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ChargePoint Holdings, Inc.

$CHPT·$235M·Specialty Retail·Consumer Cyclical
$8.91+1.0%YTD+32.2%1Y-16.3%
Price updated 11m ago·X counts updated 3d ago
CHCHPT
$CHPTChargePoint Holdings, Inc.
$8.91+1.02%226 posts0.9×
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On X

The complete picture of $CHPT on X — how loud the conversation is right now, how it has trended over the last two weeks, and which way the crowd is leaning.

226X posts · last 7 days
Sep 1Sep 14
Chatter Meter
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How loud $CHPT's conversation on X is versus its own normal — 1× is typical, higher means busier. Right now it's about its usual level.

Bullish sentimentAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data5 posts analyzed · as of 2026-09-15

ChargePoint completes a Stage 2 monster-volume breakout with the first pullback on massively decreasing volume in a heavily shorted name. One skeptic flags huge cash burn as a caveat, but chartists are dominant.

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AI verdictAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data

TickerTalks' own read on what's driving $CHPT — fundamentals, momentum, or an event — and whether it agrees with the X crowd.

Comeback attemptWinding up for a moveAI verdict · as of 2026-09-17

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

EV-charging network trying to trade its way out of the cash-burn story — restructuring plus a technical breakout.

ChargePoint runs one of the largest US electric-vehicle charging networks — the incumbent behind commercial-and-public Level-2 and DC-fast charging deployments. The stock is up 32% YTD but still down 16% year-on-year and priced at $8.91 on a $0.2B cap.

  • Revenue is stabilizing but the burn is still real: Q1 FY27 revenue grew 4% YoY to $102M with a -38% operating margin and a -$38M free cash burn — the July 29 restructuring cut headcount to try to close that gap, but the tape still prices the equity as a going-concern question.
  • The technical setup is where the trade lives: the Stage-2 monster-volume breakout with the first pullback on much lower volume in a heavily shorted name is a classic short-squeeze setup — the debt-to-equity of -27x reflects negative book from years of losses, not distress, and September's peer-cohort bid (Blink, EVgo) helps.

Dec 3 Q3 earnings is the check — a maintained gross-margin trajectory with lower burn is what carries the coil upward, while another quarter of double-digit burn or a fresh dilutive raise is what would seal the drift. This is a high-beta setup where a squeeze can run before fundamentals catch up.

Agrees with X sentimentLine up with the chartist read on X — the Stage-2 breakout on massive volume with pullback on lower volume in a heavily shorted name is a fair technical setup, and the skeptic's cash-burn caveat is honest and shouldn't be dismissed. Both are real. The chart is running ahead of the fundamentals.

What to watch: Dec 3 Q3 earnings for gross margin, operating cash burn, and any fresh capital raise. A maintained margin and lower burn carries the squeeze setup; another double-digit burn quarter or a dilutive raise confirms the drift.

On the calendar: 2026-12-03 — Q3 FY27 earnings

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What it does

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

Operates one of the largest EV charging networks in North America and Europe, selling hardware, software, and subscriptions.

Industry overviewAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data

Where Specialty Retail sits in its cycle right now — and what that implies for $CHPT.

Specialty Retail · Consumer Cyclical

Consumer spending is bifurcating as back-to-school seasonality fades: value-oriented and pet-staples retailers are outperforming while discretionary home furnishings lag. AMZN's logistics density and AI-personalised inventory continue to widen the share gap versus legacy specialty chains; XRT is flat YTD.

What this means for $CHPT

Neutral — EV charging infrastructure is largely orthogonal to the specialty retail spending cycle; ChargePoint's revenue growth depends on EV adoption, not consumer discretionary trends.

Top industry ETF

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Fundamentals & catalyst

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

Key ratios

P/E
-0.9How 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
-50.4%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
-47.0%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
-37.8%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
0.5Same 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
-6.8%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
30.2%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
-27.4Total 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
Q2 2026Sep 2, 2026$-1.35$-1.57+14.0%
Q1 2026Jun 3, 2026$-0.74$-1.11+33.3%
Q4 2025Mar 4, 2026$-1.85$-1.04-78.1%
Q3 2025Dec 4, 2025$-2.23$-2.15-3.7%
Next earningsThu, Dec 3·consensus EPS $-0.55

Quarterly trend

QuarterRevenueYoYGrossOpEPSFCF
Q1 FY27$101.8M+4.3%27.4%-38.1%$-1.75$-37.7M
Q4 FY26$109.3M+7.3%31.5%-48.5%$-1.85$-2.0M
Q3 FY26$105.7M+6.1%30.7%-42.0%$-2.23$-23.6M
Q2 FY26$98.6M-9.2%31.2%-59.8%$-2.85$-7.5M

Forward consensus

5-year forecast · up to 6 analysts
FYRevenueRangeEPSRangeAnalysts
FY27$442.2M$440.5M – $443.4M-$5.25-$5.51 – -$4.996
FY28$501.0M$500.0M – $501.8M-$3.62-$4.04 – -$3.185
FY29$613.5M$596.0M – $641.8M-$2.05-$3.96 – -$0.823
FY30$714.9M$693.9M – $751.0M$0.40$0.38 – $0.421
FY31$821.0M$796.8M – $862.5M$1.97$1.89 – $2.101

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.0.3×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.55%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.+40.0%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.+36.7%Latest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.

