SMX (Security Matters) Public Limited Company (SMX)Industrials | Specialty Business Services | Dublin, Ireland | NasdaqCM
16.21 USD
+0.56
(3.578%)
⇧
(July 13, 2026, 4 p.m.
EDT)
|
Hot Take ↕ | July 11, 2026, 3:02 a.m. EDT
This is a catastrophic failure of a public company, not a distressed opportunity. The fundamentals are obliterated: the stock has lost 100% of its value over the last three years, with three consecutive years of double-digit percentage declines. The balance sheet is toxic, showing negative earnings per share (-$168), negative return on equity (-8.3%), and a current ratio of 0.59, meaning liabilities exceed assets. The company is actively signaling further reverse stock splits to manage delisting risks, which is a desperate measure for a dying ticker. While the price has recently stabilized around $15, this is likely a temporary lull in a death spiral, not a bottom. The options market confirms this despair with massive put writing at the $5 level. There is no business quality here, no cash generation, and no path to recovery visible in the data. Avoid completely. |
| Model | MAE |
|---|---|
| AutoTheta ✓ | 2.588540 |
| AutoARIMA | 2.725538 |
| AutoETS | 2.731853 |
| MSTL | 2.737579 |
Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoTheta
| Forecast Reliability | |
|---|---|
| Score | 18% |
| H-stat | 4.89 |
| Ljung-Box p | 0.000 |
| Jarque-Bera p | 0.012 |
| Excess Kurtosis | 0.01 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Sector | Industrials |
| Debt to Equity Ratio | 47.462 |
| Market Cap | 15,863,235 |
| Beta | -3.19 |
| Previous Name | Security Matters Limited |
| Website | https://smx.tech |
As of July 11, 2026, 3:02 a.m. EDT: Speculators are positioning defensively with heavy open interest in deep out-of-the-money puts ($5 strike), suggesting a fear of further collapse or a 'lottery ticket' bet on a massive drop. Conversely, call volume is concentrated at strikes significantly above the current price ($20-$30), indicating speculative hopes of a sudden, volatile recovery rather than steady accumulation.
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| 52 Week Change | -0.98920405 |
| Address1 | Mespil Business Centre |
| Address2 | Mespil House Sussex Road |
| All Time High | 3,162,180,350.0 |
| All Time Low | 2.334096 |
| Ask | 20.13 |
| Ask Size | 2 |
| Average Daily Volume10 Day | 43,110 |
| Average Daily Volume3 Month | 845,379 |
| Average Volume | 845,379 |
| Average Volume10Days | 43,110 |
| Beta | -3.187 |
| Bid | 12.17 |
| Bid Size | 2 |
| Book Value | 225.349 |
| City | Dublin |
| Compensation As Of Epoch Date | 1,640,908,800 |
| Country | Ireland |
| Crypto Tradeable | 0 |
| Currency | USD |
| Current Price | 16.21 |
| Current Ratio | 0.588 |
| Custom Price Alert Confidence | HIGH |
| Date Short Interest | 1,782,777,600 |
| Day High | 16.9999 |
| Day Low | 15.57 |
| Debt To Equity | 47.462 |
| Ebitda | -138,479,008 |
| Ebitda Margins | 0.0 |
| Enterprise To Ebitda | -0.058 |
| Enterprise Value | 8,077,037 |
| Eps Trailing Twelve Months | -182.98 |
| Esg Populated | 0 |
| Exchange | NCM |
| Exchange Data Delayed By | 0 |
| Exchange Timezone Name | America/New_York |
| Exchange Timezone Short Name | EDT |
| Fifty Day Average | 14.298203 |
| Fifty Day Average Change | 1.9117956 |
| Fifty Day Average Change Percent | 0.1337088 |
| Fifty Two Week Change Percent | -98.9204 |
| Fifty Two Week High | 5,496.4775 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change | -5,480.2676 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change Percent | -0.9970508 |
| Fifty Two Week Low | 2.334096 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change | 13.875903 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent | 5.944873 |
| Fifty Two Week Range | 2.334096 - 5496.4775 |
| Financial Currency | USD |
| First Trade Date Milliseconds | 1,639,060,200,000 |
| Float Shares | 36,507 |
| 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 | 0.024260001 |
| Held Percent Institutions | 0.00169 |
| Implied Shares Outstanding | 978,608 |
| 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 | 1,780,272,000 |
| Last Split Factor | 437:1000 |
| 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 | 15,863,235 |
| Market State | PRE |
| Max Age | 86,400 |
| Message Board Id | finmb_575139548 |
| Most Recent Quarter | 1,767,139,200 |
| Name Change Date | 2,026-07-14 |
| Net Income To Common | -169,178,000 |
| Next Fiscal Year End | 1,798,675,200 |
| Non Diluted Market Cap | 15,863,235 |
| Open | 15.57 |
| Operating Cashflow | -17,001,000 |
| Operating Margins | 0.0 |
| Payout Ratio | 0.0 |
| Phone | 353 1 920 1000 |
| Pre Market Change | -0.51139927 |
| Pre Market Change Percent | -3.1548383 |
| Pre Market Price | 15.6986 |
| Pre Market Time | 1,784,028,759 |
| Prev Name | Security Matters Limited |
| Previous Close | 15.65 |
| Price Hint | 2 |
| Price To Book | 0.07193287 |
| 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 | 0.559999 |
| Regular Market Change Percent | 3.57827 |
| Regular Market Day High | 16.9999 |
| Regular Market Day Low | 15.57 |
| Regular Market Day Range | 15.57 - 16.9999 |
| Regular Market Open | 15.57 |
| Regular Market Previous Close | 15.65 |
| Regular Market Price | 16.21 |
| Regular Market Time | 1,783,972,800 |
| Regular Market Volume | 53,912 |
| Return On Assets | -2.0408 |
| Return On Equity | -8.37021 |
| Sand P52 Week Change | 0.20847368 |
| Sector | Industrials |
| Sector Disp | Industrials |
| Sector Key | industrials |
| Shares Outstanding | 978,608 |
| Shares Percent Shares Out | 0.0862 |
| Shares Short | 84,345 |
| Shares Short Previous Month Date | 1,780,012,800 |
| Shares Short Prior Month | 40,415 |
| Short Name | SMX (Security Matters) Public L |
| Short Percent Of Float | 0.0868 |
| Short Ratio | 1.18 |
| Source Interval | 15 |
| Symbol | SMX |
| Total Cash | 12,201,000 |
| Total Cash Per Share | 310.466 |
| Total Debt | 9,172,000 |
| Tradeable | 0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Rate | 0.0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Trailing Eps | -182.98 |
| Trailing Peg Ratio | None |
| Triggerable | 1 |
| Two Hundred Day Average | 232.55272 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change | -216.34271 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent | -0.93029535 |
| Type Disp | Equity |
| Volume | 53,912 |
| Website | https://smx.tech |
| Zip | D04 T4A6 |