---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-25-039813"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "EFOI"
cik: "0000924168"
company_name: "ENERGY FOCUS, INC/DE"
filed_at: "2025-08-12T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-17T15:05:54.882115+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Energy Focus Q2 net sales down 26.4% to $1.1M; military sales plunge 71% on budget delays

## Summary
- Net loss narrowed to $0.2M ($0.04 per share) from $0.6M ($0.12) YoY.
- Military sales dropped 71% YoY to $0.9M due to federal budget uncertainties and defense contract delays.
- Commercial sales rose 117.7% YoY to $0.4M, driven by a high-dollar UPS project in Taiwan.
- Gross margin improved to 12.9% from 8.1% YoY but fell from 31.5% sequentially on low-margin project mix.
- CEO purchased $200k in stock via June 2025 private placement at $1.81/share, above market.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-25-039813
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: EFOI
- cik: 0000924168
- company_name: ENERGY FOCUS, INC/DE
- filed_at: 2025-08-12T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/924168/000162828025039813/0001628280-25-039813-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/924168/000162828025039813/efoi-20250812.htm

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