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Shares Stats
| Shares Outstanding | 82,560,000 |
| Shares Float | 69,000,000 |
| Shares Short | 8,540,000 |
| Insider Holdings | 1625% |
| Institution Holdings | 73.01% |
About Aspen Aerogels Inc
Aspen Aerogels, Inc., an aerogel technology company, designs, develops, manufactures, and sells aerogel materials primarily for use in the energy industrial, sustainable insulation materials, and electric vehicle (EV) markets in the United States, Canada, Asia, Europe, and Latin America. It operates in two segments, Energy Industrial and Thermal Barrier. The company offers PyroThin aerogel thermal barriers for use in battery packs in EVs; Pyrogel XTE for refineries and petrochemical facilities; Pyrogel HPS for high temperatures and in demanding thermal applications in refining and chemical processing systems; Pyrogel XTF for protection against fire; Cryogel Z for sub-ambient and cryogenic applications; Spaceloft Subsea for pipe-in-pipe applications in offshore oil production; and Cryogel X201 for cold system designs. It serves EV manufacturers, automotive suppliers, lithium-ion battery manufacturers, and e-mobility and energy storage companies. The company was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Northborough, Massachusetts.
General
| Name | Aspen Aerogels Inc |
| Ticker | ASPN |
| Exchange | NYSE |
| Sector | Industrials |
| Industry | Building Products & Equipment |
| Currency | USD |
| Country | USA |
| Fiscal Year End | December |
| Full Time Employees | 554 |
Highlights
| Analyst Target | 6.50 |
| Market Cap | 256,200,000 |
| EBITDA | 33,949,000 |
Financials
| Curr Year EPS Estimate | -1.30 |
| Next Quarter EPS Estimate | 0.01 |
| Profit Margin | -86.52% |
| Operating Margin | 3.27 |
| Return on Assets | 0.01 |
| Return on Equity | -0.75 |
| Revenue | 352.9M |
| Earnings Per Share | -3.71 |
| Revenue Per Share | 4.31 |
| Gross Profit | 116,055,000 |
| Quarterly Revenue Growth | -0.38 |
Valuation
| Forward PE | 714.29 |
| Price/Sales (Trailing 12 Mt.) | 0.73 |
| Price/Book (Most Recent Quarter) | 0.84 |
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