ASPN — what changed in the latest 10-Q
A section-by-section comparison of ASPN's newest periodic SEC filing (10-K/10-Q) against the prior same-form filing: paragraphs added and removed per section, with verbatim excerpts. Purely a deterministic text diff — no similarity scores, no directional read, not investment advice.
Comparing 10-Q · 2026-05-08 vs the prior 10-Q · 2025-11-06
| Section | Outcome | Added | Removed | Minor | Unchanged |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MD&A | Text added/removed | +34 | −55 | ~38 | 34 |
| Market risk (Item 3) | Text added/removed | +3 | −2 | ~2 | 2 |
| Controls & procedures | Text added/removed | +2 | −3 | 0 | 1 |
| Legal proceedings | Text added/removed | 0 | −2 | ~1 | 0 |
| Risk factors | Some risk factors updated | +4 | −5 | ~1 | 0 |
| Other information | Text added/removed | +1 | −7 | 0 | 0 |
Counts are paragraphs; added/removed means text added or removed vs the prior filing — no direction or judgement implied.
Representative excerpts
Up to 5 excerpts of about 300 characters per section, quoted verbatim from the two SEC filings.
MD&A
Text added vs the prior filing · source: 10-Q · 2026-05-08
Our patented aerogel products and manufacturing technologies are significant assets. Silica aerogels are complex structures in which 97% of the volume consists of air trapped between intertwined clusters of amorphous silica solids. We believe these extremely low-density solids provide superior therm…
Our aerogel thermal barrier products are designed to enable our customers to enhance the safety and performance of their lithium-ion battery systems. These barriers are designed to impede the propagation of thermal runaway in lithium-ion battery systems at the battery cell, module, and pack levels a…
We design, develop and manufacture innovative, high-performance aerogel insulation used primarily in the energy industrial market. We believe our aerogel blankets deliver the best thermal performance of any widely used insulation product available on the market today and provide a combination of per…
Our end-user customers select our products where thermal performance is critical and to save money, improve resource efficiency, enhance sustainability, preserve operating assets and protect workers. Our insulation is used by oil producers and the owners and operators of refineries, petrochemical pl…
We also derive revenue from a number of other end markets. Customers in these markets have used our products for applications such as military aircrafts, trains, and buses. We believe we will have additional opportunities to address high-value applications in the global insulation market, as well as…
Text removed vs the prior filing · source: 10-Q · 2025-11-06
battery systems. During fiscal years 2024, 2023 and 2022, we sold $306.8 million, $110.1 million and $55.6 million, respectively, of our PyroThin thermal barriers; however, as discussed below under “Key Metrics and Non-GAAP Financial Measures”, our thermal barrier revenues have declined in 2025 as c…
We design, develop and manufacture innovative, high-performance aerogel insulation used primarily in the energy industrial market. We believe our aerogel blankets deliver the best thermal performance of any widely used insulation product available on the market today and provide a combination of per…
We also derive revenue from a number of other end markets. Customers in these markets use our products for applications as diverse as military and commercial aircraft, trains, buses, appliances, apparel, footwear and outdoor gear. We believe we will have additional opportunities to address high-valu…
We expect to meet demand for our aerogel products by utilizing both our East Providence facility and our flexible supply strategy, including, but not limited to, using our external manufacturing capabilities.
Our revenue for the nine months ended September 30, 2025 was $229.8 million, which represented a decrease of $99.8 million, or 30%, from $329.6 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2024. Net loss for the nine months ended September 30, 2025
Market risk (Item 3)
Text added vs the prior filing · source: 10-Q · 2026-05-08
As of March 31, 2026, we had $1.7 million of restricted cash to support our outstanding letters of credit.
We are subject to inherent risks attributed to operating in a global economy. The majority of our revenue, receivables, purchases and debts are denominated in U.S. dollars. As we expand our presence in international markets, to the extent we are required to enter into agreements denominated in a cur…
Certain of our and our subsidiaries’ transactions are denominated in currencies other than the functional currency. During the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025, our largest exposures to foreign exchange rates consisted primarily of the Mexican Peso against the U.S. dollar. For the three mo…
Text removed vs the prior filing · source: 10-Q · 2025-11-06
As of September 30, 2025, we had $1.7 million of restricted cash to support our outstanding letters of credit to secure obligations under certain commercial contracts and other obligations.
