ClearSign Technologies Q3 Earnings Beat Estimates, Revenues Dip Y/Y

ClearSign Technologies Corporation CLIR reported a loss of 3 cents per share in the third quarter of 2025, narrower than the Zacks Consensus Estimate of a loss of 4 cents. CLIR had incurred a loss of 2 cents in the year-ago quarter.

ClearSign Technologies registered revenues of $1.03 million in the reported quarter compared with $1.86 million in the year-ago quarter. The top line missed the Zacks Consensus Estimate by 28.04%.

CLIR’s Q3 Operational Update

The cost of sales amounted to $661 million in the third quarter, down 49.5% year over year. The gross profit was $368 million, down from the year-ago quarter’s $551 million. The gross margin was 35.8% in the reported quarter compared with 29.6% in the third quarter of 2024.

General and administrative expenses were $1.81 million in the quarter, up 9.2% year over year. The operating loss was $1.75 million in comparison with the prior-year quarter’s loss of $1.43 million.

ClearSign Technologies’ Q3 Financial Condition

The company reported cash and cash equivalents of $10.5 million as of Sept. 30, 2025, in comparison with $14 million as of Dec. 31, 2024. It used $3.45 million in operating activities in the first nine months of 2025 compared with $3.96 million in the first nine months of 2024.

CLIR’s Stock Price Performance

The company’s shares have gained 1.4% in the past year against the industry’s decline of 12.4%.

ClearSign Technologies’s Zacks Rank

The company currently carries a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold). You can see the complete list of today’s Zacks #1 Rank (Strong Buy) stocks here.

CLIR’s Peer Performances

MSC Industrial Direct Company, Inc. MSM reported a fourth-quarter fiscal 2025 adjusted EPS of $1.09, which beat the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.03. The bottom line increased 6% year over year.

MSC Industrial generated revenues of around $978 million in the quarter under review, up 2.7% from $952 million in the year-ago quarter. The top line beat the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $965 million.

SiteOne Landscape Supply, Inc. SITE recorded an adjusted EPS of $1.31 in the third quarter of 2025, beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.22. The company posted earnings of 97 cents per share in the third quarter of 2024.

SiteOne Landscape registered revenues of $1.26 billion for the September-end quarter of 2025, beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.25. The top line rose 4% year over year.

W.W. Grainger, Inc. GWW has reported EPS of $10.21 in the third quarter of 2025, beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $9.93. The bottom line improved 3.4% year over year, aided by the solid performances of the High-Touch Solutions N.A. and Endless Assortment segments.

Grainger’s quarterly revenues rose 6.1% year over year to $4.66 billion. The top line surpassed the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $4.64 billion. Daily sales increased 6.1% from the prior-year quarter.

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