Stocks · Consumer Cyclical · Auto - Parts
Solid Power, Inc. SLDP
$2.30 -1.29% Close, Oct 5, 2026 · NASDAQ · Market cap $524.2M
Weak trendExpensive vs sectorHigh risk
Next earnings report: Nov 3, 2026
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Three things to know
- Operating margin narrowed to -1049.8% from -452.3% a year earlier.
- The diluted share count rose 25.3% in a year.
- Revenue over the last four quarters was $10.2M, down 54.8% from a year earlier, slowing from -6.9% a quarter earlier.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Consumer Cyclical sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 6, 2026.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 1%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRTop 6%
- Revenue growth accelerationBottom 1%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalBottom 5%
- Gross marginBottom 1%
- Operating marginBottom 1%
- Accruals (lower is better)Top 50%
- Interest coverBottom 1%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldBottom 11%
- Free-cash-flow yieldBottom 7%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueBottom 3%
- Sales / enterprise valueBottom 2%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthBottom 13%
- 6-month returnBottom 21%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Bottom 16%
- Distance from 52-week highBottom 4%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Bottom 18%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersTop 33%
- Consecutive EPS beatsTop 28%
- Share of analysts rating BuyBottom 31%
- Upside to consensus price targetTop 5%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Bottom 29%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 16%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Bottom 13%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | -6.9% | -54.8% | ↓ |
| Gross margin | -6.5% | -96.7% | ↓ |
| Operating margin | -452.3% | -1049.8% | ↓ |
| FCF margin | -343.2% | -704.9% | ↓ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | -54.8% | -6.9% | ↓ | Bottom 1% |
| Gross margin | -96.7% | -6.5% | ↓ | Bottom 1% |
| Operating margin | -1049.8% | -452.3% | ↓ | Bottom 1% |
| Net margin | -876.1% | -412.6% | ↓ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | -704.9% | -343.2% | ↓ | — |
| Return on invested capital | -20.6% | — | Bottom 5% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | 22.6% | — | Top 6% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -5.7%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 105.8%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- +23.7 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- Net cash
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- -498.0×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.00%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 22.54%
- Shareholder yield
- 22.54%
- Share count change, 1 year
- +25.3%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- +8.3%
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
- +20.8%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- -0.3%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 4 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $6.75
- Target vs current price
- +193.5%
- Analysts with a rating
- 5
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 40%
- Consensus rating
- Buy
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 4, 2026 | +8.3% | +8.0% | +10.3% | +9.4% | — |
| May 5, 2026 | +50.0% | +1.4% | -9.0% | +4.9% | -40.2% |
| Feb 24, 2026 | +12.5% | +3.8% | +3.8% | -8.2% | -22.9% |
| Nov 4, 2025 | +12.5% | -12.5% | +14.5% | -23.8% | -30.2% |
| Aug 6, 2025 | +0.0% | -5.2% | +14.1% | +8.6% | +52.5% |
| May 6, 2025 | +33.3% | +0.0% | +26.5% | +30.1% | +182.3% |
| Feb 27, 2025 | -30.8% | +0.8% | -6.6% | -9.9% | +10.7% |
| Nov 7, 2024 | +0.0% | +0.9% | -3.4% | -9.4% | +17.1% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 4, 2026 | -$0.11 | -$0.12 | +8.3% | -$1.0M |
| May 5, 2026 | -$0.06 | -$0.12 | +50.0% | $3.1M |
| Feb 24, 2026 | -$0.14 | -$0.16 | +12.5% | $843,000 |
| Nov 4, 2025 | -$0.14 | -$0.16 | +12.5% | $3.7M |
| Aug 6, 2025 | -$0.14 | -$0.14 | +0.0% | $6.5M |
| May 6, 2025 | -$0.08 | -$0.12 | +33.3% | $6.0M |
| Feb 27, 2025 | -$0.17 | -$0.13 | -30.8% | $4.5M |
| Nov 7, 2024 | -$0.13 | -$0.13 | +0.0% | $4.7M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EV / Sales | 49.52× | — | — | Bottom 2% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | -13.78% | — | — | Bottom 7% |
| Earnings yield | -20.00% | — | — | Bottom 11% |
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)
- +0.3%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- -7.8%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -1.8%
- Distance from 200-day average
- -28.0%
- RSI (14)
- 44.4
- Relative volume
- 0.66×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 53.8%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 5th percentile · Low for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 1.70
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.28
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -73.0%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -76.5%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 15, 2021 | Apr 7, 2025 | -93.5% | 850 days | Not yet recovered |
| Jun 11, 2021 | Aug 18, 2021 | -21.1% | 47 days | 52 days (Nov 1, 2021) |
| Nov 3, 2021 | Nov 10, 2021 | -14.9% | 5 days | 3 days (Nov 15, 2021) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $524.2M
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- -$0.46
- Revenue (TTM)
- $10.2M
- 52-week range
- $1.98 – $8.86
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $2.7M | $11.8M | $17.4M | $20.1M | $21.7M |
| Gross profit | -$361,000 | $2.2M | -$10.3M | -$145,000 | $1.1M |
| Operating income | -$26.5M | -$59.1M | -$90.6M | -$105.3M | -$100.8M |
| Net income | $18.1M | -$9.6M | -$65.5M | -$96.5M | -$93.4M |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.08 | -$0.05 | -$0.37 | -$0.54 | -$0.51 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $4.7M | $4.5M | $6.0M | $7.5M | $4.6M | $3.6M | $3.1M | -$1.0M |
| Net income | -$22.4M | -$30.6M | -$15.2M | -$25.3M | -$25.9M | -$27.1M | -$13.0M | -$23.8M |
| EPS (diluted) | -$0.13 | -$0.17 | -$0.08 | -$0.14 | -$0.14 | -$0.15 | -$0.06 | -$0.11 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | -$25.4M | -$33.8M | -$58.3M | -$63.9M | -$73.4M |
| Capital expenditure | -$13.0M | -$58.8M | -$35.1M | -$16.4M | -$10.2M |
| Free cash flow | -$38.4M | -$92.6M | -$93.3M | -$80.3M | -$83.6M |
| Dividends paid | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Net share buybacks | $0 | $0 | $434,000 | -$8.7M | $1.4M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $242.4M
- Total assets
- $527.1M
- Total liabilities
- $25.3M
- Total debt
- $7.5M
- Net debt
- -$16.8M
- Shareholders’ equity
- $501.7M
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 5, 2026).
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 27,816,344
- Days to cover
- 10.37
- Change vs previous report
- -0.1%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.