LanzaTech Global, Inc. (LNZA)Industrials | Waste Management | Skokie, United States | NasdaqCM
5.48 USD
-0.62
(-10.164%) ⇩
(Oct. 13, 2026, 4 p.m.
EDT)
After hours: 5.48 |
Hot Take ↕ | Oct. 10, 2026, 9:15 a.m. EDT
The investment case here is broken by a catastrophic multi-year decline and deteriorating fundamentals. The stock has lost 97% of its value over the last four years, with three consecutive years of negative returns, signaling a structural failure in the business model rather than a temporary market dislocation. Fundamentals confirm this distress: the company is burning cash with negative operating and free cash flow, posting negative earnings, and showing a sharp contraction in revenue. Despite trading at a fraction of book value, the lack of cash generation and shrinking top line makes it a value trap. There is no dividend to provide income, and the recent news of a steep discounted offering suggests capital raising efforts are diluting shareholders to stave off trouble. While the price has recently stabilized near lows, the underlying trajectory remains deeply bearish, and the options market is pricing in further pain. |
| Model | MAE |
|---|---|
| AutoARIMA ✓ | 0.086392 |
| AutoETS | 0.086859 |
| MSTL | 0.093484 |
| AutoTheta | 0.157533 |
Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoARIMA
| Forecast Reliability | |
|---|---|
| Score | 36% |
| H-stat | 0.75 |
| Ljung-Box p | 0.000 |
| Jarque-Bera p | 0.050 |
| Excess Kurtosis | 0.16 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Sector | Industrials |
| Debt to Equity Ratio | 11.051 |
| Revenue per Share | 9.483 |
| Market Cap | 71,728,616 |
| Trailing P/E | 0.30 |
| Forward P/E | -16.12 |
| Beta | 1.36 |
| Profit Margins | 295.66% |
| Website | https://lanzatech.com |
As of Oct. 10, 2026, 9:15 a.m. EDT: Speculators are overwhelmingly positioning for further downside. Call volume is negligible compared to put volume, with open interest concentrated deep out-of-the-money on both sides, suggesting bets on a crash rather than a recovery. Implied volatility is significantly elevated for puts relative to calls, indicating a high probability of continued decline in the eyes of the market.
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| 52 Week Change | -0.7578404 |
| Address1 | Illinois Science & Tech Park (ISTP) |
| Address2 | 8,045 Lamon Avenue Suite 400 |
| All Time High | 1,080.0 |
| All Time Low | 5.02 |
| Ask | 7.09 |
| Ask Size | 2 |
| Audit Risk | 10 |
| Average Daily Volume10 Day | 48,880 |
| Average Daily Volume3 Month | 63,204 |
| Average Volume | 63,204 |
| Average Volume10Days | 48,880 |
| Beta | 1.359 |
| Bid | 4.33 |
| Bid Size | 2 |
| Board Risk | 7 |
| Book Value | 19.912 |
| City | Skokie |
| Compensation As Of Epoch Date | 1,767,139,200 |
| Compensation Risk | 7 |
| Country | United States |
| Crypto Tradeable | 0 |
| Currency | USD |
| Current Price | 5.48 |
| Current Ratio | 2.481 |
| Custom Price Alert Confidence | HIGH |
| Date Short Interest | 1,790,726,400 |
| Day High | 6.18 |
| Day Low | 5.46 |
| Debt To Equity | 11.051 |
| Display Name | LanzaTech Global |
| Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp End | 1,743,424,200 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp Start | 1,743,424,200 |
| Earnings Timestamp End | 1,773,864,000 |
| Earnings Timestamp Start | 1,773,864,000 |
| Ebitda | -31,253,000 |
| Ebitda Margins | -0.53596 |
| Enterprise To Ebitda | -2.037 |
| Enterprise To Revenue | 1.092 |
| Enterprise Value | 63,668,896 |
| Eps Forward | -0.34 |
| Eps Trailing Twelve Months | 18.38 |
| Esg Populated | 0 |
| Exchange | NCM |
| Exchange Data Delayed By | 15 |
| Exchange Timezone Name | America/New_York |
| Exchange Timezone Short Name | EDT |
| Fifty Day Average | 6.1038 |
| Fifty Day Average Change | -0.6237998 |
| Fifty Day Average Change Percent | -0.1021986 |
| Fifty Two Week Change Percent | -75.78404 |
| Fifty Two Week High | 44.0 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change | -38.52 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change Percent | -0.87545455 |
| Fifty Two Week Low | 5.02 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change | 0.46000004 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent | 0.09163348 |
| Fifty Two Week Range | 5.02 - 44.0 |
| Financial Currency | USD |
| First Trade Date Milliseconds | 1,632,490,200,000 |
| Float Shares | 6,990,660 |
