Atomera Incorporated (ATOM)Technology | Semiconductor Equipment & Materials | Los Gatos, United States | NasdaqCM
4.20 USD
-0.27
(-6.040%) ⇩
(Aug. 28, 2026, 4 p.m.
EDT)
After hours: 4.21 +0.01 (0.190%) ⇧ (Aug. 28, 2026, 7:30 p.m. EDT) |
Hot Take ↕ | Aug. 22, 2026, 1:32 a.m. EDT
The investment case for Atomera is fundamentally broken. The company is hemorrhaging cash with gross margins of -78% and operating margins of -43%, while trading at a price-to-sales ratio of 811x—a valuation metric that makes no sense for a business losing money. Despite a recent 18% price recovery, the underlying reality remains dire: the stock has lost nearly 59% of its value over the last nine years, and the most recent annual data shows a massive -55% drop. This is not a temporary setback; it is a structural failure where the market has correctly priced out the business model. The options market confirms this despair, with traders buying deep out-of-the-money puts to insure against further ruin rather than betting on a comeback. There is no catalyst here to justify a turnaround, and the balance sheet offers no safety net. Avoid this security entirely. |
| Model | MAE |
|---|---|
| AutoARIMA ✓ | 0.296920 |
| AutoTheta | 0.306666 |
| AutoETS | 0.308687 |
| MSTL | 0.315371 |
Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoARIMA
| Forecast Reliability | |
|---|---|
| Score | 25% |
| H-stat | 24.53 |
| Ljung-Box p | 0.000 |
| Jarque-Bera p | 0.205 |
| Excess Kurtosis | -1.29 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Sector | Technology |
| Debt to Equity Ratio | 3.14 |
| Revenue per Share | 0.007 |
| Market Cap | 163,900,960 |
| Forward P/E | -7.92 |
| Beta | 2.06 |
| Website | https://atomera.com |
As of Aug. 22, 2026, 1:32 a.m. EDT: Speculators are aggressively positioning for downside protection, evidenced by massive open interest in out-of-the-money puts (strikes $2.50 and $7.50) compared to negligible call volume. Implied volatility is significantly higher for puts than calls, indicating a market consensus of potential collapse rather than a rally. The heavy concentration of put volume at strikes far below the current price suggests a 'buy the bottom' strategy is failing, with traders expecting further deterioration.
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| 52 Week Change | 0.38819873 |
| Address1 | 750 University Avenue |
| Address2 | Suite 280 |
| All Time High | 47.13 |
| All Time Low | 1.892 |
| Ask | 5.4 |
| Ask Size | 2 |
| Audit Risk | 9 |
| Average Daily Volume10 Day | 451,840 |
| Average Daily Volume3 Month | 801,330 |
| Average Volume | 801,330 |
| Average Volume10Days | 451,840 |
| Beta | 2.06 |
| Bid | 3.17 |
| Bid Size | 2 |
| Board Risk | 3 |
| Book Value | 0.95 |
| City | Los Gatos |
| Compensation As Of Epoch Date | 1,767,139,200 |
| Compensation Risk | 8 |
| Country | United States |
| Crypto Tradeable | 0 |
| Currency | USD |
| Current Price | 4.2 |
| Current Ratio | 17.024 |
| Custom Price Alert Confidence | HIGH |
| Date Short Interest | 1,786,665,600 |
| Day High | 4.4877 |
| Day Low | 4.185 |
| Debt To Equity | 3.14 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp End | 1,785,877,200 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp Start | 1,785,877,200 |
| Earnings Timestamp | 1,785,873,600 |
| Earnings Timestamp End | 1,793,131,200 |
| Earnings Timestamp Start | 1,793,131,200 |
| Ebitda | -22,591,000 |
| Ebitda Margins | 0.0 |
| Enterprise To Ebitda | -5.609 |
| Enterprise To Revenue | 550.926 |
| Enterprise Value | 126,712,976 |
| Eps Current Year | -0.48 |
| Eps Forward | -0.53 |
| Eps Trailing Twelve Months | -0.61 |
| Esg Populated | 0 |
| Exchange | NCM |
| Exchange Data Delayed By | 0 |
| Exchange Timezone Name | America/New_York |
| Exchange Timezone Short Name | EDT |
| Fifty Day Average | 6.0222 |
| Fifty Day Average Change | -1.8222003 |
| Fifty Day Average Change Percent | -0.3025805 |
| Fifty Two Week Change Percent | 38.819874 |
| Fifty Two Week High | 12.365 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change | -8.165 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change Percent | -0.6603316 |
| Fifty Two Week Low | 1.892 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change | 2.3079998 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent | 1.2198731 |
| Fifty Two Week Range | 1.892 - 12.365 |
| Financial Currency | USD |
