ACFN
Fallen FavouriteAcorn Energy, Inc. · Technology · United States · $53M cap · $684K/day traded
$14.93 -2.1% · close 13 Nov · scored 14 Nov
Score down 1.1 since 13 Nov.
Fallen Favourite: A good business, still expensive, and its momentum is weak.
As of 14 Nov 2026, the MoatMap Score for Acorn Energy, Inc. (ACFN) is 53/100, ranked against 25,000+ stocks in 38 markets (Quality 67, Value 36, Momentum 45, each scored against its sector).
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ABOUT ACORN ENERGY, INC.
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Acorn Energy is a holding company focused on remote monitoring and control systems for energy infrastructure through its subsidiary, OmniMetrix. Its niche lies in IoT-enabled reliability services for backup power generators and gas pipelines, providing essential uptime data to industrial clients.
FINANCIAL SUMMARY (USD)
| Year | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | CAGR | TTM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Income and shares | ||||||
| Revenue | 7.0M | 8.1M | 11.0M | 11.5M | 17.9% | 9.6M |
| Net margin | -9.0% | 1.5% | 57.3% | 21.9% | +30.9 pts | — |
| EPS | -0.32 | 0.05 | 2.53 | 1.01 | 349.4% | 0.87 |
| Share count | 2.4M | 2.4M | 2.5M | 2.5M | 1.0% | 2.5M |
| Balance sheet | ||||||
| Debt | 0.3M | 0.2M | 98.0K | 1.0M | 45.8% | 1.0M |
| Equity | -1.0M | -0.8M | 5.5M | 8.3M | 48.9% | — |
| Debt/equity | n/m | n/m | 0.0x | 0.1x | — | — |
| Cash flow | ||||||
| Op. cash flow | 31.0K | 72.0K | 0.9M | 2.1M | 307.0% | 1.5M |
| Cash flow margin | 0.4% | 0.9% | 8.2% | 18.2% | +17.8 pts | 15.3% |
| Investing CF | -0.3M | -78.0K | -56.0K | -33.0K | — | — |
| Financing CF | 5.0K | 5.0K | 28.0K | 71.0K | — | — |
No clear trend: not near its 52-week low, and not in a steady uptrend.
Swung more than 83% of stocks we rank over the past year (volatility 71% a year).
How this is worked out
The Price check reads only the chart, the price side of the Momentum score in words; it is not the MoatMap Score.
- Still falling: It set a new 52-week low in the last two weeks, after a deep fall.
- Finding a floor: It fell hard, but has set no new low for more than two weeks.
- Turning up: It has climbed off its low and is back above a rising 50-day average.
- In an uptrend: It is near its 52-week high and above its 200-day average.
- No clear trend (this stock): None of the above: no recent deep fall and no steady climb.
- No read yet: Not enough price history yet: it needs a year of trading.
In past US falls, waiting for Turning up cut the chance of another 20% drop from 42% to 33%. Returns were no better, and 33% of turns failed.
The exact rules
Still falling is a new 52-week low in the last two weeks, at least 25% below the high, with the low set after the high. Finding a floor is the same fall with no new low in the last two weeks. Turning up is 20 or more trading days without a new low, at least 10% off it, and back above a rising 50-day average. In an uptrend is above the 200-day average, with the 50-day average above the 200-day, and within 15% of the high. No clear trend is everything else. No read yet is under 252 trading days of history, or missing data. A new state shows once it has held for three trading days.
In 2,112 US drawdowns since 2001, buying while the price was still falling was followed by a further 20% drop 42% of the time. Waiting for a turn (the Turning up rule above) cut that to 33%, at about 7% higher prices and with no better returns. Part of that cut is simply not buying: 13% of falls never turned, and waiting kept those out. Among turns that were bought, 38% still fell another 20%, and 33% of turns were followed by a new low within six months. The benefit was largest in crashes such as 2008 and 2020.
What it measures: how much the price moved day to day over the past year, scaled to a yearly figure (annualised volatility) and ranked against every stock we cover. Very calm under 20% a year, Calm 20 to 30%, Average 30 to 40%, Bumpy 40 to 55%, Very bumpy above that.
What we found: across about 13,500 stocks in 34 markets (2002 to 2025), past swings were a good guide to the next year's, and bumpier stocks fell further. How much further changed too much between eras to put a number on it.
Calm is not safe: a calm stock can still slide steadily.
Rules fixed before any data was fetched. Describes the chart, not a recommendation.
SCORE BREAKDOWN
FUNDAMENTALS
SECTOR PEERS
Closest peers in Technology, ranked by industry match, size, and score similarity. Cross-listings of ACFN are excluded.
| Ticker | Company | Mkt Cap | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| ACFN | Acorn Energy, Inc.(you) | $53M | 53 |
| LGL | The LGL Group, Inc. | $85M | 40 |
| MIND | MIND Technology, Inc. | $50M | 24 |
| SOTK | Sono-Tek Corporation | $83M | 79 |
| ASTC | Astrotech Corporation | $52M | 15 |
| GNSS | Genasys Inc. | $67M | 15 |
| WRAP | Wrap Technologies, Inc. | $75M | 12 |
| IKE.NZ | ikeGPS Group Limited | $111M | 18 |
| MVIS | MicroVision, Inc. | $56M | 1 |
| MLAB | Mesa Laboratories, Inc. | $720M | 69 |
Peer medians: ROE 5.7% · P/E 29.5x · Gross margin 52.2%
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