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Investor releaseQuarter not tagged2026-05-26Gorilla Technology to Report Q1 Earnings: Key Estimates Here
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Gorilla Technology to Report Q1 Earnings: Key Estimates Here
Global technology solution provider Gorilla Technology Group Inc. GRRR is set to report first-quarter 2026 results on May 27, 2026, after the closing bell. The Zacks Consensus Estimate for first-quarter 2026 adjusted earnings is currently pegged at 11 cents per share on revenues of $25.02 million. The Zacks Consensus Estimate for first-quarter 2026 earnings has remained stable over the past 60 days. However, the bottom-line projection indicates a year-over-year decrease of 52.2%. Nevertheless, the Zacks Consensus Estimate for quarterly revenues implies year-over-year growth of 37%. Image Source: Zacks Investment Research The full-year 2026 earningsestimate is currently pegged at 87 cents per share, indicating a 1.1% year-over-year decline. However, the same for revenues is pegged at $141.57 million, marking a 39.7% increase from a year ago. Gorilla Technology Group Inc. price-eps-surprise | Gorilla Technology Group Inc. Quote Our proven model does not conclusively predict an earnings beat for the company this time around. The combination of a positive Earnings ESP and a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy), 2 (Buy), or 3 (Hold) increases the odds of an earnings beat. That’s not the case here. For the March quarter, GRRR has an Earnings ESP of 0.00% and currently has a Zacks Rank #3. You can uncover the best stocks to buy or sell before they’re reported with our Earnings ESP Filter. You can see the complete list of today’s Zacks #1 Rank stocks here. London-based Gorilla Technology is likely to have benefited from steady global demand for its AI-powered security and analytics offerings. Growth across AI infrastructure, smart public safety and enterprise deployments spanning Asia, the Middle East, Europe and the Americas probably supported top-line expansion, signaling stronger execution capabilities and widening commercial adoption. Ongoing investments in product development may have further strengthened the company’s positioning in government and enterprise markets. The company also appeared to benefit from the completion and billing of certain project milestones during the first quarter. Notably, GRRR received more than $22 million from its largest customers during the first two months of 2026 alone, reflecting collections tied to solutions delivered and invoiced in 2025. Companies like Palantir Technologies PLTR and BigBear.ai Holdings, Inc. BBAI have also posted ear...
Investor releaseQuarter not tagged2026-05-14Palantir vs. BigBear.ai: What Do Their Quarterly Revenue Trends Tell Investors?
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Palantir vs. BigBear.ai: What Do Their Quarterly Revenue Trends Tell Investors?
Palantir Technologies (NASDAQ:PLTR) builds and deploys data integration and analysis software platforms primarily for government intelligence agencies and commercial enterprises. It secured a major defense agreement and faced a formal investor investigation, while reporting about 53% net income margin for the quarter ended March 31, 2026. BigBear.ai (NYSE:BBAI) provides high-end technology consulting and predictive analytics services to help enterprise customers interpret data for decision support. It announced new national security contracts and expanded its executive leadership team, while recording approximately -165% net income margin for the quarter ended March 31, 2026. Revenue serves as the fundamental starting point for evaluating how well a company generates sales before operating costs are deducted. It helps investors gauge raw business scale and growth. Image source: The Motley Fool. Data source: Company filings. Data as of May 10, 2026. Both Palantir and BigBear.ai deliver technology services to the federal government, specializing in artificial intelligence. Examining the revenue trajectories for these companies provides insight into how their businesses are faring. The chart above shows Palantir’s sales have been soaring. For instance, in the first quarter of 2026, it delivered a whopping 85% year-over-year revenue increase to $1.6 billion. Palantir’s trend of consistent quarter-over-quarter growth is set to continue in Q2. The company forecasts sales to come in around $1.8 billion. Its impressive ability to maintain rising revenue illustrates the success of its AI products in attracting commercial customers, and bodes well for Palantir’s business growth. BigBear.ai’s sales have not shown the same kind of consistency despite also operating in the hot field of AI. In fact, the company experienced year-over-year sales declines throughout 2025. This trend extended into Q1 of 2026 as revenue dipped 1% year over year to $34.4 million. The lack of sales growth is concerning, since demand for AI tech is high right now. BigBear.ai’s revenue performance reveals it isn’t capturing customer spending with its current offerings, suggesting its stock is not a good one to invest in. Before you buy stock in Palantir Technologies, consider this: The Motley Fool Stock Advisor analyst team just identified what they believe are the 10 best stocks for investors to...
