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Planet Green Holdings Corp.

Hot onTrending downwardX chatter spiked vs its recent normBacked by solid revenue growthPrice and volume picking up
$PLAG·$83M·Conglomerates·Industrials
$0.90-20.4%1Y-49.4%
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$PLAGPlanet Green Holdings Corp.
$0.90-20.35%2.1k posts+45%
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AI verdict & sentimentAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data

Top X posts

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

Broken storySelling offAI verdict · as of 2026-08-13

Falling on heavy selling — points lower unless it turns around.

Chinese microcap that ripped 1,000% on a lactoferrin PR and gave 79% of it back the next day — pump-and-dump, not investment.

Planet Green Holdings is a US-listed Chinese microcap conglomerate — tea, chemicals, plus a fresh push into lactoferrin protein — that just experienced one of the more textbook pump-and-dump moves of the year. The stock ripped roughly one thousand percent on a lactoferrin press release and lost 79% in a single session as the crowd exited.

  • The financials tell you why this is not investable at any current price: quarterly revenue is only $6.4M and the underlying business has been shrinking for four quarters running, with operating margins swinging between -25x and -0.8x — the trailing gross margin is 15% and there's no analyst coverage at all.
  • The trading mechanics are what generated the move, not fundamentals: an 11.6M-share float in the 'low' bucket, volume today running at 82x the 30-day average, and roughly 1,800% of the float traded — this is a pure liquidity event on a tiny cashtag, not a re-rating.
  • The corporate playbook is the tell: multiple 424B5 shelf filings in June/July, an 8-K from July with an unspecified private-placement transaction, and a 1-for-100 reverse split earlier this year (a common precursor to a follow-on) — the flow of paper argues the operators sold into their own PR.

The forward read is simple: this is a broken-story microcap trading purely on retail-day-trading mechanics, and the price will find its own gravity once the volume normalizes. A hunter chasing the next PLAG-copycat (BAOS, YXT-style names) is trading noise, not the underlying business — and there is nothing dated on the calendar that would restart the move on real news.

Agrees with X sentimentThe X 'fade these names is the only sustainable edge' framing is directionally correct — the pump-and-dump warning voices are right, and the day traders scaling out at halts are describing a lottery, not investment. There is zero fundamentals discussion in the chatter, which itself is the signal.

What to watch: Volume normalization back to a normal 30-day baseline is what confirms the breakdown is complete; another sudden PR-driven pop on tiny volume without corresponding financials or new customer contracts is another distribution cycle, not a new leg — this is not a name that finds a durable bid without genuine operating revenue.

low floatpump and dump

X sentiment

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

Bearish sentiment37 posts analyzed · as of 2026-08-14

PLAG chatter is a low-float China-pump-and-dump post-mortem. Stock ran +881-1,000% intraday on lactoferrin news, then dumped -75% after hours. Posters warn 'this is why you don't fall in love with a day-trade ticker.' Concerns raised about country-classification error (listed USA but significant China ops), speculation about T12 halt. The trades that survived were takeprofits on the way up; shorts who tried to fade the RTH move got liquidated in AH. Tape is warning-heavy, not bullish.

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What it does

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

Chinese tea cultivator, processor, and distributor selling brick, black, and green teas domestically and internationally.

Industry overviewAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data

Where Conglomerates sits in its cycle right now — and what that implies for $PLAG.

Conglomerates · Industrials

No material change from last week — the June 29 separation of Aerospace from Process Controls and Industrial Automation is the sum-of-the-parts re-rating thesis executing in real time.

