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SEC filingKULR reported $16.2M in revenue for FY2025 — a 50.6% increase year-over-year — but net loss widened to $61.9M as gross profit collapsed 85.9% and operating losses more than doubled, reflecting the financial impact of strategic expansion into early-stage, low-margin initiatives amid product-line transitions.
Operating income declined to -$43.0M, a 182.2% deterioration versus FY2024. This reflects management’s explicit intention to scale operations: R&D expenses are expected to increase as future operations expand. Cost of revenue includes labor directly tied to product sales or contract services, and gross profit variability is amplified when new offerings enter production with unoptimized cost structures. The company’s full-stack approach — designed to accelerate development cycles and prototype-to-volume transitions — inherently incurs upfront investment before margin stabilization.
Net cash used in operating activities totaled $44.9M, and free cash flow was -$47.9M — driven by $44.9M in operating outflows and $3.0M in capital expenditures. These outflows support KULR’s positioning as a leading U.S.-based manufacturer of advanced battery packs for mission-critical applications, requiring domestic supply chain alignment and scalable production capacity. While the magnitude of cash use is substantial, it reflects deliberate investment in infrastructure and capabilities rather than operational inefficiency alone.