---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001903596-26-000228"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "XPON"
cik: "0001894954"
company_name: "Expion360 Inc."
filed_at: "2026-05-15T20:12:26+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T20:20:25.757879+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Expion360 Q1 net sales down 24% to $1.6M; net loss widens to $1.8M

## Summary
- Net sales $1.6M, down 24% YoY; net loss $1.8M vs $1.2M in Q1 2025.
- Gross profit $0.4M (25% margin) down 21% YoY; gross margin improved from 24%.
- Cash $3.1M, working capital $5.6M, equity $6.0M; operating cash burn $1.1M.
- Entered strategic partnership for DASGen Hybrid Energy Storage System targeting industrial market.
- Plans to launch three next-gen battery models in H2 2026.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001903596-26-000228
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: XPON
- cik: 0001894954
- company_name: Expion360 Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-05-15T20:12:26+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/1894954/000190359626000228/0001903596-26-000228-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1894954/000190359626000228/xpon_8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001903596-26-000228.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  Expion360 Inc. reported the first quarter ended March 31, 2026 results: revenue $1.6 million, net income Net loss in the first quarter of 2026 totaled $1.8 million.
  - Period: the first quarter ended March 31, 2026
  - Revenue: $1.6 million
  - Net income: Net loss in the first quarter of 2026 totaled $1.8 million
  - Result: reported results
  source text: Net sales for the three months ended March 31, 2026 totaled $1.6 million
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1894954/000190359626000228/0001903596-26-000228-index.htm

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