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AI brief of an SEC Form 8-K · STAAR Surgical (STAA)

STAAR Surgical Q2 net sales rise 111% to $93.5 million; net income $8.1 million

Positive Impact 3 of 5 earnings Written later

STAAR Surgical reported second-quarter 2026 results for the quarter ended July 3, 2026, with net sales of $93.5 million, up from $44.3 million a year earlier, and net income of $8.1 million, or $0.16 per diluted share, compared with a net loss of $16.8 million a year earlier. The filing furnishes the earnings release as Exhibit 99.1 and announces a conference call at 5:30 p.m. Eastern on August 12, 2026, where management will discuss the results. The company reported cash and investments of $181.5 million and no outstanding debt.

Key points

  • Net sales of $93.5 million, up 111% year over year; sales excluding China were $41.2 million, up 6.0%
  • China sales of $52.3 million; EMEA sales declined by a low single-digit percentage, with growth excluding the Middle East
  • Net income of $8.1 million, or $0.16 per diluted share, versus a net loss of $16.8 million, or $0.34 per diluted share, a year ago
  • Adjusted EBITDA of $20.0 million, or $0.39 per diluted share; cash and investments of $181.5 million at July 3, 2026

The filing

CompanySTAAR Surgical (STAA)
Form8-K, current report
Filed with the SECAug 12, 2026, 4:04 PM ET
Accession number0000718937-26-000036

Items reported: 2.02 Results of Operations7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure

Read the filing on SEC.gov ↗

Written by AI (Anthropic Claude, claude-haiku-5-5) on Nov 8, 2026, 6:57 AM ET, from the text of the filing and its press-release exhibits only. Written later: this filing was briefed after the fact, when past filings were added to the site, so the brief may be read with hindsight; the filing itself is the record of what was known on August 12, 2026.

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