Beam Global Reports First Quarter 2026 Operating Results
Rhea-AI Summary
Beam Global (Nasdaq: BEEM) reported Q1 2026 revenue of $3.1 million, down 51% year-over-year, with a gross margin of -13.3% and net loss of $6.9 million ($0.33/share). Backlog rose 50% quarter-over-quarter to $9.0 million, and Q2 2026 revenue to May 15 already exceeds total Q1 revenue.
Non-GAAP gross margin was 9.4% and Non-GAAP net loss was $3.7 million. Working capital was $6.2 million. Beam Global reports no debt of significance and an unused $100 million credit line, while expanding internationally and diversifying into EV charging, drones and smart city infrastructure.
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Positive
- Backlog increased 50% quarter-over-quarter to $9.0 million
- Q2 2026 revenue to May 15 already exceeds full Q1 2026 revenue
- International customers comprised 51% of Q1 2026 revenue vs 25% in Q1 2025
- Non-government commercial revenue rose to 78% of total, up 48% year-over-year
- Non-GAAP gross margin of 9.4% vs GAAP gross margin of -13.3%
- Company reports no debt of significance and an unused $100 million credit line
Negative
- Q1 2026 revenue fell 51% year-over-year to $3.1 million
- GAAP gross margin turned to -13.3% from 7.9% a year earlier
- Q1 2026 net loss was $6.9 million vs $15.5 million in Q1 2025
- Non-GAAP net loss increased to $3.7 million from $3.0 million year-over-year
- Operating expenses (excluding prior goodwill impairment) rose about $1.0 million, driven by a $1.8 million credit loss provision
- Working capital declined to $6.2 million from $8.9 million at year-end 2025
- Shares outstanding increased to 21.1 million from 19.1 million, signaling recent dilution
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Previous Earnings Reports
| Date | Event | Sentiment | Move | Catalyst |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 09 | Full-year 2025 results | Negative | -7.1% | Reported steep 2025 revenue decline and higher losses despite backlog growth. |
| Nov 14 | Q3 2025 earnings | Negative | +0.6% | Weak Q3 2025 revenue and losses offset by geographic expansion highlights. |
| Aug 14 | Q2 2025 earnings | Positive | -2.5% | Reported Q2 2025 revenue growth, better margins and reduced operating expenses. |
| May 15 | Q1 2025 earnings | Negative | -13.7% | Q1 2025 net loss driven by large goodwill impairment despite revenue growth. |
| May 08 | Order growth update | Positive | +3.5% | Announced 23% QoQ increase in EV ARC orders and strong EV demand trends. |
Earnings releases have often coincided with negative single-digit price moves, and reactions have been split between aligning with and diverging from the underlying earnings tone.
Across recent earnings updates, Beam Global has reported volatile revenue, margin pressure and recurring net losses, while emphasizing diversification toward commercial and international customers and maintaining access to a $100M credit line. Full-year 2025 results showed a sharp revenue drop but growing backlog, a theme continued in Q1 2026 with revenue down to $3.1M yet backlog at $9.0M. The new release fits this pattern of weak near-term financials alongside expanding geographic reach and product breadth.
Historical Comparison
In the past five earnings-related releases, BEEM’s average move was -3.85%, reflecting cautious reactions to revenue volatility and persistent losses.
Earnings updates trace swings from Q2 2025 growth to later revenue declines, while steadily increasing commercial and international mix and highlighting backlog expansion.
Market Pulse Summary
This announcement details a weak Q1 2026 with revenue of $3.1M, a GAAP gross margin of -13.3%, and a net loss of $6.9M, partly offset by a growing $9.0M backlog and ongoing cost discipline. Compared with prior earnings releases, it continues themes of revenue volatility, negative margins, and expansion into commercial and international markets. Investors may watch how quickly backlog converts to higher-margin sales and whether non-GAAP losses, currently $3.7M, continue to stabilize.
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SAN DIEGO, May 15, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Beam Global, (Nasdaq: BEEM), (the “Company”), a leading provider of innovative and sustainable infrastructure solutions for transportation, energy security and smart city infrastructure, today announced its first quarter operating results for the period ended March 31, 2026.
Q1 2026 and Recent Company Highlights:
Financial:
- Q2 2026 revenue through May 15, 2026 has already surpassed total Q1 2026 revenue.
$9.0 million backlog as of March 31, 2026 increasing from$6.0 million at December 31, 2025.- No Debt,
$100 million unused line of credit.
Operational:
- First EV ARC™ order and deployment in the Middle East for public EV charging
- Product portfolio featured at Make it in the Emirates 2026 in Abu Dhabi, UAE
- Launched patented autonomous wireless charging system for autonomous vehicles.
- Selected to supply patented battery systems for drones supporting life-saving aerial operations globally, expanding the Company’s presence in the unmanned systems (drone) market.
- Deployed EV ARC™ off-grid solar EV charging systems in Barcelona and Madrid, further expanding the Company’s European footprint.
- Secured the largest residential EV ARC™ order to date, at a residential development in New York.
