Revenue growth has decelerated from a 74.5% peak in 2024Q1 to 23.1% in 2026Q2, while gross margins remain volatile, fluctuating between 11.7% and 22.2% over the last ten quarters.
| Sales/Revenue | 2.52B | 2.25B | 1.79B | 1.18B | 593.31M | 251.91M | 92.09M |
| Revenue Growth % | 21.52% | 25.65% | 51.94% | 98.36% | 135.52% | 173.56% | - |
| Cost of Goods Sold | 2.02B | 1.82B | 1.51B | 967.39M | 493.67M | 241.47M | 111.02M |
| COGS % of Revenue | - | 81.19% | 84.39% | 82.2% | 83.2% | 95.85% | 120.56% |
| Gross Profit | 501.51M | 422.61M | 279.1M | 209.5M | 99.65M | 10.45M | -18.93M |
| Gross Margin % | 19.92% | 18.81% | 15.61% | 17.8% | 16.79% | 4.15% | -20.56% |
| Gross Profit Growth % | - | 51.42% | 33.22% | 110.25% | 853.83% | 155.19% | - |
| Operating Expenses | 525.14M | 537.62M | 395.82M | 432.74M | 240.02M | 132.83M | 91.45M |
| OpEx % of Revenue | - | 23.93% | 22.14% | 36.77% | 40.45% | 52.73% | 99.31% |
| Selling, General & Admin | 325.57M | 298.73M | 188.93M | 215.63M | 115.88M | 59.44M | 35.59M |
| SG&A % of Revenue | - | 13.3% | 10.57% | 18.32% | 19.53% | 23.6% | 38.64% |
| Research & Development | 193.05M | 216.01M | 173.46M | 195.04M | 124.14M | 73.39M | 55.86M |
| R&D % of Revenue | - | 9.61% | 9.7% | 16.57% | 20.92% | 29.13% | 60.66% |
| Other Operating Expenses | 1.01M | 22.87M | 33.43M | 22.07M | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Operating Income | -23.63M | -115.01M | -116.72M | -223.23M | -140.38M | -122.38M | -110.38M |
| Operating Margin % | -0.94% | -5.12% | -6.53% | -18.97% | -23.66% | -48.58% | -119.86% |
| Operating Income Growth % | - | 1.47% | 47.71% | -59.02% | -14.7% | -10.88% | - |
| EBITDA | 10.67M | -70.88M | -93.5M | -211.92M | -134.39M | -117.89M | -104.64M |
| EBITDA Margin % | 0.42% | -3.15% | -5.23% | -18.01% | -22.65% | -46.8% | -113.64% |
| EBITDA Growth % | 122.88% | 24.19% | 55.88% | -57.69% | -13.99% | -12.66% | - |
| D&A (Non-Cash Add-back) | 34.3M | 44.13M | 23.23M | 11.31M | 5.99M | 4.49M | 5.73M |
| EBIT | -17.49M | -92.13M | -83.29M | -201.16M | -140.38M | -122.38M | -110.38M |
| Net Interest Income | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Interest Income | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Interest Expense | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Other Income/Expense | 3.1M | 22.35M | 36.27M | 10.72M | 1.29M | 67K | 809K |
| Pretax Income | -20.53M | -92.66M | -80.46M | -212.51M | -139.09M | -122.31M | -109.57M |
| Pretax Margin % | -0.82% | -4.12% | -4.5% | -18.06% | -23.44% | -48.55% | -118.98% |
| Income Tax | -336K | -1.63M | 4.21M | -4.62M | 0 | 0 | -47K |
| Effective Tax Rate % | 1.64% | 1.76% | -5.23% | 2.17% | 0% | 0% | 0.04% |
| Net Income | 10.58M | -16.94M | -13.49M | -23.87M | -79M | -122.31M | -109.52M |
| Net Margin % | 0.42% | -0.75% | -0.75% | -2.03% | -13.31% | -48.55% | -118.93% |
| Net Income Growth % | 214.47% | -25.55% | 43.48% | 69.79% | 35.41% | -11.68% | - |
| Net Income (Continuing) | -20.2M | -91.03M | -84.67M | -207.89M | -139.09M | -122.31M | -109.52M |
| Discontinued Operations | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Minority Interest | 0 | 261.89M | 192.9M | -2.8M | 61.76M | 0 | 0 |
| EPS (Diluted) | 0.08 | -0.16 | -0.08 | -0.37 | -0.13 | -19.03 | 0.00 |
| EPS Growth % | 36.82% | -100% | 78.38% | -184.62% | 99.32% | - | - |
| EPS (Basic) | - | -0.16 | -0.08 | -0.37 | -0.13 | -19.03 | 0.00 |
| Diluted Shares Outstanding | 134.36M | 108.67M | 95.7M | 64.34M | 54.09M | 50.66M | 50.66M |
| Basic Shares Outstanding | 125.54M | 108.67M | 95.7M | 64.34M | 54.09M | 50.66M | 50.66M |
| Dividend Payout Ratio | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Customer concentration and deployment delays
As indicated by recent quarterly filings, Symbotic's year-over-year revenue growth has decelerated from a high of 74.5% in 2024Q1 to 23.1% in 2026Q2, reflecting a transition from initial rapid market penetration toward a more mature, albeit lumpy, project-based deployment cycle within its core retail customer base.