Float & profile

FloatLow float · 22.7M shFree-float shares — the slice of issued stock actually available to trade. Lower buckets squeeze harder on a catalyst.Traded today4.0% 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.β1.775-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

SellJun 23Vice John DavidCRO4.1K sh$29KSellJun 23Jagdeep Ca SinghCCXO9.7K sh$69KSellJun 23Novruzova Natella FakhradovnaCAO2.2K sh$16KSellJun 23Mansi KhetaniCFO8.2K sh$58KSellJun 23Eric BatillGeneral Counsel5.0K sh$36KBuyApr 13Richard WilmerCEO46.8K sh$250KSellMar 23Mansi KhetaniCFO2.3K sh$12KSellMar 23Eric BatillGeneral Counsel2.7K sh$14KSellMar 23Jagdeep Ca SinghCCXO2.6K sh$14KSellMar 23Vice John DavidCRO1.1K sh$6K
+ 16 other (15 awards · 1 inkind) 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-KRestructuring / exit costsJul 318-K — Item 2.05: Restructuring / exit costs · Item 5.02: Officer or director change · Item 7.01: Press release / Reg FD
AI summary

CHPT (CHPT) announced a restructuring or operational reorganization in an 8-K filed on 2026-07-31. On July 29, 2026, ChargePoint Holdings, Inc. (the "Company") implemented a reorganization of its operations including a reduction of the Company's current global workforce by approximately 10% (the “Reorganization”). The Company estimates the aggregate restructuring costs associated with the Reorgan This is a material event signaling cost reduction measures; its significance depends on the scale and whether it reflects strategic repositioning or financial distress. The filing also includes Item 5.02 disclosing associated leadership changes.

8-KShareholder voteJul 228-K — Item 5.07: Shareholder vote · Item 8.01: Other event
AI summary

ChargePoint Holdings, Inc. held its 2026 Annual Meeting on July 21, 2026 with approximately 54.7% of shares represented (14,165,451 shares). Stockholders re-elected three Class III directors (Bruce Chizen, Michael Linse, Rick Wilmer), ratified PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditor for FY ending January 31, 2027, and provided advisory approval of named executive officer compensation. The filing also notes an amended non-employee director compensation program (details in remaining exhibit). All routine annual meeting proposals passed; no contested votes.

8-KOfficer or director changeJun 308-K — Item 5.02: Officer or director change
AI summary

ChargePoint amended CEO Rick Wilmer's severance and change-in-control agreement to remove the December 31, 2026 expiration date, making those protections perpetual until separation. No cash outlay and no equity change; purely an administrative retention modification. The board action signals commitment to current leadership during a challenging period for the EV charging sector.

3New insider — initial holdingsApr 223
AI summary

A new insider filed a Form 3 with the SEC, disclosing initial beneficial ownership of CHPT securities. This filing is required under Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act within 10 days of becoming a reporting person (officer, director, or 10%+ holder). The filing reports 4 shares of common stock. Form 3 filings establish a baseline ownership record for subsequent Form 4 (changes) and Form 5 (annual) filings, providing transparency into insider positions at CHPT.

8-KOfficer or director changeApr 178-K — Item 5.02: Officer or director change
AI summary

ChargePoint Holdings, Inc. (CHPT) filed an 8-K under Item 5.02 disclosing a change in its executive leadership or board composition. The filing reports both a departure and an appointment in Chief Financial Officer. Individuals named in the filing include Date Earliest, Event Reported. Leadership changes at the C-suite and board level are material events requiring 8-K disclosure within four business days, as they can affect company strategy, investor confidence, and operational continuity.

+ 11 other (2 10-Qs · 2 earnings 8-Ks · 2 proxys · 1 13G) in window

Recent news

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

EV Charging Stocks Climb as Small Caps Catch a Bid: Blink Charging Jumps 6%, ChargePoint Rises 4%, EVgo Ticks Up247wallst.com·1d agoChargePoint Stock Is Up 38% in 2026: What Will It Take to Break Through $10?247wallst.com·6d agoIs ChargePoint (CHPT) Outperforming Other Auto-Tires-Trucks Stocks This Year?zacks.com·8d ago5 Broker-Loved Stocks to Bet on Amid the Current Chaotic Scenariozacks.com·8d agoDespite Fast-paced Momentum, ChargePoint (CHPT) Is Still a Bargain Stockzacks.com·8d ago

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