Archer Aviation
ACHR
$5.87
+2.26%
Archer Aviation Inc. is a pre-revenue aerospace company focused on designing and developing a fully electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft for use in Urban Air Mobility (UAM) networks, aiming to create a sustainable electric airline. The company positions itself as a leading disruptor in the nascent eVTOL sector, building a platform to deliver aircraft and services across commercial and defense markets. The current investor narrative is dominated by the high-stakes race for regulatory certification and commercial deployment, with recent news highlighting government initiatives fast-tracking testing but also significant skepticism regarding the company's ability to meet production targets amid severe cash burn and an uncertain path to revenue.…
ACHR
Archer Aviation
$5.87
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ACHR 12-Month Price Forecast
Wall Street consensus
Most Wall Street analysts maintain a constructive view on Archer Aviation's 12-month outlook, with a consensus price target around $7.63 and implied upside of +30.0% versus the current price.
Average Target
$7.63
7 analysts
Implied Upside
+30.0%
vs. current price
Analyst Count
7
covering this stock
Price Range
$5 - $8
Analyst target range
The stock is covered by 7 analysts, with recent institutional ratings showing a pattern of reiterated 'Buy' or 'Overweight' ratings from firms like Needham and Canaccord Genuity, alongside 'Neutral' stances from others like JP Morgan, indicating a cautiously optimistic but not uniformly bullish consensus. The average analyst revenue estimate for the future is $2.51 billion, and the average EPS estimate is $0.1825, but a specific consensus price target and implied upside are not provided in the data, limiting the ability to quantify near-term expectations. The target range is implied by the wide dispersion in revenue estimates, with a low of $1.16 billion and a high of $4.56 billion, signaling very high uncertainty about the company's commercial trajectory; the high target likely assumes successful certification, rapid scaling, and market dominance, while the low target may factor in delays, dilution, or competitive failures.
ACHR Technical Analysis
The stock is entrenched in a severe and sustained downtrend, evidenced by a 1-year price change of -33.41% and a 6-month decline of -49.51%. With a current price of $5.70, the stock is trading near the bottom of its 52-week range, at approximately 9% of the distance from its 52-week low of $4.80 to its high of $14.62, indicating it is deeply oversold and may represent a high-risk value opportunity or a 'falling knife' scenario. Recent momentum shows a slight divergence, with a 1-month gain of 2.52% against the backdrop of a 3-month loss of -33.80%, suggesting a potential stabilization or a minor technical bounce from deeply oversold levels, though this nascent recovery is fragile. Key technical support is clearly defined at the 52-week low of $4.80, while resistance lies at the 52-week high of $14.62; a sustained breakdown below $4.80 would signal a new phase of capitulation, whereas a move above recent highs near $6.50 is needed to suggest a more meaningful reversal. The stock's extreme volatility is confirmed by a beta of 3.24, meaning it is over three times more volatile than the broader market, which necessitates outsized risk tolerance for any position.
Beta
3.24
3.24x market volatility
Max Drawdown
-63.8%
Largest decline past year
52-Week Range
$5-$15
Price range past year
Annual Return
-30.8%
Cumulative gain past year
| Period | ACHR Return | S&P 500 |
|---|---|---|
| 1m | +12.7% | +10.0% |
| 3m | -18.4% | +4.1% |
| 6m | -47.7% | +5.7% |
| 1y | -30.8% | +29.0% |
| ytd | -27.8% | +5.7% |
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ACHR Fundamental Analysis
The company is in a pure pre-revenue development phase, with minimal revenue of just $300k reported for Q4 2025, though this marks a significant milestone from zero revenue in prior quarters. Growth is not yet a meaningful metric, as the business is entirely focused on burning cash to develop its aircraft and achieve certification, with analyst estimates pointing to future revenue of approximately $2.5 billion, highlighting the massive growth expectations embedded in the valuation. Profitability is non-existent, with a substantial net loss of -$188.9 million in Q4 2025 and a deeply negative net margin of -629.7%; gross margin was 33% in that quarter, but this is based on negligible revenue and is not indicative of a scalable business model, with losses expected to continue for the foreseeable future. The balance sheet shows a strong current ratio of 19.89 and a minimal debt-to-equity ratio of 0.019, indicating ample liquidity and low leverage, which is critical for a cash-burning company; however, free cash flow over the trailing twelve months was a massive -$511.7 million, and operating cash flow in Q4 was -$129.3 million, underscoring a complete dependence on external equity financing to fund operations, as evidenced by $697.8 million in common stock issued during that quarter.
Quarterly Revenue
$300000.0B
2025-12
Revenue YoY Growth
N/A
YoY Comparison
Gross Margin
+33.00%
Latest Quarter
Free Cash Flow
$-511700000.0B
Last 12 Months
Revenue & Net Income Trends (2 Years)
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Valuation Analysis: Is ACHR Overvalued?
Given the company's deeply negative net income, the primary valuation metric selected is the Price-to-Sales (PS) ratio, as earnings-based multiples are not meaningful. The trailing PS ratio is an astronomical 15,649x, based on negligible revenue, which underscores the speculative nature of the investment, where valuation is entirely a bet on future market potential. Peer comparison is challenging due to the lack of pure-play public peers with revenue, but the extreme PS multiple reflects a premium priced for a first-mover opportunity in a hypothetical multi-billion dollar market, with no current profitability to justify it. Historically, the stock's own valuation provides little context as it has always traded on future potential, but the current price near 52-week lows suggests market sentiment has soured significantly, pricing in increased skepticism about timelines and capital needs, moving away from the euphoric multiples seen at earlier stages of its public life.
PE
-7.6x
Latest Quarter
vs. Historical
Mid-Range
5-Year PE Range -18x~-1x
vs. Industry Avg
N/A
Industry PE ~N/A*
EV/EBITDA
-6.2x
Enterprise Value Multiple

