NYSE Arca: UMAC

Unusual Machines (UMAC) Stock Analysis & Forecast

Oct 12 close

$19.64−1.19 (−5.7%)

Gekko Brief

AI summaryOct 12 close

Unusual Machines slipped this week amid a string of Needham notes reiterating a Buy rating and a $40.00 price target, citing production progress observed during a facility tour, strong demand for the company's low-cost C-UAS interceptors, and advancements toward 100,000 motors per month. Shareholders also backed leadership at the 2026 Annual Meeting, electing five directors, ratifying Ernst & Young LLP as auditor, and approving a warrant grant to the CEO. A separate note pointed out that the stock has lost 36% since mid-August even as Needham's Austin Bohlig sees 83% upside from the $21.88 close on 7 October.

UMAC closed at $19.64, down 5.7%, sitting between its 50-day average of $24.54 and 200-day average of $18.99, with a 1-month return of -14.4% against a 6-month gain of 40.3%. The GekkoIndex reads 66.5, placing the stock in the Accumulation zone, up 3.7 over five days. Price sits 25.7% below Gekko Fair Value of $26.43.

Earnings are set for 5 November, 23 days out and inside a typical 20-day holding window; the last report showed EPS of -$0.16 matching estimate with a 1.5% reaction, against an average absolute move of 6.9%. Six analysts carry a consensus Buy with a $39 target, implying 98.6% consensus upside. No insider, Congress or unusual options activity appears in the respective 90-day and 30-day windows, leaving the upcoming report as the main scheduled catalyst.

Written by AI from the Oct 12, 2026 close and checked automatically against the figures on this page.

Unusual Machines price vs fair value

$26.43$19.64Oct ’25Apr ’26Oct ’26
Close $19.64200-day averageGekko Fair Value $26.43

Unusual Machines quick facts

Market cap
$938.7M
P/E ratio
—
Forward P/E
67.6
EPS, TTM
−$0.25
Revenue, TTM
$31.85M
Profit margin
-20.3%
Dividend yield
—
Beta
14.73
Volume
2.34M avg 2.56M
1-year return
+28.8%
Typical daily move
±8%
Typical 20-day move
±21.9%
50-day average
$24.54
200-day average
$18.99
Next earnings
Nov 5 before open
Shares outstanding
49.96M
52-week range
$7.25$34.93

Unusual Machines swing-trade checklist

Unusual Machines scores 2 supportive, 1 mixed and 1 headwind across the 4 checklist items with data.

Six things swing traders check before a 20-day hold, read from the latest data.

2 supportive1 mixed1 headwind

  • Trendmixed

    Averages disagree

    Close $19.64 sits between the 50-day ($24.54) and 200-day ($18.99) averages, or the averages disagree.

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  • GekkoIndexsupportive

    66.5, Accumulation

    Reading 66.5 is in the Accumulation zone.

    See the GekkoIndex
  • Fair valuesupportive

    25.7% below

    Price is 25.7% below Gekko Fair Value (more than 5% below).

    See fair value
  • Smart moneyno data

    No data

    No insider, Congress or unusual options activity in the window.

    See smart money
  • Earnings riskheadwind

    Reports in 24 days

    Reports on Nov 5, 2026, 24 days away — inside a typical 20-trading-day hold.

    See earnings
  • Seasonalityno data

    No data

    Not enough years of history for a seasonal read.

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Unusual Machines stock chart and price history

Unusual Machines closed at $19.64 on Oct 12, 2026, +28.8% over the past year, inside a 52-week range of $7.25 to $34.93.

Close50-day average200-day averageVolume
Unusual Machines share price, past year, with 50-day and 200-day moving averages and volume$10$15$25$30$35NovDecJan 2026FebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOct19.64

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Performance Breakdown

1 month
−14.4%
3 months
+5.1%
6 months
+40.3%
1 year
+28.8%
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About Unusual Machines

Unusual Machines makes its living in the commercial drone space, supplying small drones along with the core parts that go into them. Its products reach buyers through a mix of direct business-to-business sales, an online store, and retail outlets, giving it several paths into the market rather than relying on one channel alone.

Beyond selling hardware, the company works with Lantronix Inc. on a joint effort to build autonomous drone components that pair edge AI processing with flight control systems, pointing to an interest in more capable, self-operating aircraft technology alongside its standard product lines.

