Almonty Industries: Wolfram Producer's Record Quarter Collides With a 30% Monthly Slide
Published on 08/02/2026 at 16:43 | Redaktion boerse-global.de
The arithmetic of Almonty Industries' current market position is jarring. The tungsten producer just posted its strongest quarterly performance on record, with revenue more than tripling year over year — and yet its share price has shed roughly a third of its value in a single month. That disconnect between the operational story and the trading tape has left investors trying to reconcile two very different versions of the same company.
The stock closed Friday at C$15.51, down 4.96% on the session. The weekly decline stands at 17.54%, while the monthly drop has reached 30.29%. For anyone who has held the shares for the past year, however, the picture looks altogether different: the equity is still up 205.92% over twelve months, a reminder of just how far the stock had run before this correction took hold.
A Long Way From the Peak
At current levels, Almonty trades 53.49% below its 52-week high of C$33.35, which was reached on April 17, 2026. The technical backdrop points to a market in distress: the 14-day relative strength index sits at 32.7, firmly in oversold territory, while the annualized 30-day volatility reading of 89.34% underscores just how jittery trading in the name has become.
That kind of turbulence is hardly new for Almonty. The stock has long been categorized as a highly volatile small-cap resource play, one whose price tends to swing sharply on news flow. The current episode, though, coincides with a structural overhaul of where and how the shares trade.
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Consolidating the Listing Footprint
Almonty has received approval from the Australian Securities Exchange to delist, with the withdrawal set to be completed by September 1, 2026. Australian depositary interests will cease trading on August 28. That follows a similar move in Toronto: as of the close on July 31, 2026, Almonty has voluntarily left the Toronto Stock Exchange. The shares now trade exclusively on the Nasdaq under the ticker ALM, alongside the Frankfurt listing.
Management has cited dwindling volumes in Australia as the rationale for the exit. The proportion of shares held there had fallen to roughly 0.80% of all outstanding stock by mid-July. Concentrating trading on Nasdaq and Frankfurt, the company argues, should pool liquidity more efficiently.
The transition has unfolded against an already fragile tape. For shareholders who bought in during the recent rally, the pullback has been punishing; longer-term holders are sitting on substantial gains despite the slide. The gap between those two experiences speaks to the intensity of the sentiment swing — a familiar pattern for small-cap miners with tightly held floats.
Fresh Capital, New Dilution Questions
June brought a significant balance-sheet boost. Almonty placed an oversubscribed convertible bond offering of US$700 million, carrying a 2.25% coupon and maturing in 2031. The initial conversion price of approximately US$27.40 per share sat roughly 32.5% above the last closing price before the placement.
That liquidity gives the company meaningful financial headroom. But the convertible structure also carries a potential dilution overhang should bondholders elect to convert. Adding to the pressure, filings from July showed insider selling by directors, a data point that has not gone unnoticed by the market.
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Sangdong Ramps Up
The operational picture, by contrast, has rarely looked better. First-quarter 2026 revenue jumped 221% year over year to US$25.4 million, propelled by record tungsten prices. Adjusted EBITDA came in at US$6.1 million, a dramatic swing from the US$2.4 million loss recorded in the same period a year earlier.
As of March 31, Almonty held a cash position of US$259.9 million and working capital of US$169.5 million. The revenue surge traces directly to the ramp-up of the Sangdong mine in South Korea, which was officially commissioned in March 2026.
The next quarterly report is due in mid-August and will be the first real test of whether Sangdong's production trajectory, combined with elevated tungsten prices, can translate into sustained profitability. Until then, the shares are likely to remain a volatile trade as the market weighs the operational momentum against the mechanics of the listing transition and the overhang of the convertible.
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