American Battery Technology Company (ABAT)Industrials | Waste Management | Reno, United States | NasdaqCM
1.48 USD
-0.09
(-5.732%) ⇩
(Oct. 16, 2026, 4 p.m.
EDT)
After hours: 1.51 +0.03 (2.027%) ⇧ (Oct. 16, 2026, 5:34 p.m. EDT) |
Hot Take ↕ | Oct. 10, 2026, 3:08 a.m. EDT
The investment case for American Battery Technology Company is currently broken by a severe fundamental disconnect between its reported growth and its actual financial performance. While the company boasts a 196% revenue growth rate and has secured critical government funding, the bottom line tells a different story: gross margins are negative at -14%, operating margins are catastrophic at -246%, and the company is burning cash with negative operating cash flow. The market has rightly priced this into a stock trading at a negative forward P/E and a trailing P/S ratio of nearly 13x despite zero earnings. The price action reflects this reality, having lost over 85% of its value in the last year and failing to recover even after a massive spike earlier in the decade. Options activity confirms this bearish sentiment, with traders aggressively buying put protection rather than betting on a rebound. Without a clear path to profitability or a demonstrated ability to turn those massive losses into positive cash flow, the 'growth' narrative remains a dangerous illusion for investors. |
| Model | MAE |
|---|---|
| AutoTheta ✓ | 0.105796 |
| AutoARIMA | 0.123697 |
| AutoETS | 0.127133 |
| MSTL | 0.139903 |
Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoTheta
| Forecast Reliability | |
|---|---|
| Score | 34% |
| H-stat | 0.08 |
| Ljung-Box p | 0.000 |
| Jarque-Bera p | 0.189 |
| Excess Kurtosis | -1.31 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Sector | Industrials |
| Debt to Equity Ratio | 0.15 |
| Revenue per Share | 0.17 |
| Market Cap | 211,015,088 |
| Forward P/E | -10.57 |
| Beta | 1.31 |
| Previous Name | American Battery Metals Corporation |
| Website | https://americanbatterytechnology.com |
As of Oct. 10, 2026, 3:08 a.m. EDT: Speculators are overwhelmingly positioned for downside protection rather than upside speculation. Put open interest significantly exceeds call open interest across nearly all expirations, with deep out-of-the-money puts showing massive concentration relative to calls. This indicates a strong market consensus that the stock faces significant risks of further decline, despite the presence of some speculative call volume at higher strikes.
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| 52 Week Change | -0.67628866 |
| Address1 | 100 Washington Street |
| Address2 | Suite 100 |
| All Time High | 73.5 |
| All Time Low | 0.36 |
| Ask | 1.95 |
| Ask Size | 2 |
| Audit Risk | 10 |
| Average Daily Volume10 Day | 2,873,790 |
| Average Daily Volume3 Month | 3,426,023 |
| Average Volume | 3,426,023 |
| Average Volume10Days | 2,873,790 |
| Beta | 1.306 |
| Bid | 1.17 |
| Bid Size | 2 |
| Board Risk | 3 |
| Book Value | 0.893 |
| City | Reno |
| Compensation As Of Epoch Date | 1,798,675,200 |
| Compensation Risk | 9 |
| Country | United States |
| Crypto Tradeable | 0 |
| Currency | USD |
| Current Price | 1.48 |
| Current Ratio | 9.529 |
| Custom Price Alert Confidence | HIGH |
| Date Short Interest | 1,790,726,400 |
| Day High | 1.6206 |
| Day Low | 1.47 |
| Debt To Equity | 0.15 |
| Display Name | American Battery |
| Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp End | 1,770,327,000 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp Start | 1,770,327,000 |
| Earnings Timestamp | 1,789,389,000 |
| Earnings Timestamp End | 1,793,968,200 |
| Earnings Timestamp Start | 1,793,968,200 |
| Ebitda | -69,701,864 |
| Ebitda Margins | 0.0 |
| Enterprise To Ebitda | -2.504 |
| Enterprise To Revenue | 8.027 |
| Enterprise Value | 174,517,776 |
| Eps Forward | -0.14 |
| Eps Trailing Twelve Months | -0.58 |
| Esg Populated | 0 |
| Exchange | NCM |
| Exchange Data Delayed By | 15 |
| Exchange Timezone Name | America/New_York |
| Exchange Timezone Short Name | EDT |
| Fifty Day Average | 2.3571 |
| Fifty Day Average Change | -0.8771 |
| Fifty Day Average Change Percent | -0.3721098 |
| Fifty Two Week Change Percent | -67.62887 |
| Fifty Two Week High | 7.04 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change | -5.56 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change Percent | -0.78977275 |
| Fifty Two Week Low | 1.47 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change | 0.00999999 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent | 0.0068027144 |
