Fluent Q1 revenue hit by unit's sale; profit beats estimates

Fluent

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Overview

  • Commerce media solutions provider's Q1 revenue fell 19% yr/yr, missing analyst expectations

  • Adjusted EPS and adjusted net income for Q1 beat analyst expectations

  • Commerce Media Solutions revenue grew 104% yr/yr, now 58% of consolidated revenue


Outlook

  • Company expects full-year double-digit revenue growth on aggregate continuing business in 2026

  • Company sees full-year adjusted EBITDA improvement in 2026

  • Company aims to return Commerce Media Solutions gross margins to the mid-twenties percent range


Result Drivers

  • CALL SOLUTIONS DIVESTITURE - Revenue declined mainly due to the loss of Call Solutions revenue following its sale in January 2026

  • COMMERCE MEDIA GROWTH - Commerce Media Solutions revenue more than doubled, offsetting much of the contraction in owned and operated business

  • BUSINESS MIX SHIFT - Company continued shifting focus and revenue mix toward Commerce Media Solutions, reducing reliance on owned and operated business


Company press release: ID:nGNX2cR4D0


Key Details

Metric

Beat/Miss

Actual

Consensus Estimate

Q1 Revenue

Miss

$44.85 mln

$46.47 mln (4 Analysts)

Q1 Adjusted EPS

Beat

-$0.19

-$0.23 (4 Analysts)

Q1 EPS

-$0.17

Q1 Adjusted Net Income

Beat

-$5.9 mln

-$7.31 mln (4 Analysts)

Q1 Net Income

-$5.35 mln

Q1 Adjusted EBITDA

Beat

-$3.6 mln

-$4.09 mln (4 Analysts)

Q1 Operating Income

-$3.91 mln

Q1 Pretax Profit

-$5.35 mln


Analyst Coverage

  • The current average analyst rating on the shares is "buy" and the breakdown of recommendations is 2 "strong buy" or "buy", 2 "hold" and no "sell" or "strong sell"

  • The average consensus recommendation for the advertising & marketing peer group is "buy"

  • Wall Street's median 12-month price target for Fluent Inc is $5.00, about 85.2% above its May 12 closing price of $2.70


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