Stocks · Industrials · Security & Protection Services
Evolv Technologies Holdings, Inc. EVLV
$4.57 -2.97% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NASDAQ · Market cap $822.0M
Strong growthWeak trendExpensive vs sector
Next earnings report: Nov 12, 2026
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Three things to know
- Operating margin widened to -18.6% from -57.8% a year earlier.
- Revenue over the last four quarters was $171.4M, up 41.7% from a year earlier.
- The stock is in a downtrend: below its 200-day average, with the 50-day average below the 200-day.
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.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Top 11%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRTop 5%
- Revenue growth accelerationBottom 47%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalBottom 9%
- Gross marginTop 12%
- Operating marginBottom 11%
- Accruals (lower is better)Top 15%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 14%
- Interest coverBottom 12%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldBottom 31%
- Free-cash-flow yieldBottom 25%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueBottom 26%
- Sales / enterprise valueBottom 20%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthBottom 14%
- 6-month returnBottom 13%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Bottom 13%
- Distance from 52-week highBottom 21%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Bottom 15%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersTop 10%
- Consecutive EPS beatsBottom 16%
- Share of analysts rating BuyTop 12%
- Upside to consensus price targetTop 8%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Top 39%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 32%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Bottom 10%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 14%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 40.5% | 41.7% | ↑ |
| Gross margin | 56.1% | 50.0% | ↓ |
| Operating margin | -57.8% | -18.6% | ↑ |
| FCF margin | -20.3% | -4.4% | ↑ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 41.7% | 40.5% | ↑ | Top 11% |
| Gross margin | 50.0% | 56.1% | ↓ | Top 12% |
| Operating margin | -18.6% | -57.8% | ↑ | Bottom 11% |
| Net margin | -3.0% | -73.0% | ↑ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | -4.4% | -20.3% | ↑ | — |
| Return on invested capital | -17.8% | — | Bottom 9% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | 40.4% | — | Top 5% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -10.9%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 13.5%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- -48.9 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- -0.44×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- -8.7×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.00%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- -0.68%
- Shareholder yield
- -0.68%
- Share count change, 1 year
- +9.0%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- +6.6%
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
- 0
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 6 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +61.0%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- -0.1%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 5 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $10.63
- Target vs current price
- +132.6%
- Analysts with a rating
- 7
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 86%
- 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 | -66.7% | +2.9% | -6.7% | -13.5% | — |
| May 12, 2026 | +50.0% | +0.6% | -18.8% | -12.6% | -14.0% |
| Mar 10, 2026 | +175.0% | +1.0% | -0.2% | +17.1% | +23.3% |
| Nov 13, 2025 | +85.7% | -2.1% | -11.9% | +1.8% | -17.1% |
| Aug 14, 2025 | -614.3% | -1.6% | +6.5% | +6.5% | -8.3% |
| May 20, 2025 | +88.9% | -3.5% | +1.9% | -8.9% | +28.4% |
| May 8, 2025 | +66.7% | +1.0% | +9.1% | +30.9% | +74.1% |
| Mar 20, 2025 | +30.0% | +0.6% | +0.3% | +8.4% | +63.4% |
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 | -$0.05 | -$0.03 | -66.7% | $43.8M |
| May 12, 2026 | -$0.03 | -$0.06 | +50.0% | $46.3M |
| Mar 10, 2026 | $0.06 | -$0.08 | +175.0% | $38.5M |
| Nov 13, 2025 | -$0.01 | -$0.07 | +85.7% | $42.9M |
| Aug 14, 2025 | -$0.25 | -$0.04 | -614.3% | $32.5M |
| May 20, 2025 | -$0.01 | -$0.09 | +88.9% | $32.0M |
| May 8, 2025 | -$0.03 | -$0.09 | +66.7% | $29.1M |
| Mar 20, 2025 | -$0.07 | -$0.10 | +30.0% | $27.9M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EV / EBITDA | 32.0× | — | — | Bottom 26% |
| EV / Sales | 4.73× | — | — | Bottom 20% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | -0.91% | — | — | Bottom 25% |
| Earnings yield | -0.67% | — | — | Bottom 31% |
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)
- -6.5%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- -2.4%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -13.3%
- Distance from 200-day average
- -22.5%
- RSI (14)
- 31.1
- Relative volume
- 1.04×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 37.1%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 0th percentile · Low for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 2.08
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.43
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -44.9%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -61.9%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 26, 2021 | Mar 16, 2022 | -84.5% | 287 days | Not yet recovered |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $822.0M
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- -$0.03
- Revenue (TTM)
- $171.4M
- 52-week range
- $4.56 – $8.81
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $23.4M | $52.7M | $80.4M | $103.9M | $145.9M |
| Gross profit | $4.0M | $1.4M | $33.8M | $59.3M | $75.3M |
| Operating income | -$53.4M | -$103.0M | -$88.3M | -$82.3M | -$44.8M |
| Net income | -$10.9M | -$86.8M | -$106.3M | -$54.0M | -$33.1M |
| EPS (diluted) | -$0.15 | -$0.60 | -$0.71 | -$0.34 | -$0.20 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $27.4M | $29.1M | $32.0M | $32.5M | $42.9M | $38.5M | $46.3M | $43.8M |
| Net income | -$30.4M | -$15.7M | -$1.7M | -$40.5M | -$1.8M | $10.9M | -$5.0M | -$9.3M |
| EPS (diluted) | -$0.19 | -$0.10 | -$0.01 | -$0.25 | -$0.01 | $0.06 | -$0.03 | -$0.05 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | -$56.8M | -$74.7M | -$9.8M | -$30.9M | $18.7M |
| Capital expenditure | -$17.6M | -$24.2M | -$72.7M | -$37.3M | -$31.4M |
| Free cash flow | -$74.4M | -$98.9M | -$82.5M | -$68.2M | -$12.7M |
| Dividends paid | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Net share buybacks | $300.0M | $0 | $0 | $0 | $9.1M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $62.6M
- Total assets
- $302.0M
- Total liabilities
- $183.2M
- Total debt
- $41.6M
- Net debt
- -$11.1M
- Shareholders’ equity
- $118.9M
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 11, 2026).
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 11,022,973
- Days to cover
- 5.34
- Change vs previous report
- +14.0%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.