secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     FUEL TECH, INC. (FTEK)
CIK:        0000846913
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-05-12T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001437749-25-016134
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.60
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Fuel Tech Q1 revenue rises 29% to $6.4M; backlog up 66%; net loss narrows
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- Revenue rose 29% to $6.4M; gross margin expanded to 46.4% from 40.9%.
- Net loss $(739K) ($0.02/sh); Q1 2024 had $1.7M one-time ERC credit; ex-ERC pro forma net loss $(1.4M).
- FUEL CHEM revenue up 92% to $5.1M; APC revenue down 44% to $1.3M.
- Backlog rose 66% to $10.3M; cash and investments $31.2M, no long-term debt.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/846913/000143774925016134/0001437749-25-016134-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/846913/000143774925016134/ftek20250429_8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-25-016134

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