Friday 14 August Earnings: Nawi at a 48% Operating Margin, and Axon Vision With a 61% Gross Margin and an Operating Loss

Two Israeli companies filed on Friday, and they are opposites. Nawi posted revenue of NIS 121.4 million and net profit of NIS 45.2 million - a 48% operating margin. Axon Vision posted revenue of NIS 11.2 million and a gross margin of 61%, and still an operating loss of NIS 6.4 million, because its operating expenses are larger than its revenue.

By Ilan Abramov3 min read
Friday 14 August Earnings: Nawi at a 48% Operating Margin, and Axon Vision With a 61% Gross Margin and an Operating Loss
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This is the summary of Friday, 14 August 2026 earnings. The Tel Aviv exchange does not trade on Friday, but filings are still made.

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Two Companies, Two Opposite Businesses

Only two Israeli companies filed today, and it would be hard to find two more different from one another.

Q2 2026, NIS thousandsNawiAxon Vision
Revenue121,41111,205
Gross profit68,9166,844
Gross margin56.8%61.1%
Operating profit58,497loss 6,414
Operating margin48.2%negative
Pre-tax58,497loss 6,584
Net profit45,227loss 6,584
Basic per share, NIS1.38-0.43
Total assets5,762,37631,274
Shareholders' equity1,101,83520,465

Nawi

An operating margin of 48.2% is not a figure one sees in an industrial company, and it is consistent with the structure of a financial business: revenue is mostly interest and fees, and there is no cost of production in the ordinary sense.

Two checks the numbers pass. Pre-tax profit is identical to operating profit, meaning there are no net financing items below the line. And the tax, NIS 13.27 million on pre-tax profit of NIS 58.5 million, is an effective rate of 22.7% - close to the Israeli corporate rate.

And the balance sheet is the real story: NIS 5.76 billion against shareholders' equity of NIS 1.10 billion. A ratio of about 5.2 to one, which is a leverage structure typical of a credit business. Return on equity for the quarter, annualised, is about 16.4%.

Axon Vision

Here the picture is exactly inverted. The gross margin, 61.1%, is higher even than Nawi's - but operating expenses total about NIS 13.3 million against revenue of NIS 11.2 million, and so the operating line is negative.

This is the classic profile of a technology company in a growth phase: a high-margin product, and a cost structure built for future revenue rather than for current revenue. Shareholders' equity of NIS 20.5 million against a quarterly loss of NIS 6.6 million is the ratio worth following.

Wall Street

A scan of filings after the close found 69 companies that filed today - fewer than half of yesterday's 161. A Friday in August, and the list is made up entirely of small companies. There is no first-tier name in it.

And within it, the filers with an Israeli connection:

Foresight AutonomousComputer vision for autonomous vehicles
LifewardRehabilitation and walking systems
BrainStorm Cell TherapeuticsStem cells for degenerative disease
Quoin PharmaceuticalsTreatments for rare skin diseases
Silexion TherapeuticsOncology treatments

We did not open a separate piece for any of them. All are small companies, and none sits on a thesis we cover. They are listed here so that the list is complete.

And what is still ahead: Eltek will publish its second quarter results on 18 August, before the market opens, and will hold a conference call the same day at 8:30 a.m. Eastern Time.