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Energous

A small U.S. company whose radio transmitters power battery-free tracking tags, sold mostly for one big retailer's pallets.

Our viewUnattractive Medium conviction
The scores
The profile · 1-4
Growth3/4 ↓

Six quarters of growth from almost nothing, but under two years old, flat in Q2, and 85% one customer.

Business quality2/4 →

One of several Wiliot-certified energizers, priced above rivals only for more power, while RAIN readers do the dock-door job at vast scale.

Financial position3/4 ↑

No debt and cash for about three years of the current loss, but no profit yet and an open equity programme.

Execution record2/4 ↓

The 2026 commercial-decision target became a sales-cycle explanation, the cited AWS metric was disowned, and Q2's margin collapsed unflagged.

Per share capture1/4 →

The share count more than quadrupled in a year while revenue per share rose 14%, and the at-the-market programme stays open.

Potential2/4 →

Hundreds of millions of tags a year, but beyond one rollout nothing is signed and the next steps are buyers' decisions.

Risk profile2/4 ↑

One retailer through one platform was 85% of 2025 revenue, and its rollout is 90% installed.

Valuation2/4 →

2.1 times sales still pays for much of a tripling in revenue at a restored 40% margin, which needs programs nobody has signed.

Evidence quality3/4 →

Revenue, concentration and new shares are filed; the customers, units per site and pipeline are management's or inferred.

The bet · 2-3 years
Speculation2.1×

If it works 2.1× · if it fails you keep up to 25%.

The Verdict

We rate Energous unattractive. It makes radio transmitters that power battery-free pallet tags, sold mostly for one retailer whose store rollout is nearly installed, and in June its sales stopped growing and its margin almost vanished, so the business is weak. After a 28% fall the price still assumes much of a tripling in sales with the margin restored, from programs nobody has signed, so it is full. As a bet it is fragile: if a second customer and a federal agency order at scale, the company is worth only a little more than today; if they do not, losses continue and more new shares are likely.

The long caseIf retailers tag every pallet with battery-free sensors, those tags need radio power in stores and warehouses, and Energous sells the transmitters; buyers beyond one retailer must follow.

The evidence under this - 8 claims
C01facthigh confidence
Energous sells PowerBridge transmitters that send radio-frequency power over the air to battery-free IoT tags and sensors, which it calls a wireless power network; it is fabless, builds through two contract manufacturers and had 27 employees, 12 of them engineers, at the end of 2025.
current state · 2026-06-30written 2026-10-04
C04facthigh confidence
One customer was about 85% of 2025 revenue and 99% of receivables at 31 December 2025; in Q2 2026 five customers were about 74% of revenue, against two at 94% a year earlier, and three were 60% of the first half.
against this

The concentration is falling: five customers, not two, made up 74% of Q2 revenue, and the 10-Q credits the quarter's growth to a second Fortune 10 customer (S01).

current state · 2026-06-30written 2026-10-04
C03facthigh confidence
Q2 2026 revenue was $3.09M against $3.08M in Q1 and $0.98M a year earlier; gross profit was $0.09M, a 3.0% margin, after 19% for the half; operating expenses were $3.29M and the net loss $2.91M, or $0.53 a share.
historical · Q2 2026written 2026-10-04
C07inferencemedium confidence
Energous's revenue per transmitter is roughly $200 to $225: at most $225 in 2025 ($5.6M over 25,000 or more units) and at least about $200 in the first half of 2026 ($6.2M over at most 31,000 units, the 56,000 shipped since 2024 less 2025's 25,000).
derivedFiled revenue (C02, C03) divided by the released unit counts: over 25,000 in 2025 and over 56,000 since 2024 (C33). Energous discloses no unit price.
against this

The released counts say 'over' 25,000 and 56,000, so the true figure per unit could be lower, and any gateway or service revenue in the single revenue line would lower the hardware price further (S01, S02).

historical · FY 2025 to H1 2026written 2026-10-04
C27inferencemedium confidence
At about $22.6M of company value (the 13 October close of $9.62) the price is 2.1 times trailing revenue of $10.5M; with operating costs near $12.8M a year, breakeven at a 40% gross margin needs about $32M of revenue, three times today's, so the price still pays for much of that tripling arriving before the cash runs out, though far less than at $13.34.
derivedThe pack's company value and trailing revenue (C25 source, S14) against filed operating expenses of $3.29M in Q2 (C03, C19) and management's 40% margin target (C12): $12.8M of yearly costs over a 40% margin is about $32M of revenue; cash from C18. Re-struck at the 13 October close of $9.62: company value = price x the pack's share count less its net cash.
against this

The one analyst estimate on file has 2027 revenue at $37.5M, which would put the 13 October company value near 0.6 times sales (C25).

  1. 2026-10-14editedThe 13 October close of $9.62 is 27.9% under the $13.34 the price claims were struck at, so company value falls from $43.0M to about $22.6M and the multiple from 4.1 to 2.1 times sales. The breakeven arithmetic is unchanged.
current state · 2026-10-13written 2026-10-04
C14management claimmedium confidence
Management says the e-commerce customer had 14 installations outside the U.S. in May, plans about 35 facilities in 2026 and now runs five use cases.
against this

No order, volume or contract with this customer is filed or released, and total revenue rose $7,000 in the quarter its demand was said to drive (S01).

forwardwritten 2026-10-04
C15management claimlow confidence
Management says a federal agency is deploying at 2 sites with about 15 planned over the rest of 2026, is a top-five customer, and is discussing a deployment that could span up to 500 sites over two to three years.
against this

No contract to Energous appears in federal award data for 2024 to 2026, though an agency outside federal procurement rules, such as the Postal Service, would not show there; Energous names no agency and files no order.

forwardwritten 2026-10-04
C22management claimmedium confidence
Energous says it has sold no shares under the at-the-market programme since 19 March 2026 and has no plans to use it in the next twelve months.
against this

The programme stays open with $31.7M of capacity (S01), and a short seller documents 21 equity raises since 2019 and promotion to retail (S13).

forwardwritten 2026-10-04
01

The company

Energous sells the PowerBridge, a box mounted at dock doors and in freezers that beams radio energy to stickers on pallets. The stickers have no battery: they collect that energy, wake up and report where they are and how cold it is.

Most of its transmitters run inside Wiliot's system, a private company that makes the stickers and the software and sells the whole package to the retailer. Energous's selling point is power: it says its transmitter is up to eight times stronger than rivals'. It has 27 staff.

