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Align Technology, Inc. stock research

Sep 30, 2025

FY2025 Q3

Align Technology (ALGN) Gross Margin — Quarter Ended Sep 30, 2025

Revenue decreased compared to the prior quarter, while gross profit and gross margin also declined. Cost of revenue was higher than both the previous quarter and the same quarter last year.

Gross margin takeaway

Quarter ended Sep 30, 2025 · FY2025 Q3

Revenue decreased compared to the prior quarter, while gross profit and gross margin also declined. Cost of revenue was higher than both the previous quarter and the same quarter last year.

  • Gross margin weakened from the prior quarter and the year-ago quarter, driven by a larger increase in cost of revenue relative to the change in revenue.
  • Compared to the immediately preceding quarter, revenue was lower, gross profit was lower, and gross margin weakened. Compared to the same quarter one year earlier, revenue was slightly higher, but gross profit was lower and gross margin weakened.

Gross margin snapshot

The selected quarter's reported revenue, gross profit, direct costs, and margin comparisons.

Gross margin

64.2%

Gross profit

$639.2M

Revenue

$995.7M

Cost of revenue

$356.5M

Quarter-over-quarter change

-5.7 pts

Year-over-year change

-5.5 pts

Quarterly gross margin trend

A four-quarter view of the revenue and direct-cost bridge behind gross margin.

PeriodRevenueGross profitCost of revenueGross margin
Dec 31, 2024$995.2M$696.9M$298.3M70.0%
Mar 31, 2025$979.3M$680.1M$299.2M69.5%
Jun 30, 2025$1.0B$708.1M$304.3M69.9%
Sep 30, 2025$995.7M$639.2M$356.5M64.2%

Quarterly comparisons

Compare the selected margin with the preceding quarter and the same fiscal quarter one year earlier.

Previous-quarter change

Jun 30, 2025

-5.7 pts

Year-over-year change

Sep 30, 2024

-5.5 pts

What the margin says

Filing-constrained interpretation of margin direction, comparisons, and what to monitor next.

Gross margin weakened from the prior quarter and the year-ago quarter, driven by a larger increase in cost of revenue relative to the change in revenue.

Compared to the immediately preceding quarter, revenue was lower, gross profit was lower, and gross margin weakened. Compared to the same quarter one year earlier, revenue was slightly higher, but gross profit was lower and gross margin weakened.

Monitor the trajectory of cost of revenue relative to revenue in upcoming quarters.