Investor releaseQuarter not tagged2026-05-06BigBear.ai Holdings, Inc. Q1 2026 Earnings Call Summary
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BigBear.ai Holdings, Inc. Q1 2026 Earnings Call Summary
Performance was driven by a significant shift in revenue mix toward high-margin technology contracts, specifically following the integration of the Ask Sage generative AI platform. Management implemented a major organizational realignment in Q2, decentralizing growth, technology, and delivery teams to align them directly with specific mission needs in national security and trade and travel. The company is addressing 'threat-system asymmetry' by prioritizing 'mission-ready AI' developed by former operators to match the rapid pace of modern adversarial threats. Backlog increased 14% to $281.9 million, supported by a $53 million sole-source intelligence contract and new generative AI wins with NASA and the U.S. Navy. Gross margin expanded by approximately 1,300 basis points due to the higher concentration of software and platform-based revenue versus legacy services. Strategic hiring of federal veterans, including the former Acting CBP Commissioner, is intended to deepen trust and accelerate procurement cycles within the Department of Homeland Security. Management affirmed full-year 2026 revenue guidance of $135 million to $165 million, assuming continued momentum in generative AI adoption. The confirmation of the new DHS Secretary and the signing of the FY2026 budget are expected to 'unlock' new project starts and technology procurements previously delayed by funding uncertainty. The company expects the launch of a new commercial generative AI offering to expand its reach beyond government users to the broader defense industrial base and international partners. Future growth assumes the successful cross-selling of recently acquired CargoSphere and Ask Sage capabilities into the existing established customer base. A new automated fraud detection capability for shipping invoices is scheduled to go live with its first customer in the coming week. 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. The $56.8 million net loss included approximately $36 million in non-cash charges related to fair value changes in derivatives and debt extinguishment from converting 2029 notes to equity. The company launched a first-of-its-kind retail voting program to simplify proxy participation for its large retail shareholder base by allowing automatic alignment with Board recommen...
Investor releaseQuarter not tagged2026-05-06BigBear.ai Q1 Earnings Match Estimates, Revenues Beat, Stock Down
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BigBear.ai Q1 Earnings Match Estimates, Revenues Beat, Stock Down
BigBear.ai Holdings, Inc. BBAI reported first-quarter 2026 results, with earnings meeting the Zacks Consensus Estimate and revenues surpassing the same. The company’s top line declined slightly year over year, while margins improved on higher contributions from generative AI offerings. Despite the mixed quarterly performance, the company’s shares declined 3.6% in the after-hours trading session yesterday. Nonetheless, management reaffirmed its 2026 revenue outlook, supported by continued momentum in national security and generative AI programs. In the first quarter of 2026, BigBear.ai reported a loss per share of 8 cents, in line with the Zacks Consensus Estimate. In the prior-year quarter, the company reported a loss per share of 25 cents. BigBear.ai Holdings, Inc. price-consensus-eps-surprise-chart | BigBear.ai Holdings, Inc. Quote Quarterly revenues came in at $34.4 million, beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $33.6 million by 2.5%. The figure declined 1% from $34.8 million reported in the year-ago quarter. The downside primarily reflected lower volume on Army programs, partially offset by contributions from the Ask Sage acquisition. Management highlighted that national security and trade & travel remain the company’s key growth markets. The company stated that recent contract wins totaling nearly $75 million reinforce its strategy of focusing on mission-critical artificial intelligence solutions for defense and government customers. BigBear.ai also launched an internal realignment initiative during the quarter. The move is intended to align sales, technology, delivery and customer success teams more closely with high-priority growth areas and evolving customer requirements. BigBear.ai exited the quarter with a backlog of $281.9 million, up 14% sequentially, supported by more than $60 million in national security contracts. The backlog increase during the quarter was largely due to a sole-source classified prime award valued at $53 million. Gross profit totaled $11.7 million in the first quarter compared with $7.4 million reported in the prior-year quarter. Gross margin expanded significantly to 34% from 21.3% a year ago. The improvement was driven by higher-margin revenues from Ask Sage’s generative AI platform and product offerings. Management noted that generative AI revenues contributed meaningfully to margin expansion during the quarter. Selling,...
Investor releaseQuarter not tagged2026-05-06BigBear.ai Q1 Earnings Call Highlights
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BigBear.ai Q1 Earnings Call Highlights
BigBear.ai is doubling down on two core markets—national security and travel & trade—and reported several recent wins including a classified sole‑source contract with a ceiling of about $53 million and airport deployments at O'Hare and DFW totaling roughly $7 million, helping backlog rise 14% to $281.9 million. Financially, Q1 revenue was $34.4 million (flat year‑over‑year) with gross margin improving to 34% (up ~1,300 bps); net loss narrowed to $56.8 million, adjusted EBITDA was -$9.9 million, and the company reaffirmed its full‑year revenue outlook of $135–$165 million. Management says integrations of the Ask Sage and CargoSeer acquisitions are on track (Ask Sage launched a simpler UI and a new commercial offering; CargoSeer is rolling out invoice‑fraud detection), and the company added DHS-focused leadership including Troy Miller plus new CHRO and corporate affairs hires to accelerate go‑to‑market efforts. Interested in BigBear.ai Holdings, Inc.? Here are five stocks we like better. 5 April Buys With Double-Digit Year-End Targets BigBear.ai (NYSE:BBAI) executives highlighted stronger gross margins, growing backlog and recent contract wins in national security and travel and trade markets during the company’s first-quarter 2026 earnings call, while maintaining its full-year revenue outlook. CEO Kevin McAleenan said the company remains focused on two “core markets that are growing, national security and trade and travel,” built on “deep mission understanding,” applied AI expertise and what he described as a combination of “scale and agility.” He added that BigBear.ai is implementing an “enhanced go-to-market approach” to align talent, technology development and delivery teams with “emerging customer needs where we see the greatest growth potential.” → 3 Emerging Markets ETFs to Maximize Exposure to High-Potential Countries Members of Congress Bought These 5 Stocks—Should You? McAleenan also referenced heightened operational demand tied to geopolitical developments, saying BigBear.ai teams supported government and commercial customers involved with the Iran conflict, including “augmenting the capabilities of warfighters,” helping businesses adjust to supply chain disruptions and supporting the Homeland Security community as threat conditions change. McAleenan outlined several customer wins during the quarter as examples of progress against the company’s top-...
