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📊 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐬
• Adj. EPS: $0.41 (Est. $0.50) ❌, vs. $0.90 YoY.
• Revenue: $293.3M (Est. $305.15M) ❌, -29% YoY.
• GAAP EPS: $0.17 (vs. $0.50 YoY).
• Adj. Gross Margin: 45.0% (vs. 49.2% YoY).
• GAAP Gross Margin: 43.3%.
• Adj. Operating Income: $53.6M.
• Battery Shipments: 129.9 MWh (vs. 113.8 MWh QoQ).
• Operating Cash Flow: ~$0.1M.
• Cash & Marketable Securities: $931.8M.
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🎯 𝐆𝐮𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞
• Q4 2026 Revenue: $225M–$255M, midpoint $240M (Est. $300.51M) ❌.
• Q4 2026 Adj. Gross Margin: 40%–43%.
• Q4 2026 GAAP Gross Margin: 38%–41%.
• Q4 2026 Battery Shipments: 100–120 MWh.
• Q4 2026 Sell-Through: -10% QoQ.
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📌 𝐊𝐞𝐲 𝐓𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬
• Q3 Adj. EPS missed consensus by 18%, while revenue fell ~3.9% below estimates.
• Q3 earnings included a $0.14 per share non-GAAP impact from investment impairments.
• Global sell-through increased just 1% QoQ versus management's 10% growth expectation.
• U.S. residential solar sell-through declined 35% YoY, reflecting continued market weakness.
• Q4 revenue guidance midpoint stands ~20.1% below consensus and implies an 18.2% sequential decline.
• Enphase demonstrated its IQ solid-state transformer converting 13.8 kV AC to 800 VDC for AI data centers.
• IQ SST customer and partner pipeline more than doubled to over 50, with pilots planned for 2027 and commercial shipments expected in 2028.
• Management is developing IQ SST solutions for two global technology leaders.
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💬 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐲
“Our core U.S. residential solar market continues to face headwinds from higher interest rates and the expiration of the Section 25D federal tax credit.”
