Stocks · Technology · Information Technology Services
Castellum, Inc. CTM
$0.63 +0.41% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · AMEX · Market cap $59.6M
Weak trendHigh risk
Next earnings report: Nov 6, 2026
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Three things to know
- The stock is in a downtrend: below its 200-day average, with the 50-day average below the 200-day.
- Over the past year the stock returned -43.3%, behind the S&P 500 by 58.4 percentage points.
- The diluted share count rose 8.7% in a year.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Technology 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 40%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRTop 47%
- Revenue growth accelerationBottom 9%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalBottom 24%
- Gross marginBottom 28%
- Operating marginBottom 29%
- Accruals (lower is better)Top 29%
- Interest coverBottom 12%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldBottom 26%
- Free-cash-flow yieldTop 40%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueBottom 21%
- Sales / enterprise valueTop 9%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthBottom 9%
- 6-month returnBottom 25%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Bottom 15%
- Distance from 52-week highBottom 18%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Bottom 26%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersBottom 5%
- Consecutive EPS beatsBottom 12%
- Upside to consensus price targetTop 3%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Bottom 30%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 17%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Bottom 34%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 23.1% | 16.3% | ↓ |
| Gross margin | 39.3% | 35.3% | ↓ |
| Operating margin | -10.2% | -4.9% | ↑ |
| FCF margin | -4.3% | 4.3% | ↑ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 16.3% | 23.1% | ↓ | Top 40% |
| Gross margin | 35.3% | 39.3% | ↓ | Bottom 28% |
| Operating margin | -4.9% | -10.2% | ↑ | Bottom 29% |
| Net margin | -4.1% | -11.6% | ↑ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 4.3% | -4.3% | ↑ | — |
| Return on invested capital | -7.4% | — | Bottom 24% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | 7.8% | — | Top 47% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -11.9%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 8.9%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- -41.8 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.
- -35.6×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.00%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- -0.04%
- Shareholder yield
- -0.04%
- Share count change, 1 year
- +8.7%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- +25.1%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 6, 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
- +4.6%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 3 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $3.00
- Target vs current price
- +376.5%
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 2026 | -200.0% | +1.3% | -19.8% | -27.3% | — |
| May 8, 2026 | -140.0% | +14.7% | +4.8% | +7.8% | +20.5% |
| Mar 9, 2026 | -200.0% | -1.6% | -7.8% | -26.7% | -7.7% |
| Nov 7, 2025 | — | +4.3% | +2.6% | -9.6% | -24.3% |
| Aug 8, 2025 | — | +4.9% | -0.8% | -11.5% | -4.1% |
| May 9, 2025 | +0.0% | +5.8% | +12.9% | +26.9% | +29.0% |
| Mar 11, 2025 | — | +9.3% | +2.8% | -16.2% | -5.6% |
| Nov 12, 2024 | — | -1.7% | -8.3% | +76.5% | +472.1% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 2026 | -$0.01 | $0.01 | -200.0% | $13.9M |
| May 8, 2026 | -$0.00 | $0.01 | -140.0% | $14.3M |
| Mar 9, 2026 | -$0.01 | $0.01 | -200.0% | $12.6M |
| Nov 7, 2025 | $0.00 | — | — | $14.6M |
| Aug 8, 2025 | $0.01 | — | — | $14.0M |
| May 9, 2025 | -$0.01 | -$0.01 | +0.0% | $11.7M |
| Mar 11, 2025 | -$0.05 | — | — | $10.3M |
| Nov 12, 2024 | -$0.02 | — | — | $11.6M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (forward) | 31.5× | — | — | — |
| EV / Sales | 0.79× | — | — | Top 9% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 4.02% | — | — | Top 40% |
| Earnings yield | -3.75% | — | — | Bottom 26% |
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)
- -3.1%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- -5.6%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -1.3%
- Distance from 200-day average
- -17.2%
- RSI (14)
- 51.8
- Relative volume
- 0.69×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 75.9%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 31th percentile · Normal for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 1.64
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.15
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -51.9%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -79.1%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 15, 2022 | Aug 7, 2024 | -92.3% | 411 days | 100 days (Dec 30, 2024) |
| Dec 30, 2024 | Mar 30, 2026 | -79.1% | 311 days | Not yet recovered |
| Oct 14, 2022 | Nov 22, 2022 | -56.2% | 27 days | 16 days (Dec 15, 2022) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $59.6M
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- -$0.02
- Revenue (TTM)
- $55.3M
- 52-week range
- $0.48 – $1.36
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $25.1M | $42.2M | $45.2M | $44.8M | $52.9M |
| Gross profit | $11.1M | $17.6M | $18.7M | $18.3M | $19.4M |
| Operating income | -$7.7M | -$10.0M | -$16.7M | -$7.2M | -$2.8M |
| Net income | -$7.5M | -$14.9M | -$17.8M | -$10.0M | -$2.4M |
| EPS (diluted) | -$0.41 | -$0.55 | -$0.38 | -$0.18 | -$0.03 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $11.6M | $10.3M | $11.7M | $14.0M | $14.6M | $12.6M | $14.3M | $13.9M |
| Net income | -$1.3M | -$2.7M | -$1.2M | -$322,107 | $415,401 | -$1.3M | -$351,274 | -$1.0M |
| EPS (diluted) | -$0.02 | -$0.05 | -$0.02 | -$0.00 | $0.00 | -$0.01 | -$0.00 | -$0.01 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | -$1.4M | $990,163 | -$2.3M | $1.1M | -$1.9M |
| Capital expenditure | -$10,218 | -$89,282 | -$18,271 | -$3,317 | -$151,741 |
| Free cash flow | -$1.4M | $900,881 | -$2.3M | $1.1M | -$2.1M |
| Dividends paid | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Net share buybacks | $8,000 | $2.0M | $0 | $0 | $26,500 |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $16.9M
- Total assets
- $41.8M
- Total liabilities
- $5.9M
- Total debt
- $958,908
- Net debt
- -$15.9M
- Shareholders’ equity
- $35.9M
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 6, 2026).
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 5,425,022
- Days to cover
- 8.40
- Change vs previous report
- -23.3%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.
Stock splits
- Oct 13, 2022
- 1-for-20
- May 14, 2015
- 1-for-750