Align Technology, Inc. (ALGN)Healthcare | Medical Instruments & Supplies | Tempe, United States | NasdaqGS
157.58 USD
-1.26
(-0.793%) ⇩
(Aug. 28, 2026, 4 p.m.
EDT)
After hours: 157.58 |
Hot Take ↕ | Aug. 22, 2026, 3 a.m. EDT
The most compelling signal here is the massive valuation compression. While the trailing twelve-month earnings picture is deteriorating with negative growth, the forward price-to-earnings ratio of roughly thirteen times implies the market expects a significant earnings recovery. This creates a distinct bifurcation: the business fundamentals remain robust with a fortress balance sheet and high margins, yet the recent price action reflects a lack of confidence in immediate earnings execution. Technically, the stock is trading below both its fifty-day and two-hundred-day averages, which dampens short-term momentum despite the attractive valuation. Options activity confirms this tension, with traders betting on a recovery to 200 dollars while simultaneously insuring against a slide to 115 dollars. For a long-term investor, the net cash position and industry leadership provide a safety margin, but the negative earnings trajectory prevents a top-tier buy rating. The setup favors a patient approach rather than aggressive accumulation. |
| Model | MAE |
|---|---|
| MSTL ✓ | 0.062817 |
| AutoETS | 0.077071 |
| AutoARIMA | 0.080279 |
| AutoTheta | 0.091228 |
Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: MSTL
| Forecast Reliability | |
|---|---|
| Score | 52% |
| H-stat | 0.71 |
| Ljung-Box p | 0.024 |
| Jarque-Bera p | 0.720 |
| Excess Kurtosis | -0.49 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Sector | Healthcare |
| Debt to Equity Ratio | 2.855 |
| Revenue per Share | 57.701 |
| Market Cap | 11,194,460,160 |
| Trailing P/E | 27.65 |
| Forward P/E | 12.56 |
| Beta | 1.65 |
| Profit Margins | 9.99% |
| Website | https://www.aligntech.com |
As of Aug. 22, 2026, 3 a.m. EDT: Speculators are positioning for a wide range, with significant call open interest concentrated at 200 and 240 strikes suggesting bullish targets well above current prices. Conversely, put open interest is heavy at 115 and 140 strikes, establishing a defensive floor. Implied volatility remains elevated across expirations, indicating uncertainty. The flow suggests a belief in a rebound toward 200 while acknowledging downside risk to 115.
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| 52 Week Change | 0.15806353 |
| Address1 | 410 North Scottsdale Road |
| Address2 | Suite 1300 |
| All Time High | 737.45 |
| All Time Low | 1.26 |
| Ask | 170.73 |
| Ask Size | 2 |
| Audit Risk | 1 |
| Average Analyst Rating | 1.9 - Buy |
| Average Daily Volume10 Day | 848,990 |
| Average Daily Volume3 Month | 966,730 |
| Average Volume | 966,730 |
| Average Volume10Days | 848,990 |
| Beta | 1.653 |
| Bid | 144.93 |
| Bid Size | 2 |
| Board Risk | 4 |
| Book Value | 59.407 |
| City | Tempe |
| Compensation As Of Epoch Date | 1,483,142,400 |
| Compensation Risk | 9 |
| Country | United States |
| Crypto Tradeable | 0 |
| Currency | USD |
| Current Price | 157.58 |
| Current Ratio | 1.395 |
| Custom Price Alert Confidence | HIGH |
| Date Short Interest | 1,786,665,600 |
| Day High | 159.965 |
| Day Low | 157.21 |
| Debt To Equity | 2.855 |
| Display Name | Align Technology |
| Earnings Call Timestamp End | 1,785,357,000 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp Start | 1,785,357,000 |
| Earnings Growth | -0.121 |
| Earnings Quarterly Growth | -0.131 |
| Earnings Timestamp | 1,785,355,200 |
| Earnings Timestamp End | 1,793,217,600 |
| Earnings Timestamp Start | 1,793,217,600 |
| Ebitda | 910,062,016 |
| Ebitda Margins | 0.21985 |
| Enterprise To Ebitda | 11.222 |
| Enterprise To Revenue | 2.467 |
| Enterprise Value | 10,212,710,400 |
| Eps Current Year | 11.29194 |
| Eps Forward | 12.54855 |
| Eps Trailing Twelve Months | 5.7 |
| Esg Populated | 0 |
| Exchange | NMS |
| Exchange Data Delayed By | 0 |
| Exchange Timezone Name | America/New_York |
| Exchange Timezone Short Name | EDT |
| Fifty Day Average | 173.281 |
| Fifty Day Average Change | -15.701004 |
| Fifty Day Average Change Percent | -0.09061007 |
| Fifty Two Week Change Percent | 15.806353 |
| Fifty Two Week High | 200.44 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change | -42.86 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change Percent | -0.21382958 |
| Fifty Two Week Low | 122.0 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change | 35.58 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent | 0.29163936 |
| Fifty Two Week Range | 122.0 - 200.44 |
| Financial Currency | USD |
| First Trade Date Milliseconds | 980,865,000,000 |
| Float Shares | 66,888,993 |
| Forward Eps | 12.54855 |
| Forward P E | 12.557627 |
| Free Cashflow | 584,361,344 |
| Full Exchange Name | NasdaqGS |
| Full Time Employees | 20,435 |
| Fullday Change | -1.25999 |
| Fullday Change Percent | -0.793248 |
| Fullday Price | 157.58 |
| Gmt Off Set Milliseconds | -14,400,000 |
| Governance Epoch Date | 1,785,542,400 |
| Gross Margins | 0.70365 |
| Gross Profits | 2,912,762,112 |
| Has Pre Post Market Data | 1 |
| Held Percent Insiders | 0.06132 |
