Aqua Metals, Inc.

NasdaqCM:AQMS 株式レポート

時価総額：US$11.0m

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Aqua Metalsの CEO はSteve Cottonで、 May2018年に任命され、 の在任期間は 8.08年です。 の年間総報酬は$ 1.87Mで、 27.3%給与と72.7%のボーナス（会社の株式とオプションを含む）で構成されています。 は、会社の株式の3.95%を直接所有しており、その価値は$ 435.86K 。経営陣と取締役会の平均在任期間はそれぞれ8.1年と4.4年です。

主要情報

Steve Cotton

最高経営責任者

US$1.9m

報酬総額

CEO給与比率27.34%
CEO在任期間8.1yrs
CEOの所有権4.0%
経営陣の平均在職期間8.1yrs
取締役会の平均在任期間4.4yrs

経営陣の近況

Recent updates

分析記事 • Nov 05

Aqua Metals, Inc. (NASDAQ:AQMS) Shares Could Be 36% Below Their Intrinsic Value Estimate

Key Insights Using the 2 Stage Free Cash Flow to Equity, Aqua Metals fair value estimate is US$3.90 Aqua Metals...
分析記事 • Dec 06

Is Aqua Metals (NASDAQ:AQMS) A Risky Investment?

Legendary fund manager Li Lu (who Charlie Munger backed) once said, 'The biggest investment risk is not the volatility...
分析記事 • Jun 30

Aqua Metals (NASDAQ:AQMS) Is Carrying A Fair Bit Of Debt

David Iben put it well when he said, 'Volatility is not a risk we care about. What we care about is avoiding the...
分析記事 • Feb 28

Is Aqua Metals (NASDAQ:AQMS) Using Debt In A Risky Way?

Some say volatility, rather than debt, is the best way to think about risk as an investor, but Warren Buffett famously...
Seeking Alpha • Sep 01

Aqua Metals enters into $6M interim loan agreement

Aqua Metals (NASDAQ:AQMS) signs a non-binding agreement with Alpen Mortgage, for a $6M loan secured by the company’s AquaRefinery building. The loan is expected to close and fund in late September, is expected to provide a non-dilutive path to expand the company’s cash position and ensure sufficient resources to reach revenue generation. “This transaction is expected to provide additional liquidity, giving us a clear pathway and sufficient resources to advance our economically and environmentally superior lithium-ion battery recycling process from our successful bench scale operations program to our pilot scale plant and ultimately revenue generation beginning later this year.” commented Steve Cotton, President and Chief Executive Officer of Aqua Metals.
分析記事 • Jul 22

We're Keeping An Eye On Aqua Metals' (NASDAQ:AQMS) Cash Burn Rate

Just because a business does not make any money, does not mean that the stock will go down. For example, biotech and...
Seeking Alpha • Jul 21

Aqua Metals and Dragonfly sign LOI for supplying lithium hydroxide

Aqua Metals (NASDAQ:AQMS) entered into a non-binding letter of intent for supplying lithium hydroxide to Dragonfly. Under the agreement, Dragonfly would purchase commercial quantities of lithium hydroxide from Aqua Metals to support the company's ongoing development of its solid state lithium-ion battery technologies and future manufacturing activities, as well as providing recycling services. The company expects to commence production of its solid-state pilot line in 2023, with a supply of lithium hydroxide from Aqua Metals to commence at the time of full-scale manufacturing.
Seeking Alpha • Jun 29

