MicroVision Announces Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2025 Results
Rhea-AI Summary
MicroVision (NASDAQ:MVIS) reported Q4 and full-year 2025 results on March 4, 2026. Q4 revenue was $0.2M versus $1.7M a year earlier; Q4 net loss was $37.8M (includes $29.4M non-cash impairment). The company completed strategic asset acquisitions, began initial shipments on repeatable orders, issued $43.0M of new senior secured convertible notes, and plans a ~20% global workforce reduction in 1H2026.
Cash and equivalents were $74.8M at year-end with an unused $43.0M ATM capacity; adjusted EBITDA loss was $12.0M in Q4.
Positive
- $43.0M new senior secured convertible notes strengthen liquidity
- Initial shipments on repeatable MOVIA L sensor orders began in December
- Completed strategic asset acquisitions from Luminar and Scantinel
Negative
- Q4 revenue declined to $0.2M from $1.7M year-ago
- Q4 net loss of $37.8M included $29.4M in non-cash asset impairments
- Planned ~20% global workforce reduction in 1H2026 may affect capacity
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Market Reality Check
Peers on Argus
MVIS was down 0.9% pre-release while momentum data show only one peer (ODYS) also moving down and other sector peers mixed, indicating a stock-specific reaction rather than a broad lidar/instruments move.
Previous Earnings Reports
| Date | Event | Sentiment | Move | Catalyst |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 11 | Q3 2025 earnings | Negative | -11.9% | Reported low revenue, sizeable net loss, and strategic initiatives including CEO change. |
| Aug 07 | Q2 2025 earnings | Negative | -1.8% | Revenue decline with continued net losses despite lower operating expenses and solid cash. |
| May 12 | Q1 2025 earnings | Negative | -11.6% | Revenue drop and large net loss, partially offset by cost reductions and capital access. |
| Mar 26 | Q4 2024 earnings | Negative | -6.5% | Sharp revenue decline and wider loss, alongside new financing and capital access. |
| Nov 07 | Q3 2024 earnings | Neutral | +2.9% | Lower revenue but improved losses and a new convertible note facility supporting liquidity. |
Earnings releases have typically coincided with share price declines, with an average move of about -5.77% on past earnings events.
Over the last year, MicroVision’s earnings updates have featured very low revenue levels (often around $0.2M per quarter) alongside recurring net losses and ongoing cost-control efforts. Cash balances remained significant, supported by access to additional capital through facilities and notes. Prior calls also highlighted strategic moves such as acquisitions, RFQ activity, and product launches. Today’s Q4 and full-year 2025 results continue this pattern of modest revenue, sizable losses, and a focus on strategic repositioning.
Historical Comparison
Past earnings for MVIS have produced an average move of -5.77%, often on small revenue bases and recurring net losses; this report fits that established earnings-risk profile.
Recent earnings show persistently low revenue, ongoing net losses, and repeated reliance on external capital, while the company layers in strategic acquisitions and new lidar products to reshape its commercial outlook.
Market Pulse Summary
This announcement combines weak Q4 financials—revenue of $0.2M and a net loss of $37.8M—with notable strategic steps, including asset acquisitions and initial repeatable orders for MOVIA L sensors. The company reports $74.8M in cash at year-end and added $43.0M of senior secured convertible notes. Investors may focus on how these moves translate into sustained revenue growth versus ongoing operating losses and cash usage.
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REDMOND, WASHINGTON / ACCESS Newswire / March 4, 2026 / MicroVision, Inc. (NASDAQ:MVIS), defining the next generation of lidar-based perception solutions, today announced its fourth quarter and full year 2025 results.
Key Business and Operational Highlights
Advanced commercial momentum in the Industrial and Security & Defense sectors with an initial shipment in December on repeatable orders for MOVIA L sensors with integrated software.
Began early integration work with new southern Germany team, establishing roadmap for FMCW ultra-long-range lidar sensor based on assets acquired from Scantinel Photonics GmbH.
