secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     ALIGN TECHNOLOGY INC (ALGN)
CIK:        0001097149
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-04-29T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001097149-26-000033
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.70
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Align Technology reports Q1 revenue up 6.2% YoY, record Clear Aligner shipments, $200M buyback
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- Q1 total revenues $1,040.1M, up 6.2% YoY; GAAP diluted EPS $1.57, non-GAAP EPS $2.58.
- Record Clear Aligner shipments of 685.7k cases, up 6.7% YoY, driven by international double-digit growth.
- Q2'26 revenue guidance $1,040M-$1,060M; full-year 2026 guidance reaffirmed (3-4% revenue growth).
- Board approves $200M stock repurchase program to begin May 1, 2026; $800M remains under existing program.
- Gross margin 70.8% GAAP (71.8% non-GAAP); operating margin 13.6% GAAP (21.5% non-GAAP).

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1097149/000109714926000033/0001097149-26-000033-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1097149/000109714926000033/algn-20260429.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001097149-26-000033

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