The evidence under this - 4 claims
C01facthigh confidence
Energous sells PowerBridge transmitters that send radio-frequency power over the air to battery-free IoT tags and sensors, which it calls a wireless power network; it is fabless, builds through two contract manufacturers and had 27 employees, 12 of them engineers, at the end of 2025.
current state · 2026-06-30written 2026-10-04
C09facthigh confidence
Wiliot's infrastructure devices are off-the-shelf bridges and gateways, and its IoT Pixels cannot be used independently of the Wiliot platform: the end customer buys Wiliot's system, and Wiliot certifies which energizers it runs on.
current state · 2026-10-04written 2026-10-04
C31facthigh confidence
Energous calls itself a wireless power network company selling real-time visibility, with PowerBridge Pro+ adding a built-in Bluetooth gateway, FCC certified on 29 July 2026.
current state · 2026-08-12written 2026-10-04
C10management claimlow confidence
Management says PowerBridge Pro delivers 2 watts conducted or 8 watts EIRP, up to eight times the power of its nearest competitor, and that Energous alone can deliver up to 99% asset visibility in fixed enterprise sites.
against this

No independent test was found, and Wiliot certifies lower-power bridges such as Minew's for the same pixels (S08, S09).

current state · 2026-05-13written 2026-10-04

How it makes money

It earns money one transmitter at a time, roughly $200 to $225 each, so sales grow only as fast as new sites are fitted. There is no subscription behind it: once a store is equipped, the order is done.

That makes the margin the whole question. It kept 36 cents of each sales dollar after making the product in 2025 and 3 cents in the June quarter, against about $3.3M of running costs every quarter.

The evidence under this - 4 claims
C07inferencemedium confidence
Energous's revenue per transmitter is roughly $200 to $225: at most $225 in 2025 ($5.6M over 25,000 or more units) and at least about $200 in the first half of 2026 ($6.2M over at most 31,000 units, the 56,000 shipped since 2024 less 2025's 25,000).
derivedFiled revenue (C02, C03) divided by the released unit counts: over 25,000 in 2025 and over 56,000 since 2024 (C33). Energous discloses no unit price.
against this

The released counts say 'over' 25,000 and 56,000, so the true figure per unit could be lower, and any gateway or service revenue in the single revenue line would lower the hardware price further (S01, S02).

historical · FY 2025 to H1 2026written 2026-10-04
C02facthigh confidence
2025 revenue was $5.6M, up 633%, at a 36% gross margin against 2% in 2024, with a net loss of $9.6M; Energous shipped over 25,000 PowerBridge transmitters in 2025.
historical · FY 2025written 2026-10-04
C03facthigh confidence
Q2 2026 revenue was $3.09M against $3.08M in Q1 and $0.98M a year earlier; gross profit was $0.09M, a 3.0% margin, after 19% for the half; operating expenses were $3.29M and the net loss $2.91M, or $0.53 a share.
historical · Q2 2026written 2026-10-04
C19facthigh confidence
Operating activities used $10.9M of cash in the first half of 2026, of which $6.1M was the increase in prepaid deposits; quarterly operating expenses ran at $3.29M in Q2.
historical · H1 2026written 2026-10-04
Where the money comes from, stream by stream
StreamShare of sales (H1 2026)How it earns it
PowerBridge transmitters96.3%Radio-frequency energizers shipped to customers and partners, mostly into Wiliot's tag system; revenue booked on shipment.
Other (development projects and software)3.7%Product development milestones and other items the filing does not break down; booked when a milestone is accepted.

Who runs it

Mallorie Burak joined as finance chief in early 2024 and has run the company since October 2024 while keeping the finance job. She halved costs and grew sales, but paid for it by selling shares. Insiders owned under 1% this spring and about 5% after August's stock awards. Her bonus is at the board's discretion, and her stock simply vests with time; nothing she is paid depends on sales, profit or the share price.

The evidence under this - 4 claims
C36facthigh confidence
Mallorie Burak joined Energous as chief financial officer in January 2024, became interim principal executive officer in March 2024 and chief executive in October 2024, and still holds both roles; she was previously president and chief financial officer of Knightscope. Peter Weinberg, general counsel since January 2026, also came from Knightscope, and an independent director, David Roberson, chairs the four-member board.
current state · 2026-08-18written 2026-10-04
C37facthigh confidence
At 16 April 2026 the five directors and executive officers together owned 8,537 shares, under 1% of 5,501,099 outstanding, the chief executive 7,767 of them, and no holder owned more than 5%. After the 17 August awards the seven reporting insiders' Forms 4 show about 304,000 shares including unvested restricted stock units, about 5.5% of the 5,527,071 at 30 June; the chief executive 173,265, about 3.1%.
current state · 2026-08-18written 2026-10-04
C38facthigh confidence
In 2025 the chief executive was paid a $395,000 salary and a $395,000 bonus, 100% of target, under a bonus plan whose performance metrics the proxy does not disclose and which is paid at the company's discretion. Every long-term award is time-vesting restricted stock: 15,000 units in January 2026 over four years and a 146,266-unit refresher on 17 August 2026 vesting over three; none pays on revenue, margin or the share price.
current state · 2026-08-18written 2026-10-04
C39facthigh confidence
Energous has never paid a dividend, bought back no stock and made no acquisition. Operating activities used $19.2M in 2023, $17.6M in 2024 and $12.4M in 2025, funded by selling shares: financing provided $5.1M in 2024 and $21.6M in 2025, $18.4M of it through the at-the-market programme, after reverse splits of 1-for-20 in August 2023 and 1-for-30 in August 2025.
historical · 2023 to 2025written 2026-10-04
02

Why it wins, and who could beat it

Why customers come back

Energous earns about $200 to $225 a transmitter, while Minew, a rival, lists a bridge certified for the same Wiliot stickers at $45 to $50. The reason is power: its regulatory approvals let it transmit more, which management says removes blind spots in freezers.

That is a real edge but not a lock. Anyone can seek the same approvals, Wiliot certifies several makers, and the retailer and Wiliot choose which box goes on the wall.

The evidence under this - 5 claims
C07inferencemedium confidence
Energous's revenue per transmitter is roughly $200 to $225: at most $225 in 2025 ($5.6M over 25,000 or more units) and at least about $200 in the first half of 2026 ($6.2M over at most 31,000 units, the 56,000 shipped since 2024 less 2025's 25,000).
derivedFiled revenue (C02, C03) divided by the released unit counts: over 25,000 in 2025 and over 56,000 since 2024 (C33). Energous discloses no unit price.
against this

The released counts say 'over' 25,000 and 56,000, so the true figure per unit could be lower, and any gateway or service revenue in the single revenue line would lower the hardware price further (S01, S02).

historical · FY 2025 to H1 2026written 2026-10-04
C08facthigh confidence
Wiliot's certified energizers include a Minew dual-band bridge listed at $45 to $50, alongside devices from Fanstel, Koamtac, Taglink, ERM and Syncromesh and three Energous bridges; certification runs under Wiliot's partner license.
current state · 2026-10-04written 2026-10-04
C10management claimlow confidence
Management says PowerBridge Pro delivers 2 watts conducted or 8 watts EIRP, up to eight times the power of its nearest competitor, and that Energous alone can deliver up to 99% asset visibility in fixed enterprise sites.
against this

No independent test was found, and Wiliot certifies lower-power bridges such as Minew's for the same pixels (S08, S09).

current state · 2026-05-13written 2026-10-04
C11facthigh confidence
Energous holds more than 300 patents on wireless power, none expiring before 2030, and FCC equipment authorizations for its PowerBridge transmitters, with approvals in more than 110 countries; the 10-K's Competition section names only technologies (plug-in, inductive, magnetic resonance and energy harvesting), not companies.
current state · 2025-12-31written 2026-10-04
C35inferencemedium confidence
Energous sells a component into Wiliot's system as one of several certified energizer makers, so its premium of about four times a rival bridge rests on power output rather than on owning the customer.
derivedWiliot's certified list and license terms (C08, C09), the unit price against Minew's (C07, C08), and the only stated edge, power output (C10).
against this

Management says the retailer chose PowerBridge Pro because its power removes blind spots in freezers and dock doors, and the 85% customer has kept buying for two years (S04, C04).

current state · 2026-10-04written 2026-10-04

The threat

Two things can take the job. Cheaper certified bridges from private makers such as Minew can power the same stickers where strength is not needed. And RAIN RFID, the older battery-free tag system led by Impinj, already ships billions of tags a year and is read at dock doors with no energizer at all.