| First Trade Date Milliseconds | 1,470,663,000,000 |
| Float Shares | 37,733,127 |
| Forward Eps | -0.53 |
| Forward P E | -7.9245286 |
| Free Cashflow | -7,217,250 |
| Full Exchange Name | NasdaqCM |
| Full Time Employees | 21 |
| Fullday Change | -0.27 |
| Fullday Change Percent | -6.04027 |
| Fullday Price | 4.208 |
| Gmt Off Set Milliseconds | -14,400,000 |
| Governance Epoch Date | 1,785,542,400 |
| Gross Margins | -0.78696 |
| Gross Profits | -181,000 |
| Has Pre Post Market Data | 1 |
| Held Percent Insiders | 0.0352 |
| Held Percent Institutions | 0.54408 |
| Implied Shares Outstanding | 39,024,042 |
| Industry | Semiconductor Equipment & Materials |
| Industry Disp | Semiconductor Equipment & Materials |
| Industry Key | semiconductor-equipment-materials |
| Is Earnings Date Estimate | 0 |
| Language | en-US |
| Last Fiscal Year End | 1,767,139,200 |
| Long Business Summary | Atomera Incorporated engages in the developing, commercializing, and licensing proprietary processes and technologies for the semiconductor industry in North America and Europe. The company's lead technology is the Mears Silicon Technology, a thin film of reengineered silicon that can be applied as a transistor channel enhancement to CMOS-type transistors. Its customers include foundries, integrated device manufacturers, fabless semiconductor manufacturers, original equipment manufacturers, wafer manufacturers, and electronic design automation companies. Atomera Incorporated was formerly known as Mears Technologies, Inc. and changed its name to Atomera Incorporated in January 2016. The company was incorporated in 2001 and is headquartered in Los Gatos, California. |
| Long Name | Atomera Incorporated |
| Market | us_market |
| Market Cap | 163,900,960 |
| Market State | CLOSED |
| Max Age | 86,400 |
| Message Board Id | finmb_39088201 |
| Most Recent Quarter | 1,782,777,600 |
| Net Income To Common | -22,407,000 |
| Next Fiscal Year End | 1,798,675,200 |
| Non Diluted Market Cap | 174,827,708 |
| Number Of Analyst Opinions | 1 |
| Open | 4.41 |
| Operating Cashflow | -15,088,000 |
| Operating Margins | -42.77848 |
| Overall Risk | 5 |
| Payout Ratio | 0.0 |
| Phone | 408 442 5248 |
| Post Market Change | 0.008000374 |
| Post Market Change Percent | 0.1904851 |
| Post Market Price | 4.208 |
| Post Market Time | 1,787,959,806 |
| Previous Close | 4.47 |
| Price Eps Current Year | -8.75 |
| Price Hint | 4 |
| Price To Book | 4.4210525 |
| Price To Sales Trailing12 Months | 712.61285 |
| Profit Margins | 0.0 |
| Quick Ratio | 16.788 |
| Quote Source Name | Nasdaq Real Time Price |
| Quote Type | EQUITY |
| Recommendation Key | none |
| Region | US |
| Regular Market Change | -0.27 |
| Regular Market Change Percent | -6.04027 |
| Regular Market Day High | 4.4877 |
| Regular Market Day Low | 4.185 |
| Regular Market Day Range | 4.185 - 4.4877 |
| Regular Market Open | 4.41 |
| Regular Market Previous Close | 4.47 |
| Regular Market Price | 4.2 |
| Regular Market Time | 1,787,947,201 |
| Regular Market Volume | 402,813 |
| Return On Assets | -0.45656 |
| Return On Equity | -0.76781 |
| Revenue Per Share | 0.007 |
| Sand P52 Week Change | 0.20504117 |
| Sector | Technology |
| Sector Disp | Technology |
| Sector Key | technology |
| Share Holder Rights Risk | 3 |
| Shares Outstanding | 39,024,042 |
| Shares Percent Shares Out | 0.1724 |
| Shares Short | 6,727,816 |
| Shares Short Previous Month Date | 1,784,073,600 |
| Shares Short Prior Month | 6,176,765 |
| Short Name | Atomera Incorporated |
| Short Percent Of Float | 0.17809999 |
| Short Ratio | 10.79 |
| Source Interval | 15 |
| State | CA |
| Symbol | ATOM |
| Target High Price | 10.0 |
| Target Low Price | 10.0 |
| Target Mean Price | 10.0 |
| Target Median Price | 10.0 |
| Total Cash | 38,352,000 |
| Total Cash Per Share | 0.983 |
| Total Debt | 1,164,000 |
| Total Revenue | 230,000 |
| Tradeable | 0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Rate | 0.0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Trailing Eps | -0.61 |
| Trailing Peg Ratio | None |
| Triggerable | 1 |
| Two Hundred Day Average | 5.14945 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change | -0.94945 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent | -0.18437892 |
| Type Disp | Equity |
| Volume | 402,813 |
| Website | https://atomera.com |
| Zip | 95,032 |