---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000709283-25-000038"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "QMCO"
cik: "0000709283"
company_name: "QUANTUM CORP /DE/"
filed_at: "2025-09-10T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-17T07:10:33.411758+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Quantum reports Q1 FY2026 revenue $64.3M, net loss $17.2M; guides Q2 revenue ~$61M

## Summary
- Revenue of $64.3M, down 11% YoY from $72.3M; GAAP net loss $17.2M ($1.87/share) vs $19.9M loss ($4.15) prior year.
- Non-GAAP adjusted net loss $14.5M ($1.58/share) vs $7.6M loss ($1.59) prior year; Adjusted EBITDA negative $6.5M vs negative $2.2M.
- Cash, equivalents $37.5M; term loan debt $104.3M; no revolver borrowings at quarter end (previously $26.6M).
- CEO Hugues Meyrath (appointed June) leading cost structure and balance sheet actions; new sales/marketing hires and two new board directors.
- Q2 FY2026 guidance: revenue ~$61M, adjusted EPS loss ($0.26), adjusted EBITDA approx breakeven.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000709283-25-000038
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: QMCO
- cik: 0000709283
- company_name: QUANTUM CORP /DE/
- filed_at: 2025-09-10T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/709283/000070928325000038/0000709283-25-000038-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/709283/000070928325000038/qtm-20250910.htm

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