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Industrials · ·
$13.55
▲ $0.13 (+1.0%)
Market data updated: 09/20 06:42 AM
Fundamentals updated: 09/20/2026
News analyzed: 09/20/2026
Market Cap
$1.69B
Day Range
$13.34 - $13.66
52-Week Range
$7.64 - $20.13
Beta
—
Next Earnings
02.11.2026
Support
$9.53
Resistance
$15.36
AESI is a stock from the Industrials sector — Manufacturing, aerospace, defense, and infrastructure — closely tied to capital-investment cycles and economic growth.
+22.6% (1Y)
Strengths: 10/30 factors positiveRisk: High
This score and all analysis on this page are for informational and educational purposes only and do not constitute investment advice. Read the full disclaimer
Weighted: Technical 25% · Fundamental 20% · Growth 15% · Valuation 15% · News 10% · Quality 10% · Risk 5%
Overall Score
🟡 Mixed
Technical Trend
🟢 Bullish
Insiders
🔴 Bearish
Computed directly from the same signals behind the score above — not AI-generated.
Biggest positive driver
Free cash flow growth
Free cash flow growth: 73.7%
Growth
Biggest negative driver
DCF Fair Value
Estimated fair value: -$11.17 vs. price $13.55 (-182.5%)
Fair Value
What to watch next
When today echoes the past.
NO RELIABLE ECHO FOUND
Only 2 historical analog(s) found after removing overlapping dates — too few for a statistically meaningful comparison.
Historical matches considered: 2
TIME ECHO identifies historical situations that resemble the current market state. Historical outcomes are not guarantees of future performance. Similarity does not imply causation, and results may change as new data becomes available.
🗓️ What Changed This Week
🌱 Building History
We don't have a real data point from a week ago for this stock yet. The weekly comparison will appear once enough history has accumulated.
📊 Score History
47
Today
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30D
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90D
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1Y
🐂🐻 Investment Thesis
🐂 Bull Case
🐻 Bear Case
🔍 What Could Prove This Wrong
This isn't a price-direction forecast — just a synthesis of real, already-computed data, and future conditions that could change the picture.
🧬 STOCK DNA
This stock's profile across 8 real dimensions — a research tool, not a recommendation
Growth
48
Quality
47
Value
38
Momentum
72
Risk
40
Sentiment
44
Fundamental
27
Institutional
0
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Recent media coverage of **Atlas Energy Solutions Inc.** (AESI) has centered on analyst price target adjustments and market volatility tied to oil prices. Analysts like Citigroup, Piper Sandler, and Stifel have maintained mixed ratings—ranging from *Buy* to *Neutral*—while lowering their price targets from $28 to as low as $15. Stock performance fluctuated alongside crude oil prices, reflecting broader energy sector trends amid geopolitical tensions. Investor focus also included Q2 earnings discussions and the company’s push into autonomous logistics amid widening losses.
AI summary based on English-language news sources only — not investment advice.
Everyone's writing about Atlas Energy Solutions Inc.. News trend score: 44. Reason: 6 of the last 20 articles are negative, versus 5 positive.
News trend analysis is based on article sentiment only, and is not investment advice or financial counsel. Read the full disclaimer
🌡️ Emotional Temperature
14
🎯 Conviction (vs. Emotion)
37
Psychology
47
Fundamentals
27
Technical
72
Valuation
38
A significant decline over time, but on unusually low trading volume — holders unwilling to accept the loss.
The price rise has far outpaced the actual improvement in fundamental data.
Price, volume, and sentiment accelerating together — a sign investors are chasing the price, not just following it.
A sharp drop, unusual volume, and negative news sentiment all at once — selling pressure that looks emotional.
Extreme momentum, price far above its moving average, and a large premium over fair value.
Price (3M)
-16%
Market Narrative
50
Fundamental Reality
37
Narrative Gap
+13
🧠 StockIQ Psychologist
AESI’s psychology is fragmented but dominated by **loss aversion** (33), reflecting lingering pain from a 19.3% drop. Herding (30) and FOMO (32) coexist, as traders chase peers or momentum while avoiding further losses. Overconfidence (13) hints at selective optimism, but the narrative-reality gap (16) suggests caution. The key question: *Will traders prioritize cutting losses or riding momentum despite fundamentals lagging?*
Updated: 09/07/2026, 05:07 PM
What could change this?
👥 What the crowd believes
"Citigroup lowers price target from $21 to $17 (Benzinga, #2)"
"Stocks trade down after crude oil prices pull back (Yahoo/StockStory, #5-6)"
"Expands Kodiak AI partnership to 100 driverless trucks (Simply Wall St., #11)"
"Analysts maintain Buy/Neutral/Sector Perform with lowered targets (Benzinga/Simply Wall St., #2,4,10,12)"
📈 6D Investor Psychology
Signal classification confidence: High (confidence in the behavioral read, not a price prediction). Describes observable market behavior, not what any individual investor thinks, and is not a buy/sell signal.
