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Critical Metals Corp.

$CRML·$677M·Industrial Materials·Basic Materials
$7.21+1.3%YTD-4.5%1Y+23.9%
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2026-08-22: 41 posts2026-08-23: 51 posts2026-08-24: 23 posts305+19%
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CRCRML
$CRMLCritical Metals Corp.
$7.21+1.26%305 posts+19%
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AI verdict & sentimentAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data

Top X posts

Today's AI verdict on what's driving $CRML, 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 eventEvent coming upAI verdict · as of 2026-08-29

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

Critical Metals with a $3B Trump critical-minerals push behind it and 42% short interest — Sept 2 print, Sept-catalyst-heavy tape.

Critical Metals Corp. is a rare-earth junior developing the Tanbreez project in Greenland — one of the largest undeveloped rare-earth deposits in the West. The setup is a story stock with a real short-squeeze structure and a dated print.

  • The squeeze structure is genuinely large: short interest sits at ~26-42% of float with 3.5 days to cover, the stock had a +19-22% single-day move on the Tanbreez update, and CEO Tony Sage confirmed the Greenland project on-track for 2029 first production — a classic squeeze setup meeting a specific dated catalyst.
  • The institutional signal is loud: BlackRock, Marex, Citadel, and Millennium all boosted stakes in the last quarter, and the underlying macro (Trump's $3B critical-minerals push, Western rare-earth-supply-chain concerns as a national-security priority) means every crumb of newsflow lands in a friendly tape.
  • The underlying P&L is essentially a shell: TTM revenue is ~$100K (project not in production), gross margin is 100% by definition, and the current PS ratio of 2,390x is a joke — the sell side models FY28 revenue at $85M as Tanbreez first production comes on, so the multiple only makes sense against a deployed-project future.

Everything happens on the September 2 print plus any European Lithium (EUR) merger update — a positive project timeline update with reduced dilution risk breaks the squeeze up hard toward $10+; a Tanbreez timeline slip or unfavorable EUR merger terms takes the stock back below $6. The Trump critical-minerals push, if translated into direct project funding, is a fast-track re-rating catalyst.

Agrees with X sentimentThe bullish X read on +19-22% single-day moves, short interest ~26-42% of float with 3.5 days to cover, CEO Tony Sage confirming Tanbreez Greenland on-track for 2029 first production, BlackRock/Marex/Citadel/Millennium boosting stakes, Trump's $3B critical-minerals push, and the 10-month falling-wedge break is all factually consistent with the reports and filings. The European Lithium merger dilution concerns the minority flags are real; the squeeze-euphoric mood is priced.

What to watch: The September 2 earnings print — need updated Tanbreez project timeline, definitive European Lithium merger terms, and any Trump critical-minerals grant announcement. A positive project timeline update with reduced dilution breaks the squeeze up hard toward $10+; a Tanbreez slip or unfavorable EUR merger terms takes the stock back below $6.

On the calendar: 2026-09-02 — Q4 FY26 earnings

X sentiment

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

Bullish sentiment55 posts analyzed · as of 2026-08-31

Sentiment is overwhelmingly bullish, with traders framing Critical Metals as a rare-earth breakout piggybacking off the pending European Lithium merger and a fresh Tanbreez update out of Greenland. Chatter fixates on repeated +20% days, 26% short interest with 'no shares left available to short,' and 13F additions from BlackRock, Citadel and Millennium. A few voices flag 'MACRO RUG PULL' risk and the roughly 30% borrow cost as reasons not to sit long.

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What it does

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

Early-stage mining explorer targeting lithium and rare earth element deposits, with no current production.

Industry overviewAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data

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

Industrial Materials · Basic Materials

Reshoring and infrastructure legislation are the structural demand pull for industrial materials; inventory destocking earlier in the cycle appears largely complete. Pricing power varies widely — commodity-linked materials face more volatility than engineered specialty products.

What this means for $CRML

Partial — upstream oil & gas exposure ties to commodity price cycle; Critical Metals Corp.

Industry benchmark

16-name peer basket
+11.4%YTD
+75.2%1Y

Fundamentals & catalyst

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

Key ratios

P/E
-21.0How 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
-23.2%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
-96.7%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
-1.5%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
2390.6Same 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
-44.5%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
100%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
Q4 2025Mar 13, 2026$-0.09$-0.06-41.7%
Q3 2025Oct 4, 2025$-0.19——
Q4 2024Mar 31, 2025$-0.19——
Q4 2024Mar 19, 2025$-0.08——
Next earningsWed, Sep 2·consensus EPS $-0.07

