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$3.28 -0.08 (-2.38%) At close · Aug 14
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Earnings call · FY2026 Q2

Creative Realities, Inc. Q2 FY2026 Earnings Call

Creative Realities, Inc. Q2 FY2026 Earnings Call

Concluded Aug 13, 2026
Aug 13, 2026 56 turns
Period
FY2026 Q2
Runtime
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Executive readout · one minute

What matters this quarter

CRI posted Q4 2025 revenue of $23.9M (vs $11M) and adjusted EBITDA of $5.2M (vs $0.5M), completed the CDM integration, repurchased Slipstream warrants, and reiterated 2026 guidance of >$100M revenue, mid-teens adjusted EBITDA margin, and >20% margins post-synergies; however, a major restaurant chain contract remains unsigned months after its expected March 15 signing, pushing hardware/install revenue into Q3/Q4.

Revenue Growth & Financial Performance 49 CDM Acquisition & Integration 31 Leadership & Organization 24 Retail Media Network / D-O-O-H 23 2026 Outlook & Targets 14 Restaurant / Drive-Through Customer Delays 12

Management tone

Confident

Net tone +62 · moderate hedging

Grounding quotes
  • “We expect revenue to accelerate, our backlog to grow, and margins to improve as the year plays out, putting us on track for record performance in fiscal 2026.”
  • “we continue to anticipate total company revenue to exceed $100 million in 2026, with adjusted EBITDA margin percentage in the mid-team. Once all synergies are realized, adjusted EBITDA margins are expected to be above 20%”
  • “However, they have halted all hardware procurement and installs till the new contract was executed. So the new contract, we all had, including the customer and ourselves, we had internal dates. We were going to get it done by March 15th. Well, here we are April 14th, and we still don't have it signed.”
  • “now when it's time to start to write the check, who knows? But we do expect to see some growth in Q3 because even if they turned it on today, we wouldn't be installing drive-throughs in the next 60 days”

Forward guidance

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Research coverage

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Revenue $21.50M +65% YoY
Diluted EPS -$0.41
Gross margin 38.6% +0.1 pp YoY
Net income -$3.90M

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Key takeaways

What improved, and what deserves a closer read.

Constructive signals

  • Q4 revenue more than doubled year-over-year, with CDM contributing $13.6M of the $23.9M total
  • Q4 adjusted EBITDA jumped to $5.2M from $0.5M year-over-year
  • ARR run rate rose to $20.1M at year-end from $12.3M at end of Q3, with $4.1M additional SaaS to come online by January 2027
  • Integration is over 60% complete toward the $10M annualized synergy target across North America
  • Company repurchased all 1.7M Slipstream warrants for $200K, removing share-overhang overhang
  • Reiterated 2026 guidance: revenue exceeding $100M, adjusted EBITDA margin in the mid-teens, and margins expected above 20% once synergies are realized

Risks & pressure points

  • Major restaurant chain contract remains unsigned over a month past the expected March 15 signing, with the customer halting all hardware procurement and installs until execution
  • Restaurant chain hardware/install revenue pushed out — even if signed today, impact would not hit until Q3 or Q4
  • Term loan drives quarterly interest expense of roughly $0.5M–$0.75M, creating ongoing leverage burden

Key moments

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“We anticipate both adjusted EBITDA and our ARR will increase going forward due to the synergies and additional opportunities in our pipeline. We have substantially integrated CDM operations into CRI, and we are making significant progress towards our integration goals this year.” Rick Mills, CEO
“We continue to be bullish on our revenue and stand behind our earlier statements that our revenue in 2026 will exceed $100 million and our adjusted EBITDA will reach a run rate of 20% by year end.” Rick Mills, CEO

Guidance from the call

Stated verbally and extracted from the transcript.

Metric Guided
Synergies
annualized basis by the end of this year
at least $10M
Total company revenue
2026
at least $100M
Adjusted EBITDA margins
once all synergies are realized
at least 20%

Quarter detail

How the reported period landed and where the business moved.

Revenue · regions

United States$15.35M +17.8% YoY
Canada$6.16M
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