James Miln
Analyst · William Blair
Thanks, Sanjeev, and good morning, everyone. Our results for Q1 underscore the continued scaling and increasing efficiency of our marketplace, driving both accelerated growth and expanding profitability. Revenue growth increased for the third quarter in a row, and Marketplace gross profit dollars saw even faster growth, exceeding 50% year-over-year. This accelerating top line was paired with yet another quarter of improved adjusted EBITDA profit margins. These achievements demonstrate that our Marketplace is becoming the essential infrastructure for a predominantly offline and fragmented industry. Q1 revenue grew 36% year-over-year to $205 million, a 600 basis point sequential acceleration from Q4. Q1 Marketplace revenue was $191 million and services revenue was $13.8 million. Q1 Marketplace revenue increased 40% year-over-year, a 700 basis point acceleration from Q4, driven by strong execution, expansion of buyer and supplier networks as we continue to capture significant market share. Q1 active buyers increased 20% year-over-year to 85,581 with a net addition of 3,760 active buyers, the highest number of net adds in 9 quarters. Strong Q1 net additions were driven by our product-led growth strategy and efficient corporate marketing initiatives. Q1 Marketplace revenue per active buyer increased a robust 17% year-over-year, primarily due to increasing wallet share. We view accounts with at least $50,000 spend at the top of the enterprise funnel. In Q1, the number of accounts with last 12-month spend of at least $50,000 on our platform increased 21% year-over-year to 1,864 with a strong net adds of 104. Enterprise investments continue to show strong returns. Our enterprise strategy focuses on our largest accounts, which we believe each have $10 million plus in potential annual account revenue. Services revenue was roughly flat quarter-over-quarter as we stabilize the core advertising business. We are focused on improving engagement and monetization on the platform, which remains a leader in industrial sourcing, supplier selection and digital marketing solutions. Q1 gross profit was $78.5 million, an increase of 39% year-over-year. Q1 gross margin for Marketplace was 34.7%, an increase of 290 basis points year-over-year. Q1 Marketplace gross profit dollars increased a robust 53% year-over-year. We are focused on driving Marketplace gross profit dollar growth through the combination of top line growth and gross margin expansion. Our commitment to strong discipline and rigor in capital and resource allocation across all teams while continuing to invest in growth initiatives is reflected in our Q1 operating costs. Total non-GAAP operating expenses for Q1 were $68.2 million, a 21% increase year-over-year, a rate significantly lower than our revenue growth. In Q1, sales and marketing decreased 110 basis points year-over-year to 14.2% of revenue. This reflects improving enterprise sales execution and disciplined advertising spend. Marketplace advertising spend was a record low 3.9% of Marketplace revenue, down 60 basis points year-over-year as we delivered accelerating growth and expanding profitability. In Q1, operations and support decreased 70 basis points year-over-year to 8.2% of revenue. We are focused on driving increasing automation with AI across operations and support. Q1 adjusted EBITDA was $10.5 million compared with $0.1 million in Q1 2025. Q1 adjusted EBITDA improved $10.4 million year-over-year, driven by strong growth in revenue, gross profit and operating efficiencies. Alongside accelerating revenue growth, we delivered expanded adjusted EBITDA margin of 5.1% compared with 4.4% in Q4 2025. Q1 U.S. segment adjusted EBITDA was $13.3 million, a $10.3 million improvement year-over-year. Q1 U.S. segment adjusted EBITDA margin was 7.7% compared to 2.4% a year ago, driven by expanding gross profit and strong operating expense leverage. Our International segment adjusted EBITDA loss was $2.8 million in Q1 2026 or 8% of revenue, a 400 basis point improvement from a loss of 12% in Q1 2025. We expect continued improvement in International segment operating leverage in 2026. At the end of the first quarter, cash and cash equivalents and marketable securities were $224 million. We generated $14.6 million in operating cash flow and $4.8 million in free cash flow in Q1 2026, driven by strong operating leverage and working capital efficiency. In the first quarter, we invested $10.6 million in cash CapEx, almost entirely software-related, reflecting our technology investments in the platform and accelerating product rollouts. We are focused on improving cash flow conversion given our asset-light model and limited capital spending. Our disciplined execution has led to strong revenue and gross profit growth in our AI-native marketplace, coupled with significant operating leverage and increased operating cash flow generation. We are focused on strategically balancing future investment with a relentless pursuit of operating leverage, given the vast market opportunity and our low penetration rates. As we rapidly approach a $1 billion run rate, we have a clear trajectory for improving adjusted EBITDA margins while sustaining our investment in growth. Now moving on to guidance. We are raising our outlook for the year. For the second quarter, we expect revenue in the range of $214 million to $216 million or 32% to 33% growth year-over-year. We expect Q2 Marketplace growth to be approximately 35% to 36% year-over-year, driven by ongoing momentum from our growth initiatives. We expect Q2 services revenue to be largely flat quarter-over-quarter as we continue to work through the transition of the recently launched Thomas ad serving platform and search upgrades. In Q2, we expect adjusted EBITDA of $11 million to $12 million compared to $3.9 million in Q2 2025. For the full year 2026, we are raising our revenue growth outlook to at least 27% to 28% from 21%, driven by approximately 30% Marketplace growth. We expect 2026 Marketplace gross margins to be higher than 2025 as each quarter of growth and technological advancement incrementally fuels margin performance. For 2026, we expect services approximately flat year-over-year with modest growth in the second half of the year as we expect that revenue in the second half begins to increase quarter-over-quarter. For the full year 2026, we expect incremental adjusted EBITDA margins of at least 20%. Before we open it up for questions, I want to recognize our team. The results we've discussed today reflect their execution, and I'm equally excited for what those results make possible going forward. We have real momentum, a large market in front of us and a team that has demonstrated it can deliver. That combination gives us genuine confidence in what's ahead. With that, operator, can you please open up the call for questions?