PureCycle Technologies is growing revenue at 161% year over year and has improved earnings delivery in the last 2 quarters, but quality metrics are at the floor at 1.7 with cash burning at 891% of revenue, 36% short interest, and a death cross — making this a speculative high-risk, high-growth story that is currently below minimum quality thresholds.
Thesis pillars
- Explosive Revenue Growth Early Stage→Stable
- Quality Floor Cash Burn Barrier→Stable
- Earnings Improvement Recent Quarters↑Improving
- +1 more pillar — see the Why tab for full reasoning
PureCycle Technologies, Inc. (PCT) Stock Analysis
Falling Knife setup
Industrials · Pollution & Treatment Controls
Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $3.22: Quality below floor (2.0 < 4.0) triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 4.2/10. Specifically: High short interest: 40%; Below-average business quality; Rich valuation.
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Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $3.22: Quality below floor (2.0 < 4.0) triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 4.2/10. Specifically: High short interest: 40%; Below-average business quality; Rich valuation. Chart setup: Death cross, below all MAs, RSI 16, MACD bearish. Score 4.2/10, moderate confidence.
Passes 5/8 gates (clean insider activity, no SEC red flags, earnings proximity 21d clear, semi cycle peak clear, materials cycle peak clear). Fails on weak momentum and death cross (50MA < 200MA). Suitability: speculative.
Recent developments
updated 2026-10-15Recent Developments — PureCycle Technologies, Inc.
Latest news
- NEWS PureCycle Technologies Q2 2026 Earnings Call Transcript — benzinga Oct 13, 2026 neutral
- NEWS Cantor Fitzgerald Maintains Overweight on PureCycle Technologies, Lowers Price Target to $12 — benzinga Aug 7, 2026 neutral
- NEWS CORRECTION: PureCycle Technologies Q2 Adj. EPS $(0.33) Misses $(0.29) Estimate, Sales $4.512M Miss $6.104M Estimate — benzinga Aug 7, 2026 negative
- NEWS PureCycle Technologies Q2 EPS $(0.80) Misses $(0.29) Estimate, Sales $4.512M Miss $6.104M Estimate — benzinga Aug 6, 2026 negative
- NEWS PureCycle Technologies Collaborates With RM TOHCELLO, Mitsui Over Breakthrough In Sustainable Packaging In Japan — benzinga Jul 15, 2026 positive
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Rating Breakdown
5 floor-breakers·1 ceiling hit
Priced at a premium — multiples above sector norms. Needs delivery on growth + margins to justify.static
Ranks in the bottom of its industry peers on the composite signal. Better names in the same sector exist.static
Quality below the gate floor. Component breakdown shows what dragged the score down.static
Volatile — 10.5% daily ATR makes tight stops impractical. Position-size conservatively.static
Price action weak — below key moving averages, no momentum carry. Needs a base before trend-continuation setups apply.static
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Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $3.22: Quality below floor (2.0 < 4.0) triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 4.2/10. Specifically: High short interest: 40%; Below-average business quality; Rich valuation. Chart setup: Death cross, below all MAs, RSI 16, MACD bearish. Prior stop was $3.00. Score 4.2/10, moderate confidence.
Take-profit target: $5.75 (+78.6% upside). Prior stop was $3.00. Stop-loss: $3.00.
DATA_ISSUE: analyst_target_implausible (raw $10.60 vs price $3.22 — ratio 3.3×). Rejected, falling back to technical TP.; Quality below floor (2.0 < 4.0).
PureCycle Technologies, Inc. trades at a P/E of N/A (forward -4.6). TrendMatrix value score: 0.0/10. Verdict: Sell.
9 analysts cover PCT with a consensus score of 3.7/5. Average price target: $11.
What does PureCycle Technologies, Inc. do?We are a Florida-based corporation focused on commercializing a patented dissolution recycling technology for...
We are a Florida-based corporation focused on commercializing a patented dissolution recycling technology for polypropylene that physically separates the polymer from other plastics, colors, odors and impurities (the "Technology"). The Technology was originally developed by P&G and is designed to restore recycled polypropylene waste into like-new resin, called PureFive® resin. Our PureFive® resin has similar properties and applicability for reuse as virgin polypropylene. We have a gl