Critical Metals Corp. (CRML)Basic Materials | Other Industrial Metals & Mining | New York, United States | NasdaqGM
7.12 USD
-0.92
(-11.443%) ⇩
(Aug. 28, 2026, 4 p.m.
EDT)
After hours: 7.27 +0.15 (2.063%) ⇧ (Aug. 28, 2026, 7:59 p.m. EDT) |
Hot Take ↕ | Aug. 22, 2026, 1:36 a.m. EDT
The investment case here is fundamentally broken. The company is hemorrhaging cash with operating margins of -45%, negative free cash flow, and a return on equity of -141%. The balance sheet is fragile with a current ratio below 0.75 and significant debt relative to equity. While the stock recently rallied off a low, the price action is merely a technical bounce against a wall of selling pressure; the 52-week range shows the stock has lost nearly 80% of its value from highs, and the trailing twelve-month performance is a catastrophic -35% decline. The market is pricing in a severe restructuring or failure, evidenced by the massive put option walls at strikes well above the current price. There is no dividend to provide income, and the speculative 'mineral boom' narrative is currently outweighed by the reality of insolvency risks. This is a high-risk speculative vehicle, not an investment. |
| Model | MAE |
|---|---|
| AutoARIMA ✓ | 0.278716 |
| AutoETS | 0.282484 |
| AutoTheta | 0.282561 |
| MSTL | 0.298652 |
Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoARIMA
| Forecast Reliability | |
|---|---|
| Score | 29% |
| H-stat | 3.45 |
| Ljung-Box p | 0.000 |
| Jarque-Bera p | 0.262 |
| Excess Kurtosis | -0.50 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Sector | Basic Materials |
| Debt to Equity Ratio | 1.651 |
| Revenue per Share | 0.007 |
| Market Cap | 1,045,847,872 |
| Forward P/E | -37.47 |
| Beta | 1.91 |
| Website | https://www.criticalmetalscorp.com |
As of Aug. 22, 2026, 1:36 a.m. EDT: Speculators are positioning heavily for downside protection with massive open interest in out-of-the-money puts (strikes 10.0, 12.5, 15.0) acting as a floor, while call volume remains thin relative to put volume. The implied volatility surface shows elevated premiums for deep OTM puts, suggesting a market consensus that the stock could fall significantly further despite the recent bounce.
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| 52 Week Change | 0.2244196 |
| Address1 | 712 Fifth Ave |
| Address2 | 11th floor |
| All Time High | 32.15 |
| All Time Low | 1.23 |
| Ask | 8.46 |
| Ask Size | 2 |
| Average Daily Volume10 Day | 10,147,940 |
| Average Daily Volume3 Month | 6,556,404 |
| Average Volume | 6,556,404 |
| Average Volume10Days | 10,147,940 |
| Beta | 1.913 |
| Bid | 5.3 |
| Bid Size | 1 |
| Book Value | 1.186 |
| City | New York |
| Country | United States |
| Crypto Tradeable | 0 |
| Currency | USD |
| Current Price | 7.12 |
| Current Ratio | 0.747 |
| Custom Price Alert Confidence | HIGH |
| Date Short Interest | 1,786,665,600 |
| Day High | 8.3 |
| Day Low | 7.0201 |
| Debt To Equity | 1.651 |
| Display Name | Critical Metals |
| Earnings Timestamp End | 1,742,381,940 |
| Earnings Timestamp Start | 1,742,381,940 |
| Ebitda | -51,798,968 |
| Ebitda Margins | 0.0 |
| Enterprise To Ebitda | -15.163 |
| Enterprise To Revenue | 1,021.905 |
| Enterprise Value | 785,408,768 |
| Eps Current Year | -0.2 |
| Eps Forward | -0.19 |
| Eps Trailing Twelve Months | -1.26 |
| Esg Populated | 0 |
| Exchange | NGM |
| Exchange Data Delayed By | 0 |
| Exchange Timezone Name | America/New_York |
| Exchange Timezone Short Name | EDT |
| Fifty Day Average | 7.4696 |
| Fifty Day Average Change | -0.34960032 |
| Fifty Day Average Change Percent | -0.046803083 |
| Fifty Two Week Change Percent | 22.44196 |
| Fifty Two Week High | 32.15 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change | -25.030003 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change Percent | -0.77853817 |
| Fifty Two Week Low | 5.115 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change | 2.005 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent | 0.3919844 |
