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American Battery Technology Company Common Stock

Strong FundamentalsStrong FundamentalsRevenue growing 697% YoY2 insiders buyingConsistent chatter on X (1.9K/wk), no spike
$ABAT·$359M·Industrial Materials·Basic Materials
$3.38-1.0%YTD0.0%1Y+149.6%
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ABABAT
American Battery Technology Company Common Stock$ABAT
$3.39-1.02%1.9k posts+7%
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Today's AI verdict on what's driving $ABAT, plus how loud the X conversation is and which way it's leaning.

AI analysis

TickerTalks’ read on the fundamentals and what’s driving the move.

Comeback attemptWinding up for a moveAI verdict · as of 2026-06-12

Trading in a tight range and building pressure — a move looks likely soon, but the direction isn't clear yet.

Lithium-recycling micro-cap with the DOE grant reinstated — and CEO and CFO just bought $3.5M of stock.

American Battery Technology is a lithium-and-critical-minerals refining/recycling startup with one operating asset (a closed-loop battery recycling facility in Nevada) and one financed greenfield (the $115M DOE-grant-backed lithium refinery). Q1 revenue grew 697% YoY but only to $5M with gross margin 9% and operating margin -440% — the company is structurally pre-cycle. The setup that changes the call: on June 8, the company entered a Modification Agreement with the DOE reinstating the previously-terminated $115M Critical Mineral Lithium Refinery grant, and on the same day officer Steven Wu bought $1.17M of stock at $1.07 (P-Purchase, open market) and CEO/CTO Ryan Melsert bought $2.34M at $0.99. That's a $3.5M officer cluster purchase at sub-$1.10 — the kind of insider conviction signal that flips the trajectory read. The stock at $3.42 is now 3x the buy price.

What to watch: September 30 Q4 print plus any operational update on the DOE-financed lithium refinery construction milestones. Bulls need revenue growing toward $20M and a binding offtake or customer agreement; another quarter without execution progress or any retreat from the DOE grant terms invalidates the turnaround. Invalidation: an insider block sale at sub-$3.

On the calendar: 2026-09-30 — Q4 earnings

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What it does

Plain-English summary of the business — what they sell and how they make money.

American Battery Technology Company (ABTC) specializes in the field of battery materials. The firm's activities include discovering and securing resources of critical battery metals like lithium, nickel, cobalt, and manganese. Furthermore, ABTC develops and introduces innovative technologies for extracting these essential metals, and it also commercializes holistic systems for the recycling of depleted lithium-ion batteries. Established in 2011, the company was formerly identified as American Battery Metals Corporation and currently bases its main operations in Reno, Nevada.

Industry overviewAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data

Where Industrial Materials sits in its cycle right now — and what that implies for $ABAT.

Industrial Materials · Basic Materials

China's tightening rare earth and critical mineral export controls are the structural supply-chain security driver — MP Materials at the only US rare earth mine and USAR advancing domestic NdFeB magnet processing respond to defense and EV supply chain diversification mandates. The US-China critical minerals competition is accelerating.

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Industry benchmark

7-name peer basket
+27.2%YTD
+161.8%1Y

Fundamentals & catalyst

Profitability, valuation, and the next earnings event — at a glance, with rule-of-thumb signals.

Key ratios

P/E
-7.1How much investors are paying per dollar of profit the company actually earned in the last 12 months. Lower means the stock looks cheaper relative to earnings.~15–25 is typical for the S&P 500; high-growth names trade 30+; hyper-growth or speculative can be 100+ or negative.
ROIC
-55.1%What percentage return the business earns on every dollar of capital (equity + debt) deployed in operations. The cleanest measure of business quality.Above ~15% is high-quality; consistently above 25% suggests a real moat. Below the company's cost of capital is value-destroying.
Op margin
-382%Operating profit (after sales, marketing, R&D, and overhead but before interest and taxes) as a percentage of revenue. The clearest view of how well the underlying business is run.Mature business above 20% is healthy; software businesses can run 30%+; commodity / retail businesses operate in single digits.
FCF yield
-10.1%Free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capex) divided by the company's market cap. The cash-on-cash return you'd get owning the whole business at today's price.Above ~5% is attractive; below ~2% means you're paying up for growth. Capital-light businesses (software) run higher than capital-heavy ones (utilities).
P/S
22.1Same idea as P/E but per dollar of revenue. Useful for companies that aren't profitable yet, where P/E is meaningless.Under ~2 is cheap; software / SaaS often runs 8–15; well above 20 implies the market is pricing in very high future growth.
ROE
-63.9%Net income as a percentage of shareholders' equity. Similar to ROIC but counts only the equity side.Above 20% is strong, but can be inflated by leverage — a heavily indebted company can show high ROE with weak underlying ROIC.
Gross margin
-42.7%Revenue minus the direct cost of producing what was sold, as a percentage of revenue. The first read on whether the product is structurally profitable.Software / SaaS is typically 70%+; consumer goods 30–50%; commodity / hardware businesses can be under 20%.
D/E
0.0Total debt divided by shareholders' equity. Measures how much the business runs on borrowed money versus owner capital.Under 1 is conservative; 1–2 is typical for mature businesses; over 2 is leveraged and more sensitive to interest rates.

