1. VUZI reports a 21% revenue drop to $1.6 million in Q1 2025. 2. Gross loss increased to $0.3 million compared to $0.1 million in 2024. 3. Enterprise sales improved sequentially, indicating growing customer deployments. 4. Management remains confident in future growth from strategic partnerships. 5. AI-powered smart glasses market is gaining significant momentum.
Despite revenue declines, improving enterprise sales & confidence in growth signal positive momentum reminiscent of similar recovery trends in tech sectors post-initial downturns.
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Strategic partnerships and product development might yield substantial future revenue, similar to previous tech recoveries spurred by innovative product releases.
ROCHESTER, N.Y., May 12, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Vuzix® Corporation (NASDAQ: VUZI) ("Vuzix" or the "Company"), a leading supplier of smart glasses, waveguides, and Augmented Reality (AR) technologies, today reported its first quarter results for the three months ended March 31, 2025.
"2025 has thus far been marked by important developments for Vuzix that span commercial and technology relationships, expansion of customer deployments, and enhancements enabling product execution," said Paul Travers, President and CEO of Vuzix.
"Vuzix is entering a phase of increasing commercial momentum, as our long-standing business model vision and investments are translating into design wins and tangible near-term commercial traction. At the same time, the broader tech industry is amplifying its focus on AI-powered smart glasses, signaling that the ultimate race to bring these products to scale is getting closer, if not already underway, as evidenced by increasing inbound activity."
"And while the adoption of smart glasses in the entire market has been slower than anticipated by all market participants, Vuzix' outlook remains very positive. Our Q1 enterprise sales improved sequentially (Q1/25 vs Q4/24), driven by both new deployments and growing follow-on orders, and as we have previously shared, we have several strategic programs moving steadily toward large-scale rollout," continued Mr. Travers.
"With a growing base of ODM/OEM opportunities, new strategic partnerships, and rising interest for AI-enhanced wearable solutions, we believe the market is gaining momentum and Vuzix is well-positioned to capitalize as AI and AR technologies converge and reshape the way we work, communicate, and interact with digital information."
| For Three Months Ended March 31 | 2025 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Sales of Products | $1,324 | $1,829 |
| Sales of Engineering Services | 257 | 175 |
| Total Sales | 1,581 | 2,004 |
| Total Cost of Sales | 1,846 | 2,057 |
| Gross Loss | (265) | (53) |
| Research and Development | 2,606 | 2,738 |
| Selling and Marketing | 1,537 | 2,221 |
| General and Administrative | 3,961 | 4,098 |
| Loss from Operations | (8,774) | (10,092) |
| Net Loss | $ (8,638) | (10,048) |
| Loss per Common Share | $ (0.11) | $ (0.16) |
"We ended March 2025 with working capital of $19.5 million and are confident that we have the capital resources to execute upon our current operating plan," said Mr. Travers. "Our focus over the remainder of 2025 is to continue to secure design wins into new ODM/OEM products, for both consumer and enterprise applications. These should ideally develop into long-term recurring revenues where Vuzix will supply optical waveguides and display engines or create co-branded AI smart glasses products."
"We are also experiencing growing enterprise customer successes, supported by substantial customer use data sets demonstrating productivity improvements, utilizing applications from leading enterprise ISVs as well as Vuzix subsidiary, Moviynt®, that significantly surpass targeted customer benchmarks. We remain confident that anticipated follow-on orders for smart glasses this year have the potential to reduce our existing smart glasses inventory and convert those finished goods into cash, facilitating a smooth introduction of our next-generation, purpose-built products, the development of which are well underway. Lastly, we remain very pleased with our burgeoning commercial relationships with Quanta and other key ODMs/OEMs and their forward commitments to us with both capital as well as commercial collaborations," concluded Mr. Travers.
Date: Monday, May 12, 2025
Time: 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time (ET)
Dial-in Number for U.S. & Canadian Callers: 877-709-8150
Dial-in Number for International Callers (Outside of the U.S. & Canada): 201-689-8354
A live and archived webcast of the conference call will be available on the investor relations page of the Company's website at: https://ir.vuzix.com/ or directly at https://event.choruscall.com/mediaframe/webcast.html?webcastid=NAHi2gQc.
Vuzix is a leading designer, manufacturer and marketer of AI-powered Smart Glasses, Waveguides and Augmented Reality (AR) technologies, components and products for the enterprise, medical, defense and consumer markets. The Company's products include head-mounted smart personal display and wearable computing devices that offer users a portable high-quality viewing experience, provide solutions for mobility, wearable displays and augmented reality, as well OEM waveguide optical components and display engines. Vuzix holds more than 425 patents and patents pending and numerous IP licenses in the fields of optics, head-mounted displays, and the augmented reality wearables field. The Company has won Consumer Electronics Show (or CES) awards for innovation for the years 2005 to 2024 and several wireless technology innovation awards among others. Founded in 1997, Vuzix is a public company (NASDAQ: VUZI) with offices in: Rochester, NY; and Kyoto and Okayama, Japan. For more information, visit the Vuzix website, X and Facebook pages.