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AMERICAN SUPERCONDUCTOR CORP /DE/ AMSC
AMERICAN SUPERCONDUCTOR CORP /DE/ (AMSC) earns a Piotroski F-score of 5/9 (mixed financial health), with an Altman Z″ in the distress zone. It does not currently pay a dividend. FY2026 revenue was $299.2M at a 44.7% net margin.
Quality score trend · recomputed for each fiscal year
Each year's score is computed from that year's filing — a rising Piotroski F or Altman Z″ means improving financial health, a fall is worth a look.
Beneish M-score: -0.81 — elevated (above the −1.78 line — aggressive-accounting signals worth a closer look) . A statistical screen for earnings manipulation, not proof — and it doesn't apply to most banks/insurers.
Analyst price target
Wall Street analyst consensus — a sentiment gauge, not our scoring.
Smart money · insiders, last 12 months
Open-market insider purchases minus sells (SEC Form 4) — real buying with their own money is a bullish “smart money” signal; grants and option exercises are excluded.
How it ranks in Manufacturing · percentile among 1957 companies
Percentile vs other Manufacturing companies we cover — e.g. “stronger than 90%” means only 10% score higher on that measure.
Piotroski F breakdown · 5/9 tests passed
- Positive return on assets
- Positive operating cash flow
- Rising ROA
- Cash flow exceeds net income
- Lower long-term debt
- Rising current ratio
- No share dilution
- Rising gross margin
- Rising asset turnover
Altman Z″ components · distress zone
| Component | Value |
|---|---|
| Working capital / assets | 0.261 |
| Retained earnings / assets | -1.253 |
| EBIT / assets | 0.015 |
| Equity / liabilities | 3.018 |
Sector peers · similar-size Manufacturing companies compare side by side →
| Ticker | Company | Piotroski F | Altman Z″ | P / E | Revenue growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AMSC | AMERICAN SUPERCONDUCTOR CORP /DE/ | 5/9 | 0.9 | 14.4 | +34.3% |
| RAYA | Erayak Power Solution Group Inc. | 3/9 | — | — | -24.6% |
| TANAF | Tian'an Technology Group Ltd | 4/9 | — | — | — |
| SCWO | 374Water Inc. | 1/9 | — | — | — |
| FELE | FRANKLIN ELECTRIC CO INC | 5/9 | 7.07 | 32.4 | +5.4% |
| GNRC | GENERAC HOLDINGS INC. | 6/9 | 4.52 | 102.8 | -2% |
| VFS | VinFast Auto Ltd. | 4/9 | -13.01 | — | +57.9% |
About AMERICAN SUPERCONDUCTOR CORP /DE/
American Superconductor Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, provides megawatt-scale power resiliency solutions worldwide. The company operates through two segments: Grid and Wind segments. The Grid segment offers products and services that enable electric utilities, industrial facilities, and traditional and renewable energy project developers to connect, transmit, and distribute power under the Gridtec Solutions brand. It provides transmission planning services, which identify power grid congestion, poor power quality, and other risks; grid interconnection solutions for wind farms and solar power plants, power quality systems, and transmission and distribution cable systems; D-VAR systems used for controlling power flow and voltage in the AC transmission system; actiVAR system, a fast-switching medium-voltage reactive compensation solution; armorVAR system installed for reactive compensation, power factor correction, loss reduction, utility bill savings, and mitigation of common power quality concerns related to power converter-based generation and load devices; D-VAR volt var optimization (VVO) that serves the distribution power grid market. This segment also offers ship protection systems, which reduce a vessel's magnetic signature; power management, power generation systems, and propulsion motors and power generators; and transformers and rectifiers; and REG systems used in a ring or loop configuration to interconnect nearby urban substations. The Wind segment designs wind turbine systems and licenses these designs to third parties under the Windtec Solutions brand. It also supplies power electronics and software-based control systems, engineered designs, and support services; and provides customer support services to wind turbine manufacturers. This segment's design portfolio comprises a range of drivetrains and power ratings of 2 megawatts and higher. The company was incorporated in 1987 and is headquartered in Ayer, Massachusetts.
FAQ
Is AMSC financially healthy?
AMERICAN SUPERCONDUCTOR CORP /DE/'s Piotroski F-score is 5/9 (8–9 is excellent, 0–3 weak), and its Altman Z″ distress score is in the distress zone.
Does AMSC pay a dividend?
No, AMERICAN SUPERCONDUCTOR CORP /DE/ does not currently pay a dividend.
How profitable is AMSC?
In FY2026, AMERICAN SUPERCONDUCTOR CORP /DE/ had a net margin of 44.7% and a return on equity of 24.1%.
What is AMSC's P/E ratio?
AMERICAN SUPERCONDUCTOR CORP /DE/'s trailing price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio is about 14.4×, based on its latest annual earnings.
What is the analyst price target for AMSC?
The average Wall-Street price target for AMERICAN SUPERCONDUCTOR CORP /DE/ is $65.33, about 102.4% above the recent price, from 3 analysts.
Is AMSC a good stock to buy?
Stocktoria doesn't give buy or sell advice, but here is the data on AMERICAN SUPERCONDUCTOR CORP /DE/: a Piotroski F-score of 5/9, an Altman Z″ in the distress zone, a P/E of about 14.4×. Weigh these quality and valuation signals against your own goals.
Computed from company filings · US · as of 2026-03-31. Facts plus Stocktoria's own computed scores — not investment advice.