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Unusual Machines, Inc.

$UMAC·$713M·Consumer Electronics·Technology
$23.67-1.3%YTD+103.6%1Y+158.4%
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2026-08-21: 38 posts2026-08-22: 16 posts333+5%
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UMUMAC
$UMACUnusual Machines, Inc.
$23.67-1.29%333 posts+5%
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Top X posts

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

Driven by hypeCooling offAI verdict · as of 2026-08-30

Catching its breath after a run — could pick back up or fade from here.

US-drone-supply-chain sovereign play — the tape is running on policy tailwinds and a Big Four auditor upgrade.

Unusual Machines is a small-cap manufacturer of drone components positioned as a US supply-chain alternative for defense and commercial drone customers. The stock is +103% YTD and +136% TTM at $24, and today's -8.8% is the tape digesting a very fast small-cap run.

  • Revenue is small but scaling: quarterly revenue ran $2.1M / $2.1M / $4.9M / $8.1M — the sequential doubling matters for a name this small, gross margin at 35%, and quarterly EPS printed $-0.32 / $0.05 / $-0.35 / $0.22 — analysts model $39.5M and $-0.30 EPS for the full year, so at $24 the equity is at roughly 18x forward revenue with margins not yet stabilized.
  • The credibility upgrade is real: Unusual Machines dismissed its long-standing auditor Salberg & Company and engaged Ernst & Young — that's the kind of governance upgrade that changes what institutional buyers can hold, and it typically precedes a step-change in reporting quality and sell-side coverage.
  • The policy tailwind is bipartisan and durable: drone funding for defense and border-security applications has bipartisan support, and PDW rearmament plus drone-battery-sensor-component federal priorities are the specific line items feeding the demand — that's what makes UMAC part of the ONDS/LPTH 'trade,' with real supply-chain economics behind it.

A Nov 5 print that shows revenue crossing $10M and gross margin drifting higher, plus any incremental federal-contract disclosure, extends the run; a broader risk-off unwind in speculative tech (the drone-basket sell-offs today are a live example) or a soft print is what turns 'cooling' into a real air-pocket.

Agrees with X sentimentX's bullish framing tracks the mechanics — the bipartisan drone-funding story and the E&Y auditor upgrade are real credibility inputs; the sample is missing a serious speculative-tech-unwind counter, which is the honest external risk today's drone-basket move underlines.

What to watch: The Nov 5 Q3 print — revenue growth, gross margin, and any federal-contract disclosure. A speculative-tech unwind or a soft revenue quarter is what caps the move.

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

X sentiment

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

Bullish sentiment40 posts analyzed · as of 2026-08-30

Drone bulls dominate as posters tie Unusual Machines to the $55 billion Department of War Autonomous Warfare Group budget, tariff protection, and institutional options flow flagging a $29 target. A minority reads the weekly chart as 'more like a short than a long' and grumbles about the 20% weekly drawdown, but the loud camp is stacking dips and waiting on BVLOS rules and government contracts.

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What it does

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

Makes FPV drone goggles and builds US-based drone component manufacturing for government and commercial builders.

Industry overviewAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data

Where Consumer Electronics sits in its cycle right now — and what that implies for $UMAC.

Consumer Electronics · Technology

AI-capable device upgrade cycle — smartphones and PCs with on-device inference — is the primary structural catalyst. Apple's AI-enabled iPhone super-cycle thesis is the dominant share price driver for the category.

What this means for $UMAC

Direct beneficiary — AI-native product or platform captures spend from the same capex cycle driving the industry; Makes FPV drone goggles and builds US-based drone component manufacturing for government and commercial builders.

Industry benchmark

4-name peer basket
-8.1%YTD
+27.2%1Y

Fundamentals & catalyst

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

Key ratios

P/E
-221.0How 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
-8.6%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
-169%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
-4.5%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
52.1Same 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
-3.4%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
34.8%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
Q2 2026Aug 6, 2026$-0.16$-0.160.0%
Q1 2026May 14, 2026$0.21$-0.08+362.5%
Q4 2025Mar 9, 2026$-0.30$-0.10-215.8%
Q3 2025Nov 6, 2025$-0.03$0.13-123.1%
Next earningsThu, Nov 5·consensus EPS $-0.16

Quarterly trend

QuarterRevenueYoYGrossOpEPSFCF
Q1 FY26$8.1M+296.4%32.0%-89.7%$0.22$-18.1M
Q4 FY25$4.9M+144.4%36.2%-199%$-0.35$-10.3M
Q3 FY25$2.1M+39.4%39.4%-232%$0.05$-8.8M
Q2 FY25$2.1M+50.5%37.4%-339%$-0.32$-2.9M

Forward consensus

5-year forecast · up to 4 analysts
FYRevenueRangeEPSRangeAnalysts
FY26$39.5M$36.7M – $42.2M-$0.29-$0.33 – -$0.263
FY27$65.0M$64.7M – $65.2M-$0.54-$0.60 – -$0.484
FY28$168.7M$167.0M – $170.4M-$0.20-$0.23 – -$0.182
FY29$248.2M$224.8M – $270.1M$0.48$0.42 – $0.541
FY30$376.7M$341.1M – $409.9M$1.27$1.11 – $1.421

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.1.3×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.60%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.+5.8%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.+41.3%Latest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.

