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Management attributes record profitability and gross margins to a favorable customer and product mix, specifically the acceleration of grid edge intelligence and high-margin Outcomes growth.
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The company is transitioning from a hardware-centric model to a system manager role, focusing on data, AI, and software to address utility needs for electrification and decentralization.
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Performance in the Outcomes segment, which grew 22% on a constant currency basis, was driven by increased delivery services and the continued expansion of recurring revenue streams.
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Management noted that the ‘exogenous’ project delays seen in mid-2025 have stabilized, with no further movement or cancellations reported despite ongoing data center siting and funding uncertainties.
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The acquisition of Urbint and LocusView establishes a new Resiliency Solutions segment, allowing Itron to support the entire asset lifecycle from planning and digital construction to emergency response.
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Strategic positioning is focused on ‘Distributed Intelligence’ (DI), with endpoint adoption up 25% and application usage up 70% year-over-year as utilities seek real-time grid visibility.
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The 2026 revenue guidance of $2.35 billion to $2.45 billion assumes a 1% growth at the midpoint, reflecting a shift toward higher-quality, recurring revenue over legacy hardware volume.
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Management expects Annual Recurring Revenue (ARR) to grow between mid-teens and 20% through 2026, serving as a primary KPI for the company’s structural evolution.
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The new Resiliency Solutions segment is projected to contribute $65 million to $70 million in 2026 revenue with approximately 70% gross margins, though it will be dilutive to EPS by $0.38 due to reduced interest income.
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Guidance assumes a normalized tax rate of 22% and anticipates that the recent acquisitions will become EPS accretive by 2027.
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Management maintains its 2027 revenue targets but suggests performance may land toward the lower end of the range depending on the pace of large-scale network deployments.
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The company introduced Annual Recurring Revenue (ARR) as a new reporting metric, ending 2025 at approximately $368 million to reflect the growing software and services mix.
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A planned decline in legacy electricity products in EMEA and the timing of North American project deployments led to a year-over-year revenue decrease in Device and Network Solutions.
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The acquisition of LocusView for $525 million closed in early 2026 and is not reflected in the year-end 2025 cash balance of $1.02 billion.
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Management flagged that while the market environment is constructive, bookings remain ‘lumpy’ due to the nature of large-scale utility project cycles and regulatory approval timelines.
