Basic Materials
Live Price
Offline$4.24
+0.24% today
1Y Change
+7.34%
Window
Jun 27, 2025 โ Jun 18, 2026
Coverage: 245 bars ยท Jun 27, 2025 โ Jun 18, 2026
Research Briefing
A compact read on the setup, peer context, quarterly changes, and recent earnings reaction.
Research Snapshot
FutureFuel Corp. (FF) is a Basic Materials stock with a market cap of $210.00M and listed on NYSE. The stock last traded around $4.24 and up 7.3% across the available one-year price window (Jun 27, 2025 โ Jun 18, 2026). Baseline metrics include revenue growth of -60.7%, EPS growth of -422.9%, a dividend yield of 5.0%. What stands out right now is revenue -60.7%, EPS -422.9%, free cash flow -553.7% with operating margin -56.0% and ROIC -30.7%. The dividend matters to the case here, with a current yield around 5.0%. Valuation is more restrained than many high-expectation growth names at price/sales 2.2. Overall, the current profile looks closer to a turnaround or cyclical reset than a generic broad-market placeholder. Stock Foundry combines FF price history, valuation, growth, dividend context, earnings, analyst forecasts, news, related Basic Materials peers on this page.
Sector Context
How this name stacks up against nearby peers on first-pass metrics.
Revenue Growth
Below sector median
-60.7% vs 0.0% peer median
Operating Margin
Below sector median
-56.0% vs +10.5% peer median
What Changed This Quarter
Latest report context and the signals most likely to have changed the story.
Latest report is on the board
2026 was reported on May 11, 2026, but the surprise data is still limited.
The operating picture looks softer than before
Revenue is at -60.7% and EPS is at -422.9%, with operating margin around -56.0%.
Shareholder return is still part of the story
The stock is still offering a dividend yield around 5.0%, which matters if the thesis depends on income as much as growth.
Earnings Reaction Memory
How the stock has tended to move after recent reports.
Across the last 3 reported quarters, the stock averaged -16.4% over the next 5 trading days and finished higher after 0 of those reports.
| Quarter | EPS ฮ | 1D | 5D | 20D |
|---|---|---|---|---|
2026 May 11, 2026 | โ | -15.9% | -12.8% | -6.8% |
2026 Mar 16, 2026 | โ | -6.8% | -20.1% | -2.8% |
2025 Nov 10, 2025 | โ | -11.3% | -16.2% | -18.6% |
Benchmark Edge
Normalized return, excess return, max drawdown, and calendar-year wins against the benchmarks investors actually use.
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Normalized return
SPY
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S&P 500
Excess Return
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Relative to SPY
FF Max Drawdown
-31.00%
Trailing 1Y
SPY Max Drawdown
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Trailing 1Y
Uses the longest available daily history for FF and SPY.

Company Overview
FutureFuel Corp.
New York Stock Exchange
FutureFuel Corp., through its subsidiary, FutureFuel Chemical Company, manufactures and sells diversified chemical, bio-based fuel, and bio-based specialty chemical products in the United States. The company operates through two segments, Chemicals and Biofuels. The Chemicals segment provides various custom chemicals that are used in the agricultural chemical, coatings, chemical intermediates, industrial and consumer cleaning, oil and gas, and specialty polymers industries; and performance chemicals, such as polymer modifiers, glycerin products, and various specialty chemicals and solvents. The Biofuels segment is involved in the production and sale of biodiesel and petrodiesel blends; and the buying, sale, and shipping of refined petroleum products on common carrier pipelines. This segment markets its biodiesel products directly to customers through trucks, rail, and barges. FutureFuel Corp. is headquartered in Saint Louis, Missouri.
Valuation, growth, profitability, and balance sheet signals.
Company announcements and filings-style updates.
Next Step
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