Calumet, Inc (CLMT) Stock Analysis
Range Bound setup
Basic Materials · Specialty Chemicals
Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $32.23: Quality below floor (1.8 < 4.0) triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 4.9/10. Specifically: Elevated put/call ratio: 3.81; Below-average business quality; Negative price momentum.
Calumet, Inc. manufactures, formulates, and markets a slate of specialty branded products and renewable fuels in North America and internationally. It operates through Specialty Products and Solutions; Performance Brands; and Montana/Renewables segments. The Specialty Products... Read more
Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $32.23: Quality below floor (1.8 < 4.0) triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 4.9/10. Specifically: Elevated put/call ratio: 3.81; Below-average business quality; Negative price momentum. Chart setup: RSI 49 mid-range, Bollinger mid-band. Score 4.9/10, moderate confidence.
Passes 6/8 gates (clean insider activity, no SEC red flags, news events none recent, earnings proximity 78d clear, semi cycle peak clear, materials cycle peak clear). Fails on weak momentum and favorable risk/reward ratio. Suitability: aggressive.
Recent Developments — Calumet, Inc
Latest news
- Calumet Specialty Prods Q1 EPS $(3.64) Misses $(0.38) Estimate, Sales $1.029B Beat $957.071M Estimate — benzinga May 8, 2026 negative
Generated 2026-05-20T21:06:21Z.
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Concentration Risks(10-K Item 1A)
- MEDIUMcounterpartyJ. Aron10-K Item 1A: 'Our arrangement with J. Aron exposes us to J. Aron-related credit and performance risk as well as potential refinancing risks.'
Material Events(8-K, last 90d)
- 2026-03-25Item 5.02LOWJennifer G. Straumins notified Board she will not stand for re-election and will retire at the end of her current term at the 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. Not due to any disagreement with operations, policies or practices.SEC filing →
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Rating Breakdown
2 floor-breakers
Cyclical trough — margins compressed or negative. Profitability typically recovers with the cycle, but floor fires on current data.static
Momentum below the gate floor. Component breakdown shows what dragged the score down.static
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Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $32.23: Quality below floor (1.8 < 4.0) triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 4.9/10. Specifically: Elevated put/call ratio: 3.81; Below-average business quality; Negative price momentum. Chart setup: RSI 49 mid-range, Bollinger mid-band. Prior stop was $29.97. Score 4.9/10, moderate confidence.
Take-profit target: $35.90 (+11.4% upside). Prior stop was $29.97. Stop-loss: $29.97.
Target reached (-0.1% upside); Quality below floor (1.8 < 4.0).
Calumet, Inc trades at a P/E of N/A (forward 94.8). TrendMatrix value score: 6.6/10. Verdict: Sell.
12 analysts cover CLMT with a consensus score of 3.8/5. Average price target: $37.
What does Calumet, Inc do?Calumet, Inc. manufactures, formulates, and markets a slate of specialty branded products and renewable fuels in North...
Calumet, Inc. manufactures, formulates, and markets a slate of specialty branded products and renewable fuels in North America and internationally. It operates through Specialty Products and Solutions; Performance Brands; and Montana/Renewables segments. The Specialty Products and Solutions segment manufactures and markets various solvents, waxes, customized lubricating oils, white oils, petrolatums, gels, esters, and other products. The Montana/Renewables segment processes geographically advantaged renewable feedstocks into renewable diesel, aviation fuel, and renewable naphtha. This segment also engages in the process of Canadian crude oil into conventional gasoline, diesel, jet fuel, and specialty grades of asphalt. The Performance Brands segment blends, packages, and markets high performance products through Royal Purple, Bel-Ray, and TruFuel brands. It serves wholesale distributors and retail chains. Calumet, Inc. was founded in 1919 and is headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana.