PureCycle Technologies, Inc. (PCT)Industrials | Pollution & Treatment Controls | Orlando, United States | NasdaqCM
6.70 USD
-0.60
(-8.219%) ⇩
(July 13, 2026, 4 p.m.
EDT)
After hours: 6.72 +0.02 (0.236%) ⇧ (July 13, 2026, 7:59 p.m. EDT) |
Hot Take ↕ | July 11, 2026, 3:32 a.m. EDT
The investment case here is fractured between a compelling operational narrative and a broken financial reality. On the fundamental side, the company is delivering on its promise with production hitting records and clearing major customer hurdles like P&G, which justifies the recent price surge. However, the balance sheet is a ticking time bomb; the company is burning through cash at an alarming rate (-$97M free cash flow) while carrying nearly half a billion dollars in debt. The stock trades at a premium of 134x sales with negative earnings, meaning the market is pricing in a perfect execution of a turnaround without any margin for error. The recent financing raise was a necessary life-support measure, but it highlights the precarious nature of the liquidity situation. Short-term, the stock is trapped in a tug-of-war. The options chain reveals a chaotic mix of buyers hoping for a moonshot and sellers aggressively protecting against a drop, creating a volatile environment where price discovery is difficult. The statistical forecast offers almost no guidance, reflecting the noise inherent in such a speculative setup. Long-term, the risk/reward profile is skewed heavily against the investor. While the technology works, the path to profitability is obscured by massive leverage and cash burn. Until the company demonstrates a clear path to positive free cash flow and deleveraging, the current valuation represents a dangerous overhang. This is a high-risk speculative play on a turnaround story, not a solid investment. |
| Model | MAE |
|---|---|
| MSTL_79 ✓ | 0.357827 |
| MSTL_79_105 | 0.358742 |
| MSTL_105 | 0.521962 |
| AutoETS | 0.530401 |
| AutoARIMA | 0.530405 |
| MSTL | 0.530516 |
| AutoTheta | 0.531111 |
Forecast horizon: 60 days | Selected: MSTL_79
| Forecast Reliability | |
|---|---|
| Score | 31% |
| H-stat | 9.87 |
| Ljung-Box p | 0.000 |
| Jarque-Bera p | 0.134 |
| Excess Kurtosis | -1.15 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Sector | Industrials |
| Debt to Equity Ratio | 146.948 |
| Revenue per Share | 0.061 |
| Market Cap | 1,344,807,552 |
| Forward P/E | -8.40 |
| Beta | 2.51 |
| Website | https://www.purecycle.com |
As of July 11, 2026, 3:32 a.m. EDT: Speculators are positioning for significant volatility rather than a clear directional breakout. Call volume is heavily skewed toward out-of-the-money strikes (10, 12, 17, 25) with massive open interest walls, suggesting a bet on a sharp rally or a 'lottery ticket' scenario. However, put volume is equally aggressive, particularly at strikes 4, 5, and 9, creating a dense hedge layer that suggests traders fear a crash or a prolonged grind lower. The implied volatility surface shows massive spikes at deep OTM strikes for both sides, indicating the market prices in a binary event or extreme range expansion, but the heavy put hedging at near-the-money levels acts as a ceiling on immediate upside momentum.
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| 52 Week Change | -0.5347355 |
| Address1 | 20 North Orange Avenue |
| Address2 | Suite 106 |
| All Time High | 35.75 |
| All Time Low | 2.385 |
| Ask | 8.49 |
| Ask Size | 2 |
| Audit Risk | 9 |
| Average Analyst Rating | 2.0 - Buy |
| Average Daily Volume10 Day | 4,678,450 |
| Average Daily Volume3 Month | 5,462,291 |
| Average Volume | 5,462,291 |
| Average Volume10Days | 4,678,450 |
| Beta | 2.507 |
| Bid | 5.17 |
| Bid Size | 2 |
| Board Risk | 6 |
| Book Value | 0.041 |
| City | Orlando |
| Compensation As Of Epoch Date | 1,767,139,200 |
| Compensation Risk | 8 |
| Country | United States |
| Crypto Tradeable | 0 |
| Currency | USD |
| Current Price | 6.7 |
| Current Ratio | 1.711 |
| Custom Price Alert Confidence | HIGH |
| Date Short Interest | 1,782,777,600 |
| Day High | 7.3381 |
| Day Low | 6.63 |
| Debt To Equity | 146.948 |
| Display Name | PureCycle |
| Earnings Call Timestamp End | 1,778,101,200 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp Start | 1,778,101,200 |
| Earnings Timestamp | 1,778,097,600 |
| Earnings Timestamp End | 1,786,046,400 |
| Earnings Timestamp Start | 1,786,046,400 |
| Ebitda | -141,291,008 |
| Ebitda Margins | 0.0 |
| Enterprise To Ebitda | -13.215 |
| Enterprise To Revenue | 171.267 |
| Enterprise Value | 1,867,149,824 |
| Eps Current Year | -1.0025 |
| Eps Forward | -0.7975 |
| Eps Trailing Twelve Months | -1.47 |
| Esg Populated | 0 |
| Exchange | NCM |
| Exchange Data Delayed By | 0 |
| Exchange Timezone Name | America/New_York |
