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Waldencast plc (WALD)

Consumer Defensive | Household & Personal Products | London, United Kingdom | NasdaqCM
0.88 USD

Short-term:★☆☆☆☆Long-term:⯪☆☆☆☆Dividends:☆☆☆☆☆
Hot Take ↕ | Oct. 10, 2026, 8:42 a.m. EDT

The immediate outlook is severely compromised by a relentless downward price trend over the last fourteen days, where the share price has eroded significantly from $1.62 to $0.95, signaling intense selling pressure and a lack of near-term support. This technical breakdown is compounded by a catastrophic fundamental reality: the company is burning cash aggressively with free cash flow of -$237 million against only $7.8 million in total cash, while operating margins have collapsed to -157%. Despite the market's optimistic 'Buy' recommendation and a target price of $2.05, these figures are mathematically impossible to achieve given the massive debt load of nearly $150 million and the complete absence of profitability. The recent news of an SEC exoneration and the sale of the Obagi division offers some narrative relief, but the financial bleeding continues unabated. With no dividend to provide income and a balance sheet that appears unable to sustain operations without further capital infusion, the investment case is currently non-existent.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
AutoARIMA ✓0.260186
MSTL0.260218
AutoETS0.264273
AutoTheta0.328432

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoARIMA

Forecast Reliability
Score 31%
H-stat 5.91
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.939
Excess Kurtosis -0.26
Attribute Value
Sector Consumer Defensive
Debt to Equity Ratio 38.164
Revenue per Share 2.025
Market Cap 111,865,064
Forward P/E -1.10
Beta 0.01
Profit Margins -70.22%
Website https://www.waldencast.com

Info Dump

Attribute Value
52 Week Change -0.60106385
Address1 81 Fulham Road
Address2 Suite 560
All Time High 12.1
All Time Low 0.71
Ask 1.15
Ask Size 2
Average Analyst Rating 2.0 - Buy
Average Daily Volume10 Day 174,392
Average Daily Volume3 Month 299,958
Average Volume 299,958
Average Volume10Days 174,392
Beta 0.01
Bid 0.6597
Bid Size 2
Book Value 3.277
City London
Country United Kingdom
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Current Price 0.8794
Current Ratio 4.798
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Date Short Interest 1,789,430,400
Day High 0.8794
Day Low 0.8794
Debt To Equity 38.164
Dividend Yield 0.0
Earnings Call Timestamp End 1,762,954,200
Earnings Call Timestamp Start 1,762,954,200
Earnings Timestamp 1,790,625,600
Earnings Timestamp End 1,790,625,600
Earnings Timestamp Start 1,790,625,600
Ebitda -27,489,000
Ebitda Margins -0.115830004
Enterprise To Ebitda -9.272
Enterprise To Revenue 1.074
Enterprise Value 254,890,192
Eps Forward -0.8
Eps Trailing Twelve Months -1.25
Esg Populated 0
Exchange NCM
Exchange Data Delayed By 15
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 1.229586
Fifty Day Average Change -0.350186
Fifty Day Average Change Percent -0.2847999
Fifty Two Week Change Percent -60.106384
Fifty Two Week High 3.22
Fifty Two Week High Change -2.3406
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.7268944
Fifty Two Week Low 0.71
Fifty Two Week Low Change 0.16940004
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.23859161
Fifty Two Week Range 0.71 - 3.22
Financial Currency USD
First Trade Date Milliseconds 1,784,295,000,000
Float Shares 47,176,921
Forward Eps -0.8
Forward P E -1.09925
Free Cashflow -237,692,880
Full Exchange Name NasdaqCM
Full Time Employees 367
Fullday Change 0.0
Fullday Change Percent 0.0
Fullday Price 0.8794
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Gross Margins 0.65758
Gross Profits 156,054,000
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Held Percent Insiders 0.51613
Held Percent Institutions 0.24520999
Implied Shares Outstanding 127,206,117
Industry Household & Personal Products
Industry Disp Household & Personal Products
Industry Key household-personal-products
Ipo Expected Date 2,021-05-10
Is Earnings Date Estimate 0
Language en-US
Last Fiscal Year End 1,767,139,200
Long Business Summary Waldencast plc operates in the beauty and wellness industry in the United States, Canada, Europe, the Middle East, India, Australia, and New Zealand. The company operates through two segments, Obagi Medical and Milk Makeup. It offers skin care products to minimize signs of skin aging, address dark spots, hyperpigmentation, fine lines and wrinkles, and protect and enhance skin tone and texture; cosmetics; and other beauty products. In addition, the company provides foundation, concealer, primer, blush, setting spray, and bronzer categories, as well as sells liner, eyeshadow, and lip color products. It serves distributors, retailers, physicians, and directly to consumers through its e-commerce platforms, and third-party logistics and delivery providers. The company was incorporated in 2020 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.
Long Name Waldencast plc
Market us_market
Market Cap 111,865,064
Market State POST
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_705209892
Most Recent Quarter 1,782,777,600
Net Income To Common -274,399,008
Next Fiscal Year End 1,798,675,200
Non Diluted Market Cap 132,748,967
Number Of Analyst Opinions 2
Open 0.96
Operating Cashflow -11,411,000
Operating Margins -1.56927
Phone 44 20 3196 0264
Previous Close 0.8794
Price Hint 4
Price To Book 0.26835522
Price To Sales Trailing12 Months 0.47137797
Profit Margins -0.7022
Quick Ratio 0.131
Quote Source Name Delayed Quote
Quote Type EQUITY
Recommendation Key buy
Recommendation Mean 2.0
Region US
Regular Market Change 0.0
Regular Market Change Percent 0.0
Regular Market Day High 0.8794
Regular Market Day Low 0.8794
Regular Market Day Range 0.8794 - 0.8794
Regular Market Open 0.96
Regular Market Previous Close 0.8794
Regular Market Price 0.8794
Regular Market Time 1,792,008,000
Regular Market Volume 277,019
Return On Assets -0.07485
Return On Equity -0.62671
Revenue Growth -0.803
Revenue Per Share 2.025
Sand P52 Week Change 0.16440773
Sector Consumer Defensive
Sector Disp Consumer Defensive
Sector Key consumer-defensive
Shares Outstanding 119,371,780
Shares Percent Shares Out 0.0016
Shares Short 207,036
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,786,665,600
Shares Short Prior Month 58,897
Short Name Waldencast plc
Short Percent Of Float 0.0041
Short Ratio 0.68
Source Interval 15
Symbol WALD
Target High Price 2.5
Target Low Price 1.6
Target Mean Price 2.05
Target Median Price 2.05
Total Cash 7,818,000
Total Cash Per Share 0.065
Total Debt 149,304,992
Total Revenue 237,315,008
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 0.0
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.0
Trailing Eps -1.25
Trailing Peg Ratio None
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 1.4310895
Two Hundred Day Average Change -0.5516895
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent -0.38550314
Type Disp Equity
Volume 277,019
Website https://www.waldencast.com
Zip SW3 6RD