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Aeluma, Inc.

$ALMU·$249M·Semiconductors·Technology
$14.60-3.6%YTD-15.6%1Y-25.6%
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ALALMU
$ALMUAeluma, Inc.
$14.60-3.57%175 posts+43%
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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.

Too early to tellWinding up for a moveAI verdict · as of 2026-07-17

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

Photonics micro-cap with Army Direct-to-Phase II award and pivot from science to execution risk.

Aeluma is a Goleta, California-based developer of high-performance photodetectors and optoelectronic components on compound-semiconductor substrates. Very early-stage micro-cap with real technical differentiation.

Where the setup nets out:

  • Revenue is minuscule: quarterly revenue $1M against a $200M market cap — pre-commercial.
  • Losses are severe: operating margin -170% (accounting artifact), FCFy -0.7%.
  • The Army Direct-to-Phase II award signals prior technical de-risking — real government-side validation.
  • The new VP of Engineering Brendan Moran (25+ product launches at Lumileds) hire signals a pivot from science risk to execution risk.
  • A new patent grant is real IP-portfolio strength.
  • Insider action: director Jonathan Klamkin sold $422K on July 2 plus 40K-share gift — real founder-level distribution.
  • Position: 23% of 52-week range and 15% below the 200-day moving average — the tape is coiled.

The forward view: the September 29 Q1 next earnings is the referee. Any specific commercial-customer disclosure or a defense-primary-contractor design-win restarts the coil upward. What keeps it stuck: another quarter of R&D burn without commercial-scale revenue commentary. What breaks it lower: a dilutive raise, or a specific execution slippage. This is a narrative-plus-early-execution photonics play — position sizing matters more than conviction.

Agrees with X sentimentThe bullish X read on the Army Direct-to-Phase II award, Moran hire, and Carter Worth technical setup is directionally right on the narrative. Our take agrees but flags the Klamkin $422K sale as a specific counter-signal.

What to watch: September 29 Q1 next earnings and any commercial-customer or defense-primary-contractor disclosure; a dilutive raise or execution slippage would break the coil the wrong way.

On the calendar: 2026-09-29 — Next earnings

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
+50.8%YTD
+90.8%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.0.9×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.20%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.-35.0%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.-18.3%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 today6.7% 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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+ 4 other (4 gifts) 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-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·11d agoAeluma: The Transition Investors May Be Missingseekingalpha.com·12d agoAeluma: Missed The Rally, Not The Opportunityseekingalpha.com·21d agoAeluma Names Brendan Moran Vice President of Engineeringglobenewswire.com·25d agoUndercovered Dozen: Aeluma, Agnico Eagle, Ciena, Rayonier And Moreseekingalpha.com·47d ago

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