Stocks · Basic Materials · Other Precious Metals
IperionX Limited IPX
$16.97 +7.27% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NASDAQ · Market cap $569.5M
Weak trendHigh risk
Next earnings report: Mar 16, 2027
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Three things to know
- The diluted share count fell 85.0% in a year, mainly through buybacks.
- Over the past year the stock returned -67.1%, behind the S&P 500 by 82.2 percentage points.
- The stock is 72% below its highest close of the past year.
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.
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalBottom 1%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthBottom 1%
- 6-month returnBottom 11%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Bottom 3%
- Distance from 52-week highBottom 5%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Bottom 26%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersBottom 21%
- Consecutive EPS beatsBottom 21%
- Share of analysts rating BuyTop 6%
- Upside to consensus price targetTop 5%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Bottom 10%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 15%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Bottom 5%
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on invested capital | -75.2% | — | Bottom 1% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- Net cash
Shareholder returns
- Share count change, 1 year
- -85.0%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- -36.4%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Jul 30, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 0
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 1 of 7
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- -41.2%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- -4.5%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 2 of 6
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $44.00
- Target vs current price
- +159.3%
- Analysts with a rating
- 3
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 100%
- Consensus rating
- Buy
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 29, 2026 | -24.1% | -2.4% | — | — | — |
| Mar 12, 2026 | -150.0% | -18.2% | -47.0% | -37.3% | -29.0% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | -20.0% | -3.9% | +7.8% | -9.4% | -32.2% |
| Mar 12, 2025 | +29.4% | +0.8% | +5.9% | -34.6% | +47.2% |
| Oct 21, 2024 | -66.7% | -2.3% | -6.3% | +3.5% | +19.1% |
| Jul 25, 2024 | -3746.2% | -0.9% | +2.7% | +2.9% | +55.3% |
| Sep 19, 2023 | -252.4% | -4.5% | -3.8% | -11.3% | -9.8% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 29, 2026 | -$0.09 | -$0.07 | -24.1% | — |
| Mar 12, 2026 | -$0.10 | -$0.04 | -150.0% | — |
| Sep 30, 2025 | -$0.06 | -$0.05 | -20.0% | — |
| Mar 12, 2025 | -$0.06 | -$0.09 | +29.4% | — |
| Oct 21, 2024 | -$0.05 | -$0.03 | -66.7% | — |
| Jul 25, 2024 | -$5.00 | -$0.13 | -3746.2% | — |
| Sep 19, 2023 | -$0.74 | -$0.21 | -252.4% | — |
| Mar 14, 2023 | -$0.06 | -$0.15 | +60.0% | — |
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)
- -10.0%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- -4.0%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -20.3%
- Distance from 200-day average
- -48.2%
- RSI (14)
- 36.9
- Relative volume
- 0.75×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 78.8%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 65th percentile · Normal for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 2.08
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.37
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -71.8%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -73.7%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 23, 2026 | Oct 1, 2026 | -73.7% | 173 days | Not yet recovered |
| Dec 30, 2024 | Apr 8, 2025 | -65.9% | 67 days | 73 days (Jul 24, 2025) |
| Oct 15, 2025 | Nov 20, 2025 | -51.3% | 26 days | 42 days (Jan 23, 2026) |
| Jun 13, 2023 | Aug 11, 2023 | -49.2% | 41 days | 128 days (Feb 14, 2024) |
| Jun 22, 2022 | Jul 7, 2022 | -43.2% | 10 days | 199 days (Apr 21, 2023) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $569.5M
- 52-week range
- $15.34 – $61.45
| FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | FY 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Gross profit | -$152,904 | -$634,111 | -$648,218 | -$2.3M | -$4.4M |
| Operating income | -$21.9M | -$17.7M | -$22.5M | -$39.3M | -$70.0M |
| Net income | -$21.5M | -$17.4M | -$22.2M | -$35.3M | -$67.1M |
| EPS (diluted) | -$1.60 | -$1.50 | -$1.00 | -$1.20 | -$20.00 |
| Q2 2023 | Q4 2023 | Q2 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q2 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q2 2026 | Q4 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Net income | -$4,377 | -$4,345 | -$5,247 | -$5,674 | -$16,236 | -$35.3M | -$34.8M | -$32.1M |
| EPS (diluted) | -$0.00 | -$0.00 | -$5.00 | -$0.05 | -$0.06 | -$0.00 | -$10.40 | -$9.50 |
| FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | FY 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | -$12.1M | -$15.9M | -$18.7M | -$21.8M | -$45.2M |
| Capital expenditure | -$1.9M | -$2.7M | -$8.1M | -$17.6M | -$17.9M |
| Free cash flow | -$14.1M | -$18.6M | -$26.7M | -$39.4M | -$63.0M |
| Dividends paid | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Net share buybacks | $19.9M | $29.9M | $48.3M | $68.4M | $44.7M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $35.2M
- Total assets
- $105.8M
- Total liabilities
- $17.5M
- Total debt
- $4.2M
- Net debt
- -$31.1M
- Shareholders’ equity
- $88.3M
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Jul 30, 2026).
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 916,942
- Days to cover
- 3.67
- Change vs previous report
- +7.6%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.