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Stardust Power (SDST)
NASDAQ:SDST
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Underperform 40 (OpenAI - 5.2)
Rating:40Underperform
Price Target:
$0.51
▼(-67.53% Downside)
Action:Reiterated
Date:08/01/26
The score is held down primarily by weak financial performance (no revenue, sustained losses, cash burn, and negative equity), indicating high execution and financing risk. Technicals also remain unfavorable with the stock far below major moving averages, reflecting a strong downtrend. Valuation is difficult to support because negative earnings make P/E not meaningful and no dividend yield is provided.
Positive Factors
Domestic lithium refinery
Stardust’s core strategy to build a domestic lithium refinery aligns with durable structural trends: rising EV and energy-storage demand and onshoring of critical battery supply chains. A U.S. refinery can secure long-term offtake demand, reduce logistics/dependency risks and attract strategic customers and policy support.
Negative Factors
Pre-revenue with heavy cash burn
The company remains pre-revenue with sustained, sizable operating losses and negative cash flow, creating a persistent need for external funding. Over the next several months this increases execution risk for refinery construction, heightens refinancing and dilution probability, and constrains the ability to invest in operational scale.
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Positive Factors
Negative Factors
Domestic lithium refinery
Stardust’s core strategy to build a domestic lithium refinery aligns with durable structural trends: rising EV and energy-storage demand and onshoring of critical battery supply chains. A U.S. refinery can secure long-term offtake demand, reduce logistics/dependency risks and attract strategic customers and policy support.
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Stardust Power (SDST) vs. SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY)

Stardust Power Business Overview & Revenue Model

Company Description
Stardust Power Inc. (SDST) is a U.S.-based company focused on developing and operating lithium processing and refining capacity intended to supply battery-grade lithium products for the electric vehicle and energy storage supply chain. The company...
How the Company Makes Money
Stardust Power’s planned revenue model is to generate sales by processing lithium-bearing raw materials (such as lithium concentrates or other lithium feedstocks) and selling refined, battery-grade lithium products to customers in the battery and ...

Stardust Power Financial Statement Overview

Summary
Financials indicate a pre-revenue/non-scaling profile with persistent large net losses (TTM net loss ~ $17.1M), negative gross profit, ongoing cash burn (TTM operating cash flow ~ -$7.5M; TTM free cash flow ~ -$6.7M), and negative stockholders’ equity (TTM ~ -$7.9M). Limited absolute debt helps, but overall financing and execution risk remains very high.
Income Statement
8
Very Negative
Balance Sheet
12
Very Negative
Cash Flow
10
Very Negative
BreakdownTTMDec 2025Dec 2024Dec 2023Dec 2022Dec 2021
Income Statement
Total Revenue0.000.000.000.000.000.00
Gross Profit-3.39K-3.17K-1.82K-6.000.000.00
EBITDA-16.36M-15.20M-16.12M-3.79M15.07M4.70M
Net Income-17.15M-15.72M-23.75M-3.79M15.07M4.71M
Balance Sheet
Total Assets9.44M11.78M9.02M3.02M304.78M301.10M
Cash, Cash Equivalents and Short-Term Investments1.24M3.48M912.57K1.27M101.00K842.00K
Total Debt3.66M3.40M10.01M5.29M785.00K0.00
Total Liabilities17.30M17.59M28.41M6.76M14.84M26.23M
Stockholders Equity-7.87M-5.81M-19.39M-3.73M289.94M274.87M
Cash Flow
Free Cash Flow-6.70M-8.30M-12.37M-3.09M-1.53M-1.04M
Operating Cash Flow-7.47M-8.28M-9.72M-2.98M-1.53M-1.04M
Investing Cash Flow-2.61M-3.40M-4.79M-301.97K0.00-300.00M
Financing Cash Flow9.73M14.24M14.15M4.56M785.00K301.87M

Stardust Power Risk Analysis

Stardust Power disclosed 67 risk factors in its most recent earnings report. Stardust Power reported the most risks in the "Finance & Corporate" category.
Finance & Corporate - Financial and accounting risks. Risks related to the execution of corporate activity and strategy
Latest Risks Added 0 New Risks

Stardust Power Peers Comparison

Overall Rating
UnderperformOutperform
Sector (63)
Financial Indicators
Name
Overall Rating
Market Cap
P/E Ratio
ROE
Dividend Yield
Revenue Growth
EPS Growth
63
Neutral
$10.79B15.437.44%2.01%2.89%-14.66%
51
Neutral
$40.28M-11.42-24.98%8.26%75.52%
44
Neutral
$52.55M-0.48441.33%-280.32%
43
Neutral
$22.29M-0.22-1251.69%-73.24%53.32%
43
Neutral
$16.53M-0.051227.16%6.76%56.18%
42
Neutral
$6.51M-0.52-260.79%-54.67%-107.48%
40
Underperform
$7.78M-0.27302.33%72.29%
* Industrials Sector Average
Performance Comparison
Ticker
Company Name
Price
Change
% Change
SDST
Stardust Power
0.54
-3.58
-86.89%
OESX
Orion Energy Systems
10.10
4.20
71.24%
POLA
Polar Power
1.63
-0.33
-16.84%
GWH
ESS Tech
0.75
-0.96
-56.32%
DFLI
Dragonfly Energy Holdings Corp
1.17
-1.45
-55.34%
STI
Solidion Technology
6.30
2.81
80.52%

Stardust Power Corporate Events

Executive/Board ChangesRegulatory Filings and Compliance
Stardust Power Board Member Resigns from Committees
Neutral
Jul 24, 2026
On July 20, 2026, Stardust Power Inc. disclosed that Board member Charlotte Nangolo resigned from the Board and from the Audit and Compensation Committees, with her departure effective immediately. The company stated that Nangolo’s resignati...
Business Operations and StrategyExecutive/Board ChangesRegulatory Filings and Compliance
Stardust Power Plans Transition in Legal Leadership
Neutral
Jul 2, 2026
On June 30, 2026, Stardust Power Inc. disclosed that it would not renew the Executive Employment Agreement with its General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer and Secretary, Bruce Czachor, which was originally dated January 26, 2026. The decision s...
Executive/Board ChangesPrivate Placements and FinancingShareholder Meetings
Stardust Power Shareholders Approve Key Annual Meeting Proposals
Neutral
Jun 3, 2026
At its recent annual meeting, Stardust Power stockholders elected six directors to one-year terms expiring at the 2027 annual meeting and ratified the appointment of KNAV CPA LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal ...
Private Placements and FinancingRegulatory Filings and Compliance
Stardust Power Launches $5 Million At-The-Market Offering
Neutral
May 8, 2026
On May 8, 2026, Stardust Power Inc. entered into an at-the-market issuance sales agreement with B. Riley Securities, allowing the company to sell up to $5 million of common stock through ordinary brokerage transactions on the Nasdaq Capital Market...
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