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Summary of Accounting Policies
9 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2025
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]  
Summary of accounting policies Summary of accounting policies
Basis of presentation
The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”) and pursuant to the rules and regulations of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) for reporting financial information. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and footnotes required by U.S. GAAP for complete financial statements, and should be read in conjunction with the Company’s audited consolidated financial statements as of and for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2025, contained in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2025 (the “Form 10-K”). In the opinion of management, all adjustments (consisting only of normal recurring adjustments) considered necessary to present the Company’s financial statements fairly have been included. Operating results for the three and nine-month periods ended December 31, 2025 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2026 or any future period. The unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheet as of March 31, 2025 was derived from the Company’s audited consolidated financial statements included in the Form 10-K. All intercompany transactions and accounts within Nextpower have been eliminated.
The first quarters for fiscal years 2026 and 2025 ended on June 27, 2025 (88 days) and June 28, 2024 (89 days), respectively. The second quarters for fiscal years 2026 and 2025 ended on September 26, 2025 (91 days) and September 27, 2024 (91 days), respectively. The third quarters for fiscal years 2026 and 2025 ended on December 31 of each year, which are comprised of 96 days and 95 days, respectively.
Translation of foreign currencies
The reporting currency of the Company is the United States dollar (“USD”). The functional currency of the Company and its subsidiaries is primarily the USD. Transaction gains and losses that arise from exchange rate fluctuations on transactions denominated in a currency other than the functional currency are included in other income, net in the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated statements of operations. The Company recognized foreign currency exchange losses of $5.3 million and $7.4 million during the three and nine-month periods ended December 31, 2025, respectively, driven by unfavorable exchange rate fluctuations in certain currencies. The Company recognized foreign currency exchange gains of $3.6 million during the three-month period ended December 31, 2024 driven by favorable exchange rate fluctuations in Europe. Additionally, during the nine-month period ended December 31, 2024, the Company recognized foreign currency exchange losses of $3.8 million due to unfavorable exchange rate fluctuations primarily in Latin America.
Use of estimates
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements, and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ materially from those estimates. Estimates are used in accounting for, among other things: impairment of goodwill, impairment of long-lived assets, allowance for credit losses, provision for excess or obsolete inventories, valuation of deferred tax assets, warranty reserves, contingencies, operation-related accruals, fair values of awards granted under stock-based compensation plans and fair values of assets obtained and liabilities assumed in business combinations. Due to geopolitical conflicts (including the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the conflicts in the Middle East), there has been and will continue to be uncertainty and disruption in the global economy and financial markets. These estimates may change as new events occur and additional information is obtained. Actual results may differ from previously estimated amounts, and such differences may be
material to the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements. Estimates and assumptions are reviewed periodically, and the effects of revisions are reflected in the period they occur. Management believes that these estimates and assumptions provide a reasonable basis for the fair presentation of the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.
Accounting for business acquisitions
From time to time, the Company pursues business acquisitions. The fair value of the net assets acquired and the results of the acquired businesses are included in the Company’s unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements from the acquisition dates forward. The Company is required to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and results of operations during the reporting period. Estimates are used in accounting for, among other things, the fair value of acquired net operating assets, property and equipment, intangible assets, contingent earnout, useful lives of plant and equipment and amortizable lives for acquired intangible assets. Any excess of the purchase consideration over the fair value of the identified assets and liabilities acquired is recognized as goodwill.
The Company estimates the preliminary fair value of acquired assets and liabilities as of the date of acquisition based on information available at that time. The valuation of these tangible and identifiable intangible assets and liabilities is subject to further review from management and may change between the preliminary allocation and end of the purchase price allocation period. Any changes in these estimates may have a material effect on the Company’s unaudited condensed consolidated financial position and results of operations.
Derivative Instruments
All derivative instruments are recognized in the unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheets at fair value. The accounting for changes in the fair value of a derivative instrument depends on the intended use and designation of the derivative instrument. If the derivative instrument is designated as a cash flow hedge, the effective portion of changes in the fair value of the derivative instrument is initially recognized in stockholders’ equity as a component of accumulated other comprehensive loss, and then recognized in the unaudited condensed consolidated statements of operations when the hedged item affects earnings. Ineffective and excluded portions of changes in the fair value of cash flow hedges are recognized in earnings immediately. For derivative instruments that are not designated as hedging instruments, the changes in the fair value of the derivative instrument are recognized immediately in current earnings. Cash receipts and cash payments related to derivative instruments are recorded in the same category as the cash flows from the items being hedged on the unaudited condensed consolidated statements of cash flows.
Product warranty
Nextpower offers an assurance type warranty for its products against defects in design, materials and workmanship for a period ranging from two to ten years, depending on the component. For these assurance type warranties, a provision for estimated future costs related to warranty expense is recorded when they are probable and reasonably estimable, which is typically when products are delivered. The estimated warranty liability is based on the Company’s warranty model, which relies on historical warranty claim information and assumptions based on the nature, frequency and average cost of claims for each product line by project. When little or no experience exists, the estimate is based on comparable product lines and/or estimated potential failure rates. These estimates are based on data from Nextpower specific projects. Estimates related to the outstanding warranty liability are re-evaluated on an ongoing basis using best-available information and revisions are made as necessary.
