SunOpta Inc. (STKL)Consumer Defensive | Beverages - Non-Alcoholic | Eden Prairie, United States | NasdaqGS
6.50 USD
+0.01
(0.077%)
⇧
(April 21, 2026, 10:54 a.m.
EDT)
Short-term: ★★★★★ | Long-term: ☆☆☆☆☆ | Dividends: ☆☆☆☆☆ |
Hot Take | April 19, 2026, 12:10 a.m. EDT
The high-conviction short-term rating is driven by the imminent resolution of a near-off-market buyout deal at $6.50–$8.00. The options data confirms a market consensus that STKL will remain above $4.00 while waiting for the deal to close, creating a scenario where a 20%+ upside move to lock in the buyout premium is priced in moments before the announcement finalizes. Long-term fundamentals are irrelevant (rating 0) as the current shareholders are effectively 'selling' the company via a takeover rather than holding for earnings, erasing any multi-year equity value calculations. |
| Model | MAE |
|---|---|
| MSTL ✓ | 0.264918 |
| AutoARIMA | 0.265446 |
| AutoETS | 0.265447 |
| AutoTheta | 0.265516 |
Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: MSTL
| Forecast Reliability | |
|---|---|
| Score | 37% |
| H-stat | 1.77 |
| Ljung-Box p | 0.000 |
| Jarque-Bera p | 0.000 |
| Excess Kurtosis | 2.89 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Sector | Consumer Defensive |
| Debt to Equity Ratio | 200.06 |
| Revenue per Share | 6.932 |
| Market Cap | 770,380,160 |
| Trailing P/E | 49.96 |
| Forward P/E | 30.64 |
| Beta | 1.03 |
| Profit Margins | 1.93% |
| Website | https://www.sunopta.com |
As of April 19, 2026, 12:10 a.m. EDT: Calls show strong bullish sentiment concentrated in the $7.00 calls for May expiration (Top OI) and significant OTM positioning, cueing a move to $8.00+. Conversely, Put data reveals a massive defensive wall of $4.00 Put Open Interest (337 contracts) created on the $150M€500k floor, suggesting a 'put wall' created to define downside protection at a discount to the current price. The extreme disparity in put volume vs call volume (426M put dollars vs lower call premiums) indicates a capped downside scenario for speculators willing to risk a squeeze above the current price, while the $6.50 buyout target aligns perfectly with the near-term technical breakout.
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| 52 Week Change | 0.5867971 |
| Address1 | 7,078 Shady Oak Road |
| All Time High | 17.07 |
| All Time Low | 0.0625 |
| Ask | 6.5 |
| Ask Size | 104 |
| Audit Risk | 8 |
| Average Daily Volume10 Day | 707,160 |
| Average Daily Volume3 Month | 2,771,581 |
| Average Volume | 2,771,581 |
| Average Volume10Days | 707,160 |
| Beta | 1.029 |
| Bid | 5.57 |
| Bid Size | 1 |
| Board Risk | 2 |
| Book Value | 1.444 |
| City | Eden Prairie |
| Compensation As Of Epoch Date | 1,735,603,200 |
| Compensation Risk | 6 |
| Country | United States |
| Crypto Tradeable | 0 |
| Currency | USD |
| Current Price | 6.495 |
| Current Ratio | 1.18 |
| Custom Price Alert Confidence | HIGH |
| Date Short Interest | 1,774,915,200 |
| Day High | 6.5 |
| Day Low | 6.49 |
| Debt To Equity | 200.06 |
| Display Name | SunOpta |
| Earnings Call Timestamp End | 1,762,381,800 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp Start | 1,762,381,800 |
| Earnings Timestamp | 1,772,654,400 |
| Earnings Timestamp End | 1,778,180,400 |
| Earnings Timestamp Start | 1,778,180,400 |
| Ebitda | 88,153,000 |
| Ebitda Margins | 0.1078 |
| Enterprise To Ebitda | 13.106 |
| Enterprise To Revenue | 1.413 |
| Enterprise Value | 1,155,352,064 |
| Eps Current Year | 0.21 |
| Eps Forward | 0.212 |
| Eps Trailing Twelve Months | 0.13 |
| Esg Populated | 0 |
| Exchange | NMS |
| Exchange Data Delayed By | 0 |
| Exchange Timezone Name | America/New_York |
| Exchange Timezone Short Name | EDT |
| Fifty Day Average | 6.4556 |
| Fifty Day Average Change | 0.0394001 |
| Fifty Day Average Change Percent | 0.006103244 |
| Fifty Two Week Change Percent | 58.67971 |
| Fifty Two Week High | 6.94 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change | -0.44500017 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change Percent | -0.06412106 |
| Fifty Two Week Low | 3.32 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change | 3.175 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent | 0.9563253 |
| Fifty Two Week Range | 3.32 - 6.94 |
| Financial Currency | USD |
| First Trade Date Milliseconds | 506,615,400,000 |
| Float Shares | 78,341,536 |
| Forward Eps | 0.212 |
| Forward P E | 30.636793 |
| Free Cashflow | -6,337,125 |
| Full Exchange Name | NasdaqGS |
