---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001641172-25-023112"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "HOUR"
cik: "0001874875"
company_name: "Hour Loop, Inc"
filed_at: "2025-08-12T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-17T14:52:59.099512+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Hour Loop Q2 net income doubles to $1.2M on margin improvements despite 3.4% revenue decline

## Summary
- Net income of $1.2M ($0.04 EPS) vs $0.6M ($0.02) YoY; revenue fell 3.4% to $27.1M.
- Gross margin expanded 150 bps to 57.2%; operating expenses fell to 51.2% of revenue.
- Cash dropped to $0.3M from $2.1M at year-end; inventories rose to $20.9M amid tariff stockpiling.
- Management attributes profit gain to structural cost improvements and adapted sourcing.
- No FY2025 guidance provided due to ongoing tariff uncertainty.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001641172-25-023112
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: HOUR
- cik: 0001874875
- company_name: Hour Loop, Inc
- filed_at: 2025-08-12T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- 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/1874875/000164117225023112/0001641172-25-023112-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1874875/000164117225023112/form8-k.htm

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