Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
1. Organization and Operations
SVF Investment Corp. 3, formerly known as SVF Investment III Corp., (“SVF 3” and, after the Domestication as described below, “Symbotic” or the “Company”) was a blank check company incorporated as a Cayman Islands exempted company on December 11, 2020. SVF 3 was incorporated for the purpose of effecting a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, reorganization, or similar business combination with one or more businesses. Warehouse Technologies LLC (“Legacy Warehouse”), a New Hampshire limited liability company, was formed in December 2006 to make investments in companies that develop new technologies to improve operating efficiencies in modern warehouses. Symbotic LLC, a technology company that develops and commercializes innovative technologies for use within warehouse operations and Symbotic Group Holdings, ULC (“Symbotic Canada”) were wholly-owned subsidiaries of Legacy Warehouse. On December 12, 2021, (i) SVF 3 entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”) with Legacy Warehouse, Symbotic Holdings LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Symbotic Holdings”), and Saturn Acquisition (DE) Corp., a Delaware corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of SVF 3 (“Merger Sub”) and (ii) Legacy Warehouse entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Company Merger Agreement”) with Symbotic Holdings.
On June 7, 2022, as contemplated by the Company Merger Agreement, Legacy Warehouse merged with and into Symbotic Holdings (the “Company Reorganization”), with Symbotic Holdings surviving the merger (“Interim Symbotic”). Immediately following such merger, on June 7, 2022, as contemplated by the Merger Agreement, SVF 3 filed a notice of deregistration with the Cayman Islands Registrar of Companies, together with the necessary accompanying documents, and filed a certificate of incorporation and a certificate of corporate domestication with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware, under which SVF 3 was transferred by way of continuation from the Cayman Islands and domesticated as a Delaware corporation, changing its name to “Symbotic Inc.” (the “Domestication”). Immediately following the Domestication of SVF 3, on June 7, 2022, as contemplated by the Merger Agreement, Merger Sub merged with and into Interim Symbotic (the “Merger” and, together with the Company Reorganization, the “Business Combination”), with Interim Symbotic surviving the merger as a subsidiary of Symbotic (“New Symbotic Holdings”).
The Business Combination resulted in an umbrella partnership corporation (“Up-C”) structure, which is often used by partnerships and limited liability companies (operating as partnerships) undertaking an initial public offering. The Up-C structure allowed Legacy Warehouse equity holders (the “Legacy Warehouse Holders”) to retain their equity ownership in Symbotic Holdings, an entity that is classified as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes, and provides potential future tax benefits for Symbotic when the Legacy Warehouse Holders ultimately redeem their pass-through interests for shares of Class A Common Stock in Symbotic Inc. Under the terms of the Tax Receivable Agreement (“TRA”), 85% of these potential future tax benefits realized by Symbotic Inc. as a result of such redemptions will be paid to certain Legacy Warehouse Holders (the “TRA Holders”).
Symbotic is an automation technology company established to develop technologies to improve operating efficiencies in modern warehouses. The Company's vision is to make the supply chain work better for everyone. The Company does this by developing, commercializing, and deploying innovative and comprehensive technology solutions that dramatically improve supply chain operations. The Company automates the processing of pallets, cases and individual items in warehouses. Its systems enhance operations at the front end of the supply chain, and therefore benefit all supply partners further down the chain, irrespective of fulfillment strategy.
The Company's headquarters are located in Wilmington, Massachusetts.
2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
Basis of Presentation and Consolidation
The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in U.S. dollars, in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”). Certain information and note disclosures normally included in the Company’s annual audited consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes prepared in accordance with GAAP have been condensed in, or omitted from, these interim financial statements. Accordingly, these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements included herein should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes thereto as of and for the year ended September 27, 2025, which are included within the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on November 24, 2025. The September 27, 2025 condensed consolidated balance sheet included herein is derived from the Company’s audited consolidated financial statements.
Amounts reported are computed based on thousands, except percentages, per share amounts, or as otherwise noted. As a result, certain totals may not sum due to rounding.
The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and its wholly owned subsidiaries and majority-owned subsidiaries and reflect all adjustments (consisting solely of normal, recurring adjustments) which are, in the opinion of management, necessary for a fair statement of results for the interim periods presented. All intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation. The consolidated financial statements include 100% of the accounts of wholly owned and majority-owned subsidiaries and the ownership interest of the minority investor is recorded as a non-controlling interest in a subsidiary. The results of operations for the interim periods presented are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for any future period or the entire fiscal year.
The Company operates and reports using a 52-53 week fiscal year ending on the last Saturday of September of each calendar year. Each of the Company’s fiscal quarters end on the last Saturday of the third month of each quarter.
Use of Estimates
The preparation of unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates, judgments, and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenue, and expenses, and the amounts disclosed in the related notes to the consolidated financial statements. Actual results and outcomes may differ materially from management’s estimates, judgments, and assumptions. Significant estimates, judgments, and assumptions used in these financial statements include, but are not limited to, those related to revenue, useful lives and realizability of long-lived assets, accounting for income taxes and related valuation allowances, and stock-based compensation. Estimates are periodically reviewed in light of changes in circumstances, facts, and experience.
Significant Accounting Policies
The Company’s significant accounting policies are described in Note 2, Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, to the audited consolidated financial statements and related notes thereto as of and for the year ended September 27, 2025. Except as noted below, there have been no material changes to the significant accounting policies during the three month period ended December 27, 2025.
Presentation of Restricted Cash
Restricted cash primarily consists of collateral required for a credit card processing program and a U.S. customs bond. The short-term or long-term classification is determined in accordance with the required amount of time the cash is to be held as collateral, which is short-term for less than 12 months, and long-term for greater than 12 months from the balance sheet date.
The following table summarizes the end-of-period cash and cash equivalents from the Company’s consolidated balance sheets and the total cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash as presented on the accompanying consolidated statements of cash flows (in thousands):
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| Three Months Ended |
| December 27, 2025 | | December 28, 2024 |
| Cash and cash equivalents | $ | 1,819,102 | | | $ | 903,034 | |
| Restricted cash classified in: | | | |
| Prepaid expenses and other current assets | — | | | 870 | |
| Other long-term assets | 2,205 | | | 2,182 | |
| Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash shown in the statements of cash flows | $ | 1,821,307 | | | $ | 906,086 | |
Volume of Business
The Company has concentration in the volume of purchases it conducts with its suppliers. For the three months ended December 27, 2025, there was one supplier that accounted for greater than 10% of total purchases, and the aggregate purchases from this supplier amounted to $76.2 million. For the three months ended December 28, 2024, there were two suppliers that accounted for greater than 10% of total purchases, and the aggregate purchases from these suppliers amounted to $87.1 million.
Recent Accounting Pronouncements
In December 2023, the FASB issued ASU 2023-09, “Income Taxes (Topic 740): Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures” (“ASU 2023-09”). ASU 2023-09 requires public entities, on an annual basis, to provide: a tabular rate reconciliation (using both percentages and reporting currency amounts) of (1) the reported income tax expense (or benefit) from continuing operations, to (2) the product of the income (or loss) from continuing operations before income taxes and the applicable statutory federal (national) income tax rate of the jurisdiction (country) of domicile using specific categories, and separate disclosure for any reconciling items within certain categories that are equal to or greater than a specified quantitative threshold. For each annual period presented, ASU 2023-09 also requires all reporting entities to disclose the year-to-date amount of income taxes paid (net of refunds received) disaggregated by federal (national), state, and foreign. It also requires additional disaggregated information on income taxes paid (net of refunds received) to an individual jurisdiction equal to or greater than 5% of total income taxes paid (net of refunds received). ASU 2023-09 is effective for public entities for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2024. ASU 2023-09 is to be applied on a prospective basis with the option to apply the standard retrospectively. Early adoption is permitted. The Company will adopt this standard and disclose any impact from this standard in its fiscal year 2026 consolidated financial statements.
