Stocks · Consumer Defensive · Household & Personal Products
Solesence, Inc. Common Stock SLSN
$0.82 -1.71% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NASDAQ · Market cap $57.9M
Weak trendExpensive vs sectorHigh risk
Next earnings report: Nov 16, 2026
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Three things to know
- Diluted EPS over the last four quarters was $-0.03, down 136.0% year over year.
- The stock is 81% below its highest close of the past year.
- Over the past year the stock returned -74.7%, behind the S&P 500 by 89.8 percentage points.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Consumer Defensive 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 8%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 11%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRTop 9%
- Revenue growth accelerationBottom 2%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalBottom 14%
- Gross marginBottom 36%
- Operating marginBottom 13%
- Accruals (lower is better)Top 49%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 1%
- Interest coverBottom 13%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldBottom 23%
- Free-cash-flow yieldBottom 8%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueBottom 13%
- Sales / enterprise valueBottom 38%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthBottom 2%
- 6-month returnBottom 5%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Bottom 3%
- Distance from 52-week highBottom 2%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Bottom 22%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Bottom 4%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 7%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Bottom 3%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 1%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 5.8% | -14.0% | ↓ |
| EPS growth (YoY) | -68.1% | -136.0% | ↓ |
| Gross margin | 28.1% | 26.9% | ↓ |
| Operating margin | 8.0% | -1.8% | ↓ |
| FCF margin | -10.5% | -3.3% | ↑ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | -14.0% | 5.8% | ↓ | Bottom 8% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | -136.0% | -68.1% | ↓ | Bottom 11% |
| Gross margin | 26.9% | 28.1% | ↓ | Bottom 36% |
| Operating margin | -1.8% | 8.0% | ↓ | Bottom 13% |
| Net margin | -3.4% | 8.1% | ↓ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | -3.3% | -10.5% | ↑ | — |
| Return on invested capital | -2.3% | — | Bottom 14% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | 18.5% | — | Top 9% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -6.2%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 0.7%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- -1.4 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 237.96×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- -0.8×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.00%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- -0.11%
- Shareholder yield
- -0.11%
- Share count change, 1 year
- -2.6%
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 19, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- -3.2%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 3 of 8
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 19, 2026 | — | +6.2% | +5.6% | -0.7% | — |
| May 12, 2026 | — | -17.3% | -16.7% | -18.7% | -31.3% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | — | +5.4% | +34.4% | +52.2% | +16.7% |
| Nov 11, 2025 | — | -24.2% | -33.1% | -26.3% | -51.2% |
| Jul 31, 2025 | — | -8.0% | -18.5% | -3.8% | -0.8% |
| May 5, 2025 | — | -1.3% | +8.6% | +28.8% | +19.2% |
| Mar 26, 2025 | — | +2.1% | -27.5% | -16.7% | +81.5% |
| Nov 13, 2024 | — | +12.0% | +34.5% | +35.0% | +44.0% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 19, 2026 | -$0.00 | — | — | $15.3M |
| May 12, 2026 | -$0.01 | — | — | $13.0M |
| Mar 31, 2026 | $0.00 | — | — | $12.5M |
| Nov 11, 2025 | -$0.02 | — | — | $14.6M |
| Jul 31, 2025 | $0.04 | — | — | $20.4M |
| May 5, 2025 | $0.00 | — | — | $14.6M |
| Mar 26, 2025 | -$0.01 | — | — | $12.6M |
| Nov 13, 2024 | $0.04 | — | — | $16.9M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EV / EBITDA | 874.4× | — | — | Bottom 13% |
| EV / Sales | 1.44× | — | — | Bottom 38% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | -3.12% | — | — | Bottom 8% |
| Earnings yield | -3.16% | — | — | Bottom 23% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 36.1× – 120.5× since Sep 30, 2024. 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
- -74.7%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- -136.0%
- Change in P/E multiple
- -0.2%
Most of the move came from a change in the valuation multiple.
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)
- +2.5%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- -9.9%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -9.3%
- Distance from 200-day average
- -29.1%
- RSI (14)
- 44.4
- Relative volume
- 0.88×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 97.5%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 59th percentile · Normal for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 1.92
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.29
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -81.2%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -87.7%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 4, 2022 | Jan 23, 2024 | -90.3% | 514 days | 352 days (Jun 18, 2025) |
| Jun 20, 2025 | Jul 14, 2026 | -87.7% | 266 days | Not yet recovered |
| Feb 17, 2021 | Mar 3, 2021 | -24.3% | 10 days | 6 days (Mar 11, 2021) |
| Apr 27, 2021 | May 7, 2021 | -18.8% | 8 days | 6 days (May 17, 2021) |
| Dec 3, 2020 | Dec 18, 2020 | -17.8% | 11 days | 9 days (Jan 4, 2021) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $57.9M
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- -$0.03
- Revenue (TTM)
- $55.4M
- 52-week range
- $0.61 – $4.55
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $29.5M | $37.3M | $37.3M | $52.3M | $62.1M |
| Gross profit | $8.7M | $8.4M | $7.8M | $16.2M | $16.0M |
| Operating income | $2.6M | -$2.3M | -$3.5M | $5.1M | $1.6M |
| Net income | $2.3M | -$2.6M | -$4.4M | $4.2M | $1.8M |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.05 | -$0.05 | -$0.09 | $0.07 | $0.02 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $16.9M | $12.6M | $14.6M | $20.4M | $14.6M | $12.5M | $13.0M | $15.3M |
| Net income | $3.0M | -$558,000 | $80,000 | $2.7M | -$1.1M | $163,000 | -$766,000 | -$158,000 |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.04 | -$0.01 | $0.00 | $0.04 | -$0.02 | $0.00 | -$0.01 | -$0.00 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $2.3M | -$1.6M | -$2.0M | $2.0M | -$8.6M |
| Capital expenditure | -$1.9M | -$2.8M | -$1.1M | -$4.6M | -$2.1M |
| Free cash flow | $447,000 | -$4.5M | -$3.1M | -$2.6M | -$10.7M |
| Dividends paid | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Net share buybacks | $0 | $182,000 | $0 | $0 | $323,000 |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $1.0M
- Total assets
- $46.4M
- Total liabilities
- $33.3M
- Total debt
- $22.7M
- Net debt
- $21.7M
- Shareholders’ equity
- $13.2M
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 19, 2026).
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 369,742
- Days to cover
- 17.22
- Change vs previous report
- +0.8%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.