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SES AI Corp SES

· Technology · Miscellaneous Electrical Machinery, Equipment & Supplies

FY2025 10-K, filed 2026-03-04
SEC EDGAR

Filing evidence summary

Mixed evidenceCoverage 4/5 core metrics

Latest reported free cash flow was -$61M.

Backward-looking filed evidence under visible rules - not a rating, forecast or investment advice. Missing data is never scored.

Evidence signals

  • Free cash flow was negative

    Latest reported free cash flow was -$61M.

    Why this surfaced

    Free cash flow = operating cash flow minus capital expenditures; positive is supporting evidence, not a valuation conclusion. Period end 2025-12-31.

  • 4 filing risk checks flagged

    Flagged areas: Earnings quality, Solvency & liquidity, Dilution.

    Why this surfaced

    The full financial analysis shows each value, threshold, and sector limitation.

  • Revenue expanded

    Latest reported annual revenue changed +929.4% from the prior reported annual observation.

    Why this surfaced

    Direction threshold: above +2% constructive; below -2% caution; otherwise monitor. This is not labeled one-year growth when filing periods have a gap. Period end 2025-12-31.

  • Operating margin improved

    Operating margin changed +4961.9 percentage points from the prior annual period.

    Why this surfaced

    Direction threshold: more than +1 percentage point constructive; below -1 point caution. Period end 2025-12-31.

Core trend metrics

Latest annual revenue growth
+929.4%
as of 2025-12-31
Latest annual operating margin
-393.4%
as of 2025-12-31
Free cash flow
-$61M
as of 2025-12-31
ROIC snapshot
-34.9%
period varies

Hover a tile for its exact definition; the Statements tab carries per-cell filing citations.

Where to look next

Risk checks

4of 9 rule-based checks flagged
  • Earnings quality
  • Solvency & liquidity
  • Dilution

Financial movement

  • Cash→ flat
  • Long-term debt→ flat
  • Inventory→ flat
  • Receivables→ flat
  • Current assets→ flat

Source & freshness

Source
SEC EDGAR XBRL
Fetched
2026-09-06
Latest period end
2025-12-31
Filings
EDGAR ↗

Reported segment mix

figures as filed · share of the filed sum · change vs the prior period in the same filing
Fiscal year ending 2025-12-3110-K filed 2026-03-04prior period 2024-12-31 from the same filingView filing
By product or service
Revenue
  • Service$13.6M
    64.7%
    +607.4% yoy
  • Product$7.42M
    35.3%
    +6081.7% yoy

Members sum to the consolidated $21M for this period.

Latest quarter
Quarter ending 2026-03-3110-Q filed 2026-04-24prior period 2025-03-31 from the same filingView filing
  • Product$6.45M
    96.0%
    +80462.5% yoy
  • Service$266K
    4.0%
    -95.4% yoy

Change is against the same quarter a year earlier, as reported in the same 10-Q.

Source: SEC DERA Financial Statement and Notes data sets. Dimensional XBRL facts on the business-segment, product/service and geographic axes; the engine keeps the accession of every figure. Descriptive and educational, not advice.

Peer percentiles

latest fiscal year ending 2025-12-31 · among 4,122 US-listed filers · 817 in Technology
MetricValuevs all filersvs sector
Revenue
latest fiscal-year revenue as filed
$21M
16thof 3,301
bottom third
13thof 778
bottom third
Revenue growth
latest fiscal-year revenue vs the prior fiscal year
929.4%
99thof 3,135
top third
99thof 743
top third
Gross margin
gross profit ÷ revenue
53.8%
69thof 1,603
top third
61stof 555
middle third
Operating margin
operating income ÷ revenue
-393.4%
10thof 2,819
bottom third
6thof 752
bottom third
Net margin
net income ÷ revenue
-347.8%
9thof 3,263
bottom third
6thof 770
bottom third
Free-cash-flow margin
(operating cash flow − |capex|) ÷ revenue
-291.5%
8thof 2,679
bottom third
5thof 701
bottom third
Return on equity
net income ÷ stockholders' equity (positive equity only)
-34.0%
23rdof 3,577
bottom third
19thof 720
bottom third
Stock comp ÷ revenue
stock-based compensation ÷ revenue · lower is ranked higher
52.2%
9thof 2,895
bottom third
6thof 729
bottom third
Days sales outstanding
receivables ÷ revenue × 365 · lower is ranked higher
83 days
17thof 2,398
bottom third
25thof 712
bottom third
Cash-flow accrual ratio
(net income − operating cash flow) ÷ average total assets · lower is ranked higher
-4.9%
52ndof 3,577
middle third
37thof 722
middle third
Balance-sheet accrual ratio
change in net operating assets ÷ average net operating assets · lower is ranked higher
21.3%
27thof 3,059
bottom third
27thof 634
bottom third