Past earnings

QuarterReportedActualEstimateSurprise
Q1 2026May 11, 2026$-0.26$-0.08-225.0%
Q4 2025Feb 5, 2026$-0.07$-0.05-40.0%
Q3 2025Nov 6, 2025$-0.09$-0.03-200.0%
Q2 2025Sep 18, 2025$-0.10$-0.08-25.0%
Next earningsWed, Sep 30·consensus EPS $-0.05

Quarterly trend

QuarterRevenueYoYGrossOpEPSFCF
Q3 FY26$7.8M+697.1%9.4%-440%$-0.26$-10.7M
Q2 FY26$4.8M+1331.8%-33.6%-207%$-0.07$-11.3M
Q1 FY26$938K+364.2%-375%-1081%$-0.09$-7.8M
Q4 FY25$2.8M+708.1%-92.6%-280%$-0.11$-6.4M

Forward consensus

3-year forecast · up to 2 analysts
FYRevenueRangeEPSRangeAnalysts
FY26$19.7M$17.8M – $21.6M-$0.47-$0.50 – -$0.442
FY27$33.4M$19.9M – $46.9M-$0.18-$0.29 – -$0.082
FY28$25.3M$18.0M – $32.6M-$0.30-$0.41 – -$0.191

Setup & momentum

Volume, range, and moving-average position — the technical setup driving short-term moves.

Right now

Vol vs 30dToday's traded share volume divided by the average over the prior 30 trading days. ≥3× signals unusual interest; below 1× is quiet.1.0×Today's traded share volume divided by the average over the prior 30 trading days. ≥3× signals unusual interest; below 1× is quiet.
52w rangeWhere the latest close sits between the 52-week low (0%) and high (100%). Above 80% is extended; below 30% is basing or in a downtrend.22%Where the latest close sits between the 52-week low (0%) and high (100%). Above 80% is extended; below 30% is basing or in a downtrend.
vs 50d MALatest close vs the 50-day simple moving average. Positive = short-term trend is up.+5.0%Latest close vs the 50-day simple moving average. Positive = short-term trend is up.
vs 200d MALatest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.-11.7%Latest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.

Float & profile

FloatMid float · 100.6M shFree-float shares — the slice of issued stock actually available to trade. Lower buckets squeeze harder on a catalyst.Traded today8.1% of floatToday's volume as a percent of the free float. Above 5% on a single day is unusually high turnover for the available share count.β1.135-year weekly beta vs the S&P 500. Above 1.5 means the stock typically moves more than the index; below 0.8 moves less.

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Insider activity

Recent open-market buys and sells by officers and directors — flagged when multiple insiders cluster.

Recent transactions

BuyJun 5Melsert Ryan MitchellCEO2.4M sh$2.3MBuyJun 5Steven WuCOO1.1M sh$1.2MSellDec 16, 2025Scott JolcoverChief Mineral Resource Officer17.5K sh$68KSellDec 16, 2025Lowery Elizabeth AnnDirector37.6K sh$149K
+ 30 other (19 awards · 11 inkinds) in window

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SEC filings

Material 8-K, 13D, S-3, and 424B5 events from the last 180 days — the filings that actually move the price.

Recent material filings

8-KMaterial agreementJun 88-K — Item 1.01: Material agreement · Item 7.01: Press release / Reg FD
AI summary

American Battery Technology Company (ABAT) and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) entered into a Modification Agreement on June 2, 2026 reinstating and modifying a previously terminated $115.5 million grant (Award No. DE-MS0000010) for a commercial-scale battery cathode-grade lithium hydroxide manufacturing facility, with the DOE's share at $57.74 million and ABAT's matching cost share at $57.74 million; the grant had been originally awarded effective September 1, 2023 but was terminated by the DOE on October 9, 2025. The Modification Agreement revives this federal funding under new terms, with specific modifications not fully disclosed in the excerpt. Restoration of a ~$58 million federal grant is a highly material funding event for a small-cap battery materials company operating on limited resources.

8-KOfficer or director changeJun 38-K — Item 5.02: Officer or director change
AI summary

American Battery Technology Company's (ABAT) Board approved a Special Performance-Based Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement with CEO/CTO Ryan Melsert on May 29, 2026, granting 2,200,000 RSUs convertible one-for-one into shares of common stock under the 2021 Equity Incentive Plan, subject to performance conditions not fully detailed in the excerpt. The 2.2 million RSU grant is significant relative to ABAT's small-cap share count and represents meaningful potential dilution to existing shareholders if performance milestones are met. This signals the board's intent to retain and incentivize top leadership through a performance-linked equity package, likely tied to the DOE grant milestones and commercial facility progress.

3New insider — initial holdingsFeb 243
8-KOfficer or director changeJan 298-K — Item 5.02: Officer or director change
+ 10 other (5 13Gs · 2 earnings 8-Ks · 2 10-Qs · 1 S-8) in window

Recent news

Latest headlines from major outlets, sourced and timestamped — context for whatever just moved.

Why investors should sell ABAT stock on a 35% DOE driven rally todayinvezz.com·4d agoClean Energy Stocks Are Trending — Here's Whybenzinga.com·4d agoNasdaq Pops 450 Points Amid Broader Tech Reboundschaeffersresearch.com·4d agoAmerican Battery Technology Company Wins Appeal and Has US Department of Energy Grant Reinstated for $115 million Project for Commercial Scale Critical Mineral Lithium Refineryglobenewswire.com·5d agoAmerican Battery Technology: The First Positive Gross Margin Under The Dilution Treadmillseekingalpha.com·16d ago

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