Investor releaseQuarter not tagged2026-05-06BigBear.ai (BBAI) Q1 2026 Earnings Transcript
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BigBear.ai (BBAI) Q1 2026 Earnings Transcript
Image source: The Motley Fool. Tuesday, May 5, 2026 at 4:30 p.m. ET Chief Executive Officer — Kevin McAleenan Chief Financial Officer — Sean Ricker Need a quote from a Motley Fool analyst? Email [email protected] Kevin McAleenan: Thanks, Sean. I would like to start by expressing appreciation again for our servicemen and women who have been executing missions both overseas and here at home since our last call. We are proud to provide technology that supports their efforts, and we continue to develop solutions that will strengthen our national security posture and capabilities. We also send our well wishes to our allies and partners who have been in harm’s way in the Middle East. In critical moments like these, BigBear.ai Holdings, Inc. teams excel. It is a privilege to work alongside colleagues who have the operational experience and mission insight customers value and expect. Our teams have stepped forward for government and commercial customers involved in the Iran conflict, augmenting the capabilities of warfighters, helping businesses adjust to supply chain disruptions, and supporting the homeland security community as it prepares for a rapidly changing threat landscape here in the United States. On our last earnings call, I underscored that the BigBear.ai Holdings, Inc. growth strategy builds upon our strengths as a specialized defense and security technology company delivering mission-ready AI. We are focused on two core markets that are growing: national security and trade and travel. And we are bringing together three capabilities that make us different: deep mission understanding, expert command of applied AI, and a unique combination of scale and agility that is vital for adapting and delivering as mission needs evolve rapidly. The strategy is working. We are on a path to grow and transform as a business. On our last call, I shared that we finished 2025 in the strongest financial position in the company’s history. We closed 2026 with $131 million of cash and investments. We entered the second quarter showing clear progress on key metrics in Q1, and we are armed with a strong balance sheet and clear strategic focus, growth priorities, and target customers. We are currently implementing an enhanced go-to-market approach that aligns talent, technology development, and customer delivery teams directly against emerging customer needs where we see the greatest...
Investor releaseQuarter not tagged2026-05-06BigBear.ai Announces First Quarter 2026 Results, Increases Backlog Including More Than $60 million in National Security Contracts, and Affirms Revenue Guidance
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BigBear.ai Announces First Quarter 2026 Results, Increases Backlog Including More Than $60 million in National Security Contracts, and Affirms Revenue Guidance
1Q 26 revenue of $34.4 million; gross margins expanded 1,278 basis points from 21.3% to 34.0% year-over-year Backlog increased 14% from the fourth quarter to $281.9 million, primarily driven by a sole-source prime classified award in the first quarter for $53 million. Settled the remaining $124.6 million of 2029 Convertible notes, primarily through the Company’s exercise of debt-to-equity conversion features in January 2026; interest expense reduced by $4.8 million in 1Q 26 vs. 1Q 25 Total available cash and investments of $431.5 million as of March 31, 2026 Launched a retail shareholder voting program to broaden participation in the Company's annual meeting and ensure retail shareholders have a simple, accessible way to make their voices heard Affirming full-year 2026 revenue guidance of $135 million - $165 million MCLEAN, Va., May 05, 2026--(BUSINESS WIRE)--BigBear.ai Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: BBAI) ("BigBear.ai" or the "Company"), a specialized defense & security technology company providing mission-ready AI, today announced financial results for the first quarter of 2026 and issued an investor presentation that has been posted to the Investor Relations section of the Company’s website. "It is great to report significant wins in Q1 amounting to close to $75 million that prove our thesis that national security, and trade & travel are two markets that we are right to stay laser-focused on serving. These wins keep us on track to meet our topline revenue target for 2026 and we are pleased to see our pipeline strengthening at this stage of the year," said Kevin McAleenan, CEO of BigBear.ai. "This quarter, we also launched an internal realignment initiative so that sales, technology, delivery and customer success teams each line up against the highest priority growth areas, bringing everyone closer to operators’ realities. This will both increase our pace and ability to flex to changing customer demands. BigBear.ai has a clear strategy, strong balance sheet, and structure to deliver exactly what our mission customers need most in a moment of extraordinary global disruption." "We’ve started off this year on a solid footing. The redemption of the 2029 Notes in January marked the culmination of efforts we began last year to improve our liquidity profile and deleverage the balance sheet. As we focus on operational execution and performance in 2026, we’re already seeing...