🏛️ Investor DNA — Historical Investors
A Historical Strategy Simulation: assuming each investor follows their documented principles, how would they rate this stock today? This is not a prediction of what they would actually do.
🟢 Best match
Charles Mackay — 84/100
🔴 Weakest match
Thorstein Veblen — 12/100
🗣️ Why do they disagree?
Based on the documented principles of the value‑focused investors, the model estimates that Mackay (score 80) and Howard Marks (score 68) see AESI as reasonably priced with no obvious crowd mania or cycle‑timing red flags, while Graham’s two lenses (scores 66 and 53) suggest only a modest discount and not a deep net‑net bargain. In contrast, growth‑oriented thinkers such as Fisher (37), Peter Lynch (23) and Thorstein Veblen (12) estimate the stock fails to meet their quality or growth‑at‑a‑reasonable‑price criteria, and Livermore (37) and Loeb (36) flag a negative trend and capital‑risk threat. Moderate assessments from Housel (54), Bagehot (52) and the efficient‑market view (43) place the stock in a middle ground, indicating it is holdable but not a standout pick over an index. Overall, the divergent scores reflect a split between investors who view AESI as a steady, fairly valued asset and those who deem it insufficiently compelling for active investment.
Charles Mackay
Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds (1841)
🟢 84
No obvious signs of crowd mania
Key question
Am I being swept along with the crowd, or thinking for myself?
Fact → Principle → Simulation
Howard Marks (Market Cycle)
Mastering the Market Cycle (2018)
🟢 72
Looks early-to-mid cycle, not overextended
Key question
Where are we in the cycle right now — near a hot extreme, or a cold one?
Fact → Principle → Simulation
Howard Marks
The Most Important Thing (2011) / Mastering the Market Cycle (2018)
🟢 68
Risk appears reasonably priced — no obvious cycle-timing red flag
Key question
What is the market probably misunderstanding about the risk here?
Fact → Principle → Simulation
Benjamin Graham
Security Analysis (1934) / The Intelligent Investor (1949)
🟢 66
Mixed — doesn't clearly pass Graham's tests
Key question
Where is my margin of safety?
Fact → Principle → Simulation
Edgar Lawrence Smith
Common Stocks as Long-Term Investments (1924)
🟡 58
Reasonable but not a clear long-term holding
Key question
Is this a stock I'd be happy to hold and forget about for a decade?
Fact → Principle → Simulation
Jesse Livermore
Reminiscences of a Stock Operator (1923) / How to Trade in Stocks (1940)
🟡 56
No clear trend — Livermore preferred to stay out of this
Key question
What is the price telling me right now?
Fact → Principle → Simulation
Morgan Housel
The Psychology of Money (2020)
🟡 54
Moderate — holdable, but not effortless
Key question
Could I live with this volatility long enough for compounding to actually work?
Fact → Principle → Simulation
Walter Bagehot
Lombard Street (1873)
🟡 52
Adequate but not exceptional liquidity
Key question
Does this company have enough liquidity to survive real stress?
Fact → Principle → Simulation
Benjamin Graham (Enterprising Investor)
The Intelligent Investor (1949) — the Enterprising Investor chapters
🟡 52
Some discount, but not the deep 'net-net' bargain Graham's enterprising bar sets
Key question
Is the stock statistically cheap enough to justify the extra risk?
⚠️ Partial data for this stock — score is less reliable — Data availability: 45%
Fact → Principle → Simulation
Samuel Armstrong Nelson
The ABC of Stock Speculation (1903)
🟡 46
Mid-cycle — no strong signal either way
Key question
Is the price overextended, or is there still room to move?
Fact → Principle → Simulation
Burton Malkiel & John Bogle
A Random Walk Down Wall Street (1973) / The Little Book of Common Sense Investing (2007)
🟡 43
Mixed case — the evidence for picking this stock over an index is not strong
Key question
Do I actually have an edge here, or do I just think I do?
Fact → Principle → Simulation
Philip Fisher
Common Stocks and Uncommon Profits (1958)
🟡 37
Doesn't show the quality/growth signature Fisher required
Key question
How exceptional is this business, really?
Fact → Principle → Simulation
Gerald M. Loeb
The Battle for Investment Survival (1935)
🟡 36
Risk profile Loeb would flag as a real threat to capital
Key question
How much capital could I lose here if I'm wrong?
