American Battery Technology
ABAT on Nasdaq. American Battery Technology Company sells lithium, nickel, cobalt and manganese to battery manufacturers. Market value $309m.
Price checks use the past 12 months to June 2026. Quality checks use five annual reports, the latest for the year to June 2026.
We can't read total debt from the filing, so debt is left out.
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Why it could be worth it
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For every $100 of what the whole company costs, it produced $-11.85 of spare cash in the past 12 months. A savings account pays about $4.
The filings do not give us enough to work this out.
The filings do not give us enough to work this out.
Quality score: not known. Price score: 0 of 100. Our list needs 70 on quality and 60 on price.
$2.15 a share, 8% above its 1-year low
Over the past year the price has ranged from $2.00 to $11.49.
Pays no dividend
Prices from Tuesday’s close (6 October).
Five years of cash, in billions
| Revenue | |||||
| Revenue | n/a | n/a | $343,500 | $4m | $22m |
| Operating margin | |||||
| Operating margin | n/a | n/a | -13906.7% | -979.5% | -343.6% |
| Debt to equity | |||||
| Debt to equity | n/a | n/a | 0.12 | n/a | n/a |
| Shares outstanding | |||||
| Shares outstanding | 0.68bn | 0.06bn | 0.09bn | 0.14bn | 0.14bn |
Health checks
- Free cash flow positive0 of 5 years
- Accounting checksSkipped: company is not yet profitable
- DebtUnknown
- Revenue growth, five yearsUnknown
- Buying back its own sharesYes, 79% fewer since 2022
The quarter to June 2026
How the business did, compared with the same quarter a year earlier.
- Sales: $8 million last quarter, up 197% on a year ago.
- A loss of $20 million, compared with a loss of $10 million a year ago.
- It loses 344 cents on each $1 of sales, compared with 980 cents a year earlier.
- Over the past 12 months it spent $36 million more cash than it brought in, compared with $31 million a year earlier.
- Sales grew on a year ago in each of the last 4 quarters.
| Quarter to | Amount |
|---|---|
| September 2024 | $201,960 |
| December 2024 | $332,440 |
| March 2025 | $979,977 |
| June 2025 | $3m |
| September 2025 | $937,589 |
| December 2025 | $5m |
| March 2026 | $8m |
| June 2026 | $8m |
| Quarter to | Amount |
|---|---|
| September 2024 | -$12m |
| December 2024 | -$13m |
| March 2025 | -$11m |
| June 2025 | -$10m |
| September 2025 | -$10m |
| December 2025 | -$9m |
| March 2026 | -$34m |
| June 2026 | -$20m |
From the company's quarterly reports to the SEC.
Dates
- Next results (estimated)
- n/a
- Last annual report (10-K)
- 14 September 2026
- Next quarterly (estimated, 10-Q)
- 10 August 2026
Who owns it
None of the long-term investors we follow own it. 177 funds in all.
Largest holders overall
- State Street$30mAdded
- BlackRock$30mAdded
- Vanguard Capital Management$16mAdded
- Millennium Management$11mCut
- Geode Capital Management$10mAdded
- Dimensional Fund Advisors LP$4mAdded
- Northern Trust$4mAdded
- Morgan Stanley$4mAdded
- Citadel Advisors$3mCut
- UBS Group AG$3mCut
From 13F filings for the quarter ended 30 June 2026.
Big holders and activists
2 investors own more than 5%.
- STATE STREET CORPORATIONPassive investorat least 7.6%+1.8 pts(filed with 1 related holder)Since 31 March 2026
- BlackRock, Inc.Passive investor6.8%+2.0 ptsSince 31 December 2025
- The Vanguard GroupPassive investorSold down below 5%Since 13 March 2026
| Holder | Stake | Since | |
|---|---|---|---|
STATE STREET CORPORATION Passive investor | at least 7.6%+1.8 pts (filed with 1 related holder) | 31 March 2026 | |
BlackRock, Inc. Passive investor | 6.8%+2.0 pts | 31 December 2025 | |
The Vanguard Group Passive investor | Sold down below 5% | 13 March 2026 |
From Schedule 13D and 13G filings: anyone owning more than 5% must file one.
