SMX (Security Matters) Public Limited Company (SMX)Industrials | Specialty Business Services | Dublin, Ireland | NasdaqCM
4.92 USD
-0.04
(-0.806%) ⇩
(April 20, 2026, 4 p.m.
EDT)
Short-term: ☆☆☆☆☆ | Long-term: ☆☆☆☆☆ | Dividends: ★☆☆☆☆ |
Hot Take | April 19, 2026, 12:32 a.m. EDT
This is a structural bear trap disguised as a micro-cap turnaround. The stock is technically cheap ($5) compared to its inflated past highs ($3879), but the fundamentals are catastrophic: negative EPS (-$4.0), negative ROE (-8.4%), a current ratio of 0.59 (insolvency risk), and massive unsold IPO shares (30.4M) entering the float. The pricing signals confirm this; retail sentiment is overwhelmingly shorting the expansion in share count and diluting existing shares, while options flow places heavy protection on the downside. Despite the 'digital metal' narrative, the balance sheet is collapsing. |
| Model | MAE |
|---|---|
| MSTL ✓ | 1.393262 |
| AutoARIMA | 1.432581 |
| AutoETS | 1.432588 |
| AutoTheta | 2.439669 |
Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: MSTL
| Forecast Reliability | |
|---|---|
| Score | 42% |
| H-stat | 23.17 |
| Ljung-Box p | 0.000 |
| Jarque-Bera p | 0.162 |
| Excess Kurtosis | -1.36 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Sector | Industrials |
| Debt to Equity Ratio | 47.462 |
| Market Cap | 23,416,410 |
| Beta | -2.41 |
| Previous Name | Security Matters Limited |
| Website | https://smx.tech |
As of April 19, 2026, 12:32 a.m. EDT: Options positioning shows aggressive downside hedging (puts) compared to upside speculation. The put bucket (expiring 2026-08-21) contains over 300% more volume than the call bucket, and significant outside-the-money OTM put OI clusters at $20-$25 strikes despite the stock trading near $5, indicating a deep, long-term bearish thesis or floor-setting strategy. Calls are sparse and predominantly ITM-implied (strikes $20-$30) with extremely low volume (1-3 contracts total), suggesting a lack of speculative momentum. Implied Volatility (IV) is near zero for both premiums, indicating a cynical market environment with no pricing for a news-driven move.
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| 52 Week Change | -0.9984304 |
| Address1 | Mespil Business Centre |
| Address2 | Mespil House Sussex Road |
| All Time High | 1,381,872,770.0 |
| All Time Low | 4.56 |
| Ask | 6.1 |
| Ask Size | 2 |
| Average Daily Volume10 Day | 1,687,100 |
| Average Daily Volume3 Month | 1,041,395 |
| Average Volume | 1,041,395 |
| Average Volume10Days | 1,687,100 |
| Beta | -2.407 |
| Bid | 3.7 |
| Bid Size | 2 |
| Book Value | 4.931 |
| City | Dublin |
| Compensation As Of Epoch Date | 1,640,908,800 |
| Country | Ireland |
| Crypto Tradeable | 0 |
| Currency | USD |
| Current Price | 4.92 |
| Current Ratio | 0.588 |
| Custom Price Alert Confidence | HIGH |
| Date Short Interest | 1,774,915,200 |
| Day High | 5.19 |
| Day Low | 4.735 |
| Debt To Equity | 47.462 |
| Ebitda | -138,479,008 |
| Ebitda Margins | 0.0 |
| Enterprise To Ebitda | -0.118 |
| Enterprise Value | 16,276,040 |
| Eps Trailing Twelve Months | -4.0 |
| Esg Populated | 0 |
| Exchange | NCM |
| Exchange Data Delayed By | 0 |
| Exchange Timezone Name | America/New_York |
| Exchange Timezone Short Name | EDT |
| Fifty Day Average | 25.085413 |
| Fifty Day Average Change | -20.165413 |
| Fifty Day Average Change Percent | -0.8038701 |
| Fifty Two Week Change Percent | -99.84304 |
| Fifty Two Week High | 3,879.361 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change | -3,874.4412 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change Percent | -0.9987318 |
| Fifty Two Week Low | 4.56 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change | 0.36000013 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent | 0.078947395 |
| Fifty Two Week Range | 4.56 - 3879.361 |
| Financial Currency | USD |
