r/pennystocks • u/kerplunktard • May 26 '26
šŗšššš š°ššš $CTM Castellum Inc - The Penny Stock version of Palantir
$CTM Castellum Inc - a fast growing micro cap based in Virginia USA, $CTM provides intelligence analysis, program management, strategic and mission planning to governments and others, revenue is equal to its market cap of just $60m and it is winning major military and federal contracts, not to mention 25% of its mkt cap in cash - $15m and no debt
Mar 25 - Naval Air Systems Command contract awarded worth $103m
Oct 25 - 5 yr Navy support contract worth $66m
Jan 26 - 5yr contract supporting aircraft launch/recovery systems worth $50m
Mar 26 - Federal cybersecurity engineering $3.2m
Apr 26 - U.S. Navy electronic warfare & spectrum operations $4m
and many other contracts, the company's products are clearly in demand, could easily be a multibagger from such a small mkt cap if they keep winning those multi million double digit contracts
**the comparison to Palantir relates to the fact that they both operate in broadly the same ecosystem defense, intelligence, cybersecurity, analytics and U.S. government contracting, plus they both have strong links to the state of Virginia, I'm not saying they are offering the same products. In their recent investor presentation $CTM laid out phase 3 of their growth strategy pointing towards transforming from a services contractor into an emerging defense tech & mission systems platform.
I am not an investment professional and you should always do your own DD/research before investing
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u/Limp_Career6634 May 26 '26
This stock left a lot of bagholders last year.
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u/Metaphorse May 26 '26
you could literally say that about any stock posted in thus subredit on any given day
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u/kerplunktard May 26 '26
yep penny stocks are generally more volatile, careful research is required before investing
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u/stumanchu3 May 27 '26
Which is why, if you look at their chart over the past two years of a RAGING BULL market, they have produced nothing to speak of. Nothing but an empty fart here.
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u/kerplunktard May 27 '26
No problem, don't invest then, thanks for your reply, plenty of overpriced Ai stocks to go for
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u/lolwtfbbqsaus Jun 24 '26
Usually companies like this just bleed money. So then they have to dilute shares.
Something that makes stable profit is also easier to price in some extend and more stable
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u/QuincyBoy8 May 26 '26
Hell ya it did. Ill never trust that one again.
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u/kerplunktard May 27 '26
In any 12 month period stocks tend to move in a 50% range from their peak, too many people wait for a stock to pop and then buy in
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u/QuincyBoy8 May 27 '26
Cant argue with that. But a year ago I was a new guy and listened to the countless people say get into CTM. That stock was pushed hard by "Godmyshield" on here
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u/kerplunktard May 27 '26
yep there is another guy in the comments who made 5x on the stock, personally I try and get in before a big run up, the current entry price seems like good value to me
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u/QuincyBoy8 May 27 '26
What sucks for me is a have a small account and swing trades are not my thing right now. Maybe when account gets bigger but holding for 2 weeks or more just to make 200-300 really sucks.
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u/kerplunktard May 27 '26
I wouldn't recommend that approach, in fact I wouldn't recommend trading full stop, buy and hold is a much better strategy, let your money do the work
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u/mallampapi_iv May 27 '26
This stock gave me premature confidence in investing when I sold at the literal peak, closed my position at $2.57 for a 5x gain. Chased that quick penny stock multiple for months, lost most of my gains, and stopped playing Pennies ever since. Forgot I was still subscribed to this sub
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u/kerplunktard May 26 '26
it's down 22% on a year ago so not an unusual movement in a 12 month period, most stocks would easily move in that range, heading in the right direction now though
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u/Sparrow-XXII May 26 '26
it's a services company, they don't have a Palantir-like offering. i like the company but that's borderline lying about what they offer
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u/MtGloomy0420 May 27 '26
Watch both Top Gun movies.
The electromagnetic system that launch jets on the newest aircraft carrierā¦yup, $CTM manages those systems.
If you somehow think thatās a āservices companyāā¦ no, please by all means think itās just that and donāt enter $CTM!
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u/kerplunktard May 27 '26
Yep they wouldn't be winning large contracts if they weren't providing mission critical products, the numbers speak for themselves
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u/MtGloomy0420 May 27 '26
Yeah, if only anyone listens to the most recent callā¦well, I donāt need to explain this to Reddit ;)
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u/Sparrow-XXII May 27 '26
yes, they provide engineering services for the Navy's ALRE program. they do not own the design or manufacture the system... if CTM closed up show tomorrow, another contractor would scoop up the contract and staff supporting the program and ALRE would go on
calling them a services company isn't an insult, but they don't own a product that they are marketing to solve big gov problems like PLTR did, which is where their exponential growth story came from
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u/MtGloomy0420 May 28 '26
Not true.
Oh, and $PLTR was a CIA skunkworks project.
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u/Sparrow-XXII May 28 '26 edited May 28 '26
what part isn't true? you can google their announcements and see the services they are providing for the ALRE launch systems and other navy systems - software support, SCRM, and cyber engineering
i just looked at a quote from one of CTM's own press releases and Glen describes them "As an industry leading technology services and solutions company"
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u/MtGloomy0420 May 28 '26
Watch the most recent earnings and listen to Glen. Go do thatā¦
And Laurie is still with the Space Force, Trump nominated her himself.
