Aemetis, Inc. (AMTX)Basic Materials | Specialty Chemicals | Cupertino, United States | NasdaqGM
2.64 USD
+0.37
(16.300%)
⇧
(April 20, 2026, 4 p.m.
EDT)
Short-term: ★★★☆☆ | Long-term: ★☆☆☆☆ | Dividends: ☆☆☆☆☆ |
Hot Take | April 18, 2026, 10:20 p.m. EDT
Aemetis is a technical pinball trading on narrow-range volatility (<5% range recently). While the short-term model predicts a modest 2.16% rise, the underlying reality is a value trap: deeply distressed balance sheet ($514M debt vs $4.9M cash), negative margins, and plummeting revenue growth. The 3-in-1 RNG plant is the only bright spot, but with no dividend, high risk, and negative book value, this is strictly defensive cash management or a speculative bounce trade, not an investment. |
| Model | MAE |
|---|---|
| AutoARIMA ✓ | 0.260998 |
| AutoETS | 0.260998 |
| MSTL | 0.261794 |
| AutoTheta | 0.276892 |
Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoARIMA
| Forecast Reliability | |
|---|---|
| Score | 38% |
| H-stat | 79.27 |
| Ljung-Box p | 0.000 |
| Jarque-Bera p | 0.043 |
| Excess Kurtosis | -1.37 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Sector | Basic Materials |
| Revenue per Share | 3.467 |
| Market Cap | 179,904,352 |
| Forward P/E | 11.19 |
| Beta | 1.48 |
| Profit Margins | -37.02% |
| Website | https://www.aemetis.com |
As of April 18, 2026, 10:20 p.m. EDT: Options data reveals low interest and high volatility (IV > 2.88% for near-term puts). Speculators are heavily concentrated on OTM 5.0 strikes, suggesting a long-term sentiment contingent on significant catalysts. Immediate expiration options show a mix of near-term anchors at 2.5, but the overall flow is sparse with deeply OTM calls and puts being the most active, indicating a wait-and-see approach or speculation on binary events rather than directional momentum for the next month.
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| 52 Week Change | 0.95555556 |
| Address1 | 20,400 Stevens Creek Boulevard |
| Address2 | Suite 700 |
| All Time High | 60.0 |
| All Time Low | 0.0875 |
| Ask | 2.68 |
| Ask Size | 14 |
| Audit Risk | 10 |
| Average Analyst Rating | 1.5 - Strong Buy |
| Average Daily Volume10 Day | 1,506,960 |
| Average Daily Volume3 Month | 1,448,134 |
| Average Volume | 1,448,134 |
| Average Volume10Days | 1,506,960 |
| Beta | 1.476 |
| Bid | 2.62 |
| Bid Size | 14 |
| Board Risk | 6 |
| Book Value | -4.636 |
| City | Cupertino |
| Compensation As Of Epoch Date | 1,767,139,200 |
| Compensation Risk | 9 |
| Country | United States |
| Crypto Tradeable | 0 |
| Currency | USD |
| Current Price | 2.64 |
| Current Ratio | 0.072 |
| Custom Price Alert Confidence | HIGH |
| Date Short Interest | 1,774,915,200 |
| Day High | 2.65 |
| Day Low | 2.29 |
| Display Name | Aemetis |
| Earnings Call Timestamp End | 1,773,338,400 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp Start | 1,773,338,400 |
| Earnings Timestamp | 1,773,318,600 |
| Earnings Timestamp End | 1,778,157,000 |
| Earnings Timestamp Start | 1,778,157,000 |
| Ebitda | -27,593,000 |
| Ebitda Margins | -0.13267 |
| Enterprise To Ebitda | -24.829 |
| Enterprise To Revenue | 3.294 |
| Enterprise Value | 685,102,080 |
| Eps Current Year | -1.415 |
| Eps Forward | 0.23586 |
| Eps Trailing Twelve Months | -1.28 |
| Esg Populated | 0 |
| Exchange | NGM |
| Exchange Data Delayed By | 0 |
| Exchange Timezone Name | America/New_York |
| Exchange Timezone Short Name | EDT |
| Fax | 408 252 8044 |
| Fifty Day Average | 2.1382 |
| Fifty Day Average Change | 0.50180006 |
| Fifty Day Average Change Percent | 0.2346834 |
| Fifty Two Week Change Percent | 95.55556 |
| Fifty Two Week High | 3.66 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change | -1.02 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change Percent | -0.27868852 |
| Fifty Two Week Low | 1.22 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change | 1.4200001 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent | 1.1639345 |
| Fifty Two Week Range | 1.22 - 3.66 |
| Financial Currency | USD |
| First Trade Date Milliseconds | 1,151,415,000,000 |
| Float Shares | 61,727,081 |
| Forward Eps | 0.23586 |
