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Energy Recovery, Inc. (ERII)

As-reported financials and SEC filings for Energy Recovery, Inc. The latest annual period is FY2025. The latest reported quarter is Q2 FY2026. Financial statements come straight from the company’s EDGAR filings; valuation figures such as P/E and market cap use market data.

About Energy Recovery, Inc.

Energy Recovery, Inc. designs and manufactures energy-saving technology for critical infrastructure, focusing on pressure exchanger technology that improves efficiency and reduces emissions in industrial processes. Its main product, the PX Pressure Exchanger, is widely used in seawater reverse osmosis desalination to recover energy and lower operating costs. The company serves customers globally in industries such as desalination, wastewater treatment, and carbon dioxide refrigeration.

Snapshot

Revenue
$135.0M
Revenue growth (YoY)
-6.9%
Net income
$23.0M
Diluted EPS
$0.42
Gross margin
65.1%
Operating margin
17.7%
Net margin
17.0%
FCF margin
12.9%
ROE
11.1%
net income / fiscal-year-end equity
P/E
30.4×
trailing when available, otherwise FY EPS
Market cap
$403.3M
Long-term debt / equity
non-current term debt only

Fundamentals are from SEC filings for FY2025, the latest annual period (ended December 31, 2025). P/E and market cap are derived from stored market prices, last retrieved on a rolling basis and typically within the past week.

What changed at Energy Recovery

  • Revenue fell 6.9% to $135M in FY2025, slower than the 12.9% the year before.
  • Operating margin is 17.7% in FY2025, +4.4 pp against 13.3% in FY2021.
  • Most recent quarter Q2 FY2026: revenue $12M, down 57.2% from Q2 FY2025.
  • Free cash flow was $17M in FY2025, 12.9% of revenue.
  • Net income fell 0.4% to $23M in FY2025.

Computed from the as-reported figures in the statements below. A change we cannot state from filed figures is left out rather than estimated.

Peer comparison

Where Energy Recovery’s fundamentals sit among the 684 Industrials companies. Each figure is ranked only against peers that report it, from lowest (left) to highest (right).

Gross margin65.1%
94th percentile of 466
Operating margin17.7%
84th percentile of 605
Net margin17.0%
90th percentile of 645
FCF margin12.9%
79th percentile of 562
Revenue growth (YoY)-6.9%
19th percentile of 668
ROE11.1%
63rd percentile of 600
P/E30.4×
62nd percentile of 435
Short interest3.21d
49th percentile of 676

Energy Recovery’s gross margin of 65.1% ranks in the 94th percentile of the 466 Industrials companies reporting it. Energy Recovery’s net margin of 17.0% ranks in the 90th percentile of the 645 Industrials companies reporting it.

1 reported insider purchase (code P) totaling $99,267 in the last 90 days, against 3 sales totaling $193,423. For context, about 15% of companies in the universe saw any reported insider purchase (code P) in the same window. Browse insider activity →

Percentiles describe where a figure sits among sector peers reporting it (100th = highest). They are position within a peer group, not a rating, and not investment advice. Short interest ranking uses days to cover from FINRA Consolidated Short Interest data; FINRA is the owner and source of that data, included at no additional charge.

Institutional ownership

Held by 5 quant / multi-strat books among the superinvestors we track; no conviction manager currently reports a position.

Conviction investors
0
+5 quant / multi-strat
Initiated / added
5
1 new, 4 added
Reduced / exited
2
0 trimmed, 2 exited
Combined position
$11.5M
reported long value
InvestorAs ofPosition valueSharesChange
Citadel AdvisorsquantQ2 2026$4.3M476.2KAdded
AQR Capital ManagementquantQ2 2026$2.4M262.8KAdded
Two Sigma InvestmentsquantQ2 2026$2.1M232.8KAdded
D. E. ShawquantQ2 2026$2.0M218.7KAdded
Point72 Asset ManagementquantQ2 2026$747,02782.8KNew

No longer held by: Millennium Management (as of Q2 2026), Renaissance Technologies (as of Q2 2026)

From quarterly Form 13F filings, which can be up to 45 days delayed. Long US-listed positions only: excludes short positions, options, cash, bonds, and non-US holdings, so this is not a manager’s complete portfolio. Counts are of the investors we track, not all institutions. Not investment advice.

Recent insider activity

Non-derivative buys and sells (codes P/S) reported by officers, directors and 10% owners on SEC Form 4.