Aqua Metals: History Rhymes And I'm Bearish

Aqua Metals is pivoting to lithium-ion battery energy recycling using its AquaRefining technology. However, this technology didn’t live up to expectations when the company used it for lead recycling. In addition, Aqua Metals and its partner LiNiCo have no significant feedstock supply partners or funding. I don't think the business of Aqua Metals is worth much in its current state, and the short borrow fee rate is below 5%. Introduction I've covered two lithium-ion battery recycling companies on SA so far - Li-Cycle Holdings (LICY) here, and American Battery Technology Company (OTCQB:ABML) here. Today, I want to talk about a company from this sector in which I was an investor briefly back in 2016 - Aqua Metals (AQMS). I think that its lead-acid battery was a failure, and I doubt that the pivot to lithium-ion batteries is going to work. The company doesn't have the funds nor the partnerships to compete with industry leaders like Li-Cycle and Redwood Materials. I'm bearish but it could be dangerous to open a Short position as the share prices of microcaps sometimes increase for spurious and unknown reasons. Let's review. Overview of the business and financials To explain why I think Aqua Metals doesn't have a bright future, I have to go back to the beginning and how its lead recycling business failed. The company was founded in 2014, and it has developed a closed-loop, water-based process for the recycling of lead-acid batteries called AquaRefining. It was touted as the first commercially viable alternative lead-acid battery recycling technology and won the Rising Star category in the 2016 Platts Global Metals Awards program. In 2015, Aqua Metals raised $30 million in an IPO on NASDAQ, and it started building its first facility which would have a production capacity of 80/t per day Aqua Metals The projected financials looked great as the initial CAPEX was just $28.5 million and the project was expected to start generating annual EBIT of almost $15 million by its fourth year. The reason these figures looked so good was because the process was supposed to be less energy-intensive than smelting and half of the produced lead would be ultrapure, which sells for a premium of about 15%. Aqua Metals Aqua Metals was thinking big, and it had already picked 8 potential AquaRefinery sites in the USA alone at the time of its listing. The lead market is worth over $20 billion and the company was aiming to revolutionize it. Aqua Metals However, it just didn't work out. There were technical issues, including recovered lead hanging up on the exit chutes of the modules, and the company was already talking about a retro-fit in December 2017. And this took time as 24/7 production on more than 1 module was achieved in April 2019. However, the financial performance of the recycling facility was nowhere near the initial forecasts, and Aqua Metals had quarterly revenues of just over $2 million by the time the plant burned down. Aqua Metals Yes, you read that right - the plant burned down in December 2019 and Aqua Metals didn't put it back into production. At least, it collected $30.25 million in insurance payments. So, what did the company do after that? Well, it decided to pursue a strategy of licensing its AquaRefining technology, but it didn't manage to find buyers. In light of the issues experienced by Aqua Metals itself, I find this unsurprising. Yet, this doesn't stop the company from saying in its latest corporate presentation that it's leading a revolution in lead recycling. And now, it also has lithium-ion batteries in the mix. In February 2021, Aqua Metals bought a 10% stake in a company named LiNiCo for $2 million in shares and said that it planned to apply its intellectual property to lithium-ion battery recycling. LiNiCo is a small company that claims to have developed recycling technology based on a co-precipitation process and control system which can produce 99.9% pure battery cathode. The remaining 90% of the company is owned by Comstock Mining (LODE), which has a market valuation of less than $50 million as of the time of writing. Aqua Metals has leased its own facility to LiNiCo and the latter plans to have a feedstock crushing capacity of over 35,000 tons by the second half of 2022. Here are some of the issues though. First, the companies plan to source the necessary lithium-ion feedstock from battery manufacturing scrap, but there are no announced suppliers. For comparison, Li-Cycle has already secured over 40 commercial contracts and off-take agreements through 2030. Second, LiNiCo plans to produce black mass which Aqua Metals will then process into e high purity metals including nickel and cobalt using the same technology which didn't work for lead recycling. Third, I don't think LiNiCo or Aqua Metals have the funding to pull it off. You see, Aqua Metals and Comstock paid for their stakes in LiNiCo using shares, and it's unclear how much money the latter has left. Aqua Metals, in turn, had just $9 million in cash left as of March 2022 as most of that insurance money is now gone. At the moment, the company has a quarterly loss of just over $4 million. Aqua Metals In my view, the future of Aqua Metals includes more of what we've seen over the past several years - underdelivering and stock dilution. Overall, I think that the business is close to worthless in its current form. So, how do you play this? Well, data from Fintel shows that the short borrow fee rate is 4.68% as of the time of writing, so short selling is a viable option. I think that it's a good idea to hedge the risk with some call options, but unfortunately, the lowest available strike price here is $2.50. Seeking Alpha This is an issue because the share prices of microcaps can soar without any news or catalysts and this can lead to significant losses for short sellers. Aqua Metals itself is a good example of this as its share price sextupled between November 2020 and February 2021.
Seeking Alpha • Feb 16

Aqua Metals, Down 82%, Still Don't Quite Buy The Story

A year back, I looked at Aqua Metals and said that I just didn't quite buy the story. The stock is down 82% since then which might show the value of skeptical analysis. I'm still skeptical, I can't see anything here to make me change my mind.
分析記事 • Feb 01

Companies Like Aqua Metals (NASDAQ:AQMS) Are In A Position To Invest In Growth

We can readily understand why investors are attracted to unprofitable companies. For example, biotech and mining...
分析記事 • Oct 15

Aqua Metals (NASDAQ:AQMS) Is In A Good Position To Deliver On Growth Plans

Just because a business does not make any money, does not mean that the stock will go down. By way of example, Aqua...
Seeking Alpha • Aug 22