Quarterly trend

QuarterRevenueYoYGrossOpEPSFCF
Q4 FY25$100K+70.6%100%-13025%$-0.19$-6.2M
Q3 FY25$100K+70.6%100%-13025%$-0.19$-6.2M
Q2 FY25$180K+66540.7%100%-5919%$-0.08$-1.5M
Q1 FY25$180K—100%-5919%$-0.08$-1.5M

Forward consensus

5-year forecast · up to 1 analysts
FYRevenueRangeEPSRangeAnalysts
FY26$709K$709K – $709K-$0.43-$0.43 – -$0.431
FY27$967K$967K – $967K-$0.14-$0.14 – -$0.141
FY28$85.2M$85.2M – $85.2M$0.15$0.15 – $0.151
FY29$228.1M$228.1M – $228.1M$0.18$0.18 – $0.181
FY30$811.1M$811.1M – $811.1M$1.00$1.00 – $1.001

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.0.5×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.8%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.-2.7%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.-25.9%Latest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.

Float & profile

FloatMid float · 68.2M shFree-float shares — the slice of issued stock actually available to trade. Lower buckets squeeze harder on a catalyst.Traded today5.8% 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.β1.915-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

SellMar 24Mykhailo ZhernovDirector25.0K sh$201KSellMar 23Mykhailo ZhernovDirector25.0K sh$202K

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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

SC 13DActivist position (5%+)May 6SC 13D
AI summary

Gregory Bennett Barnes filed an new Schedule 13D on CRML disclosing beneficial ownership (14,509,449.00 shares) as of 2026-05-06. The filer's stated intent is passive investment with no plan to influence control of the company.

3New insider — initial holdingsMar 183
AI summary

Form filed by More than One Reporting Person Table I - Non-De filed a Form 3 (initial ownership statement) for CRML on 2026-03-18, initiating required Section 16 reporting. Role: of Reporting Person. Form 3 is a mandatory administrative filing upon first becoming an insider or 10%+ holder; it does not reflect a purchase or sale event.

3New insider — initial holdingsMar 183
AI summary

Form filed by More than One Reporting Person Table I - Non-De filed a Form 3 (initial ownership statement) for CRML on 2026-03-18, initiating required Section 16 reporting. Role: of Reporting Person. Form 3 is a mandatory administrative filing upon first becoming an insider or 10%+ holder; it does not reflect a purchase or sale event.

3New insider — initial holdingsMar 183
AI summary

Form filed by More than One Reporting Person Table I - Non-De filed a Form 3 (initial ownership statement) for CRML on 2026-03-18, initiating required Section 16 reporting. Role: of Reporting Person. Form 3 is a mandatory administrative filing upon first becoming an insider or 10%+ holder; it does not reflect a purchase or sale event.

3New insider — initial holdingsMar 183
AI summary

Form filed by More than One Reporting Person Table I - Non-De filed a Form 3 (initial ownership statement) for CRML on 2026-03-18, initiating required Section 16 reporting. Role: of Reporting Person. Form 3 is a mandatory administrative filing upon first becoming an insider or 10%+ holder; it does not reflect a purchase or sale event.

3New insider — initial holdingsMar 183
AI summary

Form filed by More than One Reporting Person Table I - Non-De filed a Form 3 (initial ownership statement) for CRML on 2026-03-18, initiating required Section 16 reporting. Role: of Reporting Person. Form 3 is a mandatory administrative filing upon first becoming an insider or 10%+ holder; it does not reflect a purchase or sale event.

3New insider — initial holdingsMar 183
AI summary

Form filed by More than One Reporting Person Table I - Non-De filed a Form 3 (initial ownership statement) for CRML on 2026-03-18, initiating required Section 16 reporting. Role: of Reporting Person. Form 3 is a mandatory administrative filing upon first becoming an insider or 10%+ holder; it does not reflect a purchase or sale event.

3New insider — initial holdingsMar 183
AI summary

Form filed by More than One Reporting Person Table I - Non-De filed a Form 3 (initial ownership statement) for CRML on 2026-03-18, initiating required Section 16 reporting. Role: of Reporting Person. Form 3 is a mandatory administrative filing upon first becoming an insider or 10%+ holder; it does not reflect a purchase or sale event.

+ 19 other (8 6-Ks · 2 EFFECTs · 2 F-3/As · 2 F-3s) in window

Recent news

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

Critical Metals Corp. Provides Update on Proposed Acquisition of European Lithiumglobenewswire.com·4d ago20 stocks likely to lose money even if the bull market continuesmarketwatch.com·5d agoCritical Metals Stock Jumps Tuesday: What's Happening?benzinga.com·7d agoCritical Metals Spikes 19%, MP Materials and United States Antimony Lag: Is the European Lithium Merger Driving the Move?247wallst.com·7d agoWhy Did Critical Metals Stock Just Gain 22.6%?fool.com·10d ago

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