The evidence under this - 3 claims
C08facthigh confidence
Wiliot's certified energizers include a Minew dual-band bridge listed at $45 to $50, alongside devices from Fanstel, Koamtac, Taglink, ERM and Syncromesh and three Energous bridges; certification runs under Wiliot's partner license.
current state · 2026-10-04written 2026-10-04
C09facthigh confidence
Wiliot's infrastructure devices are off-the-shelf bridges and gateways, and its IoT Pixels cannot be used independently of the Wiliot platform: the end customer buys Wiliot's system, and Wiliot certifies which energizers it runs on.
current state · 2026-10-04written 2026-10-04
C30facthigh confidence
Battery-free RAIN RFID already runs at vastly larger scale: 42.7 billion tag chips shipped in 2025, with Impinj's readers wirelessly powering tags at about 30 feet and more than 150 billion items connected.
current state · 2025-12-31written 2026-10-04

The rivals: PI, and 1 more that is private, in-house or listed abroad.

Who else does this, rival by rival
TickerRivalHow far alongPriced against it
PrivateMinew, Fanstel, Koamtac, Taglink and other Wiliot-certified bridge makersPriced against it: PrivateOn salePrivate
PIRAIN RFID readers and tags, led by ImpinjPriced against it: Different productOn saleDifferent product
03

How big it could get

How big this could get

Battery-free Bluetooth tags, the kind Energous powers, were about 121 million devices in 2024, and ABI Research expects about 795 million by 2030. Walmart alone aims to tag 90 million pallets.

What nobody publishes is how many tags one transmitter serves, so the market for transmitters cannot be sized. Energous has shipped 56,000 in total.

The evidence under this - 4 claims
C29estimatemedium confidence
ABI Research counts 121 million Bluetooth ambient IoT devices shipped in 2024, 80% of all ambient IoT, and forecasts 795 million by 2030 at a 71% share.
against this

The RAIN Alliance counts 42.7 billion battery-free RAIN tag chips shipped in 2025, so Bluetooth ambient IoT is under 1% of battery-free tags (S11).

forwardwritten 2026-10-04
C28facthigh confidence
Wiliot says its pixels track Walmart pallets at scale with a goal of 90 million by the end of 2026, deployed at 500 Walmart locations in October 2025 with a 2026 rollout to 4,600 stores and over 40 distribution centers.
current state · 2025-10-02written 2026-10-04
C30facthigh confidence
Battery-free RAIN RFID already runs at vastly larger scale: 42.7 billion tag chips shipped in 2025, with Impinj's readers wirelessly powering tags at about 30 feet and more than 150 billion items connected.
current state · 2025-12-31written 2026-10-04
C09facthigh confidence
Wiliot's infrastructure devices are off-the-shelf bridges and gateways, and its IoT Pixels cannot be used independently of the Wiliot platform: the end customer buys Wiliot's system, and Wiliot certifies which energizers it runs on.
current state · 2026-10-04written 2026-10-04

Who has signed

Two customers order in volume: the retailer, through Wiliot, and a giant e-commerce company planning about 35 sites this year. Neither order's size or length is disclosed, and nobody has signed for what comes after the store rollout.

The evidence under this - 5 claims
C04facthigh confidence
One customer was about 85% of 2025 revenue and 99% of receivables at 31 December 2025; in Q2 2026 five customers were about 74% of revenue, against two at 94% a year earlier, and three were 60% of the first half.
against this

The concentration is falling: five customers, not two, made up 74% of Q2 revenue, and the 10-Q credits the quarter's growth to a second Fortune 10 customer (S01).

current state · 2026-06-30written 2026-10-04
C05inferencemedium confidence
The national retailer is almost certainly Walmart, though Energous never names it: Wiliot says its pixels are rolling out to 4,600 Walmart stores and 40 distribution centers in 2026, Energous describes a program at about 4,700 U.S. locations plus membership warehouses, and three Energous bridges are on Wiliot's certified list.
against this

Energous has not confirmed the name, and Wiliot certifies bridges from at least six other makers, so the Walmart program need not run on Energous hardware alone (S08).

current state · 2026-08-12written 2026-10-04
C06management claimmedium confidence
Management says the retailer's program covering about 4,700 U.S. stores is about 90% installed, up from 1,500 locations in May, and that its membership warehouses will expand from about 50 to about 550 at the start of 2027.
against this

Q2 revenue rose only $7,000 over Q1 while the store count went from 1,500 to about 4,200, and the 10-Q credits the quarter's growth to the e-commerce customer, not the retailer (S01).

current state · 2026-08-12written 2026-10-04
C13facthigh confidence
The 10-Q credits Q2 2026 revenue growth primarily to U.S. and European demand from a Fortune 10 e-commerce technology customer, alongside a U.S. government proof of concept and pilots referred through the AWS Partner Network.
historical · Q2 2026written 2026-10-04
C14management claimmedium confidence
Management says the e-commerce customer had 14 installations outside the U.S. in May, plans about 35 facilities in 2026 and now runs five use cases.
against this

No order, volume or contract with this customer is filed or released, and total revenue rose $7,000 in the quarter its demand was said to drive (S01).

forwardwritten 2026-10-04
04

The results

The numbers

Is it growing?Fast

Sales grew 431% over the twelve months to Jun 2026, slower than the 633% in the year to Dec 2025.

Dec 2021: $757KDec 2022: $851KDec 2023: $474KDec 2024: $768KDec 2025: $5.63M12 mo to Jun 2026: $10.5M$757K$10.5M
Is it profitable?Losing

Operating margin is −83%, up from −47× in the year to Dec 2023.

Dec 2021: −55×Dec 2022: −31×Dec 2023: −47×Dec 2024: −24×Dec 2025: −178%12 mo to Jun 2026: −83%−55×−83%
Does growth pay off?Pays off

Running costs take 109¢ of each sales dollar, down from 3085¢ in the year to Dec 2022.

