American Superconductor Corp 10-K for FY2026
American Superconductor Corp (AMSC)
About this 10-K
American Superconductor Corp filed this 10-K on May 27, 2026, covering the fiscal year ended March 31, 2026 (FY2026).
Headline figures
Fiscal year ended March 31, 2026, as reported in this filing, compared with the same period a year earlier where the filing states it.
- Revenue
- $299.16M
- up 34.3% from $222.82M a year earlier
- Net income
- $133.81M
- up 2118.0% from net income of $6.03M a year earlier
- Diluted EPS
- $3.05
- up 1806.3% from $0.16 a year earlier
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DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE
Portions of the definitive proxy statement for the annual meeting of stockholders scheduled to be held on July 31, 2026, to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), are incorporated by reference in answer to Part III of this Form 10-K.
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This Annual Report on Form 10-K contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, as amended. We intend such forward-looking statements to be covered by the safe harbor provisions for forward-looking statements contained in Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). Any statements in this Annual Report that relate to future events or conditions, including without limitation, the statements in Part I, “Item 1A. Risk Factors” and in Part II under “Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and located elsewhere herein regarding industry prospects, our addressable markets, our competitive position, macroeconomic conditions and their anticipated effect on our business, the benefits and integration of our acquisitions, our ability to remediate the material weakness in our internal controls over financial reporting on business acquisitions, government funding and defense spending, financial results and financial condition, expectations for when our products become operational, capabilities and potential uses of our products, steps taken to enhance liquidity, or our prospective results of operations or financial position, may be deemed to be forward-looking statements. Without limiting the foregoing, the words “believes,” “anticipates,” “plans,” “expects,” and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Such forward-looking statements represent management’s current expectations and are inherently uncertain. There are a number of important factors that could materially impact the value of our common stock or cause actual results to differ materially from those indicated by such forward-looking statements. Such factors include the important factors discussed under the caption “Risk Factors” in Part I. Item 1A of this Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2026, which among others, could cause actual results to differ materially from those indicated by forward-looking statements made herein and presented elsewhere by management from time to time. Any such forward-looking statements represent management’s estimates as of the date of this Annual Report on Form 10-K. While we may elect to update such forward-looking statements at some point in the future, we disclaim any obligation to do so, except as required by applicable law, even if subsequent events cause our views to change. These forward-looking statements should not be relied upon as representing our views as of any date subsequent to the date of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
American Superconductor®, AMSC®, Comtrafo™, Neeltran®, NEPSI™, NWL®, to the next power™, think inside the box™, Smarter, Cleaner...Better Energy™, orchestrate the rhythm and harmony of power on the grid™, Amperium®, D-VAR®, PowerModule™, D-VAR VVO®, PQ-IVR®, SeaTitan®, Gridtec™, Mairnetec™, Windtec™, actiVAR®, armorVAR™, SafetyLOCK™ are trademarks or registered trademarks of American Superconductor Corporation or our subsidiaries. We reserve all of our rights with respect to our trademarks or registered trademarks regardless of whether they are so designated in this Annual Report on Form 10-K by an ® or ™ symbol. All other brand names, product names, trademarks or service marks appearing in this Annual Report on Form 10-K are the property of their respective holders.
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Overview
American Superconductor Corporation (together with its subsidiaries, “AMSC®” or the “Company”) was founded on April 9, 1987. At AMSC, we believe that our creativity can meet today’s challenges and help us progress to a better future. That means using future-facing technologies to harmonize the world’s desire for sustainable progress with the need for more reliable, effective and efficient power delivery. Already, our transformative power solutions are moving the world forward.
We design, develop, and deploy power control solutions that harmonize an increasingly complex energy system, helping our customers scale without added complexity or size. Our system level products leverage the Company's proprietary "smart materials" and "smart software and controls" to provide enhanced resiliency and improved performance of megawatt-scale power flow.
Right now, we are powering the evolution of a grid that is fit for the future: a more reliable and resilient grid built to support and incorporate a broad mix of energy sources. Our pioneering products, software and control solutions are creating more cost-effective and efficient ways to deliver power across a mix of energy sources to ensure a reliable grid that meets the rising demand of power and supports critical infrastructure. This exciting energy future also depends on computer chips, batteries and fuel cells that are built from silicon, lithium and carbon. All of these building blocks must be mined, processed and assembled. Industrial manufacturers of these essential materials as well as semiconductor manufacturers must be able to power their factories in ways that scale without adding complexity or size. Our voltage compensators, capacitors, transformers and rectifiers can power the energy-intensive factories of the future while reducing the risk of costly power interruptions that could hinder this journey to a better future.
In an era of increasing global tensions, we provide advanced power and protection solutions. Our systems help naval vessels reduce magnetic signatures to enhance survivability against magnetically activated threats, while also powering critical onboard systems and supporting shipyard infrastructure. We engineer rugged, compact solutions that protect, power, and perform, so naval fleets stay ready, wherever duty calls.
In the wind power market, we enable manufacturers to field highly competitive wind turbines through our advanced power electronics and control system products, engineering, and support services. Our power grid and wind products and services provide exceptional reliability, security, efficiency, and affordability to our customers.
Our power system solutions help to improve energy efficiency, alleviate power capacity and other constraints, improve system resiliency, and increase the adoption of renewable energy generation. Demand for our solutions is driven by: the growing needs for modernized grids that improve power reliability, security, and quality, the U.S. Navy’s effort to upgrade in-board power systems to support fleet electrification, and the need for increased renewable sources of electricity, such as wind and solar energy. Concerns about these factors have led to increased spending by corporations and the military, as well as supportive government regulations and initiatives on local, state and national levels, including renewable portfolio standards, tax incentives, and international treaties. We estimate that the total annual addressable global market for our products and solutions is over $15 billion as of the fiscal year ended March 31, 2026.
Our Company's addressable market is driven by a record global energy transition investment of $2.3 trillion in 2025, up 8% year over year, led by electrified transportation ($893 billion), renewable energy ($690 billion), and grid infrastructure ($483 billion). Approximately $110 billion was recorded in mining and materials investments and $185 billion in semiconductor capacity. These two investments were mostly driven by electrification and energy security, which are accelerating the shift toward stronger domestic supply chains. In addition, we see more than $47 billion of U.S. federal investment in military ship systems and capabilities to help ensure performance and security amid increasing geopolitical uncertainty.
On December 5, 2025, we entered into a Stock Exchange Agreement with the selling stockholders named therein. Pursuant to the terms of the Stock Exchange Agreement and concurrently with entering into such agreement, Mardin Participações Ltda., an entity incorporated in Brazil (“AMSC Brazil”) and our wholly-owned subsidiary, directly or indirectly, purchased all of the issued and outstanding shares of Comtrafo Indústria de Transformadores Elétricos S.A. ("Comtrafo"). Comtrafo is a Brazil-based manufacturer of large power and distribution transformers primarily for utility customers and also for industrial customers. Comtrafo is operated and reported as a component of our Grid business segment. We refer to this transaction as the "acquisition of Comtrafo."
On August 1, 2024, we entered into a Stock Purchase Agreement with the selling stockholders named therein. Pursuant to the terms of the Stock Purchase Agreement and concurrently with entering into such agreement, we acquired all of the issued and outstanding shares of Megatran Industries, Inc. Megatran is now a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company. Megatran's wholly-owned subsidiary, NWL, Inc., ("NWL") is a U.S.-based global producer of engineered power conversion solutions for demanding industrial and military applications. Megatran, together with NWL and its other wholly-owned subsidiaries and affiliates, is operated and reported as a component of our Grid business segment. We refer to this transaction as the "acquisition of NWL."
Market opportunities
We provide solutions that address three key drivers of our business:
| • | the global demand for traditional and renewable energy; |
| • | the global demand for critical materials, including semiconductors, electrification, industrial modernization, and power capacity expansion; and |
| • | the electrification of Naval and military capabilities. |
This all requires an electric grid that is fit for the future.
The Global Demand for Traditional and Renewable Energy:
In traditional energy markets, we provide advanced power control and system solutions across upstream, midstream, and downstream operations. These operations include drilling, production, processing, and storage. As increased investments and production place greater demands on electrical infrastructure, our solutions help stabilize power quality and supply by mitigating harmonics and improving overall system performance. Through these solutions, we enable more efficient, reliable, and productive operations while supporting environmental requirements.
We also design wind turbines and provide electrical control systems inside the turbine that manage voltage, current, frequency, pitch and yaw. At the substation level, we provide interconnection solutions that allow wind farms to meet utility grid code requirements for voltage, power factor and dynamic performance of the plant during unforeseen system disturbances by utilizing our dynamic and static voltage management solutions as well as our harmonic filters. We provide field service and spare parts to our global installed base of over 18 Gigawatts ("GW").
The Global Demand for Critical Materials, Including Semiconductors, Electrification, Industrial Modernization and Power Capacity Expansion:
We provide transformation, rectification, voltage management, and harmonic filtering solutions that help industrial and semiconductor facilities maintain stable, high-quality power for critical operations. At the substation level, our solutions manage input power from the grid and control power for the operation of large-scale industrial equipment such as furnaces, chemical plants, or semiconductor fabrication plants. Our capabilities to control and convert power help ensure continuous flow of stable high-quality power for our customers.
We also provide substation-level sag mitigation systems, which are a substation level power conditioning system. These systems protect and isolate critical manufacturing processes from power system events that could otherwise trip these sensitive processes operations and result in severe disruptions and loss of a customer’s manufactured products. These systems closely monitor incoming electric supply and react in sub-cycle time frames to mitigate voltage sags and swells to provide a conditioned power to the processes. These sag mitigation systems can include both our dynamic and static voltage management as well as our harmonic filter solutions which are specifically designed to improve the facility's overall power factor and harmonic compliance needs.
The Electrification of Naval and Military Capabilities:
We provide advanced ship protection systems, that are designed to help fleets increase system efficiencies, enhance warfare capabilities, and boost reliability, performance, and security. We are developing additional solutions for this important market which may include power management and power generation similar to what we do for electric grids.
Our power system products address the renewable power generation and electrical grid and power infrastructure markets:
| • | Transmission grid. We provide complete systems that enable electric utilities and renewable energy project developers to connect and transmit power with exceptional efficiency, reliability, security and affordability. We provide planning services that allow us to identify power grid congestion, poor power quality, and other risks, which help us determine how our solutions can improve network performance. These services often lead to sales of our grid interconnection solutions and power quality systems for wind farms and solar power plants. |
| • | Distribution grid. We provide a direct-connect power quality system that is installed on the primary distribution network in communities, business parks, or wherever enhanced power quality is beneficial and is designed to increase the reliability and resiliency of the distribution grid to serve the needs of modern energy consumers. Our systems save utilities time and money by avoiding costly options to strengthen the distribution grid. Our offerings also serve industrial customers looking to power the energy-intensive factories of the future without the risk of costly power interruptions. These industrial customers utilize our voltage compensators, capacitors, harmonic filters, transformers and rectifiers. |
| • | Urban Grid Infrastructure. We design systems to increase the reliability, security and capacity of the urban grid infrastructure. Today, many urban substations are not networked and can only power a small section of a city. Our power dense technology based on proprietary smart materials allows for the inter-connection of substations, controlling the high fault currents that naturally result from such interconnections. If one substation is compromised, other substations help increase capacity and reliability. Our system allows instantaneous power outage recovery, potentially doubling to quadrupling a city’s reliability and resiliency while minimizing grid investment. We design systems that leverage existing grid assets while protecting cities against storms, outages, and cyber- and physical attacks. |
| • | Solar Power. Our solutions enable the grid to handle more distributed generation in the form of rooftop solar. Our products are designed to allow the existing grid to handle more renewable capacity. |
| • | Wind Power. Our solutions enable manufacturers to field wind turbines with exceptional power output, reliability, and affordability. We supply advanced power electronics and control systems, license our highly engineered wind turbine designs, and provide extensive customer support services to wind turbine manufacturers. Our design portfolio includes a broad range of drive trains and power ratings of 2 megawatts (“MW”) and higher. We provide a broad range of power electronics and software-based control systems that are highly integrated and designed for optimized performance, efficiency, and grid compatibility. |
| • | Marine Protection Systems. We sell advanced degaussing systems to the U.S. Navy and the Royal Canadian Navy. Degaussing systems reduce a naval ship's magnetic signature, making it much more difficult for a mine to detect and damage a ship. Our degaussing system is comprised of much smaller, lighter and higher performing HTS cable coils eliminating an estimated 50-80% of the system weight and reducing overall energy consumption versus copper-based degaussing systems. |
Our fiscal year begins on April 1 and ends on March 31. When we refer to a particular fiscal year, we are referring to the fiscal year beginning on April 1 of that same year. For example, fiscal 2025 refers to the fiscal year that began on April 1, 2025. Other fiscal years follow similarly.
Competitive strengths
We believe our competitive strengths position us well to execute on our growth plans in the markets we serve.
| • | Lead times. Our manufacturing capabilities, engineering expertise, and streamlined execution enable us to deliver solutions with shorter lead times, helping customers accelerate project schedules and reduce operational risk. |
| • | Scalable, low-cost manufacturing platform. Our manufacturing of proprietary wind turbine electrical control systems and power electronics products are primarily assembly operations with minimal fixed costs. We can increase the production of these products at costs that we believe are low relative to our competitors. Our proprietary manufacturing technique for Amperium superconductor wire is modular in nature, which allows us to expand manufacturing capacity at a relatively low incremental cost and differentiate ourselves from solutions assembled in the field. |
| • | Differentiated technologies. Our products leverage the Company’s proprietary smart materials and smart software and controls to provide enhanced resiliency and improved performance of megawatt-scale power flow. Conventional conductors of electricity, such as aluminum and copper wire, lose energy due to resistance. Using a compound of yttrium barium copper oxide (“YBCO”), we manufacture and provide high-temperature superconductor ("HTS") wire that can conduct many times more electricity than conventional conductors with minimal power loss. Our proprietary Amperium® superconductor wire was engineered to allow us to tailor the product via laminations to meet the electrical and mechanical performance requirements of widely varying end-use applications, including power cables and fault current limiters for the Grid market. Our PowerModule™ power converters are based on proprietary software and hardware combinations and are used in a broad array of applications, including our D-VAR® grid interconnection and voltage control systems, as well as our wind turbine electrical control systems. Our unique proprietary cooler technology enables our ship protection systems ("SPS") to perform in harsh environmental conditions in a quiet and efficient manner. |
| • | Turnkey systems. We have developed full-system solutions that we sell directly to customers. This business model leverages our applications expertise, drives value beyond our power electronic and our superconductor-based products, and enables us to recognize revenue and take ownership over the marketing and sales of the full systems. Industrial manufacturers of these essential materials must be able to power their factories in ways that scale without adding complexity or size. |
| • | Intellectual property portfolio and engineering expertise. We protect our competitive position through a combination of patents, trade secrets, proprietary know-how, confidentiality agreements, and contractual protections. We have a portfolio of awarded patents and patent applications worldwide and have rights through exclusive and non-exclusive licenses to additional patents and patent applications worldwide. In addition, a significant portion of our intellectual property protection is derived from common law rights, copyrights, trade secrets, non-disclosure agreements, and contractual arrangements. We believe our technology and manufacturing knowledge base, customer and product expertise and intellectual property protections collectively provide a strong competitive position. |
| • | Unique solutions for the markets we serve. We believe we provide wind turbine manufacturers with a unique and integrated approach for wind turbine design and engineering, customer support services and power electronics and control systems. We also believe we are the only company in the world that is able to provide transmission planning services, grid interconnection and voltage control systems, as well as superconductor-based distribution systems for power grid operators. This unique scope of supply provides us with greater insight into our customers’ evolving needs and greater cross-selling opportunities. |
Strategy
Building on these competitive strengths, we plan to focus on driving revenue growth and enhancing our operating results through the objectives defined below.
| • | Powering partners. We strive to ensure customer success by designing, deploying and supporting fit-to purpose solutions that enhance capability without adding complexity or size. |
| • | Powering innovation. We deliver innovative ways to harmonize the world's desire for clean energy with the need for reliable power delivery. |
| • | Powering resilience. Our technology protects and expands the resiliency of all types of power systems — from renewable generation and urban grids to critical industry, Navy ships and more. |
| • | Powering sustainability. Our solutions accelerate renewable generation and distribution, better use of finite resources, and the transition to more efficient power and protection systems and control emissions from power and industrial plants. |
| • | Pursuing emerging overseas markets and serving key markets locally. We focus our sales efforts on overseas markets that are investing aggressively in traditional energy, renewable energy and power grid projects. As part of our strategy, we serve our key target markets with local sales and field service personnel, which enables us to understand market dynamics and more effectively anticipate customer needs while also reducing response time. We currently serve target markets such as Australia, Canada, Brazil, Chile, France, India, Japan, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, Taiwan, the United Kingdom, and the United States. |
Grid market overview
Modernizing the global electric grid is widely recognized as essential to maintaining reliability and meeting emerging challenges. These include the increasing frequency of severe weather events (including events resulting from climate change), physical and cybersecurity threats, the rapid expansion of renewable energy—both utility-scale and distributed—and the rise of new customer load types. As electric distribution networks become more complex with the integration of distributed energy resources, automation, and bidirectional power flows, there is a critical need for more accurate, dynamic, and resilient grid systems. Additionally, the rapid growth of data centers, projected to more than double global electricity demand by 2026, presents additional grid planning challenges. Available data further indicate that the existing U.S. electrical grid has been stressed by U.S. wind power generation increasing from 6 GW in 2003 to more than 165 GW in 2025, and photovoltaics ("PV") power generation increasing from almost zero in 2003 to approximately 150 GW as of the end of 2025.
The U.S. electric grid is under increasing strain due to a combination of factors: the aging infrastructure, with 70% of transmission lines over 25 years old, the surge in electricity demand driven by data centers, artificial intelligence, and the electrification of transportation, and the rising frequency of extreme weather events exacerbated by climate change. These challenges are compounded by delays in connecting new renewable energy sources to the grid, threatening the stability and reliability of the nation's power supply. These factors, along with the essential role the grid plays in economic resilience, public safety, and national security, have prompted widespread recognition of the urgent need to modernize and fortify the reliability, flexibility, and security of the electric grid.
The Trump administration’s energy policy—focused on boosting domestic energy production, revitalizing U.S. manufacturing, and strengthening military readiness—presents potential opportunities for AMSC’s power systems and naval solutions. The push for traditional power production is fueling industrial growth, which in turn increases demand for a high-performing power grid. This shift has major implications for power quality, capacity and reliability, especially as an aging infrastructure is pushed to meet new demands from energy-intensive sectors like artificial intelligence, cloud computing, and semiconductor manufacturing.
In April 2025, the administration issued an executive order titled "Strengthening the Reliability and Security of the United States Electric Grid," invoking emergency authority to address increasing electricity demand and capacity constraints. This directive empowered the Department of Energy ("DOE") to utilize all available power generation resources to ensure the reliable delivery of electricity, especially in response to the growth of technology-driven sectors. Our Grid product solutions are well-positioned to support power quality in energy-intensive industries such as artificial intelligence, data centers, steel, automotive, chemicals, and semiconductors, among others.
At the same time, the administration's focus on revitalizing U.S. manufacturing is expected to increase advanced manufacturing in the United States. Our Grid products are designed to ensure uptime, maximize throughput, and enhance power quality in distribution networks affected by industrial loads. We are well positioned to help power facilities in ways that scale without adding complexity or size and see this as a potentially favorable opportunity.
The administration’s focus on revitalizing the defense sector and maintaining a world-class Navy further amplifies demand for reliable power supplies in military applications and mission-critical solutions. AMSC’s transformers and power supplies for motor drives are actively supporting the rigorous requirements of critical military infrastructure and equipping the U.S. naval fleet with technologies that enhance performance and protection—enhancing operational readiness both domestically and globally.
We believe we are well positioned to seize the numerous opportunities presented by these policies.
Power grid operators worldwide face various challenges, including:
| • | Resiliency. As our electricity mix changes with the proliferation of renewables and distributed generation, so does the need to strengthen the electric grid. New technologies such as the addition of electric vehicles on U.S. roads and urbanization create new challenges for power grid operators. |
| • | Stability. Power grid operators are confronting power quality and stability issues arising from intermittent renewable energy sources and from the capacity limitations of transmission and overhead distribution lines and underground cables. |
| • | Reliability. Traditional transmission lines and cables often reach their reliable voltage stability limit well below their thermal threshold. Driving more power through a power grid when some lines and cables are operating above their voltage stability limit during times of peak demand can cause either unacceptably low voltage in the power grid (a brownout) or risk of a sudden, uncontrollable voltage collapse (a blackout). |
| • | Capacity. The traditional way to enable increases in power grid capacity without losing voltage stability is to install more overhead power lines and underground cables. However, permitting new transmission and distribution lines can take 10 years or more due to various public policy issues, such as environmental, aesthetic, and health concerns. In urban and metropolitan areas, installing additional conventional underground copper cables is similarly challenging, since many existing underground corridors carrying power distribution cables are already filled to their physical capacity and cannot accommodate any additional conventional cables. In addition, adding new conduits requires excavation to expand existing corridors or create new corridors, which are costly and disruptive undertakings. |
| • | Efficiency. Most overhead lines and underground cables use traditional conductors such as copper and aluminum, which lose power due to electrical resistance. At transmission voltage, electrical losses average about 7% in the United States and other developed nations, but can exceed 20% in some locations due to the distance of the line, quality of the conductor, and the power grid’s architecture and characteristics, among other factors. |
| • | Security. Catastrophic equipment failures caused by aging equipment, physical and cyber events, and weather or climate-related disasters can leave entire sections of an urban environment without power for hours or days. It can be difficult to recover from extended power outages in urban load centers, worsening situations where the personal safety of residents and the economic health of businesses are threatened. |
Our solutions for the power quality and grid infrastructure market
We address these challenges in the grid market by providing services and solutions designed to increase the power grid’s capacity, resiliency, reliability, security and efficiency. Our solutions include:
| • | D-VAR® Systems. Our D-VAR system consists of power electronics and other static components used for controlling power flow and voltage in the AC transmission system. Our D-VAR system aims to increase controllability and power transferability of a network, which allows more effective utilization of existing assets, and reduces the need for new transmission lines and facilities to increase electricity availability. The power that flows through AC networks comprises both real power, measured in watts, and reactive power, measured in Volt Amp Reactive (“VARs”). In simple terms, reactive power is required to support voltage in the power network. D-VAR systems can provide the reactive power needed to stabilize voltage on the grid. These systems also can be used to connect wind farms and solar power plants to the power grid seamlessly as well as to protect certain industrial facilities against voltage swells and sags. Our D-VAR sales process begins with our group of experienced transmission planners working with power grid operators, renewable energy developers, and industrial system operators to identify power grid constraints and determine how our solutions might improve network performance. These services often lead to sales of grid interconnection solutions for wind farms and solar power plants, and power quality systems for utilities and heavy industrial operations. |
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Transformers and DC Rectifiers. Our custom transformers and rectifiers combine to form power electronic systems which consists of heavy-duty industrial rectifier transformers and direct current (DC) rectifiers. These systems are installed to produce DC power for electrolytic, furnace, and special processes. They are utilized in all industries including renewables, industrial, chemical, mining, and petro-chemical industries. Through Comtrafo, we also offer a comprehensive transformer portfolio spanning low- and medium-voltage applications through high-voltage transmission projects. This includes oil-filled transformers up to 36 kV, dry-type transformers for indoor and safety-critical applications, and power transformers up to 245 kV and 250 MVA for transmission and large industrial uses. These products are designed to meet international standards and customer-specific requirements across power generation, transmission and distribution, and industrial markets. |
| • | Power Supplies and Military-Grade Magnetics Applications. Our Power Supplies play a vital role in electrostatic precipitator systems ("ESP"), helping utility and industrial customers reduce airborne particulate emissions and meet environmental compliance standards. In the defense sector, our Military Application Magnetics—such as transformers and inductors—are engineered for performance and durability across shipboard, land-based, and airborne electrical systems supporting U.S. and allied operations. We also provide high-capacity transformers designed for megawatt-scale industrial motor drives, ensuring reliable power for demanding industrial applications. |
| • | Power Factor Correction Solutions. Our medium voltage metal-enclosed shunt power capacitor banks are custom designed for application on industrial, commercial, and utility power systems that require medium voltage power factor correction. Our capacitor banks are customized to meet our customer's site and system requirements and can be configured to include some or all protection, control, switching, disconnecting and grounding functions. Our medium voltage metal-enclosed harmonic filter banks are custom designed for application on industrial, commercial, and utility power systems that require medium voltage power factor correction, var and voltage support, and mitigation from harmonic resonance or harmonic distortion. |
| • | actiVAR® Systems. Our actiVAR system is a fast-switching medium-voltage reactive compensation solution that utilizes passive, fast-switching, and transient-free switching devices. The actiVAR mitigates voltage sags and reduces large inrush currents associated with starting large medium-voltage motors across-the-line. Large motors require significant amounts of reactive power to start. The flow of VARs across the power system network results in voltage sags which cause power quality issues to nearby utility customers, as well as a reduction in the motors ability to start. Traditional solutions to solve these problems utilize complex and costly adjustable speed drives and synchronous transfer switchgear solutions. The actiVAR replaces these items at a fraction of the cost. The solution is prevalent in the pump and compressors stations utilized in industrial trades. Our actiVAR sales process begins with the engineering and procurement companies during feasibility studies. We identify viable projects for this solution and assist with performance and rating calculations, which eventually lead to the adaption and purchase of the actiVAR solution. |
| • | armorVAR™ Systems. Our armorVAR system consists of conventionally switched medium-voltage metal-enclosed capacitor banks and harmonic filter banks. These systems are installed for reactive compensation, power factor correction, loss reduction, utility bill savings, and mitigation of common power quality concerns related to power converter-based generation and load devices. They are utilized in all industries including renewables, industrial, utility, commercial, mining, and petro-chemical industries. Our armorVAR systems also support the base VAR requirements of renewable power plants and can include fully integrated D-VAR and D-VAR VVO® solutions to form more advanced hybrid solutions that are more economical and easier to install. |
| • | D-VAR VVO®. Our D-VAR VVO serves the distribution power grid market. VVO is designed to be a direct-connect 15 kilovolt class reactive power system for a utility's distribution network to optimally control voltage as distribution networks are increasingly impacted by distributed generation, such as roof top and community solar, and to correct disturbances caused by heavy transient loads. We believe VVO has the potential to save utilities time and money by avoiding costly options to increase the reliability and resiliency of the distribution grid and to allow utilities to build a “plug 'n play” network to serve the demands of modern energy consumers. Our VVO target markets are electric distribution grids incorporating distributed generation, including where utility grid modernization attributes such as the following are applicable: mandated efficiency upgrades, mass adoption of rooftop solar, community solar, utility-owned micro-grids, variable load conditions on the distribution grid and voltage regulations alternatives. |
| • | REG Systems. Our REG system has two primary applications that increase the reliability and the capacity of the urban infrastructure. For applications focused on reliability improvement, the REG system is used in a “ring” or “loop” configuration to interconnect nearby urban substations. This enables urban utilities to share transmission connections and excess station capacity, while controlling the high fault currents that naturally result from such interconnections, providing protection against the adverse effects that follow the loss of critical substation facilities in urban areas. We believe a utility installing our REG system could double or quadruple its reliability (e.g. N-1 to N-2, or greater) by networking substations, which is a solution that utilities would generally not consider when using conventional technology in urban settings due to its disruptive nature and economic disadvantages. For applications focused on capacity improvement, the REG system can be used in a “branch” configuration. In this application, the REG system connects an existing large urban substation with a new, much smaller, and more simplified substation within the city at a lower cost. The smaller urban substation does not need large power transformers and takes up much less space, thereby significantly reducing real estate, construction, and other related costs in the urban area. The key component to the REG system is a breakthrough cable system that combines very high-power handling capacity with fault current limiting characteristics - features that are attributable to our proprietary Amperium HTS wire. |
Marine market overview
Defense spending has increased over the past eight years as the U.S. military moves to rebuild and retool for competition against other great powers. In January 2025, the U.S. Navy’s 2025 shipbuilding plan covering government fiscal years 2025 to 2054, calls for a larger and more distributed fleet. To achieve that goal, the Navy would buy 364 ships over the 2025–2054 period: 293 combat ships and 71 combat logistics and support ships. Recent shipbuilding initiatives over the past year, including the Navy's FY27 budget request, suggest that spending levels and the goals for numbers of ships will further increase. For a description of risks related to our government contracts, see Part I, Item" 1A, “Risk Factors – Our contracts with the U.S. government are subject to audit, modification or termination by the U.S. government and include certain other provisions in favor of the government. The continued funding of such contracts remains subject to annual congressional appropriation, which, if not approved, could reduce our revenue and lower or eliminate our profit."
