(ACHR) Archer Aviation - Overview
Sector: Industrials | Industry: Aerospace & Defense | Exchange: NYSE (USA) | Market Cap: 4.558m USD | Total Return: -41.8% in 12m
Avg Turnover: 294M
Qual. Beats: 0
Rev. Trend: -63.1%
Qual. Beats: 0
Warnings
Share dilution 92.9% YoY
Interest Coverage Ratio -44.8 is critical
Altman Z'' -12.12 < 1.0 - financial distress zone
Tailwinds
No distinct edge detected
Archer Aviation Inc. (ACHR) is an aerospace manufacturer focused on the design and development of electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft. Based in San Jose, California, the company targets urban air mobility markets by providing air taxi services for both commercial and defense applications.
The eVTOL sector utilizes distributed electric propulsion systems to enable quieter, zero-emission flights compared to traditional combustion-engine helicopters. Archer’s business model integrates aircraft manufacturing with a planned aerial ride-sharing network designed to bypass ground-level traffic congestion in densely populated metropolitan areas.
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- FAA type certification progress dictates timeline for commercial Midnight aircraft entry
- Strategic partnerships with United and Southwest facilitate future urban air taxi networks
- Department of Defense contract execution drives near-term revenue and technology validation
- High capital expenditure for manufacturing scale-up impacts liquidity and path to profitability
- Regulatory approval of urban vertiport infrastructure determines total addressable market expansion
| Net Income: -742.5m TTM > 0 and > 6% of Revenue |
| FCF/TA: -0.25 > 0.02 and ΔFCF/TA 11.82 > 1.0 |
| NWC/Revenue: 94.5k% < 20% (prev 10.6k%; Δ 83.8k% < -1%) |
| CFO/TA -0.21 > 3% & CFO -487.4m > Net Income -742.5m |
| Net Debt/EBITDA: error (EBITDA <= 0) |
| Current Ratio: 18.06 > 1.5 & < 3 |
| Outstanding Shares: last quarter (766.9m) vs 12m ago 92.91% < -2% |
| Gross Margin: error (current vs previous; cannot be calculated due to missing/invalid data or negative margin) |
| Asset Turnover: 0.11% > 50% (prev 0.77%; Δ -0.67% > 0%) |
| Interest Coverage Ratio: -44.81 > 6 (EBITDA TTM -701.7m / Interest Expense TTM 16.2m) |
| A: 0.77 (Total Current Assets 1.90b - Total Current Liabilities 105.2m) / Total Assets 2.32b |
| B: -1.09 (Retained Earnings -2.52b / Total Assets 2.32b) |
| C: -0.41 (EBIT TTM -726.0m / Avg Total Assets 1.77b) |
| D: -10.37 (Book Value of Equity -2.52b / Total Liabilities 243.4m) |
| Altman-Z'' = -12.12 = D |
As of May 26, 2026, the stock is trading at USD 6.36 with a total of 79,231,800 shares traded.
Over the past week, the price has changed by +5.12%,
over one month by +7.80%,
over three months by -10.42% and
over the past year by -41.76%.
Archer Aviation has received a consensus analysts rating of 4.22. Therefore, it is recommended to buy ACHR.
- StrongBuy: 4
- Buy: 3
- Hold: 2
- Sell: 0
- StrongSell: 0
| Analysts Target Price | 10.6 | 66.8% |
P/S = 2401.017
P/B = 2.1205
Revenue TTM = 1.90m USD
EBIT TTM = -726.0m USD
EBITDA TTM = -701.7m USD
Long Term Debt = 78.8m USD (from longTermDebt, last quarter)
Short Term Debt = 6.10m USD (from shortTermDebt, last quarter)
Debt = 126.5m USD (corrected: LT Debt 78.8m + ST Debt 6.10m) + Leases 41.6m
Net Debt = -1.65b USD (calculated: Debt 126.5m - CCE 1.78b)
Enterprise Value = 2.91b USD (4.56b + Debt 126.5m - CCE 1.78b)
Interest Coverage Ratio = -44.81 (Ebit TTM -726.0m / Interest Expense TTM 16.2m)
EV/FCF = -4.94x (Enterprise Value 2.91b / FCF TTM -588.8m)
FCF Yield = -20.24% (FCF TTM -588.8m / Enterprise Value 2.91b)
FCF Margin = -31.0k% (FCF TTM -588.8m / Revenue TTM 1.90m)
Net Margin = -39.1k% (Net Income TTM -742.5m / Revenue TTM 1.90m)
Gross Margin = unknown ((Revenue TTM 1.90m - Cost of Revenue TTM 9.00m) / Revenue TTM)
Tobins Q-Ratio = 1.25 (Enterprise Value 2.91b / Total Assets 2.32b)
Interest Expense / Debt = 12.81% (Interest Expense 16.2m / Debt 126.5m)
Taxrate = 21.0% (US default 21%)
NOPAT = -573.5m (EBIT -726.0m * (1 - 21.00%)) [loss with tax shield]
Current Ratio = 18.06 (Total Current Assets 1.90b / Total Current Liabilities 105.2m)
Debt / Equity = 0.06 (Debt 126.5m / totalStockholderEquity, last quarter 2.08b)
Debt / EBITDA = 2.35 (negative EBITDA) (Net Debt -1.65b / EBITDA -701.7m)
Debt / FCF = 2.80 (negative FCF - burning cash) (Net Debt -1.65b / FCF TTM -588.8m)
Total Stockholder Equity = 1.90b (last 4 quarters mean from totalStockholderEquity)
RoA = -41.98% (Net Income -742.5m / Total Assets 2.32b)
RoE = -16.78% (Net Income TTM -742.5m / Total Stockholder Equity 4.43b)
RoCE = -16.12% (EBIT -726.0m / Capital Employed (Equity 4.43b + L.T.Debt 78.8m))
RoIC = -27.91% (negative operating profit) (NOPAT -573.5m / Invested Capital 2.06b)
WACC = 13.99% (E(4.56b)/V(4.68b) * Re(14.10%) + D(126.5m)/V(4.68b) * Rd(12.81%) * (1-Tc(0.21)))
Discount Rate = 14.10% (= CAPM, Blume Beta Adj.) -> capped to 13.17%
Shares (quarterly) Correlation: 88.19 | Cagr: 50.91%
[DCF] Fair Price = unknown (Cash Flow -588.8m)
EPS Correlation: N/A | EPS CAGR: N/A | SUE: -0.43 | # QB: 0
Revenue Correlation: -63.14 | Revenue CAGR: -54.18% | SUE: -0.10 | # QB: 0
EPS current Quarter (2026-06-30): EPS=-0.22 | Chg30d=+14.53% | Revisions=-20% | Analysts=1
EPS next Quarter (2026-09-30): EPS=-0.22 | Chg30d=+15.49% | Revisions=-20% | Analysts=1
EPS current Year (2026-12-31): EPS=-0.93 | Chg30d=+11.34% | Revisions=-20% | GrowthEPS=-47.9% | GrowthRev=+3053.5%
EPS next Year (2027-12-31): EPS=-0.95 | Chg30d=+9.11% | Revisions=+0% | GrowthEPS=-2.4% | GrowthRev=+891.5%
[Analyst] Revisions Ratio: -20%