Dec 2022: 3085¢Dec 2023: 4703¢Dec 2024: 2399¢Dec 2025: 214¢12 mo to Jun 2026: 109¢3085¢109¢
Does it earn good returns?Poor

Shareholders' money lost 33% a year, up from −86% in the year to Dec 2021.

Dec 2021: −86%Dec 2022: −73%Dec 2023: −107%Dec 2024: −353%Dec 2025: −168%12 mo to Jun 2026: −33%−86%−33%
How long can it keep going?Limited

It used $16.0M of cash over the last twelve months, so the $31.2M it holds lasts about 1.9 years at that pace.

Dec 2021: −$29.1MDec 2022: −$23.8MDec 2023: −$19.4MDec 2024: −$17.7MDec 2025: −$12.5M12 mo to Jun 2026: −$16.0M−$29.1M−$16.0M
Is the balance sheet safe?Net cash

It holds $31.2M of cash against $307K of debt, $30.9M more cash than it owes.

Dec 2024: $535KDec 2025: $10.3M12 mo to Jun 2026: $30.9M$535K$30.9M
How steady is it?Swingy

Yearly sales growth has ranged from −44% to +633% over the last 5 years, with sales falling in 1 of them.

Dec 2021: +131%Dec 2022: +12%Dec 2023: −44%Dec 2024: +62%Dec 2025: +633%+131%+633%
All the numbers

Filed figures from the company's 10-K and 10-Q, read 2026-10-04. Fiscal years end in December.

Dec 2021Dec 2022Dec 2023Dec 2024Dec 202512 mo to Jun 2026
Size and growth
Sales$757K$851K$474K$768K$5.63M$10.5M
Sales growth+131%+12%−44%+62%+633%+431%
Profit
Gross margin-−50%41%1.6%36%27%
Operating margin−55×−31×−47×−24×−178%−83%
Net margin−55×−31×−41×−24×−170%−76%
What growth costs, per sales dollar
Research and development27×15×23×10×73%38%
Sales and marketing11×574%813%399%42%21%
General and admin12×949%15×819%80%49%
Pay in shares16×343%354%104%5.0%1.8%
Capital spending48%19%39%16%1.5%3.0%
Cash
Cash from operations−$28.7M−$23.6M−$19.2M−$17.6M−$12.4M−$15.7M
Free cash flow−$29.1M−$23.8M−$19.4M−$17.7M−$12.5M−$16.0M
Balance sheet
Cash and short-term investments$49.1M$26.3M$13.9M$1.35M$10.4M$31.2M
Debt---$818K$88.0K$307K
Net cash---$535K$10.3M$30.9M
Returns and shares
Shares (diluted)---238K1.49M5.51M

What growth costs

Energous's office and research costs barely move with sales, and it has cut them hard, so each new sale carries far less overhead. The problem is the transmitters themselves: lately they have cost almost as much to make as they sell for, which wiped out the gain from spreading the fixed costs.

The evidence under this - 2 claims
C40facthigh confidence
Operating expenses fell from $22.3M in 2023 to $18.4M in 2024, $12.0M in 2025 and $11.5M over the four quarters to June 2026 while revenue rose from $0.5M to $10.5M; research and development fell from $10.8M to $4.0M. The 2025 10-K restated 2024 research and development to $7.7M from the $8.3M first filed, moving about $0.6M into general and administrative.
against this
  • Gross margin went the other way: 36% in 2025 and 3% in Q2 2026 (C02, C03), so the cost that grows with sales rose faster than sales.
  • The cuts came with severance of $1.4M in 2024 and $0.4M in 2025 (S05), and the August 2026 awards (C38) will add stock pay that 2025 barely carried.
historical · 2023 to the four quarters to June 2026written 2026-10-04
C03facthigh confidence
Q2 2026 revenue was $3.09M against $3.08M in Q1 and $0.98M a year earlier; gross profit was $0.09M, a 3.0% margin, after 19% for the half; operating expenses were $3.29M and the net loss $2.91M, or $0.53 a share.
historical · Q2 2026written 2026-10-04

The last report (12 Aug)

Quarter ended June 2026, filed figures.

0.2%
Growth from the quarter before
against 1.4% the quarter before that
-103¢
Operating profit
per dollar of sales

On the surface it was a sixth quarter of growth. In fact sales rose by $7,000 over March, and the filing credits the gain to the e-commerce customer, not the retailer whose stores were being fitted.

The margin was worse. Energous kept 3 cents of each sales dollar after making its products, blaming one-off retooling at a factory and scarce parts; it raised prices on 1 July and still aims for 40 cents. It gave no forecast for sales.

What it did to the thesisIt confirmed the worry: sales stopped growing as the store rollout neared its end, and the margin collapsed. It left open whether the second big customer can carry growth and whether the margin returns, with no guidance to judge either by.

The quarter in detail

Sales growth from the previous quarter, filed figures.

Earnings per share $-0.50 against $-0.22 expected; $-0.53 as filed, the gap being what the company adds back.

The evidence under this - 5 claims
C03facthigh confidence
Q2 2026 revenue was $3.09M against $3.08M in Q1 and $0.98M a year earlier; gross profit was $0.09M, a 3.0% margin, after 19% for the half; operating expenses were $3.29M and the net loss $2.91M, or $0.53 a share.
historical · Q2 2026written 2026-10-04
C12management claimlow confidence
Management calls Q2's margin temporary: one-off retooling at the U.S. contract manufacturer for a Fortune 10 hardware upgrade and components bought at a premium during an AI-driven shortage; it raised prices on 1 July, expects Q3 and Q4 to recover and keeps a 40%-plus long-term target.
against this
  • 2024's gross margin was 2% and Q2 2026's 3%: the 36% of 2025 is the only full year above 20% (S06, S01).
  • The overseas contract manufacturer was still retooling in August, and $6.3M sat prepaid with contract manufacturers at 30 June (S01, S03).
forwardwritten 2026-10-04
C13facthigh confidence
The 10-Q credits Q2 2026 revenue growth primarily to U.S. and European demand from a Fortune 10 e-commerce technology customer, alongside a U.S. government proof of concept and pilots referred through the AWS Partner Network.
historical · Q2 2026written 2026-10-04
C06management claimmedium confidence
Management says the retailer's program covering about 4,700 U.S. stores is about 90% installed, up from 1,500 locations in May, and that its membership warehouses will expand from about 50 to about 550 at the start of 2027.
against this

Q2 revenue rose only $7,000 over Q1 while the store count went from 1,500 to about 4,200, and the 10-Q credits the quarter's growth to the e-commerce customer, not the retailer (S01).

current state · 2026-08-12written 2026-10-04
C17facthigh confidence
Management gives no revenue guidance; asked on the August call where revenue is heading, the chief executive said she was not providing specific guidance and was focused on continuing quarterly growth.
current state · 2026-08-12written 2026-10-04
What management did with the money

It sold 3.3 million new shares between January and March for $31.8M, and now holds $31.2M of cash and no real debt. It has promised not to sell more shares this way until August 2027.

Insiders in 2026Q3: 7 purchases and 0 sales, from their Form 4 filings.