The deceleration in top-line expansion suggests that the company is moving past its initial hyper-growth phase, where early-stage deployments provided easy year-over-year comparisons. Investors should monitor whether the current growth rate stabilizes as the company attempts to diversify its customer base beyond its primary anchor tenant.
Based on reported financial statements, Symbotic's gross margin has fluctuated between 11.7% and 22.2% over the last ten quarters, highlighting the inherent volatility in a business model heavily reliant on hardware-intensive, site-specific installations that are susceptible to cost overruns and supply chain inefficiencies.
The inability to consistently expand gross margins above the low-20% range suggests that the company has yet to achieve the economies of scale necessary to offset its high variable deployment costs. This margin profile appears more characteristic of a custom industrial integrator than a high-margin software-as-a-service provider.
According to the income statement data, Symbotic's operating income has oscillated between significant losses and marginal profitability, with operating margins reaching only 0.9% in 2026Q2, suggesting that overhead and R&D expenditures continue to consume the majority of gross profit generated from current system deployments.
The lack of clear operating leverage indicates that the company's cost structure is not yet optimized for profitability, as SG&A and R&D expenses remain high relative to revenue. This may imply that the firm is still prioritizing market share and technical development over bottom-line efficiency.
As reported in recent filings, Symbotic's net income has been highly inconsistent, swinging from a $8.8 million loss in 2024Q2 to a $17.5 million profit in 2026Q2, a trend that is frequently complicated by significant, non-cash stock-based compensation expenses that distort underlying operational performance.
The reliance on percentage-of-completion accounting, combined with lumpy stock-based compensation, makes it difficult to assess the true cash-generating capability of the business. Investors should be cautious of interpreting these GAAP earnings as a sign of sustainable profitability until the company demonstrates consistent, non-dilutive cash flow generation.
Based on the provided financial data, Symbotic's heavy reliance on a limited number of large-scale retail partners creates a significant risk profile, where any delay or cancellation in project milestones could lead to immediate and material revenue compression that the current cost structure cannot easily absorb.
Short-sellers would likely focus on the company's inability to maintain high growth rates while simultaneously achieving GAAP profitability. The dependence on a single-digit number of customers for the majority of its backlog suggests that the company's future is tied more to the capital expenditure cycles of its partners than to its own competitive moat.
Quick answers to the most common questions about buying SYM stock.
For fiscal year 2025, Symbotic Inc. (SYM) reported total revenue of $2.25B. This represents a 2340.0% increase compared to $92.1M in 2020.
Symbotic Inc. (SYM) reported a net loss of $16.9M for the fiscal year ending 2025.
Symbotic Inc. (SYM) reported an operating income of $-115.0M, resulting in an operating profit margin of -5.1%. This margin reflects the operational efficiency of the business before interest and taxes.
Symbotic Inc. (SYM) generated $422.6M in gross profit for the year, representing a gross profit margin of 18.8%. This demonstrates the company's core pricing power and production efficiency.