Navy fleets worldwide face various challenges, including:
| • | Power Capacity. Today’s Navy continues to see increased demand for more power applied from both on and off the ship (shore power). This need is driven by many factors, including the continued development of high-power density advanced weapons systems and sensors. Many power dense applications that naval engineers are working on today are already relying on the independent development of improved power distribution systems for their implementation. Free Electron Lasers, High Power Radar, Laser Self Defense Systems, and Active Denial (Directed Energy) systems are just a few of the Navy applications that we believe will demand higher capacity and more efficient energy transfer before deployment to a platform in the fleet can be realized. |
| • | Space and Weight Limitations. Advances in sensors and weapons for modern ship applications are expected to drive the need for new power solutions to be light and compact, for weapons’ power draw to be more efficiently cooled and for easing installation on new ships and enabling upgrades on existing ones. |
| • | Efficiency. Increased power demands for routine (peacetime) operations are straining the conventional copper-based power cable systems that are currently used. The copper cables are very heavy, cumbersome, and hard to handle. The weight of the cables requires a coordinated effort between a crew on the pier and a crew on the ship. In many instances, handling these cables requires the use of a crane or a boom truck to extend them from the pier-side power substations up to the ship’s connection point. More efficient, compact, lighter weight power transfer and distribution systems are expected to be required for tomorrow’s Navy to satisfy its future mission requirements. |
| • | Signature Protection. Since WWII, the Navy fleet has protected its warfare vessels with copper-based degaussing systems. Our HTS-based degaussing system provides world class mine protection while reducing the weight of the degaussing system by an estimated 50-80% and reducing energy consumption. We believe that our HTS systems are an enabling technology for the U.S. Navy in its mission to create an all-electric ship (Super Ship). Our HTS-based SPS degaussing system has been designed into the San Antonio-class amphibious warfare ship platform, with the first system delivered in January 2022 deployed on the USS Fort Lauderdale. In 2025, we delivered an additional HTS-based SPS system for the USS Richard M. McCool Jr. We continue to collaborate with the U.S. Navy on potential additional opportunities for our advanced HTS-based ship protection systems. The core components of the ship protection system are common and transferable to other applications being targeted for ship implementation. |
Our solutions for the marine market
Each Navy ship can be thought of as having its own power grid. We provide advanced ship protection systems, power management, and power generation systems that are designed to help fleets increase system efficiencies, enhance warfare capabilities, and boost reliability, performance and security. Our systems have been deployed across a range of naval applications, helping improve mission capability, increase operational efficiency, and reduce execution times.
Our ship protection systems reduce a vessel’s magnetic signature, making ships harder to detect by magnetic sensors and magnetically activated mines. AMSC’s proprietary technology delivers this protection with significantly lower weight and reduced power and space requirements, preserving critical onboard capacity for mission operations.
We also provide power solutions that support shipyard operations by delivering reliable power to vessels during assembly, maintenance, and docking when ships are disconnected from external power sources. In addition, our technology supports naval propulsion motors and power generators, where its compact, efficient, and high-power-density design enables greater onboard power generation and enhanced capabilities for next-generation naval vessels.
Wind market overview
The global energy mix has seen a growing proportion of renewable energy, including wind power. Wind power is unlimited in supply and its generation has very few emissions. Wind power has become a major pillar of power supply in many parts of the world.
According to the Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC), a research firm, approximately 151 GW of wind generation capacity was expected worldwide in calendar 2025, as compared to nearly 117 GW in calendar 2024. GWEC anticipates that more than 162 GW of additional capacity will be added in 2026.
According to GlobalData, annual wind installations in India for calendar 2025 were 6.3 GW and for calendar 2026 are estimated to be above 6 GW.
Several factors are expected to drive the future growth in the wind power market, including substantial government incentives and mandates that have been established in some countries, technological improvements, turbine cost reductions, the development of the offshore wind market, and increasing cost competitiveness with existing power generation technologies. Technological advances, declining turbine production cost and fluctuating prices for some fossil fuels continue to increase the competitiveness of wind versus traditional power generation technologies.
Our solutions for the wind market
We address the challenges of the wind power market by designing and engineering wind turbines, providing extensive support services to wind turbine manufacturers, and manufacturing and selling critical components for wind turbines.
| • | Electrical Control Systems. We provide full electrical control systems (“ECS”) to manufacturers of wind turbines designed by us. Our ECS regulate voltage, control power flows and maximize wind turbine efficiency, among other functions. To date, we have shipped core electrical components and complete ECS sufficient to power over 18,000 MWs of wind power. We believe our ECS represent approximately at least 10% of a wind turbine’s bill of materials. |
| • | Wind Turbine Designs. We design and develop entire state-of-the-art onshore and offshore wind turbines with power ratings of 2 MWs and higher for manufacturers who are in the business of producing wind turbines or who plan to enter the business of manufacturing wind turbines. These customers typically pay us licensing fees, and in some cases royalties, for wind turbine designs, and purchase from us the ECS needed to operate the wind turbines. |
| • | Customer Support Services. We provide extensive customer support services to wind turbine manufacturers. These services range from providing designs for customers’ wind turbine manufacturing plants to establishing and localizing their supply chains and training their employees on proper wind turbine installation and maintenance. We believe these services enable customers to accelerate their entry into the wind turbine manufacturing market and lower the cost of their wind turbine platforms. |
Our approach to the wind energy markets allows our customers to use our world-class turbine engineering capabilities while minimizing their research and development costs. These services and our advanced ECS provide our customers with the ability to produce standardized or next-generation wind turbines at scale for their local market or the global market quickly and cost-effectively. Our team of highly experienced engineers works with clients to customize turbine designs specifically tailored to local markets while providing ongoing access to field services support and future technological advances.
Customers
We serve customers globally through a localized sales and field service presence in our core target markets. We have served over 100 customers in the grid market since our inception, including a variety of U.S based power utilities, Huntington Ingalls Shipbuilding, Innomotics LLC, the U.S. Navy, Capital Power Corp., Targa Resources Corp., Micron Technology Inc., SSE plc in the United Kingdom, Consolidated Power Projects (Pty) Ltd in South Africa, the Royal Canadian Navy in Canada, Fuji Bridex in Singapore, Copel Distribuição in Brazil and Ergon Energy in Australia. Additionally, our sales personnel in the United States are supported by manufacturers' sales representatives. We have designed wind turbines for and licensed wind turbine designs to wind turbine manufacturing customers including Inox Wind Limited ("Inox") in India and Doosan Heavy Industries (“Doosan”) in South Korea.
In fiscal 2025, Inox accounted for 15% and Fuji Bridex accounted for 10% of our total revenues. In fiscal 2024, Inox accounted for 14% of our total revenues. In fiscal 2023, Inox accounted for 13% of our total revenues. No other customer accounted for more than 10% of our total revenues in each of fiscal 2025, 2024, and 2023.
Facilities and Manufacturing
Our primary facilities and their primary functions are as follows:
| • | Ayer, Massachusetts — Corporate headquarters; Grid segment manufacturing, and research and development |
| • | Bordentown, New Jersey — Grid segment manufacturing |
| • | Cornélio Procópio, Brazil — Grid segment manufacturing |
| • | Klagenfurt, Austria —Wind segment engineering, research and development, and customer support |
| • | New Milford, Connecticut — Grid segment manufacturing |
| • | Pewaukee, Wisconsin — Grid segment research and development |
| • | Queensbury, New York — Grid segment manufacturing |
| • | Richland, Washington — Grid segment research and development |
| • | Florence, New Jersey — Grid segment manufacturing |
| • | Silesian, Poland — Grid segment manufacturing |
| • | Westminster, Massachusetts — Grid segment manufacturing |
Our global footprint also includes sales and/or field service offices in Australia, Brazil, India, South Korea, the United Kingdom and McLean, VA.
The principal raw materials used in the manufacture of the Company’s products are nickel, silver, yttrium, copper, brass, and stainless steel. Major components are insulated gate bi-polar transistors, heatsinks, inductors, enclosures, transformers, and printed circuit boards. Most of these raw materials are available from multiple sources in the United States and world markets. Generally, the Company believes that adequate alternative sources are available for the majority of its key raw material and purchased component needs, however, the Company is dependent on a single or limited number of suppliers for certain materials and components. In addition, new or proposed tariff increases on our raw materials, in particular stainless steel, may increase prices for such raw materials and/or may create shortages as customers seek alternative suppliers.
Sales and Marketing
Our strategy is to serve customers locally in our core target markets through a direct sales force operating out of sales offices worldwide. In addition, we utilize manufacturers’ sales representatives to market our products to utilities. The sales force also leverages business development staff for our various offerings as well as our team of wind turbine engineers and power grid transmission planners, all of whom help to ensure that we have an in-depth understanding of customer needs and provide cost-effective solutions for those needs.
Segments
We segment our operations into two market-facing business segments: Grid and Wind. We believe this market-centric structure enables us to more effectively anticipate and meet the needs of power generators, power utilities, industrial manufacturers, the military and renewable energy companies.
Competition
We face competition in various aspects of our technology and product development. We face competition across our new energy systems product lines from companies like ABB, Hitachi, Ingeteam, Mitsubishi and Siemens. We face more local competition in a subset of our business like power quality by companies that include Southern States, Controllix, Powerside, Elgin Power, Scott Manufacturing and QVARx, and we face competition on our power transformers and power supplies from companies like Friem, Dynapower, Nidec, Espey Manufacturing, Hammond, WEG S.A., and Kraft Powercon. We believe that competitive performance in the marketplace depends upon several factors, including technical innovation, range of products and services, product quality and reliability, customer service and technical support.
With our HTS-based REG product, we are offering a new approach that provides alternatives to utilities for power system design. Therefore, we believe that we compete with traditional approaches such as new full-sized substations, overhead and underground transmission, and urban power transformers.
We believe we are currently the only company that can offer HTS-based SPS products that have been fully qualified for use aboard U.S. Navy surface combatants. Therefore, the primary competition for our SPS products is currently coming from defense contractors that provide the copper-based systems that our lighter, more efficient HTS versions have been developed to replace. Companies such as Ultra Maritime, L3 Harris, and Raytheon have the bulk of the business today.
Our power module conversion equipment and our electrical control systems are designed and integrated into our wind turbine designs in a way to achieve maximum performance of the turbine. Typically, we are the exclusive provider of the power module conversion equipment and electrical control systems for our wind turbine designs. As a result, our power conversion equipment and electrical control systems see limited competition. Other companies that serve the wind turbine components industry include ABB. We also face indirect competition in the wind energy market from global manufacturers of wind turbines, such as Siemens, Vestas, and Suzlon. We face competition for the supply of wind turbine engineering design services from design engineering firms such as Aerovide and W2E.
Intellectual Property
Patent Background
We protect our intellectual property through a combination of patents, trade secrets, proprietary know-how, non-disclosure agreements, and other contractual protections. Our intellectual property (“IP”) portfolio includes patents we own, patents we license from others and significant proprietary know-how and trade secrets, particularly in connection with our recently acquired businesses. We devote substantial resources to protecting our intellectual property position. Together with the international counterparts of our patents and patent applications, we own a portfolio of patents and patent applications worldwide and have rights through exclusive and non-exclusive licenses. Following our acquisition of Comtrafo, a substantial portion of our overall IP protection is derived from copyrights, common law rights, trade secrets, and contractual arrangements, including non-disclosure agreements. We believe that our current intellectual property protections, together with our ability to obtain licenses from other parties to the extent necessary, will provide us with sufficient proprietary rights to develop and sell our products. However, for the reasons described below, we cannot assure you that this will be the case.
Despite our intellectual property protections, a number of U.S. and foreign patents and patent applications of third parties relate to our current products, to products we are developing, or to technology we are now using in the development or production of our products. We may need to acquire licenses to those patents, contest the scope or validity of those patents, or design around patented processes or products as necessary. If companies holding patents or patent applications that we need to license are competitors, we believe our patent portfolio may improve our ability to enter into license or cross-license arrangements with these companies. We have already successfully negotiated cross-licenses with several competitors.
Failure to obtain all necessary patents, licenses and other IP rights upon reasonable terms could significantly reduce the scope of our business and have a material adverse effect on our results of operations. We do not know the likelihood of successfully contesting the scope or validity of patents held by others. In any event, we could incur substantial costs in challenging the patents of other companies. Moreover, third parties could challenge some of our patents or patent applications, and we could incur substantial costs in defending the scope and validity of our own patents or patent applications whether or not a challenge is ultimately successful.
Grid Patents
We have received patents and filed numerous additional patent applications on power quality and reliability systems, including our D-VAR products. Our products are covered by patents and patents pending worldwide on both our systems and power converter products. The patents and applications focus on inventions that significantly improve product performance and reduce product costs, thereby providing a competitive advantage. Our grid patents will begin to expire in 2027, with the latest set to expire in 2041.
HTS Patents
Since the discovery of high temperature superconductors in 1986, rapid technical advances have characterized the HTS industry, which in turn have resulted in a large number of patents, including overlapping patents, relating to superconductivity. As a result, the patent situation in the field of HTS technology and products is unusually complex. We have obtained licenses to patents and patent applications covering some HTS materials. We currently have non-exclusive rights to a fundamental U.S. patent (U.S. 8,060,169 B1) covering 2G and similar HTS wire and applications and may elect in the future to allow our rights under this license to lapse. In addition to our owned patents and patent applications in 2G HTS wire, we have obtained licenses from (i) MIT for the MOD process we use to deposit the YBCO layer, and (ii) Alcatel-Lucent on the YBCO material. However, we may have to obtain additional licenses to HTS materials. Our HTS wire patents began to expire in 2024, with the latest set to expire in 2041.
In addition to HTS wire patents, we have extensive patents and patents pending covering applications of HTS wire, such as HTS fault current limiting technology including our fault current limiting cable, HTS rotating machines and ship protection systems. Our HTS application patents will begin to expire in 2027, with the latest set to expire in 2040. Since the superconductor rotating machine and the fault current limiting cable applications are relatively new, we believe that we have a strong patent position in these areas. We also believe we have one of the broadest and most fundamental patent position in superconductor rotating machines technology. We have a series of patents on our concept for our proprietary fault current limiting technology. However, there can be no assurance that that these patents will be sufficient to assure our freedom of action in these fields without further licensing from others. See Part I, Item 1A, “Risk Factors,” for more information regarding the status of the commercialization of our Amperium wire products.
Wind Patents
Under our Windtec™ Solutions brand, we design a variety of wind turbine systems and license these designs, including expertise and patent rights, to third parties for an upfront fee, plus in some cases, future royalties. Our wind turbine designs are covered by patents worldwide on wind turbine technology. We have patent coverage on the unique design features of our blade pitch control system, which ensures optimal aerodynamic flow conditions on the turbine blades and improves system efficiency and performance. Our wind patents began to expire in 2025, with the latest set to expire in 2039.
Trade Secrets
Significant portions of the important technology used in our operations and products is not covered by any patent or patent application owned by or licensed to us, but are instead protected as trade secrets and through contractual agreements, including non-disclosure agreements. We take steps to maintain the confidentiality of this technology by requiring all employees and all consultants to sign confidentiality agreements and by limiting access to confidential information. We cannot provide any assurance that these measures will prevent the unauthorized disclosure or use of that information. In addition, we cannot provide any assurance that others, including our competitors, will not independently develop the same or comparable technology that is one of our trade secrets.
Human Capital
We aim to provide a safe and positive work environment for our employees that emphasizes respect for individuals and high standards of integrity. The health and safety of our employees is of utmost importance to us. Recognizing and respecting our global presence, we strive to maintain an inclusive workforce, where anyone can reach their potential regardless of background, everywhere we operate. As of March 31, 2026, we employed 1,195 employees. A portion of our Brazilian employees are represented by a labor union.
We believe our employees are the foundation of our success and that our future growth depends, in part, on our ability to continue to attract and retain the best and brightest talent, including key management professionals, scientists, engineers, researchers, manufacturing personnel, and marketing and sales professionals. In order for us to attract the best talent, we provide a collaborative, inclusive and innovative work environment, competitive compensation, and opportunities for our employees to grow. We are focused on continuing to build an inclusive culture that inspires leadership, encourages innovative thinking, and supports the development and advancement of all.
Our human capital management objectives include attracting, incentivizing, and integrating our existing and future employees. We strive to attract and retain talented employees by offering competitive compensation and benefits that support their health and financial well-being. We use a combination of fixed and variable pay including base salary, bonuses, performance awards and stock-based compensation. The principal purposes of our equity incentive plans are to attract, retain and motivate employees through the granting of stock-based compensation awards. We offer employees benefits that vary by country and are designed to address local laws and cultures and to be competitive in the marketplace.
Available information
Our internet address is www.amsc.com. We are not including the information contained in our website as part of, or incorporating it by reference into, this document. We make available, free of charge, through our website our annual reports on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, current reports on Form 8-K and amendments to these reports filed or furnished pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, as soon as reasonably practicable after we electronically file such materials with, or furnish such materials to, the SEC.
We intend to disclose on our website any amendments to, or waivers of, our Code of Business Conduct and Ethics that are required to be disclosed pursuant to the SEC or the rules of the Nasdaq Stock Market, LLC.
Information about our Executive Officers
The table and biographical summaries set forth below contain information with respect to our executive officers as of the date of this filing:
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Daniel P. McGahn joined us in December 2006 and has been chief executive officer and a member of our board of directors since June 2011 and chairman of the board since July 2018. He previously served as president and chief operating officer from December 2009 to June 2011, as senior vice president and general manager of our AMSC Superconductors business unit from April 2008 until December 2009, as vice president of our AMSC Superconductors business unit from March 2007 to April 2008 and as vice president of strategic planning and development from December 2006 to March 2007. From 2003 to 2006, Mr. McGahn served as executive vice president and chief marketing officer of Konarka Technologies. We believe Mr. McGahn’s qualifications to sit on our board of directors include his extensive experience with our company, including serving as our president since 2009, experience in the power electronics industry and strategic planning expertise gained while working in senior management as a consultant for other public and private companies.
John W. Kosiba, Jr. has served as senior vice president, chief financial officer and treasurer since April 4, 2017. Mr. Kosiba joined us as managing director, finance operations, in June 2010. He then served as vice president, finance operations, from September 2011 to May 2013. Prior to his appointment as senior vice president and chief financial officer, Mr. Kosiba served most recently as senior vice president, Gridtec solutions and finance operations, where he was responsible for (i) overseeing finance and accounting operations, budgeting, strategic planning and financial planning and analysis for the company, and (ii) managing the day-to-day business operations of our Gridtec solutions’ business segment. From January 2008 until June 2010, Mr. Kosiba served as division director and controller of Amphenol Aerospace, a division of Amphenol Corporation and a manufacturer of interconnect products for the military, commercial aerospace and industrial markets. In this role, Mr. Kosiba was responsible for overseeing finance, accounting, budgeting, audit and all aspects of financial planning and analysis for the division.
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Risks Related to Our Operations
If we fail to implement our business strategy successfully, our financial performance could be harmed.
Our future financial performance and success are dependent in large part upon our ability to implement our business strategy successfully. Our business strategy envisions several initiatives, including driving revenue growth and enhancing operating results by increasing customer adoption of our products by targeting high-growth segments with commercial and system-level products as well as identifying and completing opportunistic acquisitions. We may not be able to implement our business strategy successfully or achieve the anticipated benefits of our business plan. If we are unable to do so, our long-term growth and profitability may be adversely affected. Even if we are able to implement some or all of the initiatives of our business plan successfully, our operating results may not improve to the extent we anticipate, or at all. In addition, to the extent we have misjudged the nature and extent of industry trends or our competition, we may have difficulty in achieving our strategic objectives. Any failure to implement our business strategy successfully may adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations. In addition, we may decide to alter or discontinue certain aspects of our business strategy at any time.
Our ability to implement our business strategy could also be affected by a number of factors beyond our control, such as increased competition, legal developments, government regulation, general economic conditions, including as a result of the ongoing wars between Russia and Ukraine and in the Middle East and trade conflicts, or increased operating costs or expenses.
We may not realize all of the sales expected from our backlog of orders and contracts.
We cannot assure you that we will realize the revenue we expect to generate from our backlog in the periods we expect to realize such revenue, or at all.
In addition, the backlog of orders, if realized, may not result in profitable revenue. Backlog represents the value of contracts and purchase orders received for which delivery is expected in the next twelve months. Our customers have the right under some circumstances and with some penalties or consequences to terminate, reduce or defer firm orders that we have in backlog. In addition, our government contracts are subject to the risks described below. If our customers terminate, reduce or defer firm orders, we may be protected from certain costs and losses, but our sales will nevertheless be adversely affected, and we may not generate the revenue we expect.
Although we strive to maintain ongoing relationships with our customers, there is an ongoing risk that they may cancel orders or reschedule orders due to fluctuations in their business needs or purchasing budgets.
This has had, and may continue to have, an adverse effect on our ability to grow our revenues. In addition, current and future suppliers may be less likely to grant us credit, resulting in a negative impact on our working capital and cash flows.
We rely upon third-party suppliers for the components and subassemblies of many of our Grid and Wind products, making us vulnerable to supply shortages and price fluctuations, which could harm our business.
Many of our components and subassemblies are currently manufactured for us by a limited number of qualified suppliers. Any interruption in the supply of components or subassemblies, or our inability to obtain substitute components or subassemblies from alternate sources at acceptable prices in a timely manner, could impair our ability to meet the demand of our customers, which would have an adverse effect on our business and operating results. Moreover, if the costs of acquiring components and subassemblies from these suppliers significantly increase, we may not be able to identify alternative suppliers, which could adversely impact our business and operating results.
In order to minimize costs and time to market, we have and will continue to identify local suppliers that meet our quality standards to produce certain of our subassemblies and components. These efforts may not be successful including as quality standards evolve. For example, there are increasing expectations in various jurisdictions that companies monitor the environmental, social, and/or geographic provenance of their supply chain; complying with such expectations may cause us to incur additional costs, subject us to increased scrutiny, reduce the number of acceptable suppliers, or otherwise impact our business or operations. In addition, any event that negatively impacts our supply, including, among others, wars, terrorist activities, cyberattacks, natural disasters, trade policy and outbreaks of infectious disease, could delay or suspend shipments of products or the release of new products or could result in the delivery of inferior products. Our revenues from the affected products would decline or we could incur losses until such time as we are able to restore our production processes or put in place alternative contract manufacturers or suppliers. Even though we carry business interruption insurance policies, we may suffer losses as a result of business interruptions that exceed the coverage available under our insurance policies.
We may acquire additional complementary businesses or technologies, which may require us to incur substantial costs for which we may never realize the anticipated benefits.
Our recent acquisitions have required substantial integration and management efforts. As a result of any additional acquisition we pursue, management’s attention and resources may be further diverted from our other businesses. An acquisition may also involve the payment of a significant purchase price, which could reduce our cash position or dilute our stockholders and require significant transaction-related expenses.
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We cannot provide any assurance that we will realize any of the anticipated benefits of any acquisition, including our acquisition of Comtrafo Indústria de Transformadores Elétricos S.A. (“Comtrafo”), completed in December 2025, and Megatran Industries, Inc. including its subsidiaries, completed in August 2024, and if we fail to realize these anticipated benefits, our operating performance could suffer.
Our business and operations may be materially adversely impacted in the event of a failure or security breach of our or any critical third parties' IT Systems or Confidential Information.
We rely upon the capacity, reliability, and security of information technology hardware and software infrastructure and networks (collectively, "IT Systems"), and our ability to expand and update such IT Systems in response to our changing needs. We manage certain IT Systems but also rely on IT Systems and various products and services provided by critical third-party vendors and others in the supply chain. We also collect, store, and otherwise process sensitive, personal and confidential information ("Confidential Information") in the ordinary course of our business. Any failure to manage, expand, or update our IT Systems or Confidential Information or any disruption to or failure in the operation of such IT Systems or Confidential Information could materially harm our business. In addition, the costs associated with updating and securing our IT Systems or Confidential Information are likely to increase as such security measures become more complex, which may harm our operating results and financial condition.
We face numerous and evolving cybersecurity risks that threaten the confidentiality, integrity and availability of our IT Systems and Confidential Information. Our IT Systems, and those of the third-party vendors we rely on, as well as our Confidential Information, are vulnerable to disruption, compromise and damage from computer viruses (including malware and ransomware), bugs, misconfigurations or vulnerabilities, social engineering/phishing, natural disasters, human or technical error, intentional conduct, cyberattacks, unauthorized access and other similar disruptions. Because we rely on certain third party vendors that support our operations, successful cyberattacks that disrupt or result in unauthorized access to third-party IT Systems can materially impact our operations and financial results. There can also be no assurance that our cybersecurity risk management program and processes, including our policies, controls or procedures, or the processes of third-party vendors we rely on, will be fully implemented, complied with or effective in protecting our IT Systems and Confidential Information. Our business is also subject to break-ins, sabotage, and intentional acts of vandalism by third parties as well as employees. We cannot guarantee the security or protection of any IT Systems or Confidential Information. Cyberattacks are expected to accelerate on a global basis in frequency and magnitude, particularly as threat actors, such as ransomware groups, are becoming increasingly sophisticated in using techniques and tools, including artificial intelligence, that are designed to circumvent controls, evade detection and remove or obfuscate forensic evidence. As a result, we and our third-party providers may be unable to timely or effectively anticipate, detect, investigate, remediate or recover from cyberattacks in the future or avoid material impact to our IT Systems, Confidential Information, and our business. We also face increased cyber risk due to the number of our and others' employees who are (and may continue to be) working remotely due to the challenges associated with managing remote computing assets and security vulnerabilities that are present in many non-corporate and home networks.
We and certain of our third-party providers regularly experience cyberattacks and other incidents, and we expect such attacks and incidents to continue in varying degrees. While to date no incidents have had a material impact on our operations or financial results, we cannot guarantee that material incidents will not occur in the future. Any adverse impact to the availability, integrity or confidentiality of our IT Systems or those of third parties upon which we rely could result in disruptions to our operations, and/or loss, damage or compromise Confidential Information. Any or all of the foregoing could harm our reputation, result in substantial remediation, incident response, system restoration and compliance costs, lead to lost revenues and business opportunities, lead to regulatory investigations and enforcement and/or litigation (such as class actions), and related fines or penalties, increase our insurance premiums and have other materially adverse effects on our business and results. Our insurance policies may not cover, or may be insufficient to cover, any or all costs, losses and liability associated with any cyberattacks, security incidents or other disruptions and we cannot guarantee that applicable insurance will be available to us in the future on economically reasonable terms or at all. Any or all of the foregoing could materially adversely affect our business, operating results, and financial condition.
Our contracts with the U.S. and Canadian governments are subject to audit, modification or termination by such governments and include certain other provisions in favor of the governments. The continued funding of such contracts may remain subject to annual legislative appropriation, which, if not approved, could reduce our revenue and lower or eliminate our profit.
As a company that contracts with the U.S. and Canadian governments, we are subject to financial audits and other reviews by such governments of our costs and performance, accounting, and general business practices relating to these contracts. Based on the results of these audits, such governments may adjust our contract-related costs and fees. We cannot be certain that adjustments arising from government audits and reviews would not have a material adverse effect on our results of operations.
Our government contracts customarily contain other provisions that give the government substantial rights and remedies, many of which are not typically found in commercial contracts, including provisions that allow the applicable government to:
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All of our U.S. and Canadian government contracts, as well as certain of our contracts with third parties that are dependent on such government contracts, can be terminated by the applicable government for its convenience. Termination-for-convenience provisions typically provide only for our recovery of costs incurred or committed, and for settlement of expenses and profit on work completed prior to termination. In addition to the right of the government to terminate its contracts with us, these government contracts are conditioned upon the continuing approval by the applicable legislature of the necessary spending to honor such contracts. The U.S. Congress often appropriates funds for a program on a fiscal year basis even though contract performance may take more than one year. Consequently, at the beginning of many major governmental programs, contracts often may not be fully funded, and additional monies are then committed to the contract only if, as and when appropriations are made by the U.S. Congress or other applicable body for future fiscal years. In addition, government shutdowns could prevent or delay such contracts from being funded. Failure by the U.S. Congress to further suspend or increase the debt ceiling could delay or result in the loss of contracts for the procurement of our products and services, and we may be asked or required to continue to perform for some period of time on certain of our U.S. government contracts, even if the U.S. government is unable to make timely payments. There can be no assurance that we will not be adversely affected by government cost-cutting measures.