Each filer's latest fiscal year as stored by the nightly crawl; fiscal year ends differ across the universe. A metric ranks only filers for which it is computable from filed facts. Ties split; a rank reads "better than N% of filers" in the metric's own direction. Descriptive and educational, not a rating.

Earnings quality

latest fiscal year ending 2025-12-31 · accruals and cash conversion as filed
Cash conversion
-
operating cash flow ÷ net income, latest fiscal year
Cash-flow accrual ratio
-4.9%
(net income − operating cash flow) ÷ average total assets
Balance-sheet accrual ratio
21.3%
change in net operating assets ÷ average net operating assets
Cash-backed years
4 of 5
fiscal years where operating cash flow met or exceeded net income
Mean cash conversion
-
across the stored fiscal years with positive net income

Per fiscal year from filed facts: cash conversion = operating cash flow / net income (net income > 0); cash-flow accrual ratio = (net income - operating cash flow) / average total assets; balance-sheet accrual ratio = change in net operating assets / average net operating assets, NOA = (assets - cash) - (liabilities - debt). Descriptive; a missing input yields a missing ratio. High accrual ratios and cash conversion well below one are the measures the accruals literature associates with less persistent earnings; they are screens to read the cash-flow statement with, not conclusions. The per-year series is part of Pro risk analysis.

Point-in-time ledger

first-reported vs latest filing · periods since 2020-01-01 · 14 changed periods
Line itemPeriodFirst reportedLatest filingChangeFilings
Stockholders' equity
StockholdersEquity
balance at 2020-12-31-$7.82K
10-Q 2021-06-14
-$62.1M
10-Q 2022-11-14
-793519.7%first · latest · 9 filings carry it
Cash
CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue
balance at 2021-12-31$117K
10-K 2022-03-31
$160M
10-K 2023-03-16
+136747.1%first · latest · 5 filings carry it
Stockholders' equity
StockholdersEquity
balance at 2021-06-30$5M
10-Q 2021-08-23
-$72M
10-Q 2022-11-14
-1540.7%first · latest · 6 filings carry it
Stockholders' equity
StockholdersEquity
balance at 2021-03-31$5M
10-Q 2021-06-14
-$65.6M
10-Q 2022-11-14
-1412.1%first · latest · 8 filings carry it
Operating cash flow
NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities
fiscal year 2021-12-31-$2.3M
10-K 2022-03-31
-$30M
10-K 2024-02-27
-1205.1%first · latest · 3 filings carry it
Net income
NetIncomeLoss
quarter 2021-09-30$3.37M
10-Q 2021-11-15
-$10.6M
10-Q 2022-11-14
-414.9%first · latest · 4 filings carry it
Net income
NetIncomeLoss
quarter 2021-03-31$1.53M
10-Q 2021-06-14
-$3.6M
10-Q 2022-11-14
-335.3%first · latest · 8 filings carry it
Net income
NetIncomeLoss
fiscal year 2021-12-31-$11.5M
10-K 2022-03-31
-$31.3M
10-K 2024-02-27
-170.8%first · latest · 3 filings carry it
Operating cash flow
NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities
quarter 2021-03-31-$1.34M
10-Q 2021-06-14
-$3.14M
10-Q 2022-05-13
-134.8%first · latest
Stockholders' equity
StockholdersEquity
balance at 2021-09-30-$35.2M
10-Q 2021-11-15
-$79.9M
10-Q 2022-11-14
-127.2%first · latest · 4 filings carry it
Stockholders' equity
StockholdersEquity
balance at 2021-12-31-$41.1M
10-K 2022-03-31
-$88.3M
10-K 2023-03-16
-114.7%first · latest · 5 filings carry it
Total liabilities
Liabilities
balance at 2021-12-31$41.9M
10-K 2022-03-31
$11.7M
10-K 2023-03-16
-72.0%first · latest · 5 filings carry it
Net income
NetIncomeLoss
quarter 2021-06-30-$10.4M
10-Q 2021-08-23
-$6.79M
10-Q 2022-11-14
+35.0%first · latest · 6 filings carry it
Total assets
Assets
balance at 2021-12-31$277M
10-K 2022-03-31
$193M
10-K 2023-03-16
-30.1%first · latest · 5 filings carry it

