• Ascent Industries posted Q1 2026 net loss of $2 million, narrowing from year-ago loss, while net sales rose 9% to $19.4 million.
• Gross profit fell 8.3% to $2.8 million, pushing gross margin down 2.72 percentage points to 14.5%.
• Adjusted EBITDA loss widened to $1 million from a year-ago loss, with margin slipping 2.35 percentage points to -5%.
• Management flagged near-term inefficiencies tied to onboarding and scaling new customer programs, targeting $3 million to $5 million of incremental run-rate gross profit improvement, mostly by Q4 2026.
• Quarter-end cash totaled $47.8 million with no revolving credit facility debt; 295,695 shares were repurchased for $3.9 million at an average $12.92 per share.

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