Aqua Metals (AQMS) Share-based Compensation (2015 - 2025)

Aqua Metals (AQMS) reported Share-based Compensation of $776000.0 for Q4 2025, up 136.5% year-over-year from $328117.7 in Q4 2024, and up 71.68% quarter-over-quarter from $452000.0 in Q3 2025.

Aqua Metals (AQMS) Share-based Compensation (2015 - 2025) Analysis & Trends

Aqua Metals (AQMS) has 11 years of Share-based Compensation data on file, last reported at $776000.0 in Q4 2025.

  • Share-based Compensation for Q4 2025 came in at $776000.0, up 136.5% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Dec 2025 was $2.3 million (up 6045.95% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was $2.3 million, up 6048.65% from the prior year.
  • Share-based Compensation climbed to $776000.0 in Q4 2025 per AQMS's latest filing, from $452000.0 in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Share-based Compensation peaked at $776000.0 in Q4 2025 and troughed at -$2.1 million in Q4 2024.
  • A 5-year average of $221684.2 and a median of $599000.0 in 2023 frame the typical range for Share-based Compensation.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2021 and 2025: Share-based Compensation slumped 210.47% in 2021, then jumped 136.5% in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of Share-based Compensation shows it stood at -$1.7 million in 2021, then slipped by 1.06% to -$1.7 million in 2022, then jumped by 134.62% to $594000.0 in 2023, then sank by 457.91% to -$2.1 million in 2024, then jumped by 136.5% to $776000.0 in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows AQMS's Share-based Compensation at $776000.0 in Q4 2025, $452000.0 in Q3 2025, and $345000.0 in Q2 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Stock Comp. (Qtr)
1 GFL Environmental 257.60 Bn 257.72 Bn 218.62 Mn -
2 Waste Connections 40.67 Bn 40.56 Bn 1.01 Bn 17.59 Mn
3 Clean Harbors 15.27 Bn 14.60 Bn 445.42 Mn 9.58 Mn
4 Casella Waste Systems 5.80 Bn 5.66 Bn 148.40 Mn 2.87 Mn
5 Enviri 1.71 Bn 1.63 Bn - -
6 Onterris 611.86 Mn 600.82 Mn - -
7 American Battery Technology 405.46 Mn 366.97 Mn 737,749.00 280,278.00
8 Waste Management 201.08 Mn 44.08 Mn 2.53 Bn 52.00 Mn
9 Perma Fix Environmental Services 176.15 Mn 156.14 Mn -2.88 Mn 216,000.00
10 Aqua Metals 4.95 Mn 4.95 Mn - 776,000.00

Historic Data

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DateValue
Dec 31, 2025 776,000.00
Dec 31, 2025 776,000.00
Sep 30, 2025 452,000.00
Sep 30, 2025 452,000.00
Jun 30, 2025 345,000.00
Jun 30, 2025 345,000.00
Mar 31, 2025 701,000.00
Mar 31, 2025 701,000.00
Dec 31, 2024 -2.13 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 -2.13 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 638,000.00
Sep 30, 2024 638,000.00
Jun 30, 2024 751,000.00
Jun 30, 2024 751,000.00
Mar 31, 2024 774,000.00
Mar 31, 2024 774,000.00
Sep 30, 2023 594,000.00
Sep 30, 2023 594,000.00
Jun 30, 2023 599,000.00
Jun 30, 2023 599,000.00