American Battery Technology

ABAT on Nasdaq. American Battery Technology Company sells lithium, nickel, cobalt and manganese to battery manufacturers. Market value $309m.

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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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Cash yield
past 12 months to June 2026
-11.9%low

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.

Price to profit
past 12 months to June 2026
n/a

The filings do not give us enough to work this out.

Return on capital
five annual reports to June 2026
n/a

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

-0.0
-0.0
-0.0
-0.0
-0.0
20222023202420252026
Revenue
n/an/a$343,500$4m$22m
Operating margin
n/an/a-13906.7%-979.5%-343.6%
Debt to equity
n/an/a0.12n/an/a
Shares outstanding
0.68bn0.06bn0.09bn0.14bn0.14bn

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.
Sales by quarter
Sales by quarter
Quarter toAmount
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
Profit by quarter
Profit by quarter
Quarter toAmount
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.

Jun '25
Dec '25
Jun '26
Largest holders overall

From 13F filings for the quarter ended 30 June 2026.

Big holders and activists

2 investors own more than 5%.

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 Ann
    Director
    Sold
    Date
    16 September 2026
    Shares
    19,375
    Price
    $2.18
    Value
    $42,238
  • Lee Susan Y
    Director
    Sold
    Date
    16 September 2026
    Shares
    21,360
    Price
    $2.16
    Value
    $46,138
  • Wu Steven
    Chief Operating Officer
    Sold
    Date
    15 June 2026
    Shares
    115,480
    Price
    $3.56
    Value
    $411,109
  • JOLCOVER SCOTT
    Chief Mineral Resource Officer
    Sold
    Date
    16 December 2025
    Shares
    17,500
    Price
    $3.88
    Value
    $67,900
  • Lowery Elizabeth Ann
    Director
    Sold
    Date
    16 December 2025
    Shares
    37,600
    Price
    $3.97
    Value
    $149,272
  • Wu Steven
    Chief Operating Officer
    Sold
    Date
    4 December 2025
    Shares
    12,333
    Price
    $4.05
    Value
    $49,949
  • Fezell Donald Richard JR
    Director
    Sold
    Date
    10 November 2025
    Shares
    90,000
    Price
    $4.34
    Value
    $390,600
  • Melsert Ryan Mitchell
    Chief Executive Officer, Director
    Sold
    Date
    16 October 2025
    Shares
    78,746
    Price
    $10.22
    Value
    $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

    Serious

    The 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

A 10-K is the yearly report every US company files with the SEC. An 8-K is a short notice of a big event.

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