Volcon (EMPD) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Volcon, Inc. is a powersports company focused on the design and development of fully electric off-road vehicles. Its product portfolio has included electric motorcycles, utility terrain vehicles and related powersports products intended for recreational riding, outdoor work and other off-road applications.

The company’s offerings have included the Grunt and Runt electric motorcycles, which feature wide tires designed for use on varied terrain, as well as the Stag electric utility terrain vehicle. Volcon has also developed electric bicycles and related accessories and has marketed its products through dealers and distribution partners.

Volcon was founded in 2020 and was based in Austin, Texas. The company targeted customers in North America and international markets through powersports dealerships and other sales channels. Publicly available information identifies Volcon’s historic trading symbol as Nasdaq:VLCN; the symbol Nasdaq:EMPD may not correspond to Volcon, so investors should verify the company and ticker before relying on this description.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $3.03 to $3.18
• 50-Day Range: $2.52 to $3.51
• 52-Week Range: $2.48 to $8.11
• Volume: 190,343 shs
• Average Volume: 206,019 shs
• Market Capitalization: $88.14 million
• P/E Ratio: N/A
• Dividend Yield: N/A
• Price Target: $6.00
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

Volcon Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Volcon scored higher than 62% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 265th out of 475 stocks in the consumer discretionary sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 3.7 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

Volcon has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.50, and is based on 1 strong buy rating, 1 buy rating, 1 hold rating, and 1 sell rating.

Upside Potential

Volcon has a consensus price target of $6.00, representing about 91.7% upside from its current price of $3.13.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Volcon has only been the subject of 2 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 0.6 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: N/A

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Volcon is -2.98, which means that its earnings are negative and its P/E ratio cannot be compared to companies with positive earnings.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Volcon is -2.98, which means that its earnings are negative and its P/E ratio cannot be compared to companies with positive earnings.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Volcon has a P/B Ratio of 0.42. P/B Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 2.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Bearish

Percentage of Shares Shorted

8.85% of the float of Volcon has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Volcon has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 6.47.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Volcon has recently decreased by 0.74%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving.

Dividend

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Dividend Strength: N/A

Dividend Yield

Volcon does not currently pay a dividend.

Dividend Growth

Volcon does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.6 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.17

News Sentiment

Volcon has a news sentiment score of 0.17. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a lower news sentiment than the 0.48 average news sentiment score of Consumer Discretionary companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 5 news articles for Volcon this week, compared to 1 article on an average week.

Search Interest

Only 1 people have searched for EMPD on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -50% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

1 people have added Volcon to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 2.9 / 5
• Insider Trading: Acquiring Shares

Net Insider Buying

Over the last three months, insiders have purchased a net $5,863,000.00 in company stock, which represents 6.6519% of the company's market cap.

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Volcon insiders have bought more of their company's stock than they have sold. Specifically, they have bought $5,863,000.00 in company stock and sold $0.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

0.13% of the stock of Volcon is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

Volcon has minimal institutional ownership at this time.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 8/12/2025
• Today: 10/02/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NASDAQ
• Sector: Consumer Discretionary
• Industry: Automobiles
• Sub-Industry: Motorcycle Manufacturers
• Current Symbol: NASDAQ:EMPD
• Previous Symbol: NASDAQ:VLCN
• CIK: 1829794
• Web: www.volcon.com
• Phone: 512-400-4271
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 80
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Volcon: $6.00
• High Price Target: $6.00
• Low Price Target: $6.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +91.7%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.50
• Research Coverage: 4 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): ($1.05)
• Trailing P/E Ratio: N/A
• Forward P/E Ratio: N/A
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: -$150.05 million
• Net Margins: -43,296.70%
• Pretax Margin: -44,040.98%
• Return on Equity: -58.08%
• Return on Assets: -45.39%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.48
• Current Ratio: 0.47
• Quick Ratio: 0.44

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $980 thousand
• Price / Sales: 89.94
• Cash Flow: N/A
• Price / Cash Flow: N/A
• Book Value: $7.39 per share
• Price / Book: 0.42

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 28,160,000
• Free Float: 28,123,000
• Market Cap: $88.14 million
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: -0.35