---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001171843-26-003273"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SLSN"
cik: "0000883107"
company_name: "SOLESENCE, INC."
filed_at: "2026-05-12T12:15:17+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-12T12:21:47.656562+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Solésence Q1 revenue $13.0M (-11% YoY); net loss $0.8M vs prior-year profit

## Summary
- Revenue $13.0M vs $14.6M in Q1 2025; gross margin improved to 26% from 23%.
- Net loss of $0.8M compared to net income of $0.08M a year ago.
- Progress on Transform & Transcend initiative: operational excellence and new platform techs WHSPR and Chromalüm.
- Added Marc James as independent director; CFO cites infrastructure investments pressuring near-term profitability.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001171843-26-003273
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SLSN
- cik: 0000883107
- company_name: SOLESENCE, INC.
- filed_at: 2026-05-12T12:15:17+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/883107/000117184326003273/0001171843-26-003273-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/883107/000117184326003273/f8k_051126.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001171843-26-003273
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001171843-26-003273.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  SOLESENCE, INC. reported the first quarter ended March 31, 2026 results: revenue $13.0 million, net income Net loss for the first quarter was approximately $0.8 million.
  - Period: the first quarter ended March 31, 2026
  - Revenue: $13.0 million
  - Net income: Net loss for the first quarter was approximately $0.8 million
  - Result: reported results
  source text: this will position us for improved operational and financial results as we move through the year.” First Quarter 2026 Financial Highlights Revenue for the first quarter was $13.0 million, compared to $14.6 million for the same period in 2025. Gross profit in the first quarter was $3.3 million, compared to $3.4 million for the same period in 2025. Gross margin in
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/883107/000117184326003273/0001171843-26-003273-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.