Microvast Reports First Quarter 2026 Financial Results
"Our first quarter results reflect a period of strategic agility as we navigate evolving geopolitical dynamics and a shifting global landscape. While revenue of
Q1 2026 Results
- Revenue of
$60.6 million , compared to$116.5 million in Q1 2025, a decrease of 48.0%. This decrease was primarily a result of evolving regulatory and geopolitical dynamics, including in the Indian and Korean markets, demand shift towards lower-cost products inIndia , and OEM platform ramp-up delays. - Gross margin decreased to 31.6% from 36.9% in Q1 2025. Non-GAAP adjusted gross margin decreased to 31.7% from 37.0% in Q1 2025, primarily due to lower production utilization which reduced fixed cost absorption.
- Operating expenses decreased to
$27.1 million , compared to$29.2 million in Q1 2025. Non-GAAP adjusted operating expenses were$26.1 million , compared to$28.5 million in Q1 2025. - Net profit of
$48.2 million , compared to net profit of$61.8 million in Q1 2025. Non-GAAP adjusted net loss was$14.6 million , compared to non-GAAP adjusted net profit of$19.3 million in Q1 2025. - Net profit per share of
$0.15 , compared to net profit per share of$0.19 in Q1 2025. Non-GAAP adjusted net loss per share was$0.04 , compared to non-GAAP adjusted net profit per share of$0.06 in Q1 2025. - Non-GAAP adjusted EBITDA of negative
$5.5 million in Q1 2026, compared to non-GAAP adjusted EBITDA of$28.5 million in Q1 2025. - Capital expenditures of
$4.2 million , compared to$6.6 million in Q1 2025. - Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash of
$174.0 million as ofMarch 31, 2026 , compared to$169.2 million as ofDecember 31, 2025 , and$123.0 million as ofMarch 31, 2025 .
Please refer to the tables at the end of this press release for reconciliations of gross profit to non-GAAP adjusted gross profit, operating expenses to non-GAAP adjusted operating expenses, net profit to non-GAAP adjusted net profit/(loss), net profit per share to non-GAAP adjusted net profit/(loss) per share, net profit to non-GAAP adjusted EBITDA and gross margin to non-GAAP adjusted gross margin.
2026 Outlook & Forward-Looking Information
- While we continue to navigate evolving tariff structures and shifting geopolitical dynamics, we anticipate a recovery in delivery schedules and a steady revenue ramp through the remainder of 2026 as our production timelines align with accelerating customer demand and next generation production.
- We are targeting and committed to maintaining a resilient gross margin profile by balancing sustained operational efficiencies and premium product positioning against the planned absorption of costs related to our Phase 3.2 expansion and ongoing volatility in global raw material prices.
- Our primary operational catalyst remains the achievement of serial production at the Huzhou Phase 3.2 expansion in 2026. This expansion is expected to bring online up to 2 GWh of modular capacity, specifically designed to meet the requirements of our next-generation cell technologies.
- We remain on track to establish localized pack assembly operations at our
Clarksville facility and anticipate first assemblies by year-end. This localization is a key component of our domestic strategy to provide North American commercial vehicle and transit customers with locally integrated battery solutions. - We continue to seek new customer pipelines that span across EMEA,
North America , and APAC. Our focus remains on the heavy industrial and transit markets, where we believe our vertical integration and the newly launched KAF electric powertrain will be able to provide a clear and defensible competitive advantage.
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Non-GAAP Financial Measures
To provide investors with additional information regarding our financial results,
Reconciliations to the most comparable GAAP measures, gross profit, gross margin, operating expenses, net profit/(loss), and net profit/(loss) per share, are contained in tabular form in the unaudited financial statements below. Non-GAAP adjusted gross profit is GAAP gross profit as adjusted for non-cash share-based compensation expense included in cost of revenues. Non-GAAP adjusted net profit/(loss) is GAAP net profit/(loss) as adjusted for non-cash share-based compensation expense and change in valuation of warrant liability and convertible loan. Non-GAAP adjusted net profit/(loss) per common share is GAAP net profit/(loss) per common share as adjusted for non-cash share-based compensation expense and change in valuation of warrant liability and convertible loan per common share. Non-GAAP EBITDA is defined as net profit/(loss) excluding depreciation and amortization, interest expense, interest income, and income tax expense or benefit. Non-GAAP adjusted EBITDA is defined as net profit/(loss) excluding depreciation and amortization, non-cash settled share-based compensation expense, interest expense, interest income, changes in fair value of our warrant liability and convertible loan and income tax expense or benefit. Non-GAAP adjusted operating expenses is defined as operating expenses excluding non-cash share-based compensation expense. Non-GAAP adjusted gross margin is defined as GAAP gross margin as adjusted for non-cash share-based compensation expense included in cost of revenues.