Paved the way in Q4 for the early 2026 closing of important strategic acquisition of lidar business assets from Luminar Technologies, Inc., accelerating immediate revenue opportunities, further diversifying product portfolio, and bringing active customer engagements.
Streamlined post-acquisition operating expenses, with 1H2026 plan to reduce global workforce by approximately
20% and consolidate engineering and operations functions from Redmond into Orlando location.Strengthened balance sheet and cash position in February 2026 by issuing two senior secured convertible notes due March 2028 - one for approximately
$20.6 million in exchange for a previously existing note due March 2026 and the other for approximately$22.4 million .
"We are pleased that our careful preparation in the fourth quarter of 2025, enabled us to hit the ground running in 2026," said Glen DeVos, MicroVision's Chief Executive Officer. "Just two months into 2026, we're thrilled to have kicked off the transformation of MicroVision from an R&D company into an industry-leading commercial enterprise by shipping initial units on repeatable orders and closing two highly strategic asset acquisitions. We're now seeing the early benefits of our careful planning, having completed the acquisitions of Luminar and Scantinel, diversified our product portfolio with an unmatched array of lidar-based perception solutions, secured inventory and commenced shipping product on new and transferred purchase orders, and taken concrete action to enhance our cash position and control operating expenses."
Continued DeVos, "With this early momentum, we are committed to redefining the lidar industry by delivering the right solution with the right performance at the right price to a wide range of customers, in automotive, industrial, and security & defense markets."
"We have purposefully built MicroVision to lead in this new era of lidar: Lidar 2.0," concluded DeVos.
Key Financial Highlights for Q4 2025 and Full Year 2025
Revenue for the fourth quarter of 2025 was
$0.2 million , compared to$1.7 million for the fourth quarter of 2024.Net loss for the fourth quarter of 2025 was
$37.8 million , or$0.12 per share, which includes$29.4 million of non-cash charges related to asset impairment and inventory write-downs partially offset by a net credit of$1.5 million of non-cash, share-based compensation expense, compared to a net loss of$31.2 million , or$0.14 per share, which includes$1.9 million of non-cash charges related to inventory write-downs and$2.0 million of non-cash, share-based compensation expense, for the fourth quarter of 2024.Adjusted EBITDA for the fourth quarter of 2025 was a
$12.0 million loss, compared to a$10.6 million loss for the fourth quarter of 2024.Cash used in operations in the fourth quarter of 2025 was
$15.4 million , compared to cash used in operations in the fourth quarter of 2024 of$15.1 million .The Company ended the fourth quarter of 2025 with
$74.8 million in cash and cash equivalents, including investment securities, compared to$74.7 million at December 31, 2024.
Subsequent to the fourth quarter, the Company strengthened its financial position by issuing senior secured convertible notes in the aggregate principal amount of
Conference Call and Webcast: Q4 2025 Results
MicroVision will host a conference call and webcast, consisting of prepared remarks by management and a question-and-answer session at 1:30 PM PT/4:30 PM ET on Wednesday, March 4, 2026 to discuss the financial results and provide a business update. Analysts and investors may pose questions to management during the live webcast on March 4, 2026 and may submit questions HERE in advance of the conference call.
The live webcast can be accessed on the Company's Investor Relations website under the Events tab HERE. The webcast will be archived on the website for future viewing.
About MicroVision
MicroVision is defining the next generation of lidar-based perception solutions for automotive, industrial, and security & defense markets. As the industry moves beyond proof of concept toward value, deployment, and commercialization, MicroVision delivers integrated hardware and software solutions designed for real-world performance, automotive-grade reliability, and economic scalability. With engineering centers in the U.S. and Germany, MicroVision leads the industry in depth and breadth of its portfolio, with both short- and long-range lidar solutions, featuring solid-state sensors with varying wavelengths, advanced sensor architectures, design-to-cost engineering, and open software solutions.
For more information, visit the Company's website at www.microvision.com, on Facebook at www.facebook.com/microvisioninc, and LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/company/microvision/.
MicroVision, MAVIN, MOSAIK, and MOVIA are trademarks of MicroVision, Inc. in the United States and other countries. All other trademarks are the properties of their respective owners.