| Forward P E | 11.193081 |
| Free Cashflow | -42,957,500 |
| Full Exchange Name | NasdaqGM |
| Full Time Employees | 220 |
| Gmt Off Set Milliseconds | -14,400,000 |
| Governance Epoch Date | 1,775,001,600 |
| Gross Margins | -0.00369 |
| Gross Profits | -768,000 |
| Has Pre Post Market Data | 1 |
| Held Percent Insiders | 0.07361 |
| Held Percent Institutions | 0.15562001 |
| Implied Shares Outstanding | 68,145,588 |
| Industry | Specialty Chemicals |
| Industry Disp | Specialty Chemicals |
| Industry Key | specialty-chemicals |
| Is Earnings Date Estimate | 1 |
| Language | en-US |
| Last Fiscal Year End | 1,767,139,200 |
| Last Split Date | 1,465,948,800 |
| Last Split Factor | 4:1 |
| Long Business Summary | Aemetis, Inc. operates as a renewable natural gas and renewable fuels company. The company operates through California Ethanol, California Dairy Renewable Natural Gas, and India Biodiesel segments. It engages in the operation, acquisition, development, and commercialization of low and negative carbon intensity products and technologies that replace fossil fuel products. The company also produces and sells ethanol; wet distillers grains, distillers corn oil, and condensed distillers solubles to dairies and feedlots as animal feed; and distilled biodiesel and refined glycerin products. In addition, it produces biogas from dairy waste. Aemetis, Inc. is headquartered in Cupertino, California. |
| Long Name | Aemetis, Inc. |
| Market | us_market |
| Market Cap | 179,904,352 |
| Market State | PRE |
| Max Age | 86,400 |
| Message Board Id | finmb_27792863 |
| Most Recent Quarter | 1,767,139,200 |
| Net Income To Common | -77,001,000 |
| Next Fiscal Year End | 1,798,675,200 |
| Non Diluted Market Cap | 179,904,352 |
| Number Of Analyst Opinions | 4 |
| Open | 2.29 |
| Operating Cashflow | 3,263,000 |
| Operating Margins | -0.046230003 |
| Overall Risk | 8 |
| Payout Ratio | 0.0 |
| Phone | 408 213 0940 |
| Pre Market Change | 0.03999996 |
| Pre Market Change Percent | 1.51515 |
| Pre Market Price | 2.68 |
| Pre Market Time | 1,776,773,324 |
| Previous Close | 2.27 |
| Price Eps Current Year | -1.8657246 |
| Price Hint | 4 |
| Price To Book | -0.56945646 |
| Price To Sales Trailing12 Months | 0.8650038 |
| Profit Margins | -0.37023 |
| Quick Ratio | 0.014 |
| Quote Source Name | Nasdaq Real Time Price |
| Quote Type | EQUITY |
| Recommendation Key | strong_buy |
| Recommendation Mean | 1.5 |
| Region | US |
| Regular Market Change | 0.37 |
| Regular Market Change Percent | 16.2996 |
| Regular Market Day High | 2.65 |
| Regular Market Day Low | 2.29 |
| Regular Market Day Range | 2.29 - 2.65 |
| Regular Market Open | 2.29 |
| Regular Market Previous Close | 2.27 |
| Regular Market Price | 2.64 |
| Regular Market Time | 1,776,715,201 |
| Regular Market Volume | 1,714,285 |
| Return On Assets | -0.08961 |
| Revenue Growth | 0.142 |
| Revenue Per Share | 3.467 |
| Sand P52 Week Change | 0.34445214 |
| Sector | Basic Materials |
| Sector Disp | Basic Materials |
| Sector Key | basic-materials |
| Share Holder Rights Risk | 7 |
| Shares Outstanding | 68,145,588 |
| Shares Percent Shares Out | 0.0698 |
| Shares Short | 4,753,347 |
| Shares Short Previous Month Date | 1,772,150,400 |
| Shares Short Prior Month | 5,537,109 |
| Short Name | Aemetis, Inc |
| Short Percent Of Float | 0.0753 |
| Short Ratio | 2.37 |
| Source Interval | 15 |
| State | CA |
| Symbol | AMTX |
| Target High Price | 28.0 |
| Target Low Price | 2.5 |
| Target Mean Price | 13.625 |
| Target Median Price | 12.0 |
| Total Cash | 4,894,000 |
| Total Cash Per Share | 0.073 |
| Total Debt | 514,088,000 |
| Total Revenue | 207,980,992 |
| Tradeable | 0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Rate | 0.0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Trailing Eps | -1.28 |
| Trailing Peg Ratio | None |
| Triggerable | 1 |
| Two Hundred Day Average | 2.1925 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change | 0.4475 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent | 0.20410489 |
| Type Disp | Equity |
| Volume | 1,714,285 |
| Website | https://www.aemetis.com |
| Zip | 95,014 |