Industry benchmark

7-name peer basket
+35.3%YTD
+25.9%1Y

Fundamentals & catalyst

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

Key ratios

P/E
-1.8How 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
-412%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
-194%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
55.4%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
9.7Same 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
-18.8%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
15.4%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
-3.1Total 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 14, 2026$-0.08——
Q1 2026May 15, 2026$0.04——
Q4 2025Mar 31, 2026$-1.46——
Q3 2025Nov 14, 2025$-0.47——

Quarterly trend

QuarterRevenueYoYGrossOpEPSFCF
Q1 FY26$6.4M+656.6%20.9%8.7%$0.02$4.6B
Q4 FY25$522K-63.8%1.8%-2506%$-1.46$-459K
Q3 FY25$772K-57.4%-3.6%-435%$-1.67$697K
Q2 FY25$907K-53.4%0.9%-75.9%$-0.11$-1.7M

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.0.2×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.6%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.-37.0%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.-54.5%Latest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.

Float & profile

FloatLow float · 11.6M shFree-float shares — the slice of issued stock actually available to trade. Lower buckets squeeze harder on a catalyst.Traded today19.9% 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.β1.135-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.FilingActive offeringA shelf registration (S-3 / S-3ASR / S-1) or prospectus supplement (424B*) was filed in the last 90 days — the company is registered to (or actively) issuing new shares. Dilution risk.

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-KPress release / Reg FDAug 138-K — Item 7.01: Press release / Reg FD
8-KPress release / Reg FDJul 218-K — Item 7.01: Press release / Reg FD
AI summary

Planet Green Holdings Corp. (PLAG) filed an 8-K on July 22, 2026 (event date July 16) under Item 7.01 (Regulation FD), furnishing public investor communications concurrently with their distribution. The excerpt is the cover page; the investor materials are in the exhibit. Planet Green Holdings is a small-cap Chinese company listed in the U.S. with diverse operations. The Reg FD filing ensures compliance with simultaneous disclosure requirements.

8-KMaterial agreementJul 148-K — Item 1.01: Material agreement
AI summary

Planet Green Holdings Corp. (PLAG) filed an 8-K on July 15, 2026 (event date July 13) under Item 1.01, announcing a material definitive agreement. The excerpt is the cover page; the agreement details and counterparty are in the body. This filing was made the same day as PLAG's ATM equity offering (424B5 Job 137), suggesting the definitive agreement may be the equity distribution agreement with Curvature Securities. Planet Green Holdings is a small-cap Chinese-American company.

424B5Prospectus supplement (offering)Jul 14424B5
AI summary

Planet Green Holdings Corp. (PLAG) filed a 424B5 prospectus supplement on July 15, 2026 (event date July 13), establishing an at-the-market (ATM) equity offering program to sell up to $8,922,860 of common stock through Curvature Securities LLC as sales agent, at prevailing market prices. ATM programs give small-cap companies flexible ongoing access to equity capital without the cost or discount of a marketed deal. Planet Green Holdings is a small-cap U.S.-listed Chinese company; the relatively modest $8.9M ATM ceiling suggests near-term operational cash needs.

8-KAcquisition completedJun 178-K — Item 2.01: Acquisition completed
AI summary

Planet Green Holdings Corp. (PLAG) filed an 8-K on June 18, 2026 (event date June 15) under Item 2.01, reporting the completion of an acquisition or disposition of assets. Item 2.01 is triggered when the acquisition or sale of a significant amount of assets is consummated. The excerpt is the cover page; the specific transaction details are in the body. Planet Green Holdings is a small-cap U.S.-listed Chinese company; asset transactions at companies in this category often involve business line pivots or joint venture completions.

8-KOfficer or director changeMay 288-K — Item 5.02: Officer or director change
S-3/AShelf registrationApr 2S-3/A
S-3Shelf registrationMar 17S-3
+ 8 other (2 CORRESPs · 1 10-Q · 1 routine 8-K · 1 EFFECT) in window

Recent news

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

Planet Green Enters the Fast Growing Global Lactoferrin Market, Adding Chief Scientist to Drive Innovation-Based Product Portfolio Growthprnewswire.com·4d agoPlanet Green Holdings Corp. Announces Strategic Digital Marketing Agreement With AI Industry Leader iFLYTEKprnewswire.com·30d ago

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