The stock of PureCycle Technologies Inc (NASDAQ: PCT) has increased by 29.83 when compared to last closing price of 11.87. Despite this, the company has experienced a 39.98% gain in its stock price over the last five trading sessions. accessnewswire.com reported 2025-06-17 that PureCycle Establishes Partnership with IRPC to build future facility in Thailand ORLANDO, FL / ACCESS Newswire / June 17, 2025 / PureCycle Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq:PCT), a U.S.-based company revolutionizing plastic recycling, announced today the plan to bring one billion pounds of installed capacity online before 2030 across the United States, Europe and Asia. This plan is catalyzed by the execution of binding agreements for a $300 million capital raise.
Is It Worth Investing in PureCycle Technologies Inc (NASDAQ: PCT) Right Now?
PCT has 36-month beta value of 1.86. Analysts have mixed views on the stock, with 2 analysts rating it as a “buy,” 0 as “overweight,” 2 as “hold,” and 0 as “sell.”
The public float for PCT is 164.20M, and currently, short sellers hold a 29.73% ratio of that float. The average trading volume of PCT on June 17, 2025 was 2.93M shares.
PCT’s Market Performance
The stock of PureCycle Technologies Inc (PCT) has seen a 39.98% increase in the past week, with a 65.89% rise in the past month, and a 100.15% gain in the past quarter. The volatility ratio for the week is 3.40%, and the volatility levels for the past 30 days are at 5.18% for PCT. The simple moving average for the past 20 days is 48.66% for PCT’s stock, with a 62.89% simple moving average for the past 200 days.
Analysts’ Opinion of PCT
Many brokerage firms have already submitted their reports for PCT stocks, with TD Cowen repeating the rating for PCT by listing it as a “Buy.” The predicted price for PCT in the upcoming period, according to TD Cowen is $13 based on the research report published on May 08, 2025 of the current year 2025.
TD Cowen, on the other hand, stated in their research note that they expect to see PCT reach a price target of $15, previously predicting the price at $10. The rating they have provided for PCT stocks is “Buy” according to the report published on November 20th, 2024.
Cantor Fitzgerald gave a rating of “Overweight” to PCT, setting the target price at $14 in the report published on October 18th of the previous year.
PCT Trading at 85.97% from the 50-Day Moving Average
After a stumble in the market that brought PCT to its low price for the period of the last 52 weeks, the company was unable to rebound, for now settling with -1.08% of loss for the given period.
Insider Trading
Reports are indicating that there were more than several insider trading activities at PCT starting from SYLEBRA CAPITAL LLC, who purchase 619,925 shares at the price of $8.06 back on Feb 06 ’25. After this action, SYLEBRA CAPITAL LLC now owns 34,077,574 shares of PureCycle Technologies Inc, valued at $4,996,596 using the latest closing price.
SYLEBRA CAPITAL LLC, the 10% Owner of PureCycle Technologies Inc, purchase 4,264,393 shares at $4.69 during a trade that took place back on Sep 13 ’24, which means that SYLEBRA CAPITAL LLC is holding 33,050,456 shares at $20,000,003 based on the most recent closing price.
Stock Fundamentals for PCT
Current profitability levels for the company are sitting at:
- -91.22 for the present operating margin
- -52.39 for the gross margin
The net margin for PureCycle Technologies Inc stands at -123.23. The total capital return value is set at -0.21. Equity return is now at value -67.71, with -25.60 for asset returns.
Based on PureCycle Technologies Inc (PCT), the company’s capital structure generated 0.64 points at debt to capital in total, while cash flow to debt ratio is standing at -0.35. The debt to equity ratio resting at 1.75. The interest coverage ratio of the stock is -2.53.
Currently, EBITDA for the company is -197.66 million with net debt to EBITDA at -3.72. When we switch over and look at the enterprise to sales, we see a ratio of 1925.64. The receivables turnover for the company is 1.06for trailing twelve months and the total asset turnover is 0.0. The liquidity ratio also appears to be rather interesting for investors as it stands at 0.55.
Conclusion
To put it simply, PureCycle Technologies Inc (PCT) has had a better performance in recent times. Analysts have a mixed opinion on the stock, with some rating it as a “buy” and others as a “hold”. It is worth mentioning that the stock is currently trading in close proximity to its 50-day moving average and its 52-week high.
