Archer Aviation Inc. ACHR
Weak (early) Emerging Frontier sector · Archer Aviation — electric air taxis (eVTOL), pre-revenue, awaiting certification.
🗓 Reports earnings in 75 days (2026-11-05) — calendar context, not a prediction.
Archer Aviation Inc. (ACHR) is an early-stage Emerging Frontier company, graded Weak (early) on FrontierLab's evidence-based quality rubric (data as of 2026-08-21). Gross-profits-to-assets is 0. Net share issuance 96.6% YoY (heavy issuance). 3 risk flags are noted below. Analyst mix: 11 buy / 4 hold / 0 sell.
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Key quality signals
| Revenue growth (YoY) | — |
|---|---|
| Gross margin | — |
| Gross profits / assets | 0 |
| Rule of 40 | — |
| Net margin | -13630.4% |
| Cash runway (months) | 34.7 |
| PEG | — |
| Price / sales | 670.4 |
Quality checklist
Each line is one quality test behind the grade — ✓ passed · ~ borderline · ✗ failed. Hover a metric in the tables below for what it means.
- ✗ Capital efficiency
- ✗ Share dilution — 96.6%
- ✗ Competitive moat — None
- ✓ Market size (TAM) — Large
Grade history
- 2026-08-10 — Weak (early) (from Insufficient)
- 2026-08-03 — Insufficient (from Mixed (early))
- 2026-06-10 — Mixed (early) (first graded)
Every grade change since FrontierLab began tracking this name — the receipts behind the current grade.
How have Early-stage-graded names performed?
The forward returns of all Early-stage-graded names since each grade was recorded — the bucket this name currently sits in, not a forecast of this individual stock.
| Window | Forward record vs the S&P | Median |
|---|---|---|
| ~1 month | 69% of Early-stage-graded names beat the S&P over 21 sessions (95% CI 51–82%, N=32). | Median excess vs the S&P was +3.9%. |
| ~3 months | building — 13 more sessions needed | |
| ~6 months | building — 76 more sessions needed | |
How have this name's flags scored?
| Flag | N | Mean excess vs S&P |
|---|---|---|
| Burning cash — operating margin is negative. | 35 | +7.4% |
| Heavy dilution (~97%/yr) — top-decile share issuers have historically underperformed. | sample still too small to report (need ≥ 8) | |
| Parabolic one-day spike (+12%) in the last month — extreme single-day moves tend to mean-revert. | sample still too small to report (need ≥ 8) | |
These per-flag figures are observational — a flag firing is not a randomized assignment, so any edge can reflect what kind of names trip a flag, not the flag itself. Descriptive, not causal.
Scope: these are forward returns vs the S&P among names still covered at each horizon's end, within the curated universe — not a survivorship-clean whole-market backtest. Names later dropped from coverage are counted as attrition (not hidden), and single-session moves beyond ±300% are treated as split/data artifacts and excluded. How this is measured → · Full track record →
Fundamentals
| Market cap | $4.63B |
|---|---|
| Stage | Early |
| Share issuance (YoY) | 96.6% · heavy issuance |
| Moat | None |
| TAM | LARGE |
| P/E (trailing) | — |
| EPS (trailing) | $-1.08 |
| Burn multiple | 78.2 |
| Gross-margin trend (pts) | — |
| Cash / assets | 0.7 |
| Accruals (%) | -12.5% |
| Net debt / EBITDA | — |
| Statements as of | Q2 FY2026 · filed 2026-08-10 |
Momentum context — describes the past, not a signal
Low reached Jul 17, 2026 · high reached Oct 6, 2025 — by daily close.
| Price | $6.09 (as of 2026-08-20) |
|---|---|
| Last session move | — |
| % off 52-wk high | -58.3% |
| RSI (14) | 55 |
| Relative volume | 0.8× |
Risk flags
Insider activity (90 days)
| Cluster buyers | 0 |
|---|---|
| Sellers | 1 |
Insider selling is routine diversification, not a bearish signal.
Analyst mix
| Strong buy | 2 |
|---|---|
| Buy | 9 |
| Hold | 4 |
| Sell | 0 |
| Strong sell | 0 |
▲ Analyst view improving — coverage 14→15 analysts over ~5 weeks (per aggregated analyst ratings)
Ratings are context, not a price target. "Momentum" = how the mix changed over recent weeks, not a forecast.
From the headlines
- Archer Aviation (ACHR) Q2 2026 Earnings Call Transcript
- Archer Guided to a $200 Million Quarterly Loss. It Has About $1.6 Billion.
AI take — daily, AI-generated
AI leans cautious
Weak early-stage profile with no visible metrics and 73% retail bullishness that lacks fundamental backing.
Generated by an AI model from the day's news — an opinion for context only. Not financial advice, not a recommendation, and not a price target.
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Data as of 2026-08-21 08:12 (end-of-day). How grades are computed →