In November 2024, the FASB issued ASU 2024-03, “Income Statement-Reporting Comprehensive Income-Expense Disaggregation Disclosures (Subtopic 220-40) - Disaggregation of Income Statement Expenses” (“ASU 2024-03”), which requires additional disclosure about specified categories of expenses included in relevant expense captions presented on the income statement. The amendments are effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2026, and for interim periods within fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2027. Early adoption is permitted. The amendments may be applied either prospectively or retrospectively. The Company is currently evaluating the impact that ASU 2024-03 will have on its disclosures.
The Company considers the applicability and impact of all ASUs issued by the FASB. There are no other accounting pronouncements which have been issued but are not yet effective that would have a material impact on the consolidated financial statements when adopted.
Recent Legislation
On July 4, 2025, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (“OBBBA”) was signed into law in the United States. Key provisions of the OBBBA include permanent extension of once-temporary provisions of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, along with the introduction of other significant changes that may impact the Company. The legislation has multiple effective dates, with certain provisions effective in the Company’s fiscal year 2025 and others implemented through the Company’s fiscal year 2028. The Company continues to evaluate the impact of the OBBBA and has included the impact of changes in the law that were effective during its fiscal year 2025 in the results of its consolidated financial statements.
Change in Accounting Principle - Stock-Based Compensation
In the first quarter of fiscal year 2026, the Company changed its stock-based compensation policy for recognizing expense for graded vesting awards with only service conditions from the accelerated attribution method to the straight-line attribution method. In connection with the Business Combination in June 2022, the Company granted restricted stock unit
(“RSU”) awards with accelerated vesting terms. As those initial RSU awards with accelerated vesting terms have fully vested since the Business Combination, the Company believes the straight-line attribution method for stock-based compensation expense for awards solely subject to time-based vesting conditions is the preferable accounting policy in accordance with Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Topic 718, Compensation - Stock Compensation, because it more accurately reflects how the Company’s ongoing equity awards are earned over the service period and is the predominant method used in its industry. The Company applied the change retrospectively adjusting all periods presented and recorded a cumulative effect adjustment to additional paid-in capital, prepaid expenses and other current assets, and accumulated deficit as of September 28, 2025, resulting in a decrease to additional paid-in capital of $44.1 million, a decrease in GreenBox Systems LLC, which is now doing business as Exol (“Exol”) accounts receivable due from the shared services agreement of $5.5 million and a decrease to accumulated deficit of $38.6 million before giving effect to the impact to the noncontrolling interest. For the year ended September 28, 2024, the cumulative effect of the change in accounting principle on additional paid-in capital and accumulated deficit was an increase to additional paid-in capital of $0.8 million and a decrease to accumulated deficit of $0.7 million.
The following tables present the effect of the change in accounting policy and the impact on the Company’s unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements and the consolidated financial statements for the periods presented (in thousands, except per share data):
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| As of December 27, 2025 |
| As Computed Under Accelerated Attribution Method | | As Computed Under Straight-line Attribution Method | | Effect of Change |
| Prepaid expenses and other current assets | $ | 72,610 | | | $ | 70,393 | | | $ | (2,217) | |
| Additional paid-in capital | 1,999,954 | | | 1,997,587 | | | (2,367) | |
| Accumulated deficit | (1,332,993) | | | (1,331,181) | | | 1,812 | |
| Noncontrolling interest | $ | 298,099 | | | $ | 296,437 | | | $ | (1,662) | |
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| As of September 27, 2025 |
| As Computed Under Accelerated Attribution Method | | As Computed Under Straight-line Attribution Method | | Effect of Change |
| Prepaid expenses and other current assets | $ | 92,050 | | | $ | 86,582 | | | $ | (5,468) | |
| Additional paid-in capital | $ | 1,564,815 | | | $ | 1,556,611 | | | $ | (8,204) | |
| Accumulated deficit | (1,340,862) | | | (1,333,783) | | | 7,079 | |
| Noncontrolling interest | $ | 261,895 | | | $ | 257,552 | | | $ | (4,343) | |
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| For the Three Months Ended |
| December 27, 2025 |
| As Computed Under Accelerated Attribution Method | | As Computed Under Straight-line Attribution Method | | Effect of Change |
| Systems cost of revenue | $ | 472,624 | | | $ | 469,873 | | | $ | (2,751) | |
| Software maintenance and support cost of revenue | 3,061 | | | 2,954 | | | (107) | |
| Operation services cost of revenue | 23,781 | | | 23,734 | | | (47) | |
| Total cost of revenue | 499,466 | | | 496,561 | | | (2,905) | |
| Gross profit | 130,519 | | | 133,424 | | | 2,905 | |
| Research and development expenses | 43,770 | | | 43,006 | | | (764) | |
| Selling, general, and administrative expenses | 86,853 | | | 81,219 | | | (5,634) | |
| Total operating expenses | 133,296 | | | 126,898 | | | (6,398) | |
| Operating income | (2,777) | | | 6,526 | | | 9,303 | |
| Income before income tax and equity method investment | 10,469 | | | 19,772 | | | 9,303 | |
| Income tax expense | (615) | | | (615) | | | — | |
| Net income | 4,055 | | | 13,358 | | | 9,303 | |
| Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests | 3,266 | | | 10,756 | | | 7,490 | |
| Net income attributable to common stockholders | $ | 789 | | | $ | 2,602 | | | $ | 1,813 | |
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| Income per share of Class A Common Stock: | | | | | |
| Basic and Diluted | $ | 0.01 | | | $ | 0.02 | | | $ | 0.01 | |
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| For the Three Months Ended |
| December 28, 2024 |
| As Computed Under Accelerated Attribution Method | | As Computed Under Straight-line Attribution Method | | Effect of Change |
| Systems cost of revenue | $ | 381,819 | | | $ | 380,990 | | | $ | (829) | |
| Software maintenance and support cost of revenue | 1,884 | | | 1,858 | | | (26) | |
| Operation services cost of revenue | 22,951 | | | 22,829 | | | (122) | |
| Total cost of revenue | 406,654 | | | 405,677 | | | (977) | |
| Gross profit | 80,039 | | | 81,016 | | | 977 | |
| Research and development expenses | 43,592 | | | 43,279 | | | (313) | |
| Selling, general, and administrative expenses | 61,076 | | | 60,705 | | | (371) | |
| Total operating expenses | 104,668 | | | 103,984 | | | (684) | |
| Operating loss | (24,629) | | | (22,968) | | | 1,661 | |
| Loss before income tax and equity method investment | (16,806) | | | (15,145) | | | 1,661 | |
| Income tax expense | (150) | | | (150) | | | — | |
| Net loss | (18,520) | | | (16,859) | | | 1,661 | |
| Net loss attributable to noncontrolling interests | (15,044) | | | (13,684) | | | 1,360 | |
| Net loss attributable to common stockholders | $ | (3,476) | | | $ | (3,175) | | | $ | 301 | |
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| Loss per share of Class A Common Stock: | | | | | |
| Basic and Diluted | $ | (0.03) | | | $ | (0.03) | | | $ | — | |
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| For the Three Months Ended |
| December 27, 2025 |
| As Computed Under Accelerated Attribution Method | | As Computed Under Straight-line Attribution Method | | Effect of Change |
| Cash flows from operating activities: | | | | | |
| Net income | $ | 4,055 | | | $ | 13,358 | | | $ | 9,303 | |
| Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities: | | | | | |
| Depreciation and amortization | 8,704 | | | 8,704 | | | — | |
| Amortization of leases | 1,388 | | | 1,388 | | | — | |
| Loss on equity method investment | 5,799 | | | 5,799 | | | — | |
| Foreign currency losses | 27 | | | 27 | | | — | |
| Provision for excess and obsolete inventory | 4,832 | | | 4,832 | | | — | |
| Stock-based compensation | 57,461 | | | 45,941 | | | (11,520) | |
| Gain from strategic investment fair value adjustment | (1,661) | | | (1,661) | | | — | |
| Changes in operating assets and liabilities: | | | | | |
| Accounts receivable | 79,090 | | | 79,090 | | | — | |
| Inventories | (24,122) | | | (24,122) | | | — | |
| Prepaid expenses and other current assets | (53,943) | | | (51,726) | | | 2,217 | |
| Deferred expenses | (7,275) | | | (7,275) | | | — | |
| Other assets | 2,335 | | | 2,335 | | | — | |
| Accounts payable | (23,857) | | | (23,857) | | | — | |
| Accrued expenses and other current liabilities | 8,718 | | | 8,718 | | | — | |
| Deferred revenue | 132,244 | | | 132,244 | | | — | |
| Other liabilities | (2,255) | | | (2,255) | | | — | |
| Net cash provided by operating activities | $ | 191,540 | | | $ | 191,540 | | | $ | — | |
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| For the Three Months Ended |
| December 28, 2024 |
| As Computed Under Accelerated Attribution Method | | As Computed Under Straight-line Attribution Method | | Effect of Change |
| Cash flows from operating activities: | | | | | |
| Net loss | $ | (18,520) | | | $ | (16,859) | | | $ | 1,661 | |
| Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash provided by operating activities: | | | | | |
| Depreciation and amortization | 6,860 | | | 6,860 | | | — | |
| Amortization of leases | 785 | | | 785 | | | — | |
| Loss on equity method investment | 1,564 | | | 1,564 | | | — | |
| Foreign currency (gains) losses | (32) | | | (32) | | | — | |
| Loss on disposal of assets | 201 | | | 201 | | | — | |
| Provision for excess and obsolete inventory | 688 | | | 688 | | | — | |
| Stock-based compensation | 26,773 | | | 24,603 | | | (2,170) | |
| Changes in operating assets and liabilities: | | | | | |
| Accounts receivable | 67,376 | | | 67,376 | | | — | |
| Inventories | (10,425) | | | (10,425) | | | — | |
| Prepaid expenses and other current assets | 10,317 | | | 10,826 | | | 509 | |
| Deferred expenses | (2,164) | | | (2,164) | | | — | |
| Other assets | (2,643) | | | (2,643) | | | — | |
| Accounts payable | 31,145 | | | 31,145 | | | — | |
| Accrued expenses and other current liabilities | 45,540 | | | 45,540 | | | — | |
| Deferred revenue | 58,336 | | | 58,336 | | | — | |
| Other liabilities | (10,774) | | | (10,774) | | | — | |
| Net cash provided by operating activities | $ | 205,027 | | | $ | 205,027 | | | $ | — | |
3. Noncontrolling Interests
Noncontrolling interests represent the portion of net assets in consolidated entities that are not owned by the Company.
