Stocks · Industrials · Industrial - Pollution & Treatment Controls
PureCycle Technologies, Inc. PCT
$4.39 +2.33% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NASDAQ · Market cap $881.2M
Weak trendExpensive vs sectorHigh risk
Next earnings report: Nov 5, 2026
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Three things to know
- Revenue over the last four quarters was $13.8M, up 326.1% from a year earlier, slowing from 590.0% a quarter earlier.
- Operating margin widened to -1207.3% from -4637.7% a year earlier.
- Over the past year the stock returned -65.8%, behind the S&P 500 by 80.9 percentage points.
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)Top 2%
- Revenue growth accelerationBottom 1%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalBottom 8%
- Gross marginBottom 1%
- Operating marginBottom 2%
- Accruals (lower is better)Top 31%
- Interest coverBottom 17%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldBottom 9%
- Free-cash-flow yieldBottom 8%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueBottom 15%
- Sales / 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 20%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Bottom 4%
- Distance from 52-week highBottom 6%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Bottom 15%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersBottom 18%
- Consecutive EPS beatsBottom 16%
- Share of analysts rating BuyBottom 46%
- Upside to consensus price targetTop 4%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Bottom 24%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 16%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Bottom 10%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 590.0% | 326.1% | ↓ |
| Gross margin | -2977.3% | -991.0% | ↑ |
| Operating margin | -4637.7% | -1207.3% | ↑ |
| FCF margin | -6045.9% | -1542.1% | ↑ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 326.1% | 590.0% | ↓ | Top 2% |
| Gross margin | -991.0% | -2977.3% | ↑ | Bottom 1% |
| Operating margin | -1207.3% | -4637.7% | ↑ | Bottom 2% |
| Net margin | -1618.8% | -9000.8% | ↑ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | -1542.1% | -6045.9% | ↑ | — |
| Return on invested capital | -18.1% | — | Bottom 8% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -6.3%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 70.3%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- -152.8 pp
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- -2.7×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.00%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- -18.15%
- Shareholder yield
- -18.15%
- Share count change, 1 year
- +2.5%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- +4.0%
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 6, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 0
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 3 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- -34.2%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- -3.0%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 4 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $13.67
- Target vs current price
- +211.4%
- Analysts with a rating
- 9
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 56%
- Consensus rating
- Buy
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 2026 | -175.9% | +0.0% | +4.4% | -7.9% | — |
| May 6, 2026 | +19.2% | -0.4% | +27.6% | +78.2% | -16.7% |
| Feb 26, 2026 | +44.0% | -8.5% | -30.1% | -36.9% | +27.7% |
| Nov 6, 2025 | -24.0% | -6.9% | -7.0% | -6.7% | -4.4% |
| Aug 7, 2025 | -252.2% | -5.0% | +4.4% | +1.2% | -12.8% |
| May 7, 2025 | +120.0% | +0.0% | +20.9% | +51.4% | +92.4% |
| Feb 27, 2025 | -62.5% | -2.6% | -1.9% | -20.6% | -3.4% |
| Nov 15, 2024 | -157.1% | -0.9% | +4.9% | +5.5% | -19.7% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 2026 | -$0.80 | -$0.29 | -175.9% | $4.5M |
| May 6, 2026 | -$0.21 | -$0.26 | +19.2% | $4.1M |
| Feb 26, 2026 | -$0.14 | -$0.25 | +44.0% | $2.7M |
| Nov 6, 2025 | -$0.31 | -$0.25 | -24.0% | $2.4M |
| Aug 7, 2025 | -$0.81 | -$0.23 | -252.2% | $1.6M |
| May 7, 2025 | $0.05 | -$0.25 | +120.0% | $1.6M |
| Feb 27, 2025 | -$0.39 | -$0.24 | -62.5% | — |
| Nov 15, 2024 | -$0.54 | -$0.21 | -157.1% | — |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EV / Sales | 88.49× | — | — | Bottom 1% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | -24.09% | — | — | Bottom 8% |
| Earnings yield | -28.28% | — | — | Bottom 9% |
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)
- -9.8%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- -4.1%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -29.0%
- Distance from 200-day average
- -44.4%
- RSI (14)
- 25.9
- Relative volume
- 1.13×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 68.3%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 13th percentile · Low for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 2.08
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.40
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -71.0%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -74.6%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 18, 2021 | Jan 12, 2024 | -92.7% | 710 days | Not yet recovered |
| Feb 12, 2021 | Mar 4, 2021 | -33.8% | 13 days | 10 days (Mar 18, 2021) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $881.2M
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- -$1.24
- Revenue (TTM)
- $13.8M
- 52-week range
- $4.22 – $15.49
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $8.4M |
| Gross profit | -$10.6M | -$26.6M | -$18.9M | -$34.7M | -$134.6M |
| Operating income | -$69.6M | -$81.3M | -$113.9M | -$145.4M | -$166.4M |
| Net income | -$77.5M | -$84.7M | -$101.7M | -$289.1M | -$182.6M |
| EPS (diluted) | -$0.75 | -$0.54 | -$0.62 | -$1.76 | -$1.21 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $0 | $0 | $1.6M | $1.6M | $2.4M | $2.7M | $4.1M | $4.5M |
| Net income | -$90.6M | -$64.7M | $8.8M | -$144.2M | -$28.4M | -$18.8M | -$33.4M | -$142.2M |
| EPS (diluted) | -$0.54 | -$0.39 | $0.05 | -$0.81 | -$0.18 | -$0.07 | -$0.19 | -$0.80 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | -$54.5M | -$65.5M | -$94.9M | -$144.8M | -$142.7M |
| Capital expenditure | -$137.4M | -$287.2M | -$153.9M | -$55.6M | -$40.8M |
| Free cash flow | -$191.9M | -$352.7M | -$248.8M | -$200.4M | -$183.6M |
| Dividends paid | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Net share buybacks | $297.8M | $204.4M | -$1.4M | $36.6M | $35.1M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $224.8M
- Total assets
- $1.00B
- Total liabilities
- $671.6M
- Total debt
- $502.1M
- Net debt
- $336.9M
- Shareholders’ equity
- $331.0M
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 6, 2026).
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 56,253,973
- Days to cover
- 18.03
- Change vs previous report
- +1.3%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.