| Held Percent Institutions | 1.05212 |
| Implied Shares Outstanding | 71,039,852 |
| Industry | Medical Instruments & Supplies |
| Industry Disp | Medical Instruments & Supplies |
| Industry Key | medical-instruments-supplies |
| Ir Website | http://investor.aligntech.com/ |
| Is Earnings Date Estimate | 0 |
| Language | en-US |
| Last Fiscal Year End | 1,767,139,200 |
| Long Business Summary | Align Technology, Inc. provides Invisalign clear aligners, Vivera retainers, and iTero intraoral scanners and services in the United States, Switzerland, and internationally. The company's Clear Aligner segment offers Invisalign comprehensive package to treat adults and teens malocclusion and features, and orthodontic needs of teenage or younger patients; and Invisalign First Phase I and Invisalign First Comprehensive Phase 2 package for younger patients between the ages of six and ten years with a mixture of primary/baby and permanent teeth. This segment also provides Invisalign express, Invisalign lite, and Invisalign moderate; Invisalign Go, Invisalign Go express, and Invisalign Go Plus; retention products, Invisalign training, adjusting tools used by dental professionals during treatment, ancillary Invisalign accessory products, and other oral health products; Invisalign Professional Whitening system; Invisalign Palatal Expander, a 3D printed orthodontic device; and 3D printing solutions. Its Imaging Systems and CAD/CAM Services segment offers iTero intraoral scanning system, a single hardware platform for restorative or orthodontic procedures; exocad, a computer-aided design and computer-aided manufacturing software; orthodontist software for digital records storage, orthodontic diagnosis, and fabrication of printed models and retainers; and restorative software for general practitioner dentists, prosthodontists, periodontists, and oral surgeons. This segment also offers Invisalign outcome simulator, a chair-side and cloud-based application for the iTero scanner; Invisalign progress assessment tool; Align Oral Health Suite, a digital interface for dental consultations; iTero TimeLapse technology for doctors or practitioners to compare a patient's historic 3D scans to the present-day scan; and subscription software, disposables, rents scanners, and pay per scan services. Align Technology, Inc. was incorporated in 1997 and is headquartered in Tempe, Arizona. |
| Long Name | Align Technology, Inc. |
| Market | us_market |
| Market Cap | 11,194,460,160 |
| Market State | CLOSED |
| Max Age | 86,400 |
| Message Board Id | finmb_24568 |
| Most Recent Quarter | 1,782,777,600 |
| Net Income To Common | 413,577,984 |
| Next Fiscal Year End | 1,798,675,200 |
| Non Diluted Market Cap | 11,288,232,482 |
| Number Of Analyst Opinions | 15 |
| Open | 158.51 |
| Operating Cashflow | 755,696,000 |
| Operating Margins | 0.18247 |
| Overall Risk | 7 |
| Payout Ratio | 0.0 |
| Peg Ratio | 0.76 |
| Phone | 602 742 2000 |
| Post Market Change | 0.0 |
| Post Market Change Percent | 0.0 |
| Post Market Price | 157.58 |
| Post Market Time | 1,787,959,805 |
| Previous Close | 158.84 |
| Price Eps Current Year | 13.955087 |
| Price Hint | 2 |
| Price To Book | 2.6525493 |
| Price To Sales Trailing12 Months | 2.7042816 |
| Profit Margins | 0.09991 |
| Quick Ratio | 1.204 |
| Quote Source Name | Nasdaq Real Time Price |
| Quote Type | EQUITY |
| Recommendation Key | buy |
| Recommendation Mean | 1.94118 |
| Region | US |
| Regular Market Change | -1.25999 |
| Regular Market Change Percent | -0.793248 |
| Regular Market Day High | 159.965 |
| Regular Market Day Low | 157.21 |
| Regular Market Day Range | 157.21 - 159.965 |
| Regular Market Open | 158.51 |
| Regular Market Previous Close | 158.84 |
| Regular Market Price | 157.58 |
| Regular Market Time | 1,787,947,201 |
| Regular Market Volume | 954,628 |
| Return On Assets | 0.07402 |
| Return On Equity | 0.10155 |
| Revenue Growth | 0.043 |
| Revenue Per Share | 57.701 |
| Sand P52 Week Change | 0.20504117 |
| Sector | Healthcare |
| Sector Disp | Healthcare |
| Sector Key | healthcare |
| Share Holder Rights Risk | 7 |
| Shares Outstanding | 71,039,852 |
| Shares Percent Shares Out | 0.0482 |
| Shares Short | 3,426,703 |
| Shares Short Previous Month Date | 1,784,073,600 |
| Shares Short Prior Month | 4,825,290 |
| Short Name | Align Technology, Inc. |
| Short Percent Of Float | 0.0551 |
| Short Ratio | 3.75 |
| Source Interval | 15 |
| State | AZ |
| Symbol | ALGN |
| Target High Price | 240.0 |
| Target Low Price | 170.0 |
| Target Mean Price | 208.6 |
| Target Median Price | 209.0 |
| Total Cash | 1,102,590,976 |
| Total Cash Per Share | 15.521 |
| Total Debt | 120,842,000 |
| Total Revenue | 4,139,532,032 |
| Tradeable | 0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Rate | 0.0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Trailing Eps | 5.7 |
| Trailing P E | 27.645615 |
| Trailing Peg Ratio | 0.752 |
| Triggerable | 1 |
| Two Hundred Day Average | 169.96436 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change | -12.384354 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent | -0.07286441 |
| Type Disp | Equity |
| Volume | 954,628 |
| Website | https://www.aligntech.com |
| Zip | 85,288 |