Stocks · Industrials · Electrical Equipment & Parts
Factorial Energy Inc. FAC
$6.00 -4.76% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NASDAQ · Market cap $165.6M
Weak trendExpensive vs sectorHigh risk
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Three things to know
- The stock is 73% below its highest close of the past year.
- 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 -40.3%, behind the S&P 500 by 55.4 percentage points.
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 10%
- Interest coverBottom 3%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldBottom 27%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueBottom 4%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthBottom 7%
- 6-month returnBottom 5%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Bottom 11%
- Distance from 52-week highBottom 5%
- 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 16%
- Upside to consensus price targetTop 10%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Bottom 1%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 13%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Bottom 36%
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on invested capital | -14.6% | — | Bottom 10% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- 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.
- -544.4×
Shareholder returns
- Share count change, 1 year
- +0.0%
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
- 0 of 1
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- -100.0%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- +2.0%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 1 of 2
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $13.00
- Target vs current price
- +116.7%
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 11, 2026 | -2025.0% | +4.2% | -14.2% | -0.5% | — |
| May 15, 2026 | — | -0.1% | -0.1% | +47.5% | -42.6% |
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 | -$0.85 | -$0.04 | -2025.0% | — |
| May 15, 2026 | -$0.06 | — | — | — |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Earnings yield | -2.31% | — | — | Bottom 27% |
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)
- -14.8%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- -4.5%
- Distance from 50-day average
- +9.7%
- Distance from 200-day average
- -35.2%
- RSI (14)
- 52.3
- Relative volume
- 0.40×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 124.3%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 77th percentile · Normal for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 1.23
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.23
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -72.7%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -79.0%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 10, 2026 | Aug 24, 2026 | -79.0% | 51 days | Not yet recovered |
| May 28, 2026 | Jun 5, 2026 | -11.8% | 6 days | 1 days (Jun 8, 2026) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $165.6M
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- -$0.14
- Revenue (TTM)
- $0
- 52-week range
- $4.24 – $25.33
| FY 2025 | |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $0 |
| Gross profit | $0 |
| Operating income | -$63.6M |
| Net income | -$73.8M |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.18 |
| Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Net income | $1.3M | $2.8M | $2.2M | -$8.6M | -$11.3M |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.04 | $0.08 | $0.06 | $0.05 | -$0.33 |
| FY 2025 | |
|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | -$30.2M |
| Capital expenditure | -$1.1M |
| Free cash flow | -$31.3M |
| Dividends paid | $0 |
| Net share buybacks | $19,000 |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $112.8M
- Total assets
- $142.7M
- Total liabilities
- $57.7M
- Total debt
- $7.9M
- Net debt
- -$104.9M
- Shareholders’ equity
- $85.0M
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 11, 2026).
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 603,983
- Days to cover
- 2.26
- Change vs previous report
- -31.2%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.