Clarivate Reports Second Quarter 2026 Results
Clarivate Reports Second Quarter 2026 Results |
| [29-July-2026] |
— Delivers continued progress on strategic and financial priorities through Value Creation Plan — LONDON, July 29, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Clarivate Plc (NYSE: CLVT) (the "Company" or "Clarivate"), a leading global provider of transformative intelligence, today reported results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2026.
Executive Commentary Matti Shem Tov, Chief Executive Officer: "The Value Creation Plan continues to drive meaningful progress, as we execute against our strategic priorities and strengthen Clarivate's foundation for organic growth acceleration. During the quarter, we expanded organic recurring revenue, advanced our AI innovation roadmap, maintained disciplined cost management, and strengthened our balance sheet through deleveraging. Together, with the recently announced divestiture of the Life Sciences & Healthcare segment, these actions are creating a more focused company with greater financial flexibility, a higher recurring revenue mix, and a clear path to deliver long-term value to shareholders." Jonathan Collins, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer: "Our second quarter results reflect continued financial discipline and execution. In the first half of 2026, we expanded our profit margin and reduced debt by more than $200 million through strong free cash flow generation and opportunistic debt repurchases. Combined with our reaffirmed full-year outlook, these results demonstrate the resilience of our business model and our commitment to strengthening Clarivate's financial profile while maintaining the flexibility to invest in our highest-value growth opportunities." Second Quarter 2026 Results Total revenues were $587.3 million, compared to total revenues of $621.4 million for the second quarter of 2025, primarily due to inorganic divestitures and disposals. Organic revenues decreased 1.5% as organic subscription growth of 0.7% was offset by lower organic transactional revenues. Organic ACV grew 1.5% compared to June 30, 2025, reflecting continued progress toward a more sustainable, subscription-led revenue base. Net loss was $268.6 million, or $0.42 per diluted share, compared to a net loss of $72.0 million, or $0.11 per diluted share, for the second quarter of 2025, driven by a $221.7 million non-cash goodwill impairment charge. Adjusted net income was $123.1 million, or $0.19 per diluted share, compared to $123.3 million, or $0.18 per diluted share, for the second quarter of 2025. Adjusted EBITDA was $247.2 million, compared to Adjusted EBITDA of $261.6 million for the second quarter of 2025. First Half 2026 Results Total revenues were $1,172.8 million, compared to total revenues of $1,215.1 million for the first six months of 2025, primarily due to inorganic divestitures and disposals. Organic revenues decreased 0.4%, as a 0.7% increase in organic recurring revenues (subscription and re-occurring) was offset by lower organic transactional revenues. Net loss was $308.8 million, or $0.48 per diluted share, compared to a net loss of $175.9 million, or $0.26 per diluted share, for the first six months of 2025, driven by a $221.7 million non-cash goodwill impairment charge in the second quarter of 2026. Adjusted net income was $242.4 million, or $0.38 per diluted share, compared to $219.1 million, or $0.32 per diluted share, for the first six months of 2025. Adjusted EBITDA was $488.4 million, compared to Adjusted EBITDA of $494.8 million for the first six months of 2025. Clarivate generated $233.4 million of operating cash flow and $122.9 million of free cash flow during the first six months of 2026. Selected Financial Information
Second Quarter 2026 Commentary Subscription revenues decreased $2.4 million, or 0.6%, to $403.3 million, primarily due to product group wind-downs within LS&H. Organic subscription revenues increased 0.7%, primarily due to new sales and price increases. Re-occurring revenues increased $0.4 million, or 0.4%, to $109.3 million, primarily due to foreign exchange benefit. Recurring revenues, which consist of subscription and re-occurring revenues, increased 0.5% organically. Transactional revenues decreased $32.1 million, or 30.1%, to $74.7 million, primarily due to product group wind-downs within A&G. Organic transactional revenues decreased 15.7%, primarily due to lower activity across all segments, driven in part by customer migrations to subscription offerings. Balance Sheet and Cash Flow As of June 30, 2026, cash and cash equivalents of $217.7 million decreased $111.5 million compared to December 31, 2025. Total debt outstanding was $4,251.5 million as of June 30, 2026, a decrease of $218.4 million compared to the prior year, driven by a $100.0 million accelerated debt repayment completed in January 2026, fully redeeming the senior secured notes due November 2026, as well as the retirement of $117.6 million aggregate principal of the senior secured notes due 2028 and senior notes due 2029 through a series of debt repurchases at an approximate 6% discount to par. Net cash provided by operating activities for the first six months of 2026 was $233.4 million compared to $287.5 million in the prior year period. Free cash flow for the first six months of 2026 was $122.9 million compared to $160.6 million in the prior year period. Reaffirms outlook for 2026 (forward-looking statement) The full year outlook presented below assumes no further acquisitions, divestitures, or unanticipated events.