Non-GAAP information
To supplement MicroVision's condensed financial statements presented in accordance with GAAP, the Company presents investors with the non-GAAP financial measures "adjusted EBITDA" and "adjusted Gross Profit." Adjusted EBITDA consists of GAAP net income (loss) excluding the impact of the following: interest income and interest expense; income tax expense; depreciation and amortization; non-cash gains and losses; share-based compensation; restructuring costs; severance expense; and impairment charges. Adjusted Gross Profit is calculated as GAAP gross profit before share-based compensation expense and the amortization of acquired intangibles included in cost of revenue.
MicroVision believes that the presentation of adjusted EBITDA and adjusted Gross Profit provides important supplemental information to management and investors regarding financial and business trends, provides consistency and comparability with MicroVision's past financial reports, and facilitates comparisons with other companies in the Company's industry, many of which use similar non-GAAP financial measures to supplement their GAAP results. Internally, management uses these non-GAAP measures when evaluating operating performance because the exclusion of the items described above provides an additional useful measure of the Company's operating results and facilitates comparisons of the Company's core operating performance against prior periods and its business objectives. Externally, the Company believes that adjusted EBITDA and adjusted Gross Profit are useful to investors in their assessment of MicroVision's operating performance and the valuation of the Company.
Adjusted EBITDA and adjusted Gross Profit are not calculated in accordance with GAAP, and should be considered supplemental to, and not as a substitute for, or superior to, financial measures calculated in accordance with GAAP. Non-GAAP financial measures have limitations in that they do not reflect all of the costs associated with the operations of MicroVision's business as determined in accordance with GAAP. The Company expects to continue to incur expenses similar to the non-GAAP adjustments described above, and exclusion of these items from its non-GAAP financial measures should not be construed as an inference that these costs are unusual or infrequent.
The Company compensates for limitations of the adjusted EBITDA measure by prominently disclosing GAAP net income (loss), which the Company believes is the most directly comparable GAAP measure, and providing investors with a reconciliation from GAAP net income (loss) to adjusted EBITDA.
Similarly for adjusted Gross Profit, the Company compensates for limitations of the measure by prominently disclosing GAAP gross profit which is the difference between Revenue and Cost of revenue, which the Company believes is the most directly comparable GAAP measure, and providing investors with a reconciliation by backing out share-based compensation expense and the amortization of acquired intangibles included in cost of revenue.
Forward-Looking Statements
Certain statements contained in this release, including market position, expectations, and likelihood of success; opportunities for customer engagement and revenue; expense reduction; market position; product portfolio; product and manufacturing capabilities; transaction benefits; access to capital and capital-raising opportunities; and expected revenue, expenses and cash usage are forward-looking statements that involve a number of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected in such forward-looking statements include the risk its ability to operate with limited cash or to raise additional capital when needed; market acceptance of its technologies and products or for products incorporating its technologies; the failure of its commercial partners to perform as expected under its agreements; its financial and technical resources relative to those of its competitors; its ability to keep up with rapid technological change; government regulation of its technologies; its ability to enforce its intellectual property rights and protect its proprietary technologies; the ability to obtain customers and develop partnership opportunities; the timing of commercial product launches and delays in product development; the ability to achieve key technical milestones in key products; dependence on third parties to develop, manufacture, sell and market its products; potential product liability claims; its ability to maintain its listing on The Nasdaq Stock Market, and other risk factors identified from time to time in the Company's SEC reports, including the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and other reports filed with the SEC. These factors are not intended to represent a complete list of the general or specific factors that may affect the Company. It should be recognized that other factors, including general economic factors and business strategies, may be significant, now or in the future, and the factors set forth in this release may affect the Company to a greater extent than indicated. Except as expressly required by federal securities laws, the Company undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, changes in circumstances or any other reason.
Investor Relations Contact
Jeff Christensen
Darrow Associates Investor Relations
MVIS@darrowir.com
Media Contact
Marketing@MicroVision.com
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