We use non-GAAP adjusted gross profit, non-GAAP EBITDA, non-GAAP adjusted EBITDA, non-GAAP adjusted operating expenses, non-GAAP adjusted net profit/(loss), non-GAAP net profit/(loss) per share and non-GAAP adjusted gross margin for financial and operational decision-making and as a means to evaluate period-to-period comparisons. We consider them to be important measures because they help illustrate underlying trends in our business and our historical operating performance on a more consistent basis. We believe that these non-GAAP financial measures, when taken together with their most directly comparable GAAP measures provide meaningful supplemental information regarding our performance by excluding certain items that may not be indicative of our recurring core business operating results.
We believe that both management and investors benefit from referring to these non-GAAP financial measures in assessing our performance and when planning, forecasting, and analyzing future periods. These non-GAAP financial measures also facilitate management’s internal comparisons to our historical performance. We believe these non-GAAP financial measures are useful to investors both because (1) they allow for greater transparency with respect to key metrics used by management in its financial and operational decision-making and (2) they are used by our institutional investors and the analyst community to help them analyze the health of our business. Accordingly, we believe that these non-GAAP financial measures provide useful information to investors and others in understanding and evaluating our operating results in the same manner as our management team and board of directors.
Non-GAAP financial measures have limitations as an analytical tool, and you should not consider them in isolation, or as a substitute for, financial information prepared in accordance with GAAP. For example, our calculation of non-GAAP adjusted EBITDA may differ from similarly titled non-GAAP measures, if any, reported by our peer companies, or our peer companies may use other measures to calculate their financial performance, and therefore our use of non-GAAP adjusted EBITDA may not be directly comparable to similarly titled measures of other companies. The principal limitation of non-GAAP adjusted EBITDA is that it excludes significant expenses and income that are required by GAAP to be recorded in our financial statements. In addition, it is subject to inherent limitations as it reflects the exercise of judgments by management about which expense and income are excluded or included in determining this non-GAAP financial measure. In order to compensate for these limitations, management presents non-GAAP financial measures in connection with GAAP results. In addition, such financial information is unaudited and does not conform to SEC Regulation S-X and as a result, such information may be presented differently in our future filings with the
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(In thousands, except per share data, unaudited)
2026 |
2025 |
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| Assets | |||||||
| Current assets: | |||||||
| Cash and cash equivalents | $ | 126,129 | $ | 104,963 | |||
| Restricted cash | 47,865 | 64,275 | |||||
| Accounts receivable (net of allowance for credit losses of |
123,592 | 155,763 | |||||
| Notes receivable | 5,511 | 5,590 | |||||
| Inventories, net | 95,037 | 89,411 | |||||
| Prepaid expenses and other current assets | 16,189 | 17,221 | |||||
| Assets held for sale | 11,500 | 11,500 | |||||
| Total Current Assets | 425,823 | 448,723 | |||||
| Property, plant and equipment, net | 510,050 | 508,057 | |||||
| Land use rights, net | 11,654 | 11,570 | |||||
| Acquired intangible assets, net | 2,077 | 2,183 | |||||
| Operating lease right-of-use assets | 16,769 | 17,336 | |||||
| Deferred tax assets | 5,429 | 5,429 | |||||
| Other non-current assets | 15,694 | 12,150 | |||||
| Total Assets | $ | 987,496 | $ | 1,005,448 | |||
| Liabilities | |||||||
| Current liabilities: | |||||||
| Accounts payable | $ | 46,370 | $ | 47,003 | |||
| Notes payable | 52,263 | 78,321 | |||||
| Advance from customers | 6,663 | 5,605 | |||||
| Accrued expenses and other current liabilities | 109,472 | 123,429 | |||||
| Amounts due to related parties | 17 | 2 | |||||
| Convertible loan measured at fair value | 76,456 | 140,929 | |||||
| Short-term bank borrowings | 111,152 | 93,052 | |||||
| Bonds payable | 41,693 | — | |||||