TranscriptFY2026 Q12026-05-05FY2026 Q1 earnings call transcript
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FY2026 Q1 earnings call transcript
Welcome to the BigBear.ai Holdings first quarter 2026 earnings call. At this time all participants are in only listen mode. If anyone should require operator assistance during the conference please press star zero on your telephone keypad. Please note this conference is being recorded. I will now turn the conference over to your host, Sean Ricker. Please go ahead, sir.
Good afternoon. Thank you all for joining us today for our first quarter 2026 earnings call. I'm Sean Ricker, CFO of BigBear.ai, and I'm joined today by our CEO, Kevin McAleenan. Statements made in today's call that are not historical fact are considered forward-looking statements and are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the federal securities laws. Actual results may differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements. Please see today's press release and our SEC filings for a description of some of the factors that may cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements. We have posted charts on our website today that we plan to address during the call to supplement our comments. These charts also include information regarding non-GAAP measures that may be used in today's call.
Please access our website at www.bigbear.ai and click on the Investor Relations link to view and follow the charts. With that, I'll hand it over to Kevin.
Thanks, Sean. I would like to start by expressing appreciation again for our servicemen and women who have been executing missions both overseas and here at home since our last call. We are proud to provide technology that supports their efforts, and we continue to develop solutions that will strengthen our national security posture and capabilities. We also send our well wishes to our allies and partners who have been in harm's way in the Middle East. In critical moments like these, BigBear.ai teams excel. It is a privilege to work alongside colleagues who have the operational experience and mission insight our customers value and expect.
Our teams have stepped forward for government and commercial customers involved with the Iran conflict, augmenting the capabilities of warfighters, helping businesses adjust to supply chain disruptions, and supporting the Homeland Security community as it prepares for a rapidly changing threat landscape here in the United States. On our last earnings call, I underscored that the BigBear.ai growth strategy builds upon our strengths as a specialized defense and security technology company delivering mission-ready AI. We are focused on two core markets that are growing, national security and trade and travel. We are bringing together three capabilities that make us different: deep mission understanding, expert command of applied AI, and a unique combination of scale and agility that is vital for adapting and delivering as mission needs evolve rapidly. The strategy is working. We are on a path to grow and transform as a business.
On our last call, I shared that we finished 2025 in the strongest financial position in the company's history. We closed the first quarter of 2026 with $431 million of cash and investments. We entered the second quarter showing clear progress on key metrics in Q1, and we are armed with a strong balance sheet and clear strategic focus, growth priorities, and target customers. We are currently implementing an enhanced go-to-market approach that aligns talent, technology development, and customer delivery teams directly against emerging customer needs where we see the greatest growth potential. Let me turn now to provide updates against each of the four company priorities before Sean covers the details of our Q1 2026 earnings, summarized in the press release issued today.
As a reminder, the four priorities we outlined for the fiscal year on our last call were, number one, top-line growth, two, focusing on the operator, three, enhancing executional rigor, and four, capitalizing on catalytic M&A. Our first priority is top-line growth with high-quality revenue in our target markets. We entered 2026 in a much-improved position to take advantage of tailwinds. I'm therefore pleased to share four significant examples of customer wins in Q1. In Q1, we signed a large classified sole-source contract with an intelligence community customer that we are executing now and will continue over the next two years. The ceiling value is approximately $53 million. This contract is with an existing customer that values our unique skills and underscores our national security credentials.
In this instance, we are the prime contractor, which is testament to the trust our teams have established over years and our reputation for execution. I'm very proud of the team that has worked hard to serve this customer's needs at a time when operational insight and understanding matters more than ever. In our trade and travel market, we're well underway deploying capabilities under two recent contract wins at Chicago O'Hare and Dallas Fort Worth. The combined value of these contracts is $7 million and leverages our BearScan and TrueFace products. These wins further demonstrate the demand for faster, more efficient, and more secure travel. Our technology outperforms the competition, reducing friction without compromising on security.
This need becomes even more pronounced when airport staffing is under pressure, as it was when millions of travelers in the U.S. felt the pain of disruptions in recent months due to a confluence of factors. The global market for increased shipbuilding remains robust and underscored by the historic $65.8 billion in new funding requested for naval shipbuilding in the administration's 2027 budget. BigBear.ai is leveraging our manufacturing modeling and simulation platform, Shipyard AI, to support U.S. and allied shipyards. In Q1, we won two new notable contracts in this space. The first is with Chantier Davie, Canada's premier shipbuilder and global leader in the delivery of mission-critical vessels to government and commercial customers. The others with Bollinger Shipyards, a leading designer and builder of high-performance vessels and a critical part of the U.S. Defense industrial base.
