FTC Solar Announces Third Quarter 2025 Financial Results
AUSTIN, Texas, Nov. 12, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- FTC Solar, Inc. (Nasdaq: FTCI), a leading provider of solar tracker systems, today announced financial results for the third quarter that ended September 30, 2025.
“Third quarter results came in above the high-end of our guidance ranges on nearly all metrics,” commented Yann Brandt, President and Chief Executive Officer of FTC Solar. “I’m pleased to say that the company remains on a growth trajectory with quarterly revenue up nearly 160% year-over-year and at its highest level in eight quarters; operating income and adjusted EBITDA at the highest levels in 5 years; and a more compelling and complete product offering helping to drive increasing traction with key existing and new customers. Overall, I believe the company continues to make great progress across all aspects of the business, and I am excited about the long-term potential of this company.”
Third Quarter Results
Total third-quarter revenue was $26.0 million, which was above our target range. This revenue level represents an increase of 30.2% compared to the prior quarter and an increase of 156.8% compared to the year-earlier quarter.
GAAP gross profit was $1.6 million, or 6.1% of revenue, compared to gross loss of $3.9 million, or 19.6% of revenue, in the prior quarter. Non-GAAP gross profit was $2.0 million or 7.7% of revenue, and represented the company’s return to positive gross margin for the first time since late 2023. This compares to Non-GAAP gross loss of $3.9 million in the prior-year period.
GAAP operating expenses were $9.3 million. On a Non-GAAP basis, operating expenses were $8.0 million. This compares to Non-GAAP operating expenses of $8.1 million in the year-ago quarter.
Summary Financial Performance: Q3 2025 compared to Q3 2024
GAAP net loss was $23.9 million or $1.61 per diluted share, compared to a loss of $15.4 million or $1.18 per diluted share in the prior quarter and a net loss of $15.4 million or $1.21 per diluted share (post-split) in the year-ago quarter. Adjusted EBITDA loss, which excludes approximately $20.0 million for (i) a loss from the change in fair value of the warrant liability, (ii) loss on extinguishment of debt, (iii) certain CEO transition costs, and (iv) costs for a special stockholders' meeting in September 2025 and other non-cash items, was $4.0 million, compared to Adjusted EBITDA losses of $10.4 million 1 in the prior quarter and $12.2 million in the year-ago quarter.
On August 16, the company announced a one-gigawatt tracker supply agreement with Levona Renewables. The first project expected under the agreement, CT Solar One, is a 140-megawatt utility-scale solar facility under development in Snyder, Texas. The project is being built on 478 acres within a 27,000-acre site and is slated for construction start in early 2026. This project will be followed by CT Solar Two and CT Solar Three, which together will add another approximately 650 megawatts to the overall site development. The projects will utilize FTC Solar’s innovative Pioneer 1P trackers combined with its SunPath performance-enhancing software to capture additional energy yield through optimized terrain-based backtracking and diffuse light optimization.
The contracted portion of the company's backlog 2, which does not include any portion of the Levona agreement, which is not yet contracted, now stands at approximately $462 million.
Financing Close
On July 2, 2025, the company entered into a new $75 million strategic financing facility which provides for an initial term loan financing of up to $37.5 million. Of this amount, $14.3 million of term loan financing and an associated warrant issuance closed and funded on July 2, 2025 and the balance of $23.2 million of the initial financing closed on September 19, 2025, following shareholder approval. The Financing Facility also provides for up to an additional $37.5 million in funding to be available to the company as may be needed in the future upon mutual agreement between the company and the investors under the financing facility, for a total potential financing of $75 million.
Subsequent Events
On November 11, 2025, the company entered into a purchase agreement to acquire the 55% interest in Alpha Steel, LLC owned by our joint venture partners for a total cash consideration of approximately $2.7 million. The company established Alpha Steel as a manufacturing joint venture partnership in 2023 to manufacture steel components, including torque tubes, rails and other components, for utility scale solar projects. Following the closing of the transaction (which the company anticipates will be on November 12, 2025), FTC Solar will become the sole owner of Alpha Steel, LLC giving the company full control over a key contributor to its domestic content capability and additional profit potential, while ensuring compliance with guidelines included in the OBBB budget bill.
Outlook
For the fourth quarter, we expect revenue at the midpoint of our guidance range to be up approximately 25% compared to the third quarter.
Third Quarter 2025 Earnings Conference Call
FTC Solar’s senior management will host a conference call for members of the investment community at 8:30 a.m. E.T. today, during which the company will discuss its third quarter results, its outlook and other business items. This call will be webcast and can be accessed within the Investor Relations section of FTC Solar's website at https://investor.ftcsolar.com. A replay of the conference call will also be available on the website for 30 days following the webcast.
About FTC Solar Inc.
Founded in 2017 by a group of renewable energy industry veterans, FTC Solar is a global provider of solar tracker systems, technology, software, and engineering services. Solar trackers significantly increase energy production at solar power installations by dynamically optimizing solar panel orientation to the sun. FTC Solar’s innovative tracker designs provide compelling performance and reliability, with an industry-leading installation cost-per-watt advantage.
Footnotes
1. A reconciliation of prior quarter Non-GAAP financial measures to the nearest comparable GAAP measures may be found in Exhibit 99.1 of our Form 8-K filed on August 5, 2025.