The evidence under this - 3 claims
C20facthigh confidence
Energous sold 3,299,728 shares under its at-the-market programme in the first half of 2026 for $31.8M net, none in Q2, leaving $31.7M of capacity; shares outstanding were 5,527,071 at 30 June after a 1-for-30 reverse split in August 2025, and warrants over 653,497 shares at $7.79 and $9.90 run to 2030.
current state · 2026-06-30written 2026-10-04
C22management claimmedium confidence
Energous says it has sold no shares under the at-the-market programme since 19 March 2026 and has no plans to use it in the next twelve months.
against this

The programme stays open with $31.7M of capacity (S01), and a short seller documents 21 equity raises since 2019 and promotion to retail (S13).

forwardwritten 2026-10-04
C18facthigh confidence
At 30 June 2026 Energous held $31.2M of cash, $6.3M prepaid to contract manufacturers, $2.5M of inventory and $3.3M of receivables, against $5.3M of total liabilities including a $0.3M short-term loan and no other debt; equity was $40.1M after an accumulated deficit of $414.6M, and management says cash funds at least twelve months.
current state · 2026-06-30written 2026-10-04
05

The price, and where we disagree

In short. Full. After a 28% fall the price still pays for much of sales roughly tripling and the margin recovering, from programs that have not signed, before any new shares.

Share price
$10.78
close,
Company value for each $1 of sales
4.1
its 6-year normal 26.4

The shares ran from under $4 in December to about $37 in April on the retail rollout, then lost most of it as growth stalled. The rollout is now 90% installed, so the September-quarter results due 11 November are the first test of what replaces it.

Management had said several programs would reach a buying decision in 2026. In August it said contract timing is not the right way to judge progress. Analysts expect about $3.8M of sales for the quarter.

The evidence under this - 4 claims
C26facthigh confidence
The shares rose from a $3.62 low in December 2025 to $36.98 on 15 April 2026, fell 12.2% the day after the Q2 print, reached $10.27 in September, closed at $13.34 on 2 October and at $9.62 on 13 October.
  1. 2026-10-14editedAdded the 13 October close of $9.62, 27.9% under 2 October's; nothing else in the series moved.
historical · 2025-12 to 2026-10written 2026-10-04
C06management claimmedium confidence
Management says the retailer's program covering about 4,700 U.S. stores is about 90% installed, up from 1,500 locations in May, and that its membership warehouses will expand from about 50 to about 550 at the start of 2027.
against this

Q2 revenue rose only $7,000 over Q1 while the store count went from 1,500 to about 4,200, and the 10-Q credits the quarter's growth to the e-commerce customer, not the retailer (S01).

current state · 2026-08-12written 2026-10-04
C16management claimmedium confidence
In May management expected several active programs to reach a commercial decision during 2026; in August it said the timing of contract signature is not the right indicator of commercial progress, and that the AWS customer-launch count it had cited may level off or fall.
against this

The August framing is itself the counter: a dated commitment was replaced by a sales-cycle explanation of six to nine months, and no program was announced as decided (S03).

forwardwritten 2026-10-04
C25facthigh confidence
FMP's snapshot counts five buys and a hold, while its dated series holds one analyst, at buy; the one estimate on file puts 2026 sales at $15.1M and 2027 at $37.5M, and the Q3 2026 consensus is $3.8M of sales.
current state · 2026-10-03written 2026-10-04
The betSpeculation
If it works
2.1×
from today's value, at the stated multiple
If it fails
keep up to 25%
of today's market value: at most, with what is left counted at book value
How we read the multiple

Counting its cash, the whole company is valued at about $23M, 2.1 times the last year's sales of $10.5M.

For the price to work:

  1. Running costs are about $12.8M a year.
  2. At the 40 cents of each sales dollar management targets, covering them takes about $32M of sales.
  3. That is three times today's sales.
  4. Its $31.2M of cash covers about three years of losses at today's pace, so the tripling has to come first.

Against its own history. What buyers used to pay for each dollar of its sales was far higher, but there were almost no sales then, so today's lower figure is not a bargain.

The evidence under this - 4 claims
C27inferencemedium confidence
At about $22.6M of company value (the 13 October close of $9.62) the price is 2.1 times trailing revenue of $10.5M; with operating costs near $12.8M a year, breakeven at a 40% gross margin needs about $32M of revenue, three times today's, so the price still pays for much of that tripling arriving before the cash runs out, though far less than at $13.34.
derivedThe pack's company value and trailing revenue (C25 source, S14) against filed operating expenses of $3.29M in Q2 (C03, C19) and management's 40% margin target (C12): $12.8M of yearly costs over a 40% margin is about $32M of revenue; cash from C18. Re-struck at the 13 October close of $9.62: company value = price x the pack's share count less its net cash.
against this

The one analyst estimate on file has 2027 revenue at $37.5M, which would put the 13 October company value near 0.6 times sales (C25).

  1. 2026-10-14editedThe 13 October close of $9.62 is 27.9% under the $13.34 the price claims were struck at, so company value falls from $43.0M to about $22.6M and the multiple from 4.1 to 2.1 times sales. The breakeven arithmetic is unchanged.
current state · 2026-10-13written 2026-10-04
C18facthigh confidence
At 30 June 2026 Energous held $31.2M of cash, $6.3M prepaid to contract manufacturers, $2.5M of inventory and $3.3M of receivables, against $5.3M of total liabilities including a $0.3M short-term loan and no other debt; equity was $40.1M after an accumulated deficit of $414.6M, and management says cash funds at least twelve months.
current state · 2026-06-30written 2026-10-04
C19facthigh confidence
Operating activities used $10.9M of cash in the first half of 2026, of which $6.1M was the increase in prepaid deposits; quarterly operating expenses ran at $3.29M in Q2.
historical · H1 2026written 2026-10-04
C12management claimlow confidence
Management calls Q2's margin temporary: one-off retooling at the U.S. contract manufacturer for a Fortune 10 hardware upgrade and components bought at a premium during an AI-driven shortage; it raised prices on 1 July, expects Q3 and Q4 to recover and keeps a 40%-plus long-term target.
against this
  • 2024's gross margin was 2% and Q2 2026's 3%: the 36% of 2025 is the only full year above 20% (S06, S01).
  • The overseas contract manufacturer was still retooling in August, and $6.3M sat prepaid with contract manufacturers at 30 June (S01, S03).
forwardwritten 2026-10-04
Priced against its rivals

None of the listed rivals above sells the same thing to the same buyers as a large part of what it does. A price comparison needs at least two, so the price is judged against its own history instead.

The bet: what it pays if it works

This is a bet that Energous finds growth beyond one retailer: the e-commerce customer's sites, the warehouse expansion and the federal agency's first sites together doubling today's sales. Even then, valued like a hardware supplier near break-even, the company would be worth only a little more than today.

If no second program orders at scale, losses continue and more shares may be sold; what is left is cash and stock on the shelves, a small part of today's price.

