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AudioEye (AEYE) Q1 Earnings Miss Estimates

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AudioEye (AEYE) came out with quarterly earnings of $0.18 per share, missing the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $0.19 per share. This compares to earnings of $0.15 per share a year ago. These figures are adjusted for non-recurring items. This quarterly report represents an earnings surprise of -2.70%. A quarter ago, it was expected that this company would post earnings of $0.21 per share when it actually produced earnings of $0.22, delivering a surprise of +4.76%. Over the last four quarters, the company has surpassed consensus EPS estimates two times. AudioEye, which belongs to the Zacks Internet - Software industry, posted revenues of $10.55 million for the quarter ended March 2026, surpassing the Zacks Consensus Estimate by 0.03%. This compares to year-ago revenues of $9.73 million. The company has topped consensus revenue estimates two times over the last four quarters. The sustainability of the stock's immediate price movement based on the recently-released numbers and future earnings expectations will mostly depend on management's commentary on the earnings call. AudioEye shares have lost about 23% since the beginning of the year versus the S&P 500's gain of 8.3%. While AudioEye has underperformed the market so far this year, the question that comes to investors' minds is: what's next for the stock? There are no easy answers to this key question, but one reliable measure that can help investors address this is the company's earnings outlook. Not only does this include current consensus earnings expectations for the coming quarter(s), but also how these expectations have changed lately. Empirical research shows a strong correlation between near-term stock movements and trends in earnings estimate revisions. Investors can track such revisions by themselves or rely on a tried-and-tested rating tool like the Zacks Rank, which has an impressive track record of harnessing the power of earnings estimate revisions. Ahead of this earnings release, the estimate revisions trend for AudioEye was mixed. While the magnitude and direction of estimate revisions could change following the company's just-released earnings report, the current status translates into a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold) for the stock. So, the shares are expected to perform in line with the market in the near future. You can see the complete list of today's Zacks #1 Rank (Strong Buy) stocks here. It will be...

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Audioeye Q1 Earnings Call Highlights

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Interested in Audioeye, Inc.? Here are five stocks we like better. AudioEye posted solid Q1 growth, with revenue up 8% year over year to $10.6 million and ARR rising to $41.2 million. The company also improved adjusted EBITDA to $2.4 million and generated $1.9 million in free cash flow. Leadership is shifting as Kelly Georgevich moves into the CEO role while David Moradi stays on as executive chairman and chief product officer. Moradi will focus on product strategy and AI initiatives, which management says are central to the next phase of growth. Management raised its 2026 outlook, guiding for full-year revenue of $43.25 million to $44.25 million and at least $12 million in adjusted EBITDA. The company expects margin expansion and sees continued demand driven by accessibility litigation, regulatory changes, and AI-enabled product improvements. Are These 3 Under-the-Radar AI Stocks the Next Big Growth Stories? Audioeye (NASDAQ:AEYE) reported first-quarter 2026 revenue growth and raised its profitability outlook, while outlining a leadership transition that will move Kelly Georgevich into the chief executive role and keep David Moradi focused on product strategy and artificial intelligence initiatives. The digital accessibility software company said first-quarter revenue rose 8% year over year to $10.6 million, marking what management described as its 41st consecutive quarter of record revenue. Annual recurring revenue, or ARR, reached $41.2 million as of March 31, up from $40 million at the end of 2025 and up 11% from a year earlier. → MercadoLibre Boldly Invests in Growth: Discount Deepens Georgevich, who is now CEO and CFO, said the company expects ARR growth to continue and to support “notable sequential growth rates in revenue” in the third and fourth quarters of 2026. Moradi, AudioEye’s executive chairman and chief product officer, said the transition was planned and reflects the board’s confidence in Georgevich’s ability to lead the company through its next phase of growth. → Rocket Lab Just Hit a New All-Time High—Time to Buy or Let It Breathe? “Kelly has been instrumental in helping us achieve these top-tier results since joining AudioEye in 2021,” Moradi said. “I’ve worked closely with Kelly for almost five years, and I’m highly confident that as CEO, she will lead the company through our next phase of growth and continued operating margin improvemen...

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AudioEye Inc (AEYE) Q1 2026 Earnings Call Highlights: Record Revenue Streak Continues Amid ...

GuruFocus.com

This article first appeared on GuruFocus. Release Date: May 12, 2026 For the complete transcript of the earnings call, please refer to the full earnings call transcript. AudioEye Inc (NASDAQ:AEYE) achieved its 41st consecutive quarter of record revenue, highlighting consistent growth. The company has over 127,000 customers, more than any other company in the industry, showcasing its market leadership. Revenue per employee has increased by approximately 400% since 2019, indicating improved operational efficiency. The introduction of a next-generation platform has received strong feedback, providing customers with full visibility into the fixes AudioEye completes. AudioEye Inc (NASDAQ:AEYE) has a robust financial outlook with expected ARR growth and a target of $15 million run rate adjusted EBITDA by the end of 2026. The Internet is becoming less accessible, with a 10% increase in WCAG failures, posing challenges for digital accessibility. Operating expenses increased to $10.1 million in Q1 2026 from $8.7 million in Q1 2025, driven by higher litigation and marketing expenses. Net loss in Q1 2026 was $2.1 million, up from $1.5 million in the same period last year, indicating financial pressure. The company experienced a decrease of 4,000 customers from December 31, 2025, due to a partner's realignment, although it did not materially impact revenue. Litigation expenses have increased, with a trial date set for Q4, potentially impacting future financial performance. Warning! GuruFocus has detected 4 Warning Signs with AEYE. Is AEYE fairly valued? Test your thesis with our free DCF calculator. Q: Can you expand on the comment that the Internet is becoming less accessible? A: The tools are pulling from a lot of inaccessible content because the Internet wasn't coded with accessibility in mind. The number of sites and content is exploding, leading to all-time highs in litigation. A recent Web AIM study confirmed this trend, showing that accessibility is getting worse, not better. - David Marotti, Executive Chairman and Chief Product Officer Q: Can you talk about plans for Agentic AI? A: We're using agents to make products faster and better for clients, leveraging our data to make things easier and more understandable for clients, and increasing their protection. There are many new possibilities now that we couldn't achieve before. - David Marotti, Executive Chairman...

