Gulf Resources, Inc. (GURE)Basic Materials | Chemicals | Shouguang, China | NasdaqCM
3.90 USD
+0.48
(14.035%)
⇧
(Aug. 28, 2026, 4 p.m.
EDT)
After hours: 3.68 -0.22 (-0.220%) ⇩ (Aug. 28, 2026, 5:30 p.m. EDT) |
Hot Take ↕ | Aug. 22, 2026, 4:44 a.m. EDT
The investment case for this chemical company is effectively nonexistent due to a catastrophic multi-year decline in share price and a complete absence of profitability. Over the last nine years, the stock has lost nearly 91% of its value, driven by six consecutive years of negative annual returns, including a brutal 56% drop in 2023. This persistent downward trajectory confirms that the market views the underlying business as deteriorating rather than undervalued. Fundamentally, the company is bleeding cash with negative operating margins, negative free cash flow, and a return on equity of -43%, while carrying debt significantly higher than its book value. There is no dividend to provide income, and the recent price action shows only a fragile, low-volume bounce off multi-year lows without any convincing momentum to suggest a reversal. The statistical forecast models also lean negative, reinforcing the view that the current weakness is likely to persist in the near term. |
| Model | MAE |
|---|---|
| AutoTheta ✓ | 0.049594 |
| AutoARIMA | 0.207109 |
| AutoETS | 0.207122 |
| MSTL | 0.221882 |
Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoTheta
| Forecast Reliability | |
|---|---|
| Score | 35% |
| H-stat | 1.00 |
| Ljung-Box p | 0.000 |
| Jarque-Bera p | 0.302 |
| Excess Kurtosis | -1.13 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Sector | Basic Materials |
| Debt to Equity Ratio | 16.245 |
| Revenue per Share | 19.069 |
| Market Cap | 7,072,771 |
| Beta | -0.09 |
| Profit Margins | -172.79% |
| Website | https://www.gulfresourcesinc.com |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| 52 Week Change | -0.525 |
| Address1 | Vegetable Building |
| Address2 | Level 11 Ind. Park of the E. Shouguang City |
| All Time High | 747.0 |
| All Time Low | 2.04 |
| Ask | 3.5 |
| Ask Size | 1 |
| Average Daily Volume10 Day | 5,560 |
| Average Daily Volume3 Month | 9,719 |
| Average Volume | 9,719 |
| Average Volume10Days | 5,560 |
| Beta | -0.086 |
| Bid | 4.1 |
| Bid Size | 1 |
| Book Value | 72.41 |
| City | Shouguang |
| Compensation As Of Epoch Date | 1,767,139,200 |
| Country | China |
| Crypto Tradeable | 0 |
| Currency | USD |
| Current Price | 3.9 |
| Current Ratio | 2.981 |
| Custom Price Alert Confidence | HIGH |
| Date Short Interest | 1,786,665,600 |
| Day High | 3.9 |
| Day Low | 3.36 |
| Debt To Equity | 16.245 |
| Display Name | Gulf Resources |
| Dividend Date | 1,580,169,600 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp End | 1,732,107,600 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp Start | 1,732,107,600 |
| Earnings Timestamp End | 1,747,169,100 |
| Earnings Timestamp Start | 1,747,169,100 |
| Ebitda | 7,692,994 |
| Ebitda Margins | 0.30266002 |
| Enterprise To Ebitda | 3.273 |
| Enterprise To Revenue | 0.991 |
| Enterprise Value | 25,178,168 |
| Eps Trailing Twelve Months | -37.57 |
| Esg Populated | 0 |
| Exchange | NCM |
| Exchange Data Delayed By | 0 |
| Exchange Timezone Name | America/New_York |
| Exchange Timezone Short Name | EDT |
| Fifty Day Average | 3.4698 |
| Fifty Day Average Change | 0.4302001 |
| Fifty Day Average Change Percent | 0.12398412 |
| Fifty Two Week Change Percent | -52.499996 |
| Fifty Two Week High | 11.83 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change | -7.93 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change Percent | -0.67032963 |
| Fifty Two Week Low | 2.04 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change | 1.8600001 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent | 0.9117648 |
| Fifty Two Week Range | 2.04 - 11.83 |
| Financial Currency | USD |
| First Trade Date Milliseconds | 1,161,610,200,000 |
| Float Shares | 1,399,139 |
| Free Cashflow | -18,559,524 |
| Full Exchange Name | NasdaqCM |
| Full Time Employees | 355 |
| Fullday Change | 0.48 |
| Fullday Change Percent | 14.0351 |
| Fullday Price | 3.6802 |
