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PureCycle Technologies, Inc.

$PCT·$1.3B·Industrial - Pollution & Treatment Controls·Industrials
$6.08+4.2%YTD-33.3%1Y-55.8%
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PCPCT
$PCTPureCycle Technologies, Inc.
$6.08+4.25%100 posts0.9×
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Top X posts

The complete picture of $PCT 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.

100X posts · last 7 days
Aug 28Sep 10
Chatter Meter
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QuietNormal · 1×Loud

How loud $PCT's conversation on X is versus its own normal — 1× is typical, higher means busier. Right now it's about its usual level.

Mixed sentiment⚠AI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data10 posts analyzed · as of 2026-09-10 · top-engagement diverged

PureCycle discussion covers the New Jersey food-contact packaging exemption extension until 2029, positive material-sorting purity approaching 98-99%, and modest insider buying. EU minimum-recycled-content requirements arriving 2032 temper the near-term outlook.

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AI verdictAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data

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

Too early to tellStalledAI verdict · as of 2026-09-10

The move has stalled — likely just drifts unless something new shows up.

PureCycle keeps missing on scale — Q2 EPS -$0.80 vs -$0.29 est — while amending its credit facility for the twelfth time since 2023.

The commercial ramp keeps slipping: Q2 revenue $4.5M vs $6.1M est (revenue miss), EPS -$0.80 vs -$0.29 est (-176% surprise), Q1 revenue $4.1M vs $3.8M est but EPS still -$0.21, four straight quarters of losses far worse than modelled. FCF is -$46M/quarter and cumulative burn is heavy.

  • The specific tell: the twelfth amendment to the $200M Sylebra credit facility (Aug 28). Twelve amendments in ~3 years is not routine covenant maintenance; that's serial renegotiation of a lifeline. This is the structural fact the bull narrative can't argue around.
  • Positives are structural but distant: NJ regulators acknowledging insufficient food-grade recycled PP, Rumpke 98-99% purity in sorting, IPL Schoeller SnapPack container launch (Aug 12). Analyst model has FY30 revenue >$1B (a 250x jump from TTM) which is the option-value floor.
  • Director Musa's small $99K purchase Sep 4 is a positive signal, but tiny against the $1.28B market cap and the -25% YTD tape.
  • Structural: 13% of 52-week range, -23% vs 200D MA, 2.58 beta, -54% t12m. Trading like a story stock whose commercial ramp keeps disappointing.

A capital-intensive too-early story where the technology may be real but the commercial and financial cadence isn't. Trajectory is stalled: not accelerating (revenue not growing on the required scale), not breaking down (still surviving), just working through amendment #13.

What to watch: Nov 5 Q3 print — revenue ramp vs the $30M FY26 estimate (Ironton line utilization); any 13th credit-facility amendment (a fresh one before Q3 would be a warning); food-grade FDA guidance update; feedstock supply agreement announcements.

On the calendar: Q3 2026 earnings on 2026-11-05

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What it does

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

Recycles waste polypropylene plastic into ultra-pure resin using proprietary solvent-based purification technology, targeting consumer packaging markets.

Industry overviewAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data

Where Industrial - Pollution & Treatment Controls sits in its cycle right now — and what that implies for $PCT.

Industrial - Pollution & Treatment Controls · Industrials

Environmental remediation and sustainable-chemistry demand is growing from regulatory pressure on PFAS, industrial emissions, and plastic waste; AI-toxicity modelling is accelerating regulatory compliance timelines.

What this means for $PCT

Partial — PureCycle Technologies recycled polypropylene; FDA-approved food-grade recycled plastic, industrial demand for circular plastics.

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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
-7.1How 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
-21.0%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
-15.6%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
-10.9%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
147.3Same 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
-408%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
-12.9%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
99.5Total 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
Q2 2026Aug 6, 2026$-0.80$-0.29-175.9%
Q1 2026May 6, 2026$-0.21$-0.26+19.2%
Q4 2025Feb 26, 2026$-0.14$-0.25+44.0%
Q3 2025Nov 6, 2025$-0.31$-0.25-24.0%
Next earningsThu, Nov 5·consensus EPS $-0.21

Quarterly trend

QuarterRevenueYoYGrossOpEPSFCF
Q1 FY26$4.1M+161.2%-680%-1013%$-0.19$-46.1M
Q4 FY25$2.7M—-1832%-1637%$-0.07$-42.0M
Q3 FY25$2.4M—-1150%-1602%$-0.19$-42.4M
Q2 FY25$1.6M—-2158%-2764%$-0.81$-45.3M

Forward consensus

5-year forecast · up to 4 analysts
FYRevenueRangeEPSRangeAnalysts
FY26$30.9M$26.5M – $35.2M-$1.33-$1.41 – -$1.264
FY27$112.1M$98.9M – $125.2M-$0.59-$0.97 – -$0.274
FY28$301.4M$206.8M – $385.3M-$0.36-$0.60 – $0.053
FY29$514.7M$396.9M – $638.8M-$0.06-$0.08 – -$0.041
FY30$1.1B$866.8M – $1.4B$0.89$0.63 – $1.172

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.1.7×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.9%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.-13.3%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.-28.8%Latest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.

