Stocks · Basic Materials · Other Precious Metals
Comstock Inc. LODE
$2.28 +1.33% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · AMEX · Market cap $173.3M
Weak trendExpensive vs sectorHigh risk
Next earnings report: Oct 29, 2026
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Three things to know
- Operating margin narrowed to -5940.5% from -1376.6% a year earlier.
- The diluted share count rose 158.5% in a year.
- Revenue over the last four quarters was $1.0M, down 69.1% from a year 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 2%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRTop 2%
- Revenue growth accelerationBottom 31%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalBottom 7%
- Gross marginBottom 2%
- Operating marginBottom 2%
- Accruals (lower is better)Top 10%
- Interest coverBottom 4%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldBottom 5%
- Free-cash-flow yieldBottom 3%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueBottom 5%
- Sales / enterprise valueBottom 4%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthBottom 34%
- 6-month returnBottom 12%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Bottom 13%
- Distance from 52-week highBottom 15%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Bottom 26%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersBottom 17%
- Consecutive EPS beatsBottom 21%
- Share of analysts rating BuyTop 43%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Bottom 12%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 11%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Bottom 17%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | -68.0% | -69.1% | ↓ |
| Gross margin | -15.1% | -594.2% | ↓ |
| Operating margin | -1376.6% | -5940.5% | ↓ |
| FCF margin | -599.1% | -3859.7% | ↓ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | -69.1% | -68.0% | ↓ | Bottom 2% |
| Gross margin | -594.2% | -15.1% | ↓ | Bottom 2% |
| Operating margin | -5940.5% | -1376.6% | ↓ | Bottom 2% |
| Net margin | -6012.3% | -1667.5% | ↓ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | -3859.7% | -599.1% | ↓ | — |
| Return on invested capital | -34.2% | — | Bottom 7% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | 105.8% | — | Top 2% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -15.7%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 63.9%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- +10.7 pp
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- -143.5×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.00%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- -21.19%
- Shareholder yield
- -21.19%
- Share count change, 1 year
- +158.5%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- +95.6%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Jul 23, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 0
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 1 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- -66.7%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- -0.8%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 5 of 8
Analysts
- Analysts with a rating
- 5
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 60%
- Consensus rating
- Buy
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 23, 2026 | -183.3% | -1.8% | -31.1% | -13.2% | — |
| May 7, 2026 | +22.2% | +0.9% | +5.2% | +33.3% | -7.6% |
| Mar 24, 2026 | -33.3% | -1.4% | +3.2% | +8.5% | +66.0% |
| Oct 30, 2025 | -72.2% | +5.7% | -7.7% | +21.1% | +20.4% |
| Aug 14, 2025 | -58.8% | -7.3% | -3.2% | +13.3% | +9.3% |
| May 8, 2025 | -85.0% | +5.3% | -6.5% | +30.1% | +34.1% |
| Mar 6, 2025 | -510.0% | -1.5% | -7.1% | -14.6% | +8.6% |
| Oct 22, 2024 | -166.7% | -6.2% | -15.4% | -33.8% | -42.5% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 23, 2026 | -$0.34 | -$0.12 | -183.3% | $272,824 |
| May 7, 2026 | -$0.14 | -$0.18 | +22.2% | $313,456 |
| Mar 24, 2026 | -$0.24 | -$0.18 | -33.3% | $374,000 |
| Oct 30, 2025 | -$0.31 | -$0.18 | -72.2% | $54,079 |
| Aug 14, 2025 | -$0.27 | -$0.17 | -58.8% | $339,546 |
| May 8, 2025 | -$0.37 | -$0.20 | -85.0% | $785,800 |
| Mar 6, 2025 | -$1.22 | -$0.20 | -510.0% | $1.6M |
| Oct 22, 2024 | -$0.80 | -$0.30 | -166.7% | $556,400 |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EV / Sales | 172.08× | — | — | Bottom 4% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | -22.60% | — | — | Bottom 3% |
| Earnings yield | -46.05% | — | — | Bottom 5% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 2.8× – 7.0× 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
- 0
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- -16.1%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- -2.1%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -24.3%
- Distance from 200-day average
- -33.2%
- RSI (14)
- 26.8
- Relative volume
- 0.52×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 75.9%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 30th percentile · Normal for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 1.57
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.20
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -52.2%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -78.5%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 23, 2021 | Aug 5, 2024 | -97.9% | 867 days | Not yet recovered |
| Feb 1, 2021 | Feb 5, 2021 | -40.7% | 4 days | 7 days (Feb 17, 2021) |
| Feb 17, 2021 | Feb 18, 2021 | -21.4% | 1 days | 3 days (Feb 23, 2021) |
| Sep 28, 2020 | Oct 30, 2020 | -16.1% | 24 days | 11 days (Nov 16, 2020) |
| Nov 16, 2020 | Nov 24, 2020 | -14.8% | 6 days | 29 days (Jan 7, 2021) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $173.3M
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- -$1.05
- Revenue (TTM)
- $1.0M
- 52-week range
- $2.23 – $4.98
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $862,165 | $178,150 | $1.3M | $3.0M | $1.6M |
| Gross profit | $590,083 | $178,150 | $1.3M | $2.6M | -$4.9M |
| Operating income | -$6.4M | -$19.4M | -$12.6M | -$39.7M | -$37.9M |
| Net income | -$24.6M | -$45.9M | $9.2M | -$53.3M | -$43.1M |
| EPS (diluted) | -$4.88 | -$6.17 | $0.87 | -$3.21 | -$1.17 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $556,383 | $1.6M | $785,815 | $339,546 | $54,079 | $374,356 | $313,456 | $272,824 |
| Net income | -$15.0M | -$22.8M | -$9.1M | -$7.8M | -$12.9M | -$13.3M | -$9.4M | -$25.5M |
| EPS (diluted) | -$0.80 | -$1.37 | -$0.40 | -$0.27 | -$0.31 | -$0.26 | -$0.14 | -$0.34 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | -$7.5M | -$12.1M | -$13.6M | -$13.9M | -$24.4M |
| Capital expenditure | -$78,467 | -$3.2M | -$2.0M | -$935,000 | -$10.2M |
| Free cash flow | -$7.6M | -$15.3M | -$15.6M | -$14.9M | -$34.6M |
| Dividends paid | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Net share buybacks | $27.4M | $11.0M | $6.9M | $7.2M | $58.2M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $31.4M
- Total assets
- $193.5M
- Total liabilities
- $52.9M
- Total debt
- $32.8M
- Net debt
- $1.3M
- Shareholders’ equity
- $137.3M
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Jul 23, 2026).
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 7,631,937
- Days to cover
- 6.34
- Change vs previous report
- +4.5%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.
Stock splits
- Feb 25, 2025
- 1-for-10
- Nov 29, 2019
- 1-for-5
- Nov 10, 2017
- 1-for-5
- Jun 7, 2010
- 1-for-200
- Sep 16, 2003
- 11-for-10