The following table summarizes the activity related to the estimated accrued warranty reserve for the nine-month periods ended December 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024:
Nine-month periods ended
December 31, 2025December 31, 2024
(In thousands)
Beginning balance$17,981$12,511
Provision for warranties issued
13,10510,528
Payments
(3,081)(4,401)
Ending balance$28,005$18,638
Inventories
Inventories are stated at the lower of cost, determined on a weighted average basis, or net realizable value. Nextpower’s inventory primarily consists of finished goods to be used and to be sold to customers, including components procured to complete the tracker system projects.
Other current assets
Other current assets include short-term deposits and advances of $73.1 million and $50.2 million as of December 31, 2025 and March 31, 2025, respectively, primarily related to advance payments to certain vendors for procurement of inventory.
Deferred tax assets
Deferred tax assets of $517.6 million and $498.8 million as of December 31, 2025 and March 31, 2025, respectively, are primarily related to the Company’s investment in Nextpower LLC (the “LLC”, formerly Nextracker LLC) as described in Note 13 in the notes to the consolidated financial statements included in the Form 10-K.
Accrued expenses
Accrued expenses include accruals primarily for freight and tariffs of $53.9 million and $42.9 million as of December 31, 2025 and March 31, 2025, respectively. In addition, accrued expenses also include $52.6 million and $54.1 million of accrued payroll as of December 31, 2025 and March 31, 2025, respectively.
TRA liability
TRA liability related to the amount expected to be paid to Flex Ltd. (“Flex”), TPG Inc. (“TPG”) and TPG Rise Climate Flash Cl BDH, L.P., TPG Rise Climate BDH, L.P. and The Rise Fund II BDH, L.P. (collectively, the “TPG Affiliates”) pursuant to the Tax Receivable Agreement (as defined below), were $391.9 million and $419.4 million, as of December 31, 2025 and March 31, 2025, respectively, of which $371.2 million and $394.9 million, respectively, were included in TRA liabilities and $20.7 million and $24.5 million, respectively, were included in other current liabilities on the unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheets. During the nine-month periods ended December 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, a payment of $27.4 million and $15.5 million, respectively, was made to Flex, TPG and the TPG Affiliates, which is presented as a financing activity on the unaudited condensed consolidated statement of cash flows.
Other liabilities
Other liabilities primarily consist of long-term lease liabilities of $44.8 million and $25.6 million, contingent earnouts for the Company’s acquisitions of $32.4 million and $2.6 million, and long-term portion of standard product warranty liabilities of $7.6 million and $6.4 million as of December 31, 2025 and March 31, 2025, respectively. See Note 11 “Business and asset acquisitions” in the notes to the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements for further detail on the earnouts for the Company’s business acquisitions.
Recently issued accounting pronouncement
Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2025-11, Interim Reporting—Narrow Scope Improvements: In December 2025, the FASB issued a new accounting standard, to provide clarity and navigability of interim reporting requirements, requiring the entities to provide interim financial statements and notes in accordance with U.S. GAAP and added a comprehensive list of interim disclosures required by U.S. GAAP. The new standard is effective for the Company beginning in fiscal year 2029 with early adoption permitted. The Company expects to adopt the new guidance in first quarter of fiscal year 2029 with an immaterial impact on its consolidated financial statements.
ASU 2025-09, Derivatives and Hedging—Hedge Accounting Improvements: In November 2025, the FASB issued a new accounting standard, aiming to better align Hedge Accounting with Risk Management. The update relaxes similar-risk requirements for grouped cash flow hedges, introduces an optional model for choose-your-rate debt, expands cash flow hedge eligibility for nonfinancial forecasts, clarifies the net written option test, and adjusts effectiveness assessment for dual foreign-currency debt hedges by excluding basis adjustments. The new standard is effective for the Company beginning in fiscal year 2028 with early adoption permitted. The Company expects to adopt the new guidance in first quarter of fiscal year 2028 with an immaterial impact on its consolidated financial statements.
ASU 2025-05, Financial Instruments—Credit Losses: In July 2025, the FASB issued a new accounting standard, which provides a practical expedient (for all entities) and an accounting policy election (for all entities, other than public business entities, that elect the practical expedient) related to the estimation of expected credit losses for current accounts receivable and current contract assets that arise from transactions accounted for under Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 606. The new standard is effective for the Company beginning in fiscal year 2027 with early adoption permitted. The Company expects to adopt the new guidance in the first quarter of fiscal year 2027 with an immaterial impact on its consolidated financial statements.
ASU 2024-03 and 2025-01, Income Statement—Reporting Comprehensive Income—Expense Disaggregation Disclosures: In November 2024, the FASB issued a new accounting standard requiring a public business entity to provide disaggregated disclosures, in the notes to the financial statements, of certain categories of expenses that are included in expense line items on the face of the income statement. The annual reporting requirements of the new standard are effective for the Company beginning in fiscal year 2028 and interim reporting requirements are effective beginning in the first quarter of fiscal year 2029, with early adoption permitted. The Company expects to adopt the new guidance in fiscal year 2028 with an immaterial impact on its consolidated financial statements.
ASU 2023-09, Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures: In December 2023, the FASB issued a new accounting standard to expand the disclosure requirements for income taxes, specifically related to rate reconciliation and income taxes paid. The new standard is effective for the Company beginning in fiscal year 2026 with early adoption permitted. The Company expects to adopt the new guidance in the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2026 with an immaterial impact on its consolidated financial statements.