Aemetis, Inc. (AMTX)Basic Materials | Specialty Chemicals | Cupertino, United States | NasdaqGM
1.46 USD
+0.01
(1.038%)
⇧
(Oct. 16, 2026, 4 p.m.
EDT)
After hours: 1.48 +0.02 (1.370%) ⇧ (Oct. 16, 2026, 7:23 p.m. EDT) |
Hot Take ↕ | Oct. 10, 2026, 2:38 a.m. EDT
The investment case for Aemetis is currently broken by a catastrophic balance sheet and a complete lack of profitability. The company is drowning in debt relative to its tiny market cap, with a current ratio of 0.08 indicating imminent liquidity distress. Despite a recent uptick in revenue growth, the business is burning cash, posting negative free cash flow, and trading at a negative book value. The market has rightly priced this as a value trap; the massive put option activity confirms that investors are fleeing the stock, fearing a collapse in share price as the company struggles to service its obligations. There is no safety margin here, only a high-risk gamble on a turnaround that the balance sheet cannot currently support. |
| Model | MAE |
|---|---|
| AutoARIMA ✓ | 0.074449 |
| AutoETS | 0.080291 |
| AutoTheta | 0.083411 |
| MSTL | 0.091889 |
Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoARIMA
| Forecast Reliability | |
|---|---|
| Score | 31% |
| H-stat | 1.84 |
| Ljung-Box p | 0.000 |
| Jarque-Bera p | 0.029 |
| Excess Kurtosis | 1.09 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Sector | Basic Materials |
| Revenue per Share | 3.444 |
| Market Cap | 105,367,608 |
| Forward P/E | -2.87 |
| Beta | 1.82 |
| Profit Margins | -26.14% |
| Website | https://www.aemetis.com |
As of Oct. 10, 2026, 2:38 a.m. EDT: Speculators are heavily positioning for downside protection rather than upside breakout. Put open interest significantly exceeds call open interest across all expirations, with the heaviest concentration in strikes just above the current price ($2.00-$2.50). This 'put wall' suggests a strong consensus among retail traders that the stock will struggle to reclaim higher levels, effectively capping any potential rally while betting against further declines.
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| 52 Week Change | -0.5084175 |
| Address1 | 20,400 Stevens Creek Boulevard |
| Address2 | Suite 700 |
| All Time High | 60.0 |
| All Time Low | 0.0875 |
| Ask | 1.99 |
| Ask Size | 2 |
| Audit Risk | 9 |
| Average Daily Volume10 Day | 606,270 |
| Average Daily Volume3 Month | 824,740 |
| Average Volume | 824,740 |
| Average Volume10Days | 606,270 |
| Beta | 1.816 |
| Bid | 1.16 |
| Bid Size | 2 |
| Board Risk | 5 |
| Book Value | -4.471 |
| City | Cupertino |
| Compensation As Of Epoch Date | 1,767,139,200 |
| Compensation Risk | 9 |
| Country | United States |
| Crypto Tradeable | 0 |
| Currency | USD |
| Current Price | 1.46 |
| Current Ratio | 0.08 |
| Custom Price Alert Confidence | HIGH |
| Date Short Interest | 1,790,726,400 |
| Day High | 1.54 |
| Day Low | 1.435 |
| Display Name | Aemetis |
| Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp End | 1,786,039,200 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp Start | 1,786,039,200 |
| Earnings Timestamp | 1,786,019,400 |
| Earnings Timestamp End | 1,793,881,800 |
| Earnings Timestamp Start | 1,793,881,800 |
| Ebitda | -1,577,000 |
| Ebitda Margins | -0.00685 |
| Enterprise To Ebitda | -416.314 |
| Enterprise To Revenue | 2.852 |
| Enterprise Value | 656,526,592 |
| Eps Current Year | -0.85 |
| Eps Forward | -0.50952 |
| Eps Trailing Twelve Months | -0.86 |
| Esg Populated | 0 |
| Exchange | NGM |
| Exchange Data Delayed By | 15 |
| Exchange Timezone Name | America/New_York |
| Exchange Timezone Short Name | EDT |
| Fax | 408 252 8044 |
| Fifty Day Average | 1.8138 |
| Fifty Day Average Change | -0.35379994 |
| Fifty Day Average Change Percent | -0.19506006 |