The following table summarizes the ownership of the stock of the Company for the three months ended December 27, 2025.
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| Class A Common Stock | | Class V-1 and Class V-3 Common Stock | | Total | | Class A Common Stock | | Class V-1 and Class V-3 Common Stock | | Total |
| Balance at September 27, 2025 | 112,635,932 | | | 478,252,507 | | | 590,888,439 | | | | | | | |
| Issuances | 8,878,719 | | | — | | | 8,878,719 | | | | | | | |
| Exchanges | 1,711,103 | | | (1,711,103) | | | — | | | | | | | |
| Balance at December 27, 2025 | 123,225,754 | | | 476,541,404 | | | 599,767,158 | | | 20.5 | % | | 79.5 | % | | 100 | % |
The following table summarizes the ownership of the stock of the Company for the three months ended December 28, 2024.
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| Class A Common Stock | | Class V-1 and Class V-3 Common Stock | | Total | | Class A Common Stock | | Class V-1 and Class V-3 Common Stock | | Total |
| Balance at September 28, 2024 | 104,689,377 | | | 481,274,582 | | | 585,963,959 | | | | | | | |
| Issuances | 1,652,671 | | | — | | | 1,652,671 | | | | | | | |
| Exchanges | 179,867 | | | (179,867) | | | — | | | | | | | |
| Cancellations | — | | | (196,901) | | | (196,901) | | | | | | | |
| Balance at December 28, 2024 | 106,521,915 | | | 480,897,814 | | | 587,419,729 | | | 18.1 | % | | 81.9 | % | | 100 | % |
4. Revenue
The Company generates revenue through its design and installation of supply chain automation systems (the “System”) to automate customers’ depalletizing, storage, selection, and palletization warehousing processes. The System has both a hardware component and an essential software component that enables the System to be programmed to operate within specific customer environments. The Company enters into contracts with customers that can include various combinations of services to design and install the System. These services are generally distinct and accounted for as separate performance obligations. As a result, each customer contract may contain multiple performance obligations. The Company determines whether performance obligations are distinct based on whether the customer can benefit from the good or service on its own or together with other resources that are readily available and whether the Company’s commitment to provide the goods or services to the customer is separately identifiable from other obligations in the contract.
The Company recognizes revenue upon transfer of control of promised goods or services in a contract with a customer, generally as title and risk of loss pass to the customer, in an amount that reflects the consideration the Company expects to receive in exchange for those goods or services. The Company considers the contractual consideration payable by the customer and assesses variable consideration that may affect the total transaction price, including contractual discounts, changes in total System contract cost estimates, contract incentive payments, shipping fees, inflation adjustments, and other sources of variable consideration, when determining the transaction price of each contract. The Company accounts for all consideration payable to a customer as a reduction of revenue. Consideration payable to a customer may include cash amounts that the Company is obligated to pay or expects to pay a customer, as well as credits or other items that can be applied against amounts owed to the Company from the customer. Variable consideration revenue is recognized only to the extent that it is probable that a significant reversal of revenue will not occur and when collection is considered probable. In instances where the timing of revenue recognition differs from the timing of invoicing, the Company has determined its contracts do not include a significant financing component. Taxes collected from customers, which are subsequently remitted to governmental authorities, are excluded from revenue. Shipping and handling costs billed to customers are included in revenue and the related costs are included in cost of revenue when incurred. The Company presents amounts collected from customers for sales and other taxes net of the related amounts remitted.
The design, assembly, and installation of a System includes substantive customer-specified acceptance criteria that allow the customer to accept or reject Systems that do not meet the customer’s specifications. When the Company cannot objectively determine that acceptance criteria will be met upon contract inception, revenue relating to Systems is deferred and recognized at a point in time upon final acceptance from the customer. If acceptance can be reasonably certain upon contract inception, revenue is recognized over time based on an input method, using a cost-to-cost measure of progress. Under this method, revenue is recorded based on the ratio of costs incurred over total estimated contract costs. This method provides a faithful depiction of the transfer of the System to the customer because the costs incurred represent the Company’s inputs towards satisfying the performance obligation.
Disaggregation of Revenue
The Company provides disaggregation of revenue based on product and service type on the condensed consolidated statements of operations as it believes these categories best depict how the nature, amount, timing, and uncertainty of revenue and cash flows are affected by economic factors.
Contract Balances
The following table provides information about accounts receivable, unbilled accounts receivable, and contract liabilities from contracts with customers (in thousands):
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| December 27, 2025 | | September 27, 2025 |
| Accounts receivable | $ | 107,631 | | | $ | 186,705 | |
| Unbilled accounts receivable | $ | 249,589 | | | $ | 181,658 | |
| Contract liabilities | $ | 1,499,497 | | | $ | 1,367,244 | |
The change in the opening and closing balances of the Company’s accounts receivable primarily results from the increase in customer System implementations in the current fiscal year as well as the timing of when customer payments are due. The change in the opening and closing balances of the Company’s unbilled accounts receivable and contract liabilities primarily results from the timing difference between the Company’s performance and customer payments. The Company’s performance obligations are typically satisfied over time as work is performed. Payment from customers can vary and is often received in advance of satisfaction of the performance obligations, resulting in a contract liability balance. When satisfaction of the performance obligations occurs in advance of invoicing or payment being received, an unbilled accounts receivable is generated. During the three months ended December 27, 2025, the Company recognized $408.2 million of the contract liability balance at September 27, 2025, as revenue upon transfer of the products or services to customers.
