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Aptera Motors Corp.
1W: -15.7% 1M: -28.8% 3M: -23.1% YTD: -63.4%
$1.66
-0.04 (-2.65%)
 
Weekly Expected Move ±11.2%
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NASDAQ · Consumer Cyclical · Auto - Manufacturers · Tech Score Strong Sell · Power 28 · $40.8M mcap · 15M float · 1.76% daily turnover · Short 78% of daily vol

Edge Score

Quantitative competitive moat analysis scoring five pillars of durable advantage — cost leadership, brand intangibles, switching costs, network effects, and efficient scale — using industry percentile rankings on a 0–100 scale.

WEAK EDGE
49.4 / 100
NoneWeakNarrowWide
Primary source: Switching Costs  ·  ROIC: -173.9%
Cost Advantage
49
Intangibles
51
Switching Cost
60
Network Effect
39
Scale
40
The Edge Score quantifies a company's competitive moat using five pillars: Cost Advantage (20%, operating margin and SG&A efficiency vs industry peers), Intangible Assets (25%, gross margin premium, R&D intensity, brand pricing power), Switching Costs (25%, revenue stability, earnings consistency, customer retention proxied by operating leverage), Network Effects (15%, revenue growth with expanding margins, market share dominance), and Efficient Scale (15%, market concentration, ROIC sustainability). Each pillar is scored 0–100 using industry percentile rankings, then weighted into a composite. Wide ≥ 70, Narrow ≥ 55, Weak ≥ 40, None < 40. SEV shows a Weak competitive edge (49.4/100) — limited structural advantages that may face competitive pressure. The primary source of advantage is Switching Costs. Negative ROIC of -173.9% indicates the company is currently destroying value, though this may reflect a growth investment phase.

Analyst Insights

Wall Street analyst consensus based on price targets and buy/sell/hold recommendations from institutional research coverage over the trailing 12 months.

Analyst Price Targets
$0
Low
$8
Avg Target
$8
High
Based on 2 analyst ratings (12 mo)
Analyst Recommendations
Rating Summary
Price Target Change History
DateFirmAnalystOldNewChangeUpside @ CallStock@Call
2026-04-29 Northland Securities — Initiated $5 — +77.3% $2.82
2026-03-09 Industrial Alliance Securities — Initiated $10 — +216.5% $3.16

Financial Rating

Composite financial health rating (A+ to F) based on discounted cash flow valuation, return on equity, return on assets, debt-to-equity leverage, and relative P/E and P/B multiples.

C-
Oct 02, 2026
DCF
1
ROE
1
ROA
1
D/E
2
P/E
1
P/B
2
The Financial Rating evaluates six fundamental factors — discounted cash flow (DCF) valuation, return on equity (ROE), return on assets (ROA), debt-to-equity leverage (D/E), and relative price-to-earnings (P/E) and price-to-book (P/B) multiples — each scored 1–5. SEV receives an overall rating of C-. Areas of concern: DCF (1/5), ROE (1/5), ROA (1/5), D/E (2/5), P/E (1/5), P/B (2/5).
Rating Change History
DateFromTo
2026-10-01 C C-
2026-08-31 C+ C
2026-08-25 C C+
2026-08-17 C+ C
2026-06-08 C C+
2026-05-26 C- C
2026-05-22 A- C-
2026-05-19 C+ A-
2026-05-04 B- C+
2026-04-06 D+ B-

InsiderStreet Scorecard

Proprietary multi-factor scorecard rating companies across seven fundamental dimensions — profitability, balance sheet strength, earnings quality, growth, value, momentum, and safety — each scored 0–100.

★ ★ ★ ★ ★ — Grade A+
Profitability
—
Balance Sheet
86
Earnings Quality
30
Growth
—
Value
20
Momentum
—
Safety
0
Cash Flow
—

Risk & Quality Signals

Academic financial models used by institutional investors to assess bankruptcy risk, earnings manipulation, financial strength, and credit quality.

