- American Superconductor (NASDAQ:AMSC +2.5%) is guiding for FQ4 revenue of $23M-$25M, below a $25.8M consensus. However, EPS guidance of "less than" -$0.07 is above a -$0.11 consensus.
- After falling 49% Y/Y in FQ2, AMSC's Wind division (turbine component) revenue rose 12% Y/Y in FQ3 to $15.1M. Grid division (smart grid component) revenue fell 13% to $6.1M, after dropping 47% in FQ2.
- Gross margin fell to 14.8% from 22.9% a year ago. Operating expenses fell 4% to $10.9M (compares with 4% revenue growth). Thanks to AMSC's recent stock/warrant offering, its cash balance only fell by $600K Q/Q to $37.6M.
- CEO Daniel McGhan: "Our baseline revenue is driven by our two established product lines: electrical control systems for wind turbines and D-VAR® reactive compensation systems. We also remain focused on the proliferation of our two disruptive solutions: ship protection systems for the U.S. Navy and Resilient Electric Grid systems for electric utilities."
- Though higher today, shares remain well below where they traded a few months ago.
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FQ3 results, PR