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Basic Materials · ·
$3.93
▼ $0.07 (-1.7%)
Market data updated: 09/28 05:47 AM
Fundamentals updated: 09/28/2026
News analyzed: 09/28/2026
Market Cap
$1.73B
Day Range
$3.93 - $4.08
52-Week Range
$3.40 - $11.35
Beta
—
Next Earnings
10.11.2026
Support
$3.40
Resistance
$5.38
TMC is a stock from the Materials sector — Mining, chemicals, and metals — the raw materials that feed other industries, sensitive to commodity prices.
-40.1% (1Y)
Strengths: 6/23 factors positiveRisk: Medium
This score and all analysis on this page are for informational and educational purposes only and do not constitute investment advice. Read the full disclaimer
Weighted: Technical 25% · Fundamental 20% · Growth 15% · Valuation 15% · News 10% · Quality 10% · Risk 5%
Overall Score
🟡 Mixed
Technical Trend
🔴 Bearish
Insiders
🟡 Mixed
Computed directly from the same signals behind the score above — not AI-generated.
Biggest positive driver
Earnings per share (EPS) growth
Earnings per share (EPS) growth: 232.0%
Growth
Biggest negative driver
DCF Fair Value
Estimated fair value: -$2.09 vs. price $3.93 (-153.2%)
Fair Value
What to watch next
When today echoes the past.
NO RELIABLE ECHO FOUND
Only 2 historical analog(s) found after removing overlapping dates — too few for a statistically meaningful comparison.
Historical matches considered: 2
TIME ECHO identifies historical situations that resemble the current market state. Historical outcomes are not guarantees of future performance. Similarity does not imply causation, and results may change as new data becomes available.
🗓️ What Changed This Week
🌱 Building History
We don't have a real data point from a week ago for this stock yet. The weekly comparison will appear once enough history has accumulated.
📊 Score History
48
Today
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30D
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90D
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1Y
🕰️ Signal Timeline
What StockIQ actually saw for this stock, and what happened after each signal — real data, not a forecast.
17d ago · $4.01
Evidence: Narrative Gap moved from 22 to -3 day-over-day
What happened after
17d ago · $4.01
Evidence: Panic-selling score jumped from 2 to 28 day-over-day
What happened after
🐂🐻 Investment Thesis
🐂 Bull Case
🐻 Bear Case
🔍 What Could Prove This Wrong
This isn't a price-direction forecast — just a synthesis of real, already-computed data, and future conditions that could change the picture.
🧬 STOCK DNA
This stock's profile across 8 real dimensions — a research tool, not a recommendation
Growth
54
Quality
No data available
Value
43
Momentum
24
Risk
48
Sentiment
86
Fundamental
58
Institutional
50
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Recent media coverage of The Metals Company (TMC) has centered on its stock performance and investor speculation, particularly in August 2026. Analysts highlight its potential value—projected at $23.6 billion—driven by its deep-sea mining ambitions and nickel resources, though market skepticism persists. Commentary focuses on management’s optimistic outlook and the company’s untapped upside, contrasting with cautious investor sentiment. No direct TMC-related news beyond these themes appears in the provided sources.
AI summary based on English-language news sources only — not investment advice.
Everyone's writing about TMC the metals company Inc.. News trend score: 86. Reason: 9 of the last 20 articles are positive, versus 3 negative.
News trend analysis is based on article sentiment only, and is not investment advice or financial counsel. Read the full disclaimer
🌡️ Emotional Temperature
16
🎯 Conviction (vs. Emotion)
50
Psychology
17
Fundamentals
58
Technical
24
Valuation
43
Extreme momentum, price far above its moving average, and a large premium over fair value.
A sharp drop, unusual volume, and negative news sentiment all at once — selling pressure that looks emotional.
Price, volume, and sentiment accelerating together — a sign investors are chasing the price, not just following it.
The stock is moving in lockstep with its peers at the same intensity, rather than on its own data.
The price rise has far outpaced the actual improvement in fundamental data.
Price (3M)
-8%
Market Narrative
49
Fundamental Reality
50
Narrative Gap
-1
🔀 Psychology Acceleration
News attention/sentiment is running well ahead of the price move itself.
🧠 StockIQ Psychologist
TMC’s dominant Loss Aversion (56) reflects a market wary of further downside after a 13.3% drop over three months, despite muted volume. The narrative gap (72 vs. 50) hints at optimism outpacing reality, but momentum (+11.8% ROC) and positive sentiment (86/100) temper extreme fear. Overconfidence (24) arises from price outperforming fundamentals, while FOMO (27) remains subdued due to neutral RSI and modest volume. The key question: will traders cling to losses or pivot if momentum sustains?
