Perma-Fix Environmental Services, Inc. (PESI)Industrials | Waste Management | Atlanta, United States | NasdaqCM
12.90 USD
+0.85
(7.054%)
⇧
(April 17, 2026, 4 p.m.
EDT)
After hours: 12.90 Short-term: ★☆☆☆☆ | Long-term: ★☆☆☆☆ | Dividends: ☆☆☆☆☆ |
Hot Take | April 19, 2026, 12:41 a.m. EDT
PESI is currently trading a 'value trap' reversal against 'plain vanilla' risk. Fundamental data is toxic: the company is generating negative free cash flow (-$12M), negative operating margins (-20.5%), and negative ROE (-18.95%). Despite the CEO's optimism and a 6.9% revenue growth, the lack of dividend history, skyrocketing short interest (>8%), and a negative Forward P/E (EPS retrieval date is months away) make the stock unattractive on any meaningful time horizon. The heavy put volume confirms the market has priced a high probability of continued distress. |
| Model | MAE |
|---|---|
| AutoARIMA ✓ | 0.102720 |
| AutoETS | 0.102791 |
| MSTL | 0.103318 |
| AutoTheta | 0.106859 |
Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoARIMA
| Forecast Reliability | |
|---|---|
| Score | 53% |
| H-stat | 3.00 |
| Ljung-Box p | 0.000 |
| Jarque-Bera p | 0.221 |
| Excess Kurtosis | -1.00 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Sector | Industrials |
| Debt to Equity Ratio | 8.62 |
| Revenue per Share | 3.34 |
| Market Cap | 239,263,264 |
| Forward P/E | 12.29 |
| Beta | 0.51 |
| Profit Margins | -22.35% |
| Website | https://www.perma-fix.com |
As of April 19, 2026, 12:41 a.m. EDT: Options flow shows significant asymmetry favoring downside protection. The June expiration sees the highest volume and Open Interest (OI) for both calls and puts. Crucially, put OI at the $15.00 strike in June is disproportionately high (3.6k OI vs negligible call OI at that level), suggesting hedging or a 'stop-loss' positioning for a 35.7% downside move. Conversely, call OI is concentrated deeply ITM ($7.50 wing), indicating bullish speculators are masking their true engagement or protecting capital, while PCR and OI metrics for the near term lean heavily toward a downside near-term outlook despite some ATM call positioning.
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| 52 Week Change | 0.5808823 |
| Address1 | 8,302 Dunwoody Place |
| Address2 | Suite 250 |
| All Time High | 41.25 |
| All Time Low | 1.8 |
| Ask | 13.06 |
| Ask Size | 1 |
| Audit Risk | 9 |
| Average Daily Volume10 Day | 127,210 |
| Average Daily Volume3 Month | 163,208 |
| Average Volume | 163,208 |
| Average Volume10Days | 127,210 |
| Beta | 0.514 |
| Bid | 12.77 |
| Bid Size | 1 |
| Board Risk | 4 |
| Book Value | 2.708 |
| City | Atlanta |
| Compensation As Of Epoch Date | 1,767,139,200 |
| Compensation Risk | 4 |
| Country | United States |
| Crypto Tradeable | 0 |
| Currency | USD |
| Current Price | 12.9 |
| Current Ratio | 1.612 |
| Custom Price Alert Confidence | HIGH |
| Date Short Interest | 1,774,915,200 |
| Day High | 13.11 |
| Day Low | 12.29 |
| Debt To Equity | 8.62 |
| Display Name | Perma-Fix Environmental Services |
| Earnings Call Timestamp End | 1,774,360,800 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp Start | 1,774,360,800 |
| Earnings Timestamp | 1,774,355,400 |
| Earnings Timestamp End | 1,778,157,000 |
| Earnings Timestamp Start | 1,778,157,000 |
| Ebitda | -9,975,000 |
| Ebitda Margins | -0.16174 |
| Enterprise To Ebitda | -23.24 |
| Enterprise To Revenue | 3.759 |
| Enterprise Value | 231,817,248 |
| Eps Current Year | -0.16 |
| Eps Forward | 1.05 |
| Eps Trailing Twelve Months | -0.58 |
| Esg Populated | 0 |
| Exchange | NCM |
| Exchange Data Delayed By | 0 |
| Exchange Timezone Name | America/New_York |
| Exchange Timezone Short Name | EDT |
| Fax | 770 587 9937 |
| Fifty Day Average | 12.9482 |
| Fifty Day Average Change | -0.048200607 |
| Fifty Day Average Change Percent | -0.003722572 |
| Fifty Two Week Change Percent | 58.08823 |
| Fifty Two Week High | 16.5 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change | -3.6000004 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change Percent | -0.21818185 |
| Fifty Two Week Low | 7.76 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change | 5.1399994 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent | 0.66237104 |
| Fifty Two Week Range | 7.76 - 16.5 |
| Financial Currency | USD |
| First Trade Date Milliseconds | 723,825,000,000 |
| Float Shares | 17,189,117 |
| Forward Eps | 1.05 |
| Forward P E | 12.285714 |
| Free Cashflow | -12,155,000 |
| Full Exchange Name | NasdaqCM |
| Full Time Employees | 293 |
| Gmt Off Set Milliseconds | -14,400,000 |
| Governance Epoch Date | 1,775,001,600 |
| Gross Margins | 0.09685001 |
| Gross Profits | 5,973,000 |
| Has Pre Post Market Data | 1 |
| Held Percent Insiders | 0.07324 |
| Held Percent Institutions | 0.57885 |
| Implied Shares Outstanding | 18,547,539 |
| Industry | Waste Management |
| Industry Disp | Waste Management |
| Industry Key | waste-management |
