ATS Corporation (ATS)Industrials | Specialty Industrial Machinery | Cambridge, Canada | NYSE
18.05 USD
+0.79
(4.577%)
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(Oct. 15, 2026, 2:08 p.m.
EDT)
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Hot Take ↕ | Oct. 10, 2026, 9:10 a.m. EDT
The investment case for ATS is currently bifurcated between a deteriorating business reality and aggressive speculative positioning. Fundamentally, the company is struggling; revenue has contracted by nearly 6%, and the market has punished the stock with a brutal multi-year decline, dropping over 40% from its peak just two years ago. While the forward P/E looks attractive at roughly 13x, this is a classic value trap where the low multiple reflects the eroding top-line growth rather than a bargain. The balance sheet carries significant debt relative to equity, and the lack of any dividend history eliminates income appeal. However, the short-term outlook is being driven entirely by options flow rather than fundamentals. Traders are pouring capital into call options, betting on a sharp reversal or a catalyst-driven rally, while ignoring the weak statistical forecasts and the company's poor recent performance. This disconnect suggests the stock is being treated as a speculative vehicle for a bounce rather than a core holding for recovery. Until the revenue trajectory stabilizes and the price history stops showing consecutive annual declines, the long-term thesis remains weak, leaving the stock as a high-risk, low-quality play dependent on short-term sentiment. |
| Model | MAE |
|---|---|
| MSTL ✓ | 0.253059 |
| AutoETS | 0.255806 |
| AutoTheta | 0.256589 |
| AutoARIMA | 0.262882 |
Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: MSTL
| Forecast Reliability | |
|---|---|
| Score | 36% |
| H-stat | 3.11 |
| Ljung-Box p | 0.000 |
| Jarque-Bera p | 0.000 |
| Excess Kurtosis | 0.75 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Sector | Industrials |
| Debt to Equity Ratio | 78.298 |
| Revenue per Share | 29.895 |
| Market Cap | 1,771,190,400 |
| Trailing P/E | 51.57 |
| Forward P/E | 13.25 |
| Beta | 1.12 |
| Profit Margins | 1.61% |
| Previous Name | ATS Automation Tooling Systems Inc. |
| Website | https://www.atsautomation.com |
As of Oct. 10, 2026, 9:10 a.m. EDT: Speculators are overwhelmingly bullish on the near-to-intermediate term, evidenced by massive open interest in out-of-the-money calls (85% of total call volume) and significant positioning at strikes like $22.50 and $35.00. Conversely, put activity is negligible, with almost no open interest beyond the immediate expiration, indicating a lack of hedging against downside moves despite the elevated implied volatility in December expirations.
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| 52 Week Change | -0.34818733 |
| Address1 | Building No.2 |
| Address2 | 730 Fountain Street North |
| All Time High | 48.89 |
| All Time Low | 5.39 |
| Ask | 18.11 |
| Ask Size | 500 |
| Audit Risk | 10 |
| Average Daily Volume10 Day | 194,070 |
| Average Daily Volume3 Month | 247,643 |
| Average Volume | 247,643 |
| Average Volume10Days | 194,070 |
| Beta | 1.118 |
| Bid | 18.05 |
| Bid Size | 300 |
| Board Risk | 8 |
| Book Value | 13.02829 |
| City | Cambridge |
| Compensation As Of Epoch Date | 1,798,675,200 |
| Compensation Risk | 10 |
| Country | Canada |
| Crypto Tradeable | 0 |
| Currency | USD |
| Current Price | 18.05 |
| Current Ratio | 1.633 |
| Custom Price Alert Confidence | HIGH |
| Date Short Interest | 1,790,726,400 |
| Day High | 18.1 |
| Day Low | 17.16 |
| Debt To Equity | 78.298 |
| Display Name | ATS |
| Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp End | 1,786,019,400 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp Start | 1,786,019,400 |
| Earnings Timestamp | 1,786,019,400 |
| Earnings Timestamp End | 1,793,822,400 |
| Earnings Timestamp Start | 1,793,822,400 |
| Ebitda | 302,511,008 |
| Ebitda Margins | 0.10325 |
| Enterprise To Ebitda | 9.55 |
| Enterprise To Revenue | 0.986 |
| Enterprise Value | 2,888,867,328 |
| Eps Current Year | 1.068 |
| Eps Forward | 1.36243 |
| Eps Trailing Twelve Months | 0.35 |
| Esg Populated | 0 |
| Exchange | NYQ |
| Exchange Data Delayed By | 20 |
| Exchange Timezone Name | America/New_York |
| Exchange Timezone Short Name | EDT |
| Fax | 519-650-6545 |
| Fifty Day Average | 19.2818 |
| Fifty Day Average Change | -1.2318001 |
| Fifty Day Average Change Percent | -0.06388409 |
| Fifty Two Week Change Percent | -34.818733 |
| Fifty Two Week High | 35.82 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change | -17.77 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change Percent | -0.49609157 |
| Fifty Two Week Low | 17.16 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change | 0.8899994 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent | 0.051864766 |
| Fifty Two Week Range | 17.16 - 35.82 |
| Financial Currency | CAD |
| First Trade Date Milliseconds | 1,262,097,000,000 |
| Float Shares | 73,346,932 |
| Forward Eps | 1.36243 |
| Forward P E | 13.248386 |
| Free Cashflow | 194,623,248 |