We are seeing continued demand for ProModel in our predictive analytics platforms, including Shipyard AI. ProModel simulation platforms are the foundation to powerful digital twins, empowering industries from manufacturing, warehousing, logistics, healthcare, and defense to predict and enhance operational outcomes. We have also won new generative AI platform contracts with NASA, the U.S. Army Intelligence and Security Command in Virginia, and the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, who are now using Ask Sage. The significance of the work these customers are doing to advance our collective national security is a real point of pride. Providing them with secure access to the latest generative AI models and agentic tools will support their critical missions. From a business perspective, new Ask Sage customers also contribute to a continued shift in revenue mix from services to technology contracts. These examples of new contracts illustrate following through against our strategy.
Overall, we have increased our backlog from Q4 by 14% to $281.9 million while substantially improving our gross margin. Looking forward, I should also take a moment to mention a development relevant to our ongoing work with DHS. Senator Markwayne Mullin was confirmed by the US Senate as the ninth Secretary of Homeland Security on March 23rd. Secretary Mullin has strongly signaled his intent to enhance the pace of applying funds to projects where BigBear.ai is well-positioned to win, and we are actively bidding live RFPs right now. Secretary Mullin's confirmation and initial actions were further bolstered with the welcome news that the majority of DHS's fiscal year 2026 budget was signed last Thursday, along with a plan to fully fund remaining agencies through a congressional budget reconciliation process by June 1st. These are very positive developments.
While the partial shutdown has not affected the majority of our work at DHS due to the critical nature of the security missions our programs support, receiving full fiscal year funding will unlock the potential for new starts and allow DHS agencies to move forward with additional technology procurements. I'm also excited to share that Troy Miller, former acting Customs and Border Protection Commissioner and longtime director of the National Targeting Center, joined BigBear.ai in a full-time capacity in April after three decades of federal service. Troy is an expert in counterterrorism, internationally recognized for being the driving force behind the world's most advanced programs to screen and vet travel applications and cargo in and out of the U.S.
He will lead our efforts to serve DHS and the federal civilian security and law enforcement agencies, and no one has more credibility or a more substantive track record of applying emerging technologies to homeland and national security analytical missions. His operational expertise, mission focus, and demonstrated leadership skills, and deep and established trust with the communities we serve will further provide momentum and lift to our growth efforts. Our second priority for 2026 is to focus on the operator. We are centering our business on serving specific groups of operators that will need BigBear.ai technology and solutions in the months and years ahead. In April, we announced internally that we are launching a significant growth initiative that realigns teams to execute against specific mission needs with rigor and pace.
We are well into the implementation phase of this important change, which is generating focus and energy within BigBear.ai. Historically, growth, technology, delivery, and customer success teams have been centralized. As of the second quarter, we are taking a new approach, realigning our go-to-market. Dedicated sales, technology, delivery, and customer success teams are now integrated and aligned to our growth priorities in national security and travel and trade. This moves decision-making and action across the key organizational growth drivers closer to our customers and will allow us to innovate more rapidly with capabilities tailored to operators' needs. In April, we launched an integrated marketing campaign in Washington, D.C. and nationally to drive the importance of mission understanding in the development of advanced technology. The center of our message is that technology built and deployed by BigBear.ai is by operators, for operators.
The campaign is focused on connecting with our customers and underscores that when you choose BigBear.ai, you're getting solutions designed for real operating conditions. By operators, we mean warfighters, intelligence analysts behind the scenes, officers protecting ports of entry, and those in the private sector protecting our supply chain and critical infrastructure. Each day, they make consequential decisions with imperfect information under immense pressure. The campaign launched with an opinion piece placed in The Wall Street Journal. In it, I highlighted the threat landscape is evolving rapidly and that operator insight is critical for our national security. I believe strongly that the nature of threats from homeland to the edge is morphing at a pace that outstrips traditional planning, procurement, and problem-solving structures.
This threat system asymmetry, the mismatch between the pace and complexity of modern threats and the rigidity of the systems designed to counter them, is critically important. Nations that solve this asymmetry will maintain and extend their strategic advantage. Those that don't will lose it. This is a message that I have taken to Congress. Last month, I offered BigBear.ai's insights to the House Committee on Homeland Security roundtable on the need to invest in critical technology to protect our citizens from emerging threats. Advanced AI capabilities are already being used by our adversaries in combat zones and by criminal networks at home and abroad. I believe that the United States must be peerless in developing, deploying, and countering advanced AI threats. Pace is everything, and close collaboration between lawmakers and the executive branch will be essential.
Moving to our third priority, execution rigor. In addition to the internal realignment initiative that will strengthen our operational rigor and execution, we have strengthened our leadership team with the announcement of two experienced executives. Jo Ann Bjornson joined BigBear.ai as Chief Human Resources Officer on March 16th, bringing more than 25 years of experience in human resources leadership within federal contracting and commercial markets. Recognized as one of WashingtonExec's HR Executives to Watch, Jo Ann has held senior HR roles at V2X, SAIC, and Leidos, and has served as the chair of the Washington HR Exec Council. Jo Ann has a deep understanding of the talent landscape in our sector and will play a big role centered on our culture at BigBear.ai, our efforts to scale, and our efforts to acquire and integrate companies in the future.