The company was incorporated in 2019 and originally operated as AerocarveUS Corporation before taking the Unusual Machines name in July 2022. It is based in Orlando, Florida, and its shares trade on NYSE Arca under the ticker UMAC.

Listed
NYSE Arca
Sector
Electronic technology
Industry
Electronic equipment/Instruments
Website
unusualmachines.com

Unusual Machines GekkoIndex: the smart money zone

Unusual Machines’s GekkoIndex — Gekko’s 0 to 100 smart money score — reads 66.5, in the Accumulation zone, up 3.7 points over five sessions.

010066.5Accumulation

Up 3.7 points over five sessions.

Reading for Oct 12, 2026

What followed past readings in each zone

ZoneReadings5 days10 days20 days50 days
Buying19+4.4%+20.3%+18.4%+16.6%
Accumulation (current zone)242Not available
Neutral334+3.0%+8.3%+13.3%+47.7%
Distribution57Not available
Selling9Too few readings yet

Average UMAC share-price change over the trading days after each daily reading in its GekkoIndex history. Across every stock Gekko tracks, Accumulation readings averaged +2.2% over 20 days. Past behaviour doesn’t guarantee future results.

Accumulation zone: Institutional interest building. About the five zones →

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Is Unusual Machines stock overvalued? Gekko Fair Value

Unusual Machines trades 25.7% below Gekko Fair Value of $26.43, so the shares are undervalued on Gekko’s estimate.

Gekko’s own estimate of what Unusual Machines shares are worth, recalculated every trading day.

$26.43

Gekko Fair Value, Oct 10, 2026

25.7% Undervalued

At the end of Aug 2026 the price was 28.9% below the estimate.

Gekko Fair ValueShare price, month end
$26$21Aug 2026SepOct 2026

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Unusual Machines insider and Congress trading

No open-market insider purchases were filed for Unusual Machines, and no Congress trades were disclosed, in the last 90 days.

Plus buybacks, unusual options and fund positions, each dated to when it became public.

Insider buying last 90 days

No open-market insider purchases were filed for UMAC in the last 90 days.

From Form 4 filings, dated to when each was filed.

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Congress trades last 90 days

No trades in UMAC were disclosed by members of Congress in the last 90 days.

From congressional disclosures, which report amounts as ranges.

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Hedge funds and billionaires quarter ended Sep 30

0of the funds Gekko tracks hold UMAC.

0added0opened0trimmed1sold out
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Unusual Machines earnings: next date and track record

Unusual Machines reports on Nov 5, 2026, before the open (24 days away), and beat the EPS estimate in 2 of its last 7 reports.

2 of 7reports beat the EPS estimate
±6.9%average move across the report
4 of 8reports followed by a gain

Share-price move across each report

−8.1%Nov ’24−3.7%Mar ’25+4.7%May ’25−5.7%Aug ’25−11.1%Nov ’25+12.5%Mar ’26+8.2%May ’26+1.5%Aug ’26

Last earnings call, Aug 6, 2026 AI summary

What they said
Unusual Machines reported Q2 2026 revenue of $16.7 million, representing 687% year-over-year growth and 107% sequential growth, driven entirely by Enterprise customers (95% of revenue). Gross margin was 34.7% while adjusted EBITDA loss narrowed to $400K from $1.6M in Q1. GAAP net loss was $7.8 million ($0.16/share). The company raised $60 million via ATM and holds $367.5 million in working capital with no debt.
Guidance
Management expects continued margin fluctuations through remainder of 2026 due to growth initiatives, with margins anticipated to recover as manufacturing scales. Operating expenses will increase with additional hiring and manufacturing expansion.
ReportedEPSSurpriseRevenueSurpriseMove
Aug 6, 2026−$0.16
est −$0.16
0.0%$16.72M
est $9.19M
+81.9%+1.5%
May 14, 2026$0.21
est −$0.08
+362.5%$8.10M
est $5.54M
+46.3%+8.2%
Mar 9, 2026−$0.30
est −$0.09
−215.8%$4.90M
est $3.59M
+36.4%+12.5%
Nov 6, 2025−$0.03
est $0.13
−123.1%$2.13M
est $3.59M
−40.5%−11.1%
Aug 14, 2025−$0.32
est −$0.07
−357.1%$2.12M
est $2.88M
−26.3%−5.7%
May 8, 2025−$0.21
est −$0.12
−75.0%$2.04M
est $1.68M
+21.5%+4.7%
Mar 27, 2025−$0.06
est −$0.12
+50.0%$2.00M
est $2.25M
−10.9%−3.7%
Nov 14, 2024−$0.30—$1.53M—−8.1%

“Move” is the close of the first session after the report compared with the close of the last session before it, so it reads the same whether the company reported before the open or after the close.