First filing reporting each period vs the latest filing carrying it (10-K and 10-Q only, periods since 2020, the extractor's winning tag per concept); a change under 0.5% is treated as rounding. A change can be a restatement, a reclassification or a re-tagging in a later comparative column; the two filings are linked so the reader can see which. Descriptive, not a verdict.

Notes by disclosure type

debt, leases, revenue, segments, contingencies, taxes and more · the filer's own words
Latest quarterly report10-Q FY2026 Q1 · filed 20260424View filing
Commitments and contingencies · 2,320 characters as filed

Note 10. Commitments and Contingencies Commitments Under the terms of one of the JDAs entered into in 2021, and amended in March 2024, the Company is committed to undertake certain research and development activities to the benefit of both itself and its OEM Partner which involves expenditures related to engineering efforts and purchases of related equipment. The JDA has an agreed-upon commitment value of up to $35 million. As of March 31, 2026, the Company has a remaining commitment to spend up to $7.3 million. Legal Contingencies From time-to-time, the Company may be subject to claims arising in the ordinary course of business or become involved in litigation or other legal proceedings. While the outcome of such claims or other proceedings cannot be predicted with certainty, the Companys management expects that any such liabilities, to the extent not provided for by insurance or otherwise, would not have a material effect on the Companys financial condition, results of operations or cash flows. Indemnifications The Company enters into indemnification provisions under agreements with other companies in the ordinary course of business, including, but not limited to, partnerships, landlords, vendors, and contractors. Pursuant to these arrangements, the Company agrees to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless the indemnified party for certain losses suffered or incurred by the indemnified party as a result of the Companys activities. The maximum potential amount of future payment

CommitmentsAndContingenciesDisclosureTextBlock · excerpt; the full note is in the filing

Revenue disaggregation · 191 characters as filed

Three Months Ended March 31, (in thousands) 2026 2025 Revenue from customers: Product revenue $ 6,445 $ 8 Service revenue 266 5,785 Total $ 6,711 $ 5,793

DisaggregationOfRevenueTableTextBlock · excerpt; the full note is in the filing

Income taxes · 637 characters as filed

Note 11. Income Taxes The Companys effective tax rate for the three months ended March 31, 2026 was (2.6)% compared with 0.0% for the three months ended March 31, 2025. The difference between the provision for income taxes and the income tax determined by applying the statutory federal income tax rate of 21% principally results from income taxes on earnings from its foreign tax jurisdictions offset by losses generated in the U.S. where no benefit was recorded because the Company had fully reserved its deferred tax assets as of March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025 and the recording of uncertain tax positions and interest expense.

IncomeTaxDisclosureTextBlock · excerpt; the full note is in the filing

New accounting pronouncements · 2,426 characters as filed

Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements In November 2024, the FASB issued ASU No. 2024-03, Disaggregation of Income Statement Expenses , which requires more detailed information about the types of expenses included in certain expense captions presented on the consolidated statements of operations. Additionally, this amendment requires the disclosure of a qualitative description of the amounts remaining in relevant expense captions that are not separately disaggregated quantitatively and the disclosure of the total amount of selling expenses. The new standard is effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2026, and interim periods within fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2027. We are currently evaluating the impact of adoption on our consolidated financial statements . In July 2025, the FASB issued ASU 2025-05, Financial InstrumentsCredit Losses (Topic 326): Measurement of Credit Losses for Accounts Receivable and Contract Assets, which allows for a practical expedient election to assume that current conditions as of the balance sheet date do not change for the remaining life of the asset in the development of a reasonable and supportable forecast as part of estimating expected credit losses. The new standard is effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2025, with early adoption permitted. The Company noted no material impact from the adoption of this standard on our consolidated financial statements. In September 2025, the FASB issued A