Revenue in two to three yearsPowerBridge transmitters shipped a year neededAt the stated multiple
$10.00Mabout 47.6K at 100% kept1.0×
$20.00M (the big win)about 95.2K at 100% kept2.1×
$37.50Mabout 178.6K at 100% kept3.9×

To pay 2× (a Fair bet) it would need about $19.30M of revenue (about 91.9K PowerBridge transmitters shipped a year); to pay 5× (a Cheap bet), about $48.25M of revenue (about 229.8K PowerBridge transmitters shipped a year), at the same multiple.

The steps it has to take

  • Done Sixth consecutive quarter of revenue growth
  • Done $31.8M raised and the at-the-market programme paused
  • In progress Retailer's 4,700-store rollout installed due 2026-12-31
  • In progress Gross margin back above 30% due 2026-12-31
  • In progress E-commerce customer at about 35 facilities due 2026-12-31
  • In progress Federal agency at about 15 sites due 2026-12-31
  • Not started Membership warehouses expanded to about 550 due 2027-03-31
  • Slipped A second program disclosed as a multi-site order due 2027-06-30
The detail behind the label
Rating
Fair
the big win's payoff against the 2× and 5× lines
Cheap bet at about
≈ $7.70
29% below the price (close, )
The evidence under this - 7 claims
C14management claimmedium confidence
Management says the e-commerce customer had 14 installations outside the U.S. in May, plans about 35 facilities in 2026 and now runs five use cases.
against this

No order, volume or contract with this customer is filed or released, and total revenue rose $7,000 in the quarter its demand was said to drive (S01).

forwardwritten 2026-10-04
C15management claimlow confidence
Management says a federal agency is deploying at 2 sites with about 15 planned over the rest of 2026, is a top-five customer, and is discussing a deployment that could span up to 500 sites over two to three years.
against this

No contract to Energous appears in federal award data for 2024 to 2026, though an agency outside federal procurement rules, such as the Postal Service, would not show there; Energous names no agency and files no order.

forwardwritten 2026-10-04
C06management claimmedium confidence
Management says the retailer's program covering about 4,700 U.S. stores is about 90% installed, up from 1,500 locations in May, and that its membership warehouses will expand from about 50 to about 550 at the start of 2027.
against this

Q2 revenue rose only $7,000 over Q1 while the store count went from 1,500 to about 4,200, and the 10-Q credits the quarter's growth to the e-commerce customer, not the retailer (S01).

current state · 2026-08-12written 2026-10-04
C25facthigh confidence
FMP's snapshot counts five buys and a hold, while its dated series holds one analyst, at buy; the one estimate on file puts 2026 sales at $15.1M and 2027 at $37.5M, and the Q3 2026 consensus is $3.8M of sales.
current state · 2026-10-03written 2026-10-04
C18facthigh confidence
At 30 June 2026 Energous held $31.2M of cash, $6.3M prepaid to contract manufacturers, $2.5M of inventory and $3.3M of receivables, against $5.3M of total liabilities including a $0.3M short-term loan and no other debt; equity was $40.1M after an accumulated deficit of $414.6M, and management says cash funds at least twelve months.
current state · 2026-06-30written 2026-10-04
C19facthigh confidence
Operating activities used $10.9M of cash in the first half of 2026, of which $6.1M was the increase in prepaid deposits; quarterly operating expenses ran at $3.29M in Q2.
historical · H1 2026written 2026-10-04
C22management claimmedium confidence
Energous says it has sold no shares under the at-the-market programme since 19 March 2026 and has no plans to use it in the next twelve months.
against this

The programme stays open with $31.7M of capacity (S01), and a short seller documents 21 equity raises since 2019 and promotion to retail (S13).

forwardwritten 2026-10-04

Where we disagree with the market

The market believes

A wireless-power company breaking out, with two of America's biggest companies and a federal agency as customers and margins heading to 40%.

We believe

One retailer's rollout made the sales, it is nearly installed, and nothing signed replaces it yet.

The coverage counts customers; the filings count dollars, and one retailer was 85% of them last year. A second giant customer is real and growing, which is the best evidence against us.

We would be wrong if the September quarter beats the $3.8M forecast with the margin back above 30 cents and a federal or e-commerce order announced. About an eighth of the shares available are already sold short.

What analysts say, and the evidence
Analysts positive
100%
of 1, 1 Oct
Four months earlier
100%
of 1, 1 Jun
The evidence under this - 6 claims
C25facthigh confidence
FMP's snapshot counts five buys and a hold, while its dated series holds one analyst, at buy; the one estimate on file puts 2026 sales at $15.1M and 2027 at $37.5M, and the Q3 2026 consensus is $3.8M of sales.
current state · 2026-10-03written 2026-10-04
C04facthigh confidence
One customer was about 85% of 2025 revenue and 99% of receivables at 31 December 2025; in Q2 2026 five customers were about 74% of revenue, against two at 94% a year earlier, and three were 60% of the first half.
against this

The concentration is falling: five customers, not two, made up 74% of Q2 revenue, and the 10-Q credits the quarter's growth to a second Fortune 10 customer (S01).

current state · 2026-06-30written 2026-10-04
C05inferencemedium confidence
The national retailer is almost certainly Walmart, though Energous never names it: Wiliot says its pixels are rolling out to 4,600 Walmart stores and 40 distribution centers in 2026, Energous describes a program at about 4,700 U.S. locations plus membership warehouses, and three Energous bridges are on Wiliot's certified list.
against this

Energous has not confirmed the name, and Wiliot certifies bridges from at least six other makers, so the Walmart program need not run on Energous hardware alone (S08).

current state · 2026-08-12written 2026-10-04
C06management claimmedium confidence
Management says the retailer's program covering about 4,700 U.S. stores is about 90% installed, up from 1,500 locations in May, and that its membership warehouses will expand from about 50 to about 550 at the start of 2027.
against this

Q2 revenue rose only $7,000 over Q1 while the store count went from 1,500 to about 4,200, and the 10-Q credits the quarter's growth to the e-commerce customer, not the retailer (S01).

current state · 2026-08-12written 2026-10-04
C27inferencemedium confidence
At about $22.6M of company value (the 13 October close of $9.62) the price is 2.1 times trailing revenue of $10.5M; with operating costs near $12.8M a year, breakeven at a 40% gross margin needs about $32M of revenue, three times today's, so the price still pays for much of that tripling arriving before the cash runs out, though far less than at $13.34.
derivedThe pack's company value and trailing revenue (C25 source, S14) against filed operating expenses of $3.29M in Q2 (C03, C19) and management's 40% margin target (C12): $12.8M of yearly costs over a 40% margin is about $32M of revenue; cash from C18. Re-struck at the 13 October close of $9.62: company value = price x the pack's share count less its net cash.
against this

The one analyst estimate on file has 2027 revenue at $37.5M, which would put the 13 October company value near 0.6 times sales (C25).