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AudioEye, Inc. Q1 2026 Earnings Call Summary

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Our analysts just identified a stock with the potential to be the next Nvidia. Tell us how you invest and we'll show you why it's our #1 pick. Tap here. Achieved 41 consecutive quarters of record revenue, driven by a leading product position and a customer base exceeding 127,000. Management attributes the 10% increase in web accessibility failures to the proliferation of AI-assisted coding and third-party frameworks, which often pull from inaccessible legacy content. The next-generation platform is designed to provide full transparency into automated and custom fixes, effectively demonstrating the competitive gap against legacy consulting models. Operating leverage has improved significantly, with revenue per employee increasing 400% since 2019 to over $400,000. The transition of Kelly Georgevich to CEO allows for continued operational discipline while Executive Chairman David Moradi focuses exclusively on long-term strategy and AI-agentic product innovation. A 4,000-customer decrease in the partner channel was attributed to a single partner's internal realignment and did not materially impact revenue or ARR. Management expects compounding ARR to drive notable sequential revenue growth rates in the third and fourth quarters of 2026. The company is targeting a $15 million run-rate adjusted EBITDA by year-end 2026, supported by expanding operating leverage. The DOJ's one-year extension of Title II compliance deadlines to April 2027 is viewed as a strategic 'runway' rather than a delay, with partners maintaining current sales urgency. Upcoming 'AI-agentic' product releases aim to leverage 10 years of proprietary data to further automate remediation and reduce reliance on professional services. Strategic investments in the European Union are being managed with discipline to position the company for a demand surge once bureaucratic enforcement timelines are finalized. Litigation expenses increased in Q1 2026 due to active legal pursuits, though management anticipates these costs will decrease substantially following a Q4 trial date. Net debt-to-adjusted EBITDA ratio stands at approximately 0.7x, following the drawdown of a $3.6 million term loan to strengthen the balance sheet. Total R&D spend as a percentage of revenue decreased from 17% to 15% year-over-year, reflecting ongoing progress in scaling the business efficiently. One stock. Nvidia-level potential. 30M...

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AudioEye Reports Record First Quarter 2026 Results

PR Newswire

Forty-First Consecutive Period of Record Revenue TUCSON, Ariz., May 12, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- AudioEye, Inc. (Nasdaq: AEYE) ("AudioEye" or the "Company"), an industry-leading digital accessibility company, reported financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2026. "We demonstrated strong annual recurring revenue growth in the first quarter with 12% annualized sequential growth reaching $41.2 million of ARR. As ARR grows, we expect sequential quarterly revenue growth to accelerate over the course of the year, and operating leverage should lead to significant operating margin improvement," said Kelly Georgevich, Chief Executive Officer of AudioEye. "As I assume the CEO role, I want to recognize David's leadership in transforming AudioEye's product and operations, which has led to an almost fourfold revenue increase and significantly improved gross and operating margins during his tenure. I'm excited to continue working with David, the Board of Directors, teammates, and our customers in the future and look forward to increasing the value they receive from our products." First Quarter 2026 Financial Results Total revenue increased 8% to a record $10.6M from $9.7M in the same prior year period. Gross profit increased to $8.3M (78% of total revenue) from $7.7M (80% of total revenue) in the same prior year period. The increase in gross profit was driven by continued revenue growth. Adjusted gross margin, which is defined as gross margin adjusted for non-cash items such as stock-based compensation and depreciation and amortization expenses in cost of revenue, was 84% in the first quarter of 2026 compared to 85% in the same prior year period. Operating expenses were $10.1M, an increase of 17% from the comparable prior year period. The increase was primarily due to higher litigation expenses. Net loss was $2.1M, or $(0.17) per share, compared to a net loss of $1.5M, or $(0.12) per share, in the same prior year period. The change was primarily due to higher litigation expenses of $1.1M, partially offset by a $0.5M increase to gross profit. Adjusted EBITDA in Q1 2026 was $2.4M, and adjusted EPS was $0.18 per share, compared to adjusted EBITDA of $1.9M and adjusted EPS of $0.15 per share in the same prior year period. For Q1 2026, the adjusted EBITDA and adjusted EPS results reflect adjustments primarily for stock-based compensation expense, depreciation and a...