NewAccountingPronouncementsPolicyPolicyTextBlock · excerpt; the full note is in the filing

Revenue recognition · 2,681 characters as filed

Note 4. Revenue We disaggregate our revenue from customers by the type of arrangement, primarily from the sale of battery products and from providing research and development services, as this depicts how the nature, amount, timing, and cash flows are affected by economic factors. The following table summarizes the Companys disaggregated revenue: Three Months Ended March 31, (in thousands) 2026 2025 Revenue from customers: Product revenue $ 6,445 $ 8 Service revenue 266 5,785 Total $ 6,711 $ 5,793 Remaining Performance Obligations We have performance obligations associated with commitments in customer contracts for future services that have not yet been recognized as revenue. As of March 31, 2026, the aggregate amount of the transaction price allocated to the remaining performance obligations related to customer contracts that were unsatisfied or partially unsatisfied, was not material. This amount does not include contracts to which the customer is not committed. The estimated timing of the recognition of remaining unsatisfied performance obligations is subject to change and is affected by changes to scope, changes in timing of delivery of products and services, or contract modifications. Contract Assets The Company records accounts receivable when the right to consideration is unconditional, subject only to the passage of time. Contract assets primarily relate to unbilled service revenue. The Company does not have the right to bill and collect revenue for certain performanc

RevenueFromContractWithCustomerTextBlock · excerpt; the full note is in the filing

Segment reporting · 2,635 characters as filed

Note 13. Segment and Geographic Information Operating Segments Operating segments are defined as components of an entity for which separate financial information is available and that is regularly reviewed by the Chief Operating Decision Maker (CODM) in deciding how to allocate resources to an individual segment and in assessing performance. The Companys CODM is its Chief Executive Officer . The Company has determined that it operates in one operating and reportable segment, as the CODM reviews financial information presented on a consolidated basis for purposes of making operating decisions, allocating resources, and evaluating financial performance. The CODM uses net income (loss) as the measure of financial performance and for resource allocation decisions. When evaluating the Companys performance and making key decisions regarding resource allocation, the CODM reviews revenue and significant expenses included in the net income (loss). In addition, the CODM reviews and monitors operating expenses and cash forecasts to ensure that enough capital is available for operations. Significant Expenses The Company concluded it operates as one operating and reportable segment based on the information regularly reviewed by the CODM for decision making, resource allocation, and evaluating financial performance. The information included is categorized into different significant expense lines such as compensation and benefits, lab and equipment, professional services, general and admini

SegmentReportingDisclosureTextBlock · excerpt; the full note is in the filing

Significant accounting policies · 10,294 characters as filed

Note 2. Basis of Presentation and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies Basis of Presentation The accompanying unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the U.S. (U.S. GAAP) and regulations of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for interim financial reporting . Management believes that all adjustments necessary for the fair presentation of results, consisting of normally recurring items, have been included in the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements for the interim periods presented. The results of operations for the three months ended March 31, 2026 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the full year or any other future interim or annual periods. All intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation. The Companys fiscal year ends on December 31. The year-end balance sheet data was derived from audited consolidated financial statements. These unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements do not include all of the annual disclosures required by U.S. GAAP; accordingly, they should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes as of and for the year ended December 31, 2025 included in the Companys Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on March 4, 2026. Use of estimates T

SignificantAccountingPoliciesTextBlock · excerpt; the full note is in the filing

Source: SEC DERA Financial Statement and Notes data sets (txt.tsv), excerpts of the filer's own note text; the full note is in the linked filing. Excerpts are the first part of each note exactly as tagged in the filing; open the filing for the full text and the tables. Descriptive and educational, not advice.

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