Fuel Tech, Inc.
$1.990.0%YTD+24.4%1Y-8.7%
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AI verdict & sentimentAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data
Today's AI verdict on what's driving $FTEK, plus how loud the X conversation is and which way it's leaning.
What it does
Plain-English summary of the business — what they sell and how they make money.
Industry overviewAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data
Where Industrial - Pollution & Treatment Controls sits in its cycle right now — and what that implies for $FTEK.
Industrial - Pollution & Treatment Controls
Plastic circular economy and waste valorization are the two structural demand drivers — PureCycle converts discarded polypropylene into recycled PP resin for consumer goods brands seeking circular supply chains, while Aduro converts end-of-life plastics and heavy crude into specialty chemicals via water-based chemistry.
Top industry ETF
$XLIIndustrial Select Sector SPDR
+16.8%YTD
+26.4%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
-10.9%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
-16.4%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
-0.4%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
2.4Same 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
-7.3%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
45.8%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 5, 2026$-0.04——
Q4 2025Mar 3, 2026$-0.04$-0.03-33.3%
Q3 2025Nov 4, 2025$0.01$0.010.0%
Q2 2025Aug 5, 2025$-0.02$-0.03+33.3%
Next earningsTue, Aug 4·consensus EPS $-0.02
Quarterly trend
QuarterRevenueYoYGrossOpEPSFCF
Q1 FY26$6.1M-4.7%43.5%-26.3%$-0.04$-1.2M
Q4 FY25$7.2M+37.2%44.6%-19.7%$-0.04$-2.0M
Q3 FY25$7.5M-4.6%48.9%0.1%$0.01$3.0M
Q2 FY25$5.6M-21.1%45.5%-23.5%$-0.02$-57K
Forward consensus
FYRevenueRangeEPSRangeAnalysts
FY26$28.3M$28.3M – $28.3M-$0.12-$0.12 – -$0.121
FY27$33.3M$33.3M – $33.3M-$0.05-$0.05 – -$0.051
FY28$38.8M$38.8M – $38.8M$0.10$0.10 – $0.101
FY29$45.3M$45.3M – $45.3M$0.04$0.04 – $0.041
FY30$53.1M$53.1M – $53.1M$0.09$0.09 – $0.091
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.36.0×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.33%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.+37.8%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.+8.8%Latest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.
Float & profile
β1.335-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 news
Latest headlines from major outlets, sourced and timestamped — context for whatever just moved.
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