Aqua Metals (AQMS) Receives Daily Media Sentiment Rating of 0.09

News articles about Aqua Metals (NASDAQ:AQMS) have been trending somewhat positive this week, Accern Sentiment Analysis reports. The research group identifies negative and positive press coverage by analyzing more than twenty million blog and news sources. Accern ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -1 to 1, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. Aqua Metals earned a media sentiment score of 0.09 on Accern’s scale. Accern also assigned news headlines about the business services provider an impact score of 45.4706086888876 out of 100, indicating that recent press coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the stock’s share price in the immediate future.

Here are some of the news headlines that may have impacted Accern Sentiment’s analysis:

• Aqua Metals Inc (AQMS) Shares Moving On Volume – Evergreen Caller (evergreencaller.com)
• Market Tracker: Signals in Focus For Aqua Metals Inc (AQMS) – Berry Recorder (berryrecorder.com)
• Positive Chaikin Money Flow Spotted in Aqua Metals Inc (AQMS) – Sparta Review (spartareview.com)
• Poised For a Move? Aqua Metals Inc (AQMS) Technicals at a … – Stock Press Daily (stockpressdaily.com)
• Most Active Shares Plummetting Before the Bell – AMED, TGI, AFAM, USNA, AQMS, NTRP, OPHC (fxpips.com)

Shares of Aqua Metals (NASDAQ AQMS) opened at 11.60 on Friday. Aqua Metals has a 52-week low of $8.13 and a 52-week high of $22.75. The company’s market cap is $233.64 million. The stock has a 50 day moving average of $12.27 and a 200 day moving average of $14.54.

Aqua Metals (NASDAQ:AQMS) last announced its earnings results on Tuesday, May 9th. The business services provider reported ($0.26) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of ($0.18) by $0.08. On average, equities analysts anticipate that Aqua Metals will post ($0.82) earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Several research firms recently issued reports on AQMS. ValuEngine raised shares of Aqua Metals from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Wednesday, July 19th. Rodman & Renshaw began coverage on shares of Aqua Metals in a research note on Sunday, July 2nd. They set a “buy” rating and a $25.00 price target on the stock. Finally, HC Wainwright began coverage on shares of Aqua Metals in a research note on Thursday, June 22nd. They set a “buy” rating and a $25.00 price target on the stock. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, one has assigned a hold rating and six have given a buy rating to the stock. The company presently has an average rating of “Buy” and a consensus target price of $26.33.

In related news, COO Selwyn Mould sold 20,000 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Monday, May 1st. The shares were sold at an average price of $16.53, for a total transaction of $330,600.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief operating officer now owns 725,455 shares in the company, valued at approximately $11,991,771.15. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. Also, major shareholder Interstate Batteries, Inc. sold 72,783 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, May 9th. The stock was sold at an average price of $16.95, for a total transaction of $1,233,671.85. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold a total of 248,393 shares of company stock valued at $4,221,761 in the last quarter. 19.70% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

About Aqua Metals

Aqua Metals, Inc is engaged in the business of recycling lead through a process that the Company developed and named AquaRefining. The Company’s AquaRefining process focuses on providing for the recycling of lead acid batteries (LABs) and the production of lead. AquaRefining uses bio-degradable aqueous solvent and an ambient temperature electro-chemical process to produce lead.