| First Trade Date Milliseconds | 1,639,060,200,000 |
| Float Shares | 1,790,106 |
| Free Cashflow | 4,696,375 |
| Full Exchange Name | NasdaqCM |
| Full Time Employees | 25 |
| Gmt Off Set Milliseconds | -14,400,000 |
| Gross Margins | 0.0 |
| Has Pre Post Market Data | 1 |
| Held Percent Insiders | 0.00279 |
| Held Percent Institutions | 0.00169 |
| Implied Shares Outstanding | 4,759,433 |
| Industry | Specialty Business Services |
| Industry Disp | Specialty Business Services |
| Industry Key | specialty-business-services |
| Ipo Expected Date | 2,023-03-08 |
| Language | en-US |
| Last Fiscal Year End | 1,767,139,200 |
| Last Split Date | 1,771,286,400 |
| Last Split Factor | 204:1000 |
| Long Business Summary | SMX (Security Matters) Public Limited Company provides brand protection, authentication and track and trace technology for the anti-counterfeit market. Its proprietary marker system embeds a permanent or removable mark on solid, liquid, or gaseous objects or materials. The company's solutions include physical or chemical marker system coupled with a reader and connected to a blockchain digital platform for application in process tracing, authentication, and sustainability and circular economics industries. It serves brand owners, manufacturers, and suppliers. The company was formerly known as Empatan Public Limited Company and changed its name to SMX (Security Matters) Public Limited Company in February 2023. The company is based in Dublin, Ireland. |
| Long Name | SMX (Security Matters) Public Limited Company |
| Market | us_market |
| Market Cap | 23,416,410 |
| Market State | PRE |
| Max Age | 86,400 |
| Message Board Id | finmb_575139548 |
| Most Recent Quarter | 1,767,139,200 |
| Name Change Date | 2,026-04-20 |
| Net Income To Common | -169,178,000 |
| Next Fiscal Year End | 1,798,675,200 |
| Non Diluted Market Cap | 23,416,410 |
| Open | 4.86 |
| Operating Cashflow | -17,001,000 |
| Operating Margins | 0.0 |
| Payout Ratio | 0.0 |
| Phone | 353 1 920 1000 |
| Pre Market Change | -0.0539999 |
| Pre Market Change Percent | -1.097559 |
| Pre Market Price | 4.866 |
| Pre Market Time | 1,776,775,866 |
| Prev Name | Security Matters Limited |
| Previous Close | 4.96 |
| Price Hint | 4 |
| Price To Book | 0.9977692 |
| Profit Margins | 0.0 |
| Quick Ratio | 0.579 |
| Quote Source Name | Nasdaq Real Time Price |
| Quote Type | EQUITY |
| Recommendation Key | none |
| Region | US |
| Regular Market Change | -0.04 |
| Regular Market Change Percent | -0.806451 |
| Regular Market Day High | 5.19 |
| Regular Market Day Low | 4.735 |
| Regular Market Day Range | 4.735 - 5.19 |
| Regular Market Open | 4.86 |
| Regular Market Previous Close | 4.96 |
| Regular Market Price | 4.92 |
| Regular Market Time | 1,776,715,200 |
| Regular Market Volume | 790,426 |
| Return On Assets | -2.0408 |
| Return On Equity | -8.37021 |
| Sand P52 Week Change | 0.34445214 |
| Sector | Industrials |
| Sector Disp | Industrials |
| Sector Key | industrials |
| Shares Outstanding | 4,759,433 |
| Shares Percent Shares Out | 0.0339 |
| Shares Short | 103,781 |
| Shares Short Previous Month Date | 1,772,150,400 |
| Shares Short Prior Month | 99,915 |
| Short Name | SMX (Security Matters) Public L |
| Short Percent Of Float | 0.0377 |
| Short Ratio | 0.25 |
| Source Interval | 15 |
| Symbol | SMX |
| Total Cash | 12,201,000 |
| Total Cash Per Share | 6.794 |
| Total Debt | 9,172,000 |
| Tradeable | 0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Rate | 0.0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Trailing Eps | -4.0 |
| Trailing Peg Ratio | None |
| Triggerable | 1 |
| Two Hundred Day Average | 218.23955 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change | -213.31955 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent | -0.977456 |
| Type Disp | Equity |
| Volume | 790,426 |
| Website | https://smx.tech |
| Zip | D04 T4A6 |