2. The term ‘backlog’ or ‘contracted and awarded’ refers to the combination of our executed contracts (contracted) and awarded orders (awarded), which are orders that have been documented and signed through a contract, where we are in the process of documenting a contract but for which a contract has not yet been signed, or that have been awarded in writing or verbally with a mutual understanding that the order will be contracted in the future. In the case of certain projects, including those that are scheduled for delivery on later dates, we have not locked in binding pricing with customers, and we instead use estimated average selling price to calculate the revenue included in our contracted and awarded orders for such projects. Actual revenue for these projects could differ once contracts with binding pricing are executed, and there is also a risk that a contract may never be executed for an awarded but uncontracted project, or that a contract may be executed for an awarded but uncontracted project at a date that is later than anticipated, or that a contract once executed may be subsequently amended, supplemented, rescinded, cancelled or breached, including in a manner that impacts the timing and amounts of payments due thereunder, thus reducing anticipated revenues. Please refer to our SEC filings, including our Form 10-K, for more information on our contracted and awarded orders, including risk factors.
3. We do not provide a quantitative reconciliation of our forward-looking Non-GAAP guidance measures to the most directly comparable GAAP financial measures because certain information needed to reconcile those measures is not available without unreasonable efforts due to the inherent difficulty in forecasting and quantifying these measures as a result of changes in project schedules by our customers that may occur, which are outside of our control, and the impact, if any, of credit loss provisions, asset impairment charges, restructuring or changes in the timing and level of indirect or overhead spending, as well as other matters, that could occur which could significantly impact the related GAAP financial measures.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains forward looking statements. These statements are not historical facts but rather are based on our current expectations and projections regarding our business, operations and other factors relating thereto. Words such as “may,” “will,” “could,” “would,” “should,” “anticipate,” “predict,” “potential,” “continue,” “expects,” “intends,” “plans,” “projects,” “believes,” “estimates” and similar expressions are used to identify these forward-looking statements. These statements are only predictions and as such are not guarantees of future performance and involve risks, uncertainties and assumptions that are difficult to predict, including, without limitation, the risks and uncertainties described in more detail above and in our filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, including the “Risk Factors” and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” sections of our Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), our Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, and other documents, including Current Reports on Form 8-K, that we have filed, or will file, with the SEC. You should not rely on our forward-looking statements as predictions of future events, as actual results may differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements as a result of certain risks and uncertainties, including, without limitation, the risks and uncertainties described in more detail above and in our filings with the SEC, including the “Risk Factors” and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” sections of our Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC, our Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, and other documents, including Current Reports on Form 8-K, that we have filed, or will file, with the SEC. Any forward-looking statements in this release speak only as of the date on which they are made. FTC Solar undertakes no duty or obligation to update any forward-looking statements contained in this release as a result of new information, future events or changes in its expectations, except as required by law.
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Notes to Reconciliations of Non-GAAP Financial Measures to Nearest Comparable GAAP Measures
We utilize Adjusted EBITDA, Adjusted Net Loss, and Adjusted EPS as supplemental measures of our performance. We define Adjusted EBITDA as net loss plus (i) provision for (benefit from) income taxes, (ii) interest expense, less interest income, (iii) depreciation expense, (iv) amortization of intangibles, (v) stock-based compensation, (vi) loss from changes in the fair value of our warrant liability, (vii) loss on extinguishment of debt, and (viii) Chief Executive Officer ("CEO") transition costs, non-routine legal fees, costs associated with our reverse stock split and special stockholders' meeting, severance and certain other costs (credits). We also deduct the contingent gains arising from earnout payments and project escrow releases relating to the disposal of our investment in an unconsolidated subsidiary and gains from changes in fair value of our warrant liability from net loss in arriving at Adjusted EBITDA. We define Adjusted Net Loss as net loss plus (i) amortization of debt discount and issue costs and intangibles, (ii) stock-based compensation, (iii) loss from changes in the fair value of our warrant liability, (iv) loss on extinguishment of debt, (v) CEO transition costs, non-routine legal fees, costs associated with our reverse stock split and special stockholders' meeting, severance and certain other costs (credits), and (vi) the income tax expense (benefit) of those adjustments, if any. We also deduct the contingent gains arising from earnout payments and project escrow releases relating to the disposal of our investment in an unconsolidated subsidiary and gains from changes in fair value of our warrant liability in arriving at Adjusted Net Loss. Adjusted EPS is defined as Adjusted Net Loss on a per share basis using our weighted average diluted shares outstanding.
Non-GAAP gross profit (loss), Non-GAAP operating expense, Adjusted EBITDA, Adjusted Net Loss and Adjusted EPS are intended as supplemental measures of performance that are neither required by, nor presented in accordance with, U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”). We present these Non-GAAP measures, many of which are commonly used by investors and analysts, because we believe they assist those investors and analysts in comparing our performance across reporting periods on an ongoing basis by excluding items that we do not believe are indicative of our core operating performance. In addition, we use Adjusted EBITDA, Adjusted Net Loss and Adjusted EPS to evaluate the effectiveness of our business strategies.
Non-GAAP gross profit (loss), Non-GAAP operating expense, Adjusted EBITDA, Adjusted Net Loss and Adjusted EPS should not be considered in isolation or as substitutes for performance measures calculated in accordance with GAAP, and you should not rely on any single financial measure to evaluate our business. These Non-GAAP financial measures, when presented, are reconciled to the most closely applicable GAAP measure as disclosed below.
The following table reconciles Non-GAAP gross profit (loss) to the most closely related GAAP measure for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively:
The following table reconciles Non-GAAP operating expenses to the most closely related GAAP measure for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively:
The following table reconciles Non-GAAP Adjusted EBITDA to the related GAAP measure of loss from operations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively:
The following table reconciles Non-GAAP Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted Net Loss to the related GAAP measure of net loss for the three months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively: