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Aeluma, Inc.

$ALMU·$249M·Semiconductors·Technology
$15.06-8.2%YTD-5.1%1Y-4.4%
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ALALMU
$ALMUAeluma, Inc.
$15.06-8.17%95 posts+37%
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AI verdict & sentimentAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data

Today's AI verdict on what's driving $ALMU, 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.

Hinges on a big eventWinding up for a moveAI verdict · as of 2026-07-15

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

Aeluma is a $249M photonics small-cap coiling after the Army Direct-to-Phase II award and new engineering VP — Carter Worth flagged the technical setup as 'buy aggressively.'

Aeluma is a $249M optoelectronic-components small-cap building compound-semiconductor-on-silicon technology. Shares at $17.04, up 5.1% today, down 1.4% YTD but essentially flat over twelve months, sitting 0.32 through the 52-week range and 26% below the 50-day.

  • Fundamentals reflect scaling-but-tiny operating base: Q3 FY26 (3/31) revenue $1.22M (-2.6% yoy — small base optics), 32% gross margin, op margin -174%, EPS -$0.10 (14% miss). Four-quarter EPS surprises: -14.3%, +20.0%, -20.0%, +33.3% — mixed cadence.
  • FY26 (6/30 year-end) consensus $4.47M revenue growing to $7.1M FY27, $20.4M FY28, $79.2M FY29 — the real ramp is 2-3 years out on defense/AI-photonics contracts.
  • Catalyst stack: 6/23 hire of Brendan Moran as VP of Engineering (18 years at Lumileds, 25+ products launched — decisive commercialization hire); 7/7 CEO Klamkin chairs Optica Advanced Photonics Congress Industry Program on AI and Quantum; per X, Army Direct-to-Phase II award (signals prior technical de-risking) and a new patent grant.
  • 7/1 insider signal: CEO Klamkin G-Gift 40,000 shares + S-Sale 20,000 at $21.08 ($422K) — the sale portion is a real distribution above spot.
  • Structural: tiny float (9.9M), beta -0.16 (essentially uncorrelated), volume 0.54x 30-day norm, 4.8% of float traded — thin, high-concentration.
  • X sentiment is uniformly bullish: Army Phase II award, patent grant, Moran engineering hire framed as pivot from science risk to execution risk; Carter Worth technical 'buy aggressively' call.

Next dated read is Q4 FY26 on 9/29 with consensus EPS -$0.075. Revenue growth (any material step-up would matter), Army/DoD contract progression, and cash runway from the recent capital-raise are the substance.

Agrees with X sentimentThe bullish X read (Army Phase II, patent, engineering hire, Carter Worth call) matches the news flow. The $422K CEO Klamkin distribution at $21.08 above current spot is the honest counterweight.

What to watch: Q4 FY26 print 9/29, Army/DoD contract revenue progression, any additional named-partner AI-photonics announcement, and cash runway commentary. Reclaim of 50-day (~$23) is the first technical validation.

On the calendar: 2026-09-29 — Q4 FY26 earnings (consensus EPS -$0.075)

X sentiment

What the X crowd is saying right now — descriptive, summarised from the day’s posts.

Bullish sentiment7 posts analyzed · as of 2026-06-30

Aeluma is a photonics small-cap where the headlines this week are an Army Direct-to-Phase II award (signaling prior technical de-risking), a new patent grant, and the hire of Brendan Moran as VP of Engineering (eighteen years at Lumileds, 25+ products launched). Carter Worth flagged ALMU on technicals with a bullish setup and a 'buy this aggressively' call. Posters frame the engineering hire as a signal Aeluma is pivoting from science risk to execution risk on productization and customer delivery. Tone is uniformly constructive.

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What it does

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

Makes compound semiconductor optoelectronic sensors on silicon wafers for sensing and communications applications.

Industry overviewAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data

Where Semiconductors sits in its cycle right now — and what that implies for $ALMU.

Semiconductors · Technology

No material change from last week — structural AI capex engine unchanged: hyperscaler Blackwell allocation stays tight through 2H26 and HBM3e pricing holds as LLM context-window expansion drives 5-8x per-server memory demand uplift.

What this means for $ALMU

Partial — Makes compound semiconductor optoelectronic sensors on silicon wafers for sensing and communications applications; the AI capex and HBM/compute demand cycle is a secondary rather than primary near-term earnings catalyst.