Updated: 09/07/2026, 07:36 PM
What could change this?
👥 What the crowd believes
"Management's commentary is putting the wind in investors' sails."
"The Metals Company is sitting on a potentially massive resource."
"TMC stock is rallying after a decent second-quarter."
📈 12D Investor Psychology
Signal classification confidence: High (confidence in the behavioral read, not a price prediction). Describes observable market behavior, not what any individual investor thinks, and is not a buy/sell signal.
🏛️ Investor DNA — Historical Investors
A Historical Strategy Simulation: assuming each investor follows their documented principles, how would they rate this stock today? This is not a prediction of what they would actually do.
🟢 Best match
Peter Lynch — 100/100
🔴 Weakest match
Jesse Livermore — 11/100
🗣️ Why do they disagree?
Based on the documented principles of each methodology, the model estimates that growth‑oriented investors like Peter Lynch and the Enterprising Graham see the stock as a clear upside opportunity, reflected in perfect scores and verdicts of untapped growth and deep discount. Defensive value investors such as Graham (defensive) and liquidity‑focused thinkers like Bagehot also rate the stock favorably, but with slightly lower scores, indicating confidence in its safety rather than spectacular growth. In contrast, cycle‑aware and market‑timing frameworks—from Howard Marks to the Efficient‑Market view—assign middle‑range scores, highlighting mixed signals about expectations and cycle position. Risk‑averse or trend‑following perspectives, including Livermore, Housel, Smith, and Fisher, give the lowest scores, citing negative trends, volatility, and insufficient data, which leads them to a more cautious or neutral stance.
Peter Lynch
One Up on Wall Street (1989)
🟢 100
Growth candidate — the price hasn't caught up to the growth
Key question
Is the growth worth the price?
Fact → Principle → Simulation
Benjamin Graham (Enterprising Investor)
The Intelligent Investor (1949) — the Enterprising Investor chapters
🟢 100
Deep statistical discount — a real Enterprising Investor candidate
Key question
Is the stock statistically cheap enough to justify the extra risk?
⚠️ Partial data for this stock — score is less reliable — Data availability: 40%
Fact → Principle → Simulation
Benjamin Graham
Security Analysis (1934) / The Intelligent Investor (1949)
🟢 88
Attractive to a Defensive Graham Investor
Key question
Where is my margin of safety?
⚠️ Partial data for this stock — score is less reliable — Data availability: 40%
Fact → Principle → Simulation
Charles Mackay
Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds (1841)
🟢 78
No obvious signs of crowd mania
Key question
Am I being swept along with the crowd, or thinking for myself?
Fact → Principle → Simulation
Walter Bagehot
Lombard Street (1873)
🟢 74
Strong liquidity — would likely survive a real credit squeeze
Key question
Does this company have enough liquidity to survive real stress?
Fact → Principle → Simulation
Samuel Armstrong Nelson
The ABC of Stock Speculation (1903)
🟢 74
Cycle position looks favorable — closer to oversold than overbought
Key question
Is the price overextended, or is there still room to move?
Fact → Principle → Simulation
Thorstein Veblen
The Theory of Business Enterprise (1904)
🟢 67
Growth appears aligned with real value creation
Key question
Is management building real value, or just building itself?
⚠️ Partial data for this stock — score is less reliable — Data availability: 45%
Fact → Principle → Simulation
Howard Marks (Market Cycle)
Mastering the Market Cycle (2018)
🟢 65
Looks early-to-mid cycle, not overextended
Key question
Where are we in the cycle right now — near a hot extreme, or a cold one?
Fact → Principle → Simulation
Howard Marks
The Most Important Thing (2011) / Mastering the Market Cycle (2018)
🟡 55
Mixed — a good business, but expectations may already be high
Key question
What is the market probably misunderstanding about the risk here?
Fact → Principle → Simulation
Jack Schwager
Market Wizards (1989)
🟡 51
No clear edge either way
Key question
What's the risk/reward here, and where is my exit point?
Fact → Principle → Simulation
Burton Malkiel & John Bogle
A Random Walk Down Wall Street (1973) / The Little Book of Common Sense Investing (2007)
🟡 40
Mixed case — the evidence for picking this stock over an index is not strong
Key question
Do I actually have an edge here, or do I just think I do?
