Expion360 heads into tomorrow's earnings call carrying the weight of a fresh revenue miss, a month-long price collapse, and shorts that have already largely exited — leaving a very different setup than just weeks ago.
The most striking shift in the data is the near-complete unwind of short positioning. Short interest has dropped 81% over the past month to just 0.41% of the float — an aggressive retreat that accelerated sharply last week, falling another 48% after Q1 results hit May 15. Borrow availability has swung from tight to openly loose, now at 756% of outstanding short interest, meaning there are roughly seven-and-a-half shares available to borrow for every one currently lent out. That compares to a 52-week low of under 1%. Cost to borrow, while still elevated at 12.98% annualised, has eased about 12% over the past week — consistent with a market where demand for borrows has dried up. The ORTEX short score has retreated from the mid-40s to 39.2, a modest but directional decline.
The Q1 numbers explain the retreat. Revenue came in at $1.57M, down from $2.05M a year earlier, with EPS of -$0.17 — an improvement from -$0.37 a year ago but still deep in loss territory. The stock fell 10.4% on the day of that announcement and is now down 39% over the past month to $0.51. The closest correlated peers also had a rough week: fell 21% and dropped 15%, suggesting sector-wide pressure rather than a purely company-specific selldown.
Against that backdrop, the bull case rests on the company's partnership expansion with Forest River, which added the Georgetown and Dynamax Grand Sport RV lines just yesterday. That signals continued commercial traction for Expion360's lithium battery systems — a tangible operational development heading into the call. Bears point to the revenue trend: top-line contraction is widening the cash burn gap, and ORTEX factor scores flag significant financial stress, with an F-Score of 2 and a deeply negative return on assets.
With the stock near penny-stock territory and institutional ownership thin — Geode Capital built a position in Q1, but the largest holders are overwhelmingly small — tomorrow's print is less about one earnings number and more about whether management can articulate a credible path from partnership announcements to revenue growth that arrests the slide.
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