secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Beam Global (BEEM)
CIK:        0001398805
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-05-15T20:50:45+00:00
Accession:  0001437749-26-017420
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.65
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Beam Global Q1 revenue $3.1M (down 51% YoY), net loss $6.9M, backlog up 50% to $9M
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- Revenue $3.1M vs $6.3M a year ago; international sales comprised 51% of total.
- Net loss $6.9M ($0.33/share) vs $15.5M loss in Q1 2025; Non-GAAP net loss $3.7M.
- Gross loss $0.4M (negative 13.3% margin) including $0.7M non-cash charges; adjusted gross margin 9.4%.
- Backlog grew to $9.0M from $6.0M at Dec 31, 2025; Q2 revenue through May 15 already exceeds Q1 total.
- No debt of significance; $100M unused line of credit; working capital $6.2M.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1398805/000143774926017420/0001437749-26-017420-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1398805/000143774926017420/beem20260515_8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-26-017420

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