Fact → Principle → Simulation
Peter Lynch
One Up on Wall Street (1989)
🔴 23
Doesn't clear Lynch's growth-at-a-reasonable-price bar
Key question
Is the growth worth the price?
Fact → Principle → Simulation
Jack Schwager
Market Wizards (1989)
🔴 20
No real setup here — the discipline Schwager's wizards shared would say stay out
Key question
What's the risk/reward here, and where is my exit point?
Fact → Principle → Simulation
Thorstein Veblen
The Theory of Business Enterprise (1904)
🔴 12
Pattern Veblen would flag as growth pursued for its own sake
Key question
Is management building real value, or just building itself?
Fact → Principle → Simulation
Based on the last 281 trading days, calculated from real price data. Click an indicator for details and a chart.
🟢 Most indicators support an uptrend (6 bullish · 1 bearish · 3 neutral)
A market-structure read based purely on real price and volume data — not full classic Wyckoff schematic identification (Phase A-E), but a quantitative analysis of what can reliably be computed: trading ranges, "effort vs. result", volume within the range, and Spring/Upthrust detection.
The stock is in a clear downtrend with no defined trading range in the period examined.
High confidence
The Wyckoff Method, developed by Richard Wyckoff in the early 20th century, reads the balance of supply and demand through price and volume, based on the premise that large investors ("smart money") quietly accumulate shares before rallies and quietly distribute them before declines. The read here is based solely on real price and volume data — full, precise identification of classic Wyckoff patterns (such as Phases A-E) requires human chart-reading experience and judgment, so this is an approximate algorithmic read, not a substitute for professional analysis. This should not be considered investment advice.
Gross Margin
13.8%
Operating Margin
-1.0%
Net Margin
-4.6%
EBITDA Margin
13.6%
ROE
-4.2%
ROA
-2.3%
ROIC
—
EPS
-$0.41
Cash
—
Total Debt
$578.92M
Current Ratio
1.46
Debt/Equity
0.48
Total dividend per share paid each year, over the last 5 years.
| Ex-Dividend Date | Amount per Share |
|---|---|
| 14.8.2025 | $0.250 |
| 13.8.2025 | $0.250 |
| 15.5.2025 | $0.250 |
| 14.5.2025 | $0.250 |
| 21.2.2025 | $0.250 |
| 20.2.2025 | $0.250 |
| 7.11.2024 | $0.240 |
| 6.11.2024 | $0.240 |
| 15.8.2024 | $0.230 |
| 14.8.2024 | $0.230 |
| 15.5.2024 | $0.220 |
| 14.5.2024 | $0.220 |
How is Fair Value calculated? →
Current Price
$13.55
Estimated Fair Value (DCF)
-$11.17
Model estimate — not a price target. Highly sensitive to growth/discount-rate assumptions.
Gap
-182.5%
🔴 Appears expensive relative to estimated value
Year 1 Growth Rate
25.0%
Discount Rate (WACC)
9.0%
Terminal Growth Rate
2.5%
Projection Years
5
| Year | Growth Rate | Projected FCF | Present Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 25.0% | $-38.66M | $-35.46M |
| 2 | 19.4% | $-46.15M | $-38.84M |
| 3 | 13.8% | $-52.49M | $-40.53M |
| 4 | 8.1% | $-56.76M | $-40.21M |
| 5 | 2.5% | $-58.17M | $-37.81M |
Base FCF (last actual year)
$-30.93M
Terminal Value
$-917.37M
Present Value of Terminal Value
$-596.23M
Enterprise Value
$-789.08M
Net Debt
$578.92M
Equity Value
$-1.37B
*The DCF model is an estimate based on assumptions — not a guaranteed forecast. You can change the assumptions to examine different scenarios.
Book Value per Share
$9.87
Tangible Book Value per Share (Tangible NAV)
$7.14
Sentiment based on basic keywords (not AI) — 5 positive, 9 neutral, 6 negative out of the last 20 articles.
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Benzinga · 14.9.2026
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Benzinga · 27.8.2026
Yahoo · 24.8.2026
StockStory · 24.8.2026
StockStory · 12.8.2026
StockStory · 11.8.2026
Simply Wall St. · 7.8.2026
Benzinga · 6.8.2026
Simply Wall St. · 5.8.2026
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Simply Wall St. · 4.8.2026
GuruFocus.com · 4.8.2026
Atlas Energy Solutions Inc. (AESI) currently has a StockIQ AI score of 47/100, rated "Moderate". The score is a weighted average across up to 7 categories (technical, fundamental, growth, fair value, news, quality, risk), based on real data only.
AESI currently scores 47/100 (Moderate) across the categories we measure. StockIQ doesn't give buy/sell recommendations — use this as one data point in your own research, not as investment advice.
