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FTEK

Fuel Tech, Inc.

IndustrialsIndustrial Machinery
Ticker FTEKWARRENVILLE, ILFiscal year ends DecemberBook value per share $1.19Diluted shares 31.2M

Fuel Tech, Inc. (Nasdaq: FTEK) develops and applies technologies for air pollution control, process optimization, water treatment and engineering services for utility and industrial customers worldwide. Its Air Pollution Control segment provides systems and services to reduce nitrogen oxide emissions and control… From the company’s description.

Over the twelve months to Sep 30, 2026, Fuel Tech, Inc. reported revenue of $28.49M, up 15.3% from a year earlier, and a net loss of $4.05M. Its operating margin was −17.9%, and operations used $4.98M in cash. In fiscal 2025, it reported revenue of $26.68M, up 6.1% from fiscal 2024, and a net loss of $2.32M.

Fiscal year 2025 · ends 12-31Changes are against fiscal 2024The amber dot is the latest twelve months, to 2026-09-30
Sales & profitability
$26.68MFY2025
+6.1% year over year
Last 12 mo $28.49M
-13.80%FY2025
+4.9 percentage points
Last 12 mo -17.93%
$-2.32MFY2025
−19.6% year over year
Last 12 mo $-4.05M
-5.82%FY2025
−1.2 percentage points
Last 12 mo -10.90%
Cash & financing
$3.02MFY2025
+187.9% year over year
Last 12 mo $-4.98M
$2.34MFY2025
+161.5% year over year
Last 12 mo $-5.93M
—
30.9MFY2025
+1.2% year over year
Last 12 mo 31.2M

Margins and return on equity change in ; everything else in percent. Fewer shares and less debt are shown plainly, not as bad news — it depends what you make of buybacks. Dotted labels explain each measure. is shown separately from the annual figures.

What Fuel Tech, Inc. does

In the company’s own words

Fuel Tech, Inc. (Nasdaq: FTEK) develops and applies technologies for air pollution control, process optimization, water treatment and engineering services for utility and industrial customers worldwide. Its Air Pollution Control segment provides systems and services to reduce nitrogen oxide emissions and control particulate matter, including SCR and SNCR systems, electrostatic precipitator products, flue gas conditioning, and urea-to-ammonia conversion. Its FUEL CHEM segment uses specialty chemical programs and proprietary TIFI® injection technology to address slagging, fouling, corrosion and emissions in boilers and other combustion units. Water treatment offerings include DGI® systems that infuse gases into water for water and wastewater treatment applications. The company also uses computational fluid dynamics and chemical kinetics modeling to design and optimize solutions. In 2025, revenue was $26.7 million, including $17.8 million from FUEL CHEM and $8.9 million from Air Pollution Control; the company had 77 employees at year-end. Its technologies have been installed on more than 2,000 combustion units worldwide for NOx reduction and more than 600 units for particulate control. Its website is www.ftek.com.

Company details
Sector
Industrials
Industry (SIC)
Industrial Machinery
Headquarters
WARRENVILLE, IL
Fiscal year end
December
CIK
846913
SIC
3564

Financial performance, year by year

Fiscal 2011–2025 · USD
$-30.43M$7.69M$45.81M$83.93M$122.04M201120122013201420152016201720182019202020212022202320242025Last 12 moLast 12 monthsLast 12 months

The full income statement, balance sheet and cash flow for each of these years — every figure traceable to its filing — is on the Financials tab with a free account.

Ownership

Who owns Fuel Tech, Inc. — and what changed

Funds as of 2026Q2 · superinvestors as of 2026-06-30

12
funds hold it
0 of 35
superinvestors hold it
$3.14M
held by funds, at market
5.1%
of shares held by funds

Largest fund holders · Fuel Tech, Inc.’s weight in each

VANGUARD TOTAL STOCK MARKET INDEX FUND
VTI · VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS
0.00%of fund net assets
VANGUARD EXTENDED MARKET INDEX FUND
VXF · VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS
0.00%of fund net assets
Fidelity Nasdaq Composite Index ETF
ONEQ · Fidelity Commonwealth Trust
—of fund net assets
Fidelity Extended Market Index Fund
FSMAX · Fidelity Concord Street Trust
—of fund net assets
iShares Micro-Cap ETF
IWC · iShares Trust
0.01%of fund net assets

Fund ownership is a floor, not a census — pensions, insurers and people holding shares directly are not visible here.

Fund ownership counts N-PORT filers only, so it is a floor rather than a census — pensions, insurers and direct holders are not visible here, and the remainder is not “held by individuals”.

Could not be determined for this company: bond issues.

Every fund and institutional holder, quarter by quarter, is on the Ownership tab with a free account.

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