We cannot be certain that our U.S. government contracts, or our contracts with third parties that relate to projects for the U.S. government will not be terminated or suspended in the future. The U.S. government’s termination of, or failure to fully fund, one or more of our contracts would have a negative impact on our operating results and financial condition. Further, in the event that any of our government contracts are terminated for cause, it could affect our ability to obtain future government contracts which could, in turn, seriously harm our ability to develop our technologies and products.
Changes in U.S. government defense spending could negatively impact our financial position, results of operations, liquidity and overall business.
We have several contracts with the U.S. government, including defense-related programs with the U.S. Department of Defense. Changes in U.S. government defense spending for various reasons, including as a result of potential changes in policy positions or priorities that may result from the U.S. presidential and congressional elections, could negatively impact our results of operations, financial condition and liquidity. Our programs are subject to U.S. government policies, budget decisions and appropriation processes which are driven by numerous factors including: (1) geopolitical events; (2) macroeconomic conditions; (3) the ability of the U.S. government to enact relevant legislation, such as appropriations bills; and (4) the spending priorities of the U.S. Presidential Administration. In recent years, U.S. government appropriations have been affected by larger U.S. government budgetary issues and related legislation. In prior years, the U.S. government has been unable to timely complete its budget process before the end of its fiscal year, resulting in governmental shut-downs or providing only enough funds for U.S. government agencies to continue operating at prior-year levels. Significant changes in U.S. government defense spending or changes in U.S. government priorities, policies and requirements could have a material adverse effect on our results of operations, financial condition and liquidity.
Our performance on contracts with the U.S. Department of Defense may result in restrictions to our ability to repurchase our common stock or U.S. government denial of Foreign Military Sales or ceasing of assistance for international Direct Commercial Sales.
On January 7, 2026, the President of the United States signed an Executive Order titled "Prioritizing the Warfighter in Defense Contracting," (the "Executive Order") which directs the Secretary of Defense to identify contractors for critical weapons, supplies, and equipment that have engaged in stock repurchases or dividend distributions and are underperforming on their contracts, not investing capital into necessary production capacity, not prioritizing contract performance, or whose production speed is insufficient (collectively, "Underperformance"). Contractors that fail to remediate their Underperformance may be subject to enforcement actions under the Defense Production Act or contract law. Future defense contract awards will contain provisions prohibiting stock repurchases or dividend distributions and capping executive base salaries during periods of Underperformance as determined by the Secretary of Defense, and will require that executive incentive compensation be linked to on-time delivery of work under defense contracts, increased production, and facilitation of investments and operating improvements. The Secretary of Defense may also deny new advocacy cases for Foreign Military Sales or cease ongoing advocacy efforts for international Direct Commercial Sales for Underperforming contractors.
Our failure to sufficiently perform and prioritize our U.S. defense contracts, invest capital into production, capacity, or perform our contracts at the appropriate speed could result in restrictions to our ability to repurchase our common stock, issue dividends, or compete for International Foreign Military Sales or Direct Commercial Sales Contracts. In addition, the U.S. government could terminate our existing contracts or withhold payment for completed work due to Underperformance. The U.S. government could also cap the base salaries for our executives based upon the Secretary of Defense's finding of Underperformance.
Given the recency of the Executive Order, it is unclear how the U.S. government will implement its enforcement provisions or what metrics or conditions the Secretary of Defense will use to identify Underperforming defense contractors. If any of the foregoing were to occur, it could materially harm our business, result in reduced revenue and profitability, damage our reputation and customer relationships, or affect our stock price and increase its volatility.
Our success is dependent upon attracting and retaining qualified personnel and our inability to do so could significantly damage our business and prospects.
We have attracted a highly skilled management team and specialized workforce, including scientists, engineers, researchers, manufacturing, personnel, and marketing and sales professionals. Hiring and retaining good personnel for our business is challenging, and highly qualified technical personnel are likely to remain a limited resource for the foreseeable future. We may not be able to hire the necessary personnel to implement our business strategy. In addition, we may need to provide higher compensation or more training to our personnel than we currently anticipate. Moreover, any officer or employee can terminate his or her relationship with us at any time. Losing the services of any of our executive officers or key employees could materially and adversely impact our business.
A significant portion of our Wind segment revenues are derived from a single customer. If this customer’s business is negatively affected, it could adversely impact our business.
A significant portion of our Wind segment revenues have historically been derived from Inox and a significant decrease in revenues from Inox could adversely impact our Wind segment. Revenues from Inox are supported by supply contracts to purchase wind turbine ECS, and licenses to make, use and supply, wind turbines based on our designs. Inox has been active in the new central and state government auction regime in India and has a cumulative order book of over 3 GW. However, we cannot predict if and how successful Inox will be in executing on these orders or in obtaining new orders under the new central and state auction regime. Any failure by Inox to succeed under this regime, or any delay in Inox’s ability to deliver its wind turbines, could result in fewer ECS shipments to Inox. Inox has historically failed to post letters of credit and take delivery of forecasted ECS quantities.
Our success in addressing the wind energy market is dependent on the manufacturers that license our designs.
Because an important element of our strategy for addressing the wind energy market involves the license of our wind turbine designs to manufacturers of those systems, the financial benefits to us from our products for the wind energy market are dependent on the success of these manufacturers in selling wind turbines based on our designs. We may not be able to enter into marketing or distribution arrangements with third parties on financially acceptable terms, or at all, and third parties may not be successful in selling our products or applications incorporating our products.
Many of our revenue opportunities are dependent upon subcontractors and other business collaborators.
Many of the revenue opportunities for our business involve projects, such as the installation of our ship protection systems and electrical system hardware in wind turbines, in which we collaborate with other companies, including suppliers of cryogenic systems, manufacturers of electric power cables and manufacturers of wind turbines. As a result, many of our current and planned revenue-generating projects involve business collaborators on whose performance our revenue is dependent. If these business collaborators fail to deliver their products or perform their obligations on a timely basis or fail to generate sufficient demand for the systems they manufacture, our revenue from the project may be delayed or decreased, and we may not be successful in selling our products.
Problems with product quality or product performance may cause us to incur warranty expenses or product liability charges and may damage our market reputation and prevent us from achieving increased sales and market share.
Consistent with customary practice in our industry, we provide various warranties or guarantees relating to our products, such as that our products and/or services will be free from defects in material and workmanship under normal use and service. We generally provide a one- to three-year warranty on our products, commencing upon installation. A provision is recorded upon revenue recognition to cost of revenues for estimated warranty expense based on historical experience. The possibility of future product failures or issues related to services we provided could cause us to incur substantial expenses to repair or replace defective products or re-perform such services potentially in excess of our reserves. Furthermore, widespread product failures or other shortcomings of our products may damage our market reputation, reduce our market share, create product liability obligations or cause sales to decline.
Many of our customers outside of the United States may be either directly or indirectly related to governmental entities, and we could be adversely affected by violations of the United States Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and similar worldwide anti-bribery laws outside the United States.
The U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and similar worldwide anti-bribery laws in non-U.S. jurisdictions generally prohibit companies and their intermediaries from making improper payments to non-U.S. officials for the purpose of obtaining or retaining business. Many of our customers outside of the United States are, either directly or indirectly, related to governmental entities and are therefore subject to such anti-bribery laws. Our policies mandate compliance with these anti-bribery laws. We operate in many parts of the world that have experienced governmental corruption to some degree, and in certain circumstances strict compliance with anti-bribery laws may conflict with local customs and practices. Our internal control policies and procedures may not always protect us from reckless or criminal acts committed by our employees or agents. Violations of these laws, or allegations of such violations, could disrupt our business and result in a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial condition.
We have had limited success marketing and selling our superconductor products and system-level solutions, including our REG system, and our failure to more broadly market and sell our products and solutions could lower our revenue and cash flow.
To date, we have had limited success marketing and selling our superconductor products and system-level solutions and there has been no widespread commercial use of the REG system. Once our products and solutions are ready for widespread commercial use, we will have to develop a marketing and sales organization that will effectively demonstrate the advantages of our products over more traditional products, competing superconductor products and other technologies. We may not be successful in our efforts to market this technology and we may not be able to establish an effective sales and distribution organization.
We may decide to enter into arrangements with third parties for the marketing or distribution of our products, including arrangements in which our products, such as Amperium wire, are included as a component of a larger product, such as a power cable system. By entering into marketing and sales alliances, the financial benefits to us of commercializing our products will be dependent on the efforts of others.
Even if a project is funded, completion of projects can be delayed as a result of other factors. It is possible that the market demands we currently anticipate for our products and solutions will not develop and that they will never achieve widespread commercial acceptance. In such event, we would not be able to implement our strategy, and our results of operations could be adversely affected. Even if a commercial market were to develop, commercial terms requested by third parties, such as relating to bonding requirements, limitations of liability, warranty periods, or other contractual provisions, may not be acceptable to us, which could impede our ability to enter into contractual arrangements for the sale of our products and systems.
We or third parties on whom we depend may be adversely affected by natural disasters, including events resulting from climate change, and our business continuity and disaster recovery plans may not adequately protect us or our value chain from such events.
Natural disasters (including, but not limited to tornadoes, earthquakes, fires, storms, floods, droughts and extreme temperatures) and chronic changes in the physical environment, such as changes to meteorological or hydrological patterns, could severely disrupt our operations and have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations, financial condition and prospects. Climate change may increase the frequency or intensity of such events, as well as contribute to chronic changes (such as changes in meteorological or hydrological patterns) that may result in similar risk. If a natural disaster, power outage, or other event, including human acts such as terrorism, occurred that prevented us from fully utilizing our value chain or facilities, that damaged critical infrastructure, such as the manufacturing facilities on which we rely, or that otherwise disrupted operations, it may be difficult or, in certain cases, impossible for us to continue our business for a substantial period of time. The disaster recovery and business continuity plans we have in place may prove inadequate in the event of a serious disaster or similar event. We may incur substantial expenses as a result of the limited nature of our disaster recovery and business continuity plans, which could have a material adverse effect on our business.
In addition, changes in climate change-related laws or regulations, including laws relating to greenhouse gas emissions, could lead to new or additional compliance requirements and expenditures, and subject us to additional operational costs and restrictions, including increased energy and raw material costs and other compliance requirements which could negatively impact our reputation, business, capital expenditures, results of operations and financial position. For more information, please refer to our risk factor titled “Evolving and varied expectations on environmental sustainability and social initiatives could adversely impact our financial results."
Uncertainty surrounding our prospects and financial condition may have an adverse effect on our customer and supplier relationships.
Our relationships with our customers and suppliers are predicated on the belief that we will continue to operate. Our customers, particularly in the utility industry, are generally risk averse and may not enter into sales contracts with us if there is uncertainty regarding our ability to support working capital needs of large-scale projects.
The occurrence or reoccurrence of regional epidemics, a global pandemic or other public health crises may adversely affect our operations, financial condition, and results of operations. The extent to which a public health crisis impacts our business going forward will depend on factors such as the duration and scope; governmental, business, and individuals' actions in response to the public health crisis; and the impact on economic activity, including the possibility of recession or financial market instability. Measures to contain a public health crisis may intensify other risks described in these Risk Factors.
During the fourth quarter of fiscal 2025, in connection with the preparation of our financial statements for this Annual Report on Form 10-K, management identified the following material weakness: We did not maintain effective internal controls over preparation and review of the initial purchase accounting and the continuing fair value accounting associated with the Comtrafo Acquisition to ensure the accurate and timely reporting of our financial results related to this acquisition. Specifically, errors went undetected in amounts initially recorded to the opening balance sheet due to controls not operating at the appropriate level of precision during management's review process which could have led to a reasonable possibility of material misstatement to account balances or disclosures.
Notwithstanding the material weakness, we believe that our financial statements contained in this Annual Report on Form 10-K fairly present our financial position, results of operations and cash flows for the periods covered by this report in all material respects.
Our management, with the oversight of our audit committee, has initiated steps and plans to take additional measures to remediate the underlying causes of the material weakness, which we currently believe will be primarily through the development and implementation of new levels of precision of management review controls around business acquisitions.
Adverse changes in domestic and global economic conditions could adversely affect our operating results.
We have become increasingly subject to the risks arising from adverse changes in domestic and global economic conditions, including as a result of governmental policies and actions in the United States. In recent years, financial markets have been volatile and the state of both the domestic and global economies has been uncertain. Governmental policies and actions in the United States, such as new tariffs, trade restrictions and resulting trade conflicts, cuts in government spending or the failure to increase the federal debt ceiling, could lead to further financial market volatility and harm the economy. Adverse credit conditions in the future could have a negative impact on our ability to execute on future strategic activities. In addition, if credit is difficult to obtain in the future, some customers may delay or reduce purchases. Similarly, inflationary pressures have increased and may increase our costs or force us to increase prices for our products. These economic events have resulted or could in the future result in higher product costs, reductions in sales of our products, longer sales cycles, slower adoption of new technologies, increased accounts receivable and inventory write-offs and increased price competition. If recessionary conditions exist and continue for an extended period of time, our business and results of operations may be materially adversely affected. We also purchase large amounts of commodity-based raw materials. Prevailing prices for such commodities are subject to fluctuations due to changes in supply and demand, tariffs, and a variety of additional factors beyond our control, such as global political and economic conditions. Any of these events would likely harm our business, results of operations and financial condition.
The ongoing conflict between the United States, Israel, and Iran has disrupted global energy markets and supply chains and could adversely affect our business, financial condition, and results of operations
In February 2026, the United States and Israel launched coordinated military strikes against Iran, which retaliated with missile attacks across the region. Although we do not have material operations in the Middle East, the ongoing conflict and any further escalation has and could continue to lead to significant disruption of global energy supplies and increases in global energy prices, which could affect demand for our Grid and Wind products and solutions in multiple ways. Higher energy prices and energy market volatility may alter utility and industrial customer spending patterns and priorities, potentially accelerating investment in grid infrastructure and resilience in certain markets while constraining capital budgets in others. The conflict could also increase the cost or reduce the availability of commodity-based raw materials we depend on, including stainless steel, nickel, and copper, and disrupt global supply chains on which we and our suppliers rely. In addition, further escalation could heighten inflationary pressures on our input costs, adversely affect global financial markets, increase currency exchange rate volatility, including with respect to Brazilian Real and the Euro, in which a significant portion of our revenues and costs are denominated, and elevate interest rates, which could increase the cost of future debt financing and affect our ability to execute our acquisition-driven growth strategy on favorable terms. The conflict could also affect U.S. defense spending priorities and appropriations, which could positively or negatively impact funding for our ship protection systems and other defense-related programs with the U.S. Navy. Finally, increased geopolitical instability in the Middle East could adversely affect our ability to pursue business opportunities in the region, including in countries where we have existing or prospective customer relationships. While the impacts of the conflict between the United States, Israel, and Iran may have an adverse effect on our business, financial condition, and results of operations, we are unable to predict the extent or nature of these impacts at this time.
Our international operations are subject to risks that we do not face in the United States, which could have an adverse effect on our operating results.
In recent years, a substantial amount of our consolidated revenues were recognized from customers outside of the United States. For example, 52% of our revenues in fiscal 2025 and 31% of our revenues in fiscal 2024 were recognized from sales outside the United States. We also manufacture certain of our products and purchase a portion of our raw materials and components from suppliers in other foreign countries. The ongoing wars between Ukraine and Russia and the Middle East have caused increased raw material costs and material shortages and, as a result, adversely impacted certain of our suppliers. Our international operations are subject to a variety of risks that we do not face in the United States, including:
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Trade tensions between the U.S. and China, the U.S. and Russia, as well as those between the U.S. and Canada, Mexico and other countries have been escalating in recent years. Increased tariffs, sanctions, and other trade restrictions, as well as the existing and potential further responses from countries subject to such tariffs, sanctions, and other trade restrictions, could adversely affect the global economy and financial markets and could adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.
We cannot predict with certainty the effect that new quotas, tariffs, taxes or other trade barriers upon the importation or exportation of our products or gauge the effect that new barriers would have on our financial position or results of operations. These new tariffs or any additional tariffs or other trade barriers may cause our costs to increase, our products to be less competitive, and our business, results of operations and financial position to be materially adversely affected. Moreover, in February 2026, the United States Supreme Court ruled that the use of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act ("IEEPA") to impose tariffs was not permitted, invalidating a significant portion of U.S. tariffs that had been in effect since April 2025. The Administration responded by invoking a 10% global tariff pursuant to section 122 of the Trade Act of 1974 for 150 days, effective February 24, 2026. The Administration also initiated trade investigations that could result in additional future tariffs. The ruling, and the Administration's subsequent actions, have created substantial uncertainty regarding the tariff environment, including with respect to (i) the timing and scope of any new tariffs that may be imposed under alternative mechanisms and (ii) the potential for further legal challenges to any such tariffs.
Our overall success in international markets depends, in part, upon our ability to succeed in differing legal, regulatory, economic, social and political conditions. We may not be successful in developing and implementing policies and strategies that will be effective in managing these risks in each country where we do business or conduct operations. Our failure to manage these risks successfully could harm our international operations and reduce our international sales, thus lowering our total revenue and increasing losses.
Our products face competition, which could limit our ability to acquire or retain customers.
The markets for our products are competitive and many of our competitors have substantially greater financial resources and research and development, manufacturing and marketing capabilities than we do. In addition, as our target markets develop, other large industrial companies may enter these fields and compete with us.
We face competition across our product lines from companies like ABB, Hitachi, Ingeteam, Mitsubishi and Siemens. We face more local competition in a subset of our business like power quality by companies that include, Southern States, Controllix, Powerside, Elgin Power, Scott Manufacturing and QVARx. Additionally, we face competition on our power transformers and power supplies from companies like Friem, Dynapower, Nidec, Espey Manufacturing, Hammond, WEG S.A., and Kraft Powercon.
With our HTS-based REG product, we are offering a new approach that provides alternatives to utilities for power system design. Therefore, we believe that we compete with traditional approaches such as new full-sized substations, overhead and underground transmission, and urban power transformers.
We believe we are currently the only company that can offer HTS-based SPS products that have been fully qualified for use aboard U.S. Navy surface combatants. Therefore, the primary competition for our SPS products is currently coming from defense contractors that provide the copper-based systems that our lighter, more efficient HTS versions have been developed to replace. Companies such as Ultra Maritime, L3 Harris, and Raytheon have the bulk of the copper-based business today.
As the HTS systems markets develop, other large industrial companies may enter those fields and compete with us. If we are unable to compete successfully, it may harm our business, which in turn may limit our ability to acquire or retain customers.
With respect to our Wind business, other companies that serve the wind turbine components industry include ABB. We also face indirect competition in the wind energy market from global manufacturers of wind turbines, such as Siemens, Vestas, and Suzlon. We face competition for the supply of wind turbine engineering design services from design engineering firms such as Aerovide and W2E.
The competition in these markets could adversely affect our operating results by reducing the volume of the products we sell or the prices we can charge. These competitors may be able to respond more rapidly than us to new or emerging technologies or changes in customer requirements. They may also devote greater resources to the development, promotion and sale of their products than we do. Our success depends significantly upon our ability to enhance our products and technologies and to develop and introduce, on a timely and cost-effective basis, new products and features that meet changing customer requirements and incorporate technological enhancements, which may include artificial intelligence, machine learning, and other advanced digital technologies that are increasingly central to product development, manufacturing efficiency, and customer engagement. If we are unable to develop new products and enhance functionalities or technologies to adapt to these changes, our business will suffer. We can provide no assurance that we will continue to effectively compete against our current competitors or additional companies that may enter our markets.
We have operations in, and depend on sales in, emerging markets, including Latin America and India, and global conditions could negatively affect our operating results or limit our ability to expand our operations outside of these markets. Changes in Brazil's or India’s political, social, regulatory and economic environment may affect our financial performance.
We have operations in emerging markets, including Brazil and India. Our financial performance depends upon our ability to carry on our operations and sell our products in such emerging markets. We are, and will continue to be, subject to financial, political, economic and business risks in connection with our operations and sales in these emerging markets. In addition to the business risks inherent in developing and servicing these markets, economic conditions may be more volatile, legal and regulatory systems less developed and predictable, and the possibility of various types of adverse governmental action more pronounced in emerging markets. In addition, inflation, fluctuations in currency and interest rates, competitive factors, civil unrest, public health emergencies and labor problems could affect our revenues, expenses and results of operations. Our operations could also be adversely affected by acts of war, terrorism or the threat of any of these events as well as government actions such as controls on imports, exports and prices, tariffs, new forms of taxation, or changes in fiscal regimes and increased government regulation in the countries in which we operate or service customers. Unexpected or uncontrollable events or circumstances in any of these markets could have a material adverse effect on our financial results and cash flows.
Our financial performance could be affected by the political and social environment in Brazil and India. In recent years, India has experienced civil unrest and terrorism and has been involved in conflicts with neighboring countries. The potential for hostilities between India and Pakistan has been high in light of tensions related to recent terrorist incidents in India and the unsettled nature of the regional geopolitical environment.
With respect to our activities in all emerging markets, we may be impacted by issues with managing foreign sales operations, including long payment cycles, potential difficulties in accounts receivable collection and, especially from significant customers, fluctuations in the timing and amount of orders. The adverse effect of any of these issues on our business could be increased due to the concentration of our business with a small number of customers. Operations in foreign countries also expose us to risks relating to difficulties in enforcing our proprietary rights, currency fluctuations and adverse or deteriorating economic conditions. For example, the ongoing war between Ukraine and Russia has caused increased raw material costs and material shortages for, and adversely impacted, certain of our suppliers. If we experience problems with obtaining registrations, compliance with foreign country or applicable U.S. laws, or if we experience difficulties in payments or intellectual property matters in foreign jurisdictions, or if significant political, economic or regulatory changes occur, our results of operations would be adversely affected.
Industry consolidation could result in more powerful competitors and fewer customers.
Competitors in the industries in which we operate are consolidating. If our competitors consolidate, they likely will increase their market share, gain economies of scale that enhance their ability to compete with us and/or acquire additional products and technologies that could displace our product offerings. Our customer base also is undergoing consolidation. Consolidation within our customers’ industries could affect our customers and their relationships with us. If one of our competitors’ customers acquires any of our customers, we may lose that business. Additionally, if our customers become larger and more concentrated, they could exert pricing pressure on all suppliers, including us. If we were to lose market share or customers or face pricing pressure due to consolidation of our customers, our results of operations and financial condition could be adversely affected.
Evolving and varied expectations on environmental sustainability and social initiatives could adversely impact our business and financial results.
There has been evolving and varied expectations by investors, customers, environmental activists, the media and governmental and nongovernmental organizations on climate, human capital, and other environmental, social and similar sustainability matters. If we are not effective in addressing environmental, social and other sustainability matters affecting our business, including any relevant sustainability goals, our reputation and financial results may suffer. While we may at times engage in voluntary initiatives (such as voluntary disclosures, certifications, or goals, among others) to improve our environmental, social, and governance ("ESG") profile or respond to certain stakeholder expectations, such initiatives may be costly and may not have the desired effect. For example, methodologies and data relevant to many ESG matters are evolving, in some cases quite rapidly; as a result, actions or statements that we may take based on information or processes we currently believe to be reasonable may subsequently be determined to be erroneous or not in keeping with current or future best practice. Moreover, we may not be able to successfully complete such initiatives due to factors that are within or outside of our control. Even if this is not the case, we cannot guarantee that our approaches or results will align with the expectations of any particular stakeholder. Stakeholder expectations are not uniform, and both advocates and opponents to certain ESG matters are increasingly resorting to a range of activism forms, including media campaigns and litigation, to advance their perspectives.
There are also evolving regulatory requirements related to various ESG matters. For example, various jurisdictions have adopted, or are considering adopting, requirements for the disclosure of climate- or other ESG-related information, or certain substantive considerations regarding ESG in operations, which may require significant additional costs to comply. As with other stakeholder expectations, such regulations are divergent and, at times, conflict, which may increase the costs and complexity of compliance and any associated risks. Any failure to successfully navigate regulatory developments and other stakeholder expectations may result in additional costs, difficulties in attracting or retaining customers or employees, reputational harm, regulatory or investor engagement, or other adverse impacts. Additionally, many of our customers and suppliers may be subject to similar expectations, which may augment or create additional risks, including risks that may not be known to us.
Growth of the wind energy market depends largely on the availability and size of government subsidies, economic incentives and legislative programs designed to support the growth of wind energy.
At present, the cost of wind energy exceeds the cost of conventional power generation in many locations around the world. Various governments have used different policy initiatives to encourage or accelerate the development and adoption of wind energy and other renewable energy sources. Renewable energy policies are in place in the European Union, certain countries in Asia, including India, China, Japan and South Korea, and many of the states in Australia and the United States. Examples of government sponsored financial incentives include capital cost rebates, feed-in tariffs, tax credits, net metering and other incentives to end-users, distributors, system integrators and manufacturers of wind energy products to promote the use of wind energy and to reduce dependency on other forms of energy. Governments, however, may decide to reduce or eliminate these economic incentives, or curtail legislative programs supportive of wind energy technologies for political, financial or other reasons. In the United States, various legislation and regulations designed to support the growth of wind energy had been implemented or proposed, such as the Inflation Reduction Act, Production Tax Credit for Renewable Energy ("PTC") and the Clean Power Plan. However, actions by the current U.S. administration, including the One Big Beautiful Bill Act of 2025 (the "OBBBA"), have significantly curtailed those programs and tax credits in the U.S. and generally made it more difficult to develop and construct wind energy products. Any reductions in, or eliminations of, government subsidies, economic incentives or favorable legislative programs before the wind energy industry reaches a sufficient scale to be cost-effective in a non-subsidized marketplace could reduce demand for our products and adversely affect our business prospects and results of operations.
Lower prices for other energy sources may reduce the demand for wind energy development, which could have a material adverse effect on our ability to grow our Wind business.
The wind energy market is affected by the price and availability of other energy sources, including nuclear, coal, natural gas and oil, as well as other sources of renewable energy. To the extent renewable energy, particularly wind energy, becomes less cost-competitive due to reduced government targets, increases in the cost of wind energy, new regulations, incentives that favor other energy sources, cheaper alternatives or otherwise, demand for wind energy and other forms of renewable energy could decrease. Slow growth or a long-term reduction in the demand for renewable energy could have a material adverse effect on our ability to grow our Wind business.
Risks Related to Our Technologies
We may be unable to adequately prevent disclosure of trade secrets and other proprietary information.
We rely on trade secrets to protect the majority of our proprietary technologies, especially where we do not believe patent protection is appropriate or obtainable. However, trade secrets are difficult to protect. We rely, in part, on confidentiality agreements with our employees, contractors, consultants, outside scientific collaborators and other advisors to protect our trade secrets and other proprietary information. These agreements may not effectively prevent disclosure of confidential information and may not provide an adequate remedy in the event of unauthorized disclosure of confidential information. In addition, others may independently discover our trade secrets or independently develop processes or products that are similar or identical to our trade secrets and courts outside the United States may be less willing to protect trade secrets. Costly and time-consuming litigation could be necessary to enforce and determine the scope of our proprietary rights, and failure to obtain or maintain trade secret protection could adversely affect our competitive business position.
Our patents may not provide meaningful or long-term protection for our technology, which could result in us losing some or all of our market position.
We own or have licensing rights under many patents and pending patent applications. However, the patents that we own or license may not provide us with meaningful or long-term protection of our technologies and may not prevent our competitors from using similar technologies for a variety of reasons, such as:
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the patent applications that we or our licensors file may not result in patents being issued; |
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our existing patents may expire; |
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any patents issued may be challenged by third parties; and |
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others may independently develop similar technologies not protected by our patents or design around the patented aspects of any technologies we develop. |
In particular, if any material patents expire, we may not be able to prevent competitors from producing products similar to ours, possibly at lower prices, which could adversely impact our business, results of operations, and financial condition.
Moreover we could incur substantial litigation costs in defending the validity of or enforcing our own patents. We also rely on trade secrets and proprietary know-how to protect our intellectual property. However, our confidentiality agreements and other safeguards may not provide meaningful protection for our trade secrets and other proprietary information. If the patents that we own or license or our trade secrets and proprietary know-how fail to protect our technologies, our market position may be adversely affected.