Float & profile

FloatLow float · 45.3M shFree-float shares — the slice of issued stock actually available to trade. Lower buckets squeeze harder on a catalyst.Traded today13.1% 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.β3.515-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

SellAug 20Hoff Brian JosephCFO11.4K sh$297KSellAug 20Camden Andrew RossPresident9.6K sh$250KSellAug 20Wright Stacy RochelleChief Revenue Officer27.5K sh$715KSellJun 8Jeffrey M ThompsonDirector15.0K sh$411KSellJun 5Jeffrey M ThompsonDirector15.0K sh$404KSellJun 4Camden Andrew RossPresident100.0K sh$3.0MSellJun 1Sanford RichDirector25.0K sh$725KSellMay 27Hoff Brian JosephCFO150.0K sh$2.7MSellMay 21Sanford RichDirector1.4K sh$20KSellMay 21Hoff Brian JosephCFO11.4K sh$162K
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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-KCharter amendmentAug 128-K — Item 4.01 · Item 5.03: Charter amendment
AI summary

Unusual Machines, Inc. dismissed its long-standing auditor Salberg & Company, P.A. and engaged Ernst & Young LLP as its new independent auditor for fiscal year 2026, both effective August 12, 2026. The Audit Committee confirmed there were no disagreements with Salberg over accounting principles or audit scope during fiscal 2024, 2025, or the subsequent interim period. The upgrade to a Big Four firm is a common governance milestone as companies scale. A bylaws update (Item 5.03) was also included in this filing.

8-KPress release / Reg FDAug 118-K — Item 7.01: Press release / Reg FD
AI summary

Unusual Machines, Inc. published an updated investor presentation on August 10, 2026 and filed an 8-K to disclose it under Regulation FD. The Orlando-based company makes US-manufactured drones and drone components, positioned as a beneficiary of regulatory restrictions on Chinese-made drones. The presentation was made available on the company's website and furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to the filing. CFO Brian Hoff signed the report; this is a separate filing from Unusual Machines' same-day auditor change announcement.

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

Unusual Machines, Inc. (UMAC), a Nevada-incorporated drone hardware and components manufacturer listed on NYSE American, released its second quarter 2026 financial results via a shareholder letter format on August 6, 2026, rather than a traditional press release. The company simultaneously disclosed an earnings conference call scheduled for August 6, 2026 at 8:00 a.m. ET, accessible by phone (888-506-0062, access code 826085) or webcast at unusualmachines.com. Unusual Machines is positioned as a domestic drone manufacturer benefiting from U.S. policy efforts to reduce reliance on Chinese-made drones. No specific revenue, gross margin, or cash balance figures were included in the filing excerpt; investors in this high-interest defense/drone sector name should review Exhibit 99.1 for Q2 2026 performance metrics.

8-KOfficer or director changeJul 288-K — Item 5.02: Officer or director change
AI summary

Unusual Machines, Inc.'s Compensation Committee approved a grant of warrants to purchase 5,000,000 shares of common stock to Dr. Allan Evans, the company's Chief Executive Officer, effective July 24, 2026, subject to shareholder approval. In exchange for the warrant grant, Dr. Evans agreed to waive all cash compensation from the company following December 31, 2026, structuring his economic interest entirely in long-term equity performance. The warrants have an exercise price of $25.00 per share, implying a significant premium above the prevailing market price and aligning Evans' compensation only with substantial appreciation in shareholder value. Unusual Machines is a drone and drone-components company; the warrant structure signals management confidence in long-term stock price appreciation.

8-KMaterial agreementJun 258-K — Item 1.01: Material agreement · Item 7.01: Press release / Reg FD
AI summary

Unusual Machines, Inc. (UMAC) entered into a long-term lease on June 25, 2026 with FGHP Triplex, LLC for approximately 14,000 square feet of manufacturing and operational space in Orlando, Florida to support the company's growing battery business. The press release confirms this is a dedicated battery manufacturing and operations facility. This is a material operational expansion — leasing dedicated manufacturing space signals UMAC is scaling its battery production capability beyond its prior footprint, though no dollar lease terms were disclosed in the excerpt.

8-KPress release / Reg FDMay 268-K — Item 7.01: Press release / Reg FD
AI summary

Unusual Machines, Inc. (UMAC) furnished a new investor presentation to its IR website on May 26, 2026 as Exhibit 99.1. No specific content, business updates, or financial metrics are described in the 8-K body text. This is a routine Reg FD disclosure; the substantive content is only available in the attached exhibit.

8-KMaterial agreementMay 118-K — Item 1.01: Material agreement · Item 7.01: Press release / Reg FD
AI summary

UMAC entered into a merger agreement (8-K Item 1.01, dated 2026-05-11). Counterparty: Upgrade Energy LLC. Term: two-year. Size: approximately $52 million. Material definitive agreement — investors should review the full exhibit for covenants, conditions, and use of proceeds.

8-KMaterial agreementMay 58-K — Item 1.01: Material agreement · Item 7.01: Press release / Reg FD
AI summary

UMAC entered into a material definitive agreement (8-K Item 1.01, dated 2026-05-05). Size: approximately $75 million. Material definitive agreement — investors should review the full exhibit for covenants, conditions, and use of proceeds.

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Recent news

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

Drone Stocks Slide as Risk Appetite Fades: Unusual Machines Tumbles 9%, Red Cat Falls 7%, Ondas Declines 5%247wallst.com·7d agoUnusual Machines Ramps U.S. Drone Component Output as Defense Demand Takes Flightmarketbeat.com·11d agoOndas Drops 7%, Unusual Machines Sinks 8%, Kratos Falls 5% as the Drone Trade Unwinds247wallst.com·11d agoUMAC Rides on Favorable Industry Tailwinds: Should You Bet on It?zacks.com·11d agoDoes Unusual Machines, Inc. (UMAC) Have the Potential to Rally 37.81% as Wall Street Analysts Expect?zacks.com·11d ago

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