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Aqua Metals, Inc.
Nasdaq· Secondary Smelting & Refining of Nonferrous Metals· Inc. DE· CIK 0001621832 Materials & Mining
$1.50 +0.03 (+2.04%)
Oct 27 4:00 PM ET · prev $1.47
Market cap
$5.2M
Nano cap
Consensus
Buy
86% Buy or better · 7 analysts
Median target
$5.00
+233% · range $5.00–5.00
Next earnings
Nov 10
in 14 days
1 year
−79.5%
from $7.30 · Oct 28
30 days
−40.5%
from $2.52
52-week range
$1.42–9.80
−85% from high · low Oct 20
Avg volume 20D
43.5K
Oct 12 spike 188.8K
Short interest
267.1K
≈7.5% of shares · +39.7%
Days to cover
5.1
at average volume
Insider net
$0
no open-market trades · 12 mo
New fund stakes
0
Q2 2026 13F · 0 exits
SecBot read MIXED 2 reports · 90 days
Balance 0 bearish · 0 bullish · 2 neutral oldest → newest, height = score
Avg score ·High conf. 1/2 ·Next Earnings date, Nov 10, 2026
Strongest NEUTRAL Aqua Metals filed an 8-K reporting that its ATM sales agent, The Benchmark Company, LLC, assigned its rights…
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Price

Daily candles with volume. Pins mark insider trades, rating changes, 13F stakes, reports, catalysts and short-interest jumps.

Signal stack

Where each data set points today.

  • InsidersNO TRADES

    No open-market buys or sells in 12 months. Recent filings are awards, exercises and tax withholding.

  • InstitutionsBULLISH

    Q2 2026: 4 added (0 new), 1 trimmed or exited.

  • AnalystsBULLISH

    6 of 7 rate it Buy or better. Every target is above the price.

  • Short sellersBUILDING

    Short interest +39.7% to 267.1K shares. 5.1 days to cover, ≈7.5% of shares.

  • TrendDOWNTREND

    35% below its 50-day average.

Who's buying

13F· Q2 2026
0
new positions
0
exits
FundMoveSharesValue
ROYAL BANK OF CANADAADD302—
STIFEL FINANCIAL CORPADD102,642$296.6K
UBS Group AGDOUBLED1,739$5.0K
JONES FINANCIAL COMPANIES LLLPTRIM162$471.00
Farther Finance Advisors, LLCDOUBLED6$17.00
STIFEL FINANCIAL CORPADD81,816$350.2K
GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLCADD41,193$176.3K
PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ADD24,590$106.0K

Quarterly 13F filings are due 45 days after each quarter ends.

The Street

7 analysts
Buy 86% rate it Buy or better
Strong Buy2Buy4Hold1Sell0Strong Sell0
12-month targets · 1 analysts

Price is below the lowest target. Median implies +233%.Targets as of Oct 27, 2026.

Recent actions
DateFirmActionRating
Jul 31, 2026Benchmark
MAINTAIN
MAINTAINSpeculative Buy

Insider ledger

Form 4
$0
open-market buys or sells · 12 mo
DateInsiderTypeValue
Oct 13, 2026
Taecker Benjamin S.
Chief Eng and Opr Officer
TAX W/H$1.4K
Oct 13, 2026
Taecker Benjamin S.
Chief Eng and Opr Officer
AWARD10,429 sh
Oct 13, 2026
West Eric
Chief Financial Officer
AWARD12,583 sh
Oct 13, 2026
West Eric
Chief Financial Officer
TAX W/H$1.7K
Oct 13, 2026
Cotton Stephen
Chief Executive Officer
AWARD35,310 sh
Oct 13, 2026
Cotton Stephen
Chief Executive Officer
TAX W/H$4.5K
Aug 24, 2026
West Eric
Chief Financial Officer
AWARD37,352 sh
Aug 24, 2026
DIVITO VINCENT L
Director
AWARD15,641 sh

Earnings setup

Estimates
Nov 10
reports in 14 days
PeriodEPS est.Range30D rev.Revenue
Current Q———$0.00
Next Q———$0.00
Current FY———$0.00
Next FY———$0.00

Short side

FINRA· Oct 15, 2026
267,117
shares short
+39.7%
vs prior settlement
5.1
days to cover
≈7.5%
of shares outstanding
Recent activity
The latest filings, insider trades, analyst actions, press and options flow — newest first.
Oct 13, 2026 Insider
Taecker Benjamin S. surrendered for taxes 716 shares
Chief Eng and Opr Officer @ $1.92 ($1.4K)
Oct 13, 2026 Insider
Taecker Benjamin S. was granted 10,429 shares
Chief Eng and Opr Officer
Oct 13, 2026 Insider
West Eric was granted 12,583 shares
Chief Financial Officer
Sep 8, 2026 SEC
Aqua Metals filed an 8-K reporting that its ATM sales agent, The Benchmark Company, LLC, assigned its rights and…
8-K — Impact 2/10
Aug 31, 2026 Contract
Aqua Metals and WMC Sign LOI Covering 100% of Planned Lithium Carbonate Output from First Commercial-Scale AquaRefining™ Facility
Project Headwaters aims to be first commercial-scale deployment of AquaRefining™ for lithium carbona
Jul 30, 2026 SEC
Aqua Metals reported Q2 2026 results with no revenue and a net loss of $4.48M ($1.31 per share). The company is…
PRESS-RELEASE — Impact 3/10
Jun 30, 2026 Inst.
ROYAL BANK OF CANADA — ADD
302 shares (—)
Jun 30, 2026 Inst.
STIFEL FINANCIAL CORP — ADD
102,642 shares ($296.6K)
Catalysts
Scheduled dates and disclosed events: earnings, FDA and trial readouts, halts, press releases. Colored dot = impact.
Upcoming
Nov 10, 2026
Earnings date
AQMS Q3 2026 Earnings Scheduled — 2026-11-10
Recent
Aug 31, 2026
Contract
Aqua Metals and WMC Sign LOI Covering 100% of Planned Lithium Carbonate Output from First Commercial-Scale AquaRefining™ Facility
Project Headwaters aims to be first commercial-scale deployment of AquaRefining™ for lithium carbonate production
Jul 30, 2026
Earnings
Aqua Metals Reports Second Quarter 2026 Results and Advances Phased Commercialization Plan for Headwaters ARC
Staged commercialization plan is designed to establish domestic processing capacity for the fast-growing LFP critical minerals processing market…
Jul 30, 2026
Earnings date
AQMS Q2 2026 Earnings Scheduled — 2026-07-30
Jul 7, 2026
Press release
Aqua Metals Advances Headwaters ARC, Planned Midwest Battery Recycling and Critical Minerals Recovery Campus
Company advances final site-specific diligence for Midwest Headwaters ARC development opportunity with existing industrial infrastructure…
Jun 30, 2026
Press release
Aqua Metals to Participate in NAATBatt 2026 Recycling & Lifecycle Management Workshop
President & CEO Steve Cotton to present on circular battery supply chains as the Company advances commercialization of its next-generation battery…

SecBot reports

4 filings · 1 press release · 0 bullish · 1 bearish · 1 mixed · 2 neutral
All AQMS filing & press-release reports (5)