| Fifty Two Week Range | 5.115 - 32.15 |
| Financial Currency | USD |
| First Trade Date Milliseconds | 1,644,244,200,000 |
| Float Shares | 68,160,373 |
| Forward Eps | -0.19 |
| Forward P E | -37.473682 |
| Free Cashflow | 52,104,744 |
| Full Exchange Name | NasdaqGM |
| Full Time Employees | 4 |
| Fullday Change | -0.92 |
| Fullday Change Percent | -11.4428 |
| Fullday Price | 7.2669 |
| Gmt Off Set Milliseconds | -14,400,000 |
| Gross Margins | 1.0 |
| Gross Profits | 768,573 |
| Has Pre Post Market Data | 1 |
| Held Percent Insiders | 0.42856 |
| Held Percent Institutions | 0.20908001 |
| Implied Shares Outstanding | 146,888,753 |
| Industry | Other Industrial Metals & Mining |
| Industry Disp | Other Industrial Metals & Mining |
| Industry Key | other-industrial-metals-mining |
| Ipo Expected Date | 2,024-02-28 |
| Is Earnings Date Estimate | 0 |
| Language | en-US |
| Last Fiscal Year End | 1,751,241,600 |
| Long Business Summary | Critical Metals Corp. operates as a mining exploration and development company in Austria and Southern Greenland. The company explores for lithium and rare earth element deposits. The company is headquartered in New York, New York. |
| Long Name | Critical Metals Corp. |
| Market | us_market |
| Market Cap | 1,045,847,872 |
| Market State | CLOSED |
| Max Age | 86,400 |
| Message Board Id | finmb_553118868 |
| Most Recent Quarter | 1,767,139,200 |
| Net Income To Common | -153,310,656 |
| Next Fiscal Year End | 1,782,777,600 |
| Non Diluted Market Cap | 1,179,516,686 |
| Number Of Analyst Opinions | 2 |
| Open | 7.97 |
| Operating Cashflow | -31,071,168 |
| Operating Margins | -45.16065 |
| Payout Ratio | 0.0 |
| Phone | 631-802-2765 |
| Post Market Change | 0.14690018 |
| Post Market Change Percent | 2.0632048 |
| Post Market Price | 7.2669 |
| Post Market Time | 1,787,961,545 |
| Previous Close | 8.04 |
| Price Eps Current Year | -35.6 |
| Price Hint | 2 |
| Price To Book | 6.0033727 |
| Price To Sales Trailing12 Months | 1,360.7659 |
| Profit Margins | 0.0 |
| Quick Ratio | 0.747 |
| Quote Source Name | Nasdaq Real Time Price |
| Quote Type | EQUITY |
| Recommendation Key | none |
| Region | US |
| Regular Market Change | -0.92 |
| Regular Market Change Percent | -11.4428 |
| Regular Market Day High | 8.3 |
| Regular Market Day Low | 7.0201 |
| Regular Market Day Range | 7.0201 - 8.3 |
| Regular Market Open | 7.97 |
| Regular Market Previous Close | 8.04 |
| Regular Market Price | 7.12 |
| Regular Market Time | 1,787,947,201 |
| Regular Market Volume | 8,901,683 |
| Return On Assets | -0.15654 |
| Return On Equity | -1.40977 |
| Revenue Growth | 0.578 |
| Revenue Per Share | 0.007 |
| Sand P52 Week Change | 0.20204377 |
| Sector | Basic Materials |
| Sector Disp | Basic Materials |
| Sector Key | basic-materials |
| Shares Outstanding | 146,888,753 |
| Shares Percent Shares Out | 0.1519 |
| Shares Short | 22,315,102 |
| Shares Short Previous Month Date | 1,784,073,600 |
| Shares Short Prior Month | 17,105,622 |
| Short Name | Critical Metals Corp. |
| Short Percent Of Float | 0.3089 |
| Short Ratio | 3.71 |
| Source Interval | 15 |
| State | NY |
| Symbol | CRML |
| Target High Price | 18.0 |
| Target Low Price | 8.0 |
| Target Mean Price | 13.0 |
| Target Median Price | 13.0 |
| Total Cash | 80,923,696 |
| Total Cash Per Share | 0.667 |
| Total Debt | 2,375,617 |
| Total Revenue | 768,573 |
| Tradeable | 0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Rate | 0.0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Trailing Eps | -1.26 |
| Trailing Peg Ratio | None |
| Triggerable | 1 |
| Two Hundred Day Average | 9.748975 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change | -2.628975 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent | -0.26966682 |
| Type Disp | Equity |
| Volume | 8,901,683 |
| Website | https://www.criticalmetalscorp.com |
| Zip | 10,019 |