Third parties have or may acquire patents that cover the materials, processes and technologies we use or may use in the future to manufacture our Amperium products, and our success depends on our ability to license such patents or other proprietary rights.
We expect that some or all of the HTS materials, processes and technologies we use in designing and manufacturing our products are or will become covered by patents issued to other parties, including our competitors. The owners of these patents may refuse to grant licenses to us, or may be willing to do so only on terms that we find commercially unreasonable. If we are unable to obtain these licenses, we may have to contest the validity or scope of those patents or re-engineer our products to avoid infringement claims by the owners of these patents. It is possible that we will not be successful in contesting the validity or scope of a patent, or that we will not prevail in a patent infringement claim brought against us. Even if we are successful in such a proceeding, we could incur substantial costs and diversion of management resources in prosecuting or defending such a proceeding.
There are a number of technological challenges that must be successfully addressed before our superconductor products can gain widespread commercial acceptance, and our inability to address such technological challenges could adversely affect our ability to acquire customers for our products.
Many of our superconductor products are in the early stages of commercialization, while others are still under development. There are a number of technological challenges that we must successfully address to complete our development and commercialization efforts for superconductor products. We will also need to improve the performance and reduce the cost of our Amperium wire to expand the number of commercial applications for it. We may be unable to meet such technological challenges or to sufficiently improve the performance and reduce the costs of our Amperium wire. Delays in development, as a result of technological challenges or other factors, may result in the introduction or commercial acceptance of our superconductor products later than anticipated.
Risks Related to Our Common Stock
Our common stock has experienced, and may continue to experience, market price and volume fluctuations, which may prevent our stockholders from selling our common stock at a profit and could lead to costly litigation against us that could divert our management’s attention.
The market price of our common stock has historically experienced volatility and may continue to experience such volatility in the future. Factors such as our financial performance, liquidity requirements, technological achievements by us and our competitors, the establishment of development or strategic relationships with other companies, strategic acquisitions, new customer orders and contracts, and our introduction of commercial products have had and may in the future have a significant effect on the market price of our common stock. The stock market in general, and the stock of high technology companies, in particular, have, in recent years, experienced extreme price and volume fluctuations, which are often unrelated to the performance or condition of particular companies. Such broad market fluctuations have and could continue to adversely affect the market price of our common stock. Due to these factors, the price of our common stock may decline, and investors may be unable to resell their shares of our common stock for a profit. Following periods of volatility in the market price of a particular company’s securities, securities class action litigation has often been brought against that company. In the past, we have been subject to a number of class action lawsuits which were filed against us on behalf of certain purchasers of our common stock. If we become subject to additional litigation of this kind in the future, it could result in additional litigation costs, a damages award against us and the further diversion of our management’s attention.
General Risk Factors
Unfavorable results of legal proceedings could have a material adverse effect on our business, operating results and financial condition.
From time to time, we may become subject to legal proceedings and claims that arise in or outside the ordinary course of business. Results of legal proceedings cannot be predicted with certainty. Our insurance coverage may be insufficient, our assets may be insufficient to cover any amounts that exceed our insurance coverage, and we may have to pay damage awards or otherwise may enter into settlement arrangements in connection with such claims. Any such payments or settlement arrangements in legal proceedings could have a material adverse effect on our business, operating results or financial condition. Regardless of merit, legal proceedings could result in substantial costs and significantly and adversely impact our reputation and divert management’s attention and resources, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, operating results or financial condition. In addition, such lawsuits may make it more difficult to finance our operations.
| UNRESOLVED STAFF COMMENTS |
Not applicable.
| CYBERSECURITY |
Overview
Our IT Systems and Confidential Information may be subject to cybersecurity threats. Our business, like others within the energy technologies industry, is faced with growing cybersecurity threats as we increasingly rely on digital technologies across our business, some of which are managed by third-party service providers on whom we rely to help us collect, host or process information.
Risk Management and Strategy
Our
Our cybersecurity risk management program is integrated into our overall risk management program, and shares common methodologies, reporting channels and governance processes that apply across the risk management program to other legal, compliance, strategic, operational, and financial risk areas.
Management has engaged -party vendors to assist in monitoring our cybersecurity risk management programs and identifying and responding to any incidents. Additionally, -party vendors are routinely engaged to evaluate how effectively management as a whole manages cybersecurity risk. This includes annual testing of our incident response plan through tabletop exercises and simulations to ensure readiness as well as penetration testing and security assessments. We also utilize third-party cybersecurity vendors to assess our protections against identified vulnerabilities, and we have implemented a third-party risk management process for key service providers, based on our assessment of their criticality to our operations.
We have developed cybersecurity training for employees concerning cybersecurity risk. This training provides information on security awareness and phishing simulations. All employees are required to attend periodic cybersecurity training. On a regular basis, our IT team shares news and articles related to cybersecurity awareness with all employees.
Our cybersecurity risk assessment is performed annually and includes external and internal penetration testing performed by third party vendors to test for vulnerabilities in the Company’s environment.
Governance
| PROPERTIES |
Our corporate headquarters and Grid manufacturing operations are located in a leased 88,000-square-foot facility in Ayer, Massachusetts. Additionally, we have Grid manufacturing operations located in a leased 77,500 square-foot facility in Westminster, Massachusetts, a leased 43,000 square-foot facility in Silesian, Poland, and a leased 125,000 square-foot facility in Cornélio Procópio, Paraná, Brazil, as well as an owned 40,000 square-foot facility in Queensbury, New York, an owned 150,000 square-foot facility in Bordentown, New Jersey, an owned 80,000 square-foot facility in New Milford, Connecticut, an owned 20,000 square-foot facility in Florence, New Jersey, and an owned 632,100 square-foot facility in Cornélio Procópio, Paraná, Brazil.
We also occupy leased facilities located in Australia, Austria, India, Wisconsin, Washington, and the United Kingdom with a combined total of approximately 72,000 square feet of space. These leases have varying expiration dates through October 2030 which can generally be terminated at our request after a six-month advance notice. These locations focus primarily on research and development, sales and/or field service and do not have significant leases or physical presence. We believe all of these facilities are well-maintained and suitable for their intended uses.
The following table summarizes information regarding our significant properties, as of March 31, 2026:
| Location |
Supporting |
Square footage |
Owned/Leased |
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| United States |
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| Ayer, Massachusetts |
Corporate & Grid Segment |
88,000 | Leased |
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| Bordentown, New Jersey |
Grid Segment |
150,000 | Owned |
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| New Milford, Connecticut |
Grid Segment |
80,000 | Owned |
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| Queensbury, New York |
Grid Segment |
40,000 | Owned |
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| Florence, New Jersey |
Grid Segment |
20,000 | Owned |
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| Westminster, Massachusetts |
Grid Segment |
77,500 | Leased |
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| Poland |
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| Bielsko-Biala, Silesian |
Grid Segment |
43,000 | Leased |
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| Brazil |
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| Cornélio Procópio, Paraná |
Grid Segment |
632,100 | Owned |
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| Cornélio Procópio, Paraná |
Grid Segment |
125,000 | Leased |
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| LEGAL PROCEEDINGS |
We are not party to any material legal proceedings.
| MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES |
Not Applicable.
| MARKET FOR REGISTRANT’S COMMON EQUITY, RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES |
Market Information
Our common stock has been listed on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the symbol “AMSC” since 1991.
Holders
The number of holders of record of our common stock on May 22, 2026 was 190.
Dividend Policy
We have never paid cash dividends on our common stock. We currently intend to retain earnings, if any, to fund the development and growth of our business and do not anticipate paying cash dividends for the foreseeable future. Payment of future cash dividends, if any, will be at the discretion of our board of directors after taking into account various factors, including our financial condition, operating results, current and anticipated cash needs and plans for expansion.
Stock Performance Graph
The following graph compares the cumulative total stockholder return on our common stock from March 31, 2021 to March 31, 2026 with the cumulative total return of (i) the Nasdaq Composite Index and (ii) the Nasdaq Electrical Components & Equipment Index.
This graph assumes the investment of $100.00 on March 31, 2021 in our common stock, the Nasdaq Composite Index and the Nasdaq Electrical Components & Equipment Index, and assumes any dividends are reinvested. Measurement points are March 31, 2021; March 31, 2022; March 31, 2023; March 31, 2024; March 31, 2025; and March 31, 2026.
COMPARISON OF 5 YEAR CUMULATIVE TOTAL RETURN
Among American Superconductor Corporation,
the Nasdaq Composite Index and the Nasdaq Electrical Components & Equipment Index
| Fiscal year ended March 31, |
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| Company/Index |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
2024 |
2025 |
2026 |
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| American Superconductor Corporation |
100.00 | 40.14 | 25.90 | 71.26 | 95.68 | 178.53 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Nasdaq Composite Index |
100.00 | 108.06 | 93.71 | 126.58 | 134.65 | 169.11 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Nasdaq Electrical Components & Equipment Index |
100.00 | 99.54 | 103.98 | 122.91 | 137.90 | 274.77 | ||||||||||||||||||
| RESERVED |
| MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS |
Executive Overview
Guided by a belief in the power of next, we are a leading provider of power control solutions that apply innovation and creativity to address today’s challenges and enable a more resilient and sustainable energy future. Driven by our purpose “to power progress,” we integrate future-facing technologies to balance the growing global demand for power with the need for reliable, and efficient power delivery. Our advanced grid systems, engineering services, power electronics, software controls, and superconductor-based solutions help the traditional and renewable energy sectors, electric utilities, the materials and mining sector, industrial facilities, and other critical infrastructure operators optimize network reliability, improve power quality, alleviate grid constraints, and scale operations without added complexity or size.
We also deliver ship protection and power management solutions that enhance fleet efficiency, survivability, and operational readiness for the U.S. Navy and allied fleets. In the wind power market, we provide advanced electrical control systems, engineering, and support services that help manufacturers lower the cost of wind energy and improve turbine performance. Beyond these markets, we provide industrial process, environmental and emission control capabilities that support operational efficiency across the broader energy infrastructure. Across our businesses, our solutions are helping optimize power networks, strengthen naval capabilities, and support gigawatts of renewable energy generation worldwide as governments and industries continue investing in more resilient, secure, and sustainable power systems.
We operate our business under two market-facing business segments: Grid and Wind. We believe this market centric structure enables us to more effectively anticipate and meet the needs of power generators, power utilities, industrial manufacturers, the military and renewable energy companies.
| • | Grid. Our Grid business segment enables electric utilities, industrial facilities, and traditional and renewable energy project developers to connect, transmit, transform and distribute power with exceptional efficiency, reliability, security and affordability. We provide transmission planning services that allow us to identify power grid congestion, poor power quality, and other risks, which help us determine how our solutions can improve network performance. These services often lead to sales of our grid interconnection solutions for wind farms and solar power plants, power quality systems and transmission and distribution cable systems. We also sell critical shipyard infrastructure power solutions, ship power supplies and ship protection products to U.S. and allied Navies through our Grid business segment. |
| • | Wind. Our Wind business segment enables manufacturers to field wind turbines with exceptional power output, reliability and affordability. We supply advanced power electronics and control systems, license our highly engineered wind turbine designs, and provide extensive customer support services to wind turbine manufacturers. Our design portfolio includes a broad range of drivetrains and power ratings of 2 megawatts ("MWs") and higher. We provide a broad range of power electronics and software-based control systems that are highly integrated and designed for optimized performance, efficiency, and grid compatibility. |
Our fiscal year begins on April 1 and ends on March 31. When we refer to a particular fiscal year, we are referring to the fiscal year that began on April 1 of that same year. For example, fiscal 2025 refers to the fiscal year that began on April 1, 2025. Other fiscal years follow similarly.
Changes in macroeconomic conditions arising from various reasons, such as the ongoing wars between Russia and Ukraine, and in the Middle East, tariffs, trade restrictions and resulting trade conflicts, labor force availability, sourcing, material delays and global supply chain disruptions could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.
On December 5, 2025 (the "Comtrafo Acquisition Date"), we entered into a Stock Exchange Agreement (the "Stock Exchange Agreement") with the selling stockholders named therein. Pursuant to the terms of the Stock Exchange Agreement, Mardin Participações Ltda., an entity incorporated in Brazil (“AMSC Brazil”) and our wholly-owned subsidiary, directly or indirectly, purchased all of the issued and outstanding shares of Comtrafo Indústria de Transformadores Elétricos S.A. ("Comtrafo") (the "Comtrafo Acquisition") for (a) (i) 300.0 million Brazilian Real in cash; and (b) 2,417,142 restricted shares of our common stock, $0.01 par value per share (the "AMSC Shares") that were paid and issued, respectively, at closing. In addition, pursuant to certain additional real property agreements, AMSC Brazil through Comtrafo purchased certain real estate assets and transportation assets of Comtrafo for 155.6 million Brazilian Real and 13.4 million Brazilian Real, respectively, in cash. Additionally, AMSC Brazil has agreed to pay the selling stockholders up to an additional 382.5 million Brazilian Real in cash (the "Earnout") upon the achievement of specified earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization ("EBITDA") objectives during the three years following the closing. On May 15, 2026, pursuant to the terms of the Stock Exchange Agreement, Comtrafo purchased a certain real estate asset from the selling stockholders that Comtrafo was leasing and using for administrative and manufacturing operations for 37.2 million Brazilian Real in cash. Comtrafo is a Brazil-based manufacturer of large power and distribution transformers primarily for utility customers and also for industrial customers.
On August 1, 2024, we entered into a Stock Purchase Agreement (the “Stock Purchase Agreement”) with the selling stockholders named therein. Pursuant to the terms of the Stock Purchase Agreement and concurrently with entering into such agreement, we acquired all of the issued and outstanding shares of Megatran, Industries, Inc. ("Megatran"), for aggregate consideration in an amount equal to $61.4 million, as may be adjusted pursuant to the Stock Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Price”), including a cash payment after closing of $5.0 million, as adjusted pursuant to Sections 5.6(c), (d), and (f) of the Stock Purchase Agreement (the “Additional Cash Purchase Price”). At closing, we paid to Megatran's selling stockholders $25.0 million in cash on hand, and 1,297,600 restricted shares of our common stock. On September 23, 2024, we paid the Additional Cash Purchase Price to the selling stockholders, which was calculated based on the agreed upon formula set forth in the Stock Purchase Agreement, in the amount of $8.3 million which includes the Additional Cash Purchase Price and the make whole payment. Megatran's wholly-owned subsidiary, NWL, Inc. (together with Megatran, "NWL"), is a U.S.-based global provider of engineered power conversion solutions for demanding industrial and military applications. As a result of this transaction, Megatran became a wholly-owned subsidiary and is operated by our Grid business segment. We refer to this transaction as the "acquisition of NWL".
Results of Operations
A discussion regarding our financial condition and results of operations for the year ended March 31, 2026 compared to the year ended March 31, 2025 is presented below. A discussion regarding our financial condition and results of operations for year ended March 31, 2025 compared to March 31, 2024 is included under "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations" in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended March 31, 2025 filed with the SEC on May 21, 2025.
Fiscal Years Ended March 31, 2026 and March 31, 2025
Revenues
Total revenues increased by 34% to $299.2 million in fiscal 2025 from $222.8 million in fiscal 2024. Our revenues are summarized as follows (in thousands):
| Fiscal Years Ended March 31, |
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| 2026 |
2025 |
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| Revenues: |
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| Grid |
$ | 251,317 | $ | 187,170 | ||||
| Wind |
47,838 | 35,648 | ||||||
| Total |
$ | 299,155 | $ | 222,818 | ||||
Revenues in our Grid business segment are derived from our D-VAR product sales, Northeast Power Systems, Inc. ("NEPSI") product sales, Neeltran, Inc. ("Neeltran") product sales, NWL product sales, Comtrafo product sales, HTS wire sales, ship protection systems ("SPS"), government-sponsored electric utility projects and other prototype development contracts. We also engineer, install and commission our products on a turnkey-basis for some customers. The Grid business segment accounted for 84% of total revenues in both fiscal 2025 and 2024. Grid revenues increased 34% to $251.3 million in fiscal 2025 from $187.2 million in fiscal 2024. The increase in revenues was driven by higher new energy power systems revenues, higher ship protection systems revenues, and the contribution from the acquisition of Comtrafo in fiscal 2025.
Revenues in our Wind business segment are derived from wind turbine electrical control systems and core components, wind turbine license and development contracts, service contracts and consulting arrangements. Our Wind business segment accounted for 16% of total revenues in both fiscal 2025 and 2024. Revenues in the Wind business segment increased 34% to $47.8 million in fiscal 2025 from $35.6 million in fiscal 2024. The increase over the prior year period was driven by additional shipments of electrical control systems ("ECS") in fiscal 2025.
Cost of Revenues and Gross Margin
Cost of revenues increased by 29% to $207.8 million in fiscal 2025, compared to $161.0 million in fiscal 2024. Gross margin increased to 31% in fiscal 2025 from 28% in fiscal 2024. Cost of revenues include total amortization expense of $0.6 million in the fiscal year ended March 31, 2026 as a result of Comtrafo acquired backlog intangible assets. In addition, $0.8 million related to a fair value adjustment for the step-up basis assigned to acquired inventory to properly reflect the fair value in purchase accounting was charged to cost of revenues in the fiscal year ended March 31, 2026. The increase in gross margin in fiscal 2025 was due to higher revenues and a beneficial product mix in the Grid and Wind business segments.
Operating Expenses
Research and development
Research and development (“R&D”) expenses increased by 38% to $15.7 million, or 5% of revenue in fiscal 2025, compared to $11.4 million, or 5% of revenue, in fiscal 2024. The increase in R&D expenses is primarily a result of additional compensation and stock compensation expenses in fiscal 2025.
Selling, general, and administrative
Selling, general and administrative (“SG&A”) expenses increased by 34% to $57.6 million, or 19% of revenue in fiscal 2025 from $43.1 million, or 19% of revenue, in fiscal 2024. The increase in SG&A expenses is primarily a result of the addition of Comtrafo operating expenses and additional compensation and stock compensation expenses in fiscal 2025.
Amortization of acquisition related intangibles
We recorded $2.4 million in fiscal 2025 and $1.7 million in fiscal 2024 in amortization expense related to our core technology and know-how, customer relationships, and other intangible assets. The increase in amortization expense is primarily a result of additional amortization related to the Comtrafo acquisition.
The change in fair value of our contingent consideration for the earnout payment on the acquisition of NEPSI resulted in a loss of $3.4 million resulting from an increase in fair value in fiscal 2024. During fiscal 2024, we issued 300,000 shares of our common stock to the selling stockholders following certification of the achievement of specified earnout revenue objectives. We also recorded a $3.3 million payment relating to the acquisition of NWL, as a payment to settle the remaining obligations after the acquisition.
Operating income (loss)
Our operating income (loss) is summarized as follows (in thousands):
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| 2026 |
2025 |
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| Operating income (loss): |
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| Grid |
$ | 8,468 | $ | 1,812 | ||||
| Wind |
7,149 | 3,792 | ||||||
| Unallocated corporate expenses |
(4,171 | ) | (6,681 | ) | ||||
| Total |
$ | 11,445 | $ | (1,077 | ) | |||
Our Grid business segment generated operating income of $8.5 million in fiscal 2025 and $1.8 million in fiscal 2024. The improvement in the Grid business segment operating income was due to higher revenues and improved gross margins in fiscal 2025.
The Wind segment generated operating income of $7.1 million in fiscal 2025 and $3.8 million in fiscal 2024. The increase in the Wind business segment operating income was due to higher revenues and improved gross margins in fiscal 2025.
Unallocated corporate expenses consisted of a loss on contingent consideration of $4.2 million in fiscal 2025 and $6.7 million in fiscal 2024.
Interest income, net
Interest income, net was $6.4 million in fiscal 2025 compared to $3.7 million for fiscal 2024. The increase in interest income, net, was primarily due to higher cash balances generating additional interest income in fiscal 2025.
Other expense, net
Other expense, net was $1.1 million in fiscal 2025, compared to $0.3 million in fiscal 2024. The increase in other expense, net was driven by unfavorable fluctuations in foreign exchange rates, resulting in translation losses.
Income Taxes
We recorded an income tax benefit of $117.1 million in fiscal 2025, compared to $3.7 million in fiscal 2024. The net impact to income tax is primarily a result of a non-cash tax benefit from the release of the majority of our valuation allowance against deferred tax assets due to a change in facts and circumstances that impact our conclusion on realizability of such assets.
Net income
Net income was $133.8 million in fiscal 2025, compared to $6.0 million in fiscal 2024. The improvement in net income was driven primarily by the non-cash tax benefit from the release of the majority of our valuation allowance against deferred tax assets, higher revenues and improved gross margins in fiscal 2025.
Please refer to the “Risk Factors” section in Part I, Item 1A, for a discussion of certain factors that may affect our future results of operations and financial condition.
Non-GAAP Financial Measure - Non-GAAP Net Income and Non-GAAP Net Income Per Share
Generally, a non-GAAP financial measure is a numerical measure of a company’s performance, financial position or cash flow that either excludes or includes amounts that are not normally excluded or included in the most directly comparable measure calculated and presented in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States (“GAAP”). The non-GAAP measures included in this Form 10-K, however, should be considered in addition to, and not as a substitute for or superior to the comparable measure prepared in accordance with GAAP.
We define non-GAAP net income as net income (loss) before stock-based compensation, amortization of acquisition-related intangibles, change in fair value of contingent consideration, acquisition costs, and other non-cash or unusual charges. We believe non-GAAP net income assists management and investors in comparing our performance across reporting periods on a consistent basis by excluding these non-cash charges and other items that we do not believe are indicative of our core operating performance. In addition, we use non-GAAP net income as a factor to evaluate the effectiveness of our business strategies. A reconciliation of GAAP net income to non-GAAP net income (loss) is set forth in the table below (in thousands, except per share data):
| Year ended March 31, |
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| 2026 |
2025 |
2024 |
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| Net income (loss) |
$ | 133,809 | $ | 6,033 | $ | (11,111 | ) | |||||
| Stock-based compensation |
15,869 | 7,794 | 4,652 | |||||||||
| Amortization of acquisition-related intangibles |
3,024 | 2,433 | 2,158 | |||||||||
| Change in fair value of contingent consideration |
4,171 | 6,682 | 4,922 | |||||||||
| Acquisition costs |
1,243 | 1,095 | — | |||||||||
| Non-GAAP net income |
$ | 158,116 | $ | 24,037 | $ | 621 | ||||||
| Non-GAAP net income per share - basic |
$ | 3.68 | $ | 0.65 | $ | 0.02 | ||||||
| Non-GAAP net income per share - diluted |
$ | 3.60 | $ | 0.64 | $ | 0.02 | ||||||
| Weighted average shares outstanding - basic |
42,945 | 36,990 | 29,825 | |||||||||
| Weighted average shares outstanding - diluted |
43,902 | 37,718 | 30,909 | |||||||||
Non-GAAP net income was $158.1 million, or $3.68 per share, for fiscal 2025, compared to $24.0 million, or $0.65 per share, for fiscal 2024 and $0.6 million, or $0.02 per share, for fiscal 2023. The improvement in non-GAAP net income in fiscal 2025 compared to fiscal 2024 was due primarily to the non-cash tax benefit from the release of the majority of our valuation allowance against deferred income tax assets, and improved operating margin in the Wind and Grid business segments.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
The Company’s primary sources of liquidity are internally generated cash provided by operating activities, our cash and cash equivalents on hand, along with access to capital markets. The Company believes that these sources of liquidity provide adequate liquidity to meet both its short-term and reasonably foreseeable long-term requirements and obligations. At March 31, 2026, we had cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash of $147.6 million, compared to $85.4 million at March 31, 2025, an increase of $62.2 million. As of March 31, 2026, we had approximately $17.8 million in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash in foreign bank accounts. Our cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash are summarized as follows (in thousands):
| March 31, 2026 |
March 31, 2025 |
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| Cash and cash equivalents |
$ | 140,693 | $ | 79,494 | ||||
| Restricted cash |
6,860 | 5,887 | ||||||
| Total cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash |
$ | 147,553 | $ | 85,381 | ||||
Net cash provided by operating activities was $23.1 million, $28.3 million and $2.1 million in fiscal 2025, 2024, and 2023, respectively. The decrease in net cash provided by operations in fiscal 2025 compared to fiscal 2024 was due primarily to changes in deferred revenue and accounts receivable, offset by changes in accounts payable and accrued expenses, deferred income taxes, changes in fair value of contingent consideration and stock-based compensation expense. The increase in net cash provided by operations in fiscal 2024 compared to fiscal 2023 was driven primarily by higher gross margins, favorable changes in accounts payable and accrued expenses, relief of deferred revenues, increased non-cash expenses like stock compensation, depreciation and amortization, and change in fair value of contingent consideration, offset by decreased cash collections, increased prepaid balances, and change in deferred income taxes.
Net cash used in investing activities was $77.1 million, $35.2 million, and $1.0 million in fiscal 2025, 2024, and 2023, respectively. The increase in net cash used in investing activities in fiscal 2025 compared to fiscal 2024 was primarily due to cash paid for the Comtrafo acquisition in the current fiscal year. The increase in net cash used in investing activities in fiscal 2024 compared to fiscal 2023 was due primarily to cash paid for the acquisition of NWL.
Net cash provided by financing activities was $116.1 million compared to less than $0.1 million and $65.4 million in fiscal 2025, 2024, and 2023, respectively. The increase in cash provided by financing activities in fiscal 2025 compared to fiscal 2024 was primarily related to net proceeds received from an equity offering in June 2025. The decrease in cash provided by financing activities in fiscal 2024 compared to fiscal 2023 was primarily related to net proceeds received from an equity offering in fiscal 2023, while the company had no equity offerings in fiscal 2024.
At March 31, 2026, we had $3.3 million of restricted cash included in long-term assets and $3.5 million of restricted cash in current assets. At March 31, 2025, we had $4.3 million of restricted cash included in long-term assets and $1.6 million of restricted cash in current assets. These amounts included in restricted cash primarily represent collateral deposits to secure surety bonds and letters of credit for various customer contracts. These deposits are held in interest bearing accounts.
On the Comtrafo Acquisition Date, we entered into the Stock Exchange Agreement with the selling stockholders. Pursuant to the terms of the Stock Exchange Agreement, AMSC Brazil, directly or indirectly, purchased all of the issued and outstanding shares of Comtrafo for (a) (i) 300.0 million Brazilian Real in cash; and (b) AMSC Shares that were paid and issued, respectively, at closing. In addition, pursuant to certain additional real property agreements, AMSC Brazil through Comtrafo purchased certain real estate assets and transportation assets of Comtrafo for 155.6 million Brazilian Real and 13.4 million Brazilian Real, respectively, in cash. Additionally, AMSC Brazil has agreed to pay the Stockholders the Earnout upon the achievement of specified EBITDA objectives during the three years following the closing. Comtrafo is a Brazil-based manufacturer of large power and distribution transformers primarily for utility customers and also for industrial customers.
In June 2025, we completed an offering of 4,743,750 shares of our common stock at a public offering price of $28.00 per share under our Registration Statement on Form S-3. We received aggregate net proceeds of approximately $124.6 million after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and offering expenses.
On August 1, 2024, we entered into the Stock Purchase Agreement with the selling stockholders named therein. Pursuant to the terms of the Stock Purchase Agreement and concurrently with entering into such agreement, we acquired all of the issued and outstanding shares of Megatran, for the purchase price of $61.4 million, which consideration amount was subject to various adjustments set forth in the Stock Purchase Agreement (including those described below) and consisted of: (a) (i) $25.0 million, minus (ii) the Indebtedness (as defined in the Stock Purchase Agreement) outstanding as of immediately prior to the closing, minus (iii) Company Expenses (as defined in the Stock Purchase Agreement); (b) a number of restricted shares (rounded up or down to the nearest whole share, as applicable) of our common stock equal to the quotient obtained by dividing (x) $31.4 million by (y) the closing price per share of our common stock on the Nasdaq Global Select Market on the last trading day immediately preceding the Acquisition Date; and (c) an additional cash payment equal to $5.0 million, as adjusted pursuant to Sections 5.6(c), (d), and (f) of the Stock Purchase Agreement. Megatran is now a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company and, together with its wholly-owned subsidiaries and affiliates, is operated and reported as a component of its Grid business segment. On September 23, 2024, the Company paid $3.3 million to the selling stockholders, which was calculated based on the agreed upon formula set forth in the Stock Purchase Agreement. As of March 31, 2025, there are no remaining obligations to the selling stockholders of Megatran.