Altman Z-Score
-11.37
Distress Zone
Piotroski F-Score
2/9
✗ ✗ ✗ ✓ ✗ ✗ ✓ ✗ ✗
Beneish M-Score
—
—
Ohlson O-Score
0.76
Bankruptcy prob: 68.2%
High Risk
Credit Rating
BB
Score: 43.1/100
Earnings Quality
—
OCF/NI: 0.56x
Accruals: -49.9%
The Altman Z-Score (1968) combines five ratios — working capital, retained earnings, EBIT, market value of equity, and sales, all relative to total assets or liabilities — into a single bankruptcy predictor. SEV scores -11.37, placing it in the Distress Zone (safe > 2.99, distress < 1.81). Historically, companies in this range face elevated bankruptcy risk. The Piotroski F-Score (2000) is a 9-point binary checklist — four profitability tests (positive ROA, positive cash flow, improving ROA, cash flow exceeding net income), three leverage tests (declining debt ratio, improving current ratio, no share dilution), and two efficiency tests (improving gross margin, improving asset turnover). Each pass scores 1 point. SEV scores 2/9, suggesting weak financial fundamentals — the company fails the majority of these accounting tests. The Ohlson O-Score (1980) is a 9-variable logistic regression that estimates bankruptcy probability using firm size, leverage, working capital, current ratio, profitability (ROA), cash flow coverage, negative equity flag, consecutive losses flag, and earnings trajectory. The raw score is converted to a probability via logistic transformation. SEV's implied 68.2% bankruptcy probability signals significant financial distress. Our Credit Rating model scores companies on five weighted components — solvency (30%), earning power (25%), leverage (20%), liquidity (15%), and cash flow quality (10%) — then blends the absolute score with sector and industry peer rankings. For companies with large buyback programs, equity is adjusted by adding back cumulative 5-year repurchases (capped at 80% of FCF generated) to avoid penalizing shareholder-friendly capital allocation. SEV receives an estimated rating of BB (score: 43.1/100).

Valuation

Key valuation multiples comparing the stock's market price to its earnings, revenue, book value, and cash flows. Lower multiples may indicate relative undervaluation versus peers.

P/E
-1.21x
PEG
-0.64x
P/S
0.00x
P/B
2.48x
P/FCF
-4.27x
P/OCF
—
EV/EBITDA
-2.28x
EV/Revenue
—
EV/EBIT
-2.25x
EV/FCF
-3.89x
Earnings Yield
-40.50%
FCF Yield
-23.44%
Shareholder Yield
0.00%
Graham Number
—
Equity-based multiples (P/E, P/B, P/FCF) compare the stock price to per-share fundamentals and are affected by capital structure. Enterprise value multiples (EV/EBITDA, EV/Revenue, EV/FCF) strip out debt and cash, making them more useful for cross-company comparisons regardless of how companies are financed. The Graham Number — √(22.5 × EPS × Book Value) — is Benjamin Graham's formula for the maximum price a defensive investor should pay. SEV currently has negative earnings — the P/E ratio is not meaningful.

DuPont Decomposition (5-Factor)

The 5-factor DuPont framework breaks Return on Equity into its component drivers — tax efficiency, interest burden, operating profitability, asset utilization, and financial leverage — to reveal what truly drives shareholder returns.

Tax Burden
1.000
NI / EBT
×
Interest Burden
0.999
EBT / EBIT
×
EBIT Margin
—
EBIT / Rev
×
Asset Turnover
0.000
Rev / Assets
×
Equity Multiplier
1.327
Assets / Equity
=
ROE
-148.8%
The 5-factor DuPont identity decomposes ROE as: Tax Burden × Interest Burden × EBIT Margin × Asset Turnover × Equity Multiplier = ROE. This reveals whether returns are driven by operating performance, financial leverage, or tax efficiency — three very different sources of profitability. SEV's ROE of -148.8% is driven by A tax burden ratio of 1.00 indicates minimal tax leakage — the company retains over 90% of pre-tax earnings.

Graham-Dodd Adjusted Valuation

Our adaptation of Graham's growth formula (Fair P/E = 8.5 + 2g) from The Intelligent Investor. The classic version relies on analyst growth projections, which can be unreliable. This adjusted model substitutes the company's realized 3-year EPS CAGR — a backward-looking, verifiable measure of actual earnings power — grounding the valuation in demonstrated performance rather than forecasts.

