Syntec Optics Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: OPTX) Reports First Quarter 2026 Results and Strengthened Post-Quarter Balance Sheet
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Published on 05/15/2026 at 04:45 pm EDT
ROCHESTER, NEW YORK, May 15, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Syntec Optics Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: OPTX) (“Syntec” or the “Company”), a leading provider of advanced optics and photonics solutions across defense, biomedical, communications, and consumer markets, today reported financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2026.
Management Commentary
“Our first quarter results were impacted by temporary timing delays of shipments to biomedical end markets, due to purchase order revisions. However, operational execution remained solid, and shipments normalized beginning in April,” stated Dean Rudy, Chief Financial Officer of Syntec Optics. “We continued executing operational efficiency and cost reduction initiatives while advancing multiple strategic growth programs across defense tech and space tech markets.”
Mr. Rudy continued, “Subsequent to quarter end, we significantly strengthened our balance sheet and liquidity position through the successful completion of our public offering. We believe the additional $23 million of capital, including next-day execution of green shoe, combined with pay down of our revolving line of credit balance to zero while maintaining continued access to the facility, positions the Company to support future growth opportunities and operational scale improvements.”
Q1 2026 Financial Results
Revenue
Gross Profit
Operating Expenses
EPS
Improved Cash and Liquidity
Operational Execution
Outlook
The Company expects improved operating momentum in Q2 2026, supported by normalized customer shipment activity following temporary purchase order timing delays in Q1 2026.
Syntec expects growth drivers during 2026 to include:
The Company currently expects:
Management believes the Company’s achievement of the capital raise milestone enabled the optimization of the capital structure and provided additional flexibility to acquire or invest in complementary businesses, technologies, products, or assets, as well as for working capital and capital expenditures.
About Syntec Optics
Syntec Optics Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: OPTX), headquartered in Rochester, NY, is one of the largest custom and diverse end-market optics and photonics manufacturers in the United States. Operating for over two decades, Syntec Optics runs a state-of-the-art facility with extensive core capabilities of various optics manufacturing processes, both horizontally and vertically integrated, to provide a competitive advantage for mission-critical OEMs. As more products become light-enabled, Syntec Optics continues to add new product lines, including recent Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite optics for communications, lightweight night-vision goggle optics for defense, biomedical optics for diagnostics and surgery, and data center optics for Artificial Intelligence. According to SPIE, across the entire field of optics and photonics, the monetary value of all light-enabled products and related services amounts to over 15% of worldwide economic output (nearly $16 trillion of the total $106 trillion value of all finished goods and services produced worldwide in 2023). To learn more, visit www.syntecoptics.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains certain “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. All statements other than statements of historical fact contained in this press release, including statements as to the intended use of net proceeds from the public offering, are forward-looking statements. Some of these forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of forward-looking words, including “may,” “should,” “expect,” “intend,” “will,” “estimate,” “anticipate,” “believe,” “predict,” “plan,” “targets,” “projects,” “could,” “would,” “continue,” “forecast” or the negatives of these terms or variations of them or similar expressions. All forward-looking statements are subject to risks, uncertainties, and other factors (some of which are beyond the control of Syntec Optics), which could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. All forward-looking statements are based upon estimates, forecasts and assumptions that, while considered reasonable by Syntec Optics and its management, as the case may be, are inherently uncertain and many factors may cause the actual results to differ materially from current expectations which include, but are not limited to: 1) risk outlined in any prior SEC filings; 2) ability of Syntec Optics to successfully increase market penetration into its target markets; 3) the addressable markets that Syntec Optics intends to target do not grow as expected; 4) the loss of any key executives; 5) the loss of any relationships with key suppliers including suppliers abroad; 6) the loss of any relationships with key customers; 7) the inability to protect Syntec Optics’ patents and other intellectual property; 8) the failure to successfully execute manufacturing of announced products in a timely manner or at all, or to scale to mass production; 9) costs related to any further business combination; 10) changes in applicable laws or regulations; 11) the possibility that Syntec Optics may be adversely affected by other economic, business and/or competitive factors; 12) Syntec Optics’ estimates of its growth and projected financial results for the future and meeting or satisfying the underlying assumptions with respect thereto; 13) the impact of any pandemic, including any mutations or variants thereof and the Russian/Ukrainian or Israeli conflict, and any resulting effect on business and financial conditions; 14) inability to complete any investments or borrowings in connection with any organic or inorganic growth; 15) the potential for events or circumstances that result in Syntec Optics’ failure to timely achieve the anticipated benefits of Syntec Optics’ customer arrangements; and 16) other risks and uncertainties set forth in the sections entitled “Risk Factors” and “Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements” in prior SEC filings. These filings identify and address other important risks and uncertainties that could cause actual events and results to differ materially from those contained in the forward-looking statements. Nothing in this press release should be regarded as a representation by any person that the forward-looking statements set forth herein will be achieved or that any of the contemplated results of such forward-looking statements will be achieved. You should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date they are made. Syntec Optics does not give any assurance that Syntec Optics will achieve its expected results. Syntec Optics does not undertake any duty to update these forward-looking statements except as otherwise required by law.
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SYNTEC OPTICS HOLDINGS, INC.CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETSMARCH 31, 2026 AND DECEMBER 31, 2025
SYNTEC OPTICS HOLDINGS, INC.UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONSFOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 2026 AND 2025
SYNTEC OPTICS HOLDINGS, INC.UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWSFOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 2026 AND 2025
NON-GAAP RECONCILIATION OF EBITDAFOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 2026 AND 2025
In the quarters ended March 31, 2026, and 2025:
(1) Stock-based compensation was issued to independent Board members.
(2) A succession plan was required for the transition of the CEO at the 2024 year-end.
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