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AQMS — Aqua Metals, Inc.

US Materials Steel & metals equity mkt cap 9.6M
2.81 +3.88% today
USD · as of 2026-08-21

Price · 2024-08-26 → 2026-08-21

499 daily closes shown
52w low 2.48 · high 29.62

Anonymous view is capped at two years of history. A free account extends it to five, and Pro opens the whole archive back to 2016-01-04.

Performance

1 day+3.88%
1 week+0.00%
1 month+5.64%
3 months-29.22%
6 months-41.34%
Year to date-47.28%
1 year-23.64%
3 years-98.75%
5 years-99.39%

Technicals

RSI 1464.6
vs 50-day avg+0.10%
vs 200-day avg-38.57%
Volatility 1y250.6%
Max drawdown 1y-91.63%
Avg volume 30d31.4K
Daily bars held2,674
History from2016-01-04

Measured signals that fired on AQMS

datesignal measured base rate
2026-07-10Short volume far above its own normal
short
-0.76% over 21 days · t = -2.79 · n = 5,897
statistically distinguishable from its control group

Excess return against a matched control group, on a point-in-time universe that includes delisted companies. Most families do not survive that. How the measurement works →

Insider transactions (Form 4)

dateinsiderwhatshares pricevalue
2026-08-19Cotton Stephen
Chief Executive Officer
Shares withheld for tax3.3K2.678.8K
2026-08-19West Eric
Chief Financial Officer
Shares withheld for tax1.2K2.673.2K
2026-08-19Taecker Benjamin S.
Chief Eng and Opr Officer
Shares withheld for tax1.0K2.672.7K
2026-07-01Cotton Stephen
Chief Executive Officer
Shares withheld for tax2.4K2.977.1K
2026-07-01Taecker Benjamin S.
Chief Eng and Opr Officer
Shares withheld for tax7442.972.2K
2026-05-19West Eric
Chief Financial Officer
Shares withheld for tax7213.912.8K
2026-04-13Cotton Stephen
Chief Executive Officer
Shares withheld for tax2.4K3.929.2K
2026-04-13West Eric
Chief Financial Officer
Shares withheld for tax8633.923.4K
2026-04-13Taecker Benjamin S.
Chief Eng and Opr Officer
Shares withheld for tax7153.922.8K
2026-02-24Cotton Stephen
Chief Executive Officer
Shares withheld for tax3.3K4.7615.7K

Open-market purchases (code P) are the informative ones. Grants, option exercises and tax withholding are compensation mechanics, not decisions. How to read a Form 4 →

Largest institutional holders

managervalueshares
STIFEL FINANCIAL CORP350.2K81.8K
GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC176.3K41.2K
VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC125.0K29.2K
VANGUARD FIDUCIARY TRUST CO66.7K15.6K
XTX Topco Ltd53.3K12.4K
BlackRock, Inc.20.8K4.8K
MAI Capital Management6.9K1.6K
Arax Advisory Partners5.7K1.3K
WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN2.1K500
UBS Group AG2.1K491

13F positions as of 2026-03-31, filed up to 45 days after quarter end. Long-only US equity — shorts and derivatives never appear. What 13F does and does not show →

Short selling

Avg short volume, 90d33.9% of tape
Days observed61

This is off-exchange short volume, not short interest: it is flow, not position, and 40–50% is normal because market makers short to fill your buy. Why that number misleads →

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