---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000933036-25-000087"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "UPBD"
cik: "0000933036"
company_name: "UPBOUND GROUP, INC."
filed_at: "2025-05-01T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-23T01:45:41.996943+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.85
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Upbound Q1 beats: revenue $1.18B, adj EPS $1.00; raises FY guide; CEO retiring June 1

## Summary
- Consolidated revenue $1,176.4M (+7.3% YoY); GAAP EPS $0.42; non-GAAP EPS $1.00 vs $0.79 YoY.
- Adj. EBITDA $126.1M (+15.6% YoY); raises FY2025 revenue midpoint to $4.60-4.75B and adj EPS to $4.00-4.40.
- Acima revenue $637.3M (+13.5% YoY, GMV +8.8%); Brigit revenue $31.9M with 35.9% adj EBITDA margin.
- Rent-A-Center revenue $489.0M (-4.9% YoY, same-store sales -2.0%); LCO rate improved to 4.6%.
- CEO Mitch Fadel retiring June 1, 2025; CFO Fahmi Karam to succeed. Net debt $1.4B, leverage 2.9x.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000933036-25-000087
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: UPBD
- cik: 0000933036
- company_name: UPBOUND GROUP, INC.
- filed_at: 2025-05-01T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.85
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/933036/000093303625000087/0000933036-25-000087-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/933036/000093303625000087/upbd-20250501.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000933036-25-000087
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000933036-25-000087.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000933036-25-000087.txt

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.