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 | MAE |
|---|---|
| AutoARIMA ✓ | 0.003780 |
| AutoTheta | 0.004238 |
| AutoETS | 0.004238 |
| MSTL | 0.004416 |
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.
| 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 |