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ESOA

Energy Services of America CORP
NASDAQ · INDUSTRIALS · WATER, SEWER, PIPELINE, COMM & POWER LINE CONSTRUCTION
9.24
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How ESOA rewrote its risk factors

10-K ITEM 1A · FY2024 → FY2025
Text kept
78%
of sentences unchanged
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21
new sentences
Dropped
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Length
+16
words, now 4,091

New in FY2025

  • We typically experience lower volumes and lower margins during the winter months due to lower demand for our construction services and more difficult operating conditions.
  • On September 30, 2025, the Company acquired the assets of Rigney Digital Systems Ltd. and on December 2, 2024, the Company acquired the assets of Tribute Contracting & Consultants, LLC.
  • Although we take protective measures and believe that we have not experienced any data breaches described above, the security of our computer systems, software, and networks may be vulnerable to breaches, unauthorized access, misuse, computer viruses, or other malicious code and cyber-attacks that could have an impact on information security.
  • Over the last several years, there have been market indicators of a pronounced rise in inflation.
  • Furthermore, our customers will also be affected by inflation and the rising costs of goods and services used in their businesses, which could have a negative impact on their ability to use our services and afford to pay our fees.
  • Societal responses to climate change could adversely affect our business and performance, including indirectly through impacts on our customers.
  • As of September 30, 2025, there have been no further requests or communications from the SBA relating to the PPP Loans.
  • If the demand for natural gas should drop dramatically, or the demand for water, electrical and mechanical services drops dramatically, these would in turn result in less demand for the Company’s services.
  • Failure to meet any of these requirements could result in additional costs or penalties which could exceed the expected project profits and adversely impact the Company’s results of operations.
  • In July 2025, the Company renewed its $30.0 million line of credit with a maturity date of June 28, 2027.
  • The line of credit is limited to a borrowing base calculation, which was approximately $27.7 million at September 30, 2025.
  • The outstanding balance on the line of credit was $24.8 million at September 30, 2025.
  • The line of credit has a variable interest rate equal to the “Wall Street Journal” Prime Rate with a floor of 4.99%, which was 7.25% at September 30, 2025.
  • While the Company believes estimates on project performance are materially correct at September 30, 2025, there can be no assurance that actual results will not differ from those estimates.
  • However, if we should inadvertently cause contamination of waters or soils, liabilities for our Company relating to cleanup and remediation could be substantial and could exceed any insurance coverage we might have and result in a negative impact to the Company’s ability to operate.
  • We have operations in multiple states and face risks related to pandemics such as the Coronavirus/COVID 19 global pandemic that could impact our results of operations.
  • Any disruption of our suppliers or customers would likely impact our operating results.
  • Risks Relating to Ownership of Our Common Stock Our common stock is not heavily traded, and the stock price may fluctuate significantly.
  • Our directors, as a group, beneficially owned approximately 26.0% of our outstanding shares of common stock as of September 30, 2025.
  • Although we have initiated a regular quarterly cash dividend of $0.03 per share in fiscal 2025, we have no obligation to continue paying dividends.
  • Investor advocacy groups, investment funds and influential investors are also increasingly focused on these practices, especially as they relate to the environment, health and safety, labor conditions and human rights.

Gone since FY2024

  • We typically experience lower volumes and lower margins during the winter months due to lower demand for our pipeline services and more difficult operating conditions.
  • On December 2, 2024, the Company completed the acquisition of the assets of Tribute Contracting & Consultants, LLC.
  • Although we take protective measures and believe that we have not experienced any of the data breaches described above, the security of our computer systems, software, and networks may be vulnerable to breaches, unauthorized access, misuse, computer viruses, or other malicious code and cyber-attacks that could have an impact on information security.
  • Over the last several years, there have been market indicators of a pronounced rise in inflation and the Federal Reserve has raised certain benchmark interest rates to combat inflation.
  • Furthermore, our customers will also be affected by inflation and the rising costs of goods and services used in their businesses, which could have a negative impact on their ability to use our services and afford to pay our fees. ​ Societal responses to climate change could adversely affect our business and performance, including indirectly through impacts on our customers.
  • If the demand for natural gas should drop dramatically, or the demand for electrical and mechanical services drops dramatically, these would in turn result in less demand for the Company’s services.
  • Failure to meet any of these requirements could result in additional costs or penalties which could exceed the expected project profits.
  • On August 8, 2024, the Company renewed its $30.0 million line of credit with a maturity date of June 28, 2026.
  • The line of credit is limited to a borrowing base calculation, which was approximately $25.1 million at September 30, 2024.
  • The outstanding balance on the line of credit was $4.5 million at September 30, 2024.
  • The line of credit has a variable interest rate equal to the “Wall Street Journal” Prime Rate with a floor of 4.5%, which was 8.0% at September 30, 2024.
  • While the Company believes estimates on project performance are materially correct at September 30, 2024, there can be no assurance that actual results will not differ from those estimates.
  • However, if we should inadvertently cause contamination of waters or soils, liabilities for our Company relating to cleanup and remediation could be substantial and could exceed any insurance coverage we might have and result in a negative impact to the Company’s ability to operate. ​ We have operations in multiple states and face risks related to pandemics such as the Coronavirus/COVID 19 global pandemic that could impact our results of operations.
  • Any disruption of our suppliers or customers would likely impact our operating results. ​ Risks Relating to Ownership of Our Common Stock Our common stock is not heavily traded, and the stock price may fluctuate significantly.
  • Our directors, as a group, beneficially owned approximately 32.4% of our outstanding shares of common stock as of September 30, 2024.
  • Although we paid an annual cash dividend in calendar 2024 and have initiated a regular quarterly cash dividend in fiscal 2025, we have no obligation to continue paying dividends.
  • Investor advocacy groups, investment funds and influential investors are also increasingly focused on these practices, especially as they relate to the environment, health and safety, diversity, labor conditions and human rights.

Sentence-level comparison of Item 1A in the two most recent 10-Ks (FY2024 ↗, FY2025 ↗). A reworded sentence counts as one dropped and one added, so heavy edits read as low “kept”. Headings and page furniture are stripped; nothing is summarised by a model.

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