---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-23-007086"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ATER"
cik: "0001757715"
company_name: "Aterian, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-03-09T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-18T07:18:37.389456+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Aterian Q4 revenue $54.9M (-13.3% YoY), net loss $20.3M; reaffirms H2 2023 adj. EBITDA profitability target

## Summary
- Q4 2022 net revenue $54.9M, down 13.3% from $63.3M in Q4 2021.
- Q4 gross margin fell to 37.1% from 45.6% due to liquidation of high-cost inventory.
- Q4 adjusted EBITDA loss of $(16.2)M vs $(3.0)M in prior year.
- Full year 2022 net loss $196.3M, including $120.4M goodwill impairment.
- Q1 2023 revenue guidance $32-36M; reaffirms H2 2023 adj. EBITDA profitability.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-23-007086
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ATER
- cik: 0001757715
- company_name: Aterian, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-03-09T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1757715/000095017023007086/0000950170-23-007086-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1757715/000095017023007086/ater-20230309.htm

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## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  Aterian, Inc. reported fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2022 results: revenue Fourth quarter 2022 net revenue declined 13.3% to $54.9 million, compared to $63.3 million in the fourth quarter of 2021, net income Fourth quarter 2022 net loss of $(20.3) million declined from $(6.6) million in 2021. Full year 2022 net loss of $(196.3. Guidance reaffirmed.
  - Period: fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2022
  - Revenue: Fourth quarter 2022 net revenue declined 13.3% to $54.9 million, compared to $63.3 million in the fourth quarter of 2021
  - Net income: Fourth quarter 2022 net loss of $(20.3) million declined from $(6.6) million in 2021. Full year 2022 net loss of $(196.3
  - Guidance: reaffirmed
  - Result: reported results
  source text: On March 9, 2023, Aterian, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing its financial results for the year-ended December 31, 2022. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1757715/000095017023007086/0000950170-23-007086-index.htm

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