  1. 2026-10-14editedThe 13 October close of $9.62 is 27.9% under the $13.34 the price claims were struck at, so company value falls from $43.0M to about $22.6M and the multiple from 4.1 to 2.1 times sales. The breakeven arithmetic is unchanged.
current state · 2026-10-13written 2026-10-04
C24facthigh confidence
At the 15 September 2026 settlement 681,295 shares were sold short, 12.72% of the float and 5.11 days of volume.
current state · 2026-09-15written 2026-10-04
06

What could go wrong, and how we would know

The risks

  • The rollout ends With the retailer's stores 90% fitted, its orders may fall to a trickle unless its warehouses and depots follow.
  • One customer The retailer was 85% of 2025 sales and orders through Wiliot, which decides which transmitters its system uses.
  • The margin Only one full year has kept more than 20 cents per sales dollar; June's 3 cents could be the norm, not the exception.
  • New shares The share count quadrupled in a year, and the programme that sold them stays open with $31.7M of room.
  • Cheaper rivals Wiliot certifies bridges selling for about a quarter of Energous's price; if power stops mattering, so does the edge.
  • A short seller Fugazi Research has accused the company of relying on new shares and promotion to retail buyers.
The evidence under this - 7 claims
C34inferencemedium confidence
The retailer's rollout nearing completion means its orders fall unless expansion follows: Q2 revenue was flat while the e-commerce customer drove the growth, so the retailer's volume was likely already lower than in Q1.
derivedThe rollout at 90% (C06), Q2 revenue flat on Q1 (C03), and the 10-Q crediting Q2's growth to the e-commerce customer rather than the retailer (C13), with the retailer at 85% of 2025 revenue (C04).
against this

Management says expansion talks with the retailer are under way and its membership warehouses go from about 50 to about 550 in early 2027 (S03).

forwardwritten 2026-10-04
C04facthigh confidence
One customer was about 85% of 2025 revenue and 99% of receivables at 31 December 2025; in Q2 2026 five customers were about 74% of revenue, against two at 94% a year earlier, and three were 60% of the first half.
against this

The concentration is falling: five customers, not two, made up 74% of Q2 revenue, and the 10-Q credits the quarter's growth to a second Fortune 10 customer (S01).

current state · 2026-06-30written 2026-10-04
C12management claimlow confidence
Management calls Q2's margin temporary: one-off retooling at the U.S. contract manufacturer for a Fortune 10 hardware upgrade and components bought at a premium during an AI-driven shortage; it raised prices on 1 July, expects Q3 and Q4 to recover and keeps a 40%-plus long-term target.
against this
  • 2024's gross margin was 2% and Q2 2026's 3%: the 36% of 2025 is the only full year above 20% (S06, S01).
  • The overseas contract manufacturer was still retooling in August, and $6.3M sat prepaid with contract manufacturers at 30 June (S01, S03).
forwardwritten 2026-10-04
C21facthigh confidence
Over the 252 sessions to 2 October 2026 the diluted share count rose 363.7% while trailing revenue per share rose 14.4%; the 71% price gain came from the multiple, up 49.5%.
historical · 2025-10-01 to 2026-10-02written 2026-10-04
C22management claimmedium confidence
Energous says it has sold no shares under the at-the-market programme since 19 March 2026 and has no plans to use it in the next twelve months.
against this

The programme stays open with $31.7M of capacity (S01), and a short seller documents 21 equity raises since 2019 and promotion to retail (S13).

forwardwritten 2026-10-04
C35inferencemedium confidence
Energous sells a component into Wiliot's system as one of several certified energizer makers, so its premium of about four times a rival bridge rests on power output rather than on owning the customer.
derivedWiliot's certified list and license terms (C08, C09), the unit price against Minew's (C07, C08), and the only stated edge, power output (C10).
against this

Management says the retailer chose PowerBridge Pro because its power removes blind spots in freezers and dock doors, and the 85% customer has kept buying for two years (S04, C04).

current state · 2026-10-04written 2026-10-04
C32facthigh confidence
A short seller, Fugazi Research, published a report in April 2026 on Energous's reliance on dilution and on promotion of the stock to retail investors.
historical · 2026-04written 2026-10-04
What we still do not know
  • How many transmitters each store takes, and so how many are left to ship once the rollout ends.
  • Which federal agency is testing it, and whether any contract stands behind its 15 planned sites.
  • What Wiliot's license lets Energous charge, since its terms are not published.
  • Whether rival bridges can match its power, since nobody has tested them side by side in public.
The evidence under this - 4 claims
C06management claimmedium confidence
Management says the retailer's program covering about 4,700 U.S. stores is about 90% installed, up from 1,500 locations in May, and that its membership warehouses will expand from about 50 to about 550 at the start of 2027.
against this

Q2 revenue rose only $7,000 over Q1 while the store count went from 1,500 to about 4,200, and the 10-Q credits the quarter's growth to the e-commerce customer, not the retailer (S01).

current state · 2026-08-12written 2026-10-04
C15management claimlow confidence
Management says a federal agency is deploying at 2 sites with about 15 planned over the rest of 2026, is a top-five customer, and is discussing a deployment that could span up to 500 sites over two to three years.
against this

No contract to Energous appears in federal award data for 2024 to 2026, though an agency outside federal procurement rules, such as the Postal Service, would not show there; Energous names no agency and files no order.

forwardwritten 2026-10-04
C09facthigh confidence
Wiliot's infrastructure devices are off-the-shelf bridges and gateways, and its IoT Pixels cannot be used independently of the Wiliot platform: the end customer buys Wiliot's system, and Wiliot certifies which energizers it runs on.
current state · 2026-10-04written 2026-10-04
C07inferencemedium confidence
Energous's revenue per transmitter is roughly $200 to $225: at most $225 in 2025 ($5.6M over 25,000 or more units) and at least about $200 in the first half of 2026 ($6.2M over at most 31,000 units, the 56,000 shipped since 2024 less 2025's 25,000).
derivedFiled revenue (C02, C03) divided by the released unit counts: over 25,000 in 2025 and over 56,000 since 2024 (C33). Energous discloses no unit price.
against this

The released counts say 'over' 25,000 and 56,000, so the true figure per unit could be lower, and any gateway or service revenue in the single revenue line would lower the hardware price further (S01, S02).

historical · FY 2025 to H1 2026written 2026-10-04

What would change our view

  1. Unattractive→NeutralRevenue past $5M a quarter at a restored margin, with no new shares

    It needs all of:

    • ○Quarterly sales reach $5M, keeping 35 cents or more of each sales dollar after making the product.checked at the next results, due by 11 Nov
    • ○No new shares are sold through the company's share-sale programme in that quarter or the one before.watched as it happens
  2. Unattractive→AttractiveA second customer at scale and revenue past breakeven

    It needs all of:

    • ○No single customer is more than half of a year's sales.checked at the next results, due by 11 Nov
    • ○Sales over a year reach $32M and the company makes an operating profit.checked at the next results, due by 11 Nov
We would also be wrong if
  • Quarterly sales fall below $2.5M once the store rollout is finished.
  • Wiliot certifies a rival transmitter as strong as Energous's.