| Full Exchange Name | NYSE |
| Full Time Employees | 7,000 |
| Fullday Change | 0.789999 |
| Fullday Change Percent | 4.577051 |
| Fullday Price | 18.05 |
| Gmt Off Set Milliseconds | -14,400,000 |
| Governance Epoch Date | 1,790,812,800 |
| Gross Margins | 0.28663 |
| Gross Profits | 839,798,976 |
| Has Pre Post Market Data | 1 |
| Held Percent Insiders | 0.0022 |
| Held Percent Institutions | 0.92526 |
| Implied Shares Outstanding | 98,126,894 |
| Industry | Specialty Industrial Machinery |
| Industry Disp | Specialty Industrial Machinery |
| Industry Key | specialty-industrial-machinery |
| Is Earnings Date Estimate | 0 |
| Language | en-US |
| Last Fiscal Year End | 1,774,915,200 |
| Long Business Summary | ATS Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the planning, designing, building, commissioning, and servicing of automated manufacturing and assembly systems worldwide. The company offers pre-automation services comprising discovery and analysis, concept development, simulation, and total cost of ownership modeling; post-automation services, including training, process optimization, preventive maintenance, emergency and on-call support, spare parts, retooling, retrofits, and equipment relocation; and contract manufacturing services, as well as after-sales services. It also provides engineering design, prototyping, process verification, specification writing, software and manufacturing process controls development, standard automation products and platforms, equipment design and build, third-party equipment qualification, procurement and integration, automation system installation, product line commissioning, validation, and documentation services. In addition, the company offers value engineering, supply chain management, and integration and manufacturing capabilities, as well as other automation products and solutions; and software and digital solutions comprising connected factory floor management systems to capture, analyze, and use real-time machine performance data to troubleshoot issues, deliver process and product solutions, prevent equipment downtime, drive operational efficiency, and unlock performance for sustainable production improvements. It serves the life sciences, transportation and mobility, consumer products, food and beverage, electronics, nuclear, packaging, warehousing and distribution, and energy markets. The company was formerly known as ATS Automation Tooling Systems Inc. and changed its name to ATS Corporation in November 2022. ATS Corporation was founded in 1978 and is headquartered in Cambridge, Canada. |
| Long Name | ATS Corporation |
| Market | us_market |
| Market Cap | 1,771,190,400 |
| Market State | REGULAR |
| Max Age | 86,400 |
| Message Board Id | finmb_880251 |
| Most Recent Quarter | 1,782,604,800 |
| Name Change Date | 2,026-10-15 |
| Net Income To Common | 47,211,000 |
| Next Fiscal Year End | 1,806,451,200 |
| Non Diluted Market Cap | 1,889,702,374 |
| Open | 17.26 |
| Operating Cashflow | 282,252,992 |
| Operating Margins | 0.06958 |
| Overall Risk | 9 |
| Payout Ratio | 0.0 |
| Phone | 519-653-6500 |
| Prev Name | ATS Automation Tooling Systems Inc. |
| Previous Close | 17.26 |
| Price Eps Current Year | 16.90075 |
| Price Hint | 2 |
| Price To Book | 1.3854465 |
| Price To Sales Trailing12 Months | 0.6045157 |
| Profit Margins | 0.01611 |
| Quick Ratio | 1.194 |
| Quote Source Name | Nasdaq Real Time Price |
| Quote Type | EQUITY |
| Recommendation Key | none |
| Region | US |
| Regular Market Change | 0.789999 |
| Regular Market Change Percent | 4.577051 |
| Regular Market Day High | 18.1 |
| Regular Market Day Low | 17.16 |
| Regular Market Day Range | 17.16 - 18.1 |
| Regular Market Open | 17.26 |
| Regular Market Previous Close | 17.26 |
| Regular Market Price | 18.05 |
| Regular Market Time | 1,792,087,710 |
| Regular Market Volume | 180,059 |
| Return On Assets | 0.02921 |
| Return On Equity | 0.026889998 |
| Revenue Growth | -0.058 |
| Revenue Per Share | 29.895 |
| Sand P52 Week Change | 0.16440773 |
| Sector | Industrials |
| Sector Disp | Industrials |
| Sector Key | industrials |
| Share Holder Rights Risk | 1 |
| Shares Outstanding | 98,126,894 |
| Shares Percent Shares Out | 0.0235 |
| Shares Short | 2,301,883 |
| Shares Short Previous Month Date | 1,788,134,400 |
| Shares Short Prior Month | 1,965,541 |
| Short Name | ATS Corporation |
| Short Ratio | 7.92 |
| Source Interval | 15 |
| State | ON |
| Symbol | ATS |
| Total Cash | 198,932,992 |
| Total Cash Per Share | 2.051 |
| Total Debt | 1,411,542,016 |
| Total Revenue | 2,929,933,056 |
| Tradeable | 0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Rate | 0.0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Trailing Eps | 0.35 |
| Trailing P E | 51.571426 |
| Trailing Peg Ratio | None |
| Triggerable | 1 |
| Two Hundred Day Average | 27.2257 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change | -9.175701 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent | -0.3370235 |
| Type Disp | Equity |
| Volume | 180,059 |
| Website | https://www.atsautomation.com |
| Zip | N3H 4R7 |