| Fifty Two Week Change Percent | -50.841747 |
| Fifty Two Week High | 3.8 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change | -2.34 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change Percent | -0.6157895 |
| Fifty Two Week Low | 1.3 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change | 0.16000009 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent | 0.12307699 |
| Fifty Two Week Range | 1.3 - 3.8 |
| Financial Currency | USD |
| First Trade Date Milliseconds | 1,151,415,000,000 |
| Float Shares | 67,163,189 |
| Forward Eps | -0.50952 |
| Forward P E | -2.865442 |
| Free Cashflow | -65,829,500 |
| Full Exchange Name | NasdaqGM |
| Full Time Employees | 220 |
| Fullday Change | 0.034999967 |
| Fullday Change Percent | 2.422143 |
| Fullday Price | 1.46 |
| Gmt Off Set Milliseconds | -14,400,000 |
| Governance Epoch Date | 1,790,812,800 |
| Gross Margins | 0.103999995 |
| Gross Profits | 23,938,000 |
| Has Pre Post Market Data | 1 |
| Held Percent Insiders | 0.069510005 |
| Held Percent Institutions | 0.24629 |
| Implied Shares Outstanding | 72,169,594 |
| 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 | 105,367,608 |
| Market State | CLOSED |
| Max Age | 86,400 |
| Message Board Id | finmb_27792863 |
| Most Recent Quarter | 1,782,777,600 |
| Net Income To Common | -60,157,000 |
| Next Fiscal Year End | 1,798,675,200 |
| Non Diluted Market Cap | 137,122,228 |
| Number Of Analyst Opinions | 4 |
| Open | 1.46 |
| Operating Cashflow | -3,599,000 |
| Operating Margins | 0.09207 |
| Overall Risk | 8 |
| Payout Ratio | 0.0 |
| Phone | 408 213 0940 |
| Post Market Change | 0.01999998 |
| Post Market Change Percent | 1.3698617 |
| Post Market Price | 1.48 |
| Post Market Time | 1,792,193,015 |
| Previous Close | 1.445 |
| Price Eps Current Year | -1.7176471 |
| Price Hint | 4 |
| Price To Book | -0.32654887 |
| Price To Sales Trailing12 Months | 0.45777968 |
| Profit Margins | -0.26136 |
| Quick Ratio | 0.037 |
| Quote Source Name | Nasdaq Real Time Price |
| Quote Type | EQUITY |
| Recommendation Key | none |
| Region | US |
| Regular Market Change | 0.014999986 |
| Regular Market Change Percent | 1.0380613 |
| Regular Market Day High | 1.54 |
| Regular Market Day Low | 1.435 |
| Regular Market Day Range | 1.435 - 1.54 |
| Regular Market Open | 1.46 |
| Regular Market Previous Close | 1.445 |
| Regular Market Price | 1.46 |
| Regular Market Time | 1,792,180,802 |
| Regular Market Volume | 673,068 |
| Return On Assets | -0.02728 |
| Revenue Growth | 0.2 |
| Revenue Per Share | 3.444 |
| Sand P52 Week Change | 0.13723719 |
| Sector | Basic Materials |
| Sector Disp | Basic Materials |
| Sector Key | basic-materials |
| Share Holder Rights Risk | 7 |
| Shares Outstanding | 72,169,594 |
| Shares Percent Shares Out | 0.1089 |
| Shares Short | 7,859,524 |
| Shares Short Previous Month Date | 1,788,134,400 |
| Shares Short Prior Month | 8,778,177 |
| Short Name | Aemetis, Inc |
| Short Percent Of Float | 0.117 |
| Short Ratio | 9.3 |
| Source Interval | 15 |
| State | CA |
| Symbol | AMTX |
| Target High Price | 28.0 |
| Target Low Price | 2.5 |
| Target Mean Price | 13.375 |
| Target Median Price | 11.5 |
| Total Cash | 973,000 |
| Total Cash Per Share | 0.013 |
| Total Debt | 552,131,968 |
| Total Revenue | 230,171,008 |
| Tradeable | 0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Rate | 0.0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Trailing Eps | -0.86 |
| Trailing Peg Ratio | None |
| Triggerable | 1 |
| Two Hundred Day Average | 1.9824 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change | -0.5223999 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent | -0.26351893 |
| Type Disp | Equity |
| Volume | 673,068 |
| Website | https://www.aemetis.com |
| Zip | 95,014 |