NEW YORK, December 30, 2025, 07:23 ET — Premarket
Symbotic Inc shares were up 1.1% at $60.50 in premarket trading by 7:04 a.m. ET on Tuesday, after rising 3.2% on Monday to close at $59.82. The stock is still about 32% below its 52-week high and is heading toward its next quarterly update around Feb. 4, according to StockAnalysis data.
The early move keeps Symbotic on traders’ screens after a volatile month that followed a sharp rally in late November and a pullback in early December.
Why it matters now: Symbotic’s valuation hinges on two things investors tend to argue about loudly — how fast it can diversify beyond a single dominant customer, and how much cash its deployments throw off once systems are live.
Symbotic sells warehouse automation that uses robots and software to move goods through distribution centers, and it has worked with Walmart on supply-chain automation since 2017. In January, Symbotic agreed to buy Walmart’s robotics unit for $200 million and struck a separate Walmart-funded automation development deal, Reuters reported.
In its most recent results, Symbotic reported fourth-quarter revenue of $618 million and a net loss of $19 million, and posted adjusted EBITDA of $49 million — a profit proxy that strips out items such as interest, taxes and some non-cash expenses. “Revenue exceeded our expectations, and we delivered strong gross margin expansion and free cash flow,” Chief Financial Officer Izzy Martins said, as the company guided first-quarter revenue of $610 million to $630 million. GlobeNewswire
The stock’s December swings also followed a share sale. Symbotic priced an underwritten public offering of 10 million Class A shares at $55 a share, including 6.5 million shares sold by the company and 3.5 million sold by a SoftBank affiliate, with proceeds earmarked for general corporate purposes.
Analyst skepticism has also been a catalyst. Goldman Sachs cut Symbotic to “Sell” from “Neutral” on Dec. 2 with a $47 price target, citing concerns about customer diversification and cash flow prospects, including exposure to the GreenBox joint venture. Investing.com
With no immediate company comment on Tuesday’s premarket move, traders are likely to watch whether the gains hold into the opening bell, when liquidity typically improves and price swings can either settle — or accelerate.
The $60 area is also a psychological level for short-term traders, coming after a sharp pullback from November highs and ahead of the next financial update.
For longer-term investors, the next catalysts are straightforward: another read on revenue and margins, and clearer evidence that new customers can complement Walmart while keeping cash generation on track.