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AudioEye: Q1 Earnings Snapshot

Associated Press

TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — AudioEye, Inc. (AEYE) on Tuesday reported a loss of $2.1 million in its first quarter. The Tucson, Arizona-based company said it had a loss of 17 cents per share. Earnings, adjusted for non-recurring costs and stock option expense, were 18 cents per share. The company posted revenue of $10.6 million in the period. For the current quarter ending in June, AudioEye expects its per-share earnings to range from 21 cents to 22 cents. The company said it expects revenue in the range of $10.65 billion to $10.75 billion for the fiscal second quarter. AudioEye expects full-year earnings to be 96 cents per share, with revenue ranging from $43.25 billion to $44.25 billion. AudioEye shares have declined 25% since the beginning of the year. In the final minutes of trading on Tuesday, shares hit $7.49, a drop of 42% in the last 12 months. _____ This story was generated by Automated Insights (http://automatedinsights.com/ap) using data from Zacks Investment Research. Access a Zacks stock report on AEYE at https://www.zacks.com/ap/AEYE

Investor releaseQuarter not tagged2026-05-12

Can AudioEye (AEYE) Keep the Earnings Surprise Streak Alive?

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If you are looking for a stock that has a solid history of beating earnings estimates and is in a good position to maintain the trend in its next quarterly report, you should consider AudioEye (AEYE). This company, which is in the Zacks Internet - Software industry, shows potential for another earnings beat. This company has seen a nice streak of beating earnings estimates, especially when looking at the previous two reports. The average surprise for the last two quarters was 5.16%. For the most recent quarter, AudioEye was expected to post earnings of $0.21 per share, but it reported $0.22 per share instead, representing a surprise of 4.76%. For the previous quarter, the consensus estimate was $0.18 per share, while it actually produced $0.19 per share, a surprise of 5.56%. With this earnings history in mind, recent estimates have been moving higher for AudioEye. In fact, the Zacks Earnings ESP (Expected Surprise Prediction) for the company is positive, which is a great sign of an earnings beat, especially when you combine this metric with its nice Zacks Rank. Our research shows that stocks with the combination of a positive Earnings ESP and a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold) or better produce a positive surprise nearly 70% of the time. In other words, if you have 10 stocks with this combination, the number of stocks that beat the consensus estimate could be as high as seven. The Zacks Earnings ESP compares the Most Accurate Estimate to the Zacks Consensus Estimate for the quarter; the Most Accurate Estimate is a version of the Zacks Consensus whose definition is related to change. The idea here is that analysts revising their estimates right before an earnings release have the latest information, which could potentially be more accurate than what they and others contributing to the consensus had predicted earlier. AudioEye has an Earnings ESP of +2.70% at the moment, suggesting that analysts have grown bullish on its near-term earnings potential. When you combine this positive Earnings ESP with the stock's Zacks Rank #3 (Hold), it shows that another beat is possibly around the corner. The company's next earnings report is expected to be released on May 12, 2026. With the Earnings ESP metric, it's important to note that a negative value reduces its predictive power; however, a negative Earnings ESP does not indicate an earnings miss. Many companies end up beating the c...

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FY2026 Q1 earnings call transcript

Earnings source - 58 paragraphs
Operator

Good afternoon, and welcome to AudioEye's first quarter 2026 earnings conference call. Joining us for today's call are AudioEye CEO and CFO Ms. Kelly Georgevich and Executive Chairman and Chief Product Officer Mr. David Moradi. Following their remarks, we will open the call for questions from the company's publishing analysts. I would like to remind everyone that this call will be recorded and made available for replay via a link available in the investor relations section of the company's website at www.audioeye.com. Before I turn the call over to AudioEye's Executive Chairman, the company would like to remind all participants that statements made by AudioEye management during the course of this conference call that are not historical facts are considered to be forward-looking statements. The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 provides a safe harbor for such forward-looking statements.

Operator

The words "believe," "expect," "anticipate," "estimate," "confident," "will," and other similar statements of expectation identify forward-looking statements. These statements are predictions, projections, or other statements about future events that are based on current expectations and assumptions that are subject to risk and uncertainties. Actual results could materially differ because of factors discussed on today's press release, in the comments made during this conference call, and in the Risk Factors section of the company's annual report on Form 10-K, its quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, and in its other reports and filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Participants on this call are cautioned not to place due on reliance on these forward-looking statements, which reflect management's belief only as of the date hereof. AudioEye does not undertake any duty to update or correct any forward-looking statements. Management's remarks today will include certain non-GAAP financial measures.

Operator

A reconciliation of the most directly comparable GAAP financial measures to these non-GAAP financial measures is available in the company's earnings release or otherwise posted in the investor relations section of its website at www.audioeye.com. I'd like to turn the call over to AudioEye's executive chairman and chief product officer, Mr. David Moradi.

David Moradi

Thank you, operator, and good afternoon, everyone. The first quarter marks the 41st consecutive quarter of record revenue, a significant achievement. Over a decade ago, I began my journey with AudioEye as an investor, leading a few rounds of financing for the company. Back then, the company had virtually no revenue and limited technology. Today is a different story. We have the leading product on the market and more than 127,000 customers, to our knowledge, more than any other company in the industry. In 2019, I joined AudioEye first as a consultant, then as a board member, and became the chair of the Strategic Operating Committee of the Board of Directors, tasked with improving product, go-to-market, margins, and scale.

