Ideal Power Inc. (IPWR)Technology | Semiconductors | Austin, United States | NasdaqCM
4.69 USD
-0.27
(-5.444%) ⇩
(Aug. 28, 2026, 4 p.m.
EDT)
After hours: 4.65 -0.04 (-0.040%) ⇩ (Aug. 28, 2026, 7:30 p.m. EDT) |
Hot Take ↕ | Aug. 22, 2026, 4:17 a.m. EDT
The long-term outlook is catastrophic. The company has endured four consecutive years of declining annual returns, with the cumulative loss over the last nine years nearly 90%. Fundamentals are broken: the business is burning cash, generating negative operating margins exceeding 500%, and trading at a forward P/E that implies negative earnings forever. Despite the stock recently rallying off multi-year lows, the underlying engine is stalled, making this a value trap rather than a bargain. The short-term rating remains neutral because the recent price action shows some life, but the structural damage to the balance sheet and revenue trajectory leaves no room for a high-conviction bullish thesis. There is no dividend to provide a floor, and the options market is betting on a miracle turnaround that the financial statements do not currently support. |
| Model | MAE |
|---|---|
| AutoARIMA ✓ | 0.135901 |
| MSTL | 0.142448 |
| AutoETS | 0.149568 |
| AutoTheta | 0.265441 |
Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoARIMA
| Forecast Reliability | |
|---|---|
| Score | 36% |
| H-stat | 0.86 |
| Ljung-Box p | 0.000 |
| Jarque-Bera p | 0.659 |
| Excess Kurtosis | -0.44 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Sector | Technology |
| Debt to Equity Ratio | 0.844 |
| Revenue per Share | 0.003 |
| Market Cap | 77,078,536 |
| Forward P/E | -4.08 |
| Beta | 1.80 |
| Website | https://www.idealpower.com |
As of Aug. 22, 2026, 4:17 a.m. EDT: Speculators are overwhelmingly bullish on the upside, evidenced by massive open interest in out-of-the-money calls (strikes 7.5 and 10.0) compared to virtually zero put activity. This creates a highly skewed gamma profile where the market is pricing in a potential surge, while downside protection is negligible.
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| 52 Week Change | -0.035019457 |
| Address1 | 5,508 Highway 290 West |
| Address2 | Suite 120 |
| All Time High | 125.9 |
| All Time Low | 1.08 |
| Ask | 4.75 |
| Ask Size | 1 |
| Average Daily Volume10 Day | 237,000 |
| Average Daily Volume3 Month | 333,290 |
| Average Volume | 333,290 |
| Average Volume10Days | 237,000 |
| Beta | 1.803 |
| Bid | 3.42 |
| Bid Size | 2 |
| Book Value | 2.586 |
| City | Austin |
| Compensation As Of Epoch Date | 1,767,139,200 |
| Country | United States |
| Crypto Tradeable | 0 |
| Currency | USD |
| Current Price | 4.69 |
| Current Ratio | 27.86 |
| Custom Price Alert Confidence | HIGH |
| Date Short Interest | 1,786,665,600 |
| Day High | 4.92 |
| Day Low | 4.55 |
| Debt To Equity | 0.844 |
| Display Name | Ideal Power |
| Dividend Date | 1,566,259,200 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp End | 1,786,629,600 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp Start | 1,786,629,600 |
| Earnings Timestamp | 1,786,624,200 |
| Earnings Timestamp End | 1,794,486,600 |
| Earnings Timestamp Start | 1,794,486,600 |
| Ebitda | -11,643,013 |
| Ebitda Margins | 0.0 |
| Enterprise To Ebitda | -3.104 |
| Enterprise To Revenue | 1,194.793 |
| Enterprise Value | 36,142,492 |
| Eps Forward | -1.15 |
| Eps Trailing Twelve Months | -0.97 |
| Esg Populated | 0 |
| Exchange | NCM |
| Exchange Data Delayed By | 0 |
| Exchange Timezone Name | America/New_York |
| Exchange Timezone Short Name | EDT |
| Fifty Day Average | 4.63 |
| Fifty Day Average Change | 0.059999943 |
| Fifty Day Average Change Percent | 0.01295895 |
| Fifty Two Week Change Percent | -3.5019457 |
| Fifty Two Week High | 9.3 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change | -4.61 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change Percent | -0.49569893 |
| Fifty Two Week Low | 2.615 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change | 2.075 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent | 0.79349905 |
| Fifty Two Week Range | 2.615 - 9.3 |
| Financial Currency | USD |
