Aqua Metals Overview

  • Year Founded
  • 2014

Year Founded

  • Status
  • Public

  • Employees
  • 53

Employees

  • Stock Symbol
  • AQMS

Stock Symbol

  • Investments
  • 3

  • Share Price
  • $2.15
  • (As of Monday Closing)

Aqua Metals General Information

Description

Aqua Metals Inc is engaged in the business of recycling Lead through a novel, proprietary and patent-pending process that it developed and named AquaRefining. The company's breakthrough, AquaRefining, delivers a product, at a higher yield, eliminates toxic waste, reduces permitting and is less expensive to build than smelting. AquaRefining process will provide for the recycling of Lead acid batteries and the production of a pure grade Lead with a significantly lower cost of production, and with fewer environmental and regulatory issues, than conventional methods of Lead production.

Contact Information

Ownership Status
Publicly Held
Financing Status
Formerly PE-Backed
Corporate Office
  • 5370 Kietzke Lane
  • Suite 201
  • Reno, NV 89511
  • United States
+1 (775)
Primary Industry
Environmental Services (B2B)
Stock Exchange
NAS
Vertical(s)
Corporate Office
  • 5370 Kietzke Lane
  • Suite 201
  • Reno, NV 89511
  • United States
+1 (775)

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Aqua Metals Stock Performance

As of 17-Mar-2025, Aqua Metals’s stock price is $2.15. Its current market cap is $15.4M with 7.13M shares.

(As of Monday Closing)

Stock Price Previous Close 52 wk Range Market Cap Shares Average Volume EPS
$2.15 $2.05 $1.33 - $14.14 $15.4M 7.13M 184K -$4.65

Aqua Metals Financials Summary

As of 30-Sep-2024, Aqua Metals has a trailing 12-month revenue of null.

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USD
TTM 30-Sep-2024 FY 2023 31-Dec-2023 FY 2022 31-Dec-2022 FY 2021 31-Dec-2021
EV 21,534 59,639 95,228 74,961
Revenue 0 25 4 173
EBITDA (25,982) (23,193) (14,505) (17,229)
Net Income (27,138) (23,938) (15,431) (18,193)
Total Assets 28,483 33,600 33,502 33,269
Total Debt 3,794 3,233 6,481 718
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Aqua Metals Valuation & Funding

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Aqua Metals Comparisons

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Aqua Metals Inc is engaged in the business of recycling Lead through a novel, proprietary and patent-pending process tha
Environmental Services (B2B)
Reno, NV
53 As of 2023

Granite City, IL
 

Toronto, Canada
 
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Aqua Metals Competitors (6)

One of Aqua Metals’s 6 competitors is Totall Metal Recycling, a Corporate Backed or Acquired company based in Granite City, IL.

Company Name Financing Status Location Employees Total Raised Last Financing Date/Type Last Financing Amount
Totall Metal Recycling Corporate Backed or Acquired Granite City, IL
Li-Cycle Formerly PE-Backed Toronto, Canada
RecycLiCo Battery Materials Corporation Surrey, Canada
REDUX Recycling Formerly PE-Backed Offenbach, Germany
Lithion Venture Capital-Backed Anjou, Canada
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Aqua Metals Patents

Aqua Metals Recent Patent Activity

Publication ID Patent Title Status First Filing Date Technology (CPC) Citations
EP-4497169-A1 Improved systems and methods for metal recovery from lithium ion batteries Pending 21-Mar-2022
US-20230313400-A1 Systems and methods for aqueous recovery of lead from lead acid batteries with reduced electrolyte demand Pending 10-Dec-2021
EP-4282016-A1 Systems and methods for direct oxide production Pending 22-Jan-2021
JP-2024507068-A Systems and methods for direct production of oxides Active 22-Jan-2021
US-20250075357-A1 Systems and methods for direct oxide production Pending 22-Jan-2021 C25C1/18
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Aqua Metals Signals

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Aqua Metals Investments & Acquisitions (3)

Aqua Metals’s most recent deal was a Corporate Asset Purchase with Aqua Metals (Five-Acre Site in Tahoe-Reno, Nevada). The deal was made on 19-Jan-2023.

Company Name Deal Date Deal Type Deal Size Industry Lead Partner
Aqua Metals (Five-Acre Site in Tahoe-Reno, Nevada) 19-Jan-2023 Corporate Asset Purchase Buildings and Property
LiNiCo 17-Feb-2021 Corporate Environmental Services (B2B)
Ebonex 18-Apr-2017 Merger/Acquisition Energy Storage
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Aqua Metals ESG

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Peer performance insights compare the company’s ESG performance to the performance of selected peers to help inform future ESG decisions and drive internal performance improvements.

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Aqua Metals FAQs

  • When was Aqua Metals founded?

    Aqua Metals was founded in 2014.

  • Where is Aqua Metals headquartered?

    Aqua Metals is headquartered in Reno, NV.

  • What is the size of Aqua Metals?

    Aqua Metals has 53 total employees.

  • What industry is Aqua Metals in?

    Aqua Metals’s primary industry is Environmental Services (B2B).

  • Is Aqua Metals a private or public company?

    Aqua Metals is a Public company.

  • What is Aqua Metals’s stock symbol?

    The ticker symbol for Aqua Metals is AQMS.

  • What is the current stock price of Aqua Metals?

    As of 17-Mar-2025 the stock price of Aqua Metals is $2.15.

  • What is the current market cap of Aqua Metals?

    The current market capitalization of Aqua Metals is $15.4M.

  • Who are Aqua Metals’s competitors?

    Totall Metal Recycling, Li-Cycle, RecycLiCo Battery Materials, REDUX Recycling, and Lithion are some of the 6 competitors of Aqua Metals.

  • What is Aqua Metals’s annual earnings per share (EPS)?

    Aqua Metals’s EPS for 12 months was -$4.65.

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