David Moradi

Since then, revenues have nearly quadrupled, and adjusted EBITDA margins have improved from approximately negative 70% and are expected to be in the high 20% range this year. Revenue per employee has improved from approximately $100,000 per employee in 2019 to over $400,000 per employee, around a 400% increase. Kelly has been instrumental in helping us achieve these top-tier results since joining AudioEye in 2021. I've worked closely with Kelly for almost five years, and I'm highly confident that as CEO, she will lead the company through our next phase of growth and continued operating margin improvement. This was a well-planned evolution that reflects the strength of what we have built and the board of directors and my confidence in Kelly's ability to lead us going forward.

David Moradi

She brings operational discipline, relationships, and credibility to sustain the momentum we have. My focus going forward will be on what I love doing most, long-term strategy and product innovation, including AI initiatives now possible with recent LLM improvements. I've served as head of product since the second half of 2023 during a period of significant innovation, including our next-gen platform, which combines custom fixes with our industry-leading AI, giving customers a complete view of their risk profile, which no competitor can do today. Also, we have continued to improve our industry-leading legal protection rates and the highest levels of automatic detection available. We are not done. The recent WebAIM study shows that the internet is becoming less accessible while litigation trends are reaching all-time highs. The need to solve digital accessibility at scale has never been greater.

David Moradi

We continue to build on our industry-leading proprietary data set, which was developed over 10 years on over 100,000 websites and millions of data points using our unique approach of combining AI automation with custom fixes. We are very excited about upcoming agentic product releases. As we enter this next phase of growth in AudioEye's journey, I want to thank our team for all their hard work and determination in getting us here and in delivering an incredible product for our customers. After today's call, I may be less visible to shareholders, but I will be hard at work in the background. I'm leaving you in good hands with your new CEO. With that, I'll hand it over to Kelly.

Kelly Georgevich

Thank you, David. Good afternoon, everyone. It's an honor to be speaking to you today in my new role as CEO, and I want to echo David's gratitude to our team and to David for the incredible work he has done transforming AudioEye into an industry leader in digital accessibility. I look forward to building on the foundation that David and the team have created. I've spent five years working with David in driving change, and I'm excited about what the next phase looks like, both from an operational standpoint and from a product and market opportunity standpoint. I'll now cover a few other business developments, Q1 2026 financial results, and our updated financial outlook for Q2 and the full year 2026. The market environment continues to reinforce the need for solutions with accuracy and scale.

Kelly Georgevich

Agentic coding solutions are driving faster web development but are making the web less accessible. As David Moradi mentioned, the 2026 WebAIM Million report found 95.9% of the top 1 million home pages had detectable WCAG failures, averaging 56.1 errors per page, a 10% increase over the prior year. That reversed six consecutive years of gradual improvement. WebAIM attributes the decline to broader shifts in web development, including increased reliance on third-party frameworks and AI-assisted coding. This is driving accessibility-related litigation to reach all-time highs. This environment positions AudioEye as a leader. With over a decade of proprietary data and billions of data points, we have the depth, expertise, and scale to address accessibility challenges and to help customers manage the legal risk they face in a way no other solution can currently match.

Kelly Georgevich

We continue to see strong feedback and engagement with our next-generation platform introduced earlier this year. We built this platform to give customers full visibility into the thousands of fixes AudioEye completes on their behalf through our automation and custom remediation. The response has validated what we believed. When customers see the depth of our work, the gap between AudioEye and any other solution in the market becomes clear. On the regulatory front, in April 2026, the DOJ published an interim final rule extending Title II web accessibility compliance deadlines by one year for state and local governments, with enforcement now slated to begin in April 2027. We view this as an affirmation of the federal commitment to digital accessibility and a recognition that meaningful compliance requires a robust solution like AudioEye.

Kelly Georgevich

The rule makes clear that covered entities have an ongoing obligation to ensure their web content and mobile apps are accessible to individuals with disabilities under Title II of the ADA. The additional year gives AudioEye and our channel partners a broader runway to engage state and local government entities and ensure they are positioned for compliance well ahead of the new April 2027 enforcement date. In the European Union, we continue to build pipelines and see steady, positive early signs as enforcement timelines take shape. We are being disciplined with our investments there, positioning ourselves to capture the meaningful uptick in demand that will occur as enforcement occurs while building awareness of accessibility requirements now in place. Turning to our Q1 2026 financial results.

Kelly Georgevich

Revenue for the first quarter of 2026 was $10.6 million, representing an 8% increase from the comparable period of the prior year. This marks our 41st consecutive period of record revenue, a streak we are unaware of any current public software company matching. Annual recurring revenue, or ARR, was $41.2 million as of March 31st, 2026, up from $40 million as of December 31st, 2025, reflecting 12% annualized sequential ARR growth. Year-over-year, ARR grew 11%. We expect ARR growth to continue in future quarters, and that compounding ARR should generate notable sequential growth rates in revenue in the third and fourth quarters of this year. As of March 31st, 2026, AudioEye had approximately 127,000 customers, up 8,000 from March 31st, 2025.

Kelly Georgevich

The 4,000 customer decrease from December thirty-first, 2025, was driven by one partner's realignment of their own customer base. The partner continues to support thousands of AudioEye customers, and the underlying business activity and partnership were not affected and had no material impact on revenue or ARR. Going deeper into revenue by our two channels. AudioEye's enterprise channel consists of our larger customers and organizations, including those with non-platform custom websites, who generally engage directly with AudioEye sales personnel for pricing and solutions. Our enterprise channel continued to perform well in Q1 with steady new business activity and healthy expansion among existing accounts. In Q1 2026, the enterprise channel grew 9% year-over-year. As of March 31st, 2026, the enterprise channel represented approximately 41% of ARR.