Alex Thompson joined BigBear.ai as the Chief Corporate Affairs Officer on March first, bringing more than two decades of experience. He leads brand strategy, strategic communication, government affairs, and marketing. Alex has extensive international experience, having previously served as President of Global Practices and Sectors for the leading strategic communications firm globally, Edelman, and as Chief Communications Officer for the global content-driven software company, Thomson Reuters. In that role, he has also led government and regulatory affairs and spent significant time supporting engagements with U.S. government customers that BigBear.ai also serves. Our fourth priority is to capitalize on the strategic acquisitions we made in 2025 and early in 2026, Ask Sage and CargoSeer. This includes fully integrating the businesses, identifying opportunities to build on and expand their product sets, and cross-selling to our established customer base.
I am pleased to update that both integrations are on track and progressing well. Platform-agnostic Generative AI that gives customers flexibility to use hundreds of models in secure environments without data leakage or vendor lock-in, as well as non-intrusive inspection supported by AI analysis, continue to be technology platforms at the forefront of government and commercial procurement agendas. Both Ask Sage and CargoSeer have launched new capabilities since our last call. For CargoSeer, supply chain disruptions and revenue collection pressures highlighted by global conflicts have reinforced the business case. Ensuring facilitated movement of trade while identifying smuggling threats and ensuring accurate revenue collection are universal priorities for customs and border management agencies. CargoSeer continues to enhance its models and is establishing new beachheads in air cargo environments to support these missions, deploying new technology to correlate documents with the contents of air cargo.
For example, this week we launched a new capability to detect fraud in invoices used by shippers in all ports of entry, and the first customer will be live in the coming weeks. Last week, Ask Sage launched a new, simpler user interface. It increases ease of use for customers, and we have received great feedback so far. With version two, customers experience faster iteration, a streamlined user experience, and powerful tools like chat, workbook, code canvas, and agent builder. Each is designed to close gaps identified in user feedback. We've reimagined chat, model selection, and classification handling to eliminate friction and allow customers to focus on deriving maximum mission capability from the models and agentic tools.
In response to strong customer demand, Ask Sage also launched a new commercial offering last week, extending access to our GenAI platform beyond government users and defense industrial base customers to broader industry and international partners. The platform supports most current AI models, the vast majority of the foundational models available for global consumption, enabling partners to align AI capabilities directly to their missions. This deepens BigBear.ai's commercial relationships with a broader range of customers in the defense industrial base and security and critical infrastructure industries. I'm really pleased to see this progress, and I'm looking forward to sharing additional news about product and platform extension from our GenAI team in the coming quarters. I'll turn over now to Sean to talk through the details of our financial performance in Q1.
Thanks, Kevin. Let's turn to our operating results for the first quarter. Revenue for the first quarter of 2026 was $34.4 million, which was comparable to the first quarter of 2025 and driven by increased revenue from GenAI platforms and products resulting from the Ask Sage acquisition, which we closed on December 31st of last year. This was offset by lower volume on Army programs in the first quarter of 2025 that was not repeated in the first quarter of 2026. Gross margin was 34% in the first quarter of 2026, an increase of almost 1,300 basis points as compared to the first quarter of 2025. The expansion in gross margins was driven by a higher mix of revenue from GenAI platforms and products from the Ask Sage acquisition versus the comparable period.
SG&A expenses in the first quarter of 2026 were $29.2 million versus $22.7 million in the comparable period. The increase in SG&A expenses was primarily driven by increased intangible asset amortization from the Ask Sage acquisition, increased legal and proxy expenses related to our special stockholder meeting and our new retail voting program, and increased sales and marketing expenses resulting from partnerships and expanding our growth team. R&D expenses increased from $4.2 million in the first quarter of 2025 to $5.5 million in the first quarter of 2026 as we continue to invest in new capabilities and technologies across the domains of national security and trade and travel.
Our net loss for the first quarter of 2026 was $56.8 million versus a net loss of about $62 million in the comparable period. The decrease in net loss was primarily driven by a decrease in interest expense of $4.8 million, higher gross margin of $4.3 million, and increased interest income of $3.2 million. We had about $36 million of non-cash charges in the first quarter of 2026, comprised of fair value changes in derivatives and losses on debt extinguishment. These non-cash items are non-operational and were mostly the result of the conversion of our 2029 Notes to equity, which we executed in January of this year. Adjusted EBITDA for the first quarter of 2026 was -$9.9 million versus -$7 million in the comparable period.
The decrease in adjusted EBITDA was primarily driven by increased investment in sales and go-to-market capabilities and investment in research and development, both of which were partially offset by expanded gross margins as previously mentioned. Next, turning to backlog. We closed the first quarter of 2026 with ending backlog of about $282 million, roughly a 14% increase from the fourth quarter of 2025 that was primarily driven by the new orders that Kevin previously mentioned. We've had a solid start to the year, and we are affirming our outlook for 2026 of revenue between $135 million and $165 million. Now I'd like to take a moment to provide two updates regarding how we made it easier for retail shareholders to vote for proposals and to mention our upcoming annual general meeting in June.
