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$5.80 +0.04 (+0.69%) At close · Aug 14
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Earnings call · FY2025 Q4

Evolv Technologies Holdings, Inc. Q4 FY2025 Earnings Call

Evolv Technologies Holdings, Inc. Q4 FY2025 Earnings Call

Concluded Mar 10, 2026
Mar 10, 2026 32 turns
Period
FY2025 Q4
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Executive readout · one minute

What matters this quarter

Evolv Technology reported Q4 2025 revenue of $38.5 million, up 32% year-over-year, and full-year revenue of $145.9 million, up 40% year-over-year, alongside a fifth consecutive quarter of positive adjusted EBITDA, and raised its 2026 outlook.

ARR and Recurring Revenue Growth 62 Customer Base and Adoption 19 Cash Flow and Balance Sheet 16 Product Platforms (Express Gen2, eXpedite) 15 Adjusted EBITDA and Margin Expansion 14 AI / Generative AI Positioning 10

Management tone

Confident

Net tone +62 · low hedging

Grounding quotes
  • “We ended 2025 with annual recurring revenue, or ARR, of $120.5 million, reflecting growth of 21% year-over-year. As we will discuss in more detail momentarily, we expect this rate of growth to accelerate in 2026”
  • “We reported our fifth consecutive quarter of positive adjusted EBITDA with adjusted EBITDA margin of 4.7% in Q4 and 7.6% for the full year.”
  • “We're encouraged by what we're seeing inside the market and the security environment overall, and we are investing to capture that growth, and that's reflected in us raising guidance here as we look into 2026.”
  • “Overall, we're building a very strong business.”

Forward guidance

2 guided metrics

Management's latest ranges and targets are included below.

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Revenue · derived Q4 $38.50M +32.3% YoY
Gross margin · derived Q4 48.4% -9.1 pp YoY
Net income · derived Q4 $10.88M

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Key takeaways

What improved, and what deserves a closer read.

Constructive signals

  • Q4 2025 revenue of $38.5 million, up 32% year-over-year, and full-year revenue of $145.9 million, up 40% year-over-year
  • Ending ARR of $120.5 million, up 21% year-over-year, with management expecting the growth rate to accelerate in 2026
  • Fifth consecutive quarter of positive adjusted EBITDA; full-year adjusted EBITDA of $11.1 million vs. a loss of $21 million in 2024, a $32 million improvement
  • Q4 2025 ending cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities of $69.0 million, up $12.8 million sequentially
  • RPO increased 13% year-over-year to $293.4 million; added over 60 new customers in Q4, bringing total to over 1,200
  • Company raised its 2026 outlook

Risks & pressure points

  • Full-year 2025 net loss of $33.1 million, though an improvement from a $54.0 million loss in 2024
  • Full-year adjusted loss per diluted share of $(0.10), with adjusted loss of $16.8 million
  • CFO indicated 2026 cash flow may be 'slightly down or cash flow neutral' relative to 2025, with an incremental ~$7 million in Q1 prior-year incentive payments
  • Headcount is approximately flat year-over-year despite a Q1 reduction in force, as spending shifts from contractors to in-house roles

Forward guidance

From the 8-K filed Mar 10, 2026.

Metric Guided
Total revenues
2026
$172M – $178M
Ending ARR at 12/31/26
2026
$145M – $150M
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