Kelly Georgevich

Our partner and marketplace channel includes all revenue from our SMB-focused marketplace products, as well as partners who employ these products for their SMB customers. In the first quarter of 2026, the partner and marketplace channels grew 8% year-over-year and accounted for approximately 59% of ARR as of March 31st, 2026. Our partner and marketplace channel also contributed meaningfully to ARR growth in the quarter. We saw solid expansion from our state and local government partners, specifically in the first quarter of 2026. In our recent conversations with these partners, the Title II delay has not slowed their go-to-market activities or changed how they talk to customers. They are moving forward with the same urgency.

Kelly Georgevich

Gross profit for the first quarter was $8.3 million, or approximately 78% of revenue, compared to $7.7 million, or 80% of revenue, in Q1 2025. Adjusted gross margin, defined as gross margin adjusted for non-cash items in our cost of revenue, such as amortization and capitalized software development costs and stock compensation expense, was 84% in Q1 2026, compared to 85% in the prior year comparable period. In the first quarter of 2026, operating expenses were $10.1 million compared to $8.7 million in Q1 2025. Net loss in the first quarter of 2026 was $2.1 million, or $0.17 per share, compared to a net loss of $1.5 million, or $0.12 per share in the same year-ago period.

Kelly Georgevich

The year-over-year increase in operating expenses and net loss was driven by higher litigation expenses, depreciation and amortization expenses, as well as additional investments in sales and marketing. Our total R&D spend in Q1 was approximately $1.6 million, with approximately $500,000 recorded as software development costs in the investing section of the cash flow statement, similar to Q1 2025 levels. Total R&D spend was around 15% of Q1 2026 revenue, down from 17% in Q1 2025, demonstrating our continued progress in operating leverage. In the first quarter of 2026, we achieved adjusted EBITDA of approximately $2.4 million, or $0.18 per share, and an adjusted EBITDA margin of 22%. This compares to Q1 2025 adjusted EBITDA of $1.9 million or $0.15 per share and 20% of adjusted EBITDA margin.

Kelly Georgevich

The $500,000 increase in adjusted EBITDA over the comparable period of the prior year was driven by a $500,000 year-over-year increase in gross profit. In the first quarter, we generated $1.9 million of free cash flow, calculated as adjusted EBITDA of $2.4 million plus $500,000 in software development costs, an improvement of $500,000 in the first quarter of 2025. We further strengthened our balance sheet in the first quarter of 2026 by drawing down the remaining $3.6 million of our delayed draw term loan, which would otherwise have expired on March 31st. We ended the quarter with $8.6 million in cash and $3 million available under a revolving line of credit.

Kelly Georgevich

As of March 31st, 2026, our net debt, defined as total debt less cash, was $8.4 million, and our net debt to adjusted EBITDA ratio using our 2026 adjusted EBITDA guidance is approximately 0.7 times. Turning to guidance. For the second quarter of 2026, we expect revenue of between $10.65 million and $10.75 million, an adjusted EBITDA of between $2.6 million and $2.7 million, representing an adjusted EBITDA margin of approximately 25% at the midpoint, and adjusted EPS of between $0.21 and $0.22 per share. For the full year 2026, we are refining our revenue guidance to between $43.25 million and $44.25 million.

Kelly Georgevich

We now expect full year 2026 adjusted EBITDA to be at least $12 million, representing a nearly 27% adjusted EBITDA margin at the midpoint of revenue guidance and adjusted EPS of at least $0.96. This would suggest at least 33% growth in adjusted EBITDA and adjusted EPS from 2025. With compounding ARR expected to drive notable sequential growth rates in the third and fourth quarter of 2026 and expanding operating leverage throughout 2026, we continue to target a $15 million run rate adjusted EBITDA by the end of 2026. With that, I'll turn the call back to the operator to open the line for questions. Operator?

Operator

Thank you. At this time, we'll be conducting a question and answer session. If you'd like to ask a question, please press star one on your telephone keypad. A confirmation tone will indicate your line is in the question queue. You may press star two if you'd like to remove your question from the queue. One moment, please, while we poll for questions. Our first question comes from George Sutton with Craig-Hallum. Your line is now live.

George Sutton

Thank you. First, congrats to both of you on your new roles. I wanted to address the comment that the Internet is becoming less accessible. You did give a couple of brief points there. I wondered if you could expand on the thought process.

David Moradi

Yeah, the tools. I've talked about this before. The tools are pulling from a lot of inaccessible content because the Internet wasn't coded with accessibility in mind. You're seeing the number of sites explode, the number of content explode, and that's why we're seeing all-time highs in litigation. There's that recent WebAIM study that Kelly was talking about that confirmed this. We said this on the last call, and that confirmed it recently through the WebAIM study that it's actually getting worse, not better.

George Sutton

David, your voice inflected earlier in your prepared comments when you mentioned agentic AI upcoming. Can you talk about plans there?

David Moradi

Yeah, there's a lot going on there. We're using agents to make products faster and better for clients, really leveraging our data. Really, the goal is to make things easier for clients, more simple to understand, simple to use, and increase their protection even further. There's a lot of unlocks we couldn't do before that we can do now, which are really, really exciting.