Remaining Performance Obligations
Remaining performance obligations represent the aggregate amount of the transaction price allocated to performance obligations not delivered, or partially undelivered, at the end of the reporting period. Remaining performance obligations include deferred revenue plus unbilled amounts not yet recorded in deferred revenue. Remaining performance obligation estimates are subject to change and are affected by several factors, including terminations, changes in scope of contracts, periodic revalidation, adjustments for revenue that have not materialized, adjustments for inflation, and adjustments for currency. The definition of remaining performance obligations excludes those contracts that provide the customer with the right to cancel or terminate the contract without incurring a substantial penalty. For contracts with a duration of greater than one year, the transaction price allocated to performance obligations that are unsatisfied as of December 27, 2025 was $22.3 billion, which is primarily comprised of undelivered or partially undelivered Systems under contract, and which a substantial majority relates to undelivered or partially undelivered Systems in connection with the Master Automation Agreement (“MAA”) with Walmart Inc. (“Walmart”) to implement Systems in all of Walmart’s 42 regional distribution centers (“2025 Walmart MAA”), and in connection with the Commercial Agreement with Exol, under which Symbotic will implement its System into Exol distribution center locations. As the Company accounts for Exol as an equity method investment, the remaining performance obligation includes the Company’s proportionate share of unconsolidated variable interest entity contracts. In addition, the contingent promise to purchase 400 automated systems for online pickup and delivery at Walmart stores under the 2025 Walmart MAA could increase the Company’s future remaining performance obligation by more than $5.0 billion. The Company expects to recognize approximately 13% of its remaining performance obligations as revenue in the next 12 months, approximately 62% of its remaining performance obligations as revenue within the following 13 to 60 months, and the remaining thereafter, which is dependent on the timing of System installation timelines. The Company does not disclose the value of remaining performance obligations for contracts with an original expected duration of one year or less or for performance obligations where revenue is recognized under the right to invoice practical expedient.
Significant Customers
For the three months ended December 27, 2025 and December 28, 2024, there was one customer, including all affiliates, subsidiaries, and consolidated entities, that individually accounted for 10% or more of total revenue. The following table represents this customer’s aggregate percent of total revenue.
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| Three Months Ended |
| December 27, 2025 | | December 28, 2024 |
| Customer A | 85.6 | % | | 86.1 | % |
At December 27, 2025, three customers accounted for over 10% of the Company’s accounts receivable balance. At September 27, 2025, one customer accounted for over 10% of the Company’s accounts receivable balance. The following table represents these customers’ aggregate percent of total accounts receivable. The symbol “n/a” indicates that such customer’s accounts receivable balance at the period indicated within the table did not exceed 10% of the Company’s accounts receivable balance.
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| December 27, 2025 | | September 27, 2025 |
| Customer A | 25.6 | % | | 75.8 | % |
| Customer B | 41.4 | % | | n/a |
| Customer C | 16.7 | % | | n/a |
The concentration in the volume of business transacted with these customers may lead to a material impact on the Company’s results from operations if a total or partial loss of the business relationship were to occur. As of the date of the issuance of these financial statements, the Company is not aware of any specific event or circumstance which would result in a material adverse impact to its results of operations or liquidity and financial condition.
5. Leases
The Company leases office space in Wilmington, Massachusetts, Montreal, Canada, Plant City, Florida, Andover, Massachusetts, Milpitas, California, Coppell, Texas, and Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam through operating lease arrangements. The Company has no finance lease agreements. The operating lease arrangements expire at various dates through December 2030.
The following table presents the balance sheet location of the Company’s operating leases for each of the periods presented (in thousands):
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| December 27, 2025 | | September 27, 2025 |
| ROU assets: | | | |
| Other assets | $ | 22,082 | | | $ | 23,469 | |
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| Lease Liabilities: | | | |
| Accrued expenses and other current liabilities | $ | 8,069 | | | $ | 7,722 | |
| Other liabilities | 21,951 | | | 23,958 | |
| Total lease liabilities | $ | 30,020 | | | $ | 31,680 | |
The following table presents maturities of the Company’s operating lease liabilities as of December 27, 2025, presented under ASC Topic 842, Leases (in thousands):
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| December 27, 2025 |
| Remaining fiscal year 2026 | $ | 7,525 | |
| Fiscal year 2027 | 9,395 | |
| Fiscal year 2028 | 5,595 | |
| Fiscal year 2029 | 5,473 | |
| Fiscal year 2030 and thereafter | 7,099 | |
| Total future minimum payments | $ | 35,087 | |
| Less: Implied interest | (5,067) | |
| Total lease liabilities | $ | 30,020 | |
The Company uses its estimated incremental borrowing rate, which is derived from information available at the lease commencement date, in determining the present value of operating lease payments. To determine the estimated incremental borrowing rate, the Company uses publicly available credit ratings for peer companies. The Company estimates the incremental borrowing rate using yields for maturities that are in line with the duration of the lease payments. The weighted average discount rate for operating leases as of December 27, 2025 was 7.5%.
As of December 27, 2025, the weighted-average remaining lease term of the Company’s operating leases was approximately 2.6 years. Operating cash flows for amounts included in the measurement of the Company’s operating lease liabilities were $1.7 million for the three months ended December 27, 2025.
6. Inventories
Inventories at December 27, 2025 and September 27, 2025 consist of the following (in thousands):
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| December 27, 2025 | | September 27, 2025 |
| Raw materials and components | $ | 127,133 | | | $ | 133,989 | |
| Finished goods | 56,547 | | | 30,401 | |
| Total inventories | $ | 183,680 | | | $ | 164,390 | |
7. Property and Equipment
Property and equipment at December 27, 2025 and September 27, 2025 consists of the following (in thousands):
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| December 27, 2025 | | September 27, 2025 |
| Computer equipment and software, furniture and fixtures, test equipment, and other equipment | $ | 153,836 | | | $ | 151,729 | |
| Internal use software | 5,053 | | | 5,590 | |
| Leasehold improvements | 12,068 | | | 10,641 | |
| Total property and equipment | 170,957 | | | 167,960 | |
| Less accumulated depreciation | (55,257) | | | (50,311) | |
| Property and equipment, net | $ | 115,700 | | | $ | 117,649 | |
For the three months ended December 27, 2025 and December 28, 2024, depreciation expense was $4.9 million and $6.2 million, respectively.
8. Business Acquisitions
An immaterial amount of business acquisition-related costs were incurred during the three months ended December 27, 2025. Separate financial results and pro forma financial information for ASR (defined below) have not been presented as the effect of this acquisition was not material to the Company’s financial results.
Advanced Systems & Robotics Inc.
On January 27, 2025, the Company acquired all of the outstanding equity interests of Walmart’s Advanced Systems & Robotics Inc. (“ASR”) for $200.0 million in cash (the “ASR Acquisition) pursuant to a Purchase and Sale Agreement with Walmart (the “ASR Purchase Agreement”). The ASR Acquisition is intended to expand the long-standing relationship between Walmart and the Company with the aim of developing an integrated automated supply chain, which is expected to broaden the Company’s product offering beyond the traditional warehouse to eCommerce settings for last mile delivery. As of December 27, 2025, the purchase price allocation is preliminary, pending finalization of valuations and the impact of income taxes. There were no measurement period adjustments during the three months ended December 27, 2025.
The preliminary allocation of the purchase price for ASR and fair values of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed were as follows (in thousands):
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| Total purchase price | $ | 200,000 | |
| Consideration payable to customer | (45,000) | |
| Employee cost reimbursement asset | (13,169) | |
| Purchase price - business combination | $ | 141,831 | |
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| Allocation of the purchase price - business combination | |
| Inventories | $ | 13,749 | |
| Prepaid expenses and other current assets | 24,634 | |
| Property and equipment, net | 4,261 | |
| Intangible assets | 78,000 | |
| Other assets | 2,223 | |
| Total assets acquired | 122,867 | |
| Accrued expenses and other current assets | 38,296 | |
| Other liabilities | 2,611 | |
| Total liabilities assumed | 40,907 | |
| Identifiable net assets acquired | 81,960 | |
| Goodwill | 59,871 | |
| Total purchase price allocation | $ | 141,831 | |
The value of the goodwill can be attributed to a number of business factors, including a trained technical workforce, and revenue and cost synergies expected to be realized. The Company expects that most of the goodwill related to the ASR Acquisition will not be deductible for tax purposes.
The identified intangible asset acquired is developed technology, which has a gross carrying amount of $78.0 million and has an estimated useful life of 7 years.
