Open the filing on EDGAREstablishment Labs Reports First Quarter 2026 Financial Results
NEW YORK, NY, May 6, 2026 -- Establishment Labs Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: ESTA), a global medical technology company dedicated to improving women’s health and wellness, principally in breast aesthetics and reconstruction, today announced financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2026.
First Quarter Highlights and Outlook (Unaudited)
- Revenue of $59.9 million, up 44.7% from Q1 2025, with guidance raised to $266.5 million to $268.5 million
- $19.6 million of Motiva sales in the United States, up 13.3% from Q4 2025
- Minimally invasive revenue of $9.1 million for the quarter
- Gross margin of 70.7% compared to 67.2% in the year-ago period
- Loss from operations was $6.5 million compared to a loss of $16.9 million in the year-ago period
- Adjusted EBITDA income of $1.2 million compared to a loss of $12.1 million in the year-ago period
- Cash use of $7.5 million compared to use of $21.2 million in the year-ago period
- Cash balance of $68.1 million as of March 31, 2026
“Our momentum is accelerating across both the United States and OUS (outside of the U.S.) markets,” said Peter Caldini, Chief Executive Officer. “The U.S. launch of our minimally invasive platform is off to a strong start and is contributing meaningfully to our growth; we now expect it to make up at least 13% of 2026 revenue, up from previous guidance. At the same time, we’ve delivered our third consecutive quarter of positive adjusted EBITDA, underscoring the strength of our execution and the operational leverage inherent to this business.”
“Our first quarter performance gives us confidence to raise our annual guidance,” said Sandra Harris, Chief Financial Officer of Establishment Labs. “Our recent refinancing with Oaktree extends our debt maturity and further enhances our financial flexibility. We expect to be free cash flow positive in the second half of the year and are focused on meaningfully increasing earnings per share every year moving forward.”
First Quarter 2026 Financial Results (Unaudited)
Total revenue for the quarter ended March 31, 2026 was $59.9 million, compared to $41.4 million for the same period in 2025, representing a growth of approximately 44.7%, with Motiva U.S. revenue increasing to $19.6 million from $6.2 million in the prior-year period.
Gross profit for the first quarter of $42.3 million, or 70.7% of revenue, increased compared to $27.8 million, or 67.2% of revenue, for the same period in 2025. The improvement in gross profit margin was primarily driven by geographic and channel mix.
Total operating expenses for the first quarter were $48.8 million, $4.0 million higher compared to $44.8 million in the first quarter of 2025. This represents a 8.9% increase supporting a 44.7% growth of revenue, showing our ability to leverage operating expenses as we scale the business.
Net loss for the first quarter was $13.4 million, compared to a net loss of $20.7 million in the year-ago period. Adjusted EBITDA increased by $13.3 million to an income of $1.2 million compared to a loss of $12.1 million in the year-ago period, achieving our third consecutive quarter of positive adjusted EBITDA.
The Company’s cash balance on March 31, 2026 was $68.1 million.
Fiscal 2026 Outlook
The Company raises guidance based on the first-quarter 2026 performance, and expects the following results:
- Revenue: $266.5 million to $268.5 million, up from our previous range of $264 million to $266 million. Minimally invasive business to exceed $35 million in 2026 up from the previous guidance of $30 million.
- Gross margin: 71.2% to 72.2%
- Operating expenses: $195 million to $200 million
- Adjusted EBITDA: Positive every quarter
- Free cash flow positive in the second half of the year
Conference Call and Webcast Information
Establishment Labs will host a conference call and webcast today at 8:30 a.m. Eastern Time to discuss its financial results. To participate in the conference call, Dial: 877-407-8037 (US & Canada) or +1 201-689-8037 (international). The call will also be available via live or archived webcast on the “Investor Relations” section of the Establishment Labs website at www.establishmentlabs.com.
About Establishment Labs
Establishment Labs Holdings Inc. is a global medical device company dedicated to improving women’s health and wellness in breast aesthetics and reconstruction through the power of science, engineering, and technology. The company offers a portfolio of solutions for breast health, breast aesthetics, and breast reconstruction in over 100 countries. With five million Motiva® devices delivered to plastic and reconstructive surgeons since 2010, the company’s products have created a new standard for safety and patient satisfaction. The company’s minimally invasive platform consists of Mia Femtech®, a unique minimally invasive experience for breast harmonization, and Preservé™, a breast tissue preserving and minimally invasive technology for primary breast augmentation and primary mastopexy augmentation. GEM® is a next generation minimally invasive system for gluteal ergonomic modeling currently undergoing an IRB approved pivotal study. The Motiva Flora® tissue expander is used to improve outcomes in breast reconstruction following breast cancer and is the only regulatory-approved expander in the world with an integrated port using radio-frequency technology that is MRI conditional. Zensor™ is an RFID technology platform used to safely identify implantable devices from outside the body, and includes the company’s first biosensor Zen™, currently part of an IRB approved pivotal study to measure core breast temperature. These solutions are supported by over 200 patent applications in 20 separate patent families worldwide and over 100 scientific and clinical studies and publications in peer reviewed journals. Establishment Labs manufactures at two facilities in Costa Rica compliant with all applicable regulatory standards under ISO13485:2024 and FDA 21 CFR 820. Please visit our website for additional information at www.establishmentlabs.com.
Non-GAAP Financial Measures
To supplement our financial results presented in accordance with GAAP, this release includes the following measures defined by the Securities and Exchange Commission as non-GAAP financial measures: EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA. These non-GAAP measures are not based on any comprehensive set of accounting rules or principles and should not be considered a substitute for, or superior to, financial measures calculated in accordance with GAAP, and may be different from non-GAAP measures used by other companies, limiting the usefulness of the measures for comparison with other companies.