In January 2024, we filed a shelf registration statement on Form S-3 that will expire three years from the date on which it was declared effective, March 15, 2027 (the “Form S-3”). The Form S-3 allows us to offer and sell from time-to-time up to $250 million of common stock, debt securities, warrants or units comprised of any combination of these securities. The Form S-3 is intended to provide us flexibility to conduct registered sales of our securities, subject to market conditions, in order to fund our future capital needs. The terms of any future offering under the Form S-3 will be established at the time of such offering and will be described in a prospectus supplement filed with the SEC prior to the completion of any such offering.
In August 2024, the Company filed an automatically-effective shelf registration statement on Form S-3 that will expire no later than August 12, 2027 (the “Second Form S-3”). The Second Form S-3 allows the Company to offer and sell from time-to-time unspecified amounts of common stock, debt securities, warrants or units comprised of any combination of these securities and allows certain selling stockholders to offer and sell from time-to-time common stock. The Second Form S-3 assisted the Megatran selling stockholders in the resale of their common stock and register the Comtrafo selling stockholder's AMSC shares, and is intended to provide the Company flexibility to conduct registered sales of its securities, subject to market conditions, in order to fund its future capital needs. The terms of any future offering under the Second Form S-3 will be established at the time of such offering and will be described in a prospectus supplement filed with the SEC prior to the completion of any such offering.
We are a party to many contractual obligations involving commitments to make payments to third parties. These obligations impact our short-term and long-term liquidity and capital resource needs. Certain contractual obligations are reflected on the consolidated balance sheet as of March 31, 2026, while others are considered future commitments. We have various contractual arrangements, under which we have committed to purchase certain minimum quantities of goods or services on an annual basis. For information regarding our other contractual obligations, refer to Note 13, "Contingent Consideration," Note 16, "Leases", and Note 18, "Commitments and Contingencies" to our consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
We believe we have sufficient available liquidity to fund our operations and capital expenditures for at least the next twelve months. We may seek to raise additional capital, which could be in the form of loans, convertible debt or equity, to fund our operating requirements and capital expenditures. There can be no assurance that we will be able to raise additional capital on favorable terms or at all or execute on any other means of improving our liquidity as described above. Additionally, the impact of global sources of instability, including tariffs, trade restrictions and resulting trade conflicts, the ongoing wars between Russia and Ukraine and in the Middle East, instability of financial institutions and political instability in the United States, on the global financial markets may reduce our ability to raise additional capital, if necessary, which could negatively impact our liquidity. In addition, the current interest rate environment may affect the cost and availability of debt financing for future acquisitions or other capital needs. While we funded our recent acquisitions primarily with cash on hand and equity, we may seek to use debt financing for future transactions, and higher interest rates could increase the cost of such financing or make certain transactions less attractive.
Legal Proceedings
From time to time, we are involved in legal and administrative proceedings and claims of various types. We record a liability in our consolidated financial statements for these matters when a loss is known or considered probable and the amount can be reasonably estimated. We review these estimates each accounting period as additional information is known and adjust the loss provision when appropriate. If a matter is both probable to result in liability and the amounts of loss can be reasonably estimated, we estimate and disclose the possible loss or range of loss to the extent necessary to make the consolidated financial statements not misleading. If the loss is not probable or cannot be reasonably estimated, a liability is not recorded in our consolidated financial statements.
Recent Accounting Pronouncements
In December 2023, the FASB issued ASU 2023-09, Income Taxes (Topic 740): Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures. The amendments in ASU 2023-09 address investor requests for more transparency about income tax information through improvements to income tax disclosures primarily related to the rate reconciliation and income taxes paid information. Following the release of ASU 2023-09 in December 2023, the effective date will be annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2024. As of March 31, 2026, we have adopted ASU 2023-09, made the required disclosures, and noted no other material impact on our consolidated financial statements.
In March 2024, the FASB issued ASU 2024-02, Codification Improvements—Amendments to Remove References to the Concepts Statements. The amendments in ASU 2024-02 contain amendments to the Codification that remove references to various FASB Concepts Statements. Following the release of ASU 2024-02 in March 2024, the effective date will be annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2024. As of March 31, 2026, we have adopted ASU 2024-02 and noted no other material impact on our consolidated financial statements.
In November 2024, the FASB issued ASU 2024-03, Income Statement—Reporting Comprehensive Income—Expense Disaggregation Disclosures. The amendments in ASU 2024-03 address investor requests for more disclosure of disaggregated financial reporting information about expenses presented in the income statement. Following the release of ASU 2024-03 in November 2024, the effective date will be annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2026. We are evaluating the impact on our consolidated financial statements.
In July 2025, the FASB issued ASU 2025-05, Financial Instruments—Credit Losses. The amendments in ASU 2025-05 contain updates to how entities are permitted to estimate expected credit losses for accounts receivable and contract assets. Following the release of ASU 2025-05 in July 2024, the effective date will be annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2025. As of April 1, 2025, we early adopted ASU 2025-05 and noted no material impact on our consolidated financial statements.
In November 2025, the FASB issued ASU 2025-08, Financial Instruments — Credit Losses: Purchased Loans. The amendments in ASU 2025-08 requires that loans acquired without credit deterioration and deemed “seasoned” will be considered purchased seasoned loans and accounted for using the gross-up approach at acquisition. Following the release of ASU 2025-08 in November 2025, the effective date will be annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2026. As of April 1, 2025, we early adopted ASU 2025-08 and noted no material impact on our consolidated financial statements.
We do not believe that, outside of those disclosed here, there are any other recently issued accounting pronouncements that will have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements.
Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates
The preparation of the consolidated financial statements requires that we make estimates and judgments that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses, and related disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities. We base our estimates on historical experience and various other assumptions that are believed to be reasonable under the circumstances, the results of which form the basis for making judgments about the carrying values of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. Actual results may differ under different assumptions or conditions. Our accounting policies that involve the most significant judgments and estimates are as follows:
Revenue recognition
For certain arrangements, such as contracts to perform research and development, prototype development contracts and certain customized product sales, we record revenues using the over-time method, measured by the relationship of costs incurred to total estimated contract costs. Over-time revenue recognition accounting is predominantly used on certain turnkey power systems installations for electric utilities and long-term prototype development contracts with the U.S. government.
Significant judgement is required to estimate the total expected costs for projects that typically have a timeline of 12-24 months. Any increase or decrease in estimated costs to complete a performance obligation without a corresponding change to the contract price could impact the calculation of cumulative revenue to date and gross profit on the project. Factors that may result in a change to our estimate include delays in manufacturing, unforeseen engineering problems, the performance of subcontractors and material suppliers, among others.
We have a long history of working with multiple types of projects and preparing cost estimates, and we rely on the expertise of key personnel to prepare what we believe are reasonable best estimates given available facts and circumstances. Due to the nature of the work involved, however, judgment is involved to estimate the total costs to complete, and the amounts estimated could have a material impact on the revenue we recognize in each accounting period. We cannot estimate unforeseen events and circumstances which may result in actual results being materially different from previous estimates.
See Note 4, “Revenue Recognition,” for additional information.
Business Acquisitions
We account for acquisitions using the purchase method of accounting in accordance with Accounting Standards Codification ("ASC") 805, Business Combinations. The purchase price for each acquisition is allocated to the assets acquired and liabilities assumed based on their estimated fair values at the date of acquisition. The excess purchase price over the estimated fair value of the net assets acquired and liabilities assumed is recorded as goodwill. Intangible assets, if identified, are also recorded.
Determining the fair value of certain assets and liabilities assumed is judgmental in nature and often involves the use of significant estimates and assumptions as well as the use of specialists as needed. The Company utilizes management estimates and an independent third-party valuation firm to assist in determining the fair values of assets acquired, including intangible assets and liabilities assumed. The primary intangible assets acquired include customer relationship. Intangible assets are initially valued using a methodology commensurate with the intended use of the asset. The fair value of customer relationships is measured using the multi-period excess earnings method (“MPEEM”). The basis for future sales projections for both the MPEEM and RFR are based on internal revenue forecasts which the Company believes represents reasonable market participant assumptions. The future cash flows are discounted using an applicable discount rate. The key uncertainties in the calculations, as applicable, are assumptions used in developing estimates of future cash flows, including revenue growth and expense forecasts, assumed customer attrition rates, as well as perceived risks associated with those forecasts in determining the discount rate. There is inherent uncertainty in forecasted cash flows and therefore, actual results may differ and could result in a subsequent impairment charge of acquired intangibles and/or goodwill.
The consideration for our acquisitions may include future payments that are contingent upon the occurrence of a particular event. We record a contingent consideration obligation for such contingent consideration payments at fair value on the acquisition date. We estimate the fair value of contingent consideration obligations through valuation models that incorporate probability adjusted assumptions related to the achievement of the milestones, the likelihood of making related payments, the EBITDA volatility, and the discount rate. Significant judgment is employed in determining these assumptions as of the acquisition date and for each subsequent period. Accordingly, future business and economic conditions, as well as changes in any of the assumptions described above, can materially impact the fair value of contingent consideration recorded at each reporting period.
Goodwill
Goodwill represents the excess of cost over net assets of acquired businesses that are consolidated. We perform our annual assessment of goodwill on February 28th of each fiscal year and whenever events or changes in circumstances or a triggering event indicate that the carrying amount may not be recoverable. Circumstances that could trigger an impairment test include, but are not limited to, a significant adverse change in the business climate or legal factors, an adverse action or assessment by a regulator, or unanticipated competition. The Company may first assess qualitative factors to determine whether it is necessary to perform the quantitative goodwill impairment test, or the Company can bypass the qualitative assessment and proceed directly to the quantitative test. The quantitative goodwill impairment test requires the Company to estimate and compare the fair value of the reporting unit with its carrying value. We determine the fair value of a reporting unit, using a methodology which combines an income approach, using a discounted cash flow method, with a market approach. The income approach includes estimates and assumptions about revenue growth rates, EBITDA and discount rates, discounted by an estimated weighted-average cost of capital derived from other publicly traded companies that are similar but not identical from an operational and economic standpoint. These estimates are based on historical experiences, our projects of future operating activity and our weighted-average cost of capital. A significant change in events, circumstances or any of these assumptions could adversely affect these estimates, which could result in an impairment.
We performed our annual assessment of goodwill on February 28, 2026 including a quantitative assessment of our goodwill balance acquired from our acquisition of Neeltran, and a qualitative assessment of all other reporting units goodwill, and determined that there was no impairment to goodwill. See Note 5, “Goodwill,” for further information regarding our goodwill valuation assumptions.
Income taxes
Our provision for income taxes is comprised of a current and a deferred portion. The current income tax provision is calculated as the estimated taxes payable or refundable on tax returns for the current fiscal year. The deferred income tax provision is calculated for the estimated future tax effects attributable to temporary differences and carryforwards using expected tax rates in effect in the years during which the differences are expected to reverse. All deferred tax assets and liabilities are presented as non-current in the consolidated balance sheets.
We regularly assess our ability to realize our deferred tax assets. Assessments of the realization of deferred tax assets require that management consider all available evidence, both positive and negative, and make significant judgments about many factors, including the amount and likelihood of future taxable income. As of March 31, 2026, the Company recorded a $118.4 million non-cash income tax benefit related to the release of a substantial portion of its valuation allowance against deferred tax assets. This was based on the Company's evaluation of the positive evidence, including cumulative income position over the three year period ended March 31, 2026, revenue growth, current profitability, expectations regarding future forecasted income, and negative evidence, including uncertainty in economic and political environments from industry competition and dependence on government contracts. This release of the valuation allowance resulted in the recognition of a deferred tax asset and a corresponding increase to income tax benefit in fiscal 2025, the effect of which is an increase in reported net income.
Accounting for income taxes requires a two-step approach to recognizing and measuring uncertain tax positions. The first step is to evaluate the tax position for recognition by determining if, based on the technical merits, it is more likely than not that the position will be sustained upon audit, including resolution of related appeals or litigation processes, if any. The second step is to measure the tax benefit as the largest amount that is more than 50% likely of being realized upon ultimate settlement. We reevaluate these uncertain tax positions on a quarterly basis. This evaluation is based on factors including, but not limited to, changes in facts or circumstances, changes in tax law, effectively settled issues under audit and new audit activity. Any changes in these factors could result in the recognition of a tax benefit or an additional charge to the tax provision. See Note 14, “Income Taxes,” of our consolidated financial statements for further information regarding our income tax assumptions and expenses.
| QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK |
We face exposure to financial market risks, including adverse movements in foreign currency exchange rates and changes in interest rates. These exposures may change over time as our business practices evolve and could have a material adverse impact on our financial results.
Cash and cash equivalents
Our exposure to market risk through financial instruments such as short-term cash instruments with maturities of three months or less, is limited to interest rate risk and is not material. Our investments in marketable securities consist primarily of money market accounts and short-term certificates of deposit and are designed, in order of priority, to preserve principal, provide liquidity, and maximize income. Interest rates are variable and fluctuate with current market conditions. We do not believe that a 10% change in interest rates would have a material impact on our financial position or results of operations.
Foreign currency exchange risk
The functional currency of each of our foreign subsidiaries is the U.S. dollar, except for AMSC Austria (Euro), AMSC Brazil (Real) and Comtrafo (Real), for which the local currencies are the functional currency. The assets and liabilities of AMSC Austria, AMSC Brazil and Comtrafo are translated into U.S. dollars at the exchange rate in effect at the balance sheet date and income and expense items are translated at average rates for the period. Cumulative translation adjustments are excluded from net income and shown as a separate component of stockholders' equity.
We face exposure to movements in foreign currency exchange rates whenever we, or any of our subsidiaries, enter into transactions with third parties that are denominated in currencies other than our functional currency. Intercompany transactions between entities that use different functional currencies also expose us to foreign currency risk. Gross margins of products we manufacture in the U.S. and sell in currencies other than the U.S. dollar are also affected by foreign currency exchange rate movements. In addition, a portion of our earnings is generated by our foreign subsidiaries, whose functional currencies are other than the U.S. dollar, and our revenues and earnings could be materially impacted by movements in foreign currency exchange rates upon the translation of the earnings of such subsidiaries into the U.S. dollar. If the functional currency for AMSC Austria, AMSC Brazil, or Comtrafo were to fluctuate by 10%, the net effect would be immaterial to our consolidated financial statements.
Foreign currency gains (losses) are included in net income and were $1.1 million for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2026 and $0.7 million for both fiscal years ended March 31, 2025 and March 31, 2024.
| FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA |
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
To the Stockholders and the Board of Directors of American Superconductor Corporation
Opinion on the Financial Statements
We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of American Superconductor Corporation and its subsidiaries (the Company) as of March 31, 2026 and 2025, the related consolidated statements of operations, comprehensive income (loss), stockholders’ equity and cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended March 31, 2026, and the related notes to the consolidated financial statements and schedules (collectively, the financial statements). In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company as of March 31, 2026 and 2025, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended March 31, 2026, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
We have also audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB), the Company’s internal control over financial reporting as of March 31, 2026, based on criteria established in Internal Control—Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission in 2013. Our report dated May 27, 2026, expressed an opinion that the Company had not maintained effective internal control over financial reporting as of March 31, 2026, based on criteria established in Internal Control—Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission in 2023.
Basis for Opinion
These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company’s financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the PCAOB and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.
We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
Critical Audit Matters
The critical audit matters communicated below are matters arising from the current period audit of the financial statements that were communicated or required to be communicated to the audit committee and that: (1) relate to accounts or disclosures that are material to the financial statements and (2) involved our especially challenging, subjective or complex judgments. The communication of critical audit matters does not alter in any way our opinion on the financial statements, taken as a whole, and we are not, by communicating the critical audit matters below, providing separate opinions on the critical audit matters or on the accounts or disclosures to which they relate.
Over-Time Revenue Recognition
As described in Notes 3 and 4 of the consolidated financial statements, for certain arrangements, such as contracts to perform research and development, prototype development contracts and certain customized product sales, the Company records revenues using the over-time method, measured by the relationship of costs incurred to total estimated contract costs. The ability to reliably estimate total estimated contract costs is challenging, especially on long-term prototype development contracts, and may require significant analysis and judgments by management to determine the appropriate amount of revenue to recognize.
We identified revenue recognition pertaining to customer contracts satisfied over-time as a critical audit matter as there are significant judgments exercised by management in determining total estimated contract costs used in determining revenue recognition. Given the high degree of management judgment involved in various cost estimates that are used in the revenue calculations, the audit effort required to evaluate management’s judgments in determining revenue recognition for the Company’s contracts was extensive and required a high degree of auditor judgment.
Our audit procedures related to revenue recognition included the following, among others:
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We obtained an understanding of the relevant internal controls related to revenue recognition and tested the design and operating effectiveness of those internal controls including management’s review control over the assumptions and key inputs used to recognize over-time revenue. |
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We selected a sample of contracts with customers and related revenue transactions and performed the following audit procedures: |
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Obtained customer contract, customer change orders (as applicable), related invoices, purchase orders, and management revenue recognition analysis for each testing selection, to evaluate if relevant contractual terms and transaction price were appropriately considered by management and conclusions on revenue recognition method were in accordance with the relevant accounting guidance. | |
| o | Assessed the validity of data used in the model for completeness and accuracy by comparing selected items from the underlying budget to the source information used to develop the contract budget and agreeing, on a sample basis, costs incurred to source documents. |
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Evaluated management’s estimations of total contract cost by assessing actual costs to date against projections made throughout the course of the contract term. |
Valuation of Certain Intangible Assets and Contingent Consideration in Business Combination
As described in Note 2 of the consolidated financial statements, the Company completed the acquisition of Comtrafo Indústria de Transformadores Elétricos S.A. ("Comtrafo") on December 5, 2025, for total consideration of $202.9 million. The Company accounted for this transaction under the acquisition method of accounting for business combinations. Accordingly, the total consideration paid was allocated to the assets acquired and liabilities assumed based on their respective fair values, including identified intangible assets of $10.5 million and resulting goodwill of $125.3 million. Of the identified intangible assets acquired, the most significant included a customer relationship intangible asset of $7.9 million. The Company estimated the fair value of the customer relationship intangible asset using the multi-period excess earnings method, which required management to make significant estimates and assumptions related to revenue growth and expense forecasts, customer attrition rates, and the selection of discount rates. In addition, as described in Notes 2 and 13 of the consolidated financial statements, the total consideration included contingent consideration in the form of a seller earnout payment with a fair value of $34.8 million at the acquisition date. The Company estimated the fair value of the contingent consideration upon acquisition using a valuation model that incorporates probability adjusted assumptions that required the use of a management third-party specialist as well as required management to make significant estimates and assumptions related to forecasted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization (EBITDA), EBITDA volatility and discount rate.
We identified the valuation of the customer relationship intangible asset and contingent consideration as a critical audit matter because of the significant estimates and assumptions management used in the fair value determination. Auditing management’s forecasted revenue growth and expenses, customer attrition rates, and selection of the discount rate related to the customer relationship intangible asset and forecast of future EBITDA, EBITDA volatility, and the selection of the discount rate along with the complexity of the valuation model related to the contingent consideration required a high degree of auditor judgment and an increased extent of effort when performing audit procedures, including the use of our valuation specialists.
Our audit procedures related to the determination of the fair value of the customer relationship intangible asset and contingent consideration, included the following, among others:
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We evaluated the reasonableness of management’s revenue growth and expenses forecasts and customer attrition rates for the customer relationship intangible asset and forecasted EBITDA and probabilities of achieving these metrics for contingent consideration by comparing the projections to historical results as well as industry benchmarks. |
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With the assistance of our valuation specialists, we: |
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Evaluated the reasonableness of the Company’s valuation methodologies and verified the accuracy of the calculations in the customer relationship and contingent consideration models, including the performance of corroborating calculations. | |
| o | Tested the source information underlying the determination of the discount rates and verified the accuracy of the calculations. |
| o | Evaluated the appropriateness of the approach taken to determine the discount rate and performed a corroborative calculation on the components of the discount rate and compared that analysis to the discount rate selected by management. |
Realizability of Deferred Tax Assets
As described in Notes 3 and 14 to the consolidated financial statements, as of March 31, 2026, the Company’s deferred tax assets, before valuation allowance, were $177.2 million, and during the year ended March 31, 2026, the Company recorded a deferred tax benefit of $118.4 million related to the reduction of a previously established valuation allowance against deferred tax assets. The Company assesses the likelihood that its deferred tax assets will be realizable from the generation of future taxable income and, to the extent it believes, based upon the weight of available evidence, that it is more likely than not that all or a portion of the deferred tax assets will not be realized, a valuation allowance is established through a charge to income tax expense. In making the determination of the realizability of deferred tax assets and the need for a valuation allowance, management analyzes all available positive and negative evidence, including estimates of projected future taxable income, and recent financial results.
We identified the Company’s evaluation of the realizability of deferred tax assets as a critical audit matter because of the significant assumptions and judgments used by management in considering all positive and negative evidence, including projections of future taxable income. Auditing management’s assumptions and judgments regarding the realizability of the Company’s deferred tax assets involved a high degree of auditor judgment and increased audit effort, including the use of our income tax professionals, due to the impact these assumptions and judgments have on the valuation allowance analysis.
Our audit procedures related to the estimates and assumptions used in the Company’s evaluation of the realizability of deferred tax assets included the following, among others:
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We tested the completeness and accuracy of the underlying data used by management in developing the projections of future taxable income and confirmed consistency with projections used and assumptions utilized in other areas of the audit. |
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With the assistance of our income tax professionals, we evaluated the reasonableness of the Company’s projections of future taxable income, including the taxable income by tax jurisdiction, by comparing the projections to historical results and comparing management's prior forecasts to historical results. |
RSM US LLP
We have served as the Company's auditor since 2013.
Boston, Massachusetts
May 27, 2026
AMERICAN SUPERCONDUCTOR CORPORATION
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of the consolidated financial statements.
AMERICAN SUPERCONDUCTOR CORPORATION
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
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AMERICAN SUPERCONDUCTOR CORPORATION
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of the consolidated financial statements.
AMERICAN SUPERCONDUCTOR CORPORATION
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
(In thousands)
| Common Stock | Accumulated Other | Total | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Number of Shares | Par Value | Additional Paid-in Capital | Treasury Stock | Comprehensive Income (Loss) | Accumulated Deficit | Stockholders' Equity | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Balance at March 31, 2023 | $ | $ | $ | ( | ) | $ | $ | ( | ) | $ | ||||||||||||||||||
| Issuance of common stock - ESPP | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Issuance of common stock - restricted shares, net of forfeited shares | ( | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stock-based compensation expense | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Cumulative translation adjustment | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Net loss | — | ( | ) | ( | ) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Balance at March 31, 2024 | $ | $ | $ | ( | ) | $ | $ | ( | ) | $ | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Repurchase of treasury stock | — | ( | ) | ( | ) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Issuance of common stock - NWL acquisition, net of offering expenses | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Issuance of common stock to settle contingent consideration | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cumulative translation adjustment | — | ( | ) | ( | ) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Net income | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Balance at March 31, 2025 | $ | $ | $ | ( | ) | $ | $ | ( | ) | $ | ||||||||||||||||||
| Issuance of common stock - ESPP | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Balance at March 31, 2026 | $ | $ | $ | ( | ) | $ | $ | ( | ) | $ | ||||||||||||||||||
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the consolidated financial statements.
AMERICAN SUPERCONDUCTOR CORPORATION
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
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| Unrealized foreign exchange gain on cash and cash equivalents | ( | ) | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||||
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| Accounts receivable | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||||||
| Inventory | ( | ) | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||||
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| Purchases of property, plant and equipment | ( | ) | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||||
| Cash paid to settle NWL contingent consideration liability | ( | ) | ||||||||||
| Cash paid for acquisition, net of cash acquired | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||||||
| Change in other assets | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||||||
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| Cash paid for income taxes, net of refunds | $ | $ | $ | |||||||||
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| Issuance of common stock in connection with the purchase of NWL | $ | $ | $ | |||||||||
| Issuance of common stock in connection with the purchase of Comtrafo | $ | $ | $ | |||||||||
| Issuance of common stock to settle contingent consideration | $ | $ | $ | |||||||||
| Right-of-use assets obtained in exchange for new lease obligations | $ | $ | $ | |||||||||
| Issuance of common stock to settle 401(k) match liabilities | $ | $ | $ | |||||||||
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the consolidated financial statements.
1. Nature of the Business and Operations and Liquidity
Nature of the Business and Operations
American Superconductor Corporation (together with its subsidiaries, “AMSC®” or the “Company”) was founded on April 9, 1987. The Company is a leading provider of power control solutions that harmonize an increasingly complex energy system and enable customers to scale their operations without added complexity or size. The Company’s system level products leverage its proprietary “smart materials” and “smart software and controls” to provide enhanced resiliency and improved performance of megawatt-scale power flow.
These consolidated financial statements of the Company have been prepared on a going concern basis in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) and the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (“SEC”) instructions to Form 10-K. Certain prior period amounts were reclassified to conform to the presentation in the current period. The going concern basis of presentation assumes that the Company will continue operations and will be able to realize its assets and discharge its liabilities and commitments in the normal course of business. All significant intercompany accounts and transactions are eliminated in consolidation. Investments in entities in which we do not have a controlling interest are accounted for under the equity method of accounting.
Liquidity
The Company’s primary sources of liquidity are internally generated cash provided by operating activities, our cash and cash equivalents on hand, along with access to capital markets. The Company believes that these sources of liquidity are sufficient to meet both its short-term and reasonably foreseeable long-term requirements and obligations. At March 31, 2026, the Company had cash and cash equivalents of $
On December 5, 2025 (the "Comtrafo Acquisition Date"), the Company entered into a Stock Exchange Agreement (the "Stock Exchange Agreement") with the selling stockholders named therein (the "Stockholders"). Pursuant to the terms of the Stock Exchange Agreement, Mardin Participações Ltda., an entity incorporated in Brazil (“AMSC Brazil”) and the Company's wholly-owned subsidiary, directly or indirectly, purchased all of the issued and outstanding shares of Comtrafo Indústria de Transformadores Elétricos S.A. ("Comtrafo") (collectively, the "Comtrafo Acquisition") for (a) (i)
In June 2025, we completed an offering of
On August 1, 2024 (the "Acquisition Date"), the Company entered into a Stock Purchase Agreement (the “Stock Purchase Agreement”) with the selling stockholders named therein. Pursuant to the terms of the Stock Purchase Agreement and concurrently with entering into such agreement, the Company acquired all of the issued and outstanding shares of Megatran Industries, Inc. ("Megatran") (the "Acquisition"), for aggregate consideration in an amount equal to $
In January 2024, we filed a shelf registration statement on Form S-3 that will expire three years from the date on which it was declared effective, March 15, 2027 (the “Form S-3”). The Form S-3 allows us to offer and sell from time-to-time up to $
In August 2024, the Company filed an automatically-effective shelf registration statement on Form S-3 that will expire no later than August 12, 2027 (the “Second Form S-3”). The Second Form S-3 allows the Company to offer and sell from time-to-time unspecified amounts of common stock, debt securities, warrants or units comprised of any combination of these securities and allows certain selling stockholders to offer and sell from time-to-time common stock. The Second Form S-3 assisted the Megatran selling stockholders in the resale of their common stock and registers Comtrafo selling stockholder's AMSC shares, and is intended to provide the Company flexibility to conduct registered sales of its securities, subject to market conditions, in order to fund its future capital needs. The terms of any future offering under the Second Form S-3 will be established at the time of such offering and will be described in a prospectus supplement filed with the SEC prior to the completion of any such offering.