The Company applied the multi-period excess earnings method to estimate the fair value of the intangible asset. The total weighted average amortization period for the developed technology intangible asset acquired from Walmart is 7 years. The intangible asset began amortization on the date of acquisition and is amortized on a straight-line basis over its useful life.
9. Intangible Assets and Goodwill
In connection with asset acquisitions in fiscal year 2024 and 2025, and the ASR Acquisition in January 2025, the Company acquired developed technology intangible assets. The intangible assets will be amortized over a useful life of 3 to 7 years on a straight-line basis. The estimated weighted average useful life of the intangible assets is 6.5 years.
The following table presents acquired intangible assets that are subject to amortization as of December 27, 2025 (in thousands). There were no acquired intangible assets that are subject to amortization as of December 28, 2024.
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| Weighted Average Remaining Useful Life (in Years) | | Gross Carrying Amount | | Accumulated Amortization | | Net Book Value |
| Developed technology | 6.5 | | $ | 89,943 | | | $ | (14,567) | | | $ | 75,376 | |
| Total | | | $ | 89,943 | | | $ | (14,567) | | | $ | 75,376 | |
For the three months ended December 27, 2025 and December 28, 2024, amortization expense was $3.8 million and $0.7 million, respectively.
The following table presents the estimated future annual pre-tax amortization expense of definite-lived intangible assets as of the date indicated (in thousands):
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| Developed Technology |
| Remaining fiscal year 2026 | $ | 11,317 | |
| Fiscal year 2027 | 15,089 | |
| Fiscal year 2028 | 12,016 | |
| Fiscal year 2029 | 11,108 | |
| Fiscal year 2030 and thereafter | 25,846 | |
| Total | $ | 75,376 | |
The carrying amount of goodwill at December 27, 2025 was $59.9 million. As a result of the ASR Acquisition, the Company recorded $59.9 million of goodwill. Prior to the ASR Acquisition, the Company did not have goodwill on its consolidated balance sheets. The Company tests goodwill for impairment at least annually. Through the date the interim condensed consolidated financial statements were issued, no triggering events have occurred that would indicate that a potential impairment exists.
10. Restructuring Charges
During the third quarter of fiscal year 2025, management committed to a reduction of the Company’s workforce by approximately 325 employees primarily related to employees that joined the Company’s workforce in connection with the ASR Acquisition. This workforce reduction was substantially completed by December 27, 2025. In the first quarter of fiscal year 2026, management committed to a reduction of the Company’s workforce by approximately 115 employees across the organization to align resource investment to business needs. This workforce reduction is expected to be substantially completed in the second quarter of fiscal year 2026. The costs incurred related to employee severance are recorded as a liability when it is probable that employees will be entitled to termination benefits and the amounts can be reasonably estimated. The liability related to these charges is included in accrued expenses and other current liabilities in the Company’s condensed consolidated balance sheets. As the ASR Purchase Agreement contemplated reimbursement for certain types of restructuring costs, a receivable was recorded as part of purchase accounting, which is included within prepaid expenses and other current assets in the purchase price allocation in Note 8, Business Acquisitions.
The following table presents the activity related to the Company’s severance liability as of December 27, 2025 (in thousands).
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| December 27, 2025 |
| Severance liability at September 27, 2025 | $ | 1,039 | |
| Severance charges | 2,813 | |
| Cash paid and other | (264) | |
| Severance liability at December 27, 2025 | $ | 3,588 | |
The Company did not have material severance activity for the three months ended December 28, 2024. For the three months ended December 27, 2025, the Company recognized $2.7 million of restructuring expense, which is included within restructuring charges on the Company’s condensed consolidated statements of operations.
11. Income Taxes
The Company is subject to U.S. federal income taxes, in addition to state and local income taxes, with respect to its allocable share of any taxable income or loss of Symbotic Holdings. The remaining share of Symbotic Holdings income or loss is non-taxable to the Company and is not reflected in current or deferred income taxes. The Company’s foreign subsidiaries are subject to income tax in their local jurisdictions.
For the three months ended December 27, 2025 and December 28, 2024, the Company recorded a current income tax expense of $0.6 million and $0.2 million, respectively. For the three months ended December 27, 2025, the Company incurred a pre-tax profit, and for the three months ended December 28, 2024, the Company incurred a pre-tax loss. The Company recorded a full valuation allowance against its domestic deferred tax assets and a partial valuation allowance against its foreign deferred tax assets. The Company incurs state tax expense by Symbotic LLC at the flow-through entity
level and foreign tax expense at its foreign subsidiaries. The effective tax rate for the three months ended December 27, 2025 was 4.4% as compared to an effective tax rate of (0.8)% for the three months ended December 28, 2024. The effective tax rate differs from the federal statutory income tax rate primarily due to the flow-through entity level taxes and the effect of the valuation allowance against the Company’s net federal, state, and foreign deferred income taxes.
As of December 27, 2025, the Company continues to conclude that the negative evidence regarding its ability to realize its deferred tax assets outweighs the positive evidence, and the Company has a full valuation allowance against its domestic, federal, and state net deferred tax assets and a partial valuation allowance against its foreign net deferred tax assets. The Company has a history of cumulative pre-tax losses for the three previous fiscal years which it believes represents significant negative evidence in evaluating whether its deferred tax assets are realizable. Given these cumulative losses, lack of forecast history, the competitive environment, and uncertainty of general economic conditions, the Company does not believe it can rely on projections of future taxable income exclusive of reversing taxable temporary differences to support the realization of its deferred tax assets. In upcoming quarters, the Company will continue to evaluate both the positive and negative evidence surrounding its ability to realize its deferred tax assets.
Tax Receivable Agreement
As of December 27, 2025, future payments under the Tax Receivable Agreement (“TRA”) with respect to the purchase of Symbotic Holdings units which occurred as part of or subsequent to the Business Combination are expected to be $464.7 million. Payments made under the TRA represent payments that otherwise would have been made to taxing authorities in the absence of attributes obtained by the Company as a result of exchanges by its pre-IPO members. Such amounts will be paid only when a cash tax savings is realized as a result of attributes subject to the TRA. That is, payments under the TRA are only expected to be made in periods following the filing of a tax return in which the Company is able to utilize certain tax benefits to reduce its cash taxes paid to a taxing authority. The impact of any changes in the projected obligations under the TRA as a result of changes in the geographic mix of the Company’s earnings, changes in tax legislation and tax rates or other factors that may impact the Company’s tax savings will be reflected in income or loss before taxes on the condensed consolidated statements of operations in the period in which the change occurs. As of December 27, 2025, no TRA liability was recorded based on the amount expected to be paid for cash tax savings related to fiscal year 2026. No TRA liability was recorded for periods after fiscal year 2026 based on current projections or future taxable income and taking into consideration the Company’s full valuation allowance against its net deferred tax asset.
12. Fair Value Measures
The Company measures certain financial assets at fair value. Fair value is determined based upon the exit price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants, as determined by either the principal market or the most advantageous market. Inputs used in the valuation techniques to derive fair values are classified based on a three-level hierarchy, as follows:
Level 1 – inputs to the valuation methodology are quoted prices (unadjusted) for an identical asset or liability in an active market
Level 2 – inputs to the valuation methodology include quoted prices for a similar asset or liability in an active market or model-derived valuations in which all significant inputs are observable for substantially the full term of the asset or liability
Level 3 – inputs to the valuation methodology are unobservable and significant to the fair value measurement of the asset or liability
The following table presents the Company’s financial assets measured and recorded at fair value on a recurring basis using the above input categories as of December 27, 2025 and September 27, 2025 (in thousands):
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| December 27, 2025 | | September 27, 2025 |
| Level 1 | | Level 2 | | Level 3 | | Total | | Level 1 | | Level 2 | | Level 3 | | Total |
| Assets: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Money market funds | $ | 1,572,537 | | | $ | — | | | $ | — | | | $ | 1,572,537 | | | $ | 1,193,375 | | | $ | — | | | $ | — | | | $ | 1,193,375 | |
| Warrant fair value | — | | | 16,789 | | | — | | | 16,789 | | | — | | | 16,789 | | | — | | | 16,789 | |
| Strategic investments | — | | | — | | | 44,995 | | | 44,995 | | | — | | | — | | | 43,334 | | | 43,334 | |
| Total assets | $ | 1,572,537 | | | $ | 16,789 | | | $ | 44,995 | | | $ | 1,634,321 | | | $ | 1,193,375 | | | $ | 16,789 | | | $ | 43,334 | | | $ | 1,253,498 | |
The Company had no liabilities measured and recorded at fair value on a recurring basis as of December 27, 2025 and September 27, 2025.
