secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     ALIGN TECHNOLOGY INC (ALGN)
CIK:        0001097149
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-07-29T20:04:59+00:00
Accession:  0001097149-26-000054
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Align Technology Q2 record revenue $1.06B, Clear Aligner volume up 7.4% YoY; guides Q3 down
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- Q2'26 total revenue $1,056.2M (+4.3% YoY); Clear Aligner revenue $870.9M (+8.2% YoY) on 691.8k cases (+7.4% YoY).
- GAAP diluted EPS $1.51 (down from $1.72 YoY); non-GAAP diluted EPS $2.64 (up from $2.49 YoY).
- Recorded $37.5M UK VAT liability; Q3'26 revenue guidance $1,000M-$1,020M (down sequentially).
- FY2026 revenue growth guidance 3-4% YoY; non-GAAP operating margin ~23.7% (+100 bps YoY).
- Repurchased 0.4M shares for $67M; $733M remaining under $1B buyback program.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1097149/000109714926000054/0001097149-26-000054-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1097149/000109714926000054/algn-20260729.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001097149-26-000054

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