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Pineapple Financial

PAPL
$0.98
▼ -77%since Benson's first pick

Market price data through October 13, 2026.

Performance

Nov 2023 – Oct 2026

Benson's first pick
$0$26$52$78Nov 2023Jul 2024Apr 2025Jan 2026Oct 2026Benson picked · $3.53
Model signal
Hold
What Benson's model currently says about this stock.
Benson rating
3.7 / 5
Benson's overall conviction in this stock right now.
Risk
High risk
How bumpy the ride tends to be with this stock.

Track record

How this pick has done since Benson first called it.

Benson Return
-77%
How much this stock is up since Benson first picked it — measured from the price at the time of that first pick, not from today.
First pick price
~$4
Roughly what one share cost when Benson first picked this stock. This is the starting line for the Benson Return.
Tracking since
August 2025
The month this stock first became a Benson pick.
Tracking duration
14 months
How long Benson has been tracking this pick.

About Pineapple Financial

Pineapple Financial is a small Canadian company that helps mortgage brokers with software and back-office support. In the past year it also started holding a crypto token called Injective as a treasury, so it now looks half like a mortgage helper and half like a crypto bet. Think of a neighborhood mortgage shop that put most of its savings into one digital coin.

The case for and against

Both sides of the story, in plain English.

Bull case
  • Crypto Cushion

    The company holds about 49 million dollars of Injective tokens and earned roughly 620 thousand dollars in staking rewards in nine months, which is like interest paid for holding the coins. It also had about 10.5 million dollars in cash and restricted cash at the end of May 2026, up from about 2 million dollars the year before.

  • Losses Shrinking

    The nine month net loss narrowed to 1.3 million dollars from 1.8 million dollars a year earlier, helped by a 2.8 million dollar gain in the value of its tokens. Total assets jumped from 5.4 million dollars to 75.9 million dollars, so the balance sheet is far bigger than the old mortgage business ever was.

Bear case
  • Shaky Foundation

    Its own filing says there is real doubt it can keep operating for the next year. The core mortgage business is tiny, with about 2.05 million dollars of revenue over nine months, down from 2.26 million dollars, and net margins are deeply negative.

  • Borrowed Bet

    The company owes about 19.4 million dollars to a crypto lender at 8.25 percent interest, due in January 2027, and the loan was upsized to 24 million dollars in June. The tokens are pledged as collateral, so if Injective drops hard the company could be forced to put up more or lose them. The stock has already slid from above 5 dollars to about 1 dollar in a year.

How to read this page

This automated research summary uses Financial Modeling Prep market data through 2026-10-13. Model signals, scores, and risk labels can change and may be incomplete or wrong.

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