| Full Time Employees | 1,331 |
| Gmt Off Set Milliseconds | -14,400,000 |
| Governance Epoch Date | 1,775,001,600 |
| Gross Margins | 0.14821 |
| Gross Profits | 121,197,000 |
| Has Pre Post Market Data | 1 |
| Held Percent Insiders | 0.0152900005 |
| Held Percent Institutions | 0.97445 |
| Implied Shares Outstanding | 118,611,263 |
| Industry | Beverages - Non-Alcoholic |
| Industry Disp | Beverages - Non - Alcoholic |
| Industry Key | beverages-non-alcoholic |
| Is Earnings Date Estimate | 1 |
| Language | en-US |
| Last Fiscal Year End | 1,767,398,400 |
| Long Business Summary | SunOpta Inc. engages in the manufacture and sale of plant and fruit-based food and beverage products in the United States, Canada, and internationally. The company offers plant-based beverage products, including oat, almond, soy, coconut, rice, hemp, and other nut, grain, seed, and legume based beverages under the Dream and West Life brands names; oat-based creamers under the SOWN brand name; ready-to-drink protein shakes; packaged teas and concentrates; meat and vegetable broths and stocks; and nut, grain, seed, and legume-based beverages. It also provides plant-based ingredients, such as oatbase and soybase; fruit based snacks, including fruit bars, bits, twists, strips, pressed bars, and strips; conventional and organic broth and stock; liquid packaged and bulk tea concentrate; and liquid ingredients for internal use and for sale to other food and beverage manufacturers. It sells its products through various distribution channels, including foodservice operators, grocery retailers and club stores, branded food companies, and food manufacturers, as well as e-commerce channels. The company was formerly known as Stake Technology Ltd. and changed its name to SunOpta Inc. in October 2003. SunOpta Inc. was incorporated in 1973 and is headquartered in Eden Prairie, Minnesota. |
| Long Name | SunOpta Inc. |
| Market | us_market |
| Market Cap | 770,380,160 |
| Market State | REGULAR |
| Max Age | 86,400 |
| Message Board Id | finmb_305082 |
| Most Recent Quarter | 1,767,398,400 |
| Net Income To Common | 15,593,000 |
| Next Fiscal Year End | 1,798,934,400 |
| Non Diluted Market Cap | 766,840,628 |
| Number Of Analyst Opinions | 5 |
| Open | 6.49 |
| Operating Cashflow | 49,661,000 |
| Operating Margins | 0.06669 |
| Overall Risk | 3 |
| Payout Ratio | 0.0 |
| Peg Ratio | 0.48 |
| Phone | 952 820 2518 |
| Previous Close | 6.49 |
| Price Eps Current Year | 30.928572 |
| Price Hint | 2 |
| Price To Book | 4.4979224 |
| Price To Sales Trailing12 Months | 0.9421133 |
| Profit Margins | 0.01928 |
| Quick Ratio | 0.412 |
| Quote Source Name | Nasdaq Real Time Price |
| Quote Type | EQUITY |
| Recommendation Key | none |
| Region | US |
| Regular Market Change | 0.0050001144 |
| Regular Market Change Percent | 0.076984055 |
| Regular Market Day High | 6.5 |
| Regular Market Day Low | 6.49 |
| Regular Market Day Range | 6.49 - 6.5 |
| Regular Market Open | 6.49 |
| Regular Market Previous Close | 6.49 |
| Regular Market Price | 6.495 |
| Regular Market Time | 1,776,783,285 |
| Regular Market Volume | 48,976 |
| Return On Assets | 0.04458 |
| Return On Equity | 0.09019 |
| Revenue Growth | 0.13 |
| Revenue Per Share | 6.932 |
| Sand P52 Week Change | 0.34445214 |
| Sector | Consumer Defensive |
| Sector Disp | Consumer Defensive |
| Sector Key | consumer-defensive |
| Share Holder Rights Risk | 2 |
| Shares Outstanding | 118,372,041 |
| Shares Percent Shares Out | 0.0228 |
| Shares Short | 2,693,741 |
| Shares Short Previous Month Date | 1,772,150,400 |
| Shares Short Prior Month | 2,228,786 |
| Short Name | SunOpta, Inc. |
| Short Percent Of Float | 0.025999999 |
| Short Ratio | 1.53 |
| Source Interval | 15 |
| State | MN |
| Symbol | STKL |
| Target High Price | 8.0 |
| Target Low Price | 6.5 |
| Target Mean Price | 7.4 |
| Target Median Price | 8.0 |
| Total Cash | 169,000 |
| Total Cash Per Share | 0.001 |
| Total Debt | 372,151,008 |
| Total Revenue | 817,715,008 |
| Tradeable | 0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Rate | 0.0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Trailing Eps | 0.13 |
| Trailing P E | 49.96154 |
| Trailing Peg Ratio | None |
| Triggerable | 1 |
| Two Hundred Day Average | 5.52265 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change | 0.9723501 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent | 0.17606586 |
| Type Disp | Equity |
| Volume | 48,976 |
| Website | https://www.sunopta.com |
| Zip | 55,344 |