Conference Call and Webcast Clarivate will host a conference call and webcast today to review the results for the second quarter at 9:30 a.m. Eastern Time. The webcast is open to all interested parties and may include forward-looking information. The live webcast of the earnings call will be accessible through the investor relations section of the Company's website. To join the webcast please visit https://events.q4inc.com/attendee/248169870. Interested parties may access the live audio broadcast. U.S. participants may call 833-461-5787; international participants may call +1 585-542-9983 (long-distance charges will apply). The conference ID number is 248169870. A replay of the webcast will also be available on https://ir.clarivate.com beginning two hours after the conclusion of the live call and will remain available for one year. Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures This release contains financial measures that have not been prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles ("GAAP"), including Adjusted EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA margin, Adjusted net income, Adjusted diluted EPS, Free cash flow, and Revenues, including discontinued operations. Non-GAAP financial measures are not recognized terms under GAAP, are not measures of financial condition or liquidity, and should not be considered as an alternative to profit or loss for the period determined in accordance with GAAP or operating cash flows determined in accordance with GAAP. As a result, you should not consider such measures in isolation from, or as a substitute for, financial measures or results of operations calculated or determined in accordance with GAAP. We use non-GAAP measures internally in our operational and financial decision-making, to assess the operating performance of our business, to assess performance for employee compensation purposes, and to decide how to allocate resources. We believe that such measures allow us to focus on what we deem to be more reliable indicators of ongoing operating performance and our ability to generate cash flow from operations, and we also believe that investors may find these non-GAAP financial measures useful for the same reasons. Non-GAAP measures are frequently used by securities analysts, investors, and other interested parties in their evaluation of companies comparable to us, many of which present non-GAAP measures when reporting their results. Further, these measures can be useful in evaluating our performance against our peer companies because we believe they provide users with valuable insight into key components of our GAAP financial disclosure. However, non-GAAP measures have limitations as analytical tools and because not all companies use identical calculations, our presentation of non-GAAP financial measures may not be comparable to other similarly titled measures of other companies. Definitions and reconciliations of non-GAAP measures to the most directly comparable GAAP measures are provided within the schedules attached to this release. Our presentation of non-GAAP measures should not be construed as an inference that our future results will be unaffected by any of the adjusted items, or that any projections and estimates will be realized in their entirety or at all. Forward-Looking Statements This release includes statements that express our opinions, expectations, beliefs, plans, objectives, assumptions, or projections regarding future events or future results and therefore are, or may be deemed to be, "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the "safe harbor provisions" of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements include all matters that are not historical facts, including statements relating to our intentions, beliefs, or current expectations concerning, among other things, the divestiture of our Life Sciences & Healthcare business or any other strategic transactions we may explore, the anticipated use of proceeds from the divestiture of our Life Sciences & Healthcare business, anticipated cost savings or other benefits, results of operations, financial condition, liquidity, capital allocation plans and share repurchases, foreign exchange impacts, prospects, growth and shareholder value, strategies, and the markets in which we operate, our financial guidance for the fiscal year 2026 and key drivers thereof and underlying assumptions, the impact or anticipated benefits of our Value Creation Plan and other growth strategies, the global macroeconomic uncertainty and volatility, the impact of artificial intelligence ("AI") on our business and strategy, and the timing of any of the foregoing. These forward-looking statements can generally be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology, including the terms "believes," "estimates," "anticipates," "expects," "seeks," "projects," "intends," "plans," "may," "will," or "should" or, in each case, their negative or other variations or comparable terminology. Such forward-looking statements are based on available current market material and management's expectations, beliefs, and forecasts concerning future events impacting us. These forward-looking statements involve a number of risks and uncertainties (some of which are beyond our control) or other assumptions that may cause actual results or performance to be materially different from those expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, those factors described in Item 1A. Risk Factors in our annual report on Form 10-K, along with our other filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"). There can be no assurance that future developments affecting us will be those that we have anticipated. Should one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or should any of the assumptions prove incorrect, actual results may vary in material respects from those projected in these forward-looking statements. We do not undertake any obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise, except as may be required under applicable securities laws. Please consult our public filings with the SEC, which are also available on our website at www.clarivate.com. About Clarivate Clarivate is a leading global provider of transformative intelligence. We offer enriched data, insights & analytics, workflow solutions and expert services in the areas of Academia & Government, Intellectual Property, and Life Sciences & Healthcare. For more information, please visit www.clarivate.com.