| Total Current Liabilities | 444,086 | 488,341 | |||||
| Long-term bonds payable | — | 41,693 | |||||
| Long-term bank borrowings | 27,617 | 13,227 | |||||
| Operating lease liabilities | 13,984 | 14,476 | |||||
| Other non-current liabilities | 35,703 | 37,198 | |||||
| Total Liabilities | $ | 521,390 | $ | 594,935 | |||
| Stockholders’ Equity | |||||||
| Common Stock ( |
$ | 34 | $ | 34 | |||
| Preferred Stock ( |
— | — | |||||
| Additional paid-in capital | 1,544,805 | 1,543,797 | |||||
| Statutory reserves | 6,032 | 6,032 | |||||
| Accumulated deficit | (1,073,965 | ) | (1,122,176 | ) | |||
| Accumulated other comprehensive loss | (10,800 | ) | (17,174 | ) | |||
| Total Equity | $ | 466,106 | $ | 410,513 | |||
| Total Liabilities and Equity | $ | 987,496 | $ | 1,005,448 | |||
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(In thousands, except per share data, unaudited)
| Three Months Ended |
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| 2026 |
2025 |
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| Revenues | $ | 60,612 | $ | 116,491 | |||
| Cost of revenues | (41,456 | ) | (73,475 | ) | |||
| Gross profit | 19,156 | 43,016 | |||||
| Operating expenses: | |||||||
| General and administrative expenses | (12,941 | ) | (14,120 | ) | |||
| Research and development expenses | (8,810 | ) | (8,248 | ) | |||
| Selling and marketing expenses | (5,342 | ) | (6,799 | ) | |||
| Total operating expenses | (27,093 | ) | (29,167 | ) | |||
| Subsidy income | 3 | 1,416 | |||||
| (Loss) profit from operations | (7,934 | ) | 15,265 | ||||
| Other income and expenses: | |||||||
| Interest income | 382 | 177 | |||||
| Interest expense | (1,227 | ) | (1,188 | ) | |||
| Changes in fair value of warrant liability and convertible loan | 63,838 | 43,160 | |||||
| Foreign exchange (loss) gain | (6,900 | ) | 3,667 | ||||
| Other income, net | 52 | 709 | |||||
| Profit before provision for income taxes | 48,211 | 61,790 | |||||
| Income tax expense | — | — | |||||
| Net profit | $ | 48,211 | $ | 61,790 | |||
| Net profit attributable to common stockholders | $ | 48,211 | $ | 61,790 | |||
| Net profit per common share | |||||||
| Net profit per share - Basic | $ | 0.15 | $ | 0.19 | |||
| Net (loss) profit per share - Diluted | $ | (0.04 | ) | $ | 0.05 | ||
| Weighted average shares outstanding - Basic | 332,360 | 323,431 | |||||
| Weighted average shares outstanding - Diluted | 385,272 | 374,425 | |||||
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(In thousands, unaudited)
| Three Months Ended |
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| 2026 |
2025 |
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| Cash flows from operating activities | |||||||
| Net profit | $ | 48,211 | $ | 61,790 | |||
| Adjustments to reconcile net profit to net cash used in operating activities: | |||||||
| Depreciation of property, plant and equipment | 8,082 | 7,985 | |||||
| Noncash lease expenses | 717 | 666 | |||||
| Share-based compensation | 1,008 | 703 | |||||
| Changes in fair value of warrant liability and convertible loan | (63,838 | ) | (43,160 | ) | |||
| (Reversal) provision of credit losses | (799 | ) | 1,358 | ||||
| Product warranty | 2,417 | 4,825 | |||||
| Other, net | 1,680 | (102 | ) | ||||
| Changes in operating assets and liabilities: | |||||||
| Notes receivable | (3,277 | ) | (5,263 | ) | |||
| Accounts receivable | 33,464 | (14,108 | ) | ||||
| Inventories | (7,000 | ) | 15,783 | ||||
| Prepaid expenses and other current assets | 918 | (2,402 | ) | ||||
| Amounts due from/to related parties | 15 | (5 | ) | ||||
| Operating lease right-of-use assets | (401 | ) | (654 | ) | |||
| Other non-current assets | 1,754 | (1,388 | ) | ||||
| Notes payable | (27,045 | ) | (4,150 | ) | |||
| Accounts payable | (1,262 | ) | (8,547 | ) | |||
| Advance from customers | 980 | 462 | |||||
| Accrued expenses and other liabilities | (16,290 | ) | (6,812 | ) | |||
| Operating lease liabilities | (255 | ) | (340 | ) | |||
| Other non-current liabilities | (1,875 | ) | 528 | ||||
| Net cash (used in) generated from operating activities | (22,796 | ) | 7,169 | ||||
| Cash flows from investing activities | |||||||
| Purchases of property, plant and equipment | (2,855 | ) | (2,346 | ) | |||
| Proceeds on disposal of property, plant and equipment | 51 | 14 | |||||
| Net cash used in investing activities | (2,804 | ) | (2,332 | ) | |||
| Cash flows from financing activities | |||||||
