Stocks · Technology · Semiconductors
Ideal Power Inc. IPWR
$4.05 +2.02% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NASDAQ · Market cap $66.5M
Expensive vs sectorHigh risk
Next earnings report: Nov 12, 2026
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Three things to know
- Operating margin widened to -40605.1% from -60413.4% a year earlier.
- The diluted share count rose 85.8% in a year.
- Revenue over the last four quarters was $30,250, up 57.2% from a year earlier, accelerating from 33.3% a quarter earlier.
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 9%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 1%
- Revenue growth accelerationTop 5%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalBottom 7%
- Gross marginBottom 1%
- Operating marginBottom 1%
- Accruals (lower is better)Bottom 47%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldBottom 10%
- Free-cash-flow yieldBottom 9%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueBottom 4%
- Sales / enterprise valueBottom 1%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthBottom 45%
- 6-month returnTop 43%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Bottom 32%
- Distance from 52-week highBottom 14%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Bottom 26%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersBottom 23%
- Consecutive EPS beatsBottom 31%
- Share of analysts rating BuyTop 42%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Bottom 25%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 15%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Bottom 29%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 33.3% | 57.2% | ↑ |
| Gross margin | -117.1% | -773.5% | ↓ |
| Operating margin | -60413.4% | -40605.1% | ↑ |
| FCF margin | -49404.9% | -31332.3% | ↑ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 57.2% | 33.3% | ↑ | Top 9% |
| Gross margin | -773.5% | -117.1% | ↓ | Bottom 1% |
| Operating margin | -40605.1% | -60413.4% | ↑ | Bottom 1% |
| Net margin | -39282.8% | -57307.2% | ↑ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | -31332.3% | -49404.9% | ↑ | — |
| Return on invested capital | -28.1% | — | Bottom 7% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | -43.0% | — | Bottom 1% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -6.0%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 5454.8%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- +207.3 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- Net cash
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.00%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 0.01%
- Shareholder yield
- 0.01%
- Share count change, 1 year
- +85.8%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- +39.9%
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 13, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 1
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 4 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- -1.2%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- +5.0%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 3 of 8
Analysts
- Analysts with a rating
- 10
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 70%
- Consensus rating
- Buy
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 13, 2026 | +13.0% | -2.7% | +19.4% | +10.0% | — |
| May 14, 2026 | -43.5% | +37.2% | +6.7% | +10.4% | -19.5% |
| Mar 10, 2026 | +32.3% | +3.3% | -3.0% | -15.7% | +125.4% |
| Nov 13, 2025 | -6.7% | -26.8% | -26.2% | -14.8% | -25.2% |
| Aug 14, 2025 | -32.0% | +33.1% | +25.9% | +33.8% | +29.5% |
| May 15, 2025 | +0.0% | +2.5% | -0.2% | -8.8% | -24.3% |
| Feb 27, 2025 | +17.1% | +8.4% | +0.4% | -0.8% | -2.5% |
| Nov 14, 2024 | +11.4% | -14.8% | -23.4% | -17.4% | -8.1% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 13, 2026 | -$0.20 | -$0.23 | +13.0% | $5,800 |
| May 14, 2026 | -$0.33 | -$0.23 | -43.5% | — |
| Mar 10, 2026 | -$0.21 | -$0.31 | +32.3% | — |
| Nov 13, 2025 | -$0.32 | -$0.30 | -6.7% | $24,450 |
| Aug 14, 2025 | -$0.33 | -$0.25 | -32.0% | $1,275 |
| May 15, 2025 | -$0.30 | -$0.30 | +0.0% | $12,003 |
| Feb 27, 2025 | -$0.29 | -$0.35 | +17.1% | $5,408 |
| Nov 14, 2024 | -$0.31 | -$0.35 | +11.4% | $554 |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EV / Sales | 845.33× | — | — | Bottom 1% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | -14.25% | — | — | Bottom 9% |
| Earnings yield | -26.17% | — | — | Bottom 10% |
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)
- -3.6%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- +1.0%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -7.4%
- Distance from 200-day average
- -5.5%
- RSI (14)
- 43.7
- Relative volume
- 0.44×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 80.2%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 60th percentile · Normal for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 1.83
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.31
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -54.9%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -80.0%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 5, 2021 | Mar 30, 2026 | -88.1% | 1291 days | Not yet recovered |
| Oct 12, 2020 | Oct 28, 2020 | -26.3% | 12 days | 16 days (Nov 19, 2020) |
| Jan 25, 2021 | Jan 28, 2021 | -25.9% | 3 days | 4 days (Feb 3, 2021) |
| Nov 27, 2020 | Dec 11, 2020 | -25.1% | 10 days | 9 days (Dec 24, 2020) |
| Dec 24, 2020 | Jan 6, 2021 | -23.1% | 7 days | 10 days (Jan 21, 2021) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $66.5M
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- -$1.06
- Revenue (TTM)
- $30,250
- 52-week range
- $2.62 – $9.30
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $576,399 | $203,269 | $198,871 | $86,032 | $37,728 |
| Gross profit | $0 | $0 | $38,258 | -$7,377 | -$22,680 |
| Operating income | -$4.8M | -$7.3M | -$10.4M | -$11.1M | -$10.9M |
| Net income | -$4.8M | -$7.2M | -$10.0M | -$10.4M | -$10.6M |
| EPS (diluted) | -$0.81 | -$1.12 | -$1.61 | -$1.28 | -$1.16 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $554 | $5,408 | $12,003 | $1,275 | $24,450 | $0 | $0 | $5,800 |
| Net income | -$2.7M | -$2.6M | -$2.7M | -$3.0M | -$2.9M | -$1.9M | -$3.6M | -$3.4M |
| EPS (diluted) | -$0.31 | -$0.29 | -$0.30 | -$0.33 | -$0.32 | -$0.21 | -$0.33 | -$0.20 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | -$4.3M | -$6.4M | -$7.1M | -$8.7M | -$9.1M |
| Capital expenditure | -$236,935 | -$182,651 | -$240,825 | -$506,428 | -$119,481 |
| Free cash flow | -$4.5M | -$6.6M | -$7.4M | -$9.2M | -$9.3M |
| Dividends paid | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Net share buybacks | $21.2M | -$127,872 | -$216,264 | $15.7M | $110 |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $41.3M
- Total assets
- $45.0M
- Total liabilities
- $2.6M
- Total debt
- $358,447
- Net debt
- -$40.9M
- Shareholders’ equity
- $42.5M
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 13, 2026).
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 692,470
- Days to cover
- 4.52
- Change vs previous report
- -7.3%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.
Stock splits
- Aug 20, 2019
- 1-for-10