SOLESENCE INC (SLSN)
Materials · Specialty engineered ingredients for personal care and cosmetics · NASDAQ
A specialty materials firm providing advanced mineral-based particle engineering and manufacturing services for the personal care and sunscreen industry.
What SOLESENCE INC does
Solésence develops and manufactures engineered particle materials, coatings, and formulations for use in sunscreen lotions, cosmetics, and personal care products. The company operates two manufacturing and research facilities in the Chicago area—a 36,000 square-foot headquarters and R&D facility in Romeoville, Illinois, and a 261,000 square-foot production and warehouse facility in Bolingbrook, Illinois. Its manufacturing processes are registered under FDA, ISO 9001, ISO 22716, and ISO 14001 standards. The company generates revenue through the sale of particle-based ingredients and fully formulated sunscreen and cosmetic products to brand partners.
Themes: Mineral sunscreen / UV protection, Personal care ingredients, Engineered materials, Contract manufacturing / formulation
Fundamentals
- Price$0.95 as of 2026-08-21 close
- Market cap$67M as of 2026-08-21
- 1-year return-72.7% 2025-08-21 close $3.48 → 2026-08-21 close $0.95
- P/E75.57 as of 2026-08-24
- Net margin+1.6% as of 2026-08-24
- Gross margin+26.5% as of 2026-08-24
- ROE+5.4% as of 2026-08-24
- Debt / equity0.80 as of 2026-08-24
- Revenue growth (YoY)+5.8% as of 2026-08-24
- Revenue CAGR (3y)+18.5% SEC XBRL
- Beta1.41 as of 2026-08-24
- Last reported earnings2026-08-20 SEC EDGAR Form 8-K (Item 2.02)
How SLSN compares in its sector
- price-to-earnings ratiotop 10% 94 covered Materials peers, as of 2026-08-24
- net profit marginmiddle range 142 covered Materials peers, as of 2026-08-24
- operating marginmiddle range 142 covered Materials peers, as of 2026-08-24
- gross marginmiddle range 141 covered Materials peers, as of 2026-08-24
- return on equitymiddle range 151 covered Materials peers, as of 2026-08-24
- 3-year revenue CAGRtop 25% 127 covered Materials peers
Position among covered Materials companies that report each metric (minimum 5 peers). A relative position within our covered catalog — not a valuation, quality, or investment judgment. A higher percentile is simply a higher value (for P/E, more expensive on earnings — never "better"). Informational only.
How SOLESENCE INC looks technically
SOLESENCE INC (SLSN) is trading 30.6% below its 200-day average, the long-term trend line — a long-term downtrend. Its 50-day average crossed below its 200-day average about 188 trading days ago — a "death cross", a bearish long-term signal. There is no clear trend right now — the price is choppy (ADX, a 0–100 trend-strength gauge, is 17, below the 25 that marks a real trend). Momentum is neutral — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 49, neither overbought (above 70) nor oversold (below 30). MACD, a trend-momentum gauge, turned bearish about 4 trading days ago (its momentum flipped negative). It made a new 20-day high about 13 trading days ago. It is 79.1% below its highest point of the past year. Trading volume is unusually light — only about 15% of its 30-day average.
Trend
8
| Distance from the 200-day | it is trading 30.6% below its 200-day average, the long-term trend line — a long-term downtrend | -30.6% |
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| 50-day moving average | its average price over the last 50 trading days — a short-term trend line — is $0.9508 | $0.9508 |
| 200-day moving average | its average price over the last 200 trading days — the long-term trend line — is $1.37 | $1.37 |
| Swing structure | each recent peak has been higher than the one before it and each dip has been shallower — the pattern chart-watchers call an uptrend, which describes where price has already been and not where it goes next | higher highs and higher lows |
| Last swing turn | its last significant turn was a swing high 11 calendar days ago — the swings before that are what the structure reading is measured on | 11 sessions |
| Wave structure | its recent swings can be read as a completed three-part upward correction — a pullback in the A-B-C shape Elliott-wave chartists use; the labelling fails if price closes above 1.14. It is the only labelling that fits, and it describes the swings already printed, not what comes next. | possible three-wave upward correction, complete |
| Since the 50/200 cross | its 50-day average crossed below its 200-day average about 188 trading days ago — a "death cross", a bearish long-term signal | 188 sessions |
| Trend strength (14-day ADX) | there is no clear trend right now — the price is choppy (ADX, a 0–100 trend-strength gauge, is 17, below the 25 that marks a real trend) | 17.1 |
Momentum
3
| 14-day RSI | momentum is neutral — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 49, neither overbought (above 70) nor oversold (below 30) | 49.4 |