| Ir Website | http://www.perma-fix.com/investorrelations/ |
| Is Earnings Date Estimate | 1 |
| Language | en-US |
| Last Fiscal Year End | 1,767,139,200 |
| Last Split Date | 1,381,795,200 |
| Last Split Factor | 1:5 |
| Long Business Summary | Perma-Fix Environmental Services, Inc., through its subsidiaries, operates as an environmental and technology know-how company in the United States. The company operates in two segments, Treatment and Services. The Treatment segment offers nuclear, low-level radioactive, mixed waste, hazardous and non-hazardous waste treatment, and processing and disposal services through treatment and storage facilities. This segment is also involved in the research and development activities to identify, develop, and implement waste processing techniques for problematic waste streams. The Services segment provides technical services, including professional radiological measurement and site survey of government and commercial installations; health physics services; integrated occupational safety and health services; consulting, engineering, project and waste management, environmental, decontamination and decommissioning (D&D) field, and technical and management personnel and services; and waste management services. This segment also offers nuclear services, including D&D of government and commercial facilities, including engineering, technology applications, specialty services, logistics, transportation, processing, and disposal; and license termination support, such as project management, planning, characterization, waste stream identification and delineation, remediation/demolition, compliance demonstration, final status survey, reporting, transportation, disposal, and emergency response. In addition, it maintains, services, maintains, calibrates, and sources health physics, IH and customized nuclear, environmental, and occupational safety and health instruments. The company serves research institutions, commercial companies, public utilities, and governmental agencies through direct sales to customers or through intermediaries. Perma-Fix Environmental Services, Inc. was incorporated in 1990 and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. |
| Long Name | Perma-Fix Environmental Services, Inc. |
| Market | us_market |
| Market Cap | 239,263,264 |
| Market State | PREPRE |
| Max Age | 86,400 |
| Message Board Id | finmb_326976 |
| Most Recent Quarter | 1,767,139,200 |
| Net Income To Common | -10,665,000 |
| Next Fiscal Year End | 1,798,675,200 |
| Non Diluted Market Cap | 239,634,203 |
| Number Of Analyst Opinions | 1 |
| Open | 12.29 |
| Operating Cashflow | -10,752,000 |
| Operating Margins | -0.20554 |
| Overall Risk | 4 |
| Payout Ratio | 0.0 |
| Phone | 770 587 9898 |
| Post Market Change | 0.0 |
| Post Market Change Percent | 0.0 |
| Post Market Price | 12.9 |
| Post Market Time | 1,776,456,605 |
| Previous Close | 12.05 |
| Price Eps Current Year | -80.625 |
| Price Hint | 2 |
| Price To Book | 4.7636633 |
| Price To Sales Trailing12 Months | 3.8794835 |
| Profit Margins | -0.2235 |
| Quick Ratio | 1.408 |
| Quote Source Name | Nasdaq Real Time Price |
| Quote Type | EQUITY |
| Recommendation Key | none |
| Region | US |
| Regular Market Change | 0.849999 |
| Regular Market Change Percent | 7.05394 |
| Regular Market Day High | 13.11 |
| Regular Market Day Low | 12.29 |
| Regular Market Day Range | 12.29 - 13.11 |
| Regular Market Open | 12.29 |
| Regular Market Previous Close | 12.05 |
| Regular Market Price | 12.9 |
| Regular Market Time | 1,776,456,000 |
| Regular Market Volume | 187,800 |
| Return On Assets | -0.07916 |
| Return On Equity | -0.18955 |
| Revenue Growth | 0.069 |
| Revenue Per Share | 3.34 |
| Sand P52 Week Change | 0.38150132 |
| Sector | Industrials |
| Sector Disp | Industrials |
| Sector Key | industrials |
| Share Holder Rights Risk | 3 |
| Shares Outstanding | 18,547,539 |
| Shares Percent Shares Out | 0.079 |
| Shares Short | 1,465,706 |
| Shares Short Previous Month Date | 1,772,150,400 |
| Shares Short Prior Month | 1,141,713 |
| Short Name | Perma-Fix Environmental Service |
| Short Percent Of Float | 0.085200004 |
| Short Ratio | 7.63 |
| Source Interval | 15 |
| State | GA |
| Symbol | PESI |
| Target High Price | 17.0 |
| Target Low Price | 17.0 |
| Target Mean Price | 17.0 |
| Target Median Price | 17.0 |
| Total Cash | 11,768,000 |
| Total Cash Per Share | 0.634 |
| Total Debt | 4,322,000 |
| Total Revenue | 61,674,000 |
| Tradeable | 0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Rate | 0.0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Trailing Eps | -0.58 |
| Trailing Peg Ratio | None |
| Triggerable | 1 |
| Two Hundred Day Average | 12.4705 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change | 0.42949963 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent | 0.03444125 |
| Type Disp | Equity |
| Volume | 187,800 |
| Website | https://www.perma-fix.com |
| Zip | 30,350 |