---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001213900-23-028695"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CBAT"
cik: "0001117171"
company_name: "CBAK Energy Technology, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-04-11T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-17T03:28:38.984346+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# CBAK Energy Q4 revenue +95.9% to $54.5M; net loss of $10.7M vs prior-year income

## Summary
- Q4 net revenues $54.46M (+95.9% YoY); full year $248.73M (+372.2% YoY).
- Q4 net loss attributable to shareholders $10.70M vs net income $9.16M in Q4 2021.
- FY net loss $9.45M vs net income $61.49M in 2021; includes $6.39M impairment charges.
- Backlog orders $180M as of March 31, 2023; management cites lithium carbonate price decline as positive for 2023.
- Gross profit Q4 $3.78M (+263.1% YoY); full-year gross margin 7.28% vs 9.70% in 2021.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001213900-23-028695
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CBAT
- cik: 0001117171
- company_name: CBAK Energy Technology, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-04-11T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1117171/000121390023028695/0001213900-23-028695-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1117171/000121390023028695/ea176734-8k_cbakenergy.htm

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## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  CBAK Energy Technology, Inc. reported financial results for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2022.
  - Period: the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2022
  - Result: reported results
  source text: On April 11, 2023, CBAK Energy Technology, Inc. (the "Company") released its unaudited results of operations for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1117171/000121390023028695/0001213900-23-028695-index.htm

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