Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations - USD ($) |
3 Months Ended | 9 Months Ended | ||
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Sep. 30, 2018 |
Sep. 30, 2017 |
Sep. 30, 2018 |
Sep. 30, 2017 |
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| Revenues | ||||
| Products | $ 2,765,094 | $ 2,425,616 | $ 8,922,257 | $ 8,349,159 |
| Services | 3,713,770 | 4,519,467 | 12,894,439 | 12,259,037 |
| Energy production | 1,459,820 | 1,556,115 | 4,750,580 | 2,330,307 |
| Total revenues | 7,938,684 | 8,501,198 | 26,567,276 | 22,938,503 |
| Cost of sales | ||||
| Products | 1,695,347 | 1,538,515 | 5,596,272 | 5,261,245 |
| Services | 2,517,210 | 2,981,454 | 8,262,104 | 7,464,193 |
| Energy production | 843,029 | 723,198 | 2,828,405 | 1,053,741 |
| Total cost of sales | 5,055,586 | 5,243,167 | 16,686,781 | 13,779,179 |
| Gross profit | 2,883,098 | 3,258,031 | 9,880,495 | 9,159,324 |
| Operating expenses | ||||
| General and administrative | 2,582,600 | 2,427,352 | 8,122,856 | 7,042,500 |
| Selling | 581,716 | 503,415 | 1,892,229 | 1,558,378 |
| Research and development | 281,094 | 241,725 | 993,102 | 641,064 |
| Total operating expenses | 3,445,410 | 3,172,492 | 11,008,187 | 9,241,942 |
| Income (loss) from operations | (562,312) | 85,539 | (1,127,692) | (82,618) |
| Other income (expense) | ||||
| Interest income and other expense, net | 4,168 | 14,849 | 7,926 | 21,033 |
| Interest expense | (33,380) | (45,242) | (56,195) | (115,026) |
| Unrealized gain on investment securities | 19,681 | 0 | (59,042) | 0 |
| Total other expense, net | (9,531) | (30,393) | (107,311) | (93,993) |
| Income (loss) before provision for state income taxes | (571,843) | 55,146 | (1,235,003) | (176,611) |
| Provision for state income taxes | 3,815 | 0 | 42,679 | 0 |
| Consolidated net income (loss) | (575,658) | 55,146 | (1,277,682) | (176,611) |
| Income attributable to the noncontrolling interest | (27,379) | (27,935) | (58,946) | (44,933) |
| Net income (loss) attributable to Tecogen Inc. | $ (603,037) | 27,211 | $ (1,336,628) | (221,544) |
| Other comprehensive loss - unrealized loss on securities | 39,361 | (184,998) | ||
| Comprehensive loss | $ 66,572 | $ (406,542) | ||
| Net loss per share - basic and diluted (in USD per share) | $ (0.02) | $ 0.00 | $ (0.01) | |
| Basic income (loss) per share (in USD per share) | $ (0.02) | $ 0.00 | $ (0.05) | |
| Weighted average shares outstanding - basic and diluted (shares) | 24,813,936 | 22,643,406 | ||
| Weighted average shares outstanding - basic (shares) | 24,819,056 | 24,720,613 | ||
| Weighted average shares outstanding - diluted (shares) | 24,819,056 | 24,930,624 | 24,813,936 | 22,643,406 |
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