FutureFuel (FF) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

FutureFuel Corp. is a U.S.-based chemical and biofuel manufacturer with operations in Batesville, Arkansas. The company operates through chemicals and biofuels businesses, using its manufacturing capabilities to produce both custom-made and proprietary products.

Its chemicals business serves customers in markets that include agriculture, pharmaceuticals and coatings, among others. FutureFuel manufactures specialty chemicals to customer specifications and also develops and produces its own chemical products.

The biofuels business produces biodiesel from renewable feedstocks, including vegetable oils, animal fats and recycled oils. FutureFuel acquired its Batesville manufacturing site from Eastman Chemical Company in 2006, establishing the facility as the base for its current operations.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $2.82 to $3.00
• 50-Day Range: $2.81 to $5.83
• 52-Week Range: $2.62 to $6.99
• Volume: 186,049 shs
• Average Volume: 450,870 shs
• Market Capitalization: $128.73 million
• P/E Ratio: N/A
• Dividend Yield: 1.36%
• Price Target: $9.00
• Consensus Rating: Hold

FutureFuel Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

FutureFuel scored higher than 56% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 160th out of 242 stocks in the energy sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 3.4 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Hold

Consensus Rating

FutureFuel has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.00, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 1 buy rating, no hold ratings, and 1 sell rating.

Upside Potential

FutureFuel has a consensus price target of $9.00, representing about 213.5% upside from its current price of $2.87.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

FutureFuel 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 FutureFuel is -4.25, 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 FutureFuel is -4.25, 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

FutureFuel has a P/B Ratio of 0.87. 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

7.01% of the float of FutureFuel has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

FutureFuel has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 3.19, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in FutureFuel has recently increased by 24.77%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 0.8 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Yield

FutureFuel pays a meaningful dividend of 1.42%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

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

News and Social Media

• Score: 3.3 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.25

News Sentiment

FutureFuel has a news sentiment score of 0.25. 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 0.59 average news sentiment score of Energy companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 13 news articles for FutureFuel this week, compared to 1 article on an average week.

Search Interest

15 people have searched for FF on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 150% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

2 people have added FutureFuel to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.2 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, FutureFuel insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

42.60% of the stock of FutureFuel is held by insiders. A high percentage of insider ownership can be a sign of company health.

Percentage Held by Institutions

44.56% of the stock of FutureFuel is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Company Calendar

• Record date for 9/18 Dividend: 9/04/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 9/18 Dividend: 9/04/2026
• Dividend Payable: 9/18/2026
• Last Earnings: 11/09/2026
• Today: 11/13/2026
• Record date for 12/18 Dividend: 12/04/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 12/18 Dividend: 12/04/2026
• Dividend Payable: 12/18/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Energy
• Industry: Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels
• Sub-Industry: Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing
• Current Symbol: NYSE:FF
• CIK: 1337298
• Web: www.futurefuelcorporation.com
• Phone: (314) 854-8352
• Fax: 805-565-0800
• Employees: 493
• Year Founded: 2006

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for FutureFuel: $9.00
• High Price Target: $9.00
• Low Price Target: $9.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +201.5%
• Consensus Rating: Hold
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.00
• Research Coverage: 2 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): ($0.68)
• Trailing P/E Ratio: N/A
• Forward P/E Ratio: N/A
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: -$49.40 million
• Net Margins: -12.59%
• Pretax Margin: -10.98%
• Return on Equity: -19.93%
• Return on Assets: -14.99%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: N/A
• Current Ratio: 3.87
• Quick Ratio: 2.64

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $95.74 million
• Price / Sales: 1.37
• Cash Flow: N/A
• Price / Cash Flow: N/A
• Book Value: $3.29 per share
• Price / Book: 0.91

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 43,860,000
• Free Float: 25,177,000
• Market Cap: $130.92 million
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 0.82