Koil Energy Solutions, Inc.
For the period ended Mar 31, 2026. Filed May 15, 2026.
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Mar 31, 2026 · Filed May 15, 2026
What changed in Management’s Discussion and Analysis?
Read the current filingPrevious report: 10-Q
Period ended 2025-09-30; filed 2025-11-14.
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Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of OperationsCurrent report: 10-Q
Period ended 2026-03-31; filed 2026-05-15.
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Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of OperationsThe baseline is this issuer’s latest earlier reporting period of the same form that was filed before the current report. A previous 10-Q is a different quarter, not a year-over-year comparison. Amendments are excluded.
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Tables are not compared: 11 previous and 4 current tables excluded. Dates, whitespace, punctuation and numbering changes are ignored; changes to financial figures remain significant.
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(1) Long-cycle greenfield development projects;
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(2) Subsea tie-back projects that connect new wells to existing infrastructure; and
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(3) Maintenance and life-extension activities, including upgrades and decommissioning of aging equipment and systems
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The first quarter of 2026 marked a period of record bidding activity for subsea tie-back and maintenance projects. During the quarter, we secured significant contract awards from legacy customers in the Gulf of America and announced a major West Africa contract for installation and pre-commissioning services on a deepwater development, with mobilization scheduled for the second half of 2026. These awards validate our strategy of expanding our technical capabilities and position us well to execute on our growing backlog.
Current report
The 56% increase in revenues was primarily driven by a $2,801 increase in lump-sum projects, with an additional $123 contribution from time-and-materials work. Revenues from new customers contributed $2,110 to the increase, while legacy customers accounted for the remaining $814, as compared to revenues for the three months ended March 31, 2025.
Current report
Cost of sales increased 55% from the first quarter of 2025 to the first quarter of 2026, generally consistent with higher revenue activity. The rate of increase was slightly below revenue growth, resulting in an improvement in gross profit margins to 32% of sales, up from 31% in the prior year period. Operating leverage from higher throughput was partially offset by increased Brazil office expenses and higher consumables costs associated with fabrication projects.
Current report
Selling, general and administrative expenses increased by $611 in the first quarter of 2026 compared to the first quarter of 2025. The increase was primarily driven by higher administrative headcount, resulting in a $405 increase in personnel costs, as well as a $156 increase in audit fees and $50 of public company expenses and other costs.
Current report
The $233 increase in Adjusted EBITDA for the three months ended March 31, 2026, was primarily driven by higher project throughput, particularly on lump-sum, fixed-price contracts, as well as a modest improvement in gross profit margin compared to the same period in 2025. This stronger operating performance contributed to a $270 improvement in net income, from a net loss of $29 in the prior-year quarter to net income of $241 in the current quarter.
Current report
The current-year quarter did not include any restructuring costs, while the three months ended March 31, 2025, included $158 of expenses related to efforts to streamline and strengthen administrative functions. Share-based compensation increased by $61, from $70 in the prior-year quarter to $131 in the current quarter, primarily due to equity awards granted to a new executive officer, the appointment of a new board member, and the settlement of a portion of employee bonuses in stock awards.
Current report
The Company’s principal liquidity needs are to fund ongoing operations, working capital, and capital expenditures. During the three months ended March 31, 2026, cash decreased by $350. Net cash provided by operating activities totaled $414, primarily driven by net income and non-cash add-backs for depreciation and amortization. Net cash used in investing activities was $216, primarily related to capital expenditures, patent costs, and internal software development. Net cash used in financing activities was $535, substantially all of which related to repayments of short-term borrowings under the Amegy factoring line.
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Litigation
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OMSi Lawsuit
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In December 2024, the Company completed work under purchase orders with OMS International Limited (OMSi), a UK-based subsea engineering firm. The Company successfully completed the project in March 2025 and issued invoices totaling $569. OMSi has not remitted payment on the outstanding invoices and has not responded to the Company’s repeated requests for payment.
Current report
On September 29, 2025, the Company filed a civil action against OMSi in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas seeking to recover the unpaid amounts. OMSi has not yet filed a response. For the quarter ending September 30, 2025, the Company recorded a reserve of $569 in Allowance for Credit Losses. The Company received a judgment in US District Court against OMSi in January 2026 in the amount of approximately $575 and intends to pursue full recovery. The Company will adjust the reserve as new information becomes available.
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Previous report
Order intake for subsea tie-back and maintenance projects has increased significantly since the beginning of the year. During this period, we have made a deliberate investment in expanding our team to support our long-term growth strategy. We remain disciplined in balancing profitability with investment and are confident that our expanded capabilities position us well to execute on our growing backlog.
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The 22% increase in revenues was primarily driven by both growth in fixed price contract sales for the manufacture of flying leads and hydraulic distribution manifolds and by an increase in the sales and delivery of service contract work when compared to revenues for the three months ended September 30, 2024.
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The decline in gross profit was driven by a lower-margin product mix and an increase in direct overhead costs including employee benefits and rent expense for the Brazilian office when compared to the three months ended September 30, 2024.
