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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001097149-22-000004"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ALGN"
cik: "0001097149"
company_name: "ALIGN TECHNOLOGY INC"
filed_at: "2022-02-02T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-27T12:12:36.571860+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.85
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Align Technology reports record Q4 revenue $1.03B, FY2021 revenue up 59.9% to $4.0B

## Summary
- Q4 GAAP EPS $2.40, non-GAAP $2.83; FY21 GAAP EPS $9.69 (down 56.5% YoY on prior year one-time gain), non-GAAP EPS $11.22 up 114.8%.
- Clear Aligner revenues FY21 $3.2B (+54.5%); Imaging Systems & CAD/CAM $705.5M (+90.4%).
- Q4 Invisalign case shipments 631,145, up 11.1% YoY, down 3.7% sequentially.
- FY2022 guidance: net revenue growth 20-30%; GAAP operating margin ~24.0%.
- Cash $1.3B; $300M revolver; $725M remaining under $1.0B share repurchase program.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001097149-22-000004
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ALGN
- cik: 0001097149
- company_name: ALIGN TECHNOLOGY INC
- filed_at: 2022-02-02T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.85
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1097149/000109714922000004/0001097149-22-000004-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1097149/000109714922000004/algn-20220202.htm

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