Ascent Solar Technologies, Inc. (ASTI)Technology | Solar | Thornton, United States | NasdaqCM
7.68 USD
-1.03
(-11.826%) ⇩
(June 12, 2026, 4 p.m.
EDT)
After hours: 7.80 +0.12 (1.497%) ⇧ (June 12, 2026, 7:59 p.m. EDT) |
Hot Take ↕ | June 7, 2026, 1:43 a.m. EDT
The immediate outlook is clouded by severe insider selling and a catastrophic multi-year price collapse. Directors have recently sold significant holdings, including exercising options to cover taxes and executing open-market sales, signaling a lack of confidence from those closest to the business. Fundamentally, the company is in distress with negative earnings, negative free cash flow, and operating margins of -43.5%, while trading at an absurd 539x sales multiple. The price history confirms this deterioration, showing a nearly 99.9% drop over the last two years with two consecutive years of massive declines. There is no dividend to provide income, and the statistical forecast models suggest further downside, though their reliability is low. While the stock recently rallied sharply, this appears to be a volatile bounce in a fundamentally broken asset rather than a sustainable recovery. |
| Model | MAE |
|---|---|
| AutoTheta ✓ | 0.215402 |
| AutoETS | 0.294412 |
| MSTL | 0.302046 |
| AutoARIMA | 0.431958 |
| MSTL_119 | 0.470710 |
Forecast horizon: 60 days | Selected: AutoTheta
| Forecast Reliability | |
|---|---|
| Score | 25% |
| H-stat | 2.04 |
| Ljung-Box p | 0.000 |
| Jarque-Bera p | 0.007 |
| Excess Kurtosis | 0.42 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Sector | Technology |
| Debt to Equity Ratio | 7.779 |
| Revenue per Share | 0.027 |
| Market Cap | 72,667,288 |
| Beta | 2.03 |
| Website | https://ascentsolar.com |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| 52 Week Change | 3.7116566 |
| Address1 | 12,300 Grant Street |
| Address2 | Suite 160 |
| All Time High | 230,000.0 |
| All Time Low | 1.1 |
| Ask | 9.48 |
| Ask Size | 2 |
| Average Daily Volume10 Day | 3,276,740 |
| Average Daily Volume3 Month | 1,844,600 |
| Average Volume | 1,844,600 |
| Average Volume10Days | 3,276,740 |
| Beta | 2.032 |
| Bid | 6.12 |
| Bid Size | 2 |
| Book Value | 1.771 |
| City | Thornton |
| Compensation As Of Epoch Date | 1,767,139,200 |
| Country | United States |
| Crypto Tradeable | 0 |
| Currency | USD |
| Current Price | 7.68 |
| Current Ratio | 6.985 |
| Custom Price Alert Confidence | HIGH |
| Date Short Interest | 1,780,012,800 |
| Day High | 8.73 |
| Day Low | 7.35 |
| Debt To Equity | 7.779 |
| Display Name | Ascent Solar |
| Dividend Date | 1,532,304,000 |
| Earnings Timestamp End | 1,754,683,200 |
| Earnings Timestamp Start | 1,754,337,600 |
| Ebitda | -8,306,175 |
| Ebitda Margins | 0.0 |
| Enterprise To Ebitda | -6.97 |
| Enterprise To Revenue | 511.951 |
| Enterprise Value | 57,898,124 |
| Eps Trailing Twelve Months | -2.23 |
| Esg Populated | 0 |
| Exchange | NCM |
| Exchange Data Delayed By | 0 |
| Exchange Timezone Name | America/New_York |
| Exchange Timezone Short Name | EDT |
| Fifty Day Average | 5.3846 |
| Fifty Day Average Change | 2.2953997 |
| Fifty Day Average Change Percent | 0.4262897 |
| Fifty Two Week Change Percent | 371.16565 |
| Fifty Two Week High | 9.87 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change | -2.19 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change Percent | -0.2218845 |
| Fifty Two Week Low | 1.1 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change | 6.58 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent | 5.981818 |
| Fifty Two Week Range | 1.1 - 9.87 |
| Financial Currency | USD |
| First Trade Date Milliseconds | 1,661,347,800,000 |
| Float Shares | 7,987,347 |
| Free Cashflow | -3,741,950 |
| Full Exchange Name | NasdaqCM |
| Full Time Employees | 14 |
| Gmt Off Set Milliseconds | -14,400,000 |
