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Largo Inc.

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$LGO·$58M·Industrial Materials·Basic Materials
$0.78+5.1%YTD-18.8%1Y-43.5%
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LGLGO
$LGOLargo Inc.
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AI verdict & sentimentAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data

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

Comeback attemptWinding up for a moveAI verdict · as of 2026-07-04

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

Largo at $0.78 with a fresh 5-year DoD vanadium contract — micro-cap turnaround with a real catalyst.

Largo Inc is a small-cap producer of high-purity vanadium pentoxide — used in specialty steel alloys, aerospace, and increasingly in vanadium flow batteries for grid energy storage. The equity is down 44% t12m at 7.7% of the 52w range, but the fresh 5-year DoD contract is the transformational catalyst.

  • The DoD contract is the fundamental catalyst: 'Largo Awarded a Five-Year US Department of Defense Contract to Supply High-Purity Vanadium Pentoxide with Fixed-Price Delivery Orders to Support the US National Defense Stockpile' is exactly the specific critical-minerals-supply commitment that turns Largo from a distressed micro-cap into a legitimate DoD-strategic supplier.
  • The financial profile is genuinely broken but small-scale: Q1 revenue was down 3.9% YoY to $27.1M at a -26% gross margin and -43% operating margin with -$18.9M of Q1 free cash flow — that's a name in real financial distress, and analyst FY26 revenue of $145M implies a real 5.3x jump from the current pace.
  • The Verdera Energy West Largo Project development adds vanadium-flow-battery TAM: the May 28 announcement of the NI 43-101 technical report commencement for the West Largo Project adds a second commodity/application to the story — that's the potential multi-year growth vector beyond the DoD contract.
  • The reported float bucket 'mid' with 3x volume multiplier and 10% of float traded pattern captures the turnaround-narrative-driven positioning: this is a technical-flow-driven name where any real revenue-arrival signal moves the stock hard.

August 11 print is where the coil resolves. A beat with concrete DoD-shipment start commentary plus reduced burn rate breaks toward $1.50; a soft revenue quarter combined with continued cash-burn is what tests $0.55 support. At a $58M market cap on a fresh 5-year DoD contract, the setup is speculative but has real optionality.

What to watch: The August 11 Q2 print — reported revenue vs the $27M Q1 pace, DoD-shipment cadence commentary, gross-margin trajectory (must move materially above -26%), West Largo Project NI 43-101 report progress, and cash-runway detail. A beat with DoD detail extends toward $1.50; a soft print tests $0.55.

On the calendar: 2026-08-11 — Q2 earnings

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What it does

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

Headquartered in Toronto, Canada, Largo Inc. specializes in vanadium-centric solutions. The company's primary focus involves developing and marketing utility-scale electrical energy storage systems, based on vanadium technology, within Canada. Its vanadium products, sourced from the Maracás Menchen Mine in Brazil, encompass a diverse range: VPURE+ flakes for master alloys and aerospace use; VPURE flakes, ferrovanadium, and vanadium carbon nitride crucial for the steel sector; and VPURE+ powder utilized in catalyst applications. Additionally, Largo offers renewable energy solutions through its Largo Clean Energy division. The company's operations are segmented into Sales & Trading, Mine Properties, Corporate, Exploration and Evaluation Properties, and Largo Clean Energy. Established in 1988, the organization rebranded from Largo Resources Ltd. to Largo Inc. in November 2021.

Industry overviewAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data

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

Industrial Materials · Basic Materials

China's tightening rare earth and critical mineral export controls are the structural supply-chain security driver — MP Materials and USARE (US Rare Earths) benefit from the US domestic rare earth supply chain buildout as defense and EV applications require secure non-Chinese sources. Pentagon $725M bet on Energy Fuels validates the strategic materials security investment thesis.

Industry benchmark

8-name peer basket
+12.1%YTD
+97.3%1Y

Fundamentals & catalyst

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

Key ratios

P/E
-0.8How 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
-13.1%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
-35.0%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
-74.6%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
-46.0%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
-14.3%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
0.7Total 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$-0.07$0.02-450.0%
Q1 2026Apr 1, 2026$-0.18$-0.09-100.0%
Q3 2025Nov 12, 2025$-0.16$-0.08-100.0%
Q2 2025Aug 12, 2025$-0.09$-0.08-12.5%
Next earningsTue, Aug 11·consensus EPS $0.05

Quarterly trend

QuarterRevenueYoYGrossOpEPSFCF
Q1 FY26$27.1M-3.9%-26.1%-42.6%$-0.07$-18.9M
Q4 FY25$22.3M-8.2%-15.8%-58.6%$-0.22$-14.4M
Q3 FY25$33.3M+11.2%-3.2%-18.1%$-0.56$-8.6M
Q2 FY25$26.1M-8.6%-15.1%-28.6%$-0.09$-1.9M

Forward consensus

5-year forecast · up to 1 analysts
FYRevenueRangeEPSRangeAnalysts
FY26$145.4M$145.4M – $145.4M-$0.23-$0.23 – -$0.231
FY27$172.9M$172.9M – $172.9M$0.66$0.66 – $0.661
FY28$172.9M$172.8M – $172.9M$0.00$0.00 – $0.001
FY29$172.9M$172.9M – $172.9M$0.00$0.00 – $0.001
FY30$172.9M$172.9M – $172.9M$0.00$0.00 – $0.001

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.3.1×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.-18.2%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.-36.1%Latest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.

Float & profile

FloatMid float · 65.5M shFree-float shares — the slice of issued stock actually available to trade. Lower buckets squeeze harder on a catalyst.Traded today10.1% 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.β2.305-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.

Recent news

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

Largo Awarded a Five-Year U.S. Department of Defense Contract to Supply High-Purity Vanadium Pentoxide with Fixed-Price Delivery Orders to Support the U.S. National Defense Stockpilenewsfilecorp.com·4d agoLargo Announces Results of Its Annual General and Special Meeting of Shareholdersnewsfilecorp.com·18d agoVerdera Energy Commences NI 43-101 Technical Report for the West Largo Project; Hosts Town Hall Conference Callprnewswire.com·38d agoLargo Announces Plans to Evaluate Strategic Alternatives to Maximize Value of Its Tungsten Assets in Canada and Brazilnewsfilecorp.com·38d agoLargo Reports Q1 2026 Financial Results Reflecting Strong Operating Performance at Maracás Menchen Mine and the Impact of High U.S. Import Tariffs on Brazilian Products in Early 2026newsfilecorp.com·52d ago

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