.9M |
| Gross profit | $0 | $111,218 | -$26,000 | $560,623 | $1.9M |
| Operating income | -$353,850 | -$2.2M | -$3.0M | -$47.5M | -$72.5M |
| Net income | -$345,491 | -$5.5M | -$147.5M | -$51.9M | -$228.2M |
| EPS (diluted) | -$0.02 | -$0.01 | -$1.82 | -$0.56 | -$1.87 |
| Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | Q3 2026 | Q4 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $179,930 | $179,930 | $100,382 | $100,382 | $283,905 | $283,905 | $660,168 | $660,168 |
| Net income | -$7.2M | -$7.2M | -$18.7M | -$18.7M | -$60.2M | -$60.2M | -$53.9M | -$53.9M |
| EPS (diluted) | -$0.08 | -$0.08 | -$0.19 | -$0.19 | -$0.53 | -$0.53 | -$0.41 | -$0.41 |
| FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | FY 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | -$570,383 | -$222,701 | -$15.1M | -$14.5M | -$29.7M |
| Capital expenditure | -$6.0M | -$3.0M | -$1.1M | -$1.0M | -$13.0M |
| Free cash flow | -$6.6M | -$3.2M | -$16.2M | -$15.5M | -$42.6M |
| Dividends paid | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Net share buybacks | $6.2M | $5.4M | $1.1M | $25.6M | $163.3M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $102.5M
- Total assets
- $503.9M
- Total liabilities
- $135.9M
- Total debt
- $6.5M
- Net debt
- -$96.0M
- Shareholders’ equity
- $344.0M
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Sep 25, 2026).
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 25,821,425
- Days to cover
- 4.92
- Change vs previous report
- +9.6%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.