Supplemental Revenues Information Annualized contract value ("ACV"), at any point in time, represents the annualized value of all active customer subscription-based license agreements for the next 12 months, assuming those coming up for renewal during the measurement period are renewed at their current price level. Our organic ACV grew 1.5% compared to June 30, 2025, primarily driven by improved product pricing. Our total ACV for June 30, 2026, compared to June 30, 2025, increased 3.1%, primarily due to improved product pricing and FX movements. The following tables present our revenues by type and segment, as well as the components driving the changes between periods.
Reconciliations to Certain Non-GAAP Measures Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA margin Adjusted EBITDA represents Net income (loss) before the Provision (benefit) for income taxes, Depreciation and amortization, and Interest expense, net, adjusted to exclude share-based compensation, impairments, restructuring expenses, the impact of certain non-cash fair value adjustments on financial instruments, acquisition and/or disposal-related transaction costs, unrealized foreign currency gains/losses, legal settlements, and other items that are included in Net income (loss) for the period that we do not consider indicative of our ongoing operating performance. Net income (loss) margin is calculated by dividing Net income (loss) by Revenues. Adjusted EBITDA margin is calculated by dividing Adjusted EBITDA by Revenues. The following table presents our calculation of Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA margin for the three and six months ended June 30, 2026 and 2025 and reconciles these non-GAAP measures to our Net income (loss) and Net income (loss) margin for the same periods:
Adjusted net income and Adjusted diluted EPS Adjusted net income represents Net income (loss), adjusted to exclude amortization related to acquired intangible assets, share-based compensation, impairments, restructuring expenses, the impact of certain non-cash fair value adjustments on financial instruments, acquisition and/or disposal-related transaction costs, unrealized foreign currency gains/losses, legal settlements, and other items that are included in net income (loss) for the period that we do not consider indicative of our ongoing operating performance and the associated income tax impact of such adjustments. Adjusted diluted EPS is calculated by dividing Adjusted net income by Adjusted diluted weighted average shares. The Adjusted diluted weighted average shares calculation assumes that all instruments in the calculation are dilutive. The following tables present our calculation of Adjusted net income and Adjusted diluted EPS for the three and six months ended June 30, 2026 and 2025 and reconciles these non-GAAP measures to our Net income (loss) and diluted EPS for the same periods:
Free cash flow Free cash flow represents Net cash provided by operating activities less Capital expenditures. The following table presents our calculation of Free cash flow for the three and six months ended June 30, 2026 and 2025 and reconciles this non-GAAP measure to Net cash provided by operating activities for the same periods:
Reconciliations to Certain Non-GAAP Measures - 2026 Outlook Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA margin The following table presents our calculation of Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA margin for the 2026 outlook and reconciles these non-GAAP measures to our Net income (loss) and Net income (loss) margin for the same period:
Adjusted diluted EPS The following table presents our calculation of Adjusted diluted EPS for the 2026 outlook and reconciles this non-GAAP measure to our Net income (loss) per share for the same period:
Free cash flow The following table presents our calculation of Free cash flow for the 2026 outlook and reconciles this non-GAAP measure to our Net cash provided by operating activities for the same period:
Revenues, including discontinued operations Revenues, including discontinued operations represents total company revenues including those attributable to discontinued operations, which will begin to be reported in the third quarter for the LS&H segment. The following table presents our calculation of Revenues, including discontinued operations and reconciles this non-GAAP measure to our Revenues, excluding discontinued operations for the same period:
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