George Sutton

Gotcha. Last question. Kelly, you emphasized the ramp in ARR in Q3 and Q4. Can you just walk us through the rest of the year in terms of what the drivers are in Q2 versus Q3 and Q4?

Kelly Georgevich

Yeah. We're firing on all cylinders. We're seeing new business and expansion numbers. We're seeing great expansion from partners as well. The sequential growth in revenue should pick up notably in Q3 and Q4 with that compounding ARR.

George Sutton

Okay. Thank you, guys.

David Moradi

Thank you.

Operator

Our next question is from Joshua Reilly with Needham & Company. Your line is now live.

Joshua Reilly

Great. Thanks for taking my questions. I'll echo the congrats on the change in management dynamic here. Maybe just a little bit more color, David, on, you know, why is now the right time to make this transition in the management of the business? What gives you the confidence that, you know, the product is in the right place going forward, given the dynamics around what's going on with AI?

David Moradi

Yeah. I hope my stay wasn't overwelcome here. I've been here quite a long time, a lot longer than I ever thought I would be. Look, things are going really well right now, so I think this is a great time to do it. As you recall, the board asked me to do this back in 2019 to help turn the company around, and that's really what we've done. You know, we put up 41 straight quarters of record revenue. We have 127,000 customers. We're approaching a 30% adjusted EBITDA margin, and that was like negative 70% when I joined the board back in 2019. We're posed to generate significant cash. Also, the product's really improved. We can do things that no one else in the industry can do.

David Moradi

I think it's a great time. Kelly's been a strong leader for over five years. She knows the company better than anyone, and it's gonna allow me to focus on product, AI, long-term strategy. Very excited about what we're gonna be able to do here.

Joshua Reilly

Got it. That's helpful. Then what are you seeing from customers in terms of their understanding of how AI is gonna impact website development going forward? You know, I don't think you've really seen a significant pause in terms of how customers are evaluating this. Do you think that they understand how they're gonna manage their websites going forward and how they could integrate your solution to have a, you know, a more compliant, you know, end user offering for their customers?

David Moradi

Most people are still trying to understand it with the coding tools. A lot are not using the coding tools. A lot are not AI native yet, so they're working to understand things. I don't think there's a uniform view at this point of how they're gonna use things, but it's evolving quickly.

Joshua Reilly

On the Title II change in the timing there, you know, it's interesting. It didn't seem like it was gonna be realistic to ever have all of the potential customers, you know, ready with a compliant solution by the previous deadline. How do you think the dynamic is gonna change with the new deadline? Do you think that the customers will be more aggressive with getting their websites compliant by this new deadline, and it's more realistic? Do you think that there's gonna have to be more exceptions made and pushouts over the next few years?

Kelly Georgevich

Yeah. From what we see, the DOJ seems pretty committed to accessibility. You look at the cases at Uber and SeaWorld and Greyhound, they didn't change anything with the rule. We view this as giving us additional runway to penetrate customers. We've seen great momentum with our partners going out of space, but there is a lot of opportunity to continue to penetrate. In talking to those partners, the messages still seem ahead. They still feel the urgency, and they're still going with the same go-to-market and the same urgency to their customers.

Joshua Reilly

Got it. All right, well, that's it for me. Thank you guys very much.

David Moradi

Thank you.

Operator

Our next question is from Richard Baldry with ROTH Capital Partners. Your line is now live.

Richard Baldry

Thanks. Now, is it possible that the delay to that deadline actually helps you find more partners because it gives them, you know, more of a thought process that there is a longer time ahead to be, you know, generating customers in partnership with yourself?

Kelly Georgevich

Yeah, absolutely. I think we view it that way. We still have plenty to penetrate on our two key partners in the space and just across the board. I think there's still a lot of people who need a solution, so it gives us additional runway ahead of that April 2027 new deadline.

Richard Baldry

I think you've been adding some resources in.

David Moradi

Well, still doing our solution, just to be clear. The market's still very wide open on that side of the business, so I think this is actually a good thing.

Richard Baldry

Got it. I think recently you've been adding some resources in Europe. Do you wanna update on, you know, where that's at, where the capacity is or the ramp in productivity there, where you think you can get to?

Kelly Georgevich

Yeah. We continue to invest in EU. We'll keep investing in it through the rest of the year and beyond. You know, EU is moving a bit slower. It's a bit bureaucratic, but, you know, we are seeing positive signals. We're seeing the pipeline build. And I think just the team there, we're building as well. Once enforcement happens, all bets are off, but we are setting ourselves up well for when that happens.

Richard Baldry

Got it. Maybe last for me, the litigation expense was up a bit in the quarter. Can you give a little update on, you know, where that's at? Did it peak in the quarter? Do you think it ebbs from here forward? Any thoughts around that wrapping up? Thanks.

Kelly Georgevich

We can't comment on current litigation, but we are aggressively pursuing it. There is a trial date for Q4, so we do expect costs to go down substantially at some point this year.

Richard Baldry

Great. Thanks.

Operator

Our next question comes from Erik Suppiger with B. Riley Securities. Your line is now live.

Erik Suppiger

Yeah, thanks for taking the question. Kelly, just curious if there are any immediate changes or strategic changes that you think you'll bring as you take in your new role. David, from an AI perspective, what opportunity is there for automating more of the product that you currently offer? Is there efficiencies to be realized in a significant way in terms of the process of making these sites more accessible?

