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Aqua Metals, Inc.

AQMS Nasdaq Secondary Smelting & Refining Of Nonferrous Metals Financials FY2016โ€“FY2025

Last close ยท Oct 23, 2026

$1.47

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Net income Profit after all expenses, interest and tax.
โˆ’$22.6M
Free cash flow Cash from operations minus capital spending.
โˆ’$10.7M
Return on capital After-tax operating income as a share of the money invested in the business: debt plus equity, minus cash.
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Market cap Last close times the latest diluted share count, so it is approximate.
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What Aqua Metals, Inc. does

No business description yet.

Legal name
Aqua Metals, Inc.
Fiscal year ends
December 31, 2025
Latest annual report
10-K ยท Mar 31, 2026
Accession ยท CIK
0001437749-26-010705
0001621832

Revenue and margins

Aqua Metals, Inc. had โ€” of revenue in fiscal 2025.

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Net income and earnings per share

Loss periods are shown in red.

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Returns on capital

After-tax operating income as a share of the money invested in the business: debt plus equity, minus cash.

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Cash flow

Free cash flow was โˆ’$10.7M in fiscal 2025, โ€” of revenue. Cash from operations minus capital spending.

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Cash from operations vs capital spending
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Dividends, buybacks and share count

Aqua Metals, Inc. returned โ€” to shareholders in fiscal 2025. The diluted share count rose 0.0%.

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Diluted shares outstanding (annual)

Balance sheet

Cash, debt and the ratios that show how comfortably Aqua Metals, Inc. can carry it.

Cash vs debt (incl. leases)
Cash Debt
Fiscal year endFY21FY22FY23FY24FY25
Cash and short-term investments $8.1M$7.1M$16.5M$4.1M$10.8M
Interest coverage โˆ’831.7xโˆ’124.5xโˆ’39.4xโˆ’41.5xโˆ’35.0x
Current ratio 3.1x1.9x4.0x0.6x3.0x
Quick ratio 3.0x1.9x3.8x0.5x3.0x
Total assets $33.3M$33.5M$33.6M$26.4M$19.7M
Total liabilities $5.7M$12.6M$7.5M$10.1M$4.9M
Shareholders' equity $27.5M$20.9M$26.1M$16.2M$14.8M
Net debt (โˆ’ = net cash) โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”

Insider trades

Open-market purchases and sales by officers, directors and 10% owners, from Form 4 filings. โ€œPlanโ€ marks trades under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 plan.

Bought, 12 months

$0.0M

0 insiders

Sold, 12 months

$0.0M

0 insiders

Of sales under plans

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$0.0M

No open-market insider trades in the last 12 months.

Piotroski F-score

Nine pass/fail tests of profitability, funding and efficiency. 8โ€“9 is strong, 0โ€“2 weak.

TestFY16FY17FY18FY19FY20FY21FY22FY23FY24FY25
Net income is positive โœ• โœ• โœ• โœ• โœ• โœ• โœ• โœ• โœ• โœ•
Cash from operations is positive โœ• โœ• โœ• โœ• โœ• โœ• โœ• โœ• โœ• โœ•
Return on assets rose โ€” โœ• โœ• โœ• โœ• โœ“ โœ“ โœ• โœ• โœ•
Cash from operations exceeds net income โœ“ โœ“ โœ“ โœ“ โœ“ โœ“ โœ“ โœ“ โœ“ โœ“
Debt fell relative to assets โ€” โ€” โ€” โœ• โœ“ โ€” โ€” โ€” โ€” โ€”
Current ratio rose โ€” โœ• โœ• โœ“ โœ• โœ“ โœ• โœ“ โœ• โœ“
Share count didn't rise โ€” โœ• โœ• โœ• โœ• โœ• โ€” โ€” โ€” โ€”
Gross margin rose โ€” โ€” โœ• โœ“ โœ• โœ“ โœ• โœ“ โ€” โ€”
Revenue rose relative to assets โ€” โœ“ โœ“ โœ“ โœ• โœ“ โœ• โœ“ โœ• โ€”
F-score โ€” / 32 / 72 / 84 / 92 / 95 / 82 / 74 / 7โ€” / 6โ€” / 5
Accruals ratio โˆ’3.4%โˆ’10.4%โˆ’19.1%โˆ’27.9%โˆ’28.2%โˆ’32.5%โˆ’15.8%โˆ’61.8%โˆ’36.4%โˆ’53.8%
Altman Z'' 3.751.28โˆ’4.35โˆ’6.22โˆ’9.22โˆ’14.85โˆ’18.63โˆ’20.25โˆ’35.91โˆ’46.56