| Forward Eps | -0.34 |
| Forward P E | -16.117647 |
| Free Cashflow | -37,892,248 |
| Full Exchange Name | NasdaqCM |
| Full Time Employees | 192 |
| Fullday Change | -0.6199999 |
| Fullday Change Percent | -10.163933 |
| Fullday Price | 5.48 |
| Gmt Off Set Milliseconds | -14,400,000 |
| Governance Epoch Date | 1,790,812,800 |
| Gross Margins | 0.44601002 |
| Gross Profits | 26,008,000 |
| Has Pre Post Market Data | 1 |
| Held Percent Insiders | 0.35272 |
| Held Percent Institutions | 0.54785 |
| Implied Shares Outstanding | 13,089,163 |
| Industry | Waste Management |
| Industry Disp | Waste Management |
| Industry Key | waste-management |
| Is Earnings Date Estimate | 1 |
| Language | en-US |
| Last Fiscal Year End | 1,767,139,200 |
| Last Split Date | 1,755,561,600 |
| Last Split Factor | 1:100 |
| Long Business Summary | LanzaTech Global, Inc. operates as a nature-based carbon refining company in North America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and Asia. It develops technology that transforms waste carbon into chemical building blocks for transportation fuels, household cleaners, packaging materials, fibers for clothing, and fragrances. The company's gas fermentation technology platform converts waste carbon gases into ethanol and its derivative products. It also provides techno-economic feasibility studies; basic engineering design services for commercial plants; and biotechnology research and development services for commercial and government entities. In addition, the company licenses and sells biocatalysts, such as microbes and media. Further, it provides fuel-grade ethanol under the CarbonSmart brand; and protein-rich byproducts, which are used as industrial protein, animal and fish feed, and fertilizers. LanzaTech Global, Inc. was founded in 2005 and is headquartered in Skokie, Illinois. |
| Long Name | LanzaTech Global, Inc. |
| Market | us_market |
| Market Cap | 71,728,616 |
| Market State | POST |
| Max Age | 86,400 |
| Message Board Id | finmb_34034878 |
| Most Recent Quarter | 1,782,777,600 |
| Net Income To Common | 172,403,008 |
| Next Fiscal Year End | 1,798,675,200 |
| Non Diluted Market Cap | 77,356,953 |
| Open | 6.18 |
| Operating Cashflow | -32,695,000 |
| Operating Margins | -1.0953 |
| Overall Risk | 9 |
| Payout Ratio | 0.0 |
| Phone | 847 324 2400 |
| Post Market Change | 0.0 |
| Post Market Change Percent | 0.0 |
| Post Market Price | 5.48 |
| Post Market Time | 1,791,921,612 |
| Previous Close | 6.1 |
| Price Hint | 2 |
| Price To Book | 0.27521092 |
| Price To Sales Trailing12 Months | 1.2300832 |
| Profit Margins | 2.9565601 |
| Quick Ratio | 2.046 |
| Quote Source Name | Nasdaq Real Time Price |
| Quote Type | EQUITY |
| Recommendation Key | none |
| Region | US |
| Regular Market Change | -0.6199999 |
| Regular Market Change Percent | -10.163933 |
| Regular Market Day High | 6.18 |
| Regular Market Day Low | 5.46 |
| Regular Market Day Range | 5.46 - 6.18 |
| Regular Market Open | 6.18 |
| Regular Market Previous Close | 6.1 |
| Regular Market Price | 5.48 |
| Regular Market Time | 1,791,921,601 |
| Regular Market Volume | 89,312 |
| Return On Assets | -0.10122 |
| Return On Equity | 1.3868699 |
| Revenue Growth | -0.008 |
| Revenue Per Share | 9.483 |
| Sand P52 Week Change | 0.17502642 |
| Sector | Industrials |
| Sector Disp | Industrials |
| Sector Key | industrials |
| Share Holder Rights Risk | 8 |
| Shares Outstanding | 13,089,163 |
| Shares Percent Shares Out | 0.0272 |
| Shares Short | 356,251 |
| Shares Short Previous Month Date | 1,788,134,400 |
| Shares Short Prior Month | 276,782 |
| Short Name | LanzaTech Global, Inc. |
| Short Percent Of Float | 0.0767 |
| Short Ratio | 5.44 |
| Source Interval | 15 |
| State | IL |
| Symbol | LNZA |
| Total Cash | 44,977,000 |
| Total Cash Per Share | 3.436 |
| Total Debt | 28,802,000 |
| Total Revenue | 58,312,000 |
| Tradeable | 0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Rate | 0.0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Trailing Eps | 18.38 |
| Trailing P E | 0.29815018 |
| Trailing Peg Ratio | None |
| Triggerable | 1 |
| Two Hundred Day Average | 11.30221 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change | -5.82221 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent | -0.51513904 |
| Type Disp | Equity |
| Volume | 89,312 |
| Website | https://lanzatech.com |
| Zip | 60,077 |