---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001641172-25-021008"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "OPTT"
cik: "0001378140"
company_name: "Ocean Power Technologies, Inc."
filed_at: "2025-07-25T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-18T00:54:44.999651+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# OPT reports FY25 net loss of $21.5M; backlog hits record $12.5M (+158% YoY)

## Summary
- FY25 revenue $5.9M (+6% YoY); operating expenses down 28% to $23.3M.
- Record backlog of $12.5M and pipeline of $137.5M as of April 30, 2025.
- Signed $3M reseller agreement with Mexican firm to expand Latin American reach.
- Cash and equivalents $6.9M, up from $3.3M at prior year-end; operating cash burn improved to $18.6M.
- Net loss narrowed to $21.5M from $27.5M; gross profit $1.7M vs $2.8M in FY24.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001641172-25-021008
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: OPTT
- cik: 0001378140
- company_name: Ocean Power Technologies, Inc.
- filed_at: 2025-07-25T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1378140/000164117225021008/0001641172-25-021008-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1378140/000164117225021008/form8-k.htm

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