10 years of figures

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Fiscal yearFY16FY17FY18FY19FY20FY21FY22FY23FY24FY25
Income statement
Revenue $0.0M $2.1M $4.4M $4.9M $0.1M $0.2M $0.0M $0.0M $0.0M โ€”
Gross profit $0.0M โˆ’$7.4M โˆ’$18.3M โˆ’$19.9M โˆ’$5.4M โˆ’$6.8M โˆ’$4.0M โˆ’$6.3M โˆ’$7.2M โ€”
Research and development $6.3M $8.1M $4.5M $1.6M $1.0M $0.9M $1.8M $1.7M $1.6M $1.3M
Operating income โˆ’$13.0M โˆ’$24.9M โˆ’$37.0M โˆ’$40.8M โˆ’$15.4M โˆ’$17.5M โˆ’$15.6M โˆ’$24.5M โˆ’$23.8M โˆ’$23.3M
Interest expense $0.6M $1.8M $3.4M $3.5M $1.6M $0.0M $0.1M $0.6M $0.6M $0.7M
Pretax income โˆ’$13.6M โˆ’$26.6M โˆ’$40.3M โˆ’$44.8M โˆ’$25.8M โˆ’$18.2M โˆ’$15.4M โˆ’$23.9M โˆ’$24.6M โˆ’$22.6M
Income tax $0.0M $0.0M $0.0M $0.0M $0.0M $0.0M $0.0M $0.0M $0.0M $0.0M
Net income โˆ’$13.6M โˆ’$26.6M โˆ’$40.3M โˆ’$44.8M โˆ’$25.8M โˆ’$18.2M โˆ’$15.4M โˆ’$23.9M โˆ’$24.6M โˆ’$22.6M
Diluted EPS โˆ’$0.89 โˆ’$1.31 โˆ’$1.18 โˆ’$0.86 โˆ’$0.42 โˆ’$0.26 โ€” โ€” โ€” โ€”
Diluted shares 0.02B 0.02B 0.03B 0.05B 0.06B 0.07B โ€” โ€” โ€” โ€”
Cash flow
Cash from operations โˆ’$11.1M โˆ’$19.0M โˆ’$26.3M โˆ’$25.2M โˆ’$11.0M โˆ’$7.1M โˆ’$10.1M โˆ’$3.2M โˆ’$13.6M โˆ’$10.3M
Capital expenditure $29.2M $8.8M $3.7M $12.8M $3.4M $2.4M $4.8M $5.6M $7.9M $0.4M
Free cash flow โˆ’$40.3M โˆ’$27.8M โˆ’$30.0M โˆ’$38.0M โˆ’$14.4M โˆ’$9.4M โˆ’$14.9M โˆ’$8.8M โˆ’$21.6M โˆ’$10.7M
Depreciation and amortization $0.7M $2.9M $3.2M $3.5M $1.9M $0.6M $0.5M $0.9M $0.9M $0.8M
Stock-based compensation $1.1M $1.1M $1.2M $4.2M $3.6M $2.2M $2.3M $2.5M $2.7M $2.3M
Balance sheet
Cash and short-term investments $25.5M $22.8M $20.9M $7.6M $6.5M $8.1M $7.1M $16.5M $4.1M $10.8M
Total debt $9.9M โ€” $9.5M $9.3M $0.3M โ€” โ€” โ€” โ€” โ€”
Finance lease liabilities โ€” โ€” โ€” โ€” โ€” โ€” $0.1M $0.0M $0.2M $0.1M
Current assets $27.4M $25.7M $22.8M $27.5M $8.4M $12.4M $23.2M $18.3M $4.6M $13.4M
Current liabilities $4.0M $3.8M $11.8M $9.8M $3.5M $4.1M $12.3M $4.6M $8.2M $4.4M
Inventory $0.1M $1.2M $0.8M $1.3M $1.1M $0.1M $0.3M $0.9M $0.3M $0.2M
Property and equipment, net $41.4M $45.7M $45.5M $37.6M $24.9M $2.4M $7.3M $10.3M $16.5M $5.8M
Intangible assets $1.1M $1.5M $1.3M $1.0M $0.8M $0.6M $0.5M $0.3M $0.1M $0.1M
Total assets $71.5M $74.4M $71.4M $69.5M $35.1M $33.3M $33.5M $33.6M $26.4M $19.7M
Total liabilities $14.5M $15.5M $21.3M $19.9M $4.0M $5.7M $12.6M $7.5M $10.1M $4.9M
