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Earnings call · FY2026 Q1

Bandwidth Inc. Q1 FY2026 Earnings Call

Bandwidth Inc. Q1 FY2026 Earnings Call

Concluded Apr 30, 2026 Audio replay
Apr 30, 2026 39:04 43 turns
Period
FY2026 Q1
Runtime
39:04
Sources
4 artifacts

Executive readout · one minute

What matters this quarter

Bandwidth reported record Q1 2026 revenue of $209 million (up 20% YoY) and record first-quarter Adjusted EBITDA of $26 million (up 17% YoY), and is raising its full-year 2026 outlook on the back of AI-driven platform adoption and large enterprise wins including selection by Salesforce for Agentforce Contact Center.

Salesforce Agentforce Partnership 25 AI and Voice Agents 23 Maestro Platform and Orchestration 16 Political Campaign Messaging 13 Financial Services Wins 9 Messaging Business 8

Management tone

Confident

Net tone +82 · low hedging

Grounding quotes
  • “Bandwidth has entered 2026 with historic momentum. In the first quarter, we exceeded our expectations with record revenue of $209 million, up 20% year-over-year, and record first-quarter adjusted EBITDA of $26 million.”
  • “These results represent far more than a quarterly beat. They are a definitive proof point of our structural advantage in a technology sector undergoing a profound transformation.”
  • “Our raised full-year guidance reflects this momentum and the scale of our record deal pipeline.”
  • “This is a land-and-expand model where the initial platform wins immediately demonstrate Bandwidth's value proposition, leading to higher usage, increased software attachment, and long-term, durable revenue growth.”

Forward guidance

4 guided metrics

Management's latest ranges and targets are included below.

Research coverage

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Revenue $208.78M +19.8% YoY
Diluted EPS -$0.08
Gross margin 37.3% -3.7 pp YoY
Net income $4.12M

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Key takeaways

What improved, and what deserves a closer read.

Constructive signals

  • Record quarterly revenue of $209 million, up 20% year-over-year, exceeding the top end of guidance ranges.
  • Record first-quarter Adjusted EBITDA of $26 million, up 17% year-over-year from $22 million.
  • Full-year 2026 outlook raised for both revenue and Adjusted EBITDA.
  • Selected as Salesforce's critical infrastructure partner for Agentforce Contact Center, expanding into the CRM platform category.
  • Two new million-dollar-plus financial services wins (a U.S. consumer financial services company with 70M+ active accounts and one of the largest mutual life insurance companies), replacing legacy carriers.
  • Programmable messaging outperformed despite typical Q1 seasonality, driven by commercial/civic engagement and onboarding of prior messaging wins.

Risks & pressure points

  • Free cash flow was $(1) million in the quarter, still negative.
  • GAAP gross margin was 41%, essentially flat versus the prior-year period's 41%.
  • Political campaign messaging benefit of approximately $15 million for the year is expected to be second-half weighted, creating back-half concentration risk.

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“Bandwidth has entered 2026 with historic momentum. In the first quarter, we exceeded our expectations with record revenue of $209 million, up 20% year-over-year, and record first-quarter adjusted EBITDA of $26 million. Based on this performance, we are raising our full-year outlook.” David Morken, CEO

Forward guidance

From the 8-K filed Apr 30, 2026.

Metric Guided
Revenue table
2Q 2026
$214M – $220M
Adjusted EBITDA table
2Q 2026
$24M – $27M
Revenue table
Full Year 2026
$880M – $900M
Adjusted EBITDA table
Full Year 2026
$119M – $125M

Quarter detail

How the reported period landed and where the business moved.

Revenue · regions

United States$181.62M +19.6% YoY
Non Us$27.17M +21% YoY

Capital returned

Buybacks
$5.01M
Shares repurchased
313,936
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