Buys (90d)
1
1 insider
Bought (90d)
$99K
code P value
Sells (90d)
3
$193K
Reported activity
Net selling
by $ value, 90d
Trade dateInsiderTypeSharesPriceValue
2026-07-28
filed 2026-07-29
Clemente RodneySVP, WaterSell5.4K$8.56$46K
2026-07-28
filed 2026-07-29
Yeung WilliamChief Legal OfficerSell2.0K$8.56$18K
2026-06-15
filed 2026-06-17
BUEHLER ALEXANDER JInterim President and CEOSell14.9K$8.71$130K
2026-06-15
filed 2026-06-17
Sabol Colin RDirectorBuy11.2K$8.88$99K
2026-05-13
filed 2026-05-15
TONDREAU PAMELA L.DirectorBuy20.0K$8.34$167K

Reported non-derivative purchases and sales (codes P/S) — which may be open-market or private; excludes option exercises, grants, and shares withheld for taxes. Dates shown are the trade date; a Form 4 can be filed days to years later. A sale can be routine (e.g. a pre-set 10b5-1 plan), so read individual transactions in context. From SEC Form 4. Not investment advice.

Short interest

Total shares sold short as of each twice-monthly FINRA settlement. Rising short interest means more investors are positioned against the stock; days to cover estimates how many trading days of average volume that position represents.

Shares short
3.4M
settled 2026-08-14
Change vs prior
+24.1%
vs previous settlement
Days to cover
3.21
at avg daily volume
Avg daily volume
1.1M
FINRA reported
SettlementShares shortChangeDays to cover
2026-08-143.4M+24.1%3.21
2026-07-312.8M+2.3%3.56
2026-07-152.7M+5.8%4.01
2026-06-302.6M+12.4%1.78
2026-06-152.3M+10.3%2.63
2026-05-292.1M+8.9%2.54
2026-05-151.9M+9.9%1.03
2026-04-301.7M-16.4%1.71

Source: FINRA Consolidated Short Interest. FINRA is the owner and source of the FINRA-supplied data, which is included at no additional charge for your own personal or professional use; republishing or redistributing it is not permitted. Settlement dates are shown; FINRA publishes each settlement about nine business days later, so the latest figure can be two to four weeks old. Not presented as a percentage of float. No FINRA endorsement of this product is implied. Not investment advice.

Income statement (as reported)

 FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Revenue$135.0M$144.9M$128.3M$125.6M$103.9M
Gross profit$87.9M$96.9M$87.1M$87.4M$71.2M
Operating income$23.9M$19.7M$19.1M$24.8M$13.8M
Net income$23.0M$23.1M$21.5M$24.0M$14.3M
Diluted EPS$0.42$0.40$0.37$0.42$0.24

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (hover to see the figure as filed). Full details: where the numbers come from.

Balance sheet (as reported)

 FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Cash and equivalents$48.1M$29.6M$68.1M$56.4M$74.4M
Current assets$181.2M$173.7M$185.5M$157.9M$151.8M
Total assets$231.5M$242.8M$253.0M$217.0M$213.7M
Current liabilities$17.4M$23.4M$21.5M$18.3M$19.8M
Long-term debt
Total liabilities$25.3M$32.8M$33.2M$31.7M$34.9M
Total equity$206.2M$210.0M$219.8M$185.3M$178.8M

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (hover to see the figure as filed). Full details: where the numbers come from.

Cash flow (as reported)

 FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Operating cash flow$18.8M$20.5M$26.1M$12.6M$13.5M
Capital expenditure$1.3M$1.3M$2.6M$4.2M$6.7M
Free cash flow$17.4M$19.2M$23.5M$8.4M$6.8M

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (hover to see the figure as filed). Full details: where the numbers come from.

Quarterly trend (as reported)

QuarterRevenueRevenue YoYNet incomeDiluted EPS
Q2 FY2026$12.0M-57.2%$-3.2M$-0.06
Q1 FY2026$9.7M20.3%$-12.3M$-0.23
Q4 FY2025$66.9M-0.3%$26.9M$0.50
Q3 FY2025$32.0M-17.1%$3.9M$0.07
Q2 FY2025$28.1M3.1%$2.1M$0.04
Q1 FY2025$8.1M-33.3%$-9.9M$-0.18
Q4 FY2024$67.1M17.3%$23.5M$0.40
Q3 FY2024$38.6M4.2%$8.5M$0.15

Latest 8 reported quarters, from company XBRL filings on SEC EDGAR.

Company facts

ExchangeNasdaq
SectorIndustrials
SIC industrySpecial Industry Machinery, NEC
Latest annual periodFY2025 (ended December 31, 2025)
Latest reported quarterQ2 FY2026 (ended June 30, 2026)
Oldest indexed filing2012
SEC CIK1421517

Selected SEC filings

10-K2026-02-25
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10-Q2026-08-05
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10-Q2026-05-06
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8-K2026-08-05
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8-K2026-07-13
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8-K/A2026-06-11
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8-K2026-06-08
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Data sourced from SEC EDGAR. Figures are as-reported and may be unaudited or restated; verify against the source filing before relying on them. Informational only. Not investment advice.