| Gross Margins | 0.0 |
| Gross Profits | -2,708,532 |
| Has Pre Post Market Data | 1 |
| Held Percent Insiders | 0.10386 |
| Held Percent Institutions | 0.12617 |
| Implied Shares Outstanding | 9,461,887 |
| Industry | Solar |
| Industry Disp | Solar |
| Industry Key | solar |
| Ipo Expected Date | 2,022-08-24 |
| Is Earnings Date Estimate | 1 |
| Language | en-US |
| Last Fiscal Year End | 1,767,139,200 |
| Last Split Date | 1,723,680,000 |
| Last Split Factor | 1:100 |
| Long Business Summary | Ascent Solar Technologies, Inc., a solar technology company, engages in the manufacture and sale of photovoltaic solar modules in the United States. The company's technology provides renewable power solutions to high-value production and specialty solar markets, including space power beaming, aerospace, satellites, near earth orbiting vehicles, fixed wing unmanned, aerial vehicles, aquatic, terrestrial, and other weight-sensitive markets. It markets and sells its products through direct customers, distributors, retailers, OEMs, system integrators and value-added resellers. Ascent Solar Technologies, Inc. was incorporated in 2005 and is based in Thornton, Colorado. |
| Long Name | Ascent Solar Technologies, Inc. |
| Market | us_market |
| Market Cap | 72,667,288 |
| Market State | POSTPOST |
| Max Age | 86,400 |
| Message Board Id | finmb_25599554 |
| Most Recent Quarter | 1,774,915,200 |
| Net Income To Common | -8,401,565 |
| Next Fiscal Year End | 1,798,675,200 |
| Non Diluted Market Cap | 73,897,337 |
| Number Of Analyst Opinions | 1 |
| Open | 8.47 |
| Operating Cashflow | -7,374,176 |
| Operating Margins | -43.55558 |
| Payout Ratio | 0.0 |
| Peg Ratio | 0.96 |
| Phone | 720 872 5000 |
| Post Market Change | 0.11500025 |
| Post Market Change Percent | 1.4973991 |
| Post Market Price | 7.795 |
| Post Market Time | 1,781,308,796 |
| Previous Close | 8.71 |
| Price Hint | 2 |
| Price To Book | 4.336533 |
| Price To Sales Trailing12 Months | 642.54456 |
| Profit Margins | 0.0 |
| Quick Ratio | 6.694 |
| Quote Source Name | Nasdaq Real Time Price |
| Quote Type | EQUITY |
| Recommendation Key | none |
| Region | US |
| Regular Market Change | -1.03 |
| Regular Market Change Percent | -11.8255 |
| Regular Market Day High | 8.73 |
| Regular Market Day Low | 7.35 |
| Regular Market Day Range | 7.35 - 8.73 |
| Regular Market Open | 8.47 |
| Regular Market Previous Close | 8.71 |
| Regular Market Price | 7.68 |
| Regular Market Time | 1,781,294,401 |
| Regular Market Volume | 2,107,235 |
| Return On Assets | -0.40451 |
| Return On Equity | -0.86246 |
| Revenue Growth | 2.325 |
| Revenue Per Share | 0.027 |
| Sand P52 Week Change | 0.23177934 |
| Sector | Technology |
| Sector Disp | Technology |
| Sector Key | technology |
| Shares Outstanding | 9,461,887 |
| Shares Percent Shares Out | 0.1476 |
| Shares Short | 1,396,566 |
| Shares Short Previous Month Date | 1,777,507,200 |
| Shares Short Prior Month | 1,211,639 |
| Short Name | Ascent Solar Technologies, Inc |
| Short Percent Of Float | 0.1481 |
| Short Ratio | 0.77 |
| Source Interval | 15 |
| State | CO |
| Symbol | ASTI |
| Target High Price | 20.0 |
| Target Low Price | 20.0 |
| Target Mean Price | 20.0 |
| Target Median Price | 20.0 |
| Total Cash | 16,072,394 |
| Total Cash Per Share | 1.699 |
| Total Debt | 1,303,220 |
| Total Revenue | 113,093 |
| Tradeable | 0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Rate | 0.0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Trailing Eps | -2.23 |
| Trailing Peg Ratio | None |
| Triggerable | 1 |
| Two Hundred Day Average | 4.055875 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change | 3.624125 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent | 0.8935495 |
| Type Disp | Equity |
| Volume | 2,107,235 |
| Website | https://ascentsolar.com |
| Zip | 80,241 |