Stocks · Industrials · Industrial - Specialties
Montauk Renewables, Inc. MNTK
$2.87 +2.87% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NASDAQ · Market cap $408.5M
Strong trendHigh risk
Next earnings report: Nov 4, 2026
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Three things to know
- Diluted EPS over the last four quarters was $0.06, up 193.1% year over year.
- Net debt is 3.7× EBITDA, a high level of leverage.
- The stock is in an uptrend: above its 200-day average for 53 trading days, with the 50-day average above the 200-day.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Industrials 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 35%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Top 6%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 16%
- Revenue growth accelerationTop 26%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalBottom 28%
- Gross marginTop 36%
- Operating marginBottom 28%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Top 7%
- Accruals (lower is better)Top 26%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 24%
- Interest coverBottom 28%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldBottom 43%
- Free-cash-flow yieldBottom 9%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 40%
- Sales / enterprise valueBottom 37%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Top 45%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthBottom 45%
- 6-month returnTop 1%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 25%
- Distance from 52-week highTop 9%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Top 10%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersTop 4%
- Consecutive EPS beatsTop 28%
- Share of analysts rating BuyBottom 1%
- Upside to consensus price targetBottom 1%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Bottom 6%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 6%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Bottom 19%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 24%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 0.4% | 4.3% | ↑ |
| EPS growth (YoY) | -70.6% | 193.1% | ↑ |
| Gross margin | 41.8% | 34.7% | ↓ |
| Operating margin | 6.0% | 1.2% | ↓ |
| FCF margin | -11.1% | -44.1% | ↓ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 4.3% | 0.4% | ↑ | Bottom 35% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | 193.1% | -70.6% | ↑ | Top 6% |
| Gross margin | 34.7% | 41.8% | ↓ | Top 36% |
| Operating margin | 1.2% | 6.0% | ↓ | Bottom 28% |
| Net margin | 4.2% | 1.5% | ↑ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | -44.1% | -11.1% | ↓ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 0.5% | — | Bottom 28% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | -5.0% | — | Bottom 16% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 3.00×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -7.5%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 1.0%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- -44.3 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 3.71×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 0.5×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.00%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 0.02%
- Shareholder yield
- 0.02%
- Share count change, 1 year
- +0.6%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- +0.4%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 5, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 4
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 5 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +100.0%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- -1.3%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 3 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $1.60
- Target vs current price
- -44.3%
- Analysts with a rating
- 4
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 0%
- Consensus rating
- Hold
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 2026 | +545.7% | +0.6% | +6.5% | +3.5% | — |
| May 6, 2026 | +147.9% | -5.2% | -8.4% | +5.2% | +11.0% |
| Mar 11, 2026 | +20.5% | -2.8% | -5.0% | -17.0% | +20.6% |
| Nov 5, 2025 | +1519.4% | +7.1% | +8.8% | -4.9% | -6.6% |
| Aug 6, 2025 | -355.1% | +0.5% | -4.8% | +1.9% | +0.0% |
| May 8, 2025 | -132.5% | +4.0% | -0.9% | -15.2% | -6.3% |
| Mar 13, 2025 | -220.0% | -12.6% | -27.0% | -20.0% | -29.1% |
| Nov 12, 2024 | +20.0% | -1.9% | -23.6% | -23.4% | -18.7% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 2026 | $0.00 | $0.00 | +545.7% | $54.0M |
| May 6, 2026 | $0.01 | -$0.02 | +147.9% | $46.4M |
| Mar 11, 2026 | $0.02 | $0.02 | +20.5% | $43.4M |
| Nov 5, 2025 | $0.04 | $0.00 | +1519.4% | $45.3M |
| Aug 6, 2025 | -$0.04 | $0.02 | -355.1% | $45.1M |
| May 8, 2025 | -$0.00 | $0.01 | -132.5% | $42.6M |
| Mar 13, 2025 | -$0.06 | $0.05 | -220.0% | $27.7M |
| Nov 12, 2024 | $0.12 | $0.10 | +20.0% | $65.9M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 51.8× | 48.4× | 53th | Bottom 43% |
| P/E (forward) | 25.1× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 14.4× | — | — | Top 40% |
| EV / Sales | 2.91× | — | — | Bottom 37% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | -20.41% | — | — | Bottom 9% |
| Earnings yield | 1.93% | — | — | Bottom 43% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 28.4× – 169.9× since Mar 31, 2022. 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
- +39.3%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- +193.1%
- Change in P/E multiple
- -30.7%
Most of the move came from earnings growth.
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
- 23
- Days above the 200-day average
- 53
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- +20.8%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- +5.1%
- Distance from 50-day average
- +35.8%
- Distance from 200-day average
- +71.0%
- RSI (14)
- 62.1
- Relative volume
- 0.67×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 95.9%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 91th percentile · High for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 1.65
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.32
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -2.4%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -89.6%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 14, 2022 | Mar 25, 2026 | -94.5% | 884 days | Not yet recovered |
| Feb 17, 2021 | Jul 26, 2021 | -52.8% | 110 days | 215 days (Jun 1, 2022) |
| Jun 6, 2022 | Jul 1, 2022 | -43.7% | 18 days | 33 days (Aug 18, 2022) |
| Jan 22, 2021 | Jan 29, 2021 | -14.5% | 5 days | 6 days (Feb 8, 2021) |
| Aug 25, 2022 | Sep 1, 2022 | -11.7% | 5 days | 6 days (Sep 12, 2022) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $408.5M
- P/E (TTM)
- 51.8
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $0.06
- Revenue (TTM)
- $189.1M
- 52-week range
- $1.07 – $3.05
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $148.1M | $205.6M | $174.9M | $175.7M | $176.4M |
| Gross profit | $70.0M | $104.1M | $80.3M | $77.6M | $68.8M |
| Operating income | $3.3M | $44.6M | $23.6M | $16.1M | $4.1M |
| Net income | -$4.5M | $35.2M | $14.9M | $9.7M | $1.7M |
| EPS (diluted) | -$0.03 | $0.25 | $0.11 | $0.07 | $0.01 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $65.9M | $27.7M | $42.6M | $45.1M | $45.3M | $43.4M | $46.4M | $54.0M |
| Net income | $17.0M | -$8.5M | -$464,000 | -$5.5M | $5.2M | $2.5M | $5,000 | $226,000 |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.12 | -$0.06 | -$0.00 | -$0.04 | $0.04 | $0.02 | $0.00 | $0.00 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $42.9M | $81.1M | $41.1M | $43.8M | $30.3M |
| Capital expenditure | -$10.0M | -$22.3M | -$63.1M | -$62.3M | -$116.5M |
| Free cash flow | $32.9M | $58.8M | -$22.0M | -$18.5M | -$86.2M |
| Dividends paid | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Net share buybacks | $4.8M | -$232,000 | -$118,000 | -$1.8M | -$414,000 |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $15.8M
- Total assets
- $470.7M
- Total liabilities
- $206.2M
- Total debt
- $157.1M
- Net debt
- $141.4M
- Shareholders’ equity
- $264.5M
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 5, 2026).
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 1,479,764
- Days to cover
- 2.74
- Change vs previous report
- -2.1%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.