| Exchange Timezone Short Name | EDT |
| Fifty Day Average | 9.7437 |
| Fifty Day Average Change | -3.0437002 |
| Fifty Day Average Change Percent | -0.31237623 |
| Fifty Two Week Change Percent | -53.47355 |
| Fifty Two Week High | 17.37 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change | -10.670001 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change Percent | -0.61427754 |
| Fifty Two Week Low | 4.93 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change | 1.77 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent | 0.35902637 |
| Fifty Two Week Range | 4.93 - 17.37 |
| Financial Currency | USD |
| First Trade Date Milliseconds | 1,594,733,400,000 |
| Float Shares | 145,237,048 |
| Forward Eps | -0.7975 |
| Forward P E | -8.401254 |
| Free Cashflow | -97,127,504 |
| Full Exchange Name | NasdaqCM |
| Full Time Employees | 174 |
| Gmt Off Set Milliseconds | -14,400,000 |
| Governance Epoch Date | 1,782,864,000 |
| Gross Margins | 0.0 |
| Gross Profits | -105,803,000 |
| Has Pre Post Market Data | 1 |
| Held Percent Insiders | 0.02726 |
| Held Percent Institutions | 0.68878 |
| Implied Shares Outstanding | 200,717,550 |
| Industry | Pollution & Treatment Controls |
| Industry Disp | Pollution & Treatment Controls |
| Industry Key | pollution-treatment-controls |
| Ipo Expected Date | 2,021-03-18 |
| Is Earnings Date Estimate | 1 |
| Language | en-US |
| Last Fiscal Year End | 1,767,139,200 |
| Long Business Summary | PureCycle Technologies, Inc. engages in the production of recycled polypropylene (PP) in Thailand. The company holds a license for restoring waste PP into ultra-pure recycled PP resin, PureFive, which has various applications, including packaging and labeling for consumer products, textiles, and plastic parts for various industries. Its recycling process separates color, odor, other plastics, and additives through a physical separation process. The company was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in Orlando, Florida. |
| Long Name | PureCycle Technologies, Inc. |
| Market | us_market |
| Market Cap | 1,344,807,552 |
| Market State | POSTPOST |
| Max Age | 86,400 |
| Message Board Id | finmb_582019472 |
| Most Recent Quarter | 1,774,915,200 |
| Net Income To Common | -230,151,008 |
| Next Fiscal Year End | 1,798,675,200 |
| Non Diluted Market Cap | 1,465,238,115 |
| Number Of Analyst Opinions | 6 |
| Open | 7.19 |
| Operating Cashflow | -146,526,000 |
| Operating Margins | -10.12721 |
| Overall Risk | 5 |
| Payout Ratio | 0.0 |
| Phone | 877 648 3565 |
| Post Market Change | 0.0158 |
| Post Market Change Percent | 0.23582089 |
| Post Market Price | 6.7158 |
| Post Market Time | 1,783,987,189 |
| Previous Close | 7.3 |
| Price Eps Current Year | -6.6832914 |
| Price Hint | 2 |
| Price To Book | 163.41463 |
| Price To Sales Trailing12 Months | 123.3542 |
| Profit Margins | 0.0 |
| Quick Ratio | 1.46 |
| Quote Source Name | Nasdaq Real Time Price |
| Quote Type | EQUITY |
| Recommendation Key | buy |
| Recommendation Mean | 2.0 |
| Region | US |
| Regular Market Change | -0.6 |
| Regular Market Change Percent | -8.21918 |
| Regular Market Day High | 7.3381 |
| Regular Market Day Low | 6.63 |
| Regular Market Day Range | 6.63 - 7.3381 |
| Regular Market Open | 7.19 |
| Regular Market Previous Close | 7.3 |
| Regular Market Price | 6.7 |
| Regular Market Time | 1,783,972,801 |
| Regular Market Volume | 5,002,684 |
| Return On Assets | -0.12732 |
| Return On Equity | -0.80929 |
| Revenue Growth | 1.612 |
| Revenue Per Share | 0.061 |
| Sand P52 Week Change | 0.20847368 |
| Sector | Industrials |
| Sector Disp | Industrials |
| Sector Key | industrials |
| Share Holder Rights Risk | 1 |
| Shares Outstanding | 200,717,550 |
| Shares Percent Shares Out | 0.2653 |
| Shares Short | 53,250,586 |
| Shares Short Previous Month Date | 1,780,012,800 |
| Shares Short Prior Month | 45,143,474 |
| Short Name | PureCycle Technologies, Inc. |
| Short Percent Of Float | 0.36540002 |
| Short Ratio | 7.26 |
| Source Interval | 15 |
| State | FL |
| Symbol | PCT |
| Target High Price | 17.0 |
| Target Low Price | 6.0 |
| Target Mean Price | 11.66667 |
| Target Median Price | 11.5 |
| Total Cash | 121,095,000 |
| Total Cash Per Share | 0.67 |
| Total Debt | 466,455,008 |
| Total Revenue | 10,902,000 |
| Tradeable | 0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Rate | 0.0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Trailing Eps | -1.47 |
| Trailing Peg Ratio | None |
| Triggerable | 1 |
| Two Hundred Day Average | 9.3784 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change | -2.6784 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent | -0.28559244 |
| Type Disp | Equity |
| Volume | 5,002,684 |
| Website | https://www.purecycle.com |
| Zip | 32,801 |