Shareholders' equity $57.0M $59.0M $50.1M $49.6M $31.1M $27.5M $20.9M $26.1M $16.2M $14.8M
Margins
Gross margin โ€” โˆ’354.3% โˆ’411.6% โˆ’408.8% โˆ’4,970.4% โˆ’3,956.1% โˆ’98,875.0% โˆ’25,028.0% โ€” โ€”
Operating margin โ€” โˆ’1,183.7% โˆ’832.3% โˆ’837.0% โˆ’14,252.8% โˆ’10,095.4% โˆ’389,150.0% โˆ’97,856.0% โ€” โ€”
EBITDA margin โ€” โˆ’1,045.2% โˆ’760.4% โˆ’765.2% โˆ’12,493.5% โˆ’9,748.6% โˆ’376,650.0% โˆ’94,256.0% โ€” โ€”
Net margin โ€” โˆ’1,265.7% โˆ’904.8% โˆ’919.1% โˆ’23,853.7% โˆ’10,516.2% โˆ’385,775.0% โˆ’95,752.0% โ€” โ€”
FCF margin โ€” โˆ’1,324.8% โˆ’674.6% โˆ’779.2% โˆ’13,325.9% โˆ’5,440.5% โˆ’372,975.0% โˆ’35,164.0% โ€” โ€”
Returns
Return on capital โˆ’24.7% โ€” โˆ’75.5% โˆ’62.8% โˆ’48.8% โ€” โ€” โ€” โ€” โ€”
Return on capital employed โˆ’19.2% โˆ’35.2% โˆ’62.2% โˆ’68.4% โˆ’48.6% โˆ’59.8% โˆ’73.5% โˆ’84.4% โˆ’131.2% โˆ’152.7%
Return on equity โˆ’23.8% โˆ’45.8% โˆ’73.8% โˆ’89.9% โˆ’63.8% โˆ’62.0% โˆ’63.7% โˆ’101.9% โˆ’116.1% โˆ’146.0%
Return on assets โˆ’19.0% โˆ’36.4% โˆ’55.2% โˆ’63.6% โˆ’49.3% โˆ’53.2% โˆ’46.2% โˆ’71.3% โˆ’81.9% โˆ’98.3%
Return on tangible equity โˆ’24.3% โˆ’46.2% โˆ’82.5% โˆ’92.2% โˆ’85.0% โˆ’67.6% โˆ’75.4% โˆ’92.8% โˆ’152.5% โˆ’154.1%
Growth
Revenue growth โ€” โ€” 111.9% 9.6% โˆ’97.8% 60.2% โˆ’97.7% 525.0% โˆ’100.0% โ€”
Share count change โ€” 32.9% 68.3% 53.0% 16.5% 15.0% โ€” โ€” โ€” โ€”
Financial health
Debt / equity 0.2x โ€” 0.2x 0.2x 0.0x โ€” โ€” โ€” โ€” โ€”
Interest coverage โˆ’20.3x โˆ’14.1x โˆ’10.7x โˆ’11.7x โˆ’9.5x โˆ’831.7x โˆ’124.5x โˆ’39.4x โˆ’41.5x โˆ’35.0x
Current ratio 6.8x 6.7x 1.9x 2.8x 2.4x 3.1x 1.9x 4.0x 0.6x 3.0x
Quick ratio 6.8x 6.4x 1.9x 2.7x 2.1x 3.0x 1.9x 3.8x 0.5x 3.0x
Capital allocation
Capex / revenue โ€” 420.0% 83.0% 262.7% 3,113.9% 1,358.4% 119,275.0% 22,392.0% โ€” โ€”
Stock comp / revenue โ€” 51.5% 27.0% 86.3% 3,307.4% 1,272.3% 56,375.0% 10,136.0% โ€” โ€”
Quality scores
Piotroski F-score โ€” 2.0 2.0 4.0 2.0 5.0 2.0 4.0 โ€” โ€”
Altman Z'' 3.8 1.3 โˆ’4.4 โˆ’6.2 โˆ’9.2 โˆ’14.9 โˆ’18.6 โˆ’20.2 โˆ’35.9 โˆ’46.6
Accruals ratio โˆ’3.4% โˆ’10.4% โˆ’19.1% โˆ’27.9% โˆ’28.2% โˆ’32.5% โˆ’15.8% โˆ’61.8% โˆ’36.4% โˆ’53.8%

Source: SEC EDGAR XBRL filings (CIK 0001621832). Data updated October 24, 2026. Quarterly fourth quarters are the full year minus the first nine months. For information only โ€” not investment advice. Check the original filings before relying on any figure.

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