Stocks · Basic Materials · Other Precious Metals
Perpetua Resources Corp. PPTA
$20.38 -2.63% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NASDAQ · Market cap $2.55B
Expensive vs sector
Next earnings report: Nov 13, 2026
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Three things to know
- The diluted share count rose 63.6% in a year.
- The stock is in a downtrend: below its 200-day average, with the 50-day average below the 200-day.
- The stock is 45% below its highest close of the past year.
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 5%
- Accruals (lower is better)Top 38%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldBottom 20%
- Free-cash-flow yieldBottom 12%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueBottom 8%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthTop 43%
- 6-month returnBottom 19%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Bottom 44%
- Distance from 52-week highBottom 27%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Bottom 26%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersBottom 6%
- Consecutive EPS beatsBottom 21%
- Share of analysts rating BuyTop 6%
- Upside to consensus price targetTop 8%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Bottom 18%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 43%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Bottom 44%
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on invested capital | -36.4% | — | Bottom 5% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -6.8%
- 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)
- -0.04%
- Shareholder yield
- -0.04%
- Share count change, 1 year
- +63.6%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- +25.6%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 14, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 0
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 3 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- -100.0%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- +2.7%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 5 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $43.50
- Target vs current price
- +113.4%
- Analysts with a rating
- 3
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 100%
- Consensus rating
- Buy
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 14, 2026 | -310.5% | +2.0% | +1.2% | -4.5% | — |
| May 11, 2026 | -44.4% | +5.3% | -5.9% | -23.5% | -23.4% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | -6000.0% | +11.1% | +16.0% | +8.6% | -16.2% |
| Nov 14, 2025 | -2300.0% | -1.9% | +0.3% | +31.2% | +38.7% |
| Aug 13, 2025 | +42.9% | -2.0% | -5.9% | -0.7% | +23.3% |
| May 9, 2025 | -140.0% | +5.0% | -15.8% | +20.1% | +15.4% |
| Mar 19, 2025 | +33.3% | +3.5% | +4.0% | +23.1% | +21.8% |
| Nov 13, 2024 | +50.0% | -1.4% | +9.9% | +42.4% | +32.3% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 14, 2026 | -$0.78 | -$0.19 | -310.5% | — |
| May 11, 2026 | -$0.39 | -$0.27 | -44.4% | — |
| Mar 31, 2026 | -$0.61 | -$0.01 | -6000.0% | $3.3M |
| Nov 14, 2025 | -$0.24 | -$0.01 | -2300.0% | $8.0M |
| Aug 13, 2025 | -$0.08 | -$0.14 | +42.9% | — |
| May 9, 2025 | -$0.12 | -$0.05 | -140.0% | — |
| Mar 19, 2025 | -$0.06 | -$0.09 | +33.3% | — |
| Nov 13, 2024 | -$0.05 | -$0.10 | +50.0% | — |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Free-cash-flow yield | -9.33% | — | — | Bottom 12% |
| Earnings yield | -9.32% | — | — | Bottom 20% |
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)
- +6.7%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- -0.8%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -12.0%
- Distance from 200-day average
- -22.7%
- RSI (14)
- 33.6
- Relative volume
- 1.26×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 64.6%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 41th percentile · Normal for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 1.09
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.20
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -45.2%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -54.6%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 2021 | Oct 20, 2022 | -81.8% | 340 days | 485 days (Sep 26, 2024) |
| Mar 2, 2026 | Jul 17, 2026 | -54.6% | 95 days | Not yet recovered |
| Dec 11, 2024 | Feb 24, 2025 | -37.3% | 48 days | 35 days (Apr 14, 2025) |
| Jun 6, 2025 | Jun 27, 2025 | -31.7% | 14 days | 16 days (Jul 22, 2025) |
| Feb 19, 2021 | Mar 5, 2021 | -30.2% | 10 days | 44 days (May 7, 2021) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $2.55B
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- -$1.90
- Revenue (TTM)
- $0
- 52-week range
- $16.43 – $37.37
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Gross profit | -$12.3M | -$4.6M | -$981,914 | -$1.6M | -$168,000 |
| Operating income | -$41.3M | -$29.4M | -$35.3M | -$52.1M | -$128.0M |
| Net income | -$36.0M | -$28.7M | -$18.8M | -$14.5M | -$100.4M |
| EPS (diluted) | -$0.66 | -$0.46 | -$0.00 | -$0.22 | -$1.08 |
| 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 | -$3.6M | -$4.3M | -$8.2M | -$6.0M | -$25.8M | -$60.4M | -$48.6M | -$97.5M |
| EPS (diluted) | -$0.05 | -$0.06 | -$0.12 | -$0.08 | -$0.24 | -$0.49 | -$0.39 | -$0.78 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | -$28.6M | -$24.7M | -$21.2M | -$11.9M | -$104.6M |
| Capital expenditure | -$325,354 | -$515,015 | -$449,802 | -$2.7M | -$13.9M |
| Free cash flow | -$29.0M | -$25.2M | -$21.6M | -$14.6M | -$118.4M |
| Dividends paid | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Net share buybacks | $57.5M | $0 | $2.8M | $46.0M | $845.0M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $574.2M
- Total assets
- $773.5M
- Total liabilities
- $53.7M
- Total debt
- $3.6M
- Net debt
- -$570.6M
- Shareholders’ equity
- $719.9M
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 14, 2026).
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 11,786,380
- Days to cover
- 13.67
- Change vs previous report
- +7.3%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.
Stock splits
- Jan 29, 2021
- 1-for-10