The Company considers all highly liquid investments purchased with an original maturity of three months or less to be cash equivalents. The fair value of the Company’s investments in certain money market funds is their face value and such instruments are classified as Level 1 and are included in cash and cash equivalents on the condensed consolidated balance sheets. At December 27, 2025, the fair value of the warrant issued as described in Note 13, Derivative Instruments, is classified as Level 2. Level 2 securities are priced by pricing vendors. These pricing vendors utilize the most recent observable market information in pricing these securities or, if specific prices are not available for these securities, use other observable inputs like market transactions involving identical or comparable securities. Certain non-marketable strategic investments measured at fair value on a non-recurring basis are classified as Level 3 as their fair value measurements may include a combination of observable and unobservable inputs. Other certain non-marketable strategic investments are carried at cost and are subject to remeasurement only upon the occurrence of a triggering event.
Strategic Investments
Strategic investments that consist of non-controlling equity investments without readily determinable fair values in privately held companies for which the Company does not have the ability to exercise significant influence are measured under the measurement alternative method. The Company has not elected the fair value option for these investments. These investments are accounted for under the cost method of accounting. Under the cost method of accounting, the non-marketable equity securities are carried at cost less any impairment, plus or minus adjustments resulting from observable price changes in orderly transactions for the identical or a similar investment of the same issuer, which is recorded within the consolidated statements of operations. The Company held $21.7 million of strategic investments without readily determinable fair values at December 27, 2025 and $20.0 million of strategic investments without readily determinable fair values at September 27, 2025. These investments are included in other assets on the consolidated balance sheets.
The Company adjusts the fair values of its strategic investments based on observable price changes. A fair value adjustment resulting from an increase in fair value on strategic investments of $1.7 million was recorded to “other income, net” for the three months ended December 27, 2025. There were no losses, or impairments recorded for the three months ended December 27, 2025.
The Company has certain other non-marketable strategic investments measured at fair value on a non-recurring basis. The Company has not elected the fair value option for these investments. The Company held $23.3 million of these investments at December 27, 2025 and September 27, 2025. These investments are included in other assets on the consolidated balance sheets.
13. Derivative Instruments
During fiscal year 2024, the Company entered into warrant agreements and a development and supply agreement with a supplier which, subject to meeting certain conditions, will entitle the Company to acquire a fixed number of shares of the supplier during the period of time set forth in the warrant agreements. The warrants vest in a series of tranches, at a specified price per share, upon meeting certain development and production-based milestones. If, and when, the relevant milestone is reached, the corresponding tranche of warrant will become exercisable up until the expiration date of the warrants in May 2044.
The warrants are accounted for as a derivative under ASC Topic 815, Derivatives and Hedging, as a result of certain net settlement provisions in the warrant agreements. The Company reports the warrants at their fair values within “other assets” in its condensed consolidated balance sheets and changes in the fair value of the warrants are recognized in “other income, net” on its condensed consolidated statements of operations. The day-one value attributable to the other side of the warrants is reported within “other liabilities” in the Company’s condensed consolidated balance sheets and will be amortized over the life of the applicable development and production milestones as determined in the development and supply agreement. The fair value of the warrants recognized within “other assets” on the Company’s condensed consolidated balance sheets at December 27, 2025 is $16.8 million. There is no impact recorded to “other income, net” on the Company’s condensed consolidated statements of operations for the three months ended December 27, 2025 as there has been no change to the fair value of the warrants during the three months ended December 27, 2025.
14. Related Party Transactions
ASC Topic 850, Related Party Disclosures (“ASC Topic 850”) provides guidance for the identification of related parties and the disclosure of related party transactions. Related parties are generally defined as (i) affiliates of the Company; (ii)
owners of more than 10% of the voting interests of the Company and members of their immediate families; (iii) management of the Company and members of their immediate families; (iv) other parties which directly or indirectly control, are controlled by, or are under common control with the Company; or (v) other parties who can significantly influence the financial and operating decisions of the Company. A transaction is considered to be a related party transaction when there is a transfer of resources or obligations between related parties. The Company assesses related parties each reporting period. For the period ending December 27, 2025, the Company determined that C&S Wholesale Grocers, Inc. (“C&S”), Exol, and certain current holders of Symbotic Holdings were each a related party under ASC Topic 850. The following transactions were related party transactions under ASC Topic 850.
Aircraft Time Sharing Agreement
In December 2021 and May 2022, the Company entered into aircraft time-sharing agreements with C&S with respect to private aircraft owned by them, whereby the Company’s executives may utilize two C&S aircraft on an as-needed and as-available basis, with no minimum usage being required. As there is no defined period of time stated within these aircraft time-sharing agreements, the Company does not consider these to meet the definition of a lease, and as such, records payments in the period in which the obligation for the payment is incurred. For the three months ended December 27, 2025 and December 28, 2024, the Company incurred expense of $0.5 million and $0.4 million, respectively, related to these aircraft time-sharing agreements.
Usage of Facility and Employee Services
The Company has a license arrangement with C&S whereby C&S is providing receiving and logistics services for the Company within a C&S distribution facility. The arrangement also provides for C&S employees assisting with certain of the Company’s operations. For the three months ended December 27, 2025 and December 28, 2024, the Company incurred expense of $0.4 million and $0.4 million, respectively, related to this arrangement.
Operating Lease Agreements
In fiscal year 2025, the Company entered into lease agreements with C&S for the lease of warehouse space in Plant City, FL and Coppell, TX. The Company’s estimated lease term for these lease agreements is for 2 years. Combined, the Company recognized $0.6 million and less than $0.1 million in rent expense for the three months ended December 27, 2025 and December 28, 2024, respectively.
Customer Contracts
The Company has customer contracts with C&S relating to System implementations, software maintenance services and the operations of Systems. For the three months ended December 27, 2025 and December 28, 2024, revenue of $1.1 million and $2.2 million was recognized, respectively, relating to these customer contracts.
There was $4.3 million unbilled accounts receivable and accounts receivable due from C&S at December 27, 2025, and $2.4 million unbilled accounts receivable and accounts receivable due from C&S at September 27, 2025.
There was $2.2 million and $0.5 million of deferred revenue related to contracts with C&S at December 27, 2025 and September 27, 2025, respectively.
Exol
The Company has a customer contract relating to System implementations and shared services with Exol. For the three months ended December 27, 2025 and December 28, 2024, revenue of $38.2 million and $2.7 million was recognized, respectively, relating to this customer contract.
There was $69.7 million and $0.6 million unbilled accounts receivable and accounts receivable due from the customer contract at December 27, 2025, and September 27, 2025, respectively.
There was $0.9 million and $13.1 million accounts receivable due from the shared service agreement at December 27, 2025 and September 27, 2025, respectively.
There was $175.1 million and $142.7 million of deferred revenue related to contracts with Exol at December 27, 2025 and September 27, 2025, respectively.
The transaction price allocated to performance obligations that are unsatisfied as of December 27, 2025 was $11.6 billion.
Cash funding of $38.5 million and $6.8 million was made by the Company to Exol in relation to the VIE (as further described in Note 16, Variable Interest Entities) for the three months ended December 27, 2025 and December 28, 2024, respectively.
Tax Distribution to Symbotic Holdings LLC partners
Pursuant to the Second Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of Symbotic Holdings, Symbotic LLC makes pro rata tax distributions to the holders of Symbotic Holdings’ units in an amount sufficient to fund all or part of their tax obligations with respect to the taxable income of Symbotic Holdings that is allocated to them. For the three months ended December 27, 2025 and December 28, 2024, there were $1.2 million and $0.9 million of tax distributions made by the Company to or on behalf of its members, of which $1.2 million and $0.8 million was distributed to or on behalf of those who met the definition of a related party in accordance with ASC Topic 850, respectively.