Kelly Georgevich

Yeah, I can take that first part. You know, thanks to David's leadership, we're in the best position we've ever been. We have a really strong product. We have a great financial profile with strong revenues and record margins. We have this huge demand driver in the EU once we see enforcement. You know, all of that is full steam ahead. We have a great team. We're just excited to have David focused further on product. We're also excited about the opportunities to leverage our tech and customer base in new verticals with AI advancements. I think that's on the deck as well.

David Moradi

Yeah, we're using our proprietary data with agents to really unlock a lot of value, and we think that's gonna drive our margins up over time and give clients a lot more value in the future, accuracy, detection, legal protection, things like that.

Erik Suppiger

Can you reduce the amount of professional services that's required in a lot of these cases?

David Moradi

That's the goal. That's what we've done as a disruptor here in this industry against the consultants, and that is our goal, to keep reducing that.

Erik Suppiger

Very good. Thank you.

David Moradi

Thank you.

Operator

At this time, this concludes our question and answer session. I'd now like to turn the call back over to Ms. Kelly Georgevich for her closing remarks.

Kelly Georgevich

I'd like to thank our employees, customers, and investors for their support, and we look forward to providing an update on the next quarter. Thanks.

Investor releaseQuarter not tagged2026-05-09

Airbnb Q1 Earnings Miss Estimates, Revenues Rise Y/Y, Shares Up

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Airbnb ABNB posted first-quarter 2026 diluted earnings of 26 cents per share, which missed the Zacks Consensus Estimate by 15.23%. Earnings improved 8.3% from 24 cents in the year-ago quarter. Revenues were $2.68 billion, up 17.8% year over year and 15% on a forex-neutral basis. The top line beat the Zacks Consensus Estimate by 2.16%. Demand remained healthy, highlighted by Gross Booking Value of $29.2 billion and Nights and Seats Booked of 156.2 million in the quarter. ABNB’s implied take rate (revenue divided by Gross Booking Value) was 9.2% in the quarter, roughly in line with 9.3% in the prior-year period. Management attributed some variability to timing effects from Reserve Now, Pay Later, which can shift guest payments closer to the stay date. Airbnb, Inc. price-consensus-eps-surprise-chart | Airbnb, Inc. Quote ABNB shares are up 13.30% while writing this blog. ABNB saw nights and seats booked rise 9% year over year to $186.8 million, even as management cited an approximate 100-basis-point headwind tied to elevated cancellations from the conflict in the Middle East. The company noted that, absent the conflict, growth would have been closer to 10%. Momentum also continued to shift toward mobile. Nights booked on the app increased 22% year over year and represented 63% of total nights booked, up from 58% a year ago. First-time booker growth accelerated to 10%, with particularly strong trends cited in Brazil, Japan and India. In the first quarter of 2026, total costs and expenses as a percentage of revenues decreased 150 basis points (bps) year over year to 96.8% in the reported quarter. Cost of revenues decreased 60 bps year over year. Product development declined 120 bps while sales and marketing expenses increased 330 bps. Operations and support, and general and administrative, as a percentage of revenues, decreased 120 bps and 190 bps, respectively. Adjusted EBITDA was $519 million, up 24% year over year, with an adjusted EBITDA margin of 19%. The first quarter of 2026 operating margin contracted 150 bps year over year to 3.2%. As of March 31, 2026, cash and cash equivalents, short-term investments, and restricted cash totaled $12.1 billion compared with $11 billion as of Dec. 31, 2025. ABNB had $10.6 billion of funds held on behalf of guests. Net cash provided by operating activities was $1.7 billion in the first quarter of 2026, up from $526 million...

Investor releaseQuarter not tagged2026-05-08

NICE Q1 Earnings Beat Estimates on Strong Cloud Revenues, Shares Up

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Nice NICE reported first-quarter 2026 non-GAAP earnings of $2.64 per share, down 8.0% year over year but beat the Zacks Consensus Estimate by 4.66%. Revenues grew 9.8% from the year-ago period to $768.6 million and surpassed the consensus mark by 0.99%. The uptick was primarily driven by the continued strength in its cloud business and the ongoing AI momentum. Revenues in the Americas were $625 million, up 6% year over year. The same in EMEA was $99 million in the reported quarter, up 34% year over year. APAC revenues increased 23% year over year to $44 million. NICE shares have gained 2.04% in the pre-market trading. Nice price-consensus-eps-surprise-chart | Nice Quote NICE generated cloud revenues of $603.4 million, which represented 79% of total revenue for the quarter. The company’s cloud growth was 14.6%, up year over year, reflecting continued adoption of CXone and expanding AI-driven use cases. Within the cloud, management highlighted that AI remained a central growth lever. AI ARR was included in 100% of CXone enterprise deals during the quarter, signaling that AI is moving from add-on to standard buying behavior across larger customers. AI & self-service ARR jumped 66% year over year to $345 million, underscoring demand for NICE’s AI-native CX platform. Nice reported services revenues of $124.0 million (16.1% of revenues), down 11.6% year over year. The decline was due to ongoing migration away from on-premise deployments, which reduces legacy service activity as customers transition to the cloud. Product revenue rose 22.6% year over year to $41.3 million. Product revenue contributed 5.4% of revenues in the reported quarter. The increase was driven by strength in the financial crime and compliance business, which benefited from premise-based term renewals alongside continued cloud expansion in the segment. NICE’s Customer Engagement segment delivered revenues of $636 million, up 7% year over year. Growth was fueled by double-digit cloud gains that more than offset reductions in on-premise product and services revenue tied to the legacy base. Financial Crime and Compliance revenue was $133 million, rising 23% year over year. Management attributed the performance to strong premise-based term renewals with large global financial institutions, reinforcing retention strength in the installed base while cloud offerings continue to scale. On a non-GAAP bas...