- Received a record
$1.7 million in smart city infrastructure product orders within a single week across Romania, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia and Italy, approximately doubling the strongest weekly order volume achieved in 2025. - Continued leverage of Federal GSA and Sourcewell procurement channels through deployments with municipal, government and commercial customers.
- Strengthened intellectual property portfolio with patents including a U.S. patent for an integrated wind and solar power generation system and a European patent for smart battery thermal management.
“While first quarter revenues were impacted largely by order timing and also as a result of a typically slow period in our European operations and, we believe, the war in the Middle East, our backlog grew
Q1 2026 Financial Summary
Revenues
Revenues for the three months ended March 31, 2026 were
Gross Profit
The Company reported a gross loss of
The Company believes its margins will improve as sales volumes return, reducing the impact of fixed overhead allocations on each unit sale, and as ongoing cost reduction initiatives continue to take effect.
Operating Expenses
Operating expenses were
Net Loss
The Company reported a net loss of
Management believes the relative consistency of the Non-GAAP net loss across both periods, despite a
Working Capital and Liquidity
Working capital decreased
Non-GAAP Financial Measures
To supplement our condensed consolidated financial statements prepared in accordance with GAAP, Beam Global presents certain non-GAAP financial measures, in this press release. These measures exclude non-cash items including provisions for credit losses, stock-based compensation, depreciation and amortization, warrant amortization, and impairment of goodwill. We use Non-GAAP measures in conjunction with GAAP measures as part of our overall assessment of our performance to evaluate the effectiveness of our business strategies and to communicate with our board of directors concerning our financial performance. We believe Non-GAAP measures are also helpful to investors, analysts and other interested parties because they can assist in providing a more consistent and comparable overview of our operations across our historical financial periods. Non-GAAP Net Loss has limitations as an analytical tool. Therefore, you should not consider it in isolation or as a substitute for analysis of our results as reported under GAAP. Because of these limitations, you should consider Non-GAAP Net Loss alongside other financial performance measures, including Net Loss attributable to other GAAP measures. In evaluating Non-GAAP Net Loss you should be aware that in the future we may incur expenses that are the same as, or similar to, some of the adjustments reflected in this press release. Our presentation of Non-GAAP Net Loss should not be construed to imply that our future results will be unaffected by the types of items excluded from the calculations of Non-GAAP Net Loss. Non-GAAP Net Loss is not presented in accordance with GAAP and the use of these terms varies from others in our industry. A reconciliation of this non-GAAP measure has been provided in the financial statement tables included within this press release, and investors are encouraged to review this reconciliation.
Conference Call May 15, 2026 at 4:30 p.m. ET
Beam Global will host a conference call on Friday, May 15, 2026 at 4:30 p.m. ET to review results and provide a corporate update, followed by a Q&A session.
Registration: https://dpregister.com/sreg/10209318/1040b2c9ec4
Toll-Free Dial-In Number: 1-844-739-3880
International Dial-In Number: 1-412-317-5716
A webcast archive will be available on our website (www.BeamForAll.com) following the call.
About Beam Global
Beam Global is a sustainable technology innovator which develops and manufactures infrastructure products and technologies. We operate at the nexus of innovative and reliable energy, transportation and smart cities solutions with a focus on sustainable energy infrastructure, rapidly deployed and scalable EV charging solutions, safe energy storage, energy security and intelligent infrastructure. With operations in the U.S., Europe and the Middle East, Beam Global develops, patents, designs, engineers and manufactures unique and advanced innovative technology solutions that power transportation, provide secure sources of electricity, enable Smart City services, save time and money, and protect the environment. Beam Global is headquartered in San Diego, CA with facilities in Broadview, IL, Belgrade and Kraljevo, Serbia and Abu Dhabi, UAE. Beam Global is listed on Nasdaq under the symbol BEEM. For more information visit, BeamForAll.com, LinkedIn, YouTube, Instagram and X.
Forward-Looking Statements
This Beam Global Press Release may contain forward-looking statements. All statements in this Press Release other than statements of historical facts are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are generally accompanied by terms or phrases such as “estimate,” “project,” “predict,” “believe,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “target,” “plan,” “intend,” “seek,” “goal,” “will,” “should,” “may,” or other words and similar expressions that convey the uncertainty of future events or results. These statements relate to future events or future results of operations. These statements are only predictions and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors, which may cause Beam Global’s actual results to be materially different from these forward-looking statements. Except to the extent required by law, Beam Global expressly disclaims any obligation to update any forward-looking statements.