15. Commitments and Contingencies
Purchase Obligations
The Company has contractual obligations to purchase goods or services, which specify significant terms, including fixed or minimum quantities to be purchased and fixed, minimum, or variable price provisions. As of December 27, 2025, the purchase commitments covered by these arrangements are $781.3 million in the aggregate, of which $710.9 million are less than one year.
Lease Commitments
The Company leases certain of its facilities under operating leases expiring in various years through 2030. Refer to Note 5, Leases, for a schedule of future lease payments under non-cancellable leases as of December 27, 2025.
Warranty
The Company provides a limited warranty on its Systems and has established a reserve for warranty obligations based on estimated warranty costs. The reserve is included as part of accrued expenses and other long-term liabilities in the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheets.
Activity related to the warranty accrual is as follows (in thousands):
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| Three Months Ended |
| December 27, 2025 | | December 28, 2024 |
| Balance at beginning of period | $ | 43,607 | | | $ | 31,935 | |
| Provision | 3,449 | | | 7,320 | |
| Warranty usage | (2,893) | | | (2,392) | |
| Balance at end of period | $ | 44,163 | | | $ | 36,863 | |
Legal Matters
The Company is subject from time to time to various claims, lawsuits and other legal and administrative proceedings. Some of these claims, lawsuits and other proceedings may involve highly complex issues that are subject to substantial uncertainties, and could result in damages, fines and penalties, non-monetary sanctions or relief.
The Company recognizes provisions for claims or pending litigation when it is determined that an unfavorable outcome is probable, and the amount of loss can be reasonably estimated. Due to the inherent uncertain nature of litigation, the ultimate outcome or actual cost of settlement may materially vary from estimates.
Securities Class Actions
On December 3, 2024, a putative class action captioned Decker v. Symbotic Inc. et al., Case No. 24-cv-12976 was filed in the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts by an alleged purchaser of the Company’s common stock. The complaint asserted claims for violations of federal securities laws against the Company and three of its officers on the grounds that the Company made false and/or misleading statements related to its revenue recognition and the effectiveness of its disclosure controls and procedures. Based on these allegations, the plaintiff brought claims seeking unspecified damages, attorneys’ fees, expert fees, and other costs and relief on behalf of himself and a putative class of persons who purchased the Company’s stock between February 8, 2024 and November 26, 2024. On May 5, 2025, the court entered an order appointing
a lead plaintiff pursuant to the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act and setting a schedule for the filing of an amended complaint and the Company’s response to the complaint.
On July 11, 2025, plaintiffs filed an amended complaint captioned Traina v. Symbotic Inc. et al., Case No. 24-cv-12196. Like the Decker complaint, the amended complaint asserts claims for violations of federal securities laws against the Company and four officers of the Company on the grounds that the Company made false and/or misleading statements or omissions related to its financial results, deployment times, revenue recognition, and internal controls. Based on these allegations, the plaintiffs bring claims seeking unspecified damages, attorneys’ fees, expert fees, and other costs and relief on behalf of themselves and a putative class of persons who purchased stock of the Company between November 20, 2023 and February 5, 2025.
The Company filed a motion to dismiss the amended complaint on September 11, 2025. The plaintiffs filed an opposition to the motion to dismiss on November 11, 2025. The Company filed its reply brief in support of its motion to dismiss on December 11, 2025. A hearing on the motion to dismiss was held on December 16, 2025.
The Company intends to vigorously defend these cases. If a court ultimately determines that the Company is liable in either or both of these cases, the Company may be subject to substantial damages. The Company cannot predict with any degree of certainty the outcome of these matters or determine the extent of any potential liabilities. The Company also cannot provide an estimate of the possible loss or range of loss. Any adverse outcome in these matters could expose the Company to substantial damages that may have a material adverse impact on the Company’s operations and cash flows. Despite the potential for significant damages, the Company does not believe, based on currently available information, that the outcome of these proceedings will have a material adverse effect on the Company’s financial condition, although the outcome could be material to the Company’s operating results for any particular period, depending, in part, upon the operating results for such period.
Shareholder Derivative Actions
On October 2, 2024, two putative shareholder derivative actions captioned Austen v. Cohen et al., 24-cv-12522 and Kukreja v. Cohen et al., 24-cv-12523 were filed in the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts by the Company’s alleged shareholders. The actions assert claims on behalf of the Company against certain senior officers and members of its board of directors for, among others, breach of fiduciary duty, unjust enrichment, and violations of federal securities laws based primarily on allegations that the defendants caused or allowed the Company to disseminate misleading and inaccurate information to shareholders in connection with the Company’s expected earnings for the third quarter of fiscal year 2024. The actions seek compensatory damages, changes to corporate governance and internal procedures, restitution, costs and attorneys’ fees, and other unspecified relief. Motions to consolidate the two actions into a single matter, appoint lead plaintiffs’ counsel, and stay any obligation of the defendants to respond to the complaint based on the pendency of the related securities class action lawsuit were granted on November 24, 2025.
The Company intends to vigorously defend these cases. If a court ultimately determines that the Company is liable, the Company may be subject to substantial damages. The Company cannot predict with any degree of certainty the outcome of this matter or determine the extent of any potential liabilities. The Company also cannot provide an estimate of the possible loss or range of loss. Any adverse outcome in this matter could expose the Company to substantial damages that may have a material adverse impact on the Company’s operations and cash flows. Despite the potential for significant damages, the Company does not believe, based on currently available information, that the outcome of this proceeding will have a material adverse effect on the Company’s financial condition, although the outcome could be material to the Company’s operating results for any particular period, depending, in part, upon the operating results for such period.
Contingencies
Liabilities for any loss contingencies arising from claims, assessments, litigation, fines, penalties, and other matters are recorded when it is probable that the liability has been incurred and the amount of the liability can be reasonably estimated. Legal costs associated with loss contingencies are expensed as incurred. As of December 27, 2025, the Company has made appropriate provisions related to such matters and does not believe that such matters will have a material adverse effect on the Company’s consolidated operations, financial position, or liquidity.
Indemnifications
In the ordinary course of business, the Company enters into various contracts under which it may agree to indemnify other parties for losses incurred from certain events as defined in the relevant contract, such as litigation, regulatory penalties, or claims relating to past performance. Such indemnification obligations may not be subject to maximum loss clauses. The Company has never incurred costs to defend lawsuits or settle claims related to these indemnification obligations. As a result, the Company believes the estimated fair value of these obligations is minimal. Accordingly, the Company has no liabilities recorded for these obligations as of December 27, 2025 and September 27, 2025.
16. Variable Interest Entities (“VIE”)
VIEs are entities with any of the following characteristics: (i) the entity does not have enough equity to finance its activities without additional financial support; (ii) the equity holders, as a group, lack the characteristics of a controlling financial interest; or (iii) the entity is structured with non-substantive voting rights.
Consolidation of a VIE is required for the party deemed to be the primary beneficiary, if any. The primary beneficiary is the party who has both (a) the power to direct the activities of a VIE that most significantly impact the entity’s economic performance and (b) an obligation to absorb losses of the entity or a right to receive benefits from the entity that could potentially be significant to the entity.
On July 23, 2023, the Company, New Symbotic Holdings, and Symbotic LLC (collectively, the “Symbotic Group”), entered into a Framework Agreement (the “Framework Agreement”) with Sunlight Investment Corp., a Delaware corporation (“Sunlight”), SVF II Strategic Investments AIV LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“SVF” and, together with Sunlight, “SoftBank”), and Exol, related to, among other things, the formation of Exol as a venture between the Symbotic Group and SoftBank and a warrant to purchase Class A Common Stock of Symbotic (the “Exol Warrant”). On July 23, 2023, Exol also entered into a Master Services, License and Equipment Agreement with Symbotic LLC with respect to the purchase of Systems (“Exol Commercial Agreement”).