| First Trade Date Milliseconds | 1,385,130,600,000 |
| Float Shares | 13,131,618 |
| Forward Eps | -1.15 |
| Forward P E | -4.078261 |
| Free Cashflow | -5,296,367 |
| Full Exchange Name | NasdaqCM |
| Full Time Employees | 17 |
| Fullday Change | -0.27 |
| Fullday Change Percent | -5.44355 |
| Fullday Price | 4.65 |
| Gmt Off Set Milliseconds | -14,400,000 |
| Gross Margins | 0.0057200002 |
| Gross Profits | 173 |
| Has Pre Post Market Data | 1 |
| Held Percent Insiders | 0.04547 |
| Held Percent Institutions | 0.39766 |
| Implied Shares Outstanding | 16,434,655 |
| Industry | Semiconductors |
| Industry Disp | Semiconductors |
| Industry Key | semiconductors |
| Is Earnings Date Estimate | 0 |
| Language | en-US |
| Last Fiscal Year End | 1,767,139,200 |
| Last Split Date | 1,566,259,200 |
| Last Split Factor | 1:10 |
| Long Business Summary | Ideal Power Inc. focuses on the development and commercialization of its bidirectional bipolar junction TRANsistor solid-state switch technology. The company offers SymCool Power Module designed to meet low conduction loss needs of the solid-state circuit protection and EV contactor markets. It serves electric and hybrid electric vehicles, electric vehicle charging, renewable energy and energy storage system uninterruptible power supplies, industrial motor drives, solid-state transformers, power distribution and transmission switches, and other industrial and defense markets. The company was formerly known as Ideal Power Converters Inc. and changed its name to Ideal Power Inc. in July 2013. The company was incorporated in 2007 and is headquartered in Austin, Texas. |
| Long Name | Ideal Power Inc. |
| Market | us_market |
| Market Cap | 77,078,536 |
| Market State | CLOSED |
| Max Age | 86,400 |
| Message Board Id | finmb_244182766 |
| Most Recent Quarter | 1,782,777,600 |
| Net Income To Common | -11,883,062 |
| Next Fiscal Year End | 1,798,675,200 |
| Non Diluted Market Cap | 82,008,928 |
| Open | 4.92 |
| Operating Cashflow | -9,183,345 |
| Operating Margins | -587.5888 |
| Payout Ratio | 0.0 |
| Peg Ratio | 0.26 |
| Phone | 512 264 1542 |
| Post Market Change | -0.03999996 |
| Post Market Change Percent | -0.8528776 |
| Post Market Price | 4.65 |
| Post Market Time | 1,787,959,806 |
| Previous Close | 4.96 |
| Price Hint | 4 |
| Price To Book | 1.8136117 |
| Price To Sales Trailing12 Months | 2,548.0508 |
| Profit Margins | 0.0 |
| Quick Ratio | 27.679 |
| Quote Source Name | Nasdaq Real Time Price |
| Quote Type | EQUITY |
| Recommendation Key | none |
| Region | US |
| Regular Market Change | -0.27 |
| Regular Market Change Percent | -5.44355 |
| Regular Market Day High | 4.92 |
| Regular Market Day Low | 4.55 |
| Regular Market Day Range | 4.55 - 4.92 |
| Regular Market Open | 4.92 |
| Regular Market Previous Close | 4.96 |
| Regular Market Price | 4.69 |
| Regular Market Time | 1,787,947,201 |
| Regular Market Volume | 148,087 |
| Return On Assets | -0.25058 |
| Return On Equity | -0.43047002 |
| Revenue Growth | 3.549 |
| Revenue Per Share | 0.003 |
| Sand P52 Week Change | 0.20504117 |
| Sector | Technology |
| Sector Disp | Technology |
| Sector Key | technology |
| Shares Outstanding | 16,434,655 |
| Shares Percent Shares Out | 0.051999997 |
| Shares Short | 855,348 |
| Shares Short Previous Month Date | 1,784,073,600 |
| Shares Short Prior Month | 778,739 |
| Short Name | Ideal Power Inc. |
| Short Percent Of Float | 0.052800003 |
| Short Ratio | 4.52 |
| Source Interval | 15 |
| State | TX |
| Symbol | IPWR |
| Total Cash | 41,294,488 |
| Total Cash Per Share | 2.513 |
| Total Debt | 358,447 |
| Total Revenue | 30,250 |
| Tradeable | 0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Rate | 0.0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Trailing Eps | -0.97 |
| Trailing Peg Ratio | None |
| Triggerable | 1 |
| Two Hundred Day Average | 4.23755 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change | 0.45245028 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent | 0.10677167 |
| Type Disp | Equity |
| Volume | 148,087 |
| Website | https://www.idealpower.com |
| Zip | 78,735 |