---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-26-026573"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ULBI"
cik: "0000875657"
company_name: "ULTRALIFE CORP"
filed_at: "2026-08-07T20:01:29+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-08-07T20:03:09.331226+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Ultralife Q2 EPS $0.15 vs $0.05; record backlog $117.5M, gross margin up 500 bps

## Summary
- Sales $47.9M, down 1.3% YoY; gross margin 28.9% vs 23.9% (incl. $1.1M IEEPA refund).
- GAAP EPS $0.15 vs $0.05; adjusted EBITDA $6.1M vs $4.1M.
- Backlog $117.5M, record high, up from $115.1M Q1 and $84.5M year ago.
- Communications Systems sales up 39.3% to $3.8M; Battery & Energy down 3.7% to $44.2M.
- One-time costs $0.9M (litigation for cyber-insurance claim, consulting); 45X tax credit partially offsets interest.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-26-026573
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ULBI
- cik: 0000875657
- company_name: ULTRALIFE CORP
- filed_at: 2026-08-07T20:01:29+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- 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/875657/000143774926026573/0001437749-26-026573-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/875657/000143774926026573/ulbi20260807_8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-26-026573.txt

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