Montrose Environmental Group, Inc. (MEG)Industrials | Waste Management | North Little Rock, United States | NYSE
20.93 USD
-0.41
(-1.921%) ⇩
(April 21, 2026, 3:24 p.m.
EDT)
Short-term: ★☆☆☆☆ | Long-term: ★☆☆☆☆ | Dividends: ☆☆☆☆☆ |
Hot Take | April 18, 2026, 10:41 p.m. EDT
A deep-value distressed play caught in a liquidity trap with deteriorating fundamentals and negative earnings margins making it a value trap for now. The massive put skew at $15 strikes signals significant resistance or likely downside targeting, while the stock trades below its 50-day and 200-day moving averages, confirming weak momentum despite a short-squeeze narrative that hasn't yet pushed prices higher. |
| Model | MAE |
|---|---|
| AutoTheta ✓ | 0.060560 |
| AutoARIMA | 0.066481 |
| AutoETS | 0.066481 |
| MSTL | 0.067749 |
Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoTheta
| Forecast Reliability | |
|---|---|
| Score | 65% |
| H-stat | 0.84 |
| Ljung-Box p | 0.000 |
| Jarque-Bera p | 0.014 |
| Excess Kurtosis | -0.05 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Sector | Industrials |
| Debt to Equity Ratio | 79.671 |
| Revenue per Share | 23.649 |
| Market Cap | 757,033,536 |
| Forward P/E | 12.82 |
| Beta | 2.00 |
| Profit Margins | -0.10% |
| Website | https://www.montrose-env.com |
As of April 18, 2026, 10:41 p.m. EDT: Options speculators are exhibiting strong hedging behavior with a overwhelming skew toward downside protection. In the May expiration, Open Interest (OI) for OTM puts is heavily concentrated at the 15.0 strike (1.9k OI vs 5 OI for calls), suggesting a consensus view that MEG could trade below $15 in the near term. May ATM put selling (289 volume) contrasts with minimal ATM call volume (5). While some calls exist at 25.0 and 30.0 strikes for July expiry, the disparity in volume and OI between calls and puts indicates net bearish positioning or aggressive risk mitigation against further downside.
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| 52 Week Change | 0.47783935 |
| Address1 | 5,120 Northshore Drive |
| All Time High | 80.42 |
| All Time Low | 10.51 |
| Ask | 20.93 |
| Ask Size | 400 |
| Audit Risk | 3 |
| Average Analyst Rating | 1.9 - Buy |
| Average Daily Volume10 Day | 288,510 |
| Average Daily Volume3 Month | 366,003 |
| Average Volume | 366,003 |
| Average Volume10Days | 288,510 |
| Beta | 2.002 |
| Bid | 20.87 |
| Bid Size | 100 |
| Board Risk | 4 |
| Book Value | 12.557 |
| City | North Little Rock |
| Compensation As Of Epoch Date | 1,767,139,200 |
| Compensation Risk | 7 |
| Country | United States |
| Crypto Tradeable | 0 |
| Currency | USD |
| Current Price | 20.93 |
| Current Ratio | 1.431 |
| Custom Price Alert Confidence | HIGH |
| Date Short Interest | 1,774,915,200 |
| Day High | 21.62 |
| Day Low | 20.7015 |
| Debt To Equity | 79.671 |
| Display Name | Montrose Environmental |
| Earnings Call Timestamp End | 1,772,112,600 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp Start | 1,772,112,600 |
| Earnings Timestamp | 1,772,053,200 |
| Earnings Timestamp End | 1,778,097,600 |
| Earnings Timestamp Start | 1,778,097,600 |
| Ebitda | 65,365,000 |
| Ebitda Margins | 0.0787 |
| Enterprise To Ebitda | 17.059 |
| Enterprise To Revenue | 1.343 |
| Enterprise Value | 1,115,093,120 |
| Eps Current Year | 1.4754 |
| Eps Forward | 1.63225 |
| Eps Trailing Twelve Months | -0.14 |
| Esg Populated | 0 |
| Exchange | NYQ |
| Exchange Data Delayed By | 0 |
| Exchange Timezone Name | America/New_York |
| Exchange Timezone Short Name | EDT |
| Fifty Day Average | 23.5818 |
| Fifty Day Average Change | -2.6518002 |
| Fifty Day Average Change Percent | -0.11245113 |
| Fifty Two Week Change Percent | 47.783936 |
| Fifty Two Week High | 32.0 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change | -11.07 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change Percent | -0.3459375 |
| Fifty Two Week Low | 13.87 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change | 7.0600004 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent | 0.5090123 |
| Fifty Two Week Range | 13.87 - 32.0 |
| Financial Currency | USD |
| First Trade Date Milliseconds | 1,595,511,000,000 |
| Float Shares | 33,354,422 |
| Forward Eps | 1.63225 |
| Forward P E | 12.822791 |
| Free Cashflow | 83,481,872 |
| Full Exchange Name | NYSE |
| Full Time Employees | 3,500 |
| Gmt Off Set Milliseconds | -14,400,000 |
| Governance Epoch Date | 1,775,001,600 |
| Gross Margins | 0.40257 |
