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The Elmet Group Co. (NASDAQ: ELMT) closed its upsized initial public offering, raising $125.5 million in net proceeds after shares priced at the top of their expected range and surged on their first day of trading.
"Our involvement in Artemis II underscores our role as a supplier for mission-critical applications where precision and material integrity are paramount,” Derek Fox, Chief Executive Officer of Elmet Technologies, said in a statement regarding a recent NASA mission.
The Portland, Maine-based company sold an aggregate of 9.9 million shares at $14.00 each, which included the full exercise of the underwriters' option to purchase 1.3 million additional shares. The stock opened at $18.00 on its first day of trading, April 23, a 28.6 percent increase from its IPO price.
The successful offering provides Elmet with capital to reduce debt and invest in growth, reinforcing its position as a critical U.S.-owned supplier of refractory metals for the aerospace and defense industries amid a broader push to secure domestic supply chains.
The offering was led by Cantor as lead book-running manager, with Needham & Company and Canaccord Genuity as joint book-running managers. The company, which reported $201.64 million in revenue for 2025, intends to use the proceeds to repay outstanding debt, with the remainder allocated to working capital and general corporate purposes.
This capital infusion comes at a pivotal time for Elmet. The company recently acquired H.C. Starck Solutions Americas, making it one of the largest U.S. producers of tungsten and molybdenum materials. It also secured a new U.S. patent for additively manufacturing tungsten heavy alloy parts, a technology with significant potential for its aerospace and defense customers like NASA, Lockheed Martin, and Raytheon.
While the company's strategic importance is clear, some analysts remain watchful. The company's operating margins were a relatively low 6 percent in 2025, and its backlog growth, while strong at 37 percent to $96 million, will need to translate into profitable revenue to justify its current valuation of approximately 2.5 times 2025 sales.
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