2. Acquisition
Acquisition of Comtrafo
On December 5, 2025, the Company entered into the Stock Exchange Agreement with the selling stockholders named therein. Pursuant to the terms of the Stock Exchange Agreement and concurrently with entering into such agreement, AMSC Brazil, the Company's wholly-owned subsidiary, directly or indirectly acquired all of the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of Comtrafo. Additionally, the Company has agreed to pay the selling stockholders of the Comtrafo Acquisition an additional amount up to an additional
The Comtrafo Acquisition has been accounted for under the purchase method of accounting in accordance with ASC 805, Business Combinations. The Company allocated the purchase price on a preliminary basis using the information available as of December 5, 2025 to the assets acquired and liabilities assumed at their estimated fair values as of the date of acquisition. Due to the timing of the completion of the acquisition, the purchase price and related allocation are preliminary and could be revised as a result of adjustments made to the purchase price, and revisions of provisional estimates of fair values of deferred taxes, contingent consideration and intangible asset balances. Changes to the purchase price allocation could be significant. The purchase price allocation will be finalized within the measurement period of up to one year from the acquisition. The excess of the purchase price paid by the Company over the estimated fair value of net assets acquired has been recorded as goodwill.
The total purchase price of approximately $
| Cash payments | $ | |||
| Issuance of 2,417,142 shares of Company’s common stock | ||||
| Contingent consideration | ||||
| Total consideration | $ |
At the Comtrafo Acquisition Date, in addition to the $
During the quarter ended March 31, 2026 the Company determined adjustments were required to the opening balance sheet to correct immaterial errors in the allocation and recording of the purchase price reflected in the table below. The debt was subsequently paid in the quarter ended March 31, 2026 and the restricted cash balance was released in the quarter ended March 31, 2026. The following table summarizes the allocation of the purchase price based on the estimated fair values of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed and related deferred income taxes in connection with the Comtrafo Acquisition as of the Comtrafo Acquisition Date as previously reported in the period ended December 31, 2025 and after the adjustments for the immaterial errors recorded in the quarter ended March 31, 2026 (in millions):
| December 05, 2025 Allocation of Purchase Price as Initially Reported | Adjustments | December 05, 2025 Allocation of Purchase Price as Corrected | ||||||||||
| Cash and cash equivalents | $ | $ | ( | ) | $ | |||||||
| Restricted cash | $ | |||||||||||
| Prepaid expenses and other current assets | ( | ) | $ | |||||||||
| Accounts receivable | $ | |||||||||||
| Inventory | $ | |||||||||||
| Property, plant and equipment | ( | ) | $ | |||||||||
| Deferred tax asset | $ | |||||||||||
| Accounts payable and accrued expenses | ( | ) | $ | ( | ) | |||||||
| Debt, current and long-term | ( | ) | $ | ( | ) | |||||||
| Deferred revenue | ( | ) | ( | ) | $ | ( | ) | |||||
| Net tangible assets/(liabilities) | ( | ) | $ | |||||||||
| Backlog | $ | |||||||||||
| Customer relationships | $ | |||||||||||
| Net identifiable intangible assets/(liabilities) | $ | |||||||||||
| Goodwill | $ | |||||||||||
| Total purchase consideration | $ | $ | $ | |||||||||
Based on further review by management, a measurement period adjustment of $
The fair value of the financial assets acquired includes receivables with a fair value of $
Inventory includes a $
Backlog of $
Customer relationships of $
Goodwill represents the value associated with the acquired workforce and expected synergies related to the business combination of the two companies. Goodwill resulting from the Comtrafo Acquisition was assigned to the Company's Grid segment. Goodwill recognized in the Comtrafo Acquisition is not deductible for tax purposes. The $
Acquisition of NWL
On August 1, 2024, the Company acquired all of the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of Megatran. Megatran's wholly-owned subsidiary, NWL, Inc. ("NWL"), is a U.S.-based global provider of engineered power conversion solutions for demanding industrial and military applications.
The Acquisition has been accounted for under the purchase method of accounting in accordance with ASC 805, Business Combinations. The Company allocated the purchase price to the assets acquired and liabilities assumed at their estimated fair values as of the Acquisition Date. The excess of the purchase price paid by the Company over the estimated fair value of net assets acquired has been recorded as goodwill.
The total purchase price of approximately $
| Cash payments | $ | |||
| Issuance of 1,297,600 shares of Company’s common stock | ||||
| Total consideration | $ |
At the Acquisition Date, in addition to the $
The following table summarizes the allocation of the purchase price based on the estimated fair values of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed and related deferred income taxes in connection with the Acquisition as of the Acquisition Date and reflective of measurement period adjustments (in millions):
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| Total purchase consideration | $ |
The fair value of the financial assets acquired includes receivables with a fair value of $
Inventory includes a $
Backlog of $
Customer relationships of $
Goodwill represents the value associated with the acquired workforce and expected synergies related to the business combination of the two companies. Goodwill resulting from the Acquisition was assigned to the Company’s Grid business segment. Goodwill recognized in the Acquisition is not deductible for tax purposes. The Company has finalized its purchase price allocation for the NWL Acquisition, and there were no changes to net assets and goodwill recorded by the Company as of August 1, 2025.
Pro forma Operating Results (Unaudited)
The pro forma consolidated statement of operations for the fiscal years ended March 31, 2026 and 2025 presented as if the acquisitions of Comtrafo and NWL had occurred on April 1, 2024, is unaudited and is as follows:
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| Net Revenue | $ | $ | ||||||
| Operating income (loss) | ||||||||
| Net income | $ | $ | ||||||
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| Diluted | $ | $ | ||||||
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The pro forma amounts include the historical operating results of the Company, NWL, and Comtrafo with appropriate adjustments that give effect to acquisition related costs, income taxes, intangible amortization resulting from the Acquisitions and certain conforming accounting policies of the Company. The pro forma amounts are not necessarily indicative of the operating results that would have occurred if the Acquisitions and related transactions had been completed at the beginning of the applicable periods presented. In addition, the pro forma amounts are not necessarily indicative of operating results in future periods.
In the consolidated results for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2026, Comtrafo and AMSC Brazil's operations are included in the Company's consolidated results from the Acquisition Date of December 5, 2025. Comtrafo and AMSC Brazil contributed $
3. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
Basis of Consolidation
The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and its wholly-owned subsidiaries. All significant intercompany balances and transactions are eliminated.
Use of Estimates
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenue and expenses during the reporting period. The Company bases its estimates on historical experience and various other factors believed to be reasonable under the circumstances, the results of which form the basis for making judgments about the carrying value of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. On an ongoing basis, the Company evaluates its estimates, including those considered significant related to revenue recognition, goodwill, business combinations, tax reserves, and deferred tax assets. Provisions for depreciation are based on their estimated useful lives using the straight-line method. Some of these estimates can be subjective and complex and, consequently, actual results may differ from these estimates under different assumptions or conditions. While for any given estimate or assumption made by the Company’s management there may be other estimates or assumptions that are reasonable, the Company believes that, given the current facts and circumstances, it is unlikely that applying any such other reasonable estimate or assumption would materially impact the financial statements.
Cash Equivalents
Cash equivalents consist of highly liquid instruments with maturities of three months or less that are regarded as high quality, low risk investments and are measured using such inputs as quoted prices, and are classified within Level 1 of the valuation hierarchy. Cash equivalents consist principally of certificates of deposits and money market accounts, and are classified within Level 2 of the valuation hierarchy.
Accounts Receivable
Accounts receivable consist of amounts owed by commercial companies and government agencies. Accounts receivable are stated net of allowances for credit losses. The Company’s accounts receivable relate principally to a limited number of customers. As of March 31, 2026, Irving Shipbuilding accounted for approximately
Inventory
Inventories include material, direct labor and related manufacturing overhead, and are stated at the lower of cost, determined on a first-in, first-out basis, or net realizable value determined as the estimated selling prices in the ordinary course of business, less reasonably predictable costs of completion, disposal and transportation for certain inventories and the moving average weighted costing method for others. The Company records inventory when it takes delivery and title to the product according to the terms of each supply contract.
Program costs may be deferred and recorded as inventory on contracts on which costs are incurred in excess of approved contractual amounts and/or funding, if future recovery of the costs is deemed probable.
At each balance sheet date, the Company evaluates its ending inventories for excess quantities and obsolescence. Inventories that management considers excess or obsolete are reserved. Management considers forecasted demand in relation to the inventory on hand, competitiveness of product offerings, market conditions and product life cycles when determining excess and obsolescence and net realizable value adjustments. Once inventory is written down and a new cost basis is established, it is not written back up if demand increases.
For the fiscal years ended March 31, 2026 and 2025, the Company recorded inventory reserves of approximately $
Leases
The Company determines whether a contract is or contains a lease at inception of a contract. The Company defines a lease as a contract, or part of a contract, that conveys the right to control the use of identified property or equipment (an identified asset) for a period of time in exchange for consideration. Control over the use of the identified asset means that the Company has both the right to obtain substantially all of the economic benefits from the use of the asset and the right to direct the use of the asset.
Leases include all agreements in which the Company obtains control of a physical asset. Leases are captured on the balance sheet as both a right of use asset and associated lease liability and are valued based on the commencement of the Company's control of the asset, after being discounted by its incremental borrowing rate. The Company's lease portfolio is made up primarily of real estate leases for its various offices, but also include items such as vehicles, IT equipment and other miscellaneous tools and equipment needed for manufacturing. The Company's incremental borrowing rate was determined through an analysis to identify what rates it could obtain if the Company were to secure external financing for similar transactions, and includes considerations of both the market and its current credit ratings. An analysis is performed annually, or upon execution of any individually material agreement, to ensure that the rates being applied to newly acquired leases are still accurate.
All of the Company's leases are classified as operating leases, and therefore the expense is captured in operating loss from operations each period.
The Company has elected to exclude all leases of less than twelve months from the balance sheet presentation. The Company has also elected a policy in which the Company will not segregate lease components from non-lease components, so in the event the Company executes an agreement which includes a non-lease component its asset and liability recorded to the balance sheet will include the value of that non-lease component as well. This policy will be applied to all classifications of leases.
Property, Plant and Equipment
Property, plant and equipment are carried at cost less accumulated depreciation and amortization. The Company accounts for depreciation and amortization using the straight-line method to allocate the cost of property, plant and equipment over their estimated useful lives as follows:
| Asset Classification | Estimated Useful Life in Years | ||
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| Equipment and software | |||
| Furniture and fixtures | |||
| Leasehold improvements | Shorter of the estimated useful life or the remaining lease term |
Expenditures for maintenance and repairs are expensed as incurred. Upon retirement or other disposition of assets, the costs and related accumulated depreciation are eliminated from the accounts and the resulting gain or loss is reflected in operating expenses.
Valuation of Long-Lived Assets
The Company reviews the carrying value of its long-lived assets or asset group that is held and used, including intangible assets subject to amortization, for impairment whenever events and circumstances indicate that the carrying value of the assets may not be recoverable. Under the held and used approach, the asset or asset group to be tested for impairment should represent the lowest level for which identifiable cash flows are largely independent of the cash flows of other groups of assets and liabilities. The Company evaluates its long-lived assets whenever events or circumstances suggest that the carrying amount of an asset or group of assets may not be recoverable from the estimated undiscounted future cash flows.
There were impairment indicators identified during the fiscal years ended March 31, 2026 and 2025 or 2024.
Goodwill
Goodwill represents the excess of cost over net assets of acquired businesses that are consolidated. The Company performs its annual assessment of goodwill on February 28th of each fiscal year and whenever events or changes in circumstances or a triggering event indicate that the carrying amount may not be recoverable. Determining whether a triggering event has occurred often involves significant judgment from management. An entity is permitted to first assess qualitatively whether it is necessary to perform a goodwill impairment test. The quantitative impairment test is required only if the entity concludes that it is more likely than not that a reporting unit’s fair value is less than its carrying amount. The Company determines the fair value of a reporting unit, using a methodology which combines an income approach, using a discounted cash flow method, with a market approach. In evaluating whether it is more likely than not that the fair value of a reporting unit is less than its carrying amount, an entity should consider the totality of all relevant events or circumstances that affect the fair value or carrying amount of a reporting unit. If the carrying value of a reporting unit exceeds the reporting unit’s fair value, then an impairment charge is recognized reducing the goodwill by the excess of the carrying amount over the fair value, not to exceed the total amount of the goodwill allocated to that reporting unit. See Note 5, "Goodwill" for further information and discussion.
The Company performed its annual assessment of goodwill on February 28, 2026, using both qualitative and quantitative analyses and determined that there was
Revenue Recognition
Revenue contracts are defined as an arrangement that creates enforceable rights and obligations of both parties where collection of the contract price is deemed probable. The Company records revenue based on a five-step model which includes confirmation of contract existence, identifying the performance obligations, determining the transaction price, allocating the contract transaction price to the performance obligations, and recognizing the revenue when (or as) control of goods or services is transferred to the customer. The transfer of control can occur at the time of delivery, installation or post-installation where applicable.
The Company's product segment line includes certain contracts which do not meet the requirements of an exchange transaction and therefore do not fall within the scope of Accounting Standards Codification ("ASC") 606.
For certain arrangements, such as contracts to perform research and development, prototype development contracts and certain customized product sales, the Company records revenues using the over-time method, measured by the relationship of costs incurred to total estimated contract costs. Over-time revenue recognition accounting is predominantly used on certain turnkey power systems installations for electric utilities and long-term prototype development contracts with the U.S. government. The Company follows this method when any of the three following criteria are met: when the customer receives the benefits as they are performed, control transfers to the customer as the work is performed, or there is no alternative use to the Company and there is an enforceable right to payment through the life of the contract. However, the ability to reliably estimate total costs at completion is challenging, especially on long-term prototype development contracts, and could result in future changes in contract estimates. For contracts where reasonably dependable estimates of the revenues and costs cannot be made, the Company follows the point in time method. In addition, some contracts contain an element of variable consideration, including liquidated damages and/or penalties, which requires payment to the customer in the event that delivery timelines or milestones are not met. The Company estimates the total consideration payable by the customer when the contracts contain variable consideration provisions, based on the most likely amount anticipated to be recognized for transferring the promised goods or services. As a result, the Company may constrain revenue to the extent that a significant reversal in the amount of cumulative revenue recognized will not occur until the uncertainty associated with the variable consideration is subsequently resolved.
The Company enters into sales arrangements that may provide for multiple performance obligations to a customer. Sales of certain products may include extended warranty and support or service packages, and at times include performance bonds. As these contracts progress, the Company continually assesses the probability of a payout from the performance bond. Should the Company determine that such a payout is likely, the Company would record a liability. The Company would reduce revenue to the extent a liability is recorded. In addition, the Company enters into licensing arrangements that include training services.
Performance obligations are separated into more than one unit of accounting when (1) the delivered element(s) have value to the customer on a stand-alone basis, and (2) the Company's promise to transfer the goods or services to the customer is separately identifiable from other promises in the contract. In general, revenues are separated between the different product shipments which have stand-alone value, and the various services to be provided. Revenue for product shipments is generally recognized at a point in time where control of the product is transferred to the customer, while revenues for the services are generally recognized over the period of performance. The Company identifies all goods and/or services that are to be delivered separately under a sales arrangement and allocates the transaction price to each distinct performance obligation using the respective standalone selling price ("SSP") which is determined primarily using the cost plus expected margin approach for products and a relief from royalty method for licenses. Revenue allocated to each performance obligation is recognized when, or as, the performance obligation is satisfied. The Company reviews SSP and the related margins at least annually. The Company has elected to recognize revenue based on the as invoiced practical expedient if there is a right to consideration from a customer in an amount that corresponds directly with the value of the Company's performance.
The Company’s license agreements provide either for the payment of contractually determined paid-up front license fees or milestone based payments in consideration for the grant of rights to manufacture and/or sell products using its patented technologies or know-how. Some of these agreements provide for the release of the licensee from past and future intellectual property infringement claims. When the Company can determine that it has no further obligations other than the grant of the license and that the Company has fully transferred the technology know-how, the Company recognizes the revenue under a point in time model. In other license arrangements, the Company may also agree to provide training services to transfer the technology know-how. In these arrangements, the Company has determined that the licenses have no standalone value to the customer and are not separable from training services as the Company can only fully transfer the technology know-how through the training component. Accordingly, the Company accounts for these arrangements as a single unit of accounting, and recognizes revenue over the period of its performance using the over-time method. Costs for these arrangements are expensed as incurred.
Existing customers are subject to ongoing credit evaluations based on payment history and other factors. If it is determined that collectability of any portion of the contract value is not probable, an analysis of variable consideration will be performed using either the most likely amount or expected value method to determine the amount of revenue that must be constrained until the scenario causing the variability has been resolved. For contractual arrangements that involve variable consideration, the Company recognizes revenue for these amounts upon reaching the constraining event successfully. The Company does not generally provide for extended payment terms or provide its customers with a right of return.
Infrequently, the Company receives requests from customers to hold product being purchased from us for a valid business purpose. The Company recognizes revenues for such arrangements provided the transaction meets, at a minimum, the following criteria: a valid business purpose for the arrangement exists; risk of ownership of the purchased product has been transferred to the buyer; there is a fixed delivery date that is reasonable and consistent with the buyer’s business purpose; the product is ready for shipment; there are no continuing performance obligation in regards to the purchased product and these products have been segregated from the Company's inventories and cannot be used to fill other orders received. During the fiscal year ended March 31, 2026, revenues included $
The Company has elected to record taxes collected from customers on a net basis and does not include tax amounts in revenue or costs of revenue.
The Company’s contract assets and liabilities primarily relate to the timing differences between cash received from a customer in connection with contractual rights to invoicing and the timing of revenue recognition following completion of performance obligations. The Company's accounts receivable balance is made up entirely of customer contract related balances.
Business Acquisitions
The Company accounts for acquisitions using the purchase method of accounting in accordance with ASC 805, Business Combinations. The purchase price for each acquisition is allocated to the assets acquired and liabilities assumed based on their estimated fair values at the date of acquisition. Intangible assets, if identified, are also recorded at fair value. The excess purchase price over the estimated fair value of the net assets acquired is recorded as goodwill.
Determining the fair value of certain assets and liabilities assumed is judgmental in nature and often involves the use of significant estimates and assumptions as well as the use of specialists as needed.
The consideration for its acquisitions may include future payments that are contingent upon the occurrence of a particular event. The Company records a contingent consideration obligation for such contingent consideration payments at fair value on the acquisition date. The Company estimates the fair value of contingent consideration obligations through valuation models that incorporate probability adjusted assumptions related to the achievement of the milestones and the likelihood of making related payments, refer to Note 13 for further information regarding valuation methodology and assumptions. Each period the Company revalues the contingent consideration obligations associated with the acquisition to fair value and records changes in the fair value within the operating expenses in its consolidated statements of operations. Increases or decreases in the fair value of the contingent consideration obligations can result from changes in assumed revenue risk premium and volatility, as well as changes in the stock price and assumed probability with respect to the attainment of certain financial and operational metrics, among others. Significant judgment is employed in determining these assumptions as of the acquisition date and for each subsequent period. Accordingly, future business and economic conditions, as well as changes in any of the assumptions described above, can materially impact the fair value of contingent consideration recorded at each reporting period.
Product Warranty
Warranty obligations are incurred in connection with the sale of the Company’s products. The Company provides assurance-type warranties on all product sales for a term of typically one to three years, and extended service-type warranties at the customers’ option for an additional term ranging up to four additional years. The Company accrues for the estimated warranty costs for assurance warranties at the time of sale based on historical warranty experience plus any known or expected changes in warranty exposure. For all extended service-type warranties, the Company recognizes the revenue ratably over time during the effective period of the service. The costs incurred to provide for these warranty obligations are estimated and recorded as an accrued liability at the time of sale. Future warranty costs are estimated based on historical performance rates and related costs to repair given products. The accounting estimate related to product warranty involves judgment in determining future estimated warranty costs. Should actual performance rates or repair costs differ from estimates, revision to the estimated warranty liability would be required.
Research and Development Costs
Research and development costs are expensed as incurred.
Income Taxes
The Company’s provision (benefit) for income taxes is comprised of a current and a deferred portion. The current income (benefit) tax provision is calculated as the estimated taxes payable or refundable on tax returns for the current fiscal year. The deferred income tax provision is calculated for the estimated future tax effects attributable to temporary differences and carry-forwards using expected tax rates in effect in the years during which the differences are expected to reverse.
Deferred income taxes are recognized for the tax consequences in future fiscal years of differences between the tax bases of assets and liabilities and their financial reporting amounts at each fiscal year end based on enacted tax laws and statutory tax rates applicable to the periods in which the differences are expected to affect taxable income. Valuation allowances are established when necessary to reduce net deferred tax assets to the amount expected to be realized. As of March 31, 2026, the company recorded a $
Accounting for income taxes requires a two-step approach to recognizing and measuring uncertain tax positions. The first step is to evaluate the tax position for recognition by determining if, based on the technical merits, it is more likely than not that the position will be sustained upon audit, including resolution of related appeals or litigation processes, if any. The second step is to measure the tax benefit as the largest amount that is more than 50% likely of being realized upon ultimate settlement. The Company reevaluates these uncertain tax positions on a quarterly basis. This evaluation is based on factors including, but not limited to, changes in facts or circumstances, changes in tax law, effectively settled issues under audit and new audit activity. Any changes in these factors could result in the recognition of a tax benefit or an additional charge to the tax provision. The Company includes interest and penalties related to gross unrecognized tax benefits within the provision for income taxes. See Note 14, “Income Taxes,” for further information regarding its income tax assumptions and expenses.
Stock-Based Compensation
The Company accounts for stock-based payment transactions using a fair value-based method and recognizes the related expense in the results of operations.
Stock-based compensation is estimated at the grant date based on the fair value of the award and is recognized as expense over the requisite service period of the award. The fair value of restricted stock awards is determined by reference to the fair market value of the Company’s common stock on the date of grant. The Company uses the Black-Scholes option pricing model to estimate the fair value of option awards with service and performance conditions. For awards with service conditions only, the Company recognizes compensation cost on a straight-line basis over the requisite service/vesting period. For awards with performance conditions, estimates of compensation cost are made based on the probable outcome of the performance conditions. The cumulative effect of changes in the probability outcomes are recorded in the period in which the changes occur.
Determining the appropriate fair value model and related assumptions requires judgment, including estimating stock price volatilities of the Company’s common stock and expected terms. The expected volatility rates are estimated based on historical and implied volatilities of the Company’s common stock. The expected term represents the average time that the options that vest are expected to be outstanding based on the vesting provisions and the Company’s historical exercise, cancellation and expiration patterns.
The Company estimates pre-vesting forfeitures when recognizing compensation expense based on historical and forward-looking factors. Changes in estimated forfeiture rates and differences between estimated forfeiture rates and actual experience may result in significant, unanticipated increases or decreases in stock-based compensation expense from period to period. The termination of employment of certain employees who hold large numbers of stock-based awards may also have a significant, unanticipated impact on forfeiture experience and, therefore, on stock-based compensation expense. The Company will update these assumptions on at least an annual basis and on an interim basis if significant changes to the assumptions are warranted.
The Company accounts for share-based payments made to non-employees in the same manner as other share-based payments for employees, with the measurement being based on the fair value at the grant date. The non-employee share based payments will be included within the Company's stock compensation currently reported.
Equity Method Investments
The Company treats the equity investment in the consolidated financial statements under the equity method. Equity method investments are equity securities in entities we do not control but over which we have the ability to exercise significant influence. These investments are accounted for under the equity method of accounting in accordance with ASC 323, Investments — Equity Method and Joint Ventures. Equity method investments are measured at cost minus impairment, if any, plus or minus the Company’s share of an investee’s income or loss, less distributions received.
Computation of Net Income (Loss) per Common Share
Basic net income (loss) per share (“EPS”) is computed by dividing net income (loss) by the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding for the period. Diluted EPS is computed in periods of net income, by dividing the net loss by the weighted-average number of common shares and dilutive common equivalent shares outstanding during the period, calculated using the treasury stock method. Common equivalent shares include the effect of restricted stock, exercise of stock options and warrants and contingently issuable shares. For the fiscal years ended March 31, 2026, common equivalent shares of
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Foreign Currency Translation
The functional currency of all the Company’s foreign subsidiaries is the U.S. dollar, except for AMSC Austria (euro), AMSC Brazil and Comtrafo (Real), for which the local currencies are the functional currency. The assets and liabilities of AMSC Austria, AMSC Brazil and Comtrafo are translated into U.S. dollars at the exchange rate in effect at the balance sheet date and income and expense items are translated at average rates for the period. Cumulative translation adjustments are excluded from net loss and shown as a separate component of stockholders’ equity. Net foreign currency gains and losses are included in other expense, net on the consolidated statements of operations and were net losses of $
Risks and Uncertainties
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosures of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could materially differ from those estimates and would impact future results of operations and cash flows.
The Company invests its available cash in high credit, quality financial instruments and invests primarily in investment-grade marketable securities, including, but not limited to, government obligations and money market funds.
Several of the Company’s government contracts are being funded incrementally, and as such, are subject to the future authorization, appropriation, and availability of government funding. The Company has a history of successfully obtaining financing under incrementally-funded contracts with the U.S. government and it expects to continue to obtain additional contract modifications in the year ending March 31, 2027 and beyond as incremental funding is authorized and appropriated by the government.
Contingencies
From time to time, the Company may be involved in legal and administrative proceedings and claims of various types. The Company records a liability in its consolidated financial statements for these matters when a loss is known or considered probable and the amount can be reasonably estimated. Management reviews these estimates in each accounting period as additional information is known and adjusts the loss provision when appropriate. If the loss is not probable or cannot be reasonably estimated, a liability is not recorded in the consolidated financial statements. If, with respect to a matter, it is not both probable to result in liability and the amount of loss cannot be reasonably estimated, an estimate of possible loss or range of loss is disclosed unless such an estimate cannot be made. The Company does not recognize gain contingencies until they are realized. Legal costs incurred in connection with loss contingencies are expensed as incurred. See Note 18, “Commitments and Contingencies,” for further information.
Disclosure of Fair Value of Financial Instruments
The Company’s financial instruments consist principally of cash and cash equivalents, restricted cash, accounts receivable, accounts payable, accrued expenses, and contingent consideration. The carrying amounts of cash and cash equivalents, restricted cash, accounts receivable, short-term debt, accounts payable, and accrued expenses due to their short nature approximate fair value at March 31, 2026 and 2025. The estimated fair values have been determined through information obtained from market sources and management estimates. Changes in fair value are recorded to other income (expense), net. The fair value for the contingent consideration is estimated using a Monte Carlo simulation and subject to revaluation at each balance sheet date. The Company classifies the estimates used to fair value these instruments as Level 3 inputs. See Note 6, “Fair Value Measurements” for a full discussion on fair value measurements.
4. Revenue Recognition
The Company’s revenues in its Grid segment are derived primarily through enabling the transmission and distribution of power, providing planning services that allow it to identify power grid needs and risks, and developing ship protection systems for the U.S. Navy. The Company’s revenues in its Wind segment are derived primarily through supplying advanced power electronics and control systems, licensing its highly engineered wind turbine designs, and providing extensive customer support services to wind turbine manufacturers. The Company records revenue based on a five-step model in accordance with ASC 606. For its customer contracts, the Company identifies the performance obligations, determines the transaction price, allocates the contract transaction price to the performance obligations, and recognizes the revenue when (or as) control of goods or services is transferred to the customer. For the fiscal year ended March 31, 2026,
In the Company's product sales, each contract with a customer summarizes each product sold to a customer, which typically represents distinct performance obligations. A contract's transaction price is allocated to each distinct performance obligation using the respective standalone selling price which is determined primarily using the cost plus expected margin approach and recognized as revenue when, or as, the performance obligation is satisfied. The majority of the Company’s product sales transfer control to the customer in line with the contracted delivery terms and revenue is recorded at the point in time when title and risk transfer to the customer, which is primarily upon delivery, as the Company has determined that this is the point in time that control transfers to the customer. For the fiscal year ended March 31, 2026,
Included in the Company's performance of services, there are several different types of transactions and each begins with a contract with a customer that summarizes each product sold to a customer, which typically represents distinct performance obligations. Included in the business segment line there are technology development transactions that are primarily for activities that have no alternative use and for which a profit can be expected throughout the life of the contract. In these cases, the revenue is recognized over time, but in the instances where the profit cannot be assured throughout the entire contract then the revenue is recognized at a point in time. Each contract's transaction price is allocated to each distinct performance obligation using the respective standalone selling price which is determined primarily using the cost plus expected margin approach. The ongoing service transactions are for service contracts that provide benefit to the customer simultaneously as the Company performs its obligations, and therefore this revenue is recognized ratably over time throughout the effective period of these contracts. The transaction prices on these contracts are allocated based on an adjusted market approach which is re-assessed annually for reasonableness. The field service transactions include contracts for delivery of goods and completion of services made at the customer's requests, which are not deemed satisfied until the work has been completed and/or the requested goods have been delivered, so all of this revenue is recognized at the point in time when the control changes, and at allocated prices based on the adjusted market approach driven by standard price lists. The royalty transactions are related to certain contract terms on transactions in the Company's equipment and systems product line based on activity as specified in the contracts. The transaction prices of these agreements are calculated based on an adjusted market approach as specified in the contract. The Company reports royalty revenue for usage-based royalties when the sales have occurred. In circumstances when collectability is not assured and a contract does not exist under ASC 606, revenue is deferred until a non-refundable payment has been received for substantially all the amount that is due and there are no further remaining performance obligations.
