---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001868941-26-000028"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "FLNC"
cik: "0001868941"
company_name: "Fluence Energy, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-08-05T20:08:54+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-08-05T20:12:27.623275+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Fluence Q3 revenue up 8% to $649.8M but gross margin plunges to 5.1%; net loss $44.3M

## Summary
- Revenue $649.8M (+8% YoY); GAAP gross margin 5.1% vs 14.8% YoY; adjusted gross margin 5.9% vs 15.4%.
- Net loss $44.3M vs net income $6.9M YoY; adjusted EBITDA -$29.3M.
- Order intake $1.44B (nearly triple YoY); backlog $6.4B record.
- Secured $850M data center business, including $550M from a hyperscaler in July 2026.
- Revised FY2026 outlook due to production delays at new contract manufacturing facilities.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001868941-26-000028
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: FLNC
- cik: 0001868941
- company_name: Fluence Energy, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-08-05T20:08:54+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- 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/1868941/000186894126000028/0001868941-26-000028-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1868941/000186894126000028/flnc-20260805.htm

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