Top industry ETF

$SMHVanEck Semiconductor ETF
+60.1%YTD
+103.2%1Y

Fundamentals & catalyst

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

Key ratios

P/E
-65.3How 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
-16.5%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
-131%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
-0.7%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
61.6Same 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
-17.2%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
41.7%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 13, 2026$-0.04$-0.04-14.3%
Q4 2025Feb 11, 2026$-0.04$-0.05+20.0%
Q3 2025Nov 12, 2025$-0.03$-0.03-20.0%
Q2 2025Sep 9, 2025$-0.01$-0.01+33.3%
Next earningsTue, Sep 29·consensus EPS $-0.07

Quarterly trend

QuarterRevenueYoYGrossOpEPSFCF
Q3 FY26$1.2M-2.6%31.6%-174%$-0.10$-775K
Q2 FY26$1.3M-21.1%27.8%-164%$-0.10$-282K
Q1 FY26$1.4M+187.9%49.4%-116%$-0.09$-1.0M
Q4 FY25$1.3M+371.5%56.6%-73.6%$-0.05$-141K

Forward consensus

4-year forecast · up to 3 analysts
FYRevenueRangeEPSRangeAnalysts
FY26$4.5M$4.1M – $5.0M-$0.18-$0.19 – -$0.183
FY27$7.1M$5.8M – $9.4M-$0.30-$0.43 – -$0.163
FY28$20.4M$16.5M – $27.0M-$0.30-$0.43 – -$0.233
FY29$79.2M$64.3M – $105.1M$1.34$1.01 – $1.911

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.0.7×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.29%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.-28.3%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.-8.3%Latest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.

Float & profile

FloatTiny float · 9.9M shFree-float shares — the slice of issued stock actually available to trade. Lower buckets squeeze harder on a catalyst.Traded today5.7% 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.β-0.165-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.

Insider activity

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

Recent transactions

SellJul 1Jonathan KlamkinCEO20.0K sh$422KSellMay 20Steven DenbaarsDirector12.5K sh$256KSellMay 19Steven DenbaarsDirector12.5K sh$250KSellMay 1Jonathan KlamkinCEO20.0K sh$499KSellApr 1Jonathan KlamkinCEO20.0K sh$262KSellMar 4Jonathan KlamkinCEO50.0K sh$903KSellFeb 26Steven DenbaarsDirector12.5K sh$198KSellFeb 25Steven DenbaarsDirector12.5K sh$220KSellFeb 4Mark N. TompkinsFormer 10% Owner34.5K sh$508KSellFeb 2Mark N. Tompkins10% owner37.5K sh$590K
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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-KPress release / Reg FDMay 198-K — Item 7.01: Press release / Reg FD
AI summary

Aeluma, Inc. (ALMU) filed an 8-K on May 19, 2026 under Item 7.01 (Regulation FD Disclosure). Aeluma is a Goleta, California-based developer of high-performance photodetector arrays for LiDAR and sensing applications listed on Nasdaq. Reg FD disclosures for a small-cap sensor technology company may contain material updates on customer engagements, product milestones, or funding.

8-KMaterial agreementMar 208-K — Item 1.01: Material agreement
AI summary

ALMU entered into a material definitive agreement (8-K Item 1.01, dated 2026-03-20). Counterparty: Roth Capital Partners, LLC. Size: approximately $50.0 million. Material definitive agreement — investors should review the full exhibit for covenants, conditions, and use of proceeds.

424B5Prospectus supplement (offering)Mar 20424B5
AI summary

ALMU filed a 424B5 prospectus supplement dated 2026-03-20, representing an active capital markets transaction. Priced at $0.0001 per share. This represents immediate dilution to existing shareholders.

8-KShareholder voteJan 208-K — Item 5.07: Shareholder vote
+ 9 other (3 13Gs · 2 10-Qs · 2 earnings 8-Ks · 1 EFFECT) in window

Recent news

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

Aeluma CEO to Chair Optica Advanced Photonics Congress Industry Program on AI and Quantumglobenewswire.com·10d agoAeluma: The Transition Investors May Be Missingseekingalpha.com·10d agoAeluma: Missed The Rally, Not The Opportunityseekingalpha.com·20d agoAeluma Names Brendan Moran Vice President of Engineeringglobenewswire.com·24d agoUndercovered Dozen: Aeluma, Agnico Eagle, Ciena, Rayonier And Moreseekingalpha.com·46d ago

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