The Company's service contracts can include a purchase order from a customer for specific goods in which each item is a distinct performance obligation satisfied at a point in time at which control of the goods is transferred to the customer. This transfer occurs based on the contracted delivery terms or when the requested service work has been completed. The transaction price for these goods is allocated based on the adjusted market approach considering similar transactions under similar circumstances. Service contracts are also derived from ongoing maintenance contracts and extended service-type warranty contracts. In these transactions, the Company is contracted to provide an ongoing service over a specified period of time. As the customer is consuming the benefits as the service is being provided the revenue is recognized over time ratably.
The Company’s policy is not to accept volume discounts, product returns, or rebates and allowances within its contracts. In the event a contract was approved with any of these terms, it would be evaluated for variable consideration, estimated and recorded as a reduction of revenue in the same period the related product revenue was recorded.
The Company provides assurance-type warranties on all product sales for a term of typically to years, and extended service-type warranties are available for purchase at the customer's option for an additional term ranging up to additional years. The Company accrues for the estimated warranty costs for assurance warranties at the time of sale based on historical warranty experience plus any known or expected changes in warranty exposure. For all extended service-type warranties, the Company recognizes the revenue ratably over time during the effective period of the services.
The Company records revenue net of sales tax, value added tax, excise tax and other taxes collected concurrent with revenue-producing activities. The Company has elected to recognize the cost for freight and shipping when control over the products sold passes to customers and revenue is recognized. The Company has elected to recognize incremental costs of obtaining a contract as expense when incurred except in contracts where the amortization period would exceed twelve months. As of March 31, 2026 and 2025, the Company's capitalized incremental contract costs were not material. The Company has elected not to adjust the promised amount of consideration for the effects of a significant financing component if the period of financing is twelve months or less. The Company has elected to recognize revenue based on the as invoiced practical expedient if there is a right to consideration from a customer in an amount that corresponds directly with the value of the Company's performance.
The Company’s contracts with customers do not typically include extended payment terms and may include milestone billing over the life of the contract. Payment terms vary by contract type and type of customer and generally range from to days from delivery.
Following the Comtrafo Acquisition, the Company re-assessed the disaggregated revenue disclosure and determined that segment revenue by product line is no longer a meaningful disclosure. Driven by the change in the overall business landscape following the Comtrafo Acquisition, the Company has determined an increased breakout of segment revenue by region provides more meaningful insight to our overall financial position.
The following tables disaggregate the Company’s revenue by shipment destination (in thousands):
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As of March 31, 2026 and March 31, 2025, the Company’s contract assets and liabilities primarily relate to the timing differences between cash received from a customer in connection with contractual rights to invoicing and the timing of revenue recognition following completion of performance obligations. The Company's accounts receivable balance is made up entirely of customer contract related balances. Changes in the Company’s contract assets, which are included in “Unbilled accounts receivable” and “Deferred program costs” (see Note 7, “Accounts Receivable” and Note 8, “Inventory” for a reconciliation to the consolidated balance sheets) and "Contract liabilities", which are included in the current portion and long term portion of “Deferred revenue” in the Company’s consolidated balance sheets, are as follows (in thousands):
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The Company’s remaining performance obligations represent the unrecognized revenue value of the Company’s contractual commitments. The Company’s performance obligations may vary significantly each reporting period based on the timing of major new contractual commitments. As of March 31, 2026, the Company had outstanding performance obligations on existing contracts under ASC 606 to be recognized in the next months of approximately $
The following table sets forth customers who represented 10% or more of the Company’s total revenues for the years ended March 31, 2026, 2025 and 2024:
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5. Goodwill
The guidance under ASC 805-30, Business Combinations, provides for the recognition of goodwill on the acquisition date measured as the excess of the aggregate consideration transferred over the net of the acquisition date amounts of net assets acquired and liabilities assumed. The Company's goodwill balance relates to the Comtrafo acquisition in fiscal 2025, the NWL acquisition in fiscal 2024, the Neeltran acquisition in fiscal 2021, the NEPSI acquisition in fiscal 2020, and Infinia Technology Corporation acquisition in fiscal 2017 and is reported in the Grid business segment.
Goodwill represents the difference between the purchase price and the fair value of the identifiable tangible and intangible net assets when accounted for using the purchase method of accounting. Goodwill is not amortized but reviewed for impairment. Goodwill is reviewed annually on February 28th and whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying value of the goodwill might not be recoverable. Goodwill increased by $
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The Company performed its annual assessment of goodwill on February 28, 2026 and determined that there was no impairment to goodwill.
6. Fair Value Measurements
A valuation hierarchy for disclosure of the inputs to valuation used to measure fair value has been established. This hierarchy prioritizes the inputs into three broad levels as follows:
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The Company provides a gross presentation of activity within Level 3 measurement roll-forward and details of transfers in and out of Level 1 and 2 measurements. A change in the hierarchy of an investment from its current level is reflected in the period during which the pricing methodology of such investment changes. Disclosure of the transfer of securities from Level 1 to Level 2 or Level 3 is made in the event that the related security is significant to total cash and investments. The Company did not have any transfers of assets and liabilities from Level 1, Level 2 or Level 3 of the fair value measurement hierarchy during the year ended March 31, 2026.
A financial asset’s or liability’s classification within the hierarchy is determined based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement.
Valuation Techniques
Cash Equivalents
Cash equivalents consist of highly liquid instruments with maturities of three months or less that are regarded as high quality, low risk investments and are measured using such inputs as quoted prices, and are classified within Level 1 of the valuation hierarchy. Cash equivalents consist principally of money market accounts.
Short-term Cash Instruments
Short-term cash instruments consist of highly liquid instruments with maturities of three months or less that are regarded as high quality, low risk investments and are measured using such inputs as quoted prices in markets that are not active, and are classified within Level 2 of the valuation hierarchy. Short-term cash instruments consist principally of certificates of deposits.
Contingent Consideration
Contingent consideration relates to the earnout payment set forth in the Stock Exchange Agreement governing the acquisition of Comtrafo that provides the selling stockholders may receive an additional sum of cash upon the achievement of certain specified earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization ("EBITDA") objectives during the three years following the Comtrafo Acquisition Date. See Note 13, "Contingent Consideration" for further discussion. The Company relied on a Monte Carlo method to determine the fair value of the contingent consideration on the closing of the acquisition of Comtrafo and continues to revalue the fair value of the contingent consideration using the same method at each subsequent balance sheet date until the contingencies are resolved and the cash to be paid is determined, with the change in fair value recorded in the current period operating loss. For the period ended March 31, 2026, the change in fair value was $
The following table provides the assets and liabilities carried at fair value on a recurring basis, measured as of March 31, 2026 and 2025 (in thousands):
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The table below reflects the activity for the Company’s contingent consideration liability measured at fair value on a recurring basis (in thousands):
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7. Accounts Receivable
Accounts receivable at March 31, 2026 and March 31, 2025 consisted of the following (in thousands):
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8. Inventory
Inventory, net of reserves, at March 31, 2026 and March 31, 2025 consisted of the following (in thousands):
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The Company recorded inventory write-downs of $
Deferred program costs as of March 31, 2026 and March 31, 2025 primarily represent costs incurred on programs where the Company needs to complete performance obligations before the related revenue and costs will be recognized.
9. Property, Plant and Equipment
The cost and accumulated depreciation of property, plant and equipment at March 31, 2026 and 2025 are as follows (in thousands):
| March 31, 2026 | March 31, 2025 | |||||||
| Land | $ | $ | ||||||
| Construction in progress - equipment | ||||||||
| Buildings | ||||||||
| Equipment and software | ||||||||
| Furniture and fixtures | ||||||||
| Leasehold improvements | ||||||||
| Property, plant and equipment, gross | ||||||||
| Less accumulated depreciation | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||
| Property, plant and equipment, net | $ | $ | ||||||
Depreciation expense was $
10. Intangible Assets
Intangible assets at March 31, 2026 and 2025 consisted of the following (in thousands):
| 2026 | 2025 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gross Amount | Accumulated Amortization | Net Book Value | Gross Amount | Accumulated Amortization | Net Book Value | Estimated Useful Life | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Backlog | ( | ) | ( | ) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Trade names and trademarks | — | — | Indefinite | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Customer relationships | ( | ) | ( | ) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Core technology and know-how | ( | ) | ( | ) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Intangible assets | $ | $ | ( | ) | $ | $ | $ | ( | ) | $ | |||||||||||||||||
The Company recorded intangible amortization expense of $
Expected future amortization expense related to intangible assets is as follows (in thousands):
| Fiscal years ending March 31, | Total | |||
| 2027 | $ | |||
| 2028 | ||||
| 2029 | ||||
| 2030 | ||||
| 2031 | ||||
| Thereafter | ||||
| Total | $ | |||
The Company's intangible assets relate entirely to the Grid business segment operations in the United States and Brazil. The following table summarizes the Company's intangibles by geography (in thousands):
| March 31, 2026 | March 31, 2025 | |||||||
| Intangible assets by geography: | ||||||||
| U.S. | $ | $ | ||||||
| Brazil | ||||||||
| Total | $ | $ | ||||||
11. Equity-Method Investments
Investment in NWL Pacific Inc. Co., LTD
The Company has a
The Company treats the equity investment in the consolidated financial statements under the equity method. Equity method investments are equity securities in entities the Company does not control but over which it has the ability to exercise significant influence. These investments are accounted for under the equity method of accounting in accordance with ASC 323, Investments — Equity Method and Joint Ventures. Equity method investments are measured at cost minus impairment, if any, plus or minus the Company’s share of an investee’s income or loss, less distributions received. As of March 31, 2026 and 2025 the Company did not have material accounts receivable nor accounts payable balances with NWL Pacific.
The tables below present the summarized financial information from the Acquisition Date through March 31, 2026, as provided to the Company by the investee, for the unconsolidated company (in thousands):
| Fiscal year ended March 31, | Fiscal year ended March 31, | |||||||
| 2026 | 2025 | |||||||
| Net Revenue | $ | $ | ||||||
| Gross Profit | ||||||||
| Income from operations | ||||||||
| Net income | ||||||||
| Balance at March 31, | Balance at March 31, | |||||||
| 2026 | 2025 | |||||||
| Current Assets | $ | $ | ||||||
| Noncurrent Assets | ||||||||
| Current Liabilities | ||||||||
| Noncurrent Liabilities | ||||||||
12. Accounts Payable and Accrued Expenses
Accounts payable and accrued expenses at March 31, 2026 and March 31, 2025 consisted of the following (in thousands):
| March 31, 2026 | March 31, 2025 | |||||||
| Accounts payable | $ | $ | ||||||
| Accrued inventories in-transit | ||||||||
| Accrued other miscellaneous expenses | ||||||||
| Advanced deposits | ||||||||
| Accrued compensation | ||||||||
| Income taxes payable | ||||||||
| Accrued product warranty | ||||||||
| Accrued commissions | ||||||||
| Total | $ | $ | ||||||
The Company generally provides a to year warranty on its products, commencing upon delivery or installation where applicable. A provision is recorded upon revenue recognition to cost of revenues for estimated warranty expense based on historical experience.
Product warranty activity was as follows (in thousands):
| Fiscal Years Ended March 31, | ||||||||
| 2026 | 2025 | |||||||
| Balance at beginning of period | $ | $ | ||||||
| Acquired warranty obligations | ||||||||
| Provisions for warranties during the period | ||||||||
| Settlements during the period | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||
| Balance at end of period | $ | $ | ||||||
13. Contingent Consideration
NEPSI Contingent Consideration
On October 1, 2020 (the "NEPSI Acquisition Date"), the Company entered into a Stock Purchase Agreement (the "NEPSI Stock Purchase Agreement") with the selling stockholders named therein. Pursuant to the terms of the NEPSI Stock Purchase Agreement and concurrently with entering into such agreement, the Company acquired all of the issued and outstanding (i) shares of capital stock of NEPSI, and (ii) membership interests of Northeast Power Realty, LLC, a New York limited liability company, which holds the real property that serves as NEPSI's headquarters (the "NEPSI Acquisition"). NEPSI is a U.S.-based global provider of medium-voltage metal-enclosed power capacitor banks and harmonic filter banks for use on electric power systems. NEPSI is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company and is operated by its Grid business segment. The purchase price was $
The Company evaluated the NEPSI Acquisition earnout payment set forth in the NEPSI Stock Purchase Agreement, which was expected to require settlement in the Company's common stock, and determined the contingent consideration qualified for liability classification and derivative treatment under ASC 815, Derivatives and Hedging. As a result, for the periods in which the Company had outstanding contingent consideration, the fair value of the contingent consideration was remeasured and the resulting gain or loss was recognized in operating expenses until the share amount was fixed.
The following is a summary of the key assumptions used in a Monte Carlo simulation to calculate the fair value of the contingent consideration related to the NEPSI Acquisition:
| Fiscal Year 2025 | June 30, 2024 | |||
| Revenue risk premium | % | |||
| Revenue volatility | % | |||
| Stock Price | $ | |||
| Payment delay (days) | ||||
| Fair value (millions) | $ | |||
During the fiscal year ended March 31, 2025, the Company issued
NWL Contingent Consideration
On August 1, 2024, the Company entered into the Stock Purchase Agreement with the selling stockholders of NWL named therein. Pursuant to the terms of the Stock Purchase Agreement and concurrently with entering into such agreement, the Company acquired all of the issued and outstanding shares of Megatran for aggregate consideration in an amount equal to $
Comtrafo Contingent Consideration
On December 5, 2025, the Company entered into the Stock Exchange Agreement with the selling stockholders named therein. Pursuant to the terms of the Stock Exchange Agreement, the Company has agreed to pay the selling stockholders of the Comtrafo Acquisition an additional amount in cash upon the achievement of specified EBITDA objectives during the three years following the Comtrafo Acquisition Date. The Company evaluated the Comtrafo Acquisition earnout payment set forth in the Comtrafo Stock Exchange Agreement (See Note 2, "Acquisitions" for further details), which will require settlement in cash, and determined the contingent consideration qualified for liability classification. As a result, for each period, the fair value of the contingent consideration will be remeasured, and the resulting gain or loss will be recognized until the cash amount is fixed.
Following is a summary of the key assumptions used in a Monte Carlo simulation to calculate the fair value of contingent consideration related to the Comtrafo Acquisition:
| March 31, | December 31, | December 05, | ||||||||||
| Fiscal Year 2025 | 2026 | 2025 | 2025 | |||||||||
| EBITDA Risk Premium (continuous) | % | % | % | |||||||||
| EBITDA Volatility | % | % | % | |||||||||
| Credit Spread (semiannual) | % | % | % | |||||||||
| EBITDA discount rate | % | % | % | |||||||||
| Payment delay (days) | ||||||||||||
| Fair value (millions) | $ | $ | $ | |||||||||
The Company performed an analysis on the change in fair value through March 31, 2026 and recorded a loss from the change in fair value of the contingent consideration for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2026 of $
14. Income Taxes
Income (loss) before income taxes for the fiscal years ended March 31, 2026, 2025 and 2024 are provided in the table as follows (in thousands):
| Fiscal years ended March 31, | ||||||||||||
| 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | ||||||||||
| Income (loss) from continuing operations before income tax expense (benefit) | ||||||||||||
| U.S. | $ | $ | $ | ( | ) | |||||||
| Foreign | ( | ) | ||||||||||
| Total | $ | $ | $ | ( | ) | |||||||
The components of income tax expense (benefit) consist of the following (in thousands):
| Fiscal years ended March 31, | ||||||||||||
| 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | ||||||||||
| Current provision | ||||||||||||
| Federal | $ | $ | $ | |||||||||
| State | ||||||||||||
| Foreign | ||||||||||||
| Total current | ||||||||||||
| Deferred provision (benefit) | ||||||||||||
| Federal | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||||||
| State | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||||||
| Foreign | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||||||
| Total deferred | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||||||
| Income tax expense (benefit) | $ | ( | ) | $ | ( | ) | $ | |||||
As further described in Note 3, Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, the Company has elected to prospectively adopt the guidance in ASU 2023-09. The following table is a reconciliation of the Company's effective income tax rate to the statutory income tax rate for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2026 in accordance with the guidance in ASU 2023-09:
| Fiscal year ended March 31, | ||||
| 2026 | ||||
| U.S. Federal Statutory Income Tax (benefit) at 21% | ( | %) | ||
| Domestic Federal | ||||
| Tax Credits | ( | %) | ||
| Non Taxable or Non Deductible Items | ||||
| Stock Compensation | % | |||
| Excess Officer Compensation | ( | %) | ||
| Transaction Costs | ( | %) | ||
| Other | % | |||
| Changes in Valuation Allowance | % | |||
| Cross Border | ||||
| Global intangible low-tax income | ( | %) | ||
| Other | ( | %) | ||
| Other reconciling items | ||||
| Other | % | |||
| Domestic State and local income taxes, net of federal effect | % | |||
| Foreign Tax effects | ||||
| Brazil | ||||
| Fair value adjustment for Contingent Liability | ( | %) | ||
| Statutory income tax rate differential | % | |||
| Other | % | |||
| Other foreign jurisdictions | % | |||
| Worldwide Changes in unrecognized tax benefits | % | |||
| Effective income tax rate | % | |||
The following table is a reconciliation of the Company's effective income tax rate to the statutory federal income tax for the fiscal years ended March 31, 2025 and 2024 in accordance with the guidance prior to the adoption of ASU 2023-09:
| Fiscal years ended March 31, | ||||||||
| 2025 | 2024 | |||||||
| Statutory Federal Income tax rate | ( | %) | ( | %) | ||||
| State income taxes, net of federal benefit | % | % | ||||||
| Foreign income tax rate differential | % | % | ||||||
| Stock options | % | % | ||||||
| Research and development tax credit | % | % | ||||||
| Mark to market adjustment on contingent consideration | ( | %) | % | |||||
| Nondeductible expenses | ( | %) | % | |||||
| Valuation allowance | % | ( | %) | |||||
| NOL and capital loss expiration | ( | %) | % | |||||
| Other | ( | %) | % | |||||
| Withholding Taxes | ( | %) | % | |||||
| 162(m) | ( | %) | % | |||||
| Effective income tax rate | % | % | ||||||
For the fiscal year ended March 31, 2026, the Company paid income taxes, net of refunds received as follows:
| Fiscal years ended March 31, | ||||
| 2026 | ||||
| Income taxes paid, net of refunds: | ||||
| U.S Federal | $ | |||
| U.S. State and Local | ||||
| Pennsylvania | ||||
| Connecticut | ||||
| Other states | ||||
| Foreign | ||||
| Austria | ||||
| Other foreign | ||||
| Total | $ | |||
The following is a summary of the principal components of the Company’s deferred tax assets and liabilities at March 31, 2026 and 2025 (in thousands):
| March 31, 2026 | March 31, 2025 | |||||||
| Deferred tax assets: | ||||||||
| Net operating loss carryforwards | $ | $ | ||||||
| Research and development and other tax credit carryforwards | ||||||||
| Capitalized research and development costs | ||||||||
| Accruals and reserves | ||||||||
| Fixed assets and intangible assets | ||||||||
| Other | ||||||||
| Gross deferred tax assets | ||||||||
| Valuation allowance | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||
| Total deferred tax assets | ||||||||
| Deferred tax liabilities: | ||||||||
| Amortization of fixed assets and intangibles | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||
| Other | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||
| Total deferred tax liabilities | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||
| Net deferred tax assets (liabilities) | $ | $ | ( | ) | ||||
The above deferred tax balances are recorded on the consolidated balance sheet as follows:
| March 31, 2026 | ||||
| Deferred tax assets | ||||
| Deferred tax liabilities | ||||
| Net deferred tax assets (liabilities) | ||||
On a quarterly basis, the Company reassesses the valuation allowance on deferred income tax assets, weighing positive and negative evidence to assess the recoverability of the deferred tax assets. During the fiscal year ended March 31, 2026, the Company recorded a net $
After consideration of all the available evidence, both positive and negative, the Company has determined that a $
At March 31, 2026, the Company had aggregate net operating loss carryforwards in the U.S. for federal and state income tax purposes of approximately $
As of March 31, 2026, AMSC Brazil has aggregate net operating loss carryforwards of approximately $
Under the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, taxpayers are required to capitalize and amortize expenses related for research and experimental as classified under Section 174 beginning in 2022. Amortization recovery for such costs are five years for domestic expenditures and fifteen for foreign expenditures. As of March 31, 2026, the Company had approximately $
On July 4, 2025, the reconciliation bill, commonly referred to as the One Big Beautiful Bill ("OBBB") was signed into law, which includes a broad range of tax reform provisions that may affect a company's financial results. The OBBB allows an elective deduction for domestic research and development (R&D), a reinstatement of elective 100% first-year bonus depreciation, and a more favorable tax rate on Foreign derived deduction eligible income and income from non-U.S. subsidiaries (Net CFC Tested Income), among other provisions. The Company has performed an evaluation of the impact of the OBBB on the Company's effective tax rate and deferred tax assets in fiscal year 2025 and future periods. Based on this evaluation, the tax reform provisions do not have a material impact on the Company's consolidated financial statements and related disclosures for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2026. We will continue to assess the implications of the OBBB, and our tax provision may be further impacted as additional guidance from the U.S department of the Treasury is released.
The total amount of undistributed foreign earnings available to be repatriated at March 31, 2026 was $
Accounting for income taxes requires a two-step approach to recognizing and measuring uncertain tax positions. The first step is to evaluate the tax position for recognition by determining if, based on the technical merits, it is more likely than not that the position will be sustained upon audit, including resolution of related appeals or litigation processes, if any. The second step is to measure the tax benefit as the largest amount that is more than 50% likely of being realized upon ultimate settlement. The Company reevaluates these uncertain tax positions on a quarterly basis. This evaluation is based on factors including, but not limited to, changes in facts or circumstances, changes in tax law, effectively settled issues under audit and new audit activity. Any changes in these factors could result in the recognition of a tax benefit or an additional charge to the tax provision. The Company did identify any uncertain tax positions at March 31, 2026. The Company did have any gross unrecognized tax benefits at March 31, 2026, 2025, or 2024.
There were no reversals of uncertain tax positions in the fiscal years ended March 31, 2026, 2025 and 2024.
The Company accounts for interest and penalties related to uncertain tax positions as part of its provision for federal and state income taxes. Any unrecognized tax benefits, if recognized, would favorably affect its effective tax rate in any future period. The Company does not expect that the amounts of unrecognized benefits will change significantly within the next twelve months.
The Company conducts business globally and, as a result, its subsidiaries file income tax returns in the U.S. federal jurisdiction and various state and foreign jurisdictions. Major tax jurisdictions include the U.S., Austria, and Brazil. All U.S. income tax filings for fiscal years ended March 31, through 2026 remain open and subject to examination.
All fiscal years from the fiscal year ended March 31, through 2026 remain open and subject to examination in Austria. Tax filings in Romania for the fiscal years ended March 31, through 2026 remain open and subject to examination. Tax filings in Poland for tax years through March 31, 2026 remain open and subject to examination. Tax filings in Brazil for the tax years through March 31, 2026 remain open and subject to examination.
15. Debt
As part of the Comtrafo Acquisition, the Company identified three debt agreements that Comtrafo had entered into prior to the Comtrafo Acquisition Date. The debt agreements totaling $
16. Leases
Operating Leases
All significant lease arrangements are recognized at lease commencement. Operating lease right–of-use assets and lease liabilities are recognized at commencement. The operating lease right-of-use asset includes any lease payments related to initial direct cost and prepayments and excludes any lease incentives. Lease expense is recognized on a straight-line basis over the lease term. The Company enters into a variety of operating lease agreements through the normal course of its business, but primarily real estate leases to support its operations. The real estate lease agreements generally provide for fixed minimum rental payments and the payment of real estate taxes and insurance. Many of these real estate leases have one or more renewal options that allow the Company, at its discretion, to renew the lease for varying periods up to years or to terminate the lease. Only renewal options or termination rights that the Company believed were likely to be exercised were included in the lease calculations.
The Company also enters into leases for vehicles, IT equipment and service agreements, and other leases related to its manufacturing operations that are also included in the right-of-use assets and lease liability accounts if they are for a term of longer than twelve months. However, many of these leases are either short-term in nature or immaterial. The Company has made the policy election to exclude short-term leases from the consolidated balance sheets.
Supplemental balance sheet information related to leases at March 31, 2026 and 2025 are as follows (in thousands):
| March 31, 2026 | March 31, 2025 | |||||||
| Leases: | ||||||||
| Right-of-use assets - Operating | ||||||||
| Total right-of-use assets | $ | $ | ||||||
| Lease liabilities - ST Operating | ||||||||
| Lease liabilities - LT Operating | ||||||||
| Total lease liabilities | $ | $ | ||||||
| Weighted-average remaining lease term | ||||||||
| Weighted-average discount rate | % | % | ||||||
The Company did not incur any finance lease costs and the costs related to the Company's operating leases for the fiscal years ended March 31, 2026 and 2025, are as follows (in thousands):
| Fiscal year ended | Fiscal year ended | Fiscal year ended | ||||||||||
| March 31, 2026 | March 31, 2025 | March 31, 2024 | ||||||||||
| Operating Leases: | ||||||||||||
| Operating lease costs - fixed |
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| Operating lease costs - variable | | | | |||||||||
| Short-term lease costs | | | | |||||||||
| Total lease costs |
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The Company’s estimated minimum future lease obligations under the Company's leases are as follows:
| Operating Leases | ||||
| Year ended March 31, | ||||
| 2027 | $ | |||
| 2028 | ||||
| 2029 | ||||
| 2030 | ||||
| 2031 | ||||
| Thereafter | ||||
| Total minimum lease payments | ||||
| Less: interest | ( | ) | ||
| Present value of lease liabilities | $ | |||
17. Stockholders’ Equity
Stock-Based Compensation Plans
As of March 31, 2026, the Company had two active stock plans: the Amended and Restated 2007 Director Stock Plan, as amended (the “2007 Director Plan”) and the 2022 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended and restated (the "2022 Plan"). On August 2, 2024, the Company's stockholders approved amendments to the 2022 Plan and amendments to the Company's 2007 Director Plan. The amendment to the 2022 Plan increased the total number of shares of common stock authorized for issuance under the 2022 Plan from
The 2022 Plan provides for the grant of incentive stock options intended to qualify under Section 422 of the IRC of 1986 nonstatutory stock options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock, restricted stock units and other stock-based awards. In the case of options, the exercise price is no less than the fair market value of the common stock, as determined by (or in a manner approved by) the Board of Directors, on the date of grant. The contractual life of options is generally
The 2007 Director Plan provides for the grant of nonstatutory stock options and stock awards to members of the Board of Directors who are not also employees of the Company ("outside directors"). Under the terms of the 2007 Director Plan, each outside director is granted an option to purchase shares of common stock with an aggregate grant date value equal to $
As of March 31, 2026, the 2022 Plan had
Stock-Based Compensation
The components of stock-based compensation for the fiscal years ended March 31, 2026, 2025 and 2024 were as follows (in thousands):
| Fiscal years ended March 31, | ||||||||||||
| 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | ||||||||||
| Stock options | $ | $ | $ | |||||||||
| Restricted stock and stock awards | ||||||||||||
| Employee stock purchase plan | ||||||||||||
| Total stock-based compensation expense | $ | $ | $ | |||||||||
The estimated fair value of the Company’s stock-based awards, less expected annual forfeitures, is amortized over the awards’ service period. The total unrecognized compensation cost for unvested outstanding restricted stock was $
The following table summarizes stock-based compensation expense by financial statement line item for the fiscal years ended March 31, 2026, 2025, and 2024 (in thousands):
| Fiscal years ended March 31, | ||||||||||||
| 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | ||||||||||
| Cost of revenues | $ | $ | $ | |||||||||
| Research and development | ||||||||||||
| Selling, general and administrative | ||||||||||||
| Total | $ | $ | $ | |||||||||
The following table summarizes the information concerning currently outstanding and exercisable employee and non-employee options:
| Options / Shares | Weighted-Average Exercise Price | Weighted-Average Remaining Contractual Term | Aggregate Intrinsic Value (thousands) | |||||||||||||
| Outstanding at March 31, 2025 | $ | |||||||||||||||
| Granted | ||||||||||||||||
| Exercised | ( | ) | ||||||||||||||
| Canceled/forfeited | ||||||||||||||||
| Outstanding at March 31, 2026 | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||
| Exercisable at March 31, 2026 | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||
| Fully vested and expected to vest at March 31, 2026 | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||
The Company issued
The Company granted
The weighted average assumptions used in the Black Scholes valuation model for stock options granted during the fiscal year ended March 31, 2026 are as follows:
| Fiscal Year Ended March 31, | ||||
| 2026 | ||||
| Expected volatility | % | |||
| Risk-free interest rate | % | |||
| Expected life (years) | ||||
| Dividend yield |
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The following table summarizes the restricted stock activity for the year ended March 31, 2026:
| Shares | Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value | Intrinsic Aggregate Value (thousands) | ||||||||||
| Outstanding at March 31, 2025 | $ | |||||||||||
| Granted | ||||||||||||
| Vested | ( | ) | ||||||||||
| Forfeited | ||||||||||||
| Outstanding at March 31, 2026 | $ | $ | ||||||||||
The total fair value of restricted stock that was granted during the fiscal years ended March 31, 2026 and 2025 was $
There were
The remaining shares awarded vest upon the passage of time. For awards that vest upon the passage of time, expense is being recorded over the vesting period.
