AMSC - American Superconductor Corporation
American Superconductor Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, provides megawatt-scale power resiliency solutions worldwide. The company operates in two segments, Grid and Wind. The Grid segment offers products and services that enable electric utilities, industrial facilities, and renewable energy project developers to connect, transmit, and distribute power under the Gridtec Solutions brand; and engineering planning services.
As of May 15, 2026: spot at $54.84, ATM IV 117.4%, max pain $33.00, net GEX $1.5M.
- Sector
- Industrials
- Industry
- Industrial - Machinery
- Market Cap
- $2.65B
- P/E Ratio
- 18.77
- Beta
- 3.28
- 52-Week Range
- 22.78-70.49
- CEO
- Daniel Patrick McGahn
- Employees
- 569
- IPO Date
- Dec 12, 1991
- Exchange
- NASDAQ
What AMSC Looks Like to Options Traders Today
IV rank of 83.0% signals elevated pricing relative to the 1-year history, conditions that typically favor premium-selling structures (credit spreads, iron condors, covered calls); positive net gamma exposure ($1.5M) means dealers hedge against trend, damping realized volatility and biasing price toward heavy-OI strikes; the 25-delta skew (-0.062) prices puts richer than calls, the typical equity downside-protection skew.
What This Page Covers
The AMSC overview links into per-metric analysis views: max pain, gamma exposure, volatility skew, expected move, options chain, open interest history, and aggregate Greeks. Microstructure data is available on short interest, short volume, fail-to-deliver, and market structure. Corporate data is on fundamentals, earnings, analyst ratings, and insider trading.
Frequently asked AMSC overview questions
- What is AMSC?
- AMSC is the ticker symbol for American Superconductor Corporation, a listed security. American Superconductor Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, provides megawatt-scale power resiliency solutions worldwide. The company operates in two segments, Grid and Wind. Listed on NASDAQ. AMSC is the equity ticker shown on this page; equity options traders use the security for directional, volatility, and income strategies via the listed options chain.
- What does the AMSC options snapshot look like today?
- As of May 15, 2026, the AMSC options snapshot shows spot at $54.84, ATM IV 117.4%, IV rank 83.0%, max pain $33.00, net GEX $1.5M, expected move 33.66%. The full options chain, Greeks by strike and expiration, per-strike open-interest distribution, dealer gamma and delta exposure, and the volatility skew surface are linked from this overview page. Each per-metric route refreshes once per trading session and reflects the most recent close-of-business listed-options state.
- What are AMSC's key statistics?
- American Superconductor Corporation (AMSC) carries a market capitalization of $2.65B, trailing P/E ratio of 18.77, beta of 3.28 relative to the broader market, 52-week range of 22.78-70.49. Full income statement, balance sheet, cash flow, and TTM ratio history is on the per-ticker fundamentals page; daily price history and 52-week levels are accessible from the same view. These structural inputs frame how the options market prices implied volatility around earnings windows and capital events.
- What sector or industry does AMSC belong to?
- American Superconductor Corporation operates in the Industrials sector, in the Industrial - Machinery industry. Sector classification affects how the ticker correlates with sector ETFs, how it reacts to macro factors like rate moves and commodity prices, and how its options pricing compares to sector peers. Compare AMSC's implied volatility and skew against sector benchmarks to gauge whether the options market is pricing single-name or systemic risk relative to the broader peer group.
- How current is the AMSC data on this page?
- The options snapshot above is dated May 15, 2026 and refreshes once per session, with all per-strike Greeks and exposure aggregates recomputed at the daily close. Company-profile fields (sector, industry, market cap, P/E, IPO date) refresh from the vendor feed nightly. Financials and earnings refresh as 10-K and 10-Q filings are parsed (typically within several business days of the actual report). FINRA microstructure data refreshes on the source's cadence (daily for short volume, bi-monthly for short interest, weekly for the OTC volume file, twice-monthly for SEC FTD).