First, in recognizing that we have a great number of retail shareholders, we recently launched a retail voting program, which upon opting into the program, provides retail shareholders with the ability to automatically have their shares voted in accordance with recommendations of the board on future proxy solicitations. BigBear.ai is one of the first public companies to launch such a program, and we've seen positive reception and traction. Retail shareholders who would like more information about how to enroll in the program can visit our website at www.bigbearai/sci. Second, as we look ahead to our annual general meeting on June 9th, we like to encourage all shareholders to vote, and we'd encourage all eligible retail shareholders to opt into the retail voting program.
By opting into the retail voting program, your votes will be cast in favor of all the proposals at the June 9th meeting and in accordance with board recommendations at future meetings. I'll now turn it back to Kevin to discuss our priorities and to give a few closing remarks.
Thanks, Sean. Our first quarter results show that we are making progress in our priorities to grow the business while rapidly adapting to our national security and trade and travel customers' needs as the threat landscape evolves. We are moving with clear intent and pace. Our strategy, realigned structure, and tech development and acquisitions are all targeted to stay ahead of the operators' requirements, anticipating what they will need next so that BigBear.ai continues to deploy mission-ready AI and delivers enduring strategic advantage. We look forward to continued developments over the rest of the year and appreciate our shareholders' trust and support. I'd like to close by thanking our BigBear.ai team for their energy and focus in this dynamic climate and expressing our appreciation and support for our military professionals serving in harm's way.
We were honored last week by the opportunity to support the USO in providing 2,000 care packages for our servicemen and women being deployed abroad. A small token of our thanks. I would also like to acknowledge the steadfast service of our security professionals at the Department of Homeland Security who have continued to protect us even with the disruptions of the longest shutdown in history and through multiple weeks without pay. Your professionalism is inspiring. Thank you. To conclude the call, I look forward to updating our shareholders on our next quarterly earnings call in August and welcome you to attend our annual general meeting in June.
Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for your participation. This does conclude today's teleconference. You may disconnect your lines and have a wonderful day.
Investor releaseQuarter not tagged2026-05-01BigBear.ai Before Q1 Earnings: Buy, Sell or Hold the Stock?
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BigBear.ai Before Q1 Earnings: Buy, Sell or Hold the Stock?
BigBear.ai Holdings, Inc. BBAI is scheduled to report first-quarter 2026 results on May 5, after the closing bell. The quarterly results are likely to reflect early benefits from strategic repositioning, acquisitions and improving demand trends, alongside continued execution and cost-related pressures. BigBear.ai’s fourth-quarter 2025 results were mixed, with weak operating performance but improved reported losses. Revenues fell sharply to $27.3 million from a year ago and also missed the Zacks Consensus Estimate by 15.8% due to lower volumes on Army programs, while gross margin dropped to 20.3% from 37.4% amid the absence of high-margin contracts. Despite this, net loss narrowed significantly to $5.8 million from $138.2 million, mainly due to non-cash gains and tax benefits rather than core operations. Adjusted EBITDA turned negative at $10.3 million, reflecting margin pressure, and higher R&D and SG&A spending. The company reported a loss of 4 cents per share, narrower than the consensus mark of a loss of 5 cents per share, but flat year over year. This artificial intelligence (AI) provider surpassed earnings estimates in two of the trailing four quarters and missed on the other two occasions, with an average negative surprise of 12.3%, as shown below. Image Source: Zacks Investment Research The Zacks Consensus Estimate for the first-quarter bottom line has widened to a loss of 6 cents from a 5-cent loss over the past 30 days. The estimated figure indicates a narrower loss from the year-ago reported loss of 10 cents per share. The consensus mark for revenues is pegged at $31.3 million, suggesting a 10% year-over-year decrease. For 2026, BigBear.ai is expected to register a 12.5% increase in revenues from a year ago. Its bottom line is expected to witness a loss of 30 cents per share, which is narrower than the 2025 figure of an 82-cent loss. BBAI’s Earnings Estimate Image Source: Zacks Investment Research BBAI’s Revenue Estimate Image Source: Zacks Investment Research Demand Momentum Across National Security & AI Programs: BigBear.ai’s first-quarter revenues are expected to have benefited from stronger demand across its core national security, travel and trade markets. The company is seeing increasing traction from government-focused AI programs, supported by evolving U.S. defense and AI acceleration strategies that emphasize rapid deployment of advanced t...