| Fifty Two Week Range | 1.47 - 7.04 |
| Financial Currency | USD |
| First Trade Date Milliseconds | 1,456,324,200,000 |
| Float Shares | 137,198,299 |
| Forward Eps | -0.14 |
| Forward P E | -10.571428 |
| Free Cashflow | 2,538,259 |
| Full Exchange Name | NasdaqCM |
| Full Time Employees | 191 |
| Fullday Change | -0.060000062 |
| Fullday Change Percent | -3.8216598 |
| Fullday Price | 1.51 |
| Gmt Off Set Milliseconds | -14,400,000 |
| Governance Epoch Date | 1,790,812,800 |
| Gross Margins | -0.14209 |
| Gross Profits | -3,089,240 |
| Has Pre Post Market Data | 1 |
| Held Percent Insiders | 0.0809 |
| Held Percent Institutions | 0.36945 |
| Implied Shares Outstanding | 142,577,758 |
| Industry | Waste Management |
| Industry Disp | Waste Management |
| Industry Key | waste-management |
| Ipo Expected Date | 2,023-09-21 |
| Is Earnings Date Estimate | 1 |
| Language | en-US |
| Last Fiscal Year End | 1,782,777,600 |
| Last Split Date | 1,694,390,400 |
| Last Split Factor | 1:15 |
| Long Business Summary | American Battery Technology Company operates as a battery materials company in the United States. It explores critical minerals, such as lithium, nickel, cobalt, manganese, copper, aluminum, and graphite. The company also involved in the the development and commercialization of new technologies for the extraction of these critical minerals; and commercialization of an internally developed integrated process for the recycling of lithium-ion batteries. The company was formerly known as American Battery Metals Corporation and changed its name to American Battery Technology Company in August 2021. American Battery Technology Company was incorporated in 2011 and is headquartered in Reno, Nevada. |
| Long Name | American Battery Technology Company |
| Market | us_market |
| Market Cap | 211,015,088 |
| Market State | POST |
| Max Age | 86,400 |
| Message Board Id | finmb_240726304 |
| Most Recent Quarter | 1,782,777,600 |
| Name Change Date | 2,026-10-16 |
| Net Income To Common | -73,379,024 |
| Next Fiscal Year End | 1,814,313,600 |
| Non Diluted Market Cap | 330,067,509 |
| Number Of Analyst Opinions | 2 |
| Open | 1.5886 |
| Operating Cashflow | -24,187,556 |
| Operating Margins | -2.46499 |
| Overall Risk | 6 |
| Phone | 775 473 4744 |
| Post Market Change | 0.029999971 |
| Post Market Change Percent | 2.027025 |
| Post Market Price | 1.51 |
| Post Market Time | 1,792,186,471 |
| Prev Name | American Battery Metals Corporation |
| Previous Close | 1.57 |
| Price Hint | 4 |
| Price To Book | 1.6573348 |
| Price To Sales Trailing12 Months | 9.705535 |
| Profit Margins | 0.0 |
| Quick Ratio | 8.953 |
| Quote Source Name | Nasdaq Real Time Price |
| Quote Type | EQUITY |
| Recommendation Key | none |
| Region | US |
| Regular Market Change | -0.09000003 |
| Regular Market Change Percent | -5.7324862 |
| Regular Market Day High | 1.6206 |
| Regular Market Day Low | 1.47 |
| Regular Market Day Range | 1.47 - 1.6206 |
| Regular Market Open | 1.5886 |
| Regular Market Previous Close | 1.57 |
| Regular Market Price | 1.48 |
| Regular Market Time | 1,792,180,801 |
| Regular Market Volume | 3,111,084 |
| Return On Assets | -0.42976 |
| Return On Equity | -0.74502 |
| Revenue Growth | 1.966 |
| Revenue Per Share | 0.17 |
| Sand P52 Week Change | 0.16207206 |
| Sector | Industrials |
| Sector Disp | Industrials |
| Sector Key | industrials |
| Share Holder Rights Risk | 3 |
| Shares Outstanding | 142,577,758 |
| Shares Percent Shares Out | 0.1507 |
| Shares Short | 21,484,918 |
| Shares Short Previous Month Date | 1,788,134,400 |
| Shares Short Prior Month | 21,611,858 |
| Short Name | American Battery Technology Com |
| Short Percent Of Float | 0.16389999 |
| Short Ratio | 6.82 |
| Source Interval | 15 |
| State | NV |
| Symbol | ABAT |
| Target High Price | 7.0 |
| Target Low Price | 5.0 |
| Target Mean Price | 6.0 |
| Target Median Price | 6.0 |
| Total Cash | 49,519,472 |
| Total Cash Per Share | 0.347 |
| Total Debt | 190,163 |
| Total Revenue | 21,741,726 |
| Tradeable | 0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Rate | 0.0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Trailing Eps | -0.58 |
| Trailing Peg Ratio | None |
| Triggerable | 1 |
| Two Hundred Day Average | 3.093325 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change | -1.6133249 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent | -0.5215504 |
| Type Disp | Equity |
| Volume | 3,111,084 |
| Website | https://americanbatterytechnology.com |
| Zip | 89,503 |