Aqua Metals, Inc. - Nibble The Stock For A Covered Call Sale And Monitor For Trading

I illustrate my purchase of 100 shares of Aqua Metals, followed by the sale of a covered call. This represents a very low-risk investment with a very favorable return. I like the fundamentals, analyst price targets, and the most recent press release. I may purchase additional shares for a long-term buy-and-hold and/or to sell additional covered calls options. Note, also, that the stock price-per-share reacts slowly to favorable press releases, providing an opportunity for day-trading.
分析記事 • Jul 02

We're Not Very Worried About Aqua Metals' (NASDAQ:AQMS) Cash Burn Rate

There's no doubt that money can be made by owning shares of unprofitable businesses. For example, Aqua Metals...
分析記事 • May 03

Analysts Expect Breakeven For Aqua Metals, Inc. (NASDAQ:AQMS) Before Long

With the business potentially at an important milestone, we thought we'd take a closer look at Aqua Metals, Inc.'s...

CEO報酬分析

Aqua Metals の収益と比較して、Steve Cotton の報酬はどのように変化したか？
日付総報酬給与会社業績
Mar 31 2026n/an/a

-US$18m

Dec 31 2025US$2mUS$511k

-US$23m

Sep 30 2025n/an/a

-US$26m

Jun 30 2025n/an/a

-US$28m

Mar 31 2025n/an/a

-US$27m

Dec 31 2024US$1mUS$511k

-US$25m

Sep 30 2024n/an/a

-US$27m

Jun 30 2024n/an/a

-US$26m

Mar 31 2024n/an/a

-US$25m

Dec 31 2023US$2mUS$488k

-US$24m

Sep 30 2023n/an/a

-US$18m

Jun 30 2023n/an/a

-US$17m

Mar 31 2023n/an/a

-US$16m

Dec 31 2022US$2mUS$472k

-US$15m

Sep 30 2022n/an/a

-US$16m

Jun 30 2022n/an/a

-US$14m

Mar 31 2022n/an/a

-US$19m

Dec 31 2021US$2mUS$450k

-US$18m

Sep 30 2021n/an/a

-US$29m

Jun 30 2021n/an/a

-US$29m

Mar 31 2021n/an/a

-US$25m

Dec 31 2020US$3mUS$450k

-US$26m

Sep 30 2020n/an/a

-US$22m

Jun 30 2020n/an/a

-US$31m

Mar 31 2020n/an/a

-US$38m

Dec 31 2019US$3mUS$450k

-US$45m

報酬と市場: Steveの 総報酬 ($USD 1.87M ) は、 US市場 ($USD 640.99K ) の同規模の企業の平均を上回っています。

報酬と収益: Steveの報酬は増加しましたが、会社は利益を上げていません。

CEO

Steve Cotton (60 yo)

8.1yrs
在職期間
US$1,869,000
報酬

Mr. Stephen Cotton, also known as Steve, has been Chief Executive Officer and Director of Aqua Metals, Inc. since January 7, 2019 and its President since May 2, 2018. Mr. Cotton founded IntelliBatt, LLC in...

リーダーシップ・チーム

名称ポジション在職期間報酬所有権
Stephen Cotton
CEO, President & Director8.1yrsUS$1.87m3.95%
$ 435.9k
Eric West
Chief Financial Officer1.1yrsUS$666.00k0.99%
$ 109.3k
Benjamin Taecker
Chief Engineering & Operating Officer8.4yrsUS$806.00k0.94%
$ 103.9k
David Regan
Director Marketingno dataデータなしデータなし
8.1yrs
平均在職期間
44yo
平均年齢

経験豊富な経営陣: AQMSの経営陣は経験豊富で経験豊富です（平均在職期間は8.1年）。

取締役

名称ポジション在職期間報酬所有権
Stephen Cotton
CEO, President & Director7.4yrsUS$1.87m3.95%
$ 435.9k
Vincent DiVito
Independent Non-Executive Chairman & Lead Independent Director11.1yrsUS$255.00k0.25%
$ 27.3k
Steven Henderson
Independent Director1.3yrsUS$139.00k0.029%
$ 3.2k
Eric Gangloff
Independent Director1.3yrsUS$161.00k0.79%
$ 87.1k
4.4yrs
平均在職期間
62.5yo
平均年齢

経験豊富なボード: AQMSの 取締役会 は 経験豊富 であると考えられます ( 4.4年の平均在任期間)。

企業分析と財務データの現状

データ最終更新日（UTC時間）
企業分析2026/06/20 21:47
終値2026/06/18 00:00
収益2026/03/31
年間収益2025/12/31

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所有権10年
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マネジメント10年
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