What insiders did
No insider bought shares on the open market in the last 12 months. 6 sold $2m.
- Lowery Elizabeth AnnDirectorSold
- Date
- 16 September 2026
- Shares
- 19,375
- Price
- $2.18
- Value
- $42,238
- Lee Susan YDirectorSold
- Date
- 16 September 2026
- Shares
- 21,360
- Price
- $2.16
- Value
- $46,138
- Wu StevenChief Operating OfficerSold
- Date
- 15 June 2026
- Shares
- 115,480
- Price
- $3.56
- Value
- $411,109
- JOLCOVER SCOTTChief Mineral Resource OfficerSold
- Date
- 16 December 2025
- Shares
- 17,500
- Price
- $3.88
- Value
- $67,900
- Lowery Elizabeth AnnDirectorSold
- Date
- 16 December 2025
- Shares
- 37,600
- Price
- $3.97
- Value
- $149,272
- Wu StevenChief Operating OfficerSold
- Date
- 4 December 2025
- Shares
- 12,333
- Price
- $4.05
- Value
- $49,949
- Fezell Donald Richard JRDirectorSold
- Date
- 10 November 2025
- Shares
- 90,000
- Price
- $4.34
- Value
- $390,600
- Melsert Ryan MitchellChief Executive Officer, DirectorSold
- Date
- 16 October 2025
- Shares
- 78,746
- Price
- $10.22
- Value
- $804,784
| Date | Who | Did | Shares | Price | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 September 2026 | Lowery Elizabeth Ann Director | Sold | 19,375 | $2.18 | $42,238 |
| 16 September 2026 | Lee Susan Y Director | Sold | 21,360 | $2.16 | $46,138 |
| 15 June 2026 | Wu Steven Chief Operating Officer | Sold | 115,480 | $3.56 | $411,109 |
| 16 December 2025 | JOLCOVER SCOTT Chief Mineral Resource Officer | Sold | 17,500 | $3.88 | $67,900 |
| 16 December 2025 | Lowery Elizabeth Ann Director | Sold | 37,600 | $3.97 | $149,272 |
| 4 December 2025 | Wu Steven Chief Operating Officer | Sold | 12,333 | $4.05 | $49,949 |
| 10 November 2025 | Fezell Donald Richard JR Director | Sold | 90,000 | $4.34 | $390,600 |
| 16 October 2025 | Melsert Ryan Mitchell Chief Executive Officer, Director | Sold | 78,746 | $10.22 | $804,784 |
From Form 4 filings: insiders must report trades in their own company's shares within two days.
Warning signs in its filings
Problems the company itself reported to the SEC, in its own words.
1 serious warning sign in American Battery Technology’s filings.
We look for five warning signs: doubt it can keep going, weak checks on its own accounts, a notice that its past accounts can't be relied on, a change of auditor, and one customer bringing in a big share of sales. We don't check lawsuits, investigations or debt yet.
We checked the auditor's report, internal controls, restatement notices, auditor changes and big customers in the 10-K filed 14 Sep 2026, plus 2 later 8-Ks.
Weak checks on its own accounts
SeriousThe company said its checks on its own accounts did not work at year end. Mistakes could slip into the numbers.
“Based on this assessment, management concluded that, as of June 30, 2026, our internal control over financial reporting was not effective, due to the material weaknesses in internal control over financial reporting, described below.”
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Our management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) of the Exchange Act). Management, with the participation of the principal executive officer and principal financial officer, under the oversight of our Board of Directors, assessed the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting as of June 30, 2026, based on the criteria set forth by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission in Internal Control-Integrated Framework (2013 Framework). Based on this assessment, management concluded that, as of June 30, 2026, our internal control over financial reporting was not effective, due to the material weaknesses in internal control over financial reporting, described below.
From the 10-K filed 14 September 2026, Item 9A. Controls and Procedures. Read it in the filing
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What could go wrong
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