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u/kerplunktard May 26 '26 edited May 27 '26
the comparison to Palantir relates to the fact that they both operate in broadly the same ecosystem are primarily aimed at defense, intelligence, cybersecurity, analytics and U.S. government contracting. I'm not saying they are offering identical products, I can't edit the title now so I'll put a note in the body to clarify
but if you paid attention to their recent investor presentation phase 3 of their growth strategy points towards transforming from a services contractor into an emerging defense tech & mission systems platform
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u/MtGloomy0420 May 27 '26
Yup, downvotes on the truth. Funny how none of these people watched the quarterly presentation where Glen Ives explains exactly what they do.
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u/PrivilPrime May 26 '26
This has been mentioned a lot of times, but not moving
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u/kerplunktard May 26 '26
you think that up18% is not moving?
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u/PrivilPrime May 26 '26
concur on your view, just it always takes a landing whenever it is up
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u/kerplunktard May 26 '26 edited May 26 '26
it seems to have traded in the 90c-$1.50 range for some time before dipping below 90c, looks like that could possibly be a shakeout before forming a break out to start a new upward trend
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u/artman3211 May 26 '26
Interesting to find a penny stock with no debt and serious revenues ! Thanks for sharing this.
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u/kerplunktard May 27 '26
yeah, shocking that it is so underpriced imho when you look at a lot of other stocks with less potential being priced in the multi billion dollar range
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u/Haunting-Cry7752 May 27 '26
I am kicking myself I didnāt go balls deep when it was down to 63 cents. Closely watching for a new entry
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u/Shakyinvestments May 26 '26
$200 mill in backlog
$800 mill in potential pipeline
$500 mill market cap is <2 year goal
Won C2PAO certification to bid on more exclusive government contracts
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u/MtGloomy0420 May 27 '26
Holding since $.15ā¦ November 2024. Iāve read their original SEC filing Iāve done so much DD.
Yes, been saying since that time that $CTM is the next $PLTR.
Donāt listen to anyone that doesnāt understand! ;)
Any questions?
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u/kerplunktard May 27 '26
Great entry price, totally agree, the nay-sayers will be regretting not getting in at these levels
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u/MtGloomy0420 May 27 '26
Just so I have it hereā¦
I bought $AAPL around $245 when the RSI was like 20. I knew it would go to $300. Yesterday I liquidated a few of those shares at $310ā¦and bought 750 more shares of $CTM!
I have a few shares now ;)
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u/AlesantroCorticeli May 26 '26
Don't remind me about palantir I was swing trading 1200 shares back and forth between 6-10$ š
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u/spejjan May 26 '26
Are they making any money? I see large contacts but how much profit does these generate?
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u/kerplunktard May 26 '26
like most small companies they are still in the growth stage, if you want a profitable micro cap try $EONR
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u/Level_headed84 May 26 '26
This stock is like a better version of bbai. I think of it as a mini palantir
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u/kerplunktard May 27 '26
yep although BBAI has a $2bn mkt cap with only $120m revenue whereas $CTM is reasonably priced with $60m mkt cap & growing $60m revenue
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u/Much-Buy-5830 Jun 11 '26
The OP might be high when doing his AI research. :)
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u/kerplunktard Jun 15 '26
$CTM up 50% this morning on new contract news š
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u/jhonnylasagna Jul 12 '26
Closed up a meager 2%, and is now trading below that level even, after a 50% loss for the year. Total garbage. Meanwhile your āoverpriced AI stocksā chart huge gains, valuations completely irrelevant to near term performance.
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u/Few_Estimate8559 Jun 15 '26
The stock is ripping in pre-market with the news of a $250 million contract
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u/lolwtfbbqsaus Jun 24 '26
Why would they have a competitive advantage to big corporations with way more capable models who have more resources to train them? What is so special about this stock?
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u/Competitive-Photo804 May 26 '26
Itās popping right now for no reason. Someone knows something here behind the scenesā¦up 20% with no news driving itā¦
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u/kerplunktard May 26 '26
its a cheap stock starting to catch people's attention, mgmt are doing a good job, could be the beginning of a solid upward trend
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u/RudnitzkyvsHalsmann May 27 '26
Jesus, people still talking about this one after so many yearsĀ
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u/kerplunktard May 27 '26
yep most micro caps grow slowly at first before going through an explosive stage, fingers crossed this is the time
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u/ClearEconomics5062 May 27 '26
PLTR comparison isnāt even close to accurate. They provide software which is near zero cost to scale, CTM is a services company where any revenue has a human cost to it. Also the dilution from the last 5 years has fucked up any meaningful momentum.
This stock might be turning a corner, but I aināt ready to be the Guinea pig for it
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u/kerplunktard May 27 '26
Dilution ha! palantir has paid it's insiders nearly as much in stock based compensation as its total revenue, gone from 500m shares to nearly 2.5bn in 5-6 years, but anyway suit yourself don't invest
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u/ClearEconomics5062 May 28 '26
So youāre saying the extent of the commonality with PLTR is that they both dilute the fuck outta shareholders? Not the flex you think it isā¦
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u/kerplunktard May 28 '26
$CTM have a quarter of their market cap in cash $15m, so dilution is much less likely, but if you don't like the play, no problem don't invest
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u/kerplunktard May 27 '26
what are you talking about? they literally have entered into 3 major long-term prime contracts totaling nearly $200m during the last 12 months, and numerous smaller multi-million dollar contracts - for a $60m mkt cap micro cap that is an excellent track record
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