Fact → Principle → Simulation
Gerald M. Loeb
The Battle for Investment Survival (1935)
🟡 40
Moderate risk to capital
Key question
How much capital could I lose here if I'm wrong?
Fact → Principle → Simulation
Morgan Housel
The Psychology of Money (2020)
🔴 16
The kind of volatility that tends to shake patient holders out
Key question
Could I live with this volatility long enough for compounding to actually work?
Fact → Principle → Simulation
Edgar Lawrence Smith
Common Stocks as Long-Term Investments (1924)
🔴 15
Not enough dividend/growth data for a real Smith read
Key question
Is this a stock I'd be happy to hold and forget about for a decade?
⚠️ Partial data for this stock — score is less reliable — Data availability: 25%
Fact → Principle → Simulation
Jesse Livermore
Reminiscences of a Stock Operator (1923) / How to Trade in Stocks (1940)
🔴 11
Negative trend — against Livermore's core rule of trading with the trend
Key question
What is the price telling me right now?
Fact → Principle → Simulation
Philip Fisher
Common Stocks and Uncommon Profits (1958)
🔴 7
Not enough fundamentals data for a real Fisher read
Key question
How exceptional is this business, really?
⚠️ Partial data for this stock — score is less reliable — Data availability: 20%
Fact → Principle → Simulation
Based on the last 285 trading days, calculated from real price data. Click an indicator for details and a chart.
🔴 Most indicators support a downtrend (1 bullish · 8 bearish · 2 neutral)
A market-structure read based purely on real price and volume data — not full classic Wyckoff schematic identification (Phase A-E), but a quantitative analysis of what can reliably be computed: trading ranges, "effort vs. result", volume within the range, and Spring/Upthrust detection.
The stock is in a clear uptrend with no defined trading range in the period examined.
High confidence
The Wyckoff Method, developed by Richard Wyckoff in the early 20th century, reads the balance of supply and demand through price and volume, based on the premise that large investors ("smart money") quietly accumulate shares before rallies and quietly distribute them before declines. The read here is based solely on real price and volume data — full, precise identification of classic Wyckoff patterns (such as Phases A-E) requires human chart-reading experience and judgment, so this is an approximate algorithmic read, not a substitute for professional analysis. This should not be considered investment advice.
Gross Margin
—
Operating Margin
—
Net Margin
—
EBITDA Margin
—
ROE
956.4%
ROA
-176.1%
ROIC
—
EPS
$0.83
Cash
$117.63M
Total Debt
—
Current Ratio
2.03
Debt/Equity
—
אין נתונים היסטוריים זמינים.
How is Fair Value calculated? →
Current Price
$3.93
Estimated Fair Value (DCF)
-$2.09
Model estimate — not a price target. Highly sensitive to growth/discount-rate assumptions.
Gap
-153.2%
🔴 Appears expensive relative to estimated value
Year 1 Growth Rate
10.0%
Discount Rate (WACC)
9.0%
Terminal Growth Rate
2.5%
Projection Years
5
| Year | Growth Rate | Projected FCF | Present Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 10.0% | $-47.41M | $-43.49M |
| 2 | 8.1% | $-51.26M | $-43.14M |
| 3 | 6.3% | $-54.46M | $-42.05M |
| 4 | 4.4% | $-56.84M | $-40.27M |
| 5 | 2.5% | $-58.26M | $-37.87M |
Base FCF (last actual year)
$-43.10M
Terminal Value
$-918.79M
Present Value of Terminal Value
$-597.15M
Enterprise Value
$-803.97M
Net Debt
$0
Equity Value
$-803.97M
*The DCF model is an estimate based on assumptions — not a guaranteed forecast. You can change the assumptions to examine different scenarios.
Book Value per Share
-$0.09
Tangible Book Value per Share (Tangible NAV)
-$0.09
Sentiment based on basic keywords (not AI) — 9 positive, 8 neutral, 3 negative out of the last 20 articles.
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TMC the metals company Inc. (TMC) currently has a StockIQ AI score of 48/100, rated "Moderate" (a partial score — based on only 6 of 7 categories, some data is currently unavailable). The score is a weighted average across up to 7 categories (technical, fundamental, growth, fair value, news, quality, risk), based on real data only.
TMC currently scores 48/100 (Moderate) across the categories we measure (a partial score — based on only 6 of 7 categories, some data is currently unavailable). StockIQ doesn't give buy/sell recommendations — use this as one data point in your own research, not as investment advice.