Exol was established on July 21, 2023, to build and automate supply chain networks globally by operating and financing the Company’s artificial intelligence and automation technology for the warehouse. Symbotic Holdings and Sunlight own 35% and 65% of Exol, respectively. The Company evaluated for VIEs upon the formation of Exol in accordance with ASC Topic 810, Consolidation. The Company holds a variable interest in Exol through its equity interest in Exol. Exol is a VIE resulting from Exol’s lack of sufficient equity to finance its operations without additional subordinated financial support from both the Company and SoftBank. The consolidation of Exol is not required as the Company is not the primary beneficiary of this VIE as it does not have the power to direct the activities that most significantly impact Exol’s economic performance. Such power is conveyed through Exol’s board of directors and the Company does not have control over Exol’s board of directors.
The Company’s recorded investments in the unconsolidated VIE and related estimated maximum exposure to loss are as follows (in thousands):
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| December 27, 2025 |
| Investments in Unconsolidated VIE | | Symbotic's Maximum Exposure to Loss |
| Exol | $ | 143,523 | | | $ | 1,521,739 | |
The Company calculated its maximum exposure to loss of $1,521.7 million while considering its equity investment in the VIE, any amounts owed to the Company for services which may have been provided, and future funding commitments of $1,522.6 million. As of December 27, 2025, there is a $143.5 million carrying value of the VIE which represents the amount which the Company has invested in the VIE, net of the Company’s proportionate share of the VIE’s net loss. The Company’s maximum exposure to loss as displayed above does not take into consideration the VIE’s commitment under the Exol Commercial Agreement to reimburse the Company in the event of a termination. If the VIE’s commitment under the Exol Commercial Agreement was taken into consideration, there would be no maximum exposure to loss presented as the VIE’s commitment under the Exol Commercial Agreement exceeds the Company’s future funding commitments.
17. Net Income (Loss) per Share
Basic earnings per share of Class A common stock is computed by dividing net income (loss) attributable to common shareholders by the weighted-average number of shares of Class A common stock outstanding during the period. Diluted earnings per share of Class A common stock is computed by dividing net income (loss) attributable to common shareholders adjusted for the assumed exchange of all potentially dilutive securities, by the weighted-average number of shares of Class A common stock outstanding adjusted to give effect to potentially dilutive elements. Since the Company incurred net loss for the three months ended December 28, 2024, diluted weighted-average shares outstanding and diluted net loss per share is the same as basic weighted-average shares outstanding and basic net loss per share.
The following table sets forth the calculation for both basic and diluted earnings per share of Class A common stock (in thousands, except per share information):
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| Three Months Ended |
| December 27, 2025 | | December 28, 2024 |
| Net income (loss) | $ | 13,358 | | | $ | (16,859) | |
| Less: Net income (loss) attributable to the noncontrolling interest | 10,756 | | | (13,684) | |
| Net income (loss) attributable to common stockholders | $ | 2,602 | | | $ | (3,175) | |
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| Weighted-average shares outstanding - Basic | 115,474,119 | | | 106,098,566 | |
| Dilutive effect of restricted stock units | 12,396,119 | | | n/a |
| Weighted-average shares outstanding - Diluted | 127,870,238 | | | 106,098,566 | |
| Earnings (loss) per share - Basic | $ | 0.02 | | | $ | (0.03) | |
| Earnings (loss) per share - Dilutive | $ | 0.02 | | | $ | (0.03) | |
The Company’s Class V-1 Common Stock and Class V-3 Common Stock do not participate in the earnings or losses of the Company and are therefore not participating securities. As such, separate presentation of basic and diluted earnings per share of Class V-1 Common Stock and Class V-3 Common Stock under the two-class method has not been presented.
The Company uses the treasury stock method and the average market price per share during the period for calculating any potential dilutive effect of its equity instruments. The average stock price for the three months ended December 27, 2025 and December 28, 2024 was $65.94 and $28.49, respectively.
Anti-dilutive shares were immaterial for the three months ended December 27, 2025. For the three months ended December 28, 2024, there were 4.0 million potentially dilutive common stock equivalents related to the RSUs which would have been included in the diluted EPS calculation, and 5.4 million anti-dilutive common stock equivalents related to the unvested Exol Warrant that could potentially dilute EPS in the future.
18. Stock-Based Compensation and Warrants
The following two tables show stock-based compensation expense by award type and where the stock-based compensation expense is recorded in the Company’s condensed consolidated statements of operations (in thousands):
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| Three Months Ended |
| December 27, 2025 | | December 28, 2024 |
| RSUs (service-based and performance-based) | $ | 42,058 | | | $ | 24,164 | |
| Employee stock purchase plan | 1,029 | | | 950 | |
| Total stock-based compensation expense | $ | 43,087 | | | $ | 25,114 | |
Effect of stock-based compensation expense on income by line item (in thousands):
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| Three Months Ended |
| December 27, 2025 | | December 28, 2024 |
| Cost of revenue, Systems | $ | 11,363 | | | $ | 2,319 | |
| Cost of revenue, Software maintenance and support | 349 | | | 72 | |
| Cost of revenue, Operation services | 670 | | | 342 | |
| Research and development | 7,616 | | | 10,242 | |
| Selling, general, and administrative | 23,089 | | | 12,139 | |
| Total stock-based compensation expense | $ | 43,087 | | | $ | 25,114 | |
Exol Warrant
On July 23, 2023, the Company issued the Exol Warrant to Sunlight, which allows Sunlight to acquire up to an aggregate of 11,434,360 shares of the Company’s Class A Common Stock, subject to certain vesting conditions. The Exol Warrant had a grant date fair value of $19.90 per share. The Exol Warrant vests upon conditions defined in the Exol Warrant, as Exol makes additional expenditures to the Company in connection with the Framework Agreement. There are up to eight vesting tranches in the Exol Warrant based on increments of expenditures where approximately 1,429,295 shares may vest per tranche, subject to certain conditions defined in the Exol Warrant. Upon vesting, shares may be acquired at an exercise price of $41.9719 per share. The warrant contains customary anti-dilution, down-round, and change-in-control provisions. The right to purchase shares pursuant to the Exol Warrant expires 36 months following the end of the initial term of the Framework Agreement, which is July 23, 2027, or if applicable, the extension term of the Framework Agreement, which is July 23, 2029. As of December 27, 2025, none of the shares issuable pursuant to the Exol Warrant had vested.
19. Segment and Geographic Information
The Company operates as one operating segment. Operating segments are defined as components of an enterprise for which separate financial information is regularly evaluated by the Company’s chief operating decision maker (“CODM”), which is the Company’s chief executive officer, in deciding how to allocate resources and assess performance. The Company’s CODM evaluates the Company’s financial information and resources and assesses the performance of these resources on a consolidated basis. There is no expense or asset information, that are supplemental to those disclosed in these consolidated financial statements, that are regularly provided to the CODM. The allocation of resources and assessment of performance of the operating segment is based on consolidated net income (loss) and gross margin as shown in our consolidated statements of operations. The CODM considers net income (loss) and gross margin in the annual forecasting process and reviews actual results when making decisions about allocating resources. Since the Company operates as one operating segment, financial segment information, including profit or loss and asset information, can be found in the consolidated financial statements.
Geographic Information
Revenue and property and equipment, net by geographic region, based on physical location of the operations recording the sale or the assets are as follows:
Revenue by geographical region for the three months ended December 27, 2025 and December 28, 2024 are as follows (in thousands):
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| Three Months Ended |
| December 27, 2025 | | December 28, 2024 |
| United States | $ | 605,637 | | | $ | 486,184 | |
| International | 24,348 | | | 509 | |
| Total revenue | $ | 629,985 | | | $ | 486,693 | |
| Percentage of revenue generated outside of the United States | 4 | % | | nil |
Total property and equipment, net by geographical region at December 27, 2025 and at September 27, 2025 are as follows (in thousands):
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| December 27, 2025 | | September 27, 2025 |
| United States | $ | 115,694 | | | $ | 117,640 | |
| International | 6 | | | 9 | |
| Total property and equipment, net | $ | 115,700 | | | $ | 117,649 | |
| Percentage of property and equipment, net held outside of the United States | nil | | nil |
20. Subsequent Events
The Company evaluated subsequent events and transactions that occurred after the balance sheet date up to the date that the consolidated financial statements were issued. The Company did not identify any subsequent events that would have required adjustment or disclosure in the consolidated financial statements.