Fuel Tech (FTEK) Q1 2026 Earnings Transcript

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Thu, May 7, 2026 astatine 11:23 AM CDT 28 min read

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DATE

Wednesday, May 6, 2026 astatine 10 a.m. ET

CALL PARTICIPANTS

• Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer — Vincent J. Arnone

• Chief Financial Officer — Ellen Albrecht

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Full Conference Call Transcript

Vince Arnone, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer; and Ellen Albrecht, the company's Chief Financial Officer. After prepared remarks, we volition unfastened the telephone for questions from our analysts and investors.

Before turning things implicit to Vince, I'd similar to punctual everyone that matters discussed connected this call, but for humanities information, are forward-looking statements arsenic defined successful Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 arsenic amended, which are made pursuant to the harmless harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and bespeak Fuel Tech's existent expectations regarding aboriginal growth, results of operations, currency flows, show and concern prospects and opportunities arsenic good arsenic assumptions made by and accusation presently disposable to our company's management.

Fuel Tech has tried to place forward-looking statements by utilizing words specified arsenic anticipate, believe, plan, expect, estimate, intend, volition and akin expressions, but these words are not the exclusive means of identifying forward-looking statements.

These statements are based connected accusation presently disposable to Fuel Tech and are taxable to assorted risks, uncertainties and different factors, including, but not constricted to, those discussed successful Fuel Tech's yearly study connected Form 10-K successful Item 1A nether the caption of Risk Factors and consequent filings nether the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 arsenic amended, which could origin Fuel Tech's existent growth, results of operations, fiscal condition, currency flows, performance, concern prospects and opportunities to disagree materially from those expressed successful oregon implied by these statements. Fuel Tech undertakes nary work to update specified factors oregon to publically denote the results of immoderate forward-looking statements contained herein to bespeak aboriginal events, developments, circumstances oregon for immoderate different reasons.

Investors are cautioned that each forward-looking statements impact risks and uncertainties, including those elaborate successful the company's filings with the SEC. With that said, I'd present similar to crook the telephone implicit to Vince Arnone. Vince, delight spell ahead.

Vincent Arnone: Thank you, Devin. Good morning, and I'd similar to convey everyone for joining america connected the telephone today. Our archetypal 4th results, though strong, fell somewhat abbreviated of past year's Q1 results with improved show successful our Air Pollution Control concern conception being offset by a diminution successful revenues for our FUEL CHEM concern segment. We proceed to validate the efficacy and clients' instrumentality connected concern for our Dissolved Gas Infusion demonstrations, and we maintained a beardown fiscal presumption with cash, currency equivalents and investments of astir $31 cardinal astatine 4th extremity and nary semipermanent debt. Most importantly, our outlook for the twelvemonth has changed importantly and for the better.