Investor releaseQuarter not tagged2026-04-29Stock Market Today, April 28: BigBear.ai Rises on Heavy Volume Ahead of Earnings as AI Defense Stocks See Increased Trading Activity
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Stock Market Today, April 28: BigBear.ai Rises on Heavy Volume Ahead of Earnings as AI Defense Stocks See Increased Trading Activity
BigBear.ai (NYSE:BBAI), an AI-focused company serving defense and digital identity sectors, closed Tuesday at $4.12, up 10.46%. The stock advanced as investors responded to increased trading activity and anticipated the upcoming fiscal first-quarter earnings report, with attention shifting toward demand trends in defense-related artificial intelligence. The company’s trading volume reached 64.9 million shares, which is about 54% above compared with its three-month average of 41.9 million shares. BigBear.ai went public in 2021 and has fallen 58% since its IPO. S&P 500 (SNPINDEX:^GSPC) slipped 0.48% to 7,138.8, while the Nasdaq Composite (NASDAQINDEX:^IXIC) fell 0.90% to 24,663.80 as broader tech names faced pressure. Among information technology services peers, Leidos (NYSE:LDOS) closed at $146.15 (+1.32%) and Science Applications International (NASDAQ:SAIC) finished at $94.88 (+1.16%), both posting steadier gains than BigBear.ai’s move. BigBear.ai shares rose alongside increased trading activity in AI-focused defense and government analytics names, with the move occurring on elevated volume ahead of the company’s upcoming fiscal first-quarter earnings report. The stock’s gains also reflect renewed interest in smaller-cap companies tied to federal AI and data programs, rather than a single company-specific catalyst. BigBear.ai’s business remains tied to contract-based work in areas such as defense intelligence, logistics, and decision-support systems, where revenue depends on securing government programs and turning its backlog into sales. Future contract announcements, backlog conversion, and updates tied to federal spending cycles will be the key market-moving signals for whether recent gains translate into sustained financial performance. Before you buy stock in BigBear.ai, consider this: The Motley Fool Stock Advisor analyst team just identified what they believe are the 10 best stocks for investors to buy now… and BigBear.ai wasn’t one of them. The 10 stocks that made the cut could produce monster returns in the coming years. Consider when Netflix made this list on December 17, 2004... if you invested $1,000 at the time of our recommendation, you’d have $492,752!* Or when Nvidia made this list on April 15, 2005... if you invested $1,000 at the time of our recommendation, you’d have $1,327,935!* Now, it’s worth noting Stock Advisor’s total average return...
Investor releaseQuarter not tagged2026-04-29CoStar Group (CSGP) Surpasses Q1 Earnings Estimates
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CoStar Group (CSGP) Surpasses Q1 Earnings Estimates
CoStar Group (CSGP) came out with quarterly earnings of $0.23 per share, beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $0.18 per share. This compares to earnings of $0.14 per share a year ago. These figures are adjusted for non-recurring items. This quarterly report represents an earnings surprise of +30.16%. A quarter ago, it was expected that this commercial real estate information and marketing provider would post earnings of $0.27 per share when it actually produced earnings of $0.31, delivering a surprise of +14.81%. Over the last four quarters, the company has surpassed consensus EPS estimates four times. CoStar, which belongs to the Zacks Computers - IT Services industry, posted revenues of $897 million for the quarter ended March 2026, missing the Zacks Consensus Estimate by 0.06%. This compares to year-ago revenues of $732.2 million. The company has topped consensus revenue estimates three 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. CoStar shares have lost about 46.1% since the beginning of the year versus the S&P 500's gain of 4.8%. While CoStar 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 CoStar was unfavorable. 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 #4 (Sell) for the stock. So, the shares are expected to underperform the market in the near future. You can see the complete list of today's...
Investor releaseQuarter not tagged2026-04-22BigBear.ai to Report First Quarter 2026 Results on May 5, 2026
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BigBear.ai to Report First Quarter 2026 Results on May 5, 2026
MCLEAN, Va., April 21, 2026--(BUSINESS WIRE)--BigBear.ai (NYSE: BBAI), a specialized defense technology company, providing mission-ready AI for national security and travel & trade customers, today announced that it will publish its first quarter earnings release on Tuesday, May 5 at approximately 4:15 pm ET and will host an earnings call at 4:30 pm ET. The earnings release will be accessible on the Company’s investor relations website: https://ir.bigbear.ai. Additional details on the earnings call will be made available on the investor relations website on May 5, 2026. About BigBear.ai BigBear.ai is a specialized defense technology company, developing and deploying mission-ready AI solutions and services. Customers and partners rely on BigBear.ai’s artificial intelligence and predictive analytics capabilities in highly complex, distributed, mission-based operating environments. Headquartered in McLean, Virginia, BigBear.ai is a public company traded on the NYSE under the symbol BBAI. For more information, visit https://bigbear.ai and follow BigBear.ai on LinkedIn: @BigBear.ai and X: @BigBearai. To receive email communications from BigBear.ai, register here. Forward-Looking Statements This press release contains "forward-looking statements." Such statements include, but are not limited to, statements regarding the intended use of proceeds from the private placement and may be preceded by the words "intends," "may," "will," "plans," "expects," "anticipates," "projects," "predicts," "estimates," "aims," "believes," "hopes," "potential" or similar words. Forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance, are based on certain assumptions and are subject to various known and unknown risks and uncertainties, many of which are beyond the Company’s control, and cannot be predicted or quantified and consequently, actual results may differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties, including changes in domestic and foreign business, market, financial, political, and legal conditions; risks related to the uncertainty of the projected financial information (including on a segment reporting basis); risks related to delays caused by factors outside of our control, including changes in fiscal or contracting policies or decreases in avai...