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| Position in its 14-day range | it is trading in the lower half of its 14-day range ($0.8 to $1.14) — its "stochastic" reading is 44 out of 100, where 0 would mean closing exactly at the 14-session low and 100 exactly at the high. This measures WHERE the price sits inside its recent range, which is a different question from the RSI beside it: RSI is a momentum gauge, measuring how FAST the price has been moving, so a stock can drift quietly to the bottom of its range with an ordinary RSI, or fall sharply and still sit in the middle. It has been slipping within that range over the last few sessions. | 44.1 |
| Since the MACD crossed zero | MACD, a trend-momentum gauge, turned bearish about 4 trading days ago (its momentum flipped negative) | 4 sessions |
Range
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| 52-week high | its highest closing price over the past year (about 252 trading days) was $4.55 | $4.55 |
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| From the 52-week high | it is 79.1% below its 52-week high (its highest price of the past year) | -79.1% |
| Above the 52-week low | it is 55.7% above its 52-week low (its lowest price of the past year) | +55.7% |
| Below the 52-week high | it is 79.1% below its highest point of the past year | 79.1% |
| Since a 20-day breakout | it made a new 20-day high about 13 trading days ago | 13 sessions |
| Since a 55-day breakout | it made a new 55-day low about 28 trading days ago | 28 sessions |
| All-time high | its highest closing price on record is $22.06 (set on 2000-03-07) | $22.06 |
| Given back of the 52-week move | over the past year its closes ranged ($0.64 to $4.36), and it has recovered only a small part of its fall from last year’s high — 8% of it. Chart-watchers call 61.8%-65% given back the "golden pocket" — for this company that is $2.94 to $3.06. It is watched widely enough that orders cluster there, which is the honest reason it matters; it is not a forecast. | 8.3% |
| From the all-time high | it is 95.7% below its all-time high | -95.7% |
| Nearest price level | it is trading 16.1% above a support level at $0.7972 — a price it turned at twice since 2026-03-31, most recently on 2026-07-30. Since 2024-08-21 it has 1 such level below the current price and 10 above. Levels like these describe where the price has reversed or paused before; they are not a forecast of where it will go. | -16.1% |
| All-time low | its lowest closing price on record is $0.15 (set on 2012-03-20) | $0.15 |
| Above the all-time low | it is 533.3% above its all-time low | +533.3% |
Volatility
5
| Band width vs its own 6 months | day-to-day price swings are about average versus its own recent 6-month history | 36th percentile |
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| Typical daily range | in a typical session it travels about $0.1196 between its high and its low — about 12.6% of its price. That is its "average true range" over the last 14 sessions, which also counts the distance from the previous close, so a day that opens well away from yesterday counts as the large move it was | $0.1196 |
| Bollinger bands (20-day, ±2σ) | most of its recent trading has stayed between about $0.83 and $1.12 — the "Bollinger bands", a range drawn two standard deviations either side of its 20-day average price, which widens when the stock gets more volatile and narrows when it settles | $0.83 – $0.97 – $1.12 |
| Typical daily range (% of price) | its price moves about 12.6% in a typical session — among the most volatile in the catalog. This is the average gap between a session's high and low over the last 14 sessions, counting overnight moves, expressed against the current price so it can be compared with companies trading at any price | 12.6% |
| Stretch from the 200-day average | it is trading 3.5 daily ranges below its 200-day average price (30.6% below it in plain percentage terms) — a way of asking how far it has stretched from its own average in units of how far it normally moves in a day, so a calm company and a jumpy one can be compared on the same scale | 3.5 daily ranges below its 200-day average |
Volume
1
| Volume vs its 30-day average | trading volume is unusually light — only about 15% of its 30-day average | 0.15× |
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Candlestick patterns
3
| Since a doji | 2 sessions ago it opened and closed at almost the same price after trading through a wider range — a "doji", the classic picture of buyers and sellers finishing the session level | 2 sessions ago |
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| Since a hammer | 7 sessions ago, after a stretch of decline, it sold off hard during the session and then closed back near its high — a "hammer", the long lower wick showing the drop was bought back before the close | 7 sessions ago |
| Since a bullish engulfing | 1 session ago it opened below the previous session's close and finished above that session's open — a "bullish engulfing" pair, where one up day more than undid the down day before it | 1 session ago |
Price gaps
3
| Gap at the open | it opened on 2026-08-21 2.1% below the previous session's close — an overnight gap, the part of the move that happened while the market was shut, and traded back through that level before the close | -2.1% |
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| Open gap | it gapped 7.8% above the previous close 21 sessions ago and has not traded back through the level it left behind at 0.77 — an "unfilled gap", which describes a price range no trade has since crossed and is not a forecast that it will be crossed | +7.8% |
