Stocks · Financial Services · Shell Companies
Melar Acquisition Corp. I MACI
$11.04 -0.45% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NASDAQ · Market cap $238.7M
Expensive vs sectorLow risk
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Three things to know
- The diluted share count fell 35.2% in a year, mainly through buybacks.
- Diluted EPS over the last four quarters was $0.20, down 45.2% year over year.
- The stock is in an uptrend: above its 200-day average for 357 trading days, with the 50-day average above the 200-day.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Financial Services 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.
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 14%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalBottom 7%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Bottom 13%
- Accruals (lower is better)Bottom 4%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 36%
- Interest coverBottom 7%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldBottom 21%
- Free-cash-flow yieldBottom 19%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueBottom 26%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthBottom 43%
- 6-month returnBottom 41%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 49%
- Distance from 52-week highTop 14%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Top 11%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Top 14%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsTop 10%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Top 3%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 36%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| EPS growth (YoY) | -23.5% | -45.2% | ↓ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | -45.2% | -23.5% | ↓ | Bottom 14% |
| Return on invested capital | -5.4% | — | Bottom 7% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- -0.20×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- 9.9%
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 2.75×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- -2.8×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.00%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 55.08%
- Shareholder yield
- 55.08%
- Share count change, 1 year
- -35.2%
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 13, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- +0.1%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 7 of 8
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 13, 2026 | — | +0.0% | +0.2% | +0.6% | — |
| May 14, 2026 | — | +0.0% | +0.2% | -0.4% | +1.5% |
| Mar 19, 2026 | — | +0.0% | +0.0% | +0.3% | +0.3% |
| Nov 10, 2025 | — | +0.1% | +0.2% | +0.4% | +1.5% |
| Aug 18, 2025 | — | +0.2% | +0.1% | +0.2% | +0.7% |
| May 15, 2025 | — | +0.0% | +0.0% | +1.0% | +1.5% |
| Mar 21, 2025 | — | +0.7% | -0.1% | +0.4% | +2.2% |
| Nov 12, 2024 | — | +0.0% | +0.3% | +0.6% | +1.4% |
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 | $0.04 | — | — | — |
| May 14, 2026 | $0.04 | — | — | — |
| Mar 19, 2026 | $0.07 | — | — | — |
| Nov 10, 2025 | $0.07 | — | — | — |
| Aug 18, 2025 | $0.07 | — | — | — |
| May 15, 2025 | $0.07 | — | — | — |
| Mar 21, 2025 | $0.11 | — | — | — |
| Nov 12, 2024 | $0.15 | — | — | — |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 55.2× | — | — | Bottom 21% |
| EV / EBITDA | 154.3× | — | — | Bottom 26% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | -0.33% | — | — | Bottom 19% |
| Earnings yield | 1.81% | — | — | Bottom 21% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 28.7× – 54.6× since Dec 31, 2024. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
What moved the stock over the past year
- Price return, 1 year
- +5.1%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- -45.2%
- Change in P/E multiple
- +90.6%
Most of the move came from a change in the valuation multiple.
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
- 71
- Days above the 200-day average
- 357
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- +0.5%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- +0.4%
- Distance from 50-day average
- +0.6%
- Distance from 200-day average
- +2.0%
- RSI (14)
- 55.7
- Relative volume
- 0.06×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 3.2%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 60th percentile · Normal for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- -0.02
- Correlation with S&P 500
- -0.17
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -0.5%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -2.0%
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $238.7M
- P/E (TTM)
- 55.2
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $0.20
- Revenue (TTM)
- $0
- 52-week range
- $10.50 – $11.38
| FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $0 | $0 |
| Gross profit | $0 | $0 |
| Operating income | -$367,764 | -$1.5M |
| Net income | $4.2M | $5.5M |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.19 | $0.26 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Net income | $2.4M | $1.7M | $1.6M | $1.6M | $1.1M | $1.3M | $778,261 | $720,170 |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.11 | $0.11 | $0.07 | $0.07 | $0.05 | $0.07 | $0.04 | $0.04 |
| FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | -$545,234 | -$774,258 |
| Capital expenditure | $4 | $0 |
| Free cash flow | -$545,230 | -$774,258 |
| Dividends paid | $0 | $0 |
| Net share buybacks | -$327,123 | $0 |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $42.9M
- Total assets
- $47.0M
- Total liabilities
- $7.6M
- Total debt
- $4.3M
- Net debt
- $4.3M
- Shareholders’ equity
- $39.4M
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 13, 2026).
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 13,601
- Days to cover
- 7.19
- Change vs previous report
- +1.6%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.