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| Beam Global | |||||||
| Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets | |||||||
| (In thousands, except share and per share data) | |||||||
| March 31, | December 31, | ||||||
| 2026 | 2025 | ||||||
| (unaudited) | |||||||
| Assets | |||||||
| Current assets | |||||||
| Cash | $ | 1,973 | $ | 969 | |||
| Accounts receivable, net of allowance for credit losses of | 4,701 | 8,236 | |||||
| Prepaid expenses and other current assets | 2,072 | 2,070 | |||||
| Inventory, net | 10,423 | 9,766 | |||||
| Total current assets | 19,169 | 21,041 | |||||
| Property and equipment, net | 12,312 | 13,093 | |||||
| Operating lease right of use assets | 1,474 | 1,358 | |||||
| Intangible assets, net | 6,884 | 7,127 | |||||
| Deposits | 113 | 113 | |||||
| Total assets | $ | 39,952 | $ | 42,732 | |||
| Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity | |||||||
| Current liabilities | |||||||
| Accounts payable | $ | 6,245 | $ | 5,925 | |||
| Accrued expenses | 3,037 | 2,885 | |||||
| Sales tax payable | 786 | 843 | |||||
| Deferred revenue, current | 2,052 | 1,800 | |||||
| Note payable, current | 69 | 68 | |||||
| Contingent consideration, current | 104 | 104 | |||||
| Operating lease liabilities, current | 711 | 484 | |||||
| Total current liabilities | 13,004 | 12,109 | |||||
| Deferred revenue, noncurrent | 633 | 690 | |||||
| Note payable, noncurrent | 113 | 131 | |||||
| Other liabilities, noncurrent | 2,755 | 2,939 | |||||
| Deferred tax liabilities, noncurrent | 1,182 | 1,203 | |||||
| Operating lease liabilities, noncurrent | 735 | 815 | |||||
| Total liabilities | 18,422 | 17,887 | |||||
| Stockholders' equity | |||||||
| Preferred stock, | $ | - | $ | - | |||
| Common stock, | 22 | 19 | |||||
| Additional paid-in-capital | 160,292 | 156,446 | |||||
| Accumulated deficit | (138,501 | ) | (131,646 | ) | |||
| Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (AOCI) | (283 | ) | 26 | ||||
| Total stockholders' equity | 21,530 | 24,845 | |||||
| Total liabilities and stockholders' equity | $ | 39,952 | $ | 42,732 | |||
| Beam Global | |||||||
| Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Loss | |||||||
| (Unaudited, In thousands except per share data) | |||||||
| Three Months Ended | |||||||
| March 31, | |||||||
| 2026 | 2025 | ||||||
| Revenues | $ | 3,128 | $ | 6,324 | |||
| Cost of revenues | 3,543 | 5,823 | |||||
| Gross profit | (415 | ) | 501 | ||||
| Gross margin % | - | ||||||
| Operating expenses | 6,296 | 5,265 | |||||
| Impairment of goodwill | - | 10,780 | |||||
| Loss from operations | (6,711 | ) | (15,544 | ) | |||
| Other income (expense) | |||||||
| Interest income | 5 | 23 | |||||
| Other (expense) income | (145 | ) | 4 | ||||
| Interest expense | (4 | ) | (6 | ) | |||
| Total Other income (expense) | (144 | ) | 21 | ||||
| Net Loss | $ | (6,855 | ) | $ | (15,523 | ) | |
| Net foreign currency translation (expense) benefit | (309 | ) | 461 | ||||
| Total Comprehensive Loss | $ | (7,164 | ) | $ | (15,062 | ) | |
| Net Loss per share - basic/diluted | $ | (0.33 | ) | $ | (1.04 | ) | |
| Weighted average shares outstanding - basic/diluted | 20,473 | 14,990 | |||||
| Beam Global | |||||||
| Reconciliation of Net Loss before Tax to Non-GAAP Net Loss before Tax | |||||||
| (Unaudited, In thousands) | |||||||
| Three Months Ended | |||||||
| March 31, | |||||||
| 2026 | 2025 | ||||||
| GAAP Total Revenue | $ | 3,128 | $ | 6,324 | |||
| GAAP Total COGS | 3,543 | 5,823 | |||||
| Adjusted to exclude the following: | |||||||
| Depreciation and Amortization | 709 | 800 | |||||
| Non-GAAP Total COGS | $ | 2,834 | $ | 5,023 | |||
| Non-GAAP Gross Profit | $ | 294 | $ | 1,301 | |||
| Non-GAAP Gross Margin % | |||||||
| GAAP Total Operating Expenses | $ | 6,296 | $ | 16,045 | |||
| Adjusted to exclude the following: | |||||||
| Depreciation and Amortization | $ | 119 | $ | 156 | |||
| Non-cash Compensation | 437 | 445 | |||||
| Allowance for Credit Losses | 1,823 | 239 | |||||
| Warrant Amortization | 80 | 80 | |||||
| Impairment of Goodwill | - | 10,780 | |||||
| Non-GAAP Total Adjustments | $ | 2,459 | $ | 11,700 | |||
| Non-GAAP Total Operating Expenses | $ | 3,837 | $ | 4,345 | |||
| GAAP Other Expenses | $ | (144 | ) | $ | 21 | ||
| GAAP Net Loss before Tax | $ | (6,855 | ) | $ | (15,523 | ) | |
| Non-GAAP Total Adjustments | 3,168 | 12,500 | |||||
| Non-GAAP Net Loss before Tax | $ | (3,687 | ) | $ | (3,023 | ) | |