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The increase in selling, general, and administrative expenses (“SG&A”) was due to bad debt expense from the write-off of the OMSi receivable, higher administrative payroll due to increased hiring of key business support functions, and legal fees related to patents, master service agreements, and general corporate needs.
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Other (income) expense, net
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The increase in other (income), net was driven by an additional $83 gain recognized from the successful resolution of the WW Champion lawsuit.
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The $920 decrease in Adjusted EBITDA was primarily driven by the write-off of the OMSi contract and higher direct and administrative overhead during the three months ended September 30, 2025, as compared to the three months ended September 30, 2024.
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Nine Months Ended September 30, 2025, Compared to Nine Months Ended September 30, 2024
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Revenues
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Revenues in the first nine months of 2025 were unchanged compared to the first nine months of 2024. An uptick in third quarter revenue was offset by a slow start of the first half of the year. Revenue from services contract work equaled 45% of revenue compared to 29% of revenues for the nine months ended September 30, 2024.
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Cost of Sales
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The decline in gross profit was primarily driven by a product mix that included more lower-margin service contract work and an increase in direct overhead costs including employee benefits and Brazil office rent expenses when compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2024.
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The Company records depreciation expense related to revenue-generating PP&E as cost of sales, which totaled $368 and $354 for the nine months ended September 30, 2025, and 2024, respectively.
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Selling, general and administrative expenses
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The increase in SG&A was primarily due to bad debt expense from the write-off of the OMSi receivable, higher administrative payroll due to increased hiring of key business support functions, greater spending on industry conferences, legal fees related to the settlement of a lawsuit and general corporate needs, and expenses for outside consultants to strengthen and restructure administrative functions.
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The Company records depreciation and amortization expense related to administrative PP&E and intellectual property as SG&A, which totaled $81 and $83 for the nine months ended September 30, 2025, and 2024, respectively.
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Other (income) expense, net
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The increase in other (income), net was driven by a $333 gain upon the successful resolution of the WW Champion lawsuit. In addition, the Company received a $34 dividend from its insurance company and a $42 Employee Retention Tax Credit from the federal government.
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Adjusted EBITDA
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The $2,327 decrease in Adjusted EBITDA was driven by an increase in bad debt expense, a project mix containing lower gross margin contracts, increased employee benefit costs, investment in building our Brazil operations, and expenses for outside consultants to strengthen and restructure administrative functions during the nine months ended September 30, 2025, as compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2024.
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The energy services industry relies heavily on the capital and operating expenditure programs of upstream energy companies. Operators’ decisions to scale back or accelerate exploration, drilling, and production activities are heavily influenced by the broader energy sector dynamics, including fluctuations in commodity prices driven by various global market forces.
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The energy services industry relies heavily on the capital and operating expenditure programs of upstream energy companies. Operators’ decisions to scale back or accelerate their exploration, drilling, and production activities are heavily influenced by the broader energy sector dynamics, including fluctuations in commodity prices driven by various global market forces.
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Global energy demand continues to rise. Meeting this demand requires incremental oil and natural gas production alongside growth in renewable energy sources. Years of underinvestment in offshore exploration and development are now fueling a resurgence in subsea activity. Deepwater fields naturally decline at an average rate of 7% per year per IHS, underscoring the urgency for new development just to maintain current output. From our perspective, we are seeing global operators allocate more capital toward deepwater and ultra-deepwater developments, particularly in Brazil, the US. and West Africa.
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Global energy demand continues to rise. Meeting this demand requires incremental oil and natural gas production alongside growth in renewable energy sources. Years of underinvestment in offshore exploration and development are now fueling a resurgence in subsea activity. Deepwater fields naturally decline at an average rate of 7% per year, according to IHS Markit Ltd., underscoring the urgency for new development just to maintain current output. From our perspective, we are seeing global operators allocate more capital toward deepwater and ultra-deepwater developments, particularly in Brazil, the US. and West Africa.
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The Company records depreciation expense related to revenue-generating PP&E as cost of sales, which totaled $124 and $115 for the three months ended September 30, 2025, and 2024, respectively.
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The Company records depreciation expense related to revenue-generating property, plant and equipment as cost of sales, which totaled $146 and $117 for the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025, respectively.
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The Company records depreciation and amortization expense related to administrative PP&E and intellectual property as SG&A, which totaled $22 and $29 for the three months ended September 30, 2025, and 2024, respectively.
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The Company records depreciation expense related to administrative property, plant and equipment and intellectual property as SG&A, which totaled $32 and $29 for the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025, respectively.
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Management evaluates Company performance based on a measure that is not in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“US GAAP”), which consists of earnings (net income or loss) available to common stockholders before net interest income, income taxes, depreciation and amortization, non-cash share-based compensation expense, non-cash impairments, non-cash gains or losses on the sale of PP&E, other non-cash items and one-time charges (“Adjusted EBITDA”). This measure may not be comparable to similarly titled measures employed by other companies. The measure should not be considered in isolation or as a substitute for operating income or loss, net income or loss, cash flows provided by operating, investing, or financing activities, or other cash flow data prepared in accordance with US GAAP. The amounts included in the Adjusted EBITDA calculation, however, are derived from amounts included in the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated statements of operations.