| Gmt Off Set Milliseconds | -14,400,000 |
| Gross Margins | -0.115609996 |
| Gross Profits | -2,938,626 |
| Has Pre Post Market Data | 1 |
| Held Percent Insiders | 0.23148 |
| Held Percent Institutions | 0.02675 |
| Implied Shares Outstanding | 1,813,531 |
| Industry | Chemicals |
| Industry Disp | Chemicals |
| Industry Key | chemicals |
| Ipo Expected Date | 2,025-12-05 |
| Is Earnings Date Estimate | 0 |
| Language | en-US |
| Last Fiscal Year End | 1,767,139,200 |
| Last Split Date | 1,761,523,200 |
| Last Split Factor | 1:10 |
| Long Business Summary | Gulf Resources, Inc., through its subsidiaries, manufactures and trades in bromine and crude salt in the People's Republic of China. The company operates through four segments: Bromine, Crude Salt, Chemical Products, and Natural Gas. It provides bromine for the manufacturing of various bromine compounds for applications in industry and agriculture, intermediates in organic synthesis, brominated flame retardants, fumigants, water purification compounds, dyes, medicines, and disinfectants. The company also offers crude salt for applications in alkali and chlorine alkali production, as well as chemical, food and beverage, and other industries. In addition, it manufactures and sells chemical products for use in oil and gas field exploration, oil and gas distribution, oil field drilling, papermaking chemical agents, and inorganic chemicals; materials that are used for human and animal antibiotics; and engaged in the exploration and development of natural gas and brine resources. Gulf Resources, Inc. is headquartered in Shouguang, the People's Republic of China. |
| Long Name | Gulf Resources, Inc. |
| Market | us_market |
| Market Cap | 7,072,771 |
| Market State | CLOSED |
| Max Age | 86,400 |
| Message Board Id | finmb_31268110 |
| Most Recent Quarter | 1,767,139,200 |
| Net Income To Common | -43,920,232 |
| Next Fiscal Year End | 1,798,675,200 |
| Non Diluted Market Cap | 6,202,276 |
| Open | 3.36 |
| Operating Cashflow | 7,802,497 |
| Operating Margins | -0.44724998 |
| Payout Ratio | 0.0 |
| Peg Ratio | 0.09 |
| Phone | 86 53 6567 0008 |
| Post Market Change | -0.2198 |
| Post Market Change Percent | -5.635897 |
| Post Market Price | 3.6802 |
| Post Market Time | 1,787,952,622 |
| Previous Close | 3.42 |
| Price Hint | 4 |
| Price To Book | 0.053859964 |
| Price To Sales Trailing12 Months | 0.2782547 |
| Profit Margins | -1.7278999 |
| Quick Ratio | 0.693 |
| Quote Source Name | Nasdaq Real Time Price |
| Quote Type | EQUITY |
| Recommendation Key | none |
| Region | US |
| Regular Market Change | 0.48000002 |
| Regular Market Change Percent | 14.035088 |
| Regular Market Day High | 3.9 |
| Regular Market Day Low | 3.36 |
| Regular Market Day Range | 3.36 - 3.9 |
| Regular Market Open | 3.36 |
| Regular Market Previous Close | 3.42 |
| Regular Market Price | 3.9 |
| Regular Market Time | 1,787,947,200 |
| Regular Market Volume | 10,053 |
| Return On Assets | -0.035520002 |
| Return On Equity | -0.34543 |
| Revenue Growth | 2.718 |
| Revenue Per Share | 19.069 |
| Sand P52 Week Change | 0.20504117 |
| Sector | Basic Materials |
| Sector Disp | Basic Materials |
| Sector Key | basic-materials |
| Shares Outstanding | 1,813,531 |
| Shares Percent Shares Out | 0.003 |
| Shares Short | 4,659 |
| Shares Short Previous Month Date | 1,784,073,600 |
| Shares Short Prior Month | 1,111 |
| Short Name | Gulf Resources, Inc. |
| Short Percent Of Float | 0.0036000002 |
| Short Ratio | 0.61 |
| Source Interval | 15 |
| Symbol | GURE |
| Total Cash | 3,793 |
| Total Cash Per Share | 0.002 |
| Total Debt | 18,109,192 |
| Total Revenue | 25,418,336 |
| Tradeable | 0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Rate | 0.0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Trailing Eps | -37.57 |
| Trailing Peg Ratio | None |
| Triggerable | 1 |
| Two Hundred Day Average | 4.26665 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change | -0.3666501 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent | -0.08593395 |
| Type Disp | Equity |
| Volume | 10,053 |
| Website | https://www.gulfresourcesinc.com |
| Zip | 262,700 |