Two adjustments we make, and why. Growth is capped at 15%. Graham defined g as expected growth over the next seven to ten years, not last year's rate. Across US companies since 1994 the median realized 7-year EPS growth is 5–8% regardless of how fast a company grew beforehand, and of 4,457 company-quarters that grew faster than 200%, none sustained it. Uncapped, the formula assigned fair multiples in the hundreds to companies that had never held that rate — and scored worse than simply reading the P/E. Capped, it carries real information. The verdict has three states, not two. Tested over 377,249 stock-months, this ratio only separates outcomes at its extremes: below 0.25 beat the universe by 1.3 points a year, above 3.0 lagged by 2.7, and everything in between sat inside a one-point band. Rather than call two-thirds of the market "undervalued" on a threshold of 1.0, we say Neutral where the model cannot tell — which is most of the time.

Adj. Growth Rate
0.00%
Fair P/E
8.50x
Intrinsic Value
—
Price/Value
—
Margin of Safety
—
Premium
—

Profitability Trends

Historical profitability ratios tracking how efficiently the company converts revenue into returns for shareholders over time.

Leverage & Solvency Trends

Debt and liquidity metrics showing the company's financial leverage and ability to meet short-term and long-term obligations.

Efficiency & Working Capital Trends

Operating efficiency metrics measuring how quickly the company converts inventory to sales, collects receivables, and manages its cash conversion cycle.

Growth Trends (YoY %)

Year-over-year growth rates for key financial metrics, showing the trajectory of revenue, earnings, and cash flow generation.

Earnings Stability

R-squared of linear regression measuring how predictably revenue, earnings, and margins follow a trend over the trailing 5 years. 1.0 = perfectly predictable; lower values indicate erratic or cyclical behavior.

Monte Carlo Price Simulation

Geometric Brownian Motion with 1,000 antithetic paths over 1 year, seeded from 242 days of historical volatility. Percentile bands show the range of statistically plausible outcomes — this is a statistical model, not a forecast.

Current Price
$1.66
Median 1Y
$0.14
5th Pctile
$0.02
95th Pctile
$1.08
Ann. Volatility
128.1%
25th–75th percentile 5th–95th percentile Median path Historical

Workforce & Productivity

Workforce efficiency metrics measuring revenue, profit, and R&D spend per employee — key indicators of operational leverage and human capital productivity.

Employees
46
Revenue / Employee
—
Profit / Employee
—
SGA / Employee
—
Avg labor cost proxy

Scaling Efficiency

All Ratios & Metrics

Complete fundamental data with up to 20 periods of history, sparkline trends, and current values across 13 categories and 130+ financial metrics.

