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Companies · SEDG · Semiconductors & Related Devices · Company update · Aug 5, 2026

Profitability arrived early, but third-quarter outlook steps back.

SOLAREDGE TECHNOLOGIES, INC. (SEDG) — what happened, in plain English, and what it means versus what the market expected.

The quarter cleared the earnings bar, but only narrowly on revenue. Non-GAAP EPS turned positive at $0.05, versus the published consensus loss of roughly $0.03—an $0.08-per-share upside surprise. Revenue of $346.2 million was near published estimates of roughly $342 million to $348 million: above the lower estimate but not a decisive top-line blowout. The meaningful outperformance was margin-led, with non-GAAP gross margin reaching 28.6%, above the company's own 23%–27% Q2 outlook. (Quarterly Financial Highlights; Non-GAAP Gross Margin Reconciliation)

MetricQ2 2026 actualQ1 2026Q2 2025Expectation / comparison
Revenue$346.2M$310.5M$289.4MNear published consensus of ~$342M–$348M; above prior company guide midpoint of $340M (Financial Highlights)
Non-GAAP gross margin28.6%23.5%13.1%Above prior company outlook of 23%–27% (Non-GAAP Gross Margin Reconciliation; Q2 Outlook)
Non-GAAP operating income$10.2M$(24.8)M$(48.3)MReturned to profit, ahead of Q1's implied near-breakeven setup (Non-GAAP Operating Income Reconciliation)
Non-GAAP diluted EPS$0.05$(0.43)$(0.81)Better than published consensus loss of ~$0.03 (Non-GAAP Diluted EPS Reconciliation)
GAAP net loss$(30.8)M$(57.4)M$(124.7)MLoss materially narrowed, but GAAP profitability has not returned (Income Statement)
Free cash flow$3.1M$20.7M$(9.1)MPositive, though substantially lower sequentially (Free Cash Flow Reconciliation)
Q3 revenue guide$310M–$340M——$325M midpoint implies a ~6% sequential revenue decline from Q2 (Q3 Outlook)
Q3 non-GAAP gross-margin guide22%–26%28.6% actual—Midpoint implies a step down from Q2's 28.6% (Q3 Outlook; Non-GAAP Gross Margin Reconciliation)

The recovery is real in the reported quarter, not just adjusted accounting. GAAP gross margin rose to 27.5% from 22.0% in Q1 and 11.1% a year ago, while the GAAP operating loss narrowed to $16.0 million from $55.0 million sequentially. Lower operating expenses also helped: GAAP operating expenses fell $12.1 million from Q1. Still, the cleanest earnings-positive measure excludes sizable stock compensation and other items, so the GAAP loss remains the important boundary on the turnaround claim. (Financial Highlights; Income Statement; Non-GAAP Reconciliations)

The new outlook prevents this from being an unambiguously positive reset. Q3 revenue guidance of $310 million–$340 million is below Q2 actual revenue at its midpoint, and the 22%–26% gross-margin range points to a lower margin than Q2's 28.6%. Management says July IEEPA refunds of $11.5 million would make the midpoint imply non-GAAP operating profit, but that benefit is explicitly excluded from the stated guidance; absent it, the filing does not establish sustained profitability. (Q3 Outlook)

Cash generation stayed positive, but lost momentum. Q2 operating cash flow was $11.4 million and free cash flow $3.1 million, both positive but down from $24.4 million and $20.7 million in Q1. Meanwhile, inventory increased to $599.8 million from $552.6 million at year-end, so the balance-sheet cleanup is not complete even as receivables declined. (Free Cash Flow Reconciliation; Balance Sheet)

Net read: a bottom-line beat and a credible quarterly margin improvement are offset by guidance that signals a near-term pause rather than a straight-line recovery. The filing improves the evidence that the business can earn money on an adjusted basis, but it does not yet validate a durable growth-and-margin trajectory into Q3.

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