---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001641172-25-009669"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "HOUR"
cik: "0001874875"
company_name: "Hour Loop, Inc"
filed_at: "2025-05-12T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-22T00:36:29.014522+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Hour Loop Q1 revenue up 4.7% to $25.8M; net income falls to $0.7M, margins compress

## Summary
- Net revenues $25.8M (+4.7% YoY); net income $0.7M ($0.02 diluted EPS) vs $1.1M ($0.03) in Q1 2024.
- Gross margin declined to 54.7% from 58.6% due to competition and higher inbound costs.
- Cash used in operations $0.02M vs provided $0.5M a year ago; cash balance $1.3M, down from $2.1M.
- No FY2025 guidance provided citing economic uncertainty from tariffs.
- CEO Sam Lai notes talent retention drove higher operating expenses via quarterly profit-sharing.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001641172-25-009669
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: HOUR
- cik: 0001874875
- company_name: Hour Loop, Inc
- filed_at: 2025-05-12T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1874875/000164117225009669/0001641172-25-009669-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1874875/000164117225009669/form8-k.htm

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