Stocks · Basic Materials · Industrial Materials
NioCorp Developments Ltd. NB
$3.47 +1.17% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NASDAQ · Market cap $505.2M
Weak trendExpensive vs sectorHigh risk
Next earnings report: Nov 12, 2026
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Three things to know
- The diluted share count rose 203.2% in a year.
- The stock is 70% below its highest close of the past year.
- Over the past year the stock returned -47.3%, behind the S&P 500 by 62.3 percentage points.
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 17%
- Accruals (lower is better)Top 41%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldBottom 13%
- Free-cash-flow yieldBottom 13%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueBottom 1%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthBottom 7%
- 6-month returnBottom 23%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Bottom 6%
- 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 quartersTop 45%
- Consecutive EPS beatsTop 50%
- Upside to consensus price targetTop 10%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Bottom 13%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 13%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Top 31%
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on invested capital | -9.6% | — | Bottom 17% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -6.4%
- 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)
- -88.81%
- Shareholder yield
- -88.81%
- Share count change, 1 year
- +203.2%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- +67.2%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Sep 25, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 1
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 2 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +5.2%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- -2.2%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 2 of 7
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $7.35
- Target vs current price
- +111.8%
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 25, 2026 | +42.9% | +0.0% | -3.1% | — | — |
| May 14, 2026 | +0.0% | -1.5% | -12.4% | -8.9% | -8.4% |
| Feb 6, 2026 | +0.0% | +4.0% | -2.4% | -16.9% | +5.2% |
| Nov 13, 2025 | -22.2% | -11.6% | -0.8% | +5.9% | +0.0% |
| Sep 22, 2025 | -17.6% | +2.0% | +16.2% | +38.2% | -3.4% |
| May 1, 2025 | +20.0% | -5.2% | -2.8% | -8.0% | +20.5% |
| Feb 11, 2025 | +0.0% | -0.4% | -9.2% | -32.1% | -7.6% |
| Nov 14, 2024 | +0.0% | -5.4% | -7.4% | -0.7% | +69.1% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 25, 2026 | -$0.02 | -$0.04 | +42.9% | — |
| May 14, 2026 | -$0.02 | -$0.02 | +0.0% | — |
| Feb 6, 2026 | -$0.05 | -$0.05 | +0.0% | — |
| Nov 13, 2025 | -$0.11 | -$0.09 | -22.2% | — |
| Sep 22, 2025 | -$0.20 | -$0.17 | -17.6% | — |
| May 1, 2025 | -$0.12 | -$0.15 | +20.0% | — |
| Feb 11, 2025 | -$0.01 | -$0.01 | +0.0% | — |
| Nov 14, 2024 | -$0.05 | -$0.05 | +0.0% | — |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Free-cash-flow yield | -8.56% | — | — | Bottom 13% |
| Earnings yield | -16.39% | — | — | Bottom 13% |
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)
- -7.8%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- -4.4%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -17.4%
- Distance from 200-day average
- -32.8%
- RSI (14)
- 37.6
- Relative volume
- 0.84×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 74.5%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 21th percentile · Normal for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 0.82
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.13
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -70.3%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -74.7%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 21, 2023 | Nov 26, 2024 | -82.8% | 425 days | 212 days (Oct 3, 2025) |
| Oct 14, 2025 | Oct 1, 2026 | -70.6% | 242 days | Not yet recovered |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $505.2M
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- -$0.57
- Revenue (TTM)
- $0
- 52-week range
- $3.41 – $12.58
| FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | FY 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Gross profit | $0 | $0 | -$4.2M | -$3,000 | -$359,000 |
| Operating income | -$7.8M | -$37.4M | -$13.8M | -$12.0M | -$38.3M |
| Net income | -$10.9M | -$40.1M | -$11.4M | -$16.3M | -$48.6M |
| EPS (diluted) | -$0.41 | -$1.40 | -$0.31 | -$0.36 | -$0.41 |
| Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | Q3 2026 | Q4 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Net income | -$2.1M | -$450,000 | -$5.3M | -$9.6M | -$40.0M | -$623,000 | $669,000 | -$5.9M |
| EPS (diluted) | -$0.05 | -$0.01 | -$0.13 | -$0.19 | -$0.53 | -$0.00 | $0.01 | -$0.04 |
| FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | FY 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | -$6.2M | -$17.3M | -$11.7M | -$10.7M | -$15.9M |
| Capital expenditure | -$16,000 | $0 | $0 | -$5,000 | -$21.3M |
| Free cash flow | -$6.2M | -$17.3M | -$11.7M | -$10.7M | -$37.2M |
| Dividends paid | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Net share buybacks | $4.7M | $2.3M | $6.2M | $45.7M | $437.1M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $415.0M
- Total assets
- $466.9M
- Total liabilities
- $37.1M
- Total debt
- $94,000
- Net debt
- -$414.9M
- Shareholders’ equity
- $431.2M
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Sep 25, 2026).
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 10,522,731
- Days to cover
- 4.33
- Change vs previous report
- +12.6%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.
Stock splits
- Mar 21, 2023
- 1-for-10