| Gap filled | a 2.1% gap down opened on 2026-08-21 has been "filled" today — price traded back through the level the gap left behind, and it closed again during the very session that opened it | today |
Price streaks
1
| Closing streak | it closed lower in its latest session, after a session that did not close lower — a single down day rather than a run | 1 session down |
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Relative strength
4
| vs market, 1 month | over the past 1 month this stock beat the market by 21.0 percentage points (the stock gained 23.4% while the market gained 2.3%) | +21.1% |
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| vs market, 3 months | over the past 3 months this stock lagged the market by 27.7 percentage points (the stock lost 24.6% while the market gained 3.1%) | -27.7% |
| vs market, 6 months | over the past 6 months this stock lagged the market by 36.3 percentage points (the stock lost 25.2% while the market gained 11.1%) | -36.3% |
| vs market, 12 months | over the past 12 months this stock lagged the market by 93.2 percentage points (the stock lost 72.7% while the market gained 20.5%) | -93.2% |
Signal agreement
2
| Bullish technical signals | 0 of the 9 technical signals we can compute for it are currently in a bullish state — these describe past price behaviour, not a forecast | 0 of 9 |
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| Bearish technical signals | 4 of the 9 technical signals we can compute for it are currently in a bearish state: a "death cross" — its 50-day average is below its 200-day, trading below its 200-day average, MACD momentum is negative, lagging the market over 6 months — these describe past price behaviour, not a forecast | 4 of 9 |
Trend (Ichimoku cloud)
1
| Vs the Ichimoku cloud | trading inside the Ichimoku cloud — a band drawn from where its own highs and lows sat up to 2026-07-15 and projected forward over today's price, the zone traders read as unresolved — neither side has established a trend, and the band is where that gets settled. The band itself is thick, spanning 20.8% of the share price, which is taken to mean a barrier that has held for a while and takes effort to cross. | 0.0% |
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Volume-weighted price
1
| Vs this year’s average price paid | the price is 7% below the average price paid so far this year, so the typical buyer over that stretch is under water. That average is $1.02 — a volume-weighted average of daily closes over 159 sessions, not a true tick-by-tick VWAP. | -7.2% |
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Price levels it has turned at before
SLSN last closed at $0.95 on 2026-08-21. Since 2024-08-21 it has turned at 1 price below its last close and 10 above; the nearest below and the 3 nearest above are listed, nearest first.
| Level | Side | Distance | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| $0.7972 | Support | 16.1% below the last close | turned there twice · 2026-03-31 to 2026-07-30 |
| $1.14 | Resistance | 20.0% above the last close | turned there twice · 2026-05-19 to 2026-08-10 |
| $1.26 | Resistance | 33.0% above the last close | turned there three times · 2024-10-30 to 2026-04-17 |
| $1.34 | Resistance | 41.6% above the last close | turned there twice · 2025-04-07 to 2026-02-26 |
A level is a price this company reversed or paused at more than once — they describe past behaviour, not a forecast of where the price will go.
Wave structure
Its recent swings can be read as a three-part upward correction — the A-B-C shape chartists use for a pullback — now complete.
This labelling fails — stops being a possible reading at all — if it closes above $1.14.
It is the only labelling that fits these swings, though its proportions are not the textbook ones.
This reading has stood for 4 trading days, since 2026-08-18.
Read from daily closes as of 2026-08-21.
An Elliott-wave count describes the swings already printed and the level that would disprove it. It is not a forecast, a target, or advice.
Screens: Trading below the 200-day moving average · Pulled back from the 12-month high · MACD just crossed bearish (12/26/9) · trendless / choppy (low ADX) · lagging the market · Most volatile (6%+ typical daily range) | Learn: moving average · golden cross · adx · rsi · macd · breakout · fifty two week high low · volume and relative volume
Based on daily closing prices as of 2026-08-21. Describes past price behavior only — informational, not financial advice.
Key risks (from latest filing)
["Significant revenue decline and operating losses: Q1 2026 revenue dropped 11.4% YoY and the company posted a net loss of $766K; accumulated deficit stands at $99.4M as of March 2026.","Weak cash position and reliance on related-party financing: Cash fell to $573K as of March 2026, with $12.5M in outstanding related-party credit lines and debt; limited liquidity headroom.","Dependence on limited customer base and market acceptance: Revenue generation relies on customer acceptance and demand for engineered particle materials and formulated products, with no diversified customer revenue base disclosed."]