Unusual Machines stock forecast and analyst price targets

Analysts’ average 12-month price target for Unusual Machines is $39.00, +98.6% from the last close, from 6 firms rating the stock in the last 90 days.

$39.00consensus 12-month target, +98.6% from the last close
Low $30High $42
Buy6
Hold0
Sell0

Each firm’s latest rating in the last 90 days: 6 firms.

Latest analyst actions

DateFirmRatingTargetvs price
Oct 7NeedhamBuy, reiterated$40+103.7%
Sep 22H.C. WainwrightBuy, maintained$42+113.8%
Aug 17ThinkEquityBuy, maintained$35+78.2%
Aug 12Piper SandlerBuy, initiated$38+93.5%
Aug 11Roth MKMBuy, reiterated$40+103.7%
±8%typical daily move, from the 14-day average range

Gekko doesn’t publish price predictions. These are analyst targets and historical base rates, which don’t guarantee future results.

Unusual Machines market cap and key statistics

Unusual Machines’s market cap is $938.7M and revenue of $31.85M over the last twelve months.

Valuation

Market cap
$938.7M
Forward P/E
67.6
EPS, TTM
−$0.25
Gekko Fair Value
$26.43

Trading

Volume
2.34M
Avg volume, 20 days
2.56M
52-week high
$34.93
52-week low
$7.25
Shares outstanding
49.96M

Financials

Revenue, TTM
$31.85M
Profit margin
-20.3%
Return on equity
-2.9%
Quarterly earnings growth, YoY
0.0%

Risk and income

Beta
14.73
Typical daily move
±8%
Typical 20-day move
±21.9%

Unusual Machines stock news this week

Coverage of Unusual Machines this week reads positive: 7 positive, 5 neutral and 0 negative headlines.

News sentiment positive

Unusual Machines peers

Unusual Machines’s 6 largest industry peers by market value, with today’s move, GekkoIndex zone and gap to Gekko Fair Value.

StockTodayGekkoIndex zonevs Fair Value
EMREmerson Electric+0.4%Neutral16.0% above
KEYSKeysight Technologies−1.1%Neutral17.2% above
QQnity Electronics−1.7%Neutral3.5% below
FTVFortive+0.2%Neutral0.3% below
ONTOOnto Innovation−5.6%Neutral4.7% below
NXTNextpower−1.0%Neutral18.3% below

A peer links to its own page where one exists.

In the Buying zone today

Reporting earnings this week

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Unusual Machines stock FAQ

What is Unusual Machines’s market cap?

Unusual Machines’s market cap is $938.7M at the Oct 12, 2026 close of $19.64, with 49.96M shares outstanding.

What is the Unusual Machines stock forecast?

The consensus analyst 12-month price target for Unusual Machines is $39.00, +98.6% from the last close. Of the 6 firms that rated the stock in the last 90 days, 6 rate it a buy, 0 a hold and 0 a sell. Gekko doesn’t publish price predictions of its own.

Is Unusual Machines stock overvalued or undervalued?

On Gekko’s estimate Unusual Machines is undervalued: the Oct 12, 2026 close of $19.64 is 25.7% below Gekko Fair Value of $26.43. Gekko Fair Value is recalculated every trading day, and a gap inside 5% either way counts as about fair value.

When does Unusual Machines report earnings next?

Unusual Machines is expected to report on Nov 5, 2026, before the market opens (24 days away). Analysts expect earnings of −$0.16 per share on revenue of $12.18M. Unusual Machines beat the earnings estimate in 2 of its last 7 reports, moving 6.9% on average across the report.

What is Unusual Machines’s 52-week high and low?

Unusual Machines’s 52-week high is $34.93 and its 52-week low is $7.25; it closed at $19.64 on Oct 12, 2026, +28.8% over the past year.

Is Unusual Machines stock a buy right now?

Gekko describes the data; it does not make buy or sell recommendations. On the swing-trade checklist, 2 of the 4 items with data read as supportive (gekkoindex and fair value), 1 as mixed (trend) and 1 as a headwind (earnings risk). The checklist is a description of current data, not a recommendation.

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