Float & profile

FloatMid float · 193.3M shFree-float shares — the slice of issued stock actually available to trade. Lower buckets squeeze harder on a catalyst.Traded today3.3% 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.β2.585-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

BuySep 4Fernando MusaDirector15.5K sh$99KBuyMay 12Sylebra Capital LlcDirector16.6K sh—
+ 15 other (7 awards · 6 inkinds · 1 outofthemoney · 1 return) 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-KMaterial agreementAug 318-K — Item 1.01: Material agreement · Item 2.03: Material debt obligation
AI summary

PureCycle Technologies, Inc. entered into the Twelfth Amendment to its revolving credit agreement on August 28, 2026, amending its $200 million revolving credit facility (with Sylebra Capital Partners and Sylebra Capital Menlo as lenders, Kroll Trustee Services as administrative agent) to modify terms. The frequency of amendments (twelfth since 2023) suggests ongoing covenant negotiations typical for a pre-commercial-scale industrial company managing its liquidity through its scale-up phase. PureCycle Technologies is a polypropylene recycling company; its credit facility management is closely watched given its development-stage operating profile.

8-KPress release / Reg FDAug 68-K — Item 2.02: Earnings release · Item 7.01: Press release / Reg FD
AI summary

PureCycle Technologies (PCT) filed an 8-K on August 7, 2026 under Items 2.02 and 7.01, reporting Q2 2026 financial results and furnishing concurrent Regulation FD investor materials. Body unavailable — earnings details are in Exhibit 99.1, which is not included in the excerpt. PureCycle Technologies operates a polypropylene plastics purification and recycling facility in Ohio, targeting the circular plastics economy. The Reg FD filing covers investor presentations distributed simultaneously with the earnings release.

3/ANew insider — initial holdingsJul 233/A
AI summary

Carpenter Donald amended its Form 3/A as a 10%+ owner of PCT, disclosing initial beneficial ownership of securities as of the event date. This is a standard Section 16 reporting obligation triggered by the relationship with the issuer. Routine administrative filing with no indication of open-market transactions.

3/ANew insider — initial holdingsJul 233/A
AI summary

Carpenter Donald amended its Form 3/A as a 10%+ owner of PCT, disclosing initial beneficial ownership of securities as of the event date. This is a standard Section 16 reporting obligation triggered by the relationship with the issuer. Routine administrative filing with no indication of open-market transactions.

8-KMaterial agreementJun 158-K — Item 1.01: Material agreement · Item 2.03: Material debt obligation · Item 7.01: Press release / Reg FD
AI summary

PureCycle Technologies, Inc. (PCT) entered into a material definitive agreement (Item 1.01) and created a direct financial obligation (Item 2.03) per an 8-K filed June 15, 2026, with a Reg FD disclosure (Item 7.01). Body unavailable — excerpt cuts off before the specific agreement counterparty, terms, or obligation amount are disclosed.

SC 13D/AActivist amendmentJun 12SC 13D/A
AI summary

Sylebra Capital (LLC, Ltd., and Management Ltd.) filed Amendment No. 4 to Schedule 13D for PureCycle Technologies (PCT), disclosing aggregate beneficial ownership of 34,077,574 shares representing 18.84% of the outstanding class, with all voting and dispositive power shared among the Sylebra entities. This amendment was triggered by Sylebra's participation in PureCycle's concurrent June 2026 equity and convertible notes offerings, including the repurchase by PCT of $50 million of Green Convertible Notes held by Sylebra affiliates. Sylebra simultaneously holds an 18.84% equity stake and is a secured lender to PCT — a significant dual-role conflict-of-interest context.

424B5Prospectus supplement (offering)Jun 12424B5
AI summary

PureCycle Technologies issued $250 million principal of 4.75% Convertible Senior Notes due July 1, 2032, at an initial conversion rate of 90.2242 shares per $1,000 principal (approximately $11.08 per share conversion price). The notes are not redeemable before July 6, 2029 and become redeemable thereafter if the stock trades at or above 130% of the conversion price for 20 of any 30 consecutive trading days. This convertible offering is one leg of a concurrent three-part capital raise alongside a 17.57 million share equity offering and the repurchase of approximately $216 million of existing Green Convertible Notes, restructuring PureCycle's balance sheet at a lower blended cost of debt.

424B5Prospectus supplement (offering)Jun 12424B5
AI summary

PureCycle Technologies (PCT) priced a secondary offering of 17,570,200 shares of common stock at $8.21 per share, for total gross proceeds of approximately $144.25 million. The offering runs concurrent with a separate $250 million convertible senior notes offering; combined proceeds are used primarily to repurchase approximately $216 million of existing 7.25% Green Convertible Notes, including $50 million held by Sylebra Capital affiliates. Underwriters hold a 30-day option for 2,283,800 additional shares; settlement was expected June 15, 2026. The dual-raise is dilutive but replaces high-cost legacy debt.

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Recent news

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

Bank of America Corp DE Has $5.44 Million Position in PureCycle Technologies, Inc. $PCTdefenseworld.net·15d agoSimplify's PINK or iShares' IYH: Which Healthcare ETF Should Long-Term Investors Choose Right Now?fool.com·29d agoIPL Schoeller & PureCycle Launch Off-the-Shelf Container Line, SnapPack Square EVO, Ahead of State Sustainability Mandatesglobenewswire.com·30d agoPureCycle Technologies Q2 Earnings Call Highlightsmarketbeat.com·36d agoPureCycle Technologies, Inc. (PCT) Q2 2026 Earnings Call Transcriptseekingalpha.com·36d ago

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