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TANTECH HOLDINGS LTD (TANH)

As-reported financials and SEC filings for TANTECH HOLDINGS LTD. The latest annual period is FY2025. Financial statements come straight from the company’s EDGAR filings; valuation figures such as P/E and market cap use market data.

About TANTECH HOLDINGS LTD

Tantech Holdings Ltd produces and sells bamboo charcoal and related products. The company serves customers primarily in China and focuses on ecological and food-related applications of bamboo charcoal.

Snapshot

Revenue
$38.4M
Revenue growth (YoY)
-10.7%
Net income
$-31.0M
Diluted EPS
$-13.64
Gross margin
18.6%
Operating margin
-31.8%
Net margin
-80.9%
FCF margin
-15.2%
ROE
-28.1%
net income / fiscal-year-end equity
P/E
trailing when available, otherwise FY EPS
Market cap
$4.9M
Long-term debt / equity
non-current term debt only

Fundamentals are from SEC filings for FY2025, the latest annual period (ended December 31, 2025). P/E and market cap are derived from stored market prices, last retrieved on a rolling basis and typically within the past week.

What changed at Tantech Holdings

  • Revenue fell 10.7% to $38M in FY2025, after a 3.8% decline the year before.
  • Operating margin is -31.8% in FY2025, -16.4 pp against -15.4% in FY2021.
  • Free cash flow was negative $6M in FY2025.
  • Net loss widened to $31M in FY2025, from $3M in FY2024.

Computed from the as-reported figures in the statements below. A change we cannot state from filed figures is left out rather than estimated.

Peer comparison

Where Tantech Holdings’s fundamentals sit among the 241 Materials companies. Each figure is ranked only against peers that report it, from lowest (left) to highest (right).

Gross margin18.6%
30th percentile of 191
Operating margin-31.8%
5th percentile of 189
Net margin-80.9%
2nd percentile of 221
FCF margin-15.2%
8th percentile of 205
Revenue growth (YoY)-10.7%
14th percentile of 236
ROE-28.1%
18th percentile of 216
Short interest1.20d
14th percentile of 238

Tantech Holdings’s net margin of -80.9% ranks in the 2nd percentile of the 221 Materials companies reporting it. Tantech Holdings’s operating margin of -31.8% ranks in the 5th percentile of the 189 Materials companies reporting it. Tantech Holdings’s FCF margin of -15.2% ranks in the 8th percentile of the 205 Materials companies reporting it.

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Percentiles describe where a figure sits among sector peers reporting it (100th = highest). They are position within a peer group, not a rating, and not investment advice. Short interest ranking uses days to cover from FINRA Consolidated Short Interest data; FINRA is the owner and source of that data, included at no additional charge.

Short interest

Total shares sold short as of each twice-monthly FINRA settlement. Rising short interest means more investors are positioned against the stock; days to cover estimates how many trading days of average volume that position represents.

Shares short
908.2K
settled 2026-08-14
Change vs prior
+13.4%
vs previous settlement
Days to cover
1.20
at avg daily volume
Avg daily volume
754.0K
FINRA reported
SettlementShares shortChangeDays to cover
2026-08-14908.2K+13.4%1.20
2026-07-31801.1K-17.4%4.09
2026-07-15969.7K+82.9%1.00
2026-06-30530.2K-11.3%1.52
2026-06-15597.9K+30.1%1.76
2026-05-29459.4K-16.5%1.81
2026-05-15550.0K+48.9%2.75
2026-04-30369.4K-1.2%2.07

Source: FINRA Consolidated Short Interest. FINRA is the owner and source of the FINRA-supplied data, which is included at no additional charge for your own personal or professional use; republishing or redistributing it is not permitted. Settlement dates are shown; FINRA publishes each settlement about nine business days later, so the latest figure can be two to four weeks old. Not presented as a percentage of float. No FINRA endorsement of this product is implied. Not investment advice.

Income statement (as reported)

 FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Revenue$38.4M$42.9M$44.6M$53.0M$55.3M
Gross profit$7.1M$8.9M$9.7M$10.1M$10.4M
Operating income$-12.2M$4.0M$3.7M$5.9M$-8.5M
Net income$-31.0M$-3.2M$5.6M$2.6M$-8.4M
Diluted EPS$-13.64$-7.66$13.45$20.02$-56.41

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (hover to see the figure as filed). Full details: where the numbers come from.

Balance sheet (as reported)

 FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Cash and equivalents$33.0M$35.2M$29.1M$19.0M$43.1M
Current assets$74.0M$117.8M$115.7M$106.8M$105.8M
Total assets$124.0M$143.0M$141.7M$134.1M$134.5M
Current liabilities$11.2M$11.8M$17.6M$13.5M$21.8M
Long-term debt
Total liabilities$13.6M$14.7M$18.7M$18.2M$22.0M
Total equity$110.3M$128.3M$123.0M$115.9M$112.5M

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (hover to see the figure as filed). Full details: where the numbers come from.

Cash flow (as reported)

 FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Operating cash flow$-5.8M$5.4M$5.3M$8.3M$-8.1M
Capital expenditure$0$80,525$431$1,571$220,308
Free cash flow$-5.8M$5.3M$5.3M$8.3M$-8.3M

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (hover to see the figure as filed). Full details: where the numbers come from.

Company facts

ExchangeNasdaq
SectorMaterials
SIC industryIndustrial Organic Chemicals
Latest annual periodFY2025 (ended December 31, 2025)
Oldest indexed filing2013
SEC CIK1588084

Selected SEC filings

20-F2026-05-14
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20-F/A2025-09-18
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6-K2026-09-01
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6-K2026-08-19
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6-K/A2026-08-07
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6-K2026-08-06
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Data sourced from SEC EDGAR. Figures are as-reported and may be unaudited or restated; verify against the source filing before relying on them. Informational only. Not investment advice.