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Management evaluates Company performance based on a measure that is not in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“US GAAP”), which consists of earnings (net income or loss) available to common stockholders before net interest income, income taxes, depreciation and amortization, non-cash share-based compensation expense, non-cash impairments, non-cash gains or losses on the sale of property, plant and equipment (“PP&E”), other non-cash items and one-time charges (“Adjusted EBITDA”). This measure may not be comparable to similarly titled measures employed by other companies. The measure should not be considered in isolation or as a substitute for operating income or loss, net income or loss, cash flows provided by operating, investing, or financing activities, or other cash flow data prepared in accordance with US GAAP. The amounts included in the Adjusted EBITDA calculation, however, are derived from amounts included in the accompanying condensed consolidated statements of operations.
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The following is a reconciliation of net income to Adjusted EBITDA for the three months ended September 30, 2025, and 2024:
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The following is a reconciliation of net income (loss) to Adjusted EBITDA for the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025:
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The Company believes it will have adequate liquidity to meet its future operating requirements. We are generally dependent on our cash flows from operations to fund our working capital requirements, and the uncertainties noted above create risks that we may not achieve our planned earnings or cash flow from operations. In 2023, the Company entered into a Purchase and Sale Agreement/Security Agreement with Zions Bancorporation, N.A., d/b/a Amegy Bank Business Credit (“Amegy”), which provides for Koil Energy from time to time to sell its accounts receivable and other rights to payment to Amegy, subject to Amegy’s right to approve or reject future accounts receivable and other rights proposed for sale, in its sole discretion. On September 30, 2025, the Company had factored invoices outstanding with Amegy recorded as short-term borrowings in the aggregate amount of $703 on its condensed consolidated balance sheet. As of December 31, 2024, the Company had no factored invoices outstanding with Amegy.
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The Company believes it will have adequate liquidity to meet its future operating requirements. We are generally dependent on our cash flows from operations to fund our working capital requirements, and the uncertainties noted above create risks that we may not achieve our planned earnings or cash flow from operations. On May 24, 2023, the Company entered into a Purchase and Sale Agreement/Security Agreement with Zions Bancorporation, N.A., d/b/a Amegy Bank Business Credit (“Amegy”), which provides for Koil Energy from time to time to sell its accounts receivable and other rights to payment to Amegy, subject to Amegy’s right to approve or reject future accounts receivable and other rights proposed for sale, in its sole discretion. As of March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025, the Company had $8 and $541, respectively, of factored invoices outstanding with Amegy.
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The principal liquidity needs of the Company are to fund ongoing operations, working capital, and capital expenditures. During the nine months ended September 30, 2025, the Company reported a $1,474 decrease in cash. The Company used $1,038 of net cash in operating activities, primarily driven by net changes in operating assets and liabilities of $1,962. This was partially offset by net income and other adjustments of $925 to reconcile net income to net cash used in operating activities, which mainly includes items such as bad debt expense, share-based compensation, and depreciation and amortization. The Company used $1,152 of net cash for investing activities, primarily to fund capital expenditures. The Company also generated $715 of net cash from financing activities including $703 from short-term borrowings.
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During the three months ended March 31, 2025, the Company reported a $1,229 decrease in cash. The Company used $766 of net cash in operating activities, primarily driven by net changes in operating assets and liabilities of $995. This was partially offset by other adjustments of $258 to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities, which includes items such as non-cash lease expense, share-based compensation, and depreciation and amortization. The Company used $463 of net cash for investing activities, primarily to fund capital expenditures.
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The preparation of financial statements in conformity with US GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. The most significant estimates used in the financial statements relate to revenue recognition where the Company measures progress towards completion on a cost-to-cost basis for fixed-price contracts, the allowance for credit losses, and the valuation allowance for deferred income tax assets. These estimates require judgments, which are based on historical experience and on various other assumptions, as well as specific circumstances. Estimates may change as new events occur, additional information becomes available or operating environments change.
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The preparation of financial statements in conformity with US GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. The most significant estimates used in the financial statements relate to revenue recognition where the Company measures progress towards completion on a cost-to-cost basis for fixed-price contracts, the allowance for doubtful accounts, and the valuation allowance for deferred income tax assets. These estimates require judgments, which are based on historical experience and on various other assumptions, as well as specific circumstances. Estimates may change as new events occur, additional information becomes available or operating environments change.
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Refer to Note 1 in Part II. Item 8. “Financial Statements and Supplemental Data,” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024, for a discussion of recently issued accounting standards.
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Refer to Note 1 in Part II. Item 8. “Financial Statements and Supplemental Data,” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2025 for a discussion of recently issued accounting standards. There have been no significant changes to the status or expected impact of these standards during the three months ended March 31, 2026.
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The following is a reconciliation of net income to Adjusted EBITDA for the nine months ended September 30, 2025, and 2024: