Mobix Labs forecasts a Q4 beat, with going-concern doubt in the fine print
The Irvine, California RF-components maker says fiscal Q4 revenue will top $1.6 million, more than double the prior quarter, and its chief executive calls it proof the bottom is in. The same release lists substantial doubt about continuing as a going concern, and the quarter being doubled was $0.79 million.
Vincent Jiang · 3 min read
The bottom, announced twice
On 17 August 2026, Mobix Labs guided fiscal fourth-quarter revenue to between $1.4 million and $1.8 million. On 24 September it said it expects to exceed the $1.6 million midpoint, a sequential jump of more than 100%, with a substantial gross-margin improvement to come. 1
"We believe fiscal Q3'26 marked our bottom, and these results are the proof," chief executive Phil Sansone said. 1 The release also names National Security Matters, the strategic initiative reframing an Irvine components shop as a defense platform. 1
What a doubled quarter doubles
The quarter being doubled was $0.79 million, down 66% from a year earlier; gross margin fell from 57% to 13% over the year. 2 The December 2024 quarter booked $3.17 million, the strongest of the past two years. 2
Fiscal 2026 has booked $3.6 million through June against $9.9 million for all of fiscal 2025. 2 Even the top of the guided range lands below all six quarters before the slide. 2 A doubled fourth quarter still leaves the year near $5.2 million, roughly half of fiscal 2025. 3
A doubled quarter still lands below the six quarters before the slide
- Mobix Labs revenue
- Estimate
Data
| Mobix Labs revenue | |
|---|---|
| FQ4 24 | $2.95M |
| FQ1 25 | $3.17M |
| FQ2 25 | $2.51M |
| FQ3 25 | $2.35M |
| FQ4 25 | $1.88M |
| FQ1 26 | $1.88M |
| FQ2 26 | $0.97M |
| FQ3 26 | $0.79M |
| FQ4 26E (estimate) | $1.6M ($1.4–1.8M) |
The fine print pays the bill
The 24 September release lists its own risks: substantial doubt about continuing as a going concern, Nasdaq continued-listing compliance, and the potentially dilutive effect of financings. 1 At 30 June the company held $2.14 million of cash against a $16.8 million net loss for the June quarter. 2
The accumulated deficit sits near $183 million; the cash line tells the cycle: $0.27 million after the December quarter, $2.56 million by March, $2.14 million by June. 23 A 1-for-10 reverse split took effect on 6 April 2026 to hold Nasdaq's $1 minimum; the stock now trades near $0.80, down about 94% from a 52-week high of $13.30. 43
The June quarter lost more in three months than the company holds in cash
- Net income (loss)
- Cash and equivalents at quarter end
Data
| Net income (loss) | Cash and equivalents at quarter end | |
|---|---|---|
| FQ4 24 | -$11.54M | $0.27M |
| FQ1 25 | -$19.84M | $0.41M |
| FQ2 25 | -$2.29M | $0.78M |
| FQ3 25 | -$8.27M | $0.24M |
| FQ4 25 | -$15.73M | $3.27M |
| FQ1 26 | -$10.12M | $0.27M |
| FQ2 26 | -$16.8M | $2.14M |
Doubling $0.8 million is arithmetic. Outrunning a $16.8 million loss on $2.1 million of cash is a clock.
Three releases in 24 days, ahead of a vote
Since the S-1 registering shares for the Vision Aerial acquisition was filed on 28 August, three releases have followed: the drone target's 46% and 93% growth projections for 2026 and 2027 on 31 August; a follow-on order worth more than $1 million for threat-detection subsystems on 21 September; and the guidance beat on 24 September. 567
The drone projections are preliminary, unaudited management estimates, and the guidance beat covers a quarter that has not ended or been audited. 61 Stockholders still must approve the share issuance before the deal closes in the fourth calendar quarter. 6
This is where National Security Matters earns its keep. A components shop off a $0.79 million quarter sells stock with difficulty; a national-security platform with F-22, Tomahawk and drone exposure sells a story, and stories price raises. The homepage leads with a $3.2 million TSA-scanner order and F-22 demand up 5X, neither dated. 8
The vote, the audit, or the next S-1
The demand is real: the stock once rose more than 530% intraday on a Tomahawk cruise-missile order, with F-22 and Gulfstream orders following. 4 The fork is the fiscal-2027 guide, back toward $10 million without another dilutive raise, or back to a registration desk visited five times since February. 35
Watch the stockholder vote, the audited year-end filing, and the EDGAR queue.
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- 1Business Wire via Yahoo Finance, "Mobix Labs Expects Fiscal Q4 Revenue to Exceed $1.6 Million, Above Midpoint of Guidance," 24 September 2026
- 2Sharadar quarterly fundamentals from Mobix Labs SEC filings, retrieved 27 September 2026
- 3Ainvest, "Mobix Labs: 100% Q4 Growth Hides a Full-Year Revenue Decline," 24 September 2026
- 4Stocktwits, "Why Did MOBX Stock Crash 25% in Pre-Market Today?", April 2026
- 5SEC EDGAR, Mobix Labs, Inc. S-1 filing index (S-1 filed 28 August 2026), retrieved 27 September 2026
- 6Business Wire via Yahoo Finance, "Mobix Labs' Pending Drone Acquisition, Vision Aerial, Projects 93% Revenue Growth," 31 August 2026
- 7The Defense Post, "Mobix Labs Wins $1M Order for US Threat Detection Sensors," 21 September 2026
- 8Mobix Labs company homepage, retrieved 27 September 2026
- 9Sharadar quarterly fundamentals, from Mobix Labs's SEC filings, retrieved 28 September 2026
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