SCOR · comScore, Inc.

Revenue of $85.3 million in Q1 2026 represented a 45.1% year-over-year decline from $85.7 million, as the Company continues to navigate softness in the advertising market expected to persist through 2026. This topline pressure reflects broader industry dynamics impacting audience measurement and analytics demand, maintaining relative stability in absolute dollars while highlighting vulnerability to macroeconomic advertising spend reductions.

Gross profit fell 4.8% to $32.3 million, with gross margin contracting to 37.9% from the prior period's level. The margin compression stems from elevated cost of revenues, which includes allocated overhead, lease and facilities-related costs, and depreciation from general-purpose equipment and software. These fixed and semi-variable elements amplified the impact of revenue softness, underscoring the need for cost discipline in a challenged market environment.

Operating income deteriorated to a -$4.5 million loss, 118.8% worse than the prior -$2.1 million, primarily due to higher employee costs from increased bonus expense. This escalation in operating expenses eroded profitability, as compensation-related outlays outpaced topline stability. The resulting -5.3% operating margin illustrates ongoing challenges in scaling expenses to match revenue dynamics in a softening ad landscape.

Net income reflected a deeper -$6.2 million loss, 56.5% below the prior -$4.0 million, translating to -$0.41 diluted EPS versus -$1.66 last year—a 75.3% per-share improvement attributable to recapitalization effects reducing share count. This per-share progress signals structural enhancements in capital structure, even as absolute losses widened from operational pressures.