Profitability
Metric Trend Q4'25 Q1'26 Q2'26 Current
ROE 14.5% -86.6% -1.5% -1.49%
ROA -1.1% -65.9% -1.1% -1.12%
ROIC -4.6% -1.4% -1.7% -1.74%
ROCE -3.8% -82.4% -1.4% -1.43%
Gross Margin — — — —
Operating Margin — — — —
Net Margin — — — —
EBITDA Margin — — — —
FCF Margin — — — —
OCF Margin — — — —
ROIC Economic snapshot only -1.08%
Cash ROA snapshot only -62.24%
Cash ROIC snapshot only -1.22%
CROIC snapshot only -1.27%
Valuation
Metric Trend Q4'25 Q1'26 Q2'26 Current
P/E Ratio -2.23 -3.32 -2.47 -1.208
P/S Ratio — — — 0.000
P/B Ratio -0.32 2.87 3.67 2.482
P/FCF -6.87 -6.58 -4.27 -4.267
P/OCF — — — —
EV/EBITDA -26.94 -2.78 -2.28 -2.282
EV/Revenue — — — —
EV/EBIT -26.65 -2.74 -2.25 -2.249
EV/FCF -80.27 -5.39 -3.89 -3.891
Earnings Yield -44.9% -30.1% -40.5% -40.50%
FCF Yield -14.5% -15.2% -23.4% -23.44%
Price/Tangible Book snapshot only 3.674
Shareholder Yield snapshot only 0.00%
Leverage & Solvency
Metric Trend Q4'25 Q1'26 Q2'26 Current
Current Ratio 0.74 2.25 1.68 1.680
Quick Ratio 0.42 2.25 1.68 1.680
Debt/Equity -5.36 0.08 0.09 0.089
Net Debt/Equity — -0.52 -0.32 -0.323
Debt/Assets 0.40 0.06 0.07 0.067
Debt/EBITDA -38.43 -0.09 -0.06 -0.061
Net Debt/EBITDA -24.64 0.61 0.22 0.220
Interest Coverage — — — —
Equity Multiplier -13.31 1.32 1.33 1.327
Cash Ratio snapshot only 1.429
Cash to Debt snapshot only 4.634
FCF to Debt snapshot only -9.678
Defensive Interval snapshot only 101.5 days
Efficiency & Turnover
Metric Trend Q4'25 Q1'26 Q2'26 Current
Asset Turnover 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.000
Inventory Turnover 0.00 — — —
Receivables Turnover — — — —
Payables Turnover — 0.00 0.27 0.269
DSO — — — —
DIO — — 0 0.0 days
DPO — — 1358 1358.1 days
Cash Conversion Cycle — — — —
Fixed Asset Turnover snapshot only 0.000
Cash Velocity snapshot only 0.000
Growth Quality
Metric Trend Q4'25 Q1'26 Q2'26 Current
Revenue Stability — — — —
Earnings Stability — — — —
Margin Stability — — — —
Rev. Growth Consistency 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.000
Earn. Growth Consistency 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.000
FCF Positive Streak 0 0 0 0
Earnings Persistence — — — —
Earnings Smoothness — — — —
ROE Trend — — — —
Gross Margin Trend — — — —
FCF Margin Trend — — — —
Sustainable Growth Rate — — — —
Internal Growth Rate — — — —
Cash Flow Quality
Metric Trend Q4'25 Q1'26 Q2'26 Current
OCF/Net Income 0.28 0.48 0.56 0.555
FCF/OCF 1.15 1.06 1.04 1.043
FCF/Net Income snapshot only 0.579
CapEx/Revenue — — — —
CapEx/Depreciation snapshot only 1.659
Accruals Ratio -0.01 -0.34 -0.50 -0.499
Sloan Accruals snapshot only -0.140
Cash Flow Adequacy snapshot only -23.430
Dividends & Buybacks
Metric Trend Q4'25 Q1'26 Q2'26 Current
Dividend Yield 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.00%
Dividend/Share $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
Payout Ratio — — — —
FCF Payout Ratio — — — —
Total Payout Ratio — — — —
Div. Increase Streak — — — —
Chowder Number — — — —
Buyback Yield 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.00%
Net Buyback Yield -8.3% -22.2% -22.2% -22.21%
Total Shareholder Return -8.3% -22.2% -22.2% -22.21%
DuPont Factors
Metric Trend Q4'25 Q1'26 Q2'26 Current
Tax Burden (NI/EBT) 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.000
Interest Burden (EBT/EBIT) 1.03 1.01 1.00 0.999
EBIT Margin — — — —
Asset Turnover 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.000
Equity Multiplier -13.31 1.32 1.33 1.327
Per Share
Metric Trend Q4'25 Q1'26 Q2'26 Current
EPS (Diluted TTM) $-1.93 $-0.80 $-0.99 $-0.99
Book Value/Share $-13.32 $0.92 $0.67 $0.67
Tangible Book/Share $-13.32 $0.92 $0.67 $0.67
Revenue/Share $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
FCF/Share $-0.62 $-0.40 $-0.57 $-0.70
OCF/Share $-0.54 $-0.38 $-0.55 $-0.65
Cash/Share $25.64 $0.55 $0.27 $0.27
EBITDA/Share $-1.86 $-0.78 $-0.98 $-0.98
Debt/Share $71.44 $0.07 $0.06 $0.06
Net Debt/Share $45.80 $-0.48 $-0.22 $-0.22
Academic Models
Metric Trend Q4'25 Q1'26 Q2'26 Current
Altman Z-Score — — — -11.372
Altman Z-Prime snapshot only -28.744
Piotroski F-Score 2 2 2 2
Beneish M-Score — — — —
Ohlson O-Score snapshot only 0.762
ROIC (Greenblatt) snapshot only -1.51%
Net-Net WC snapshot only $0.11
EVA snapshot only $-30573440.00
Credit
Metric Trend Q4'25 Q1'26 Q2'26 Current
Credit Rating snapshot only BB
Credit Score 20.00 43.75 43.07 43.066
Credit Grade snapshot only 12
Implied Spread (bps) snapshot only 475.000
Industry Credit Rank snapshot only 50
Sector Credit Rank snapshot only 29

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