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Zentek Ltd.

$ZTEK·$86M·Other Precious Metals·Basic Materials
$0.54-3.6%YTD+1.0%1Y-19.4%
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ZTZTEK
$ZTEKZentek Ltd.
$0.54-3.57%2 posts0%
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AI analysis

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Too early to tellWinding up for a moveAI verdict · as of 2026-08-20

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

Canadian graphite micro-cap Zentek with a $3.85B NPV PEA on the Albany Graphite project — big number, tiny company, engagement of investor-awareness firms.

Zentek Ltd is a Canadian-listed micro-cap ($90M market cap) developing the Albany Graphite Project in Ontario, plus a graphene-based EMI shielding materials platform. The recent PEA (Preliminary Economic Assessment) on Albany Graphite showed US$3.85B after-tax NPV, but the company is still pre-revenue and years away from commercial production.

  • The Albany Graphite PEA is impressive on paper: US$3.85B after-tax NPV at 5% discount rate, 27.4% after-tax IRR, on an acid-free route to 99.9992% purity graphite — this is the size-of-opportunity claim that anchors the story, but PEAs are early-stage economic studies, not commercial commitments.
  • The EMI shielding coating provisional patent is a separate optionality: Zentek filed a provisional patent for absorption-based EMI shielding coating made from Albany Graphite — this is the graphene-based platform application, and would be a higher-margin specialty product than commodity graphite.
  • The financial reality is trivial: quarterly revenue of $6K-$65K (essentially zero) with real cash burn — the recent engagement of IMPAQ Capital for investor-awareness plus Atrium Research for company-sponsored coverage suggests management is actively promoting the story, which is typical late-stage promotional pattern.

Trajectory is coiling on story-only dynamics without a fundamental anchor; any Albany Graphite financing announcement, off-take agreement, or specific EMI-shielding commercial application reprices the stock — absent that, this drifts on promotional flow with no revenue anchor.

What to watch: Any Albany Graphite financing announcement, off-take agreement, or specific EMI-shielding commercial application — real commercial commitment reprices the stock; continued promotional press releases without concrete commercial commitments drift the setup lower.

On the calendar: 2026-11-12 — Q3 fiscal-2027 earnings

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What it does

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

Researches and licenses graphene-based antimicrobial coatings and nanomaterial technologies for filtration, medical, and packaging applications.

Industry overviewAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data

Where Other Precious Metals sits in its cycle right now — and what that implies for $ZTEK.

Other Precious Metals · Basic Materials

Palladium and platinum face structural demand disruption from EV powertrain adoption reducing catalytic converter usage; near-term industrial demand from ICE production provides a floor. The long-term trajectory is bearish for ICE-specific metals as EV penetration rises.

What this means for $ZTEK

Partial — branded pharmaceutical revenue is exposed to patent cliff dynamics and GLP-1 category cannibalization; Zentek Ltd.

Industry benchmark

7-name peer basket
-10.0%YTD
+98.2%1Y

Fundamentals & catalyst

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

Key ratios

P/E
-9.2How 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
-61.5%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
-9.3%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
-8.0%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
79.8Same 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
-61.3%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
-74.8%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
0.2Total 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$-0.01$-0.02+58.3%
Q1 2026Jun 25, 2026$-0.03$-0.02-25.1%
Q4 2025Feb 17, 2026$-0.01$-0.01-35.5%
Q3 2025Nov 13, 2025$-0.02$-0.02-32.5%
Next earningsThu, Nov 12·consensus EPS $-0.02

Quarterly trend

QuarterRevenueYoYGrossOpEPSFCF
Q3 FY25$65K+72.9%-1957%-4245%$-0.02$-2.0M
Q2 FY25$6K-60.5%-12.4%-33539%$-0.02$-1.5M
Q1 FY25$58K+953.0%47.1%-3119%$-0.01$-1.2M
Q4 FY24$814K+14032.3%67.1%-258%$-0.02$-1.3M

Forward consensus

5-year forecast · up to 1 analysts
FYRevenueRangeEPSRangeAnalysts
FY27$117K$117K – $117K-$0.04-$0.04 – -$0.041
FY28$82K$82K – $82K-$0.04-$0.04 – -$0.041
FY29$1.1M$1.1M – $1.1M-$0.11-$0.11 – -$0.111
FY30$3.7M$3.7M – $3.7M-$0.16-$0.16 – -$0.161
FY31$14.7M$14.7M – $14.7M-$0.10-$0.10 – -$0.101

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.1.5×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.20%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.+0.1%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.-13.3%Latest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.

Float & profile

FloatMid float · 121.1M shFree-float shares — the slice of issued stock actually available to trade. Lower buckets squeeze harder on a catalyst.Traded today0.2% 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.β0.295-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.

SEC filings

Material 8-K, 13D, S-3, and 424B5 events from the last 180 days — the filings that actually move the price.

No material 8-K / SC 13D / S-3 / 424B5 filings in the last 180 days.

+ 34 other (27 6-Ks · 4 6-K/As · 1 40-F/A · 1 40-F) in window

Recent news

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

Zentek Provides Update on Nasdaq Listingnewsfilecorp.com·3d agoZentek Awarded Government of Canada Standing Offer for HVAC Filtersnewsfilecorp.com·11d agoZentek Files Provisional Patent Application for Absorption-Based EMI Shielding Coating Made from Albany Graphitenewsfilecorp.com·14d agoZentek Announces New PEA for Albany Graphite: US$3.85 Billion After-Tax NPV at a 5% Discount Rate, 27.4% After-Tax IRR, on an Acid-Free Route to 99.9992% Purity Graphitenewsfilecorp.com·21d agoZentek retient les services d'IMPAQ Capital inc. afin d'accroître sa visibilité auprès des investisseurs en Amérique du Nordfeeds.newsfilecorp.com·40d ago

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