Ocean Power Technologies, Inc. Announces Fourth Quarter and Full Year Fiscal 2025 Results

OPT Enters Fiscal 2026 with Record Backlog and Record Pipeline

MONROE TOWNSHIP, N.J., July 24, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Ocean Power Technologies, Inc. ("OPT" or "the Company") (NYSE American: OPTT), today announced financial results for its fiscal fourth quarter (“4Q25”) and full-year ended April 30, 2025 (“FY25”). Highlights include:

FY25 RESULTS and RECENT HIGHLIGHTS

• Backlog at April 30, 2025 was $12.5 million, a 158% increase over the prior year.

• Pipeline as of the date of this release stands at $137.5 million, an 88% increase over the $71.6 million pipeline at April 30, 2024.

• Operating expenses of $23.3 million for FY25 decreased $8.9 million, or 28%, versus $32.2 million for the year ended April 30, 2024.

• Revenues for FY25 of $5.9 million increased 6% over FY24 revenues.
  
  

Global Platform Deployments:

• Shipped an AI-enabled Merrows™ PowerBuoy® to a Middle Eastern customer following a competitive procurement.

• Secured a new contract with an international defense agency to demonstrate multiple WAM-V® Unmanned Surface Vehicles, expanding OPT’s presence in allied naval markets.

• Received multi-million-dollar orders for PowerBuoy® and WAM-V® systems from customers in Latin America, with deliveries spanning several quarters.

• Completed a U.S. Naval Postgraduate School deployment of a PowerBuoy® with Merrows™ for persistent maritime surveillance research. The full system integrates AT&T^® 5G technology and advanced subsea sensors into OPT’s latest PowerBuoy^® equipped with its proprietary Merrows™ suite. The collaboration with AT&T^® demonstrates how PowerBuoys^® can serve as 5G communications nodes along the U.S. coastline.
  
  

Strategic Partnerships:

• Signed a $3 million reseller agreement with a leading Mexican engineering firm, to expand our reach across Central America through integrated sales and support of OPT’s full suite of intelligent maritime solutions. This strategic partnership deepens OPT’s Latin American presence and builds on recent momentum in global market expansion, further validating demand for the Company’s WAM-V® USVs, Next Gen PowerBuoy®, and AI-powered Merrows™ platform. With this agreement, OPT continues to execute on its strategy to scale through high-impact regional partnerships, accelerate revenue growth, and strengthen its position as a global marine robotics leader.
  
  

• Formed exclusive distribution and integration alliances with:
  
  

  • Remah International Group (UAE) for defense and security markets in the Middle East.

  • Unique Group to expand WAM-V® deployments across the GCC region.

  • Elektron SAS (Colombia), which committed to a multi-million-dollar purchase of OPT’s maritime technologies.

  • Ocean Wave Solutions Ltda (Brazil) to address growing demand across South America.
    
    

• We entered into a strategic alliance with Red Cat Holdings (Red Cat), a leading provider of military-grade aerial drones. Together, we plan to integrate Red Cat’s drone technology with our WAM-V® uncrewed surface vehicles (USVs) to deliver a powerful, ocean-powered solution for air and sea-based intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) missions. This collaboration opens the door to multi-domain operations, where OPT’s autonomous maritime platforms work seamlessly with Red Cat’s aerial systems to gather and transmit critical data across vast environments, all without human crews or traditional infrastructure. By combining our strengths, we’re creating a highly flexible, mobile ISR solution for defense, security, and commercial applications, a major step forward in our mission to modernize how persistent surveillance is delivered across land, sea, and air.
  
  

• Signed an OEM agreement with Teledyne Marine to co-develop integrated payload and AI solutions.
  
  

ISO 9001

• We achieved ISO 9001 certification for our quality management system, a globally recognized benchmark for excellence in engineering, manufacturing, and service delivery. This is not just a compliance achievement. It is a reflection of OPT’s evolution into a scalable, repeatable, and process-driven provider of maritime solutions. As ISO 9001 is often a requirement for customers, we believe this certification will meaningfully support our growth strategy while deepening the confidence of our partners, investors, and customers alike.
  
  

Streamlined Team and Streamlined Opex

• This year’s performance reflects the strength of our disciplined operating model. We’re executing with a streamlined team and leaner operating expense structure, yet delivering more, for our customers, our partners, and our shareholders. Year over year operating expenses declined by approximately 26%. By aligning resources with top priorities, we’ve increased our operating efficiency without compromising our delivery capability or innovation roadmap. This positions us not only to weather volatility, but to scale with purpose as demand accelerates. We view this phase of lean execution not as a constraint, but as a foundation. With core systems, processes, and leadership in place, we’re prepared to scale responsibly as opportunities mature.
  
