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CBAK Energy Technology, Inc.

$CBAT·$58M·Electrical Equipment & Parts·Industrials
$0.74-6.2%1Y-26.1%
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CBCBAT
$CBATCBAK Energy Technology, Inc.
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AI verdict & sentimentAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data

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

Driven by hypeEvent coming upAI verdict · as of 2026-08-13

A known event soon (earnings, a ruling, etc.) will likely decide the next move.

A tiny Chinese lithium-battery maker pivoting into the AI-data-center backup-power narrative, reporting earnings in four days on a stock at $0.79.

CBAK Energy Technology is a Chinese lithium-ion battery manufacturer — cells for EVs, e-bikes, tools, energy storage, and UPS — that just redomiciled to the Cayman Islands and is repositioning itself as an AI-data-center backup-power play with its LFP 26650 cells.

  • Q1 revenue grew 99% year over year to $69.6M — the acceleration is real and the highest of any recent quarter, and the FY26 revenue estimate at $348M implies more than a doubling from FY25 baseline as the AI-backup thesis lands in orders.
  • The stock is at $0.79 with a $58M market cap — that's essentially a micro-cap options equivalent on the LFP-battery narrative catching AI-data-center demand, with a 73M-share float that amplifies any real order flow.
  • Multiple recent press releases (July 14 customer testing, July 6 next-gen preview) explicitly target AI-data-center backup power — the narrative is planted, the earnings report in four days is the test of whether it converts to revenue lines.
  • Volume ran at 2.27x baseline over the past 30 days and the stock is +30% above the 50-day average — that's active accumulation into the print, not a passive setup.

The Aug 17 Q2 earnings is the fulcrum: any named AI-data-center customer or a Q3 revenue guide above $70M would confirm the pivot and take the stock through $1 sharply. A soft print with continued negative EPS ($0.06 consensus loss) and no AI-customer disclosure fails the thesis and gives back most of the recent gains. Chinese-microcap ADR governance risk sits under everything.

What to watch: Aug 17 Q2 earnings — any named AI-data-center customer or specific 26650 LFP order flow, plus revenue-growth trajectory. Also monitor U.S.-China delisting-risk headlines and the Cayman-redomiciliation implications for governance rights.

On the calendar: 2026-08-17 — Q2 earnings

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What it does

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

Chinese lithium-ion battery manufacturer supplying cells for electric vehicles, energy storage, and industrial power applications.

Industry overviewAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data

Where Electrical Equipment & Parts sits in its cycle right now — and what that implies for $CBAT.

Electrical Equipment & Parts · Industrials

No material change from last week — VRT and NVT confirmed at fresh highs that hyperscaler rack power acceleration is a multi-year capex cycle for electrical infrastructure.

Industry benchmark

37-name peer basket
+23.0%YTD
+78.2%1Y

Fundamentals & catalyst

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

Key ratios

P/E
-3.2How 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
-15.4%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
-11.1%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
69.2%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
0.2Same 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
-14.9%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
6.4%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
0.5Total 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 18, 2026$-0.10$-0.05-100.0%
Q4 2025Mar 23, 2026$-0.08$-0.03-166.7%
Q3 2025Nov 10, 2025$0.03$-0.04+175.0%
Q2 2025Aug 18, 2025$-0.03$-0.04+25.0%
Next earningsMon, Aug 17·consensus EPS $-0.06

Quarterly trend

QuarterRevenueYoYGrossOpEPSFCF
Q1 FY26$69.6M+99.3%1.5%-13.9%$-0.10$10.5M
Q4 FY25$58.8M+131.8%7.3%-14.0%$-0.08$16.1M
Q3 FY25$60.9M+36.5%8.0%-6.6%$0.03$6.0M
Q2 FY25$40.5M-15.2%11.0%-8.7%$-0.03$4.1M

Forward consensus

2-year forecast · up to 1 analysts
FYRevenueRangeEPSRangeAnalysts
FY26$347.8M$347.8M – $347.8M-$0.11-$0.11 – -$0.111
FY27$462.7M$462.7M – $462.7M$0.24$0.24 – $0.241

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.36%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.+22.2%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.-8.2%Latest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.

Float & profile

FloatMid float · 73.3M shFree-float shares — the slice of issued stock actually available to trade. Lower buckets squeeze harder on a catalyst.Traded today0.2% 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.β1.365-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.

SEC filings

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

No material 8-K / SC 13D / S-3 / 424B5 filings in the last 180 days.

+ 3 other (2 S-8 POSs · 1 8-K12B) in window

Recent news

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

CBAK Energy's Model 32140 Cell Shipments More Than Double Year over Year in the First Seven Months of 2026, Surpassing Full-Year 2025 Volumeglobenewswire.com·23h agoCBAK Energy Reports Progress in Customer Testing of Full-Tab 26650 LFP Cells for AI Data Center Backup Powerglobenewswire.com·31d agoCBAK Energy Previews Next-Generation High-Rate LFP Cells for AI Data Center Backup Powerglobenewswire.com·39d agoCBAK Energy Previews Next-Generation High-Rate LFP Cells for AI Data Center Backup Powerglobenewswire.com·50d agoCBAK Energy Completes Redomiciliation to the Cayman Islandsglobenewswire.com·52d ago

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