| Gross Profits | 334,345,984 |
| Has Pre Post Market Data | 1 |
| Held Percent Insiders | 0.07782 |
| Held Percent Institutions | 0.96422 |
| Implied Shares Outstanding | 36,169,781 |
| Industry | Waste Management |
| Industry Disp | Waste Management |
| Industry Key | waste-management |
| Ipo Expected Date | 2,020-07-23 |
| Is Earnings Date Estimate | 1 |
| Language | en-US |
| Last Fiscal Year End | 1,767,139,200 |
| Long Business Summary | Montrose Environmental Group, Inc. operates as an environmental services company in the United States, Australia, Canada, and internationally. It operates in three segments: Assessment, Permitting and Response; Measurement and Analysis; and Remediation and Reuse. The company offers scientific advisory and consulting services to support environmental assessments, environmental emergency response and recovery, toxicology consulting and environmental audits and permits for current operations, facility upgrades, new projects, decommissioning projects and development projects. It also provides environmental testing and laboratory services, including source and ambient air testing and monitoring, leak detection, and advanced multi-media laboratory services, including air, soil, stormwater, wastewater and drinking water analysis; and engineering, design, and implementation services comprising treatment technologies which treat contaminated water or soil remediation. The company serves oil and gas, utilities, local, state, provincial and federal government entities, technical services, industrial manufacturing, transportation, chemicals, renewable energy generation, telecommunications, and engineering industries. Montrose Environmental Group, Inc. was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in North Little Rock, Arkansas. |
| Long Name | Montrose Environmental Group, Inc. |
| Market | us_market |
| Market Cap | 757,033,536 |
| Market State | REGULAR |
| Max Age | 86,400 |
| Message Board Id | finmb_226287897 |
| Most Recent Quarter | 1,767,139,200 |
| Net Income To Common | -4,993,000 |
| Next Fiscal Year End | 1,798,675,200 |
| Non Diluted Market Cap | 771,863,126 |
| Number Of Analyst Opinions | 6 |
| Open | 21.21 |
| Operating Cashflow | 107,476,000 |
| Operating Margins | -0.01287 |
| Overall Risk | 5 |
| Payout Ratio | 0.0 |
| Phone | 501 900 6400 |
| Previous Close | 21.34 |
| Price Eps Current Year | 14.185984 |
| Price Hint | 2 |
| Price To Book | 1.6667994 |
| Price To Sales Trailing12 Months | 0.9114978 |
| Profit Margins | -0.00102 |
| Quick Ratio | 1.348 |
| Quote Source Name | Nasdaq Real Time Price |
| Quote Type | EQUITY |
| Recommendation Key | buy |
| Recommendation Mean | 1.85714 |
| Region | US |
| Regular Market Change | -0.40999985 |
| Regular Market Change Percent | -1.9212738 |
| Regular Market Day High | 21.62 |
| Regular Market Day Low | 20.7015 |
| Regular Market Day Range | 20.7015 - 21.62 |
| Regular Market Open | 21.21 |
| Regular Market Previous Close | 21.34 |
| Regular Market Price | 20.93 |
| Regular Market Time | 1,776,799,442 |
| Regular Market Volume | 136,728 |
| Return On Assets | 0.00916 |
| Return On Equity | -0.0017 |
| Revenue Growth | 0.022 |
| Revenue Per Share | 23.649 |
| Sand P52 Week Change | 0.34445214 |
| Sector | Industrials |
| Sector Disp | Industrials |
| Sector Key | industrials |
| Share Holder Rights Risk | 5 |
| Shares Outstanding | 36,169,781 |
| Shares Percent Shares Out | 0.0686 |
| Shares Short | 2,480,401 |
| Shares Short Previous Month Date | 1,772,150,400 |
| Shares Short Prior Month | 2,127,509 |
| Short Name | Montrose Environmental Group, I |
| Short Percent Of Float | 0.0743 |
| Short Ratio | 6.99 |
| Source Interval | 15 |
| State | AR |
| Symbol | MEG |
| Target High Price | 40.0 |
| Target Low Price | 31.0 |
| Target Mean Price | 35.0 |
| Target Median Price | 34.0 |
| Total Cash | 12,190,000 |
| Total Cash Per Share | 0.339 |
| Total Debt | 359,456,000 |
| Total Revenue | 830,537,984 |
| Tradeable | 0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Rate | 0.0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Trailing Eps | -0.14 |
| Trailing Peg Ratio | None |
| Triggerable | 1 |
| Two Hundred Day Average | 25.3444 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change | -4.4144 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent | -0.17417654 |
| Type Disp | Equity |
| Volume | 136,728 |
| Website | https://www.montrose-env.com |
| Zip | 72,118 |