We are subject to inherent risks attributed to operating in a global economy. A majority of our revenue, receivables, purchases and debts are denominated in U.S. dollars. Certain transactions of the Company and its subsidiaries are denominated in currencies other than the functional currency. During…
Controls & procedures
Text added vs the prior filing · source: 10-Q · 2026-05-08
As of March 31, 2026, our management, with the participation of our principal executive officer and principal financial officer, evaluated the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act). Our management recognizes that …
During the three months ended March 31, 2026, there were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting, as such term is defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) promulgated under the Exchange Act, that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our interna…
Text removed vs the prior filing · source: 10-Q · 2025-11-06
As of September 30, 2025, our management, with the participation of our principal executive officer and principal financial officer, evaluated the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act). Our management recognizes t…
cost-benefit relationship of possible controls and procedures. Based on such evaluation, our principal executive officer and principal financial officer have concluded that, as of September 30, 2025, our disclosure controls and procedures were effective to ensure that information required to be disc…
During the three months ended September 30, 2025, there were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting, as such term is defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15(d)-15(f) promulgated under the Exchange Act, that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our i…
Legal proceedings
Text removed vs the prior filing · source: 10-Q · 2025-11-06
Our patent infringement proceedings in Korea against Beerenberg Services AS, Beerenberg Korea Ltd., and Bronx (China) Co., Ltd., are ongoing. The patent infringement case at the Seoul District Court and our appeal of the Korea Trade Commission decision at the Seoul Administrative Court remain stayed…
In October 2022, we were served with a summons from Aerogels Poland Nanotechnology LLC (APN), a former distributor of our products in Poland with whom we previously terminated our distribution agreements because of APN’s failure to pay amounts due to us. The summons asserts causes of action for decl…
Risk factors
Text added vs the prior filing · source: 10-Q · 2026-05-08
We are dependent on a single manufacturing facility located in East Providence, Rhode Island, as well as our third-party external manufacturing facility in China. Any significant disruption to these facilities or the failure of any of these facilities to operate according to our expectations could h…
We are reliant on a single manufacturing facility located in East Providence, Rhode Island, as well as our third-party external manufacturing facility in China, to meet customer demand. Our ability to meet customer demand depends on efficient, proper and uninterrupted operations at our East Providen…
In January 2026, there was a fire at our manufacturing facility in East Providence, Rhode Island, which damaged one of our emissions control units and rendered it inoperable. Until the damaged emissions control unit is replaced, we are reliant on our one remaining emissions control unit, which is ol…
The insurance policies we maintain to cover losses caused by fire or natural disaster, including business interruption insurance, may not adequately compensate us for any such losses. Moreover, these insurance policies will not address the adverse impacts of any loss of customers that may result fro…
Text removed vs the prior filing · source: 10-Q · 2025-11-06
The terms of the Credit Agreement with MidCap require us to meet certain operating and financial covenants and/or place restrictions on our operating and financial flexibility. If we raise additional capital through debt financing, the terms of any new debt could further restrict our ability to oper…
On August 19, 2024, we and Aspen Aerogels Rhode Island, LLC, a Rhode Island limited liability company (Aspen RI and, together with the Company, each, a Borrower and collectively, the Borrowers) entered into a Credit, Security and Guaranty Agreement (the Credit Agreement and the facilities provided t…
The Amended MidCap Loan Facility is guaranteed by Aspen Mexico Holdings and Aspen Georgia (together with the Borrowers and any future subsidiaries that are required to become guarantors or borrowers pursuant to the terms of the Credit Agreement, collectively, the “Loan Parties”) and is secured by a …
Pursuant to Amendment No. 1, the financial covenants under the MidCap Loan Facility were amended such that (a) the minimum Liquidity (as defined in the Amended MidCap Loan Facility) which must be maintained at all times has changed from $75 million to an amount equal to the greater of (i) $50 millio…
We are currently in compliance with the financial covenants set forth in the Amended MidCap Loan Facility and as described above. However, given the decline in our revenues in 2025 as compared to the prior year, there can be no assurance that we will comply with one or more of these financial covena…
Other information
Text added vs the prior filing · source: 10-Q · 2026-05-08
None of our directors or executive officers adopted, modified or terminated any contract, instruction or written plan for the purchase or sale of our securities that was intended to satisfy the affirmative defense conditions of Rule 10b5-1(c) or any “non-Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangement” as such term…
Text removed vs the prior filing · source: 10-Q · 2025-11-06
On November 4, 2025, the Company promoted Gregg Landes to Chief Operating Officer of the Company. Mr. Landes has been with us since September 2016 and, prior to his promotion to Chief Operating Officer, he had served as Senior Vice President, Operations and Strategic Development since October 2019. …
There is no arrangement or understanding between Mr. Landes and any other person pursuant to which he was selected as Chief Operating Officer of the Company. There are no transactions in which the Company is a participant and in which Mr. Landes has a material interest that are required to be disclo…
During the fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2025, the following directors and executive officers adopted a “rule 10b5-1 trading arrangement” (as defined in Item 408 of Regulation S-K of the Exchange Act) (the “Rule 10b5-1 Sales Plan”).
On August 11, 2025, Donald R. Young, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company and a director of the Company, adopted a Rule 10b5-1 Sales Plan. The plan is intended to satisfy the affirmative defense of Rule 10b5-1(c) and provides for the sale of up to an aggregate of 100,000 shares of ou…
On August 12, 2025, Steven R. Mitchell, a director of the Company, adopted a Rule 10b5-1 Sales Plan. The plan is intended to satisfy the affirmative defense of Rule 10b5-1(c) and provides for the sale of up to an aggregate of 57,541 shares of our common stock until November 12, 2026.
How to read Risk Factors (Item 1A) in a 10-Q
A 10-Q risk-factor section usually takes one of three forms; this page classifies it as one of:
- Pointer — the filer states there have been no material changes and points back to the annual 10-K risk factors; there is no own risk text to compare this quarter.
- Partial update — the filer carves out specific updated risks ("except as set forth below"); the excerpts show exactly what is new this quarter.
- Restated in full — the quarter carries the complete risk-factor text. When the prior quarter was only a pointer there is no prior full text to diff against, so the page flags the section as restated instead.
This describes the filing structure only — it is never a judgement on whether risk went up or down.
Source: text-level diff of the two SEC EDGAR filings · deterministic (no AI-generated content) · for reference only · not investment advice