Per StockIQ's DCF model, AESI's estimated fair value is -$11.17, which is 182.5% below the current price of $13.55. This is one valuation model among several signals in the fair-value category, not a price target.
AESI's technical score is 72/100, which currently reads as bullish — based on real price/volume signals (moving averages, RSI, MACD, and more), not a prediction of what happens next.
Based on the real signals StockIQ computed: Free cash flow growth: 73.7%; Debt/equity: 0.48; Price is above the 50-day average.
Based on the real signals StockIQ computed: Estimated fair value: -$11.17 vs. price $13.55 (-182.5%); Operating margin: -1.0% (negative); Net margin: -4.6% (negative).
Yes — AESI has a real recorded dividend payment history on StockIQ. See the Dividends section on this page for the actual per-share amounts and dates.
Real transactions by officers and insiders, as reported to the SEC on Form 4 — 0 purchases and 1 sales out of the last 25 filings.
| Name | Transaction Type | Date | Shares | Change | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hock Stacy | Gift | 2.6.2026 | 90,866 | -90,866 | — |
| Ginn Kirk Edwards | Tax Withholding in Shares | 2.6.2026 | 1,134 | -1,134 | $16.69 |
| Hock Stacy | Gift | 2.6.2026 | 800,000 | -90,866 | — |
| Ginn Kirk Edwards | Tax Withholding in Shares | 2.6.2026 | 559,317 | -1,134 | $16.69 |
| McCarthy Benjamin Blake | Tax Withholding in Shares | 18.5.2026 | 4,736 | -4,736 | $18.87 |
| Voelter Dathan C | Tax Withholding in Shares | 23.3.2026 | 2,201 | -2,201 | $13.48 |
| Turner John Gregory | Tax Withholding in Shares | 23.3.2026 | 11,246 | -11,246 | $13.48 |
| Voelter Dathan C | Tax Withholding in Shares | 23.3.2026 | 490,945 | -2,201 | $13.48 |
| Turner John Gregory | Tax Withholding in Shares | 23.3.2026 | 656,678 | -11,246 | $13.48 |
| Rogers Douglas G | Other Transaction | 18.3.2026 | 12,536 | -12,536 | — |
| Rogers Douglas G | Other Transaction | 18.3.2026 | 10,000 | -12,536 | — |
| McCarthy Benjamin Blake | Tax Withholding in Shares | 16.3.2026 | 4,266 | -4,266 | $13.60 |
| Ginn Kirk Edwards | Tax Withholding in Shares | 16.3.2026 | 3,048 | -3,048 | $13.60 |
| Voelter Dathan C | Tax Withholding in Shares | 16.3.2026 | 4,857 | -4,857 | $13.60 |
| Turner John Gregory | Tax Withholding in Shares | 16.3.2026 | 16,130 | -16,130 | $13.60 |
| Voelter Dathan C | Tax Withholding in Shares | 16.3.2026 | 493,146 | -4,857 | $13.60 |
| Turner John Gregory | Tax Withholding in Shares | 16.3.2026 | 667,924 | -16,130 | $13.60 |
| Ginn Kirk Edwards | Tax Withholding in Shares | 16.3.2026 | 560,451 | -3,048 | $13.60 |
| McCarthy Benjamin Blake | Tax Withholding in Shares | 16.3.2026 | 188,590 | -4,266 | $13.60 |
| Rogers Douglas G | Exercise of Derivative Securities | 13.3.2026 | 12,536 | +12,536 | — |
| Rogers Douglas G | Exercise of Derivative Securities | 13.3.2026 | 12,536 | -12,536 | — |
| Rogers Douglas G | Exercise of Derivative Securities | 13.3.2026 | 22,736 | +12,536 | — |
| Rogers Douglas G | Exercise of Derivative Securities | 13.3.2026 | 22,200 | -12,536 | — |
| Scholla Chris | Open Market Sale | 6.3.2026 | 567,972 | -8,912 | $11.79 |
| Voelter Dathan C | Tax Withholding in Shares | 6.3.2026 | 498,003 | -7,279 | $9.91 |
Official FINRA data — the number of shares open in short positions, plus daily short-sale activity.
24,491,752 shares short as of 2026-08-31 · vs. 23,145,977 on 2026-07-31
Official biweekly report (FINRA Rule 4560) — no real higher-frequency data exists for this metric.
70.6% of trading volume this week was short selling, vs. 68.4% the prior week
Based on daily short-sale volume (Reg SHO) — a different metric from the open short interest above: this is daily trading volume, not an open position, so it updates weekly rather than biweekly.
Full breakdown of every data type and its source: Data Sources · Methodology