EBITDA is defined as net income or loss excluding: (1) interest income and expense; (2) provision for income taxes; and (3) depreciation and amortization. We consider EBITDA useful to an investor in evaluating and facilitating comparisons of our operating performance between periods by removing the impact of our capital structure (primarily interest expense) and asset base (primarily depreciation and amortization) from our operating results.
We also present Adjusted EBITDA which includes additional adjustments for items such as other non-cash charges, gains or losses on extinguishment of debt, share-based compensation, contract termination costs, foreign currency gains and losses and restructuring costs. We believe that Adjusted EBITDA provides useful supplemental information to investors regarding our ongoing operating performance that, when considered with net income and EBITDA, is beneficial to an investor's understanding of our performance.
We believe disclosure of this information is also useful to investors as it provides insight into the earnings that management uses to make strategic decisions. These non-GAAP financial measures should be considered along with, but not as alternatives to, net income or loss as prescribed by GAAP as a measure of our operating performance. EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA do not represent cash generated from operating activities under GAAP and should not be considered as alternatives to cash flows from operations or any other operating performance measure prescribed by GAAP. These measures are not measures of our liquidity, nor are indicative of funds available to fund our cash needs. These measurements do not reflect cash expenditures for long-term assets and other items that have been and will be incurred. EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA may include funds that may not be available for management’s discretionary use due to functional requirements to conserve funds for capital expenditures, property acquisitions, and other commitments and uncertainties.
Please see “Reconciliation of EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA” for a reconciliation of these measures to net income (loss), the most directly comparable financial measure. This release also includes information about our expectations regarding Adjusted EBITDA on a forward-looking basis. We have not provided a reconciliation of such forward-looking Adjusted EBITDA information because a reconciliation of such measure to our expected GAAP net income (loss) on a forward-looking basis is not available without unreasonable efforts. The timing or amount of various reconciling items that would impact the forward-looking expectations for this non-GAAP financial measure are uncertain, depend on various factors and cannot be reasonably predicted. Such unavailable information could be material to our results computed in accordance with U.S. GAAP.
Forward-Looking Statements
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Consolidated Statements of Operations
(In thousands, except share and per share data)
(Unaudited)
| Three Months Ended March 31, | |
|---|
| 2026 | 2025 |
|---|
| Revenue | $59,877 | | $41,377 | |
| Cost of revenue | 17,542 | | 13,569 | |
| Gross profit | 42,335 | | 27,808 | |
| Operating expenses: | | |
| Sales, general and administrative | 43,605 | | 39,699 | |
| Research and development | 5,241 | | 5,055 | |
| Total operating expenses | 48,846 | | 44,754 | |
| Loss from operations | (6,511) | | (16,946) | |
| Interest income | 26 | | 250 | |
| Interest expense | (7,088) | | (5,853) | |
| Other income, net | 479 | | 2,753 | |
| Loss before income taxes | (13,094) | | (19,796) | |
| Provision for income taxes | (288) | | (914) | |
| Net loss | $(13,382) | | $(20,710) | |
| Basic and diluted net loss per share | $(0.45) | | $(0.70) | |
| Weighted average outstanding shares used for basic and diluted net loss per share | 29,947,157 | | 29,475,649 | |
Consolidated Balance Sheets
(In thousands)
| March 31, 2026 | December 31, 2025 |
|---|
| (Unaudited) | |
|---|
| Assets | | |
| Current assets: | | |
| Cash and cash equivalents | $68,101 | $75,572 |
| Accounts receivable, net | 77,076 | 77,497 |
| Inventory, net | 86,659 | 85,611 |
| Prepaid expenses and other current assets | 13,991 | 11,260 |
| Total current assets | 245,827 | 249,940 |
| Long-term assets: | | |
| Property and equipment, net | 74,654 | 75,615 |
| Goodwill | 1,209 | 1,209 |
| Intangible assets, net | 9,303 | 9,942 |
| Right-of-use operating lease assets, net | 3,930 | 4,339 |
| Other non-current assets | 16,114 | 16,122 |
| Total assets | $351,037 | $357,167 |
| Liabilities and Shareholders’ Equity | | |
| Current liabilities: | | |
| Accounts payable | $41,813 | $43,109 |
| Accrued liabilities | 22,211 | 18,856 |
| Other liabilities, short-term | 19,129 | 20,177 |
| Total current liabilities | 83,153 | 82,142 |
| Long-term liabilities: | | |
| Note payable, net | 248,592 | 247,522 |
| Operating lease liabilities, long-term | 2,407 | 2,820 |
| Other liabilities, long-term | 2,102 | 1,136 |
| Total liabilities | 336,254 | 333,620 |
| Shareholders’ equity: | | |
| Total shareholders’ equity | 14,783 | 23,547 |
| Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity | $351,037 | $357,167 |
Reconciliation of EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA
(In thousands)
(Unaudited)
The following is a reconciliation of net loss to EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA:
| Three Months Ended March 31, | |
|---|
| 2026 | 2025 |
|---|
| Net loss | $(13,382) | | $(20,710) | |
| Interest expense | (7,088) | | (5,853) | |
| Interest income | 26 | | 250 | |
| Provision for income taxes | (288) | | (914) | |
| Depreciation and amortization | (2,478) | | (2,335) | |
| EBITDA | (3,554) | | (11,858) | |
| Stock compensation expense & compensation paid in stock | (3,100) | | (2,544) | |
| Foreign currency gain (loss) | (285) | | 2,784 | |
| Restructuring charges | (1,373) | | - | |
| Adjusted EBITDA | $1,204 | | $(12,098) | |
Contacts
Investor/Media Contact:Malavika Williammwilliam@establishmentlabs.com