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SES AI Corporation (SES)

Consumer Cyclical

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Fundamental
2
Sentiment
3
Technical
2

Do Nothing: fundamentalScore is 2 (below required floor of 3); strategy requires fundamentalScore >= 3 before any bullish entry.

Analysis as of 2026-08-20· more than 2 trading days ago

Company overview

SES AI Corporation develops and manufactures advanced lithium-metal rechargeable batteries, primarily for electric vehicles. Founded in 2012, the company is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.

Fundamental

weak
Fundamental2
Speculative fundamentals

SES AI is a speculative battery technology developer with significant cash burn and profitability challenges.

Speculative battery-technology developer transitioning toward commercialization: revenue is growing (FY2025 $21M; 1H26 $11.8M), but profitability and free cash flow remain deeply negative. Liquidity is still sizable (about $200M of cash and marketable securities at FY2025, per the latest annual filing), yet SEC updates highlight continued-loss expectations, NYSE low-price compliance pressure and related delisting actions (warrants), plus ongoing shareholder litigation. Best treated as a high-volatility watchlist name until margins and cash burn show durable improvement.

Sentiment

fair
Sentiment3
Mixed sentiment

Media sentiment is slightly negative, but retail discussions show some technical optimism.

Announced 2Q26 results (loss/miss headlines) and NYSE public-warrant delisting coverage are keeping near-term media tone slightly negative versus a neutral 30–90d baseline (polarity_score ~0.00 → ~-0.04), despite some constructive commentary around an ESS/drone pivot and a board appointment. Moderate red-flag cap applied due to conflicting actionable catalysts; legal tools show only non-regulator-confirmed law-firm solicitation noise.

Technical

weak
Technical2
Countertrend bounce

SES is in a countertrend bounce with easing downside momentum but lacks a bullish structure.

SES has enough liquidity and range for a swing, but not the right bullish structure: price 0.5477 is essentially at but slightly below the SMA20 0.55 and well below the SMA50 0.75, SMA200 1.39, EMA9 0.56, and EMA21 0.59. RSI 41.77, Williams %R -70.32, and a MACD line of -0.05 versus -0.06 signal only a modest momentum repair, while ADX 36.05 says the dominant trend still has downside force.

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