Investor releaseQuarter not tagged2026-05-08

DoorDash Q1 Earnings Top Estimates, Revenues Increase Y/Y, Shares Up

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DoorDash DASH posted first-quarter 2026 earnings of 42 cents per share, beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate by 13.51%. The company had reported year-ago quarter’s earnings of 44 cents per share. Revenues rose 33.1% year over year to $4.04 billion but missed the consensus mark by 2.14%. While top-line growth remained strong, net revenue margin moved lower to 12.8% from 13.1% in the year-ago quarter. Following the results, DoorDash shares have rallied 10.38% in the pre-market trading. In the first quarter of 2026, total orders increased 27% year over year to 933 million. The figure missed the Zacks Consensus Estimate by 2.45%. Total orders were driven by growth in consumers, average consumer engagement and the acquisition of Deliveroo. Marketplace GOV increased 37% year over year to $31.6 billion. The figure beat the consensus mark by 0.34%. DoorDash, Inc. price-consensus-eps-surprise-chart | DoorDash, Inc. Quote The adjusted gross profit was $2.09 billion, up 33.1% year over year. The adjusted gross margin was flat on a year-over-year basis to 51.9%. The contribution margin was 34.2% compared with 33.6% reported in the year-ago quarter. Adjusted sales & marketing expenses rose 29.1% year over year to $715 million. Adjusted research & development expenses increased 50.5% year over year to $277 million. Adjusted general & administrative expenses surged 41.9% year over year to $349 million. Adjusted EBITDA was $754 million, up 27.8% year over year. Adjusted EBITDA margin contracted 80 bps year over year to 18.7%. As of March 31, 2026, DoorDash had $5.83 billion in cash, cash equivalents, and short-term marketable securities compared with $5.78 billion as of Dec. 31, 2025. Net cash provided by operating activities totaled $594 million in the first quarter, which was down from $635 million a year earlier. Free cash flow was $420 million, which declined from $494 million in the year-ago quarter. This reflects the interplay of working-capital movement and investment spending. For the second quarter of 2026, DoorDash expects Marketplace GOV in the range of $32.4-$33.4 billion and adjusted EBITDA of $770-$870 million. For 2026, DoorDash expects stock-based compensation expense of approximately $1.3-$1.4 billion and depreciation and amortization expense of roughly $1.1-$1.2 billion, including about $450 million tied to acquired intangible assets. DoorDash currently ca...

Investor releaseQuarter not tagged2026-05-08

MKSI Q1 Earnings Beat Estimates, Revenue Increase Y/Y, Shares Up

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MKS Inc.’s MKSI first-quarter 2026 non-GAAP earnings of $2.30 per share increased 34.5% year over year. The figure surpassed the Zacks Consensus Estimate by 15.21%. Revenues came in at $1.08 billion, rising 15.2% from the year-ago quarter and beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate by 2.95%. Strength was supported by broad-based demand tied to AI-related investment. Product revenues (88.5% of total revenues) totaled $954 million, up 16.5% year over year. Services revenues (11.5% of total revenues) increased 6% year over year to $124 million. Shares of the company rallied 8.38% while writing this blog. MKS Inc. price-consensus-eps-surprise-chart | MKS Inc. Quote Semiconductor end-market revenues totaled $466 million (43.2% of total revenues), increasing 13% year over year, with management citing broad-based growth across products aimed at DRAM, NAND and foundry/logic applications. The company also pointed to sequential improvement in power solutions as NAND equipment upgrades increased. Electronics & Packaging revenues rose 27% year over year to $321 million, and contributed 29.8% of total revenue in the reported quarter. The company attributed the performance to strength in flexible PCB drilling systems supported by consumer electronics seasonality, along with solid results in chemistry and chemistry equipment. Specialty Industrial revenues increased 8% from the prior-year period to $291 million and contributed 27% of total revenues, even as results reflected a sequential dip tied largely to Lunar New Year seasonality. The company cited year-over-year strength, driven by datacom and defense markets. In the first quarter of 2026, gross margin contracted 40 basis points (bps) on a year-over-year basis to 47%. Adjusted EBITDA increased 17.4% year over year to $277 million. Adjusted EBITDA margin expanded 50 bps year over year to 25.7%. Non-GAAP operating expenses were $271 million, and the company flagged higher R&D investment and a seasonal lift in stock-based compensation as key contributors to spending levels. On a non-GAAP basis, operating margin expanded 160 bps to 21.8% from 20.2% a year ago, reflecting revenue growth and operating leverage. As of March 31, 2026, MKS Instruments had cash and cash equivalents of $569 million compared with $675 million as of Dec. 31, 2025. As of March 31, 2026, long-term debt totaled $2.65 billion. Cash flow from operations wa...

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