| Proceeds from bank borrowings | 51,721 | 28,187 | |||||
| Repayment of bank borrowings | (20,804 | ) | (13,062 | ) | |||
| Repayment of bonds payable | — | (1,375 | ) | ||||
| Payment for equity issuance costs | (224 | ) | — | ||||
| Deferred payment related to purchases of property, plant and equipment | (1,368 | ) | (4,287 | ) | |||
| Net cash generated from financing activities | 29,325 | 9,463 | |||||
| Effect of exchange rate changes on cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash | 1,031 | (907 | ) | ||||
| Increase in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash | 4,756 | 13,393 | |||||
| Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at beginning of the period | 169,238 | 109,601 | |||||
| Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at end of the period | $ | 173,994 | $ | 122,994 | |||
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(In thousands, unaudited)
| Three Months Ended |
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| 2026 |
2025 |
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| Reconciliation to amounts on consolidated balance sheets | |||||
| Cash and cash equivalents | $ | 126,129 | $ | 90,898 | |
| Restricted cash | 47,865 | 32,096 | |||
| Total cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash | $ | 173,994 | $ | 122,994 | |
RECONCILIATION OF GROSS PROFIT TO ADJUSTED GROSS PROFIT
(In thousands, except percentages, unaudited)
| Three Months Ended |
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| 2026 |
2025 |
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| Revenues | $ | 60,612 | $ | 116,491 | |||
| Cost of revenues | (41,456 | ) | (73,475 | ) | |||
| Gross profit (GAAP) | $ | 19,156 | $ | 43,016 | |||
| Gross margin | 31.6 | % | 36.9 | % | |||
| Non-cash settled share-based compensation (included in cost of revenues) | 41 | 62 | |||||
| Adjusted gross profit (non-GAAP) | $ | 19,197 | $ | 43,078 | |||
| Adjusted gross margin (non-GAAP) | 31.7 | % | 37.0 | % | |||
RECONCILIATION OF OPERATING EXPENSES TO ADJUSTED OPERATING EXPENSES
(In thousands, unaudited)
| Three Months Ended |
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| 2026 |
2025 |
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| General and administrative expenses | (12,941 | ) | (14,120 | ) | |||
| Research and development expenses | (8,810 | ) | (8,248 | ) | |||
| Selling and marketing expenses | (5,342 | ) | (6,799 | ) | |||
| Operating expenses (GAAP) | $ | (27,093 | ) | $ | (29,167 | ) | |
| Non-cash settled share-based compensation (included in operating expenses) | 967 | 641 | |||||
| Adjusted operating expenses (non-GAAP) | $ | (26,126 | ) | $ | (28,526 | ) | |
RECONCILIATION OF NET (LOSS)/ PROFIT TO ADJUSTED NET PROFIT/ (LOSS)
(In thousands, except per share data, unaudited)
| Three Months Ended |
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| 2026 |
2025 |
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| Net profit (GAAP) | $ | 48,211 | $ | 61,790 | |||
| Changes in fair value of warrant liability and convertible loan* | (63,838 | ) | (43,160 | ) | |||
| Non-cash settled share-based compensation* | 1,008 | 703 | |||||
| Adjusted net (loss)/profit (non-GAAP) | $ | (14,619 | ) | $ | 19,333 | ||
*The tax effect of the adjustments was nil.
| Three Months Ended |
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| 2026 |
2025 |
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| Net profit per common share-Basic (GAAP) | $ | 0.15 | $ | 0.19 | |||
| Changes in fair value of warrant liability and convertible loan per common share | (0.19 | ) | (0.13 | ) | |||
| Non-cash settled share-based compensation per common share | — | — | |||||
| Adjusted net (loss) profit per common share-Basic (non-GAAP) | $ | (0.04 | ) | $ | 0.06 | ||
RECONCILIATION OF NET LOSS TO EBITDA AND ADJUSTED EBITDA
(In thousands, unaudited)
| Three Months Ended |
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| 2026 |
2025 |
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| Net profit (GAAP) | $ | 48,211 | $ | 61,790 | |||
| Interest expense (income), net | 845 | 1,011 | |||||
| Income tax expense | — | — | |||||
| Depreciation and amortization | 8,280 | 8,177 | |||||
| EBITDA (non-GAAP) | $ | 57,336 | $ | 70,978 | |||
| Changes in fair value of warrant liability and convertible loan | (63,838 | ) | (43,160 | ) | |||
| Non-cash settled share-based compensation | 1,008 | 703 | |||||
| Adjusted EBITDA (non-GAAP) | $ | (5,494 | ) | $ | 28,521 | ||