What is coming

  • 11 November 2026 Q3 2026 results: Whether revenue holds above Q2 as the retailer's rollout ends, and whether gross margin recovers toward the 40% target after the July price rise.
Every dated event ahead
  • 11 November 2026 Q3 2026 results: Whether revenue holds above Q2 as the retailer's rollout ends, and whether gross margin recovers toward the 40% target after the July price rise.
  • December 2026 Federal agency deployment reaches about 15 sites: Whether the second-largest growth story becomes a signed multi-site order, or the 2026 commercial-decision target slips again.
  • January 2027 Retailer's membership warehouses expand to about 550: Whether the main customer's next wave replaces the finished store rollout, or orders fall away as C34 expects.
  • March 2027 FY2026 results and 10-K: Customer concentration for the full year, whether the at-the-market pledge held, and how much of the cash the losses used.
Since we wrote this
Written
4 Oct
Price the thesis read
$13.34
2 Oct
Latest close
$10.78
close, · -19.2% since
  • 14 OctPrice moveShares fell 28% with no news; price claims re-struckAt $9.62 the company is valued at about 2.1 times sales, not 4.1. The business facts did not move, so the view held.
  • 13 OctBet moveBet re-struck: Priced for success to SpeculationRe-priced at the 12 October close; the rating moved from Expensive bet to Fair bet.
  • 5 OctThesis reviewThe bet now names what it ridesThe owner asked that every bet name the macro trend behind it, after BWXT's bet was missing its chief executive's case for nuclear over gas.
  • 4 OctThesis writtenUnattractive, medium convictionWritten seven weeks after the June-quarter print, with the retailer's rollout 90% installed, revenue flat and the gross margin at 3%.
  • 4 OctThesis reviewOwner's checklist: revenue streams, cost of growth, management, catalystsThe owner's checklist found the method silent on who runs the company, what growth costs, where the money comes from and what is dated ahead; this pass fills those four blocks from the proxy and filings.

Also checked 1 time with nothing new to act on.

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Where this came from

Sources - 17

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  1. S01primarycompany filing2026-08-13
    revenue, cost of revenue and gross profit by quarter and half, operating expenses, the balance sheet including prepaid deposits with contract manufacturers, customer concentration for revenue and receivables, the at-the-market sales, the warrants, the reverse split, the going-concern conclusion and the MD&A's account of what drove revenue and cost
    backsC01C03C04C12C13C18C19C20C21C23C37C40C41
  2. S02primarycompany release2026-08-12
    the sixth consecutive quarter of growth, 56,000 transmitters shipped since 2024, the at-the-market statement and the PowerBridge Pro+ certification
    backsC03C22C31C33
  3. S03primarytranscript2026-08-12
    Energous Q2 2026 earnings call transcript
    the retailer's rollout at about 90%, the membership-warehouse expansion, the e-commerce, federal, restaurant and grocery programs, the margin explanation and the 40% target, the 1 July price increase, the reframing of contract timing and of the AWS launch count; and two analysts' questions, including the unanswered one on revenue trajectory
    This program targets approximately 4,700 U.S. retail locations, and we have delivered thousands of PowerBridge Pro units to ensure that the project remains on track to complete installations across those retail stores based on the customer's schedule.
    backsC05C06C12C14C15C16C17C22C31
  4. S04primarytranscript2026-05-13
    Energous Q1 2026 earnings call transcript
    the first call since 2024: 39,000 transmitters deployed, the retailer at 1,500 of 4,700 locations, the e-commerce customer's 14 international installations and 35 planned, the power-output claim, the AWS launch count and the at-the-market raise
    We expect several of our active programs to reach commercial decision during 2026.
    backsC05C06C10C14C16
  5. S05primarycompany filing2026-03-26
    Item 1's description of the wireless power network, the patents, the FCC authorizations, the Competition section, the contract manufacturers and employees; the top customer at 85% of 2025 revenue; the risk factors on sole-source components and few customers
    backsC01C02C04C11C39C40C41
  6. S06primarycompany release2026-03-25
    2025 revenue, gross margin and loss, and 25,000 transmitters shipped in 2025
    backsC02
  7. S07primarycompany release2025-10-02
    Walmart's rollout of Wiliot pixels, its store count and the 90 million pallet goal, with a Walmart executive quoted
    The collaborative solution is currently deployed across 500 Walmart locations, with plans for national expansion in 2026. The rollout will cover 4,600 Walmart Supercenters, Neighborhood Markets, and over 40 distribution centers
    backsC05C28
  8. S08primarycompany release2026-10-04
    that energizers are off-the-shelf certified bridges under a Wiliot partner license, and the list of certified devices: three Energous bridges beside Minew, Fanstel, Koamtac, Taglink, ERM and Syncromesh devices
    IoT Pixels cannot be used independently of the Wiliot Physical AI platform
    backsC05C08C09
  9. S09primaryother2026-10-04
    a rival's Wiliot-certified energizer and its list price
    Price range: $45.00 through $50.00 … It features a Sub-1 GHz antenna for energizing Pixels
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  10. S10primaryindustry data2025
    ambient IoT device shipments by protocol in 2024 and the 2030 forecast
    Bluetooth® Low Energy (LE) is currently the dominant connectivity protocol, accounting for 80% of Ambient IoT shipments in 2024-or 121 million devices.
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  11. S11primaryindustry data2026-04-02
    the size of the battery-free RFID tag market the trade body measures
    In 2025, those four companies shipped 42.7 billion RAIN tag chips globally.
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  12. S12primarycompany filing2026-02-09
    that RAIN readers wirelessly power battery-free endpoint chips at about 30 feet, and Impinj's 150 billion items connected
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  13. S13secondarynews2026-04-02
    the short seller's case: about 3.3 million shares sold under the at-the-market programme between 2 January and 23 March, and promotion to retail
    Fugazi Research published a follow-up bearish report that renewed concerns about the company's reliance on dilution, stock promotion and broader questions around how the WATT story has been distributed to retail investors.
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  14. S14secondaryvendor data2026-10-04
    Research pack (FMP market data, FINRA short interest, Form 4 rows), fetched 2026-10-04
    price history and the 2 October close, market and company value, the trailing multiples, the price decomposition, the analyst split and estimates, short interest at the 15 September settlement and insider transactions
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  15. S15primarycompany filing2026-04-29
    the directors and executive officers with their start dates and backgrounds, beneficial ownership at 16 April 2026, the 2025 summary compensation table, the 2025 bonus plan, the RSU awards and the chief executive's offer letter and severance terms
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  16. S16primarycompany filing2026-08-18
    each officer's and director's award, its vesting terms and the shares each reports owning afterwards: the chief executive 146,266 RSUs to 173,265, the chief sales and growth officer, general counsel and chief accounting officer refresher grants, and the three non-employee directors' quarterly-vesting awards
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  17. S17primarycompany filing2025-02-27
    2023 and 2024 operating expenses and cash flows as first filed, and the 1-for-20 reverse split of August 2023
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