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Cantor Equity Partners I, Inc. (CEPO)

Financial Services | Shell Companies | New York, United States | NasdaqGM
10.61 USD +0.01 (0.142%) ⇧ (April 17, 2026, 4 p.m. EDT)
After hours: 10.59 -0.02 (-0.020%) ⇩ (April 17, 2026, 4:20 p.m. EDT)

Short-term: ★★☆☆☆ | Long-term: ☆☆☆☆☆ | Dividends: ☆☆☆☆☆
Hot Take | April 18, 2026, 11:58 p.m. EDT

Extreme value trap with speculative merger hopes. The company is technically insolvent according to provided data (Negative Book Value of -$0.658/down 16x, >99% Current Ratio debt-to-assets) and has zero earnings or dividends. The 'hot' signal is purely binary: either the SPAC merger with Twenty One Capital (noted in news) completes well (driving the August call positioning) or it fails/is a shell with no assets. Given -326M market cap vs Debt of 485k with negative book value, the fundamental floor is zero unless the crypto/merger works. Do not buy the current price based on fundamentals; strictly a high-risk rights-play on an upcoming equity event.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
AutoARIMA ✓0.003780
AutoTheta0.004238
AutoETS0.004238
MSTL0.004416

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoARIMA

Forecast Reliability
Score 27%
H-stat 15.15
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.012
Excess Kurtosis 0.35
Attribute Value
Sector Financial Services
Market Cap 270,554,976

As of April 18, 2026, 11:58 p.m. EDT: Despite extremely low realized volume, open interest concentration in the August 2026 expiration shows significant bullish positioning (OTM OI) at deep levels ($20 strike with 88.5% increase in OI) and call volume, suggesting speculative 'lottery ticket' bets on a massive future catalyst. Conversely, massive bearish Put OI is entrenched in deep OTM strikes ($2.5, $5.0) for May/August, likely representing pre-SPAC merger downside insurance or hedging against a failed combination. The short-dated options (April/May) show near-zero volume/activity, indicating the market is pricing in a period of stagnation until the next event date, with IV remaining low at-the-money but spiked slightly for specific strikes.


Info Dump

Attribute Value
52 Week Change 0.022158027
Address1 110 East 59th Street
All Time High 16.5
All Time Low 10.04
Ask 13.56
Ask Size 2
Average Daily Volume10 Day 96,600
Average Daily Volume3 Month 43,791
Average Volume 43,791
Average Volume10Days 96,600
Bid 7.63
Bid Size 2
Book Value -0.658
City New York
Country United States
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Current Price 10.61
Current Ratio 0.265
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Date Short Interest 1,774,915,200
Day High 10.61
Day Low 10.595
Display Name Cantor Equity Partners I
Earnings Timestamp End 1,758,744,000
Earnings Timestamp Start 1,757,448,000
Ebitda Margins 0.0
Enterprise Value 271,015,488
Eps Trailing Twelve Months -0.27
Esg Populated 0
Exchange NGM
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 10.49478
Fifty Day Average Change 0.11522007
Fifty Day Average Change Percent 0.010978798
Fifty Two Week Change Percent 2.2158027
Fifty Two Week High 16.5
Fifty Two Week High Change -5.8900003
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.3569697
Fifty Two Week Low 10.27
Fifty Two Week Low Change 0.3399992
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.033106055
Fifty Two Week Range 10.27 - 16.5
Financial Currency USD
First Trade Date Milliseconds 1,736,260,200,000
Float Shares 13,010,610
Full Exchange Name NasdaqGM
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Gross Margins 0.0
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Held Percent Insiders 0.14634
Held Percent Institutions 0.78976995
Implied Shares Outstanding 25,500,000
Industry Shell Companies
Industry Disp Shell Companies
Industry Key shell-companies
Ipo Expected Date 2,025-01-07
Is Earnings Date Estimate 1
Language en-US
Last Fiscal Year End 1,767,139,200
Long Business Summary Cantor Equity Partners I, Inc. does not have significant operations. The company intends to effect a merger, capital share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, reorganization, or related business combination with one or more businesses. It intends to focus its search on targets in financial services, healthcare, real estate services, technology, and software industries. Cantor Equity Partners I, Inc. was incorporated in 2020 and is based in New York, New York.
Long Name Cantor Equity Partners I, Inc.
Market us_market
Market Cap 270,554,976
Market State PREPRE
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_1902686226
Most Recent Quarter 1,767,139,200
Net Income To Common -6,656,942
Next Fiscal Year End 1,798,675,200
Non Diluted Market Cap 270,427,500
Open 10.595
Operating Cashflow 52,578
Operating Margins 0.0
Payout Ratio 0.0
Phone 212 938 5000
Post Market Change -0.019899368
Post Market Change Percent -0.18755296
Post Market Price 10.5901
Post Market Time 1,776,457,226
Previous Close 10.595
Price Hint 2
Price To Book -16.12462
Profit Margins 0.0
Quick Ratio 0.031
Quote Source Name Nasdaq Real Time Price
Quote Type EQUITY
Recommendation Key none
Region US
Regular Market Change 0.0149994
Regular Market Change Percent 0.14157
Regular Market Day High 10.61
Regular Market Day Low 10.595
Regular Market Day Range 10.595 - 10.61
Regular Market Open 10.595
Regular Market Previous Close 10.595
Regular Market Price 10.61
Regular Market Time 1,776,456,000
Regular Market Volume 36,976
Return On Assets -0.00585
Sand P52 Week Change 0.38150132
Sector Financial Services
Sector Disp Financial Services
Sector Key financial-services
Shares Outstanding 20,500,000
Shares Percent Shares Out 0.0005
Shares Short 12,606
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,772,150,400
Shares Short Prior Month 13,093
Short Name Cantor Equity Partners I, Inc.
Short Percent Of Float 0.0007
Short Ratio 0.43
Source Interval 15
State NY
Symbol CEPO
Total Cash 25,000
Total Cash Per Share 0.001
Total Debt 485,504
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 0.0
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.0
Trailing Eps -0.27
Trailing Peg Ratio None
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 10.6552
Two Hundred Day Average Change -0.045200348
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent -0.004242093
Type Disp Equity
Volume 36,976
Zip 10,022