BEEM — what changed in the latest 10-Q
A section-by-section comparison of BEEM'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 · 2026-05-15 vs the prior 10-Q · 2025-11-14
| Section | Outcome | Added | Removed | Minor | Unchanged |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MD&A | Text added/removed | +42 | −35 | ~15 | 19 |
| Controls & procedures | Text added/removed | +5 | −11 | ~2 | 2 |
| Legal proceedings | No paragraph-level changes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Risk factors | Text added/removed | 0 | −2 | ~1 | 0 |
| Other information | Text added/removed | 0 | 0 | ~1 | 0 |
Counts are paragraphs; added/removed means text added or removed vs the prior filing — no direction or judgement implied.
Not shown (absent or not faithfully extractable): Market risk (Item 3)
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 · 2026-05-15
fluctuation in quarterly results, including as a result of order timing, customer procurement processes, project approval timelines and budget cycles;
failure of the Company to generate sufficient revenues, improve gross margins or achieve profitability;
the Company’s ability to collect accounts receivable, convert backlog into revenue and manage working capital requirements;
(f) risks associated with international operations, foreign currency fluctuations, foreign regulations, geopolitical instability, war, terrorism or other conflict, including conflicts or tensions in the Middle East involving Iran, Israel, the United States, regional governments or regional proxy gro…
(g) material weaknesses in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting and the Company’s ability to remediate those weaknesses;
Text removed vs the prior filing · source: 10-Q · 2025-11-14
reductions in demand for the Company’s products and services, whether because of competition, general industry conditions, loss of tax incentives for solar power, technological obsolescence, or other reasons;
significant currency fluctuation or foreign regulations that could impact on our business;
We caution you that the foregoing list may not contain all of the forward-looking statements made in this Form 10-Q.
You should not rely upon forward-looking statements as predictions of future events. We have based the forward-looking statements contained in this Form 10-Q primarily on our current expectations and projections about future events and trends that we believe may affect our business, financial condit…
Beam is a clean-technology innovation company headquartered in San Diego, California with offices in the U.S. in San Diego, California and Broadview, Illinois; in Europe in Belgrade and Kraljevo, Serbia; and in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. We develop, design, engineer, manufacture, and sell high…
Controls & procedures
Text added vs the prior filing · source: 10-Q · 2026-05-15
Insufficient controls over inventory accounting, including controls to ensure inventory is accurately tracked, recorded and valued on a timely basis
Insufficient controls over the preparation, review and approval of account reconciliations and financial reporting schedules, including lack of appropriate documentation and evidence of review
Inadequate segregation of duties and user access controls, including limitations due to personal resources and overlapping responsibilities
Insufficient controls over financial reporting processes and oversight related to our international operations, including Beam Europe
The Company continues to evaluate and implement remediation measures intended to address the identified material weaknesses in internal control over financial reporting. However, during the quarter ended March 31, 2026, there were no other changes in our internal control over financial reporting tha…
Text removed vs the prior filing · source: 10-Q · 2025-11-14
The Company does not have sufficient controls in place to ensure that all inventory is appropriately tracked and recorded on a timely basis, given the lack of an automated tracking system and the manual nature of its current processes and controls surrounding inventory
The Company did not maintain adequate controls relating to documentation of the review and approval of reconciliations and other schedules prepared internally to be included or disclosed in the financial statements. Many of our reports and reconciliations are performed in Excel spreadsheets, and we …
Appropriate segregation of duties that would adequately restrict user access and ensure adequate review of transactions. Because we are a small company, many employees have multiple job responsibilities, and during the implementation in Q4, access was allowed for employees to access necessary tasks.…
The Company did not maintain sufficient controls related to Beam Europe
The Company did not complete a Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) Section 404A assessment
Risk factors
Text removed vs the prior filing · source: 10-Q · 2025-11-14
A U.S. federal government shutdown or lapse in appropriations could adversely affect our business and results of operations.
A portion of our revenues are derived, directly or indirectly, from contracts, grants, and programs funded by the U.S. federal government. Any shutdown or lapse in federal appropriations could delay the issuance of new contracts or slow the timing of payments on contracts already awarded. In additio…
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