Per StockIQ's DCF model, TMC's estimated fair value is -$2.09, which is 153.2% below the current price of $3.93. This is one valuation model among several signals in the fair-value category, not a price target.
TMC's technical score is 24/100, which currently reads as bearish — based on real price/volume signals (moving averages, RSI, MACD, and more), not a prediction of what happens next.
Based on the real signals StockIQ computed: Earnings per share (EPS) growth: 232.0%; Return on equity (ROE): 956.4% — strong; Current ratio: 2.03.
Based on the real signals StockIQ computed: Estimated fair value: -$2.09 vs. price $3.93 (-153.2%); ATR: 6.9% of price; Net income growth: -290.3%.
StockIQ has no recorded dividend payment history for TMC.
Real transactions by officers and insiders, as reported to the SEC on Form 4 — 2 purchases and 2 sales out of the last 25 filings.
| Name | Transaction Type | Date | Shares | Change | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hall Andrew | Grant/Award from Employer | 11.9.2026 | 466,993 | +72,935 | — |
| Allseas Group S.A. | Open Market Purchase | 1.7.2026 | 7,305,567 | +7,305,567 | — |
| Allseas Group S.A. | Open Market Purchase | 1.7.2026 | 62,419,168 | +7,305,567 | — |
| May Brendan | Open Market Sale | 2.6.2026 | 20,768 | -20,768 | $6.42 |
| May Brendan | Open Market Sale | 2.6.2026 | 193,346 | -20,768 | $6.42 |
| Khama Sheila | Grant/Award from Employer | 29.5.2026 | 16,528 | +16,528 | — |
| Karkar Andrei | Grant/Award from Employer | 29.5.2026 | 17,857 | +17,857 | — |
| Madsbjerg Christian | Grant/Award from Employer | 29.5.2026 | 19,075 | +19,075 | — |
| Khama Sheila | Grant/Award from Employer | 29.5.2026 | 17,316 | +17,316 | — |
| Hall Andrew | Grant/Award from Employer | 29.5.2026 | 16,528 | +16,528 | — |
| Greig Andrew Carlyle | Grant/Award from Employer | 29.5.2026 | 20,292 | +20,292 | — |
| Madsbjerg Christian | Grant/Award from Employer | 29.5.2026 | 16,528 | +16,528 | — |
| Hall Andrew | Grant/Award from Employer | 29.5.2026 | 18,263 | +18,263 | — |
| May Brendan | Grant/Award from Employer | 29.5.2026 | 16,528 | +16,528 | — |
| Karkar Andrei | Grant/Award from Employer | 29.5.2026 | 16,528 | +16,528 | — |
| Greig Andrew Carlyle | Grant/Award from Employer | 29.5.2026 | 16,528 | +16,528 | — |
| Greig Andrew Carlyle | Grant/Award from Employer | 29.5.2026 | 5,090,322 | +20,292 | — |
| Greig Andrew Carlyle | Grant/Award from Employer | 29.5.2026 | 5,106,850 | +16,528 | — |
| Hall Andrew | Grant/Award from Employer | 29.5.2026 | 377,530 | +18,263 | — |
| Hall Andrew | Grant/Award from Employer | 29.5.2026 | 394,058 | +16,528 | — |
| Karkar Andrei | Grant/Award from Employer | 29.5.2026 | 443,468 | +17,857 | — |
| Karkar Andrei | Grant/Award from Employer | 29.5.2026 | 459,996 | +16,528 | — |
| Khama Sheila | Grant/Award from Employer | 29.5.2026 | 337,070 | +17,316 | — |
| Khama Sheila | Grant/Award from Employer | 29.5.2026 | 353,598 | +16,528 | — |
| May Brendan | Grant/Award from Employer | 29.5.2026 | 214,114 | +16,528 | — |
Official FINRA data — the number of shares open in short positions, plus daily short-sale activity.
29,068,472 shares short as of 2026-09-15 · vs. 30,391,862 on 2026-08-31
Official biweekly report (FINRA Rule 4560) — no real higher-frequency data exists for this metric.
39.0% of trading volume this week was short selling, vs. 44.5% the prior week
Based on daily short-sale volume (Reg SHO) — a different metric from the open short interest above: this is daily trading volume, not an open position, so it updates weekly rather than biweekly.
Full breakdown of every data type and its source: Data Sources · Methodology