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$7.13 -0.01 (-0.14%) At close · Aug 14
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$2.42B
Shares
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Earnings call · FY2026 Q1

Payoneer Global Inc. Q1 FY2026 Earnings Call

Payoneer Global Inc. Q1 FY2026 Earnings Call

Concluded May 7, 2026 Audio replay
May 7, 2026 38:33 30 turns
Period
FY2026 Q1
Runtime
38:33
Sources
4 artifacts

Executive readout · one minute

What matters this quarter

Payoneer (PAYO) reported Q1 2026 revenue ex-interest of $210.1M, up 11% year-over-year, with total volume of $22.8B (+16%) and B2B volume growth accelerating to 44%; the company increased its full-year 2026 guidance.

Back-half 2026 acceleration and pricing actions 42 B2B growth acceleration 33 Checkout migration to Stripe 24 Core profitability and adjusted EBITDA 17 Stablecoin and National Trust Bank initiative 9 Upmarket customer strategy 8

Management tone

Confident

Net tone +82 · low hedging

Grounding quotes
  • “We delivered strong, accelerating results across our major KPIs. Revenue X interest accelerated and B2B volume growth more than doubled sequentially.”
  • “We are confident in our ability to exit 2026 at a mid-teens growth rate.”
  • “We are on track to more than double core adjusted EBITDA to $90 million at the midpoint of our 2026 guidance.”
  • “our q1 results demonstrate that our strategy is working we're executi”

Forward guidance

4 guided metrics

Management's latest ranges and targets are included below.

Research coverage

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Revenue $261.60M +6.1% YoY
Diluted EPS $0.06 +20% YoY
Net income $19.57M -4.9% YoY

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Key takeaways

What improved, and what deserves a closer read.

Constructive signals

  • Revenue ex-interest grew 11% year-over-year to $210.1M and total volume grew 16% to over $22B
  • B2B volume grew 44% year-over-year, more than doubling from 21% in Q4 and ahead of expectations, with acceleration in every region
  • ARPU grew 17% to $513, marking seven consecutive quarters of 20%+ ARPU growth ex-interest
  • Adjusted EBITDA ex-interest grew 140% to $17.9M (the company's highest as a public company), with transaction costs as a % of revenue improving 250 bps to 13.5%
  • Customer funds on platform grew 15% year-over-year to $7.6B, an increase of over $1B
  • Company increased its 2026 guidance and is on track to more than double core adjusted EBITDA to $90M at the midpoint

Risks & pressure points

  • Revenue (including interest) grew only 6% year-over-year as interest income declined 11% to $51.5M
  • Net income declined 5% year-over-year to $19.6M
  • SMB take rate of 120 bps was only 1 bp higher year-over-year, while total take rate of 115 bps was down 10 bps year-over-year
  • Company stated second-quarter revenue ex-interest is expected to be roughly flat versus Q1 due to checkout migration dynamics and tariff-related comps, with acceleration back to mid-teens growth expected only in the back half of 2026

Key moments

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Forward guidance

From the 8-K filed May 7, 2026.

Metric Guided
Revenue table
full year 2026
$1.1B – $1.14B
Transaction costs table
full year 2026
15%
Adjusted EBITDA table
full year 2026
$285M – $295M

Guidance from the call

Stated verbally and extracted from the transcript.

Metric Guided
Core adjusted EBITDA
2026 midpoint
$90M

Quarter detail

How the reported period landed and where the business moved.

Capital returned

Buybacks
$74.99M
Shares repurchased
14.34M
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