Company Analysis

Aemetis, Inc. (AMTX)

Nasdaq: AMTX · Industrial Organic Chemicals · Cupertino, CA · filing with the SEC since 2004
Grade3.6
◀ Past 3.0● Present 4.2▶ Future 3.5
1 est.

The grade of Aemetis, Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
3.6/10
◀ Past3.030% of the headline
● Present4.240% of the headline
▶ Future3.530% of the headline

All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.

Of the nine metrics, 8 read as filed from the record and 1 is an SI estimate, each with its reasoning, its confidence and what would change it on its card.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

3.0/1030% of the headline grade · 2 of 3 filed, 1 estimated

Surviving crises

as filed
3.1/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

11 warning events since 2017; the latest 2026-03-16.

weight 33% of this tense · 31st percentile among 21 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Aemetis, Inc.'s filings since 2017 show 11 warning events of 3 kinds: a notice about its exchange listing (8-K item 3.01, 8 times, the latest 2020-06-09); an auditor change (8-K item 4.01, the latest 2026-03-16); a late-report notice (Form NT 10-K or NT 10-Q, 2 times, the latest 2024-03-15) (its current reports).

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Track record

as filed
3.4/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

-1.7% a year over 5 filed years; profitable in 0 of 5.

weight 45% of this tense · 34th percentile among 19 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Aemetis, Inc.'s 5 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $212 million in fiscal 2021 to $198 million in fiscal 2025, down 1.7% a year; it rose in 2 of 4 years; the deepest fall was 27% from fiscal 2022 to fiscal 2023; net income was positive in 0 of 5 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span-1.7%bottom 18% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosebottom 34% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profitbottom 11% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak27.2%top 29% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Shareholder treatment

SI estimate
2.1/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

SI estimate 2.1/10, confidence 35 of 100 (one part).

weight 22% of this tense · 21st percentile among 20 sector filers · read for its shareholders

SI estimate Inferred, not read as filed

Why it is an estimate
Read from one part only, the share count over the years, which ranks in the bottom 21% of 20 in its family; fewer than two of the parts can be read: the share count over the years, and the cash returned against a positive operating cash flow or net income.
What the record cannot read
Fewer than two of the parts can be read: the share count over the years, and the cash returned against a positive operating cash flow or net income.
How it was reasoned
one part: the share count over the years, the one part on file, ranked among 20 in its family.
Confidence
35 of 100
What would change it
A filing that carries the missing parts replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

From the record

SI estimate, not a filed reading: Aemetis, Inc.'s shareholder treatment is put at 2.1 of 10 with a confidence of 35 of 100, because read from one part only, the share count over the years, which ranks in the bottom 21% of 20 in its family; fewer than two of the parts can be read: the share count over the years, and the cash returned against a positive operating cash flow or net income. A filing that carries the missing parts replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

● Present

What are they doing right now?

4.2/1040% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
1.5/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

Leverage 218%: owes 218¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 15th percentile among 20 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, Aemetis, Inc.'s shareholders' equity was below zero, so the profit on it is not read, and gross profitability: its products earned less than nothing, about minus 0 cents per dollar of everything the company owns. Leverage: it owed about 218 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count grew 30.7% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetsbottom 3% of its family
  • gross profit against assetsbottom 21% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforebottom 21% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Industry position

as filed
4.5/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

bottom 45% of 20 in its family; net margin -39%.

weight 33% of this tense · 45th percentile among 20 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Aemetis, Inc.'s standing among 20 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $198 million in fiscal 2025 ranks in the bottom 48% by size; a net margin of -39% ranks in the bottom 33%; revenue growth of -8.3% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the top 45% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$198Mbottom 48% of its family
  • net margin-39.0%bottom 33% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth-8.3%top 45% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Leadership

as filed
9.3/10

What are the people in charge doing?

top 7% of 17 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2007.

weight 22% of this tense · 93rd percentile among 17 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Aemetis, Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Mcafee, Eric A (Chief Executive Officer, as filed), filing under that title since 2007-03-19, 19.7 years (top 9% of its family); the 10 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 15.5 years (top 10%); 2 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 10 people in charge now (top 3%; fewer changes for each person reads higher) (the Form 4 record, its Form 8-K reports). Years count from a person's first filing in the SEC's data sets, which begin in 2006, so each is a floor.

What it rests on

  • officer and director changes on Form 8-K, against the people in charge2 in three years among 10 peopletop 3% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed15.5 yearstop 10% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record19.7 yearstop 9% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

3.5/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
3.1/10

How much room does it have to grow?

bottom 31% of 20 in its family for room to expand.

weight 45% of this tense · 31st percentile among 20 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Aemetis, Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $5 million against debt of $64 million leaves -22.7% of its assets as net cash, bottom 31% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is -11.5% of revenue (bottom 43%); a gross margin of -0.4% (bottom 19%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets-22.7%bottom 31% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue-11.5%bottom 43% of its family
  • gross margin-0.4%bottom 19% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Growth drivers

as filed
4.0/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

bottom 40% of 19 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 33% of this tense · 40th percentile among 19 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Aemetis, Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew -8.3% a year over the last three filed years against -1.7% over all 5, slowing (top 29% of its family); the newest year grew -26.2% (bottom 24%); research spending grew -10.6% a year (bottom 27%); capital spending grew -12.8% a year (bottom 38%) (its annual reports). Aemetis, Inc. reported 3 lines of business in fiscal 2025: California Ethanol at $153 million, India Biodiesel at $30 million, California Dairy Renewable Natural Gas at $15 million. 1 of 3 grew in the latest filed year, and the largest line is 78% of revenue (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span-6.6 points a yeartop 29% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth-26.2%bottom 24% of its family
  • three-year growth of research spending-10.6%bottom 27% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending-12.8%bottom 38% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Expectations vs reality

as filed
3.8/10

Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?

bottom 38% of 19 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 22% of this tense · 38th percentile among 19 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Aemetis, Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $198 million in fiscal 2025 came in 27.7% below the $273 million its prior three years' pace pointed to (bottom 18% of its family); net income of $77 million against a prior three-year average of $81 million (top 45%); a net margin of -39% against -33.2% before (bottom 39%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace-27.7%bottom 18% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average+4%top 45% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average-5.8 pointsbottom 39% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made

SI Assistanton AMTX · research, not advice