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PureCycle Technologies, Inc. (PCT)

Nasdaq: PCT · Plastic Materials, Synth Resins & Nonvulcan Elastomers · Orlando, FL · filing with the SEC since 2020
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Grade2.9
◀ Past 2.6● Present 1.1▶ Future 5.6
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The grade of PureCycle Technologies, Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
2.9/10
◀ Past2.630% of the headline
● Present1.140% of the headline
▶ Future5.630% of the headline

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

Of the nine metrics, 7 read as filed from the record and 2 are SI estimates, each with its reasoning, its confidence and what would change it on its card.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

2.6/1030% of the headline grade · 2 of 3 filed, 1 estimated

Surviving crises

as filed
0.6/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

6 warning events since 2020; the latest 2024-11-13.

weight 33% of this tense · 6th percentile among 9 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

PureCycle Technologies, Inc.'s filings since 2020 show 6 warning events of 3 kinds: a warning not to rely on past financial statements (8-K item 4.02, the latest 2021-06-08); an auditor change (8-K item 4.01, the latest 2021-03-22); a late-report notice (Form NT 10-K or NT 10-Q, 4 times, the latest 2024-11-13) (its current reports).

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

Track record

as filed
5.0/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

3 filed years; profitable in 0 of 3.

weight 45% of this tense · 50th percentile among 9 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

PureCycle Technologies, Inc.'s 3 filed years say what it did: it never fell from a peak; net income was positive in 0 of 3 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • the share of filed years with a profitbottom 6% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak0.0%top 6% of its family

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

Shareholder treatment

SI estimate
0.6/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

SI estimate 0.6/10, confidence 35 of 100 (one part).

weight 22% of this tense · 6th percentile among 9 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 6% of 9 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 9 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: PureCycle Technologies, Inc.'s shareholder treatment is put at 0.6 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 6% of 9 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?

1.1/1040% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
0.6/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE -398%: lost 398¢ per shareholder dollar. Leverage 95%: owes 95¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 6th percentile among 9 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, PureCycle Technologies, Inc. lost about 398 cents for every dollar of shareholders' money. Leverage: it owed about 95 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count grew 9.1% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetsbottom 6% of its family
  • return on equitybottom 6% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforebottom 6% of its family

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

Industry position

as filed
0.6/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

bottom 6% of 9 in its family; net margin -2185.1%.

weight 33% of this tense · 6th percentile among 9 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

PureCycle Technologies, Inc.'s standing among 9 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $8 million in fiscal 2025 ranks in the bottom 6% by size; a net margin of -2185.1% ranks in the bottom 6% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$8.4Mbottom 6% of its family
  • net margin-2185.1%bottom 6% of its family

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

Leadership

as filed
3.1/10

What are the people in charge doing?

bottom 31% of 9 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2022.

weight 22% of this tense · 31st percentile among 9 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

PureCycle Technologies, Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Olson, Dustin (Chief Executive Officer, as filed), filing under that title since 2022-08-08, 4.3 years (top 39% of its family); the 13 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 4.6 years (bottom 28%); 11 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 13 people in charge now (bottom 6%; 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 charge11 in three years among 13 peoplebottom 6% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed4.6 yearsbottom 28% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record4.3 yearstop 39% 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?

5.6/1030% of the headline grade · 2 of 3 filed, 1 estimated

Room to expand

as filed
6.5/10

How much room does it have to grow?

top 35% of 9 in its family for room to expand.

weight 45% of this tense · 65th percentile among 9 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

PureCycle Technologies, Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $168 million against no long-term debt tagged leaves 18.2% of its assets as net cash, top 6% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is -2197.3% of revenue (bottom 6%); research spending of 70.9% of revenue (top 6%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets18.2%top 6% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue-2197.3%bottom 6% of its family
  • research spending against revenue70.9%top 6% of its family

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

Growth drivers

as filed
5.0/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

top 50% of 9 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 33% of this tense · 50th percentile among 9 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

PureCycle Technologies, Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: research spending grew 10.8% a year (top 6%); capital spending grew -47.8% a year (bottom 6%) (its annual reports). PureCycle Technologies, Inc. tags no split of its revenue by line in the annual report on file, so growth by line cannot be read here; research and capital spending are on the trend.

What it rests on

  • three-year growth of research spending10.8%top 6% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending-47.8%bottom 6% of its family

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

Expectations vs reality

SI estimate
4.8/10

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

SI estimate 4.8/10, confidence 20 of 100 (family median).

weight 22% of this tense · 50th percentile among 8 sector filers · read for its shareholders

SI estimate Inferred, not read as filed

Why it is an estimate
The record does not carry four filed years of revenue and two of the three parts: revenue against the prior pace, earnings against the prior average, the margin change, so the desk assumes the typical reading of its industry family, the median of 8 members with one.
What the record cannot read
The record does not carry four filed years of revenue and two of the three parts: revenue against the prior pace, earnings against the prior average, the margin change.
How it was reasoned
family median, 8 readings behind it.
Confidence
20 of 100
What would change it
Its next annual report on file with the inputs replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

From the record

SI estimate, not a filed reading: PureCycle Technologies, Inc.'s expectations vs reality is put at 4.8 of 10 with a confidence of 20 of 100, because the record does not carry four filed years of revenue and two of the three parts: revenue against the prior pace, earnings against the prior average, the margin change, so the desk assumes the typical reading of its industry family, the median of 8 members with one. Its next annual report on file with the inputs replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

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 PCT · research, not advice