Stocks · Basic Materials · Chemicals - Specialty
FutureFuel Corp. FF
$5.16 +2.79% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $226.3M
Expensive vs sector
Next earnings report: Nov 9, 2026
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Three things to know
- The stock is in an uptrend: above its 200-day average for 131 trading days, with the 50-day average above the 200-day.
- Operating margin widened to -13.6% from -19.5% a year earlier.
- Revenue over the last four quarters was $153.2M, down 7.6% from a year earlier, accelerating from -45.6% a quarter earlier.
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)Bottom 12%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 1%
- Revenue growth accelerationTop 2%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalBottom 15%
- Gross marginBottom 4%
- Operating marginBottom 11%
- Accruals (lower is better)Bottom 17%
- Interest coverBottom 5%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldBottom 16%
- Free-cash-flow yieldBottom 4%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueBottom 9%
- Sales / enterprise valueTop 32%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthTop 26%
- 6-month returnTop 17%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 22%
- Distance from 52-week highTop 46%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Top 25%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Share of analysts rating BuyBottom 37%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Bottom 31%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 34%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Top 30%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | -45.6% | -7.6% | ↑ |
| Gross margin | -10.7% | -3.8% | ↑ |
| Operating margin | -19.5% | -13.6% | ↑ |
| FCF margin | -5.9% | -33.2% | ↓ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | -7.6% | -45.6% | ↑ | Bottom 12% |
| Gross margin | -3.8% | -10.7% | ↑ | Bottom 4% |
| Operating margin | -13.6% | -19.5% | ↑ | Bottom 11% |
| Net margin | -19.9% | -16.2% | ↓ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | -33.2% | -5.9% | ↓ | — |
| Return on invested capital | -11.1% | — | Bottom 15% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | -37.7% | — | Bottom 1% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -0.4%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 0.5%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- +152.8 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.
- -112.3×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 3.68%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 0.00%
- Shareholder yield
- 3.68%
- Share count change, 1 year
- +0.5%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- +0.2%
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 10, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- -0.9%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 2 of 8
Analysts
- Analysts with a rating
- 4
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 50%
- Consensus rating
- Buy
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 10, 2026 | — | +1.4% | +9.8% | +3.3% | — |
| May 11, 2026 | — | -1.2% | -17.8% | -9.2% | +1.0% |
| Mar 16, 2026 | — | +0.9% | -25.3% | -0.7% | +6.6% |
| Nov 10, 2025 | — | +1.8% | -11.8% | -16.5% | -4.2% |
| Aug 11, 2025 | — | +0.0% | -3.7% | +6.7% | +3.2% |
| May 12, 2025 | — | -1.7% | +1.0% | -5.3% | -6.3% |
| Mar 28, 2025 | — | -5.7% | -8.4% | -5.9% | -6.1% |
| Nov 8, 2024 | — | -2.6% | -17.0% | -17.8% | -19.2% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 10, 2026 | $0.25 | — | — | $78.7M |
| May 11, 2026 | -$0.47 | — | — | $32.0M |
| Mar 16, 2026 | -$0.27 | — | — | $19.8M |
| Nov 10, 2025 | -$0.21 | — | — | $22.7M |
| Aug 11, 2025 | -$0.24 | — | — | $35.7M |
| May 12, 2025 | -$0.40 | — | — | $17.5M |
| Mar 28, 2025 | $0.06 | — | — | $61.5M |
| Nov 8, 2024 | -$0.03 | — | — | $51.1M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EV / Sales | 1.25× | — | — | Top 32% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | -22.50% | — | — | Bottom 4% |
| Earnings yield | -13.57% | — | — | Bottom 16% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 5.2× – 51.4× since Jun 30, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
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
- 131
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- +5.2%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- +4.9%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -2.4%
- Distance from 200-day average
- +18.4%
- RSI (14)
- 46.0
- Relative volume
- 0.47×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 57.4%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 78th percentile · Normal for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 0.81
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.26
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -19.0%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -62.6%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 11, 2021 | Nov 19, 2025 | -82.5% | 1199 days | Not yet recovered |
| Oct 22, 2020 | Nov 19, 2020 | -10.1% | 20 days | 29 days (Jan 4, 2021) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $226.3M
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- -$0.70
- Revenue (TTM)
- $153.2M
- Dividend yield
- 2.91%
- 52-week range
- $3.09 – $6.99
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $321.4M | $396.0M | $368.3M | $243.3M | $95.7M |
| Gross profit | $23.5M | $29.0M | $41.0M | $19.6M | -$40.7M |
| Operating income | $12.9M | $17.5M | $27.4M | $6.4M | -$54.3M |
| Net income | $26.3M | $15.2M | $37.4M | $15.5M | -$49.4M |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.60 | $0.35 | $0.85 | $0.35 | -$1.13 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $51.1M | $61.5M | $17.5M | $35.7M | $22.7M | $19.8M | $32.0M | $78.7M |
| Net income | -$1.2M | $2.8M | -$18.1M | -$10.4M | -$9.3M | -$12.0M | -$20.6M | $11.4M |
| EPS (diluted) | -$0.03 | $0.06 | -$0.40 | -$0.24 | -$0.21 | -$0.27 | -$0.47 | $0.25 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $44.1M | $52.5M | $21.3M | $24.8M | -$28.7M |
| Capital expenditure | -$1.5M | -$4.8M | -$6.0M | -$14.7M | -$17.2M |
| Free cash flow | $42.6M | $47.8M | $15.3M | $10.1M | -$46.0M |
| Dividends paid | -$10.5M | -$10.5M | -$10.5M | -$119.9M | -$10.5M |
| Net share buybacks | $231,000 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $34.4M
- Total assets
- $215.0M
- Total liabilities
- $62.0M
- Total debt
- $0
- Net debt
- -$34.4M
- Shareholders’ equity
- $153.1M
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 10, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Dec 4, 2026 | $0.01 | Dec 18, 2026 |
| Sep 4, 2026 | $0.01 | Sep 18, 2026 |
| Jun 4, 2026 | $0.01 | Jun 18, 2026 |
| Mar 4, 2026 | $0.06 | Mar 18, 2026 |
| Dec 4, 2025 | $0.06 | Dec 18, 2025 |
| Sep 4, 2025 | $0.06 | Sep 18, 2025 |
| Jun 4, 2025 | $0.06 | Jun 18, 2025 |
| Mar 4, 2025 | $0.06 | Mar 18, 2025 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 1,211,016
- Days to cover
- 3.50
- Change vs previous report
- +10.6%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.