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Ess Tech Inc · Q4 2023 earnings

Q4 2023 earnings · · Investor relations

Briefing

Announced Q4 2023 financial results, lowered Q4 Adjusted EBITDA loss by more than 50% year over year, and exited 2023 with cash and short-term investments over $100 million.

ESS Tech, Inc. reported its Q4 and full year 2023 financial results, highlighting progress in securing partnerships, optimizing operations, and reducing production costs. The company delivered its first Energy Warehouses to Honeywell, lowered Energy Warehouse manufacturing costs by 60% in 2023, and aims for a further 40% cost reduction in 2024. Despite customer-related delays impacting financial results, ESS exited the year with over $100 million in cash and short-term investments.

  • Lowered Q4 Adjusted EBITDA loss by more than 50% year over year.
  • Exited 2023 with cash and short-term investments over $100 million.
  • Delivered first Energy Warehouses to Honeywell.
  • Energy Warehouse manufacturing cost lowered by 60% in 2023.

Headline financials

Total Revenue

$2.8M

Previous: $16K+17375.0%
EPS (adj)

-$0.09

Previous: -$0.16+43.8%
Capital Expenditures

-$1.58M

Previous: $2.99M-152.8%
Net Income

-$16.1M

Previous: -$25.1M+35.7%
Operating Income

-$19.1M

Previous: -$31.4M+39.3%
Gross Profit

-$10.8M

Previous: -$985K-1000.7%
R&D Expense

$3.84M

No prior period
Stock-Based Comp

$2.96M

Previous: $3.19M-7.0%

Revenue & EPS history

ESS Tech · Revenue · Quarterly

$2.8M

Q4 2023+17,375%vs Q4 2022
Beat estimate in 1 of 14 quarters(7%)
ActualEstimate

Revenue by segment

ESS Tech · $1 total across 1 segment · Q1 2023

  • Revenue - Related Parties
    $1

Forward guidance

ESS plans to further reduce EW unit costs by up to 40% as they move toward unit profitability while ramping our scale and maintaining a healthy cash balance.

Historical earnings impact

How earnings announcements have historically affected this stock's price.

Avg. return before/after earnings

Based on 20 quarterly earnings reports · overlaid with Q4 2023

Historical avgQ4 2023

-4.1%

Avg return

Earnings day

-9.7%

Avg return

5 days after

-16.4%

Avg return

30 days after

19%

4 / 21 earnings

Positive

+31.3%

Q1 2022

Best reaction

-34.5%

Q3 2025

Worst reaction

Earnings price reactions
QuarterReport dateReaction (Day 0)+5 days+30 days
Q1 2026-2.6%-33.1%-21.8%
Q4 2025-4.4%-3.7%-11.0%
Q3 2025-34.5%-40.7%-50.8%
Q1 2025-15.2%-28.1%-58.6%
Q4 2024-12.6%-27.0%-27.6%
Q3 2024-19.5%-46.0%-44.1%
Q2 2024-12.9%-16.5%-45.8%
Q1 2024-10.9%-16.0%-18.5%
Q4 2023-5.8%-19.5%-17.8%
Q3 2023-7.2%-11.2%-6.4%
Q2 2023-4.1%-20.9%-11.0%
Q1 2023+13.8%+0.0%+22.9%
Q4 2022-8.2%-13.7%-23.6%
Q3 2022-4.9%-9.3%-13.1%
Q2 2022+13.5%+18.3%-6.9%
Q1 2022+31.3%+46.4%-14.1%
Q4 2021+12.1%+25.6%+43.2%
Q2 2021-12.5%-8.9%-27.6%
Q3 2021-1.1%-0.3%-13.1%
Q1 2021+0.0%+0.5%+0.7%
Q4 2020-0.9%-0.4%-0.1%
Q3 2020
Q2 2020
Q1 2020

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