Insider activity (SEC Form 4)
No open-market insider purchases or sales recorded in the last 90 days.
Most recent open-market transaction: 2025-12-24. As of 2026-08-24.
View full insider trading history → View SEC Form 3/4/5 filingsAsk about SLSN's insider activity →
Only open-market purchases (SEC code P) and sales (code S) are counted here. Option exercises, vesting/awards, gifts, and shares withheld for taxes are excluded — they are compensation or mechanical, not open-market conviction. Sales may be planned and non-discretionary (e.g. a Rule 10b5-1 plan) and are not necessarily bearish; open-market buying is not a recommendation to buy. Informational only — not financial advice.
Institutional ownership (13F)
3 institutional 13F filers reported holding SLSN as of 2026-03-31 (quarter-end position, filed within 45 days).
- Distinct 13F filers 3
- Reported shares held 1,480,022
- Reported value $1,403,948
reported quarterly holdings change (2025-12-31 → 2026-03-31): 0 new, 1 increased, 1 decreased, 1 exited. Change counts cover only managers that filed 13F reports in BOTH quarters, derived between two quarter-end snapshots — not same-day trades; a single manager is never said to have "bought" or "sold".
Institutional holdings are quarter-end long positions reported on SEC Form 13F-HR, filed up to 45 days after the quarter ends — they are delayed, are not real-time trades, exclude short positions and most non-US securities, and are not investment advice. Any increase/decrease is a reported change between two quarterly snapshots, not a same-day purchase or sale. These are quarter-end snapshots from the 13F filings on SEC EDGAR, filed within 45 days — not real-time, and any change is a difference between two quarterly reports, not a same-day trade. Informational only — not financial advice.
Short interest (FINRA)
SLSN had 397,306 shares of reported short interest as of the 2026-07-31 FINRA settlement date (delayed, bi-monthly; not real-time).
SLSN had 0.56% of its shares outstanding sold short as of the 2026-07-31 FINRA settlement date (percent of FLOAT would be higher — float is not disclosed in the source). FINRA reported 7.11 days to cover at the same settlement.
- Reported short interest (shares) 397,306
- Short interest (% of shares outstanding) 0.56%
- Prior settlement (shares) 427,618
- Reported change -7.09%
- Days to cover (reported) 7.11
Reported to FINRA as of the 2026-07-31 settlement date. Short interest is reported to FINRA and published on a delayed, bi-monthly schedule (as of a settlement date, disseminated roughly eight business days later) — it is NOT real-time, does not cover every venue or all US trading, and is not a short-squeeze prediction or investment advice. Days-to-cover is the value FINRA reports; percent of float is not shown because the source file carries no share-count denominator — where a percent appears it is of shares OUTSTANDING, the larger base, and is therefore a floor on percent of float. Informational only — not financial advice.
Competitors & peers
- BASF (BAS.DE)
- Croda International (CRDA.L)
- DSM-Firmenich (DSFIR)
- Ashland (ASH)
- Evonik Industries (EVK.DE)
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Frequently asked questions
What does SOLESENCE INC (SLSN) do?
Solésence develops and manufactures engineered particle materials, coatings, and formulations for use in sunscreen lotions, cosmetics, and personal care products. The company operates two manufacturing and research facilities in the Chicago area—a 36,000 square-foot headquarters and R&D facility in Romeoville, Illinois, and a 261,000 square-foot production and warehouse facility in Bolingbrook, Illinois.
What sector is SOLESENCE INC (SLSN) in?
SOLESENCE INC (SLSN) is classified in the Materials sector. Its industry is Specialty engineered ingredients for personal care and cosmetics. It trades on NASDAQ.
Who are SOLESENCE INC's (SLSN) competitors?
Notable peers of SOLESENCE INC (SLSN) include BASF, Croda International, DSM-Firmenich, Ashland and Evonik Industries. This peer set is informational only — not financial advice.
Is SOLESENCE INC (SLSN) overbought or oversold right now?
SOLESENCE INC (SLSN) is currently neither overbought nor oversold — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 49, in the neutral middle (as of 2026-08-21). RSI describes recent price momentum, not a forecast — informational only, not financial advice.
Where does stocks-llm's data on SLSN come from?
Fundamentals and prices come from market data, as of 2026-08-24; company filings and profile facts come from SEC EDGAR. All figures are delayed daily-close data shown with their as-of date — informational only, not financial advice.
Fundamentals: market data, as of 2026-08-24. Filings: SEC EDGAR. Prices are delayed daily-close data.
Last updated 2026-08-21.
Informational only — NOT financial advice. All figures are delayed daily-close data from SEC EDGAR & market data, shown with their as-of date.