  

Facility Security Clearance (FCL):

• Granted Facility Security Clearance: OPT’s New Jersey headquarters and primary assembly facility received a U.S. Department of Defense Facility Security Clearance, authorizing the Company to support classified programs at the Secret level. This milestone significantly enhances OPT’s eligibility for future defense contracts and affirms its compliance with industrial security standards.
  
  

Management Commentary – Dr. Philipp Stratmann, OPT's President and Chief Executive Officer

“Fiscal 2025 was a pivotal year for Ocean Power Technologies as we transitioned from proving our technology to scaling our impact. We secured a Facility Security Clearance from the U.S. Department of Defense, deepening our eligibility for classified programs, and executed key international deployments across the Middle East and Latin America. Notably, our AI-enabled Merrows™ PowerBuoy® and WAM-V® platforms are now active in global defense markets, providing clear evidence that OPT’s autonomous maritime systems are becoming mission-critical infrastructure. With record backlog of $12.5 million, a solid balance sheet and access to additional capital, and growing demand from allied nations, we are entering fiscal 2026 with line of sight to transformational scale. Our focus now is disciplined execution, expanding recurring revenue, accelerating platform adoption, and delivering long-term value for our shareholders.”

FY25 FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

• Revenues for FY25 increased to $5.9 million, a 6% increase over FY24 revenue of $5.5 million.

• Gross profit for FY25 was $1.7 million, as compared to a gross profit of $2.8 million for FY24.

• Operating expenses decreased $8.9 million or 28% to $23.3 million in FY25, as compared to $32.2 million in FY24.

• Net loss was $21.5 million for FY25, as compared to a net loss of $27.5 million for FY24, primarily driven by the decrease in operating expenses noted above.

• Backlog increased $7.6 million or 155% to $12.5 million as of April 30, 2025 as compared to $4.9 million at April 30, 2024. Our backlog includes unfilled firm written orders for our products and services from commercial or governmental customers, which we call orders. We believe the disclosure of orders is a useful metric for investors, as it helps support our future revenue expectations and adds validity to our strategic growth plan. Company management uses orders as a tool to manage expected growth, budget and cash requirements, and to monitor the success of our sales and marketing efforts. If any of our orders were to be terminated, delayed or revised downward, our orders and our backlog would be reduced by the expected value of the remaining terms of such contract.
  
  

Balance Sheet and Cash Flows:

• Combined cash, unrestricted cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments as of April 30, 2025, was $6.9 million, which compares to $3.3 million at the beginning of the fiscal year.

• Net cash used in operating activities for FY25 was approximately $18.6 million, compared to $29.8 million FY24.
  
  

Conference Call & Webcast

As previously announced, a conference call to discuss OPT’s financial results will be held tomorrow morning, Friday, July 25, 2025, at 9:00 a.m. Eastern time. Philipp Stratmann, CEO, and Bob Powers, CFO will host the call.

1. The dial-in numbers for the conference call are 877-407-8291 or 201-689-8345.
   

2. Live webcast: FY2025 Q4 and 10k Earnings Conference Call
   

3. Call Replay: Will be available by telephone approximately two hours after the call's completion until August 26, 2024. You may access the replay by dialing 877-660-6853 from the U.S. or 201-612-7415 for international callers and using the Conference ID 13754036.
   

4. Webcast Replay: The archived webcast will also be available on the OPT investor relations section of its website.
   
   

About Ocean Power Technologies
OPT provides intelligent maritime solutions and services that enable safer, cleaner, and more productive ocean operations for the defense and security, oil and gas, science and research, and offshore wind markets. Our PowerBuoy® platforms provide clean and reliable electric power and real-time data communications for remote maritime and subsea applications. We also provide WAM-V® autonomous surface vessels (ASVs) and marine robotics services. The Company’s headquarters is located in Monroe Township, New Jersey and has an additional office in Richmond, California. To learn more, visit www.OceanPowerTechnologies.com.

Non-GAAP Measures: Pipeline

Pipeline is not a term recognized under United States generally accepted accounting principles; however, it is a common measurement used in our industry. Our methodology for determining pipeline may not be comparable to the methodologies used by other companies. Pipeline is a representation of the journey potential customers take from the moment they become aware of our products and service to the moment they become a paying customer. The sales pipeline is divided into a series of phases, each representing a different milestone in the customer journey. It is a tool we use to track sales progress, identify potential roadblocks, and make data-driven decisions to improve our sales performance. Revenue estimates derived from our pipeline can be subject to change due to project accelerations, cancellations or delays due to various factors. These factors can also cause revenue amounts to be realized in periods and at levels different than originally projected.

Forward-Looking Statements
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Financial Tables Follow

Additional information may be found in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K that will be filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The Form 10-K is accessible at www.sec.gov or the Investor Relations section of the Company's website (www.OceanPowerTechnologies.com/investor-relations).

Contact Information

Investors: 609-730-0400 x401 or InvestorRelations@oceanpowertech.com 
Media: 609-730-0400 x402 or MediaRelations@oceanpowertech.com