Employee Stock Purchase Plan
The Company maintains the 2000 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, as amended (the "ESPP") which provides employees with the opportunity to purchase shares of common stock at a price equal to the fair market value of the common stock at the end of the offering period, less a
18. Commitments and Contingencies
Purchase Commitments
The Company periodically enters into non-cancelable purchase contracts in order to ensure the availability of materials to support production of its products. Purchase commitments represent enforceable and legally binding agreements with suppliers to purchase goods or services. The Company periodically assesses the need to provide for impairment on these purchase contracts and records a loss on purchase commitments when required.
Lease Commitments
During the fiscal years ended March 31, 2026, 2025, and 2024 all lease costs were recorded in selling, general and administrative expense. See Note 16, "Leases" for further details.
Legal Contingencies
From time to time, the Company is involved in legal and administrative proceedings and claims of various types. The Company records a liability in its consolidated financial statements for these matters when a loss is known or considered probable and the amount can be reasonably estimated. The Company reviews these estimates each accounting period as additional information is known and adjusts the loss provision when appropriate. If a matter is both probable to result in a liability and the amounts of loss can be reasonably estimated, the Company estimates and discloses the possible loss or range of loss to the extent necessary to make the consolidated financial statements not misleading. If the loss is not probable or cannot be reasonably estimated, a liability is not recorded in its consolidated financial statements.
Other
The Company enters into long-term construction contracts with customers that require the Company to obtain performance bonds. The Company is required to deposit an amount equivalent to some or all the face amount of the performance bonds into an escrow account until the termination of the bond. When the performance conditions are met, amounts deposited as collateral for the performance bonds are returned to the Company. In addition, the Company has various contractual arrangements in which minimum quantities of goods or services have been committed to be purchased on an annual basis.
AMSC Brazil, through Comtrafo, purchased additional real estate within the twelve months following the Comtrafo Acquisition Date for
As of March 31, 2026, the Company had $
19. Employee Benefit Plans
The Company has implemented a defined contribution plan (the “Plan”) under Section 401(k) of the IRC. Any contributions made by the Company to the Plan are discretionary. The Company has a stock match program under which the Company matched, in the form of Company common stock,
20. Business Segments
The Company reports its financial results in reportable business segments: Grid and Wind. In accordance with ASC 280, Segment Reporting, the Company has identified operating segments. The Company's operating segments reflect the way in which internally-reported financial information is used to make decisions and allocate resources.
Through the Company’s power grid offerings, the Grid business segment enables electric utilities, industrial facilities, and renewable energy project developers to connect, transmit and distribute smarter, cleaner and better power through its transmission planning services, power electronics, and superconductor-based systems. The sales process is enabled by transmission planning services that allow it to identify power grid congestion, poor power quality and other risks, which helps the Company determine how its solutions can improve network performance. These services often lead to sales of grid interconnection solutions for wind farms and solar power plants, power quality systems, and transmission and distribution cable systems. The Company also sells ship protection products to the U.S. Navy through its Grid business segment.
Through the Company’s wind power offerings, the Wind business segment enables manufacturers to field highly competitive wind turbines through its advanced power electronics and control system products, engineered designs, and support services. The Company supplies advanced power electronics and control systems, licenses its highly engineered wind turbine designs, and provides extensive customer support services to wind turbine manufacturers. The Company’s design portfolio includes a broad range of drive trains and power ratings of 2 megawatts ("MWs") and higher. The Company provides a broad range of power electronics and software-based control systems that are highly integrated and designed for optimized performance, efficiency, and grid compatibility.
AMSC’s Chief Executive Officer Daniel McGahn is the chief operating decision maker. The chief operating decision maker uses segment operating income (loss) to allocate resources (including employees, property, and financial or capital resources) for each segment predominantly in the annual budget and forecasting process. The chief operating decision maker considers budget-to-actual variances on a monthly basis for segment operating income (loss) when making decisions about allocating capital and personnel to the segments. The chief operating decision maker also uses segment operating income or loss to assess the performance for each segment by comparing the results and return on assets of each segment with one another and in the compensation of certain employees.
The following tables (i) summarize total sales by segment and (ii) reconcile each segment's sales to their respective segment operating income, including segment operating expenses, for each of the fiscal years ended March 31, 2026, 2025, and 2024 (in thousands):
| Fiscal Year Ended March 31, 2026 | ||||||||||||||||
| Grid | Wind | Unallocated | Total | |||||||||||||
| Segment operating income: | ||||||||||||||||
| Revenues | $ | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||
| Less (a) | ||||||||||||||||
| Segment other operating expenses (b) | ||||||||||||||||
| Segment operating income (loss) | $ | $ | $ | ( | ) | $ | ||||||||||
(a) The significant expense categories and amounts align with the segment-level information that is regularly provided to the chief operating decision maker.
(b) Segment other operating expense includes cost of sales, research and development expense, selling general, and administrative expense, amortization of acquisition related intangibles, and gain/loss on contingent consideration.
| Fiscal Year Ended March 31, 2025 | ||||||||||||||||
| Grid | Wind | Unallocated | Total | |||||||||||||
| Segment operating income: | ||||||||||||||||
| Revenues | $ | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||
| Less (a) | ||||||||||||||||
| Segment other operating expenses (b) | ||||||||||||||||
| Segment operating income (loss) | $ | $ | $ | ( | ) | $ | ( | ) | ||||||||
(a) The significant expense categories and amounts align with the segment-level information that is regularly provided to the chief operating decision maker.
(b) Segment other operating expense includes cost of sales, research and development expense, selling general, and administrative expense, amortization of acquisition related intangibles, and gain/loss on contingent consideration.
| Fiscal Year Ended March 31, 2024 | ||||||||||||||||
| Grid | Wind | Unallocated | Total | |||||||||||||
| Segment operating income: | ||||||||||||||||
| Revenues | $ | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||
| Less (a) | ||||||||||||||||
| Segment other operating expenses (b) | ||||||||||||||||
| Segment operating income (loss) | $ | ( | ) | $ | $ | ( | ) | $ | ( | ) | ||||||
(a) The significant expense categories and amounts align with the segment-level information that is regularly provided to the chief operating decision maker.
(b) Segment other operating expense includes cost of sales, research and development expense, selling general, and administrative expense, amortization of acquisition related intangibles, and gain/loss on contingent consideration.
Unallocated corporate expenses consist of a loss on contingent consideration of $
The reconciliation of segment operating income (loss) to consolidated income (loss) before income taxes for the fiscal years ended March 31, 2026, 2025, and 2024 is as follows (in thousands):
| Fiscal Years Ended March 31, | ||||||||||||
| 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | ||||||||||
| Operating income (loss): | $ | $ | ( | ) | $ | ( | ) | |||||
| Interest income, net | ||||||||||||
| Other expense | ( | ) | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||||
| Income (loss) before taxes | $ | $ | $ | ( | ) | |||||||
Depreciation and amortization expense by segment for the years ended March 31, 2026, 2025, and 2024 is as follows (in thousands):
| Fiscal Years Ended March 31, | ||||||||||||
| 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | ||||||||||
| Grid | $ | $ | $ | |||||||||
| Wind | ||||||||||||
| Total | $ | $ | $ | |||||||||
Total assets for the two business segments as of March 31, 2026 and March 31, 2025 are as follows (in thousands):
| March 31, 2026 | March 31, 2025 | |||||||
| Grid | $ | $ | ||||||
| Wind | ||||||||
| Corporate assets | ||||||||
| Total | $ | $ | ||||||
The accounting policies of the business segments are the same as those for the consolidated Company. The Company’s business segments have been determined in accordance with the Company’s internal management structure, which is organized based on operating activities. The Company evaluates performance based upon several factors, of which the primary financial measures are segment revenues and segment operating loss. The disaggregated financial results of the segments reflect allocation of certain functional expense categories consistent with the basis and manner in which Company management internally disaggregates financial information for the purpose of assisting in making internal operating decisions.
Geographic information about property, plant and equipment associated with particular regions is as follows (in thousands):
| March 31, | ||||||||
| 2026 | 2025 | |||||||
| North America | $ | $ | ||||||
| Europe | ||||||||
| Asia Pacific | ||||||||
| South America | ||||||||
| Total | $ | $ | ||||||
21. Recent Accounting Pronouncements
In December 2023, the FASB issued ASU 2023-09, Income Taxes (Topic 740): Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures. The amendments in ASU 2023-09 address investor requests for more transparency about income tax information through improvements to income tax disclosures primarily related to the rate reconciliation and income taxes paid information. Following the release of ASU 2023-09 in December 2023, the effective date will be annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2024. As of March 31, 2025, the Company has adopted ASU 2023-09 and made the required disclosures, and noted no other material impact on its consolidated financial statements.
In March 2024, the FASB issued ASU 2024-02, Codification Improvements—Amendments to Remove References to the Concepts Statements. The amendments in ASU 2024-02 contain amendments to the Codification that remove references to various FASB Concepts Statements. Following the release of ASU 2024-02 in March 2024, the effective date will be annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2024. As of March 31, 2026, the Company has adopted ASU 2024-02 and noted no other material impact on its consolidated financial statements.
In November 2024, the FASB issued ASU 2024-03, Income Statement—Reporting Comprehensive Income—Expense Disaggregation Disclosures. The amendments in ASU 2024-03 address investor requests for more disclosure of disaggregated financial reporting information about expenses presented in the income statement. Following the release of ASU 2024-03 in November 2024, the effective date will be annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2026. The Company is evaluating the impact on its consolidated financial statements.
In July 2025, the FASB issued ASU 2025-05, Financial Instruments—Credit Losses. The amendments in ASU 2025-05 contain updates to how entities are permitted to estimate expected credit losses for accounts receivable and contract assets. Following the release of ASU 2025-05 in July 2024, the effective date will be annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2025. As of April 1, 2025, the Company early adopted ASU 2025-05 and noted no material impact on its consolidated financial statements.
In November 2025, the FASB issued ASU 2025-08, Financial Instruments — Credit Losses: Purchased Loans. The amendments in ASU 2025-08 requires that loans acquired without credit deterioration and deemed “seasoned” will be considered purchased seasoned loans and accounted for using the gross-up approach at acquisition. Following the release of ASU 2025-08 in November 2025, the effective date will be annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2026. As of April 1, 2025, the Company early adopted ASU2025-08 and noted no material impact on its consolidated financial statements.
22. Subsequent Events
The Company has performed an evaluation of subsequent events through the time of filing this Annual Report on Form 10-K with the SEC, On May 15, 2026, pursuant to the terms of the Stock Exchange Agreement, Comtrafo purchased a certain real estate asset from the selling stockholders that Comtrafo was leasing and using for administrative and manufacturing operations for
| CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE |
None.
| CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES |
Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
Our management, with the participation of our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, evaluated the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures as of March 31, 2026. The term “disclosure controls and procedures,” as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act, means controls and other procedures of a company that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by a company in the reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported, within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms. Disclosure controls and procedures include, without limitation, controls and procedures designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by a company in the reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to the company’s management, including its principal executive and principal financial officers, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. Management recognizes that any controls and procedures, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable assurance of achieving their objectives and management necessarily applies its judgment in evaluating the cost-benefit relationship of possible controls and procedures.
In making this evaluation, our management considered the material weakness in our internal control over financial reporting described below. Based on such evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer have concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were not effective at the reasonable assurance level as of March 31, 2026, due to the material weakness in our internal control over financial reporting.
Material Weakness
A material weakness is a deficiency, or a combination of deficiencies, in internal control over financial reporting such that there is a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement of the annual or interim financial statements will not be prevented or detected on a timely basis. During the fourth quarter of fiscal 2025, in connection with the preparation of our financial statements for this Annual Report on Form 10-K, management identified the following material weakness: We did not maintain effective internal controls over preparation and review of the initial purchase accounting and the continuing fair value accounting associated with the Comtrafo Acquisition to ensure the accurate and timely reporting of our financial results related to this acquisition. Specifically, errors went undetected in amounts initially recorded to the opening balance sheet due to controls not operating at the appropriate level of precision during management's review process which could have led to a reasonable possibility of material misstatement to account balances or disclosures.
Notwithstanding the material weakness, we believe that our financial statements contained in this Annual Report on Form 10-K fairly present our financial position, results of operations and cash flows for the periods covered by this report in all material respects.
Our management, with the oversight of our audit committee, has initiated steps and plans to take additional measures to remediate the underlying causes of the material weakness, which we currently believe will be primarily through the development and implementation of new levels of precision of management review controls around business acquisitions.
Management’s Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting
Management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over our financial reporting. Internal control over financial reporting is defined in Rules 13a–15(f) and 15d–15(f) under the Exchange Act as a process designed by, or under the supervision of, a company’s chief executive officer and chief financial officer, and effected by the board of directors, management and other personnel, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and includes those policies and procedures that:
(1) Pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of assets;
(2) Provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors; and
(3) Provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition of assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.
Under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, an evaluation was conducted of the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting as of March 31, 2026 based on the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission’s Internal Control – Integrated Framework (2013 Edition). Based on this evaluation, management concluded that our internal control over financial reporting was not effective as of March 31, 2026, due to the material weakness described above. Our evaluation excluded the acquisition of Comtrafo Indústria de Transformadores Elétricos S.A. (referred to as “Comtrafo”), which was acquired on December 5, 2025. Our Consolidated Statement of Operations for the year ended March 31, 2026, included net loss of approximately $3.2 million and our Consolidated Balance Sheet as of March 31, 2026, included total assets of approximately $249.5 million attributable to the Comtrafo acquisition. In accordance with guidance issued by the Securities and Exchange Commission, companies are allowed to exclude acquisitions from their assessment of internal control over financial reporting during the first year subsequent to the acquisition while integrating the acquired operations.
The effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting as of March 31, 2026 has been audited by RSM US LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm, as stated in their report which is included herein.
Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting
During the fiscal year ended March 31, 2026, we completed the process of incorporating the internal controls of NWL into our internal control over financial reporting and extending our Section 404 compliance program under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and the applicable rules and regulations under such act to include the NWL Acquisition. Other than the foregoing, there were no changes to our internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Exchange Act) during the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2026 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
To the Stockholders and the Board of Directors of American Superconductor Corporation
Opinion on the Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
We have audited American Superconductor Corporation's (the Company) internal control over financial reporting as of March 31, 2026, based on criteria established in Internal Control — Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission in 2013. In our opinion, because of the effect of the material weakness described below on the achievement of the objectives of the control criteria, the Company has not maintained effective internal control over financial reporting as of March 31, 2026, based on criteria established in Internal Control — Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission in 2013.
We have also audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB), the consolidated financial statements of the Company and our report dated May 27, 2026, expressed an unqualified opinion.
A material weakness is a deficiency, or a combination of deficiencies, in internal control over financial reporting, such that there is a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement of the company's annual or interim financial statements will not be prevented or detected on a timely basis. The following material weakness has been identified and included in management's assessment. The Company did not maintain effective internal controls over the preparation and review of the initial purchase accounting and the continuing fair value accounting associated with the Comtrafo Indústria de Transformadores Elétricos S.A. ("Comtrafo") acquisition to ensure the accurate and timely reporting of the Company’s financial results related to this acquisition due to controls over the acquisition not operating at the appropriate level of precision. This material weakness was considered in determining the nature, timing and extent of audit tests applied in our audit of the fiscal 2025 financial statements, and this report does not affect our report dated May 27, 2026, on those financial statements.
As described in Management’s Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting, management has excluded Comtrafo from its assessment of internal control over financial reporting as of March 31, 2026, because it was acquired by the Company in a business combination in fiscal 2025. We have also excluded Comtrafo from our audit of internal control over financial reporting as of March 31, 2026. Comtrafo is a wholly owned subsidiary which contributed a loss of $3.2 million to the consolidated statement of operations for the year-ended March 31, 2026 and $249.5 million of total assets attributable to the consolidated balance sheet as of March 31, 2026.
Basis for Opinion
The Company’s management is responsible for maintaining effective internal control over financial reporting and for its assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting in the accompanying Management’s Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company’s internal control over financial reporting based on our audit. We are a public accounting firm registered with the PCAOB and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.
We conducted our audit in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether effective internal control over financial reporting was maintained in all material respects. Our audit included obtaining an understanding of internal control over financial reporting, assessing the risk that a material weakness exists, and testing and evaluating the design and operating effectiveness of internal control based on the assessed risk. Our audit also included performing such other procedures as we considered necessary in the circumstances. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.
Definition and Limitations of Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
A company's internal control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. A company's internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that (1) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the company; (2) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the company are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the company; and (3) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition of the company's assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.
Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.
/s/ RSM US LLP
Boston, Massachusetts
May 27, 2026
| OTHER INFORMATION |
(a) None.
(b) During the three months ended March 31, 2026, director or officer of the Company adopted or terminated a "Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangement" or "non Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangement," as each term is defined in Item 408(a) of Regulation S-K, except for the following:
On ,
| DISCLOSURE REGARDING FOREIGN JURISDICTIONS THAT PREVENT INSPECTIONS |
Not applicable.
| DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE |
The response to this item is contained in part under the caption “Executive Officers” in Part I of this Annual Report on Form -K, and in part in our Proxy Statement for the Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be held in 2026 (the “2026 Proxy Statement”) in the section “Corporate Governance" which is incorporated herein by reference.
| EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION |
The section of the Proxy Statement titled “Information About Executive and Director Compensation,” is incorporated herein by reference.
| SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS |
The sections of the 2026 Proxy Statement titled “Stock Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management” and “Information about Executive Officer and Director Compensation — Securities Authorized for Issuance Under our Equity Compensation Plans” are incorporated herein by reference.
| CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS, AND DIRECTOR INDEPENDENCE |
The sections of the 2026 Proxy Statement titled “Certain Relationships and Related Transactions” and “Corporate Governance — Board Determination of Independence” and “Corporate Governance — Board Committees” are incorporated herein by reference.
| PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT FEES AND SERVICES |
Our independent registered public accounting firm is
The section of the 2026 Proxy Statement titled “Ratification of Selection of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm” is incorporated herein by reference.
| EXHIBITS AND FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES |
(a) Document filed as part of this Annual Report on Form 10-K:
1. Financial Statements
The following financial statements of American Superconductor Corporation, supplemental information and report of independent registered public accounting firm required by this item are included in Item 8, “Financial Statements and Supplementary Data,” in this Form 10-K:
| Consolidated Statements of Operations for the fiscal years ended March 31, 2026, 2025 and 2024 |
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| Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the fiscal years ended March 31, 2026, 2025 and 2024 |
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2. Financial Statement Schedules
See "Schedule II —Valuation and Qualifying Accounts” for the fiscal years ended March 31, 2026, 2025 and 2024. All other schedules are omitted because they are not applicable, not required or the required information is shown in the consolidated financial statements or notes thereto.
3. Exhibits Required by Item 601 of Regulation S-K under the Exchange Act.
See (b) Exhibits.
(b) Exhibits
The list of Exhibits filed as a part of this Annual Report on Form 10-K is set forth on the Exhibit Index immediately following Item 16, “Form 10-K Summary”, and is incorporated herein by reference.
American Superconductor Corporation
Schedule II — Valuation and Qualifying Accounts
(In thousands)
| Balance, Beginning of Year |
Additions |
Write-offs |
Recoveries and Other Adjustments |
Balance, End of Year |
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| Allowance for doubtful accounts receivable: |
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| Fiscal year ended March 31, 2026 |
$ | 64 | 132 | (62 | ) | (2 | ) | $ | 132 | |||||||||||
| Fiscal year ended March 31, 2025 |
$ | — | 803 | (138 | ) | (601 | ) | $ | 64 | |||||||||||
| Fiscal year ended March 31, 2024 |
$ | — | — | — | — | $ | — | |||||||||||||
| Balance, Beginning of Year |
Additions |
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Recoveries and Other Adjustments |
Balance, End of Year |
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| Fiscal year ended March 31, 2026 |
$ | 171,726 | 6 | (8,361 | ) | (118,365 | ) | $ | 45,005 | |||||||||||
| Fiscal year ended March 31, 2025 |
$ | 176,994 | — | (5,265 | ) | (3 | ) | $ | 171,726 | |||||||||||
| Fiscal year ended March 31, 2024 |
$ | 183,433 | — | (6,440 | ) | — | $ | 176,994 | ||||||||||||
None.
EXHIBIT INDEX
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Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant, as amended. |
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S-3 |
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3.1 |
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9/13/2013 |
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3.1 |
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8-K |
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000-19672 |
3.1 |
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2/5/2025 |
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S-3 |
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333-276766 |
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10-Q |
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000-19672 |
10.2 |
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Form of Non-statutory Stock Option Agreement Under Amended and Restated 2007 Director Stock Plan. |
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8-K |
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000-19672 |
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10.7 |
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8/7/2007 |
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| 10.3+ | 2022 Stock Incentive Plan, as Amended and Restated. | 8-K | 000-19672 | 10.1 | 8/5/2024 | |||||||
| 10.4+ | Form of Time-Based Restricted Stock Agreement Under 2022 Stock Incentive Plan. | 8-K | 000-19672 | 10.2 | 8/5/2022 | |||||||
| 10.5+ | Form of Performance-Based Restricted Stock Agreement Under 2022 Stock Incentive Plan. | 8-K | 000-19672 | 10.3 | 8/5/2022 | |||||||
| 10.6+ | Form of Option Agreement Under 2022 Stock Incentive Plan. | 8-K | 000-19672 | 10.4 | 8/5/2022 | |||||||
| 10.7+ | Fiscal 2025 Executive Incentive Plan | 8-K |
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10-K/A |
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333-43647 |
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10.11 |
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6/7/2018 |
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8-K |
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000-19672 |
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10.2 |
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5/24/2011 |
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8-K |
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000-19672 |
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10.1 |
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10-Q |
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10.1 |
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Management contract or compensatory plan or arrangement required to be filed as an Exhibit to this Form 10-K. |
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Filed herewith. |
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Portions of the exhibit, marked by ***, have been omitted because the omitted information (i) is not material and (ii) is treated as confidential by the Company. |
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The annexes, schedules, and certain exhibits to this Exhibit have been omitted pursuant to Item 601(a)(5)(b)(2) of Regulation S-K. The Registrant hereby agrees to furnish supplementally a copy of any omitted annex, schedule or exhibit to the SEC upon request. |
| ** |
Furnished herewith. |
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
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/S/ Daniel P. McGahn |
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Daniel P. McGahn Chairman of the Board, President, and Chief Executive Officer |
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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
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Exhibit 21.1
Subsidiaries
AMSC Australia Pty Ltd (*) – incorporated in Australia
AMSC Husky LLC (*) - formed in Connecticut
AMSC India Private Limited (*) – incorporated in India
AMSC Austria GmbH (*) – incorporated in Austria
AMSC United Kingdom Limited (*) – incorporated in the United Kingdom
ASC Securities Corp. (*) – incorporated in Massachusetts
Infinia Technology Corporation (*) - incorporated in Delaware
American Superconductor Korea Co., Ltd. (*) – incorporated in South Korea
American Superconductor Romania S.R.L. (*) – incorporated in Romania
Neeltran, Inc. (*) - incorporated in Connecticut
Northeast Power Realty, LLC (*) – formed in New York
Northeast Power Systems, Inc. (*) – incorporated in New York
Megatran Industries Inc. (*) – incorporated in New Jersey
NWL Inc. (wholly-owned subsidiary of Megatran Industries Inc.) – incorporated in New Jersey
Hunter Industries Inc. (wholly-owned subsidiary of Megatran Industries Inc.) – incorporated in New Jersey
NWL Europe Sp. z o.o. (wholly-owned subsidiary of Megatran Industries Inc.) – incorporated in Poland
NWL Pacific, inc. – incorporated in South Korea (50% minority interest owned by Megatran Industries Inc)
Mardin Participações Ltda. (*) – incorporated in Brazil
Comtrafo Indústria de Transformadores Elétricos S.A. (wholly-owned subsidiary of Mardin Participações Ltda.) – incorporated in Brazil
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Wholly owned subsidiary of American Superconductor Corporation |
Exhibit 23.1
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statements on Forms S-3 (No. 333-276766 and 333-281496) and on Forms S-8 (No.333-145685, 333-170286, 333-183075, 333-197971, 333-213850, 333-233531, 333-266727, 333-266728 and 333-281826) of American Superconductor Corporation of our reports dated May 27, 2026, relating to the consolidated financial statements, the financial statement schedules, and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting of American Superconductor Corporation and its subsidiaries, appearing in this Annual Report on Form 10-K of American Superconductor Corporation for the year ended March 31, 2026.
/s/ RSM US LLP
Boston, Massachusetts
May 27, 2026
Exhibit 31.1
AMERICAN SUPERCONDUCTOR CORPORATION
CERTIFICATIONS
I, Daniel P. McGahn, certify that:
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I have reviewed this Annual Report on Form 10-K of American Superconductor Corporation; |
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Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report; |
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Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report; |
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The registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have: |
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Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared; |
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Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles; |
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Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and |
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Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and |
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The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions): |
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All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and |
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Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting. |
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May 27, 2026 |
By: |
/s/ Daniel P. McGahn |
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Daniel P. McGahn |
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Chief Executive Officer |
Exhibit 31.2
AMERICAN SUPERCONDUCTOR CORPORATION
CERTIFICATIONS
I, John W. Kosiba, Jr., certify that:
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I have reviewed this Annual Report on Form 10-K of American Superconductor Corporation; |
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Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report; |
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Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report; |
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The registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have: |
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Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared; |
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Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles; |
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Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and |
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Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and |
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The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions): |
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All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and |
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Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting. |
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Date: |
May 27, 2026 |
By: |
/s/ John W. Kosiba, Jr. |
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John W. Kosiba, Jr. |
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Chief Financial Officer |
Exhibit 32.1
AMERICAN SUPERCONDUCTOR CORPORATION
CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
In connection with the Annual Report on Form 10-K of American Superconductor Corporation (the “Company”) for the period ended March 31, 2026 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), the undersigned, Daniel P. McGahn, Chief Executive Officer of the Company, hereby certifies, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that, to my knowledge:
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The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and |
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The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company. |
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Date: |
May 27, 2026 |
By: |
/s/ Daniel P. McGahn |
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Daniel P. McGahn |
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Chief Executive Officer |
Exhibit 32.2
AMERICAN SUPERCONDUCTOR CORPORATION
CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
In connection with the Annual Report on Form 10-K of American Superconductor Corporation (the “Company”) for the period ended March 31, 2026 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), the undersigned, John W. Kosiba, Jr., Chief Financial Officer of the Company, hereby certifies, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that, to my knowledge:
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The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and |
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The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company. |
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Date: |
May 27, 2026 |
By: |
/s/ John W. Kosiba, Jr. |
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John W. Kosiba, Jr. |
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Chief Financial Officer |