---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001006837-26-000061"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "VATE"
cik: "0001006837"
company_name: "INNOVATE Corp."
filed_at: "2026-08-06T20:13:52+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-08-06T20:18:29.808785+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# INNOVATE Q2 net income $10.4M vs loss; revenue up 74% to $421.6M; DBMG record quarter

## Summary
- Revenue $421.6M (+74.2% YoY); diluted EPS $0.71 vs ($1.67); Total Adj. EBITDA $46.3M (+194.9%).
- Infrastructure (DBMG) revenue $414.0M (+77.6%), net income $26.4M, Adj. EBITDA $48.7M; adjusted backlog $2.7B.
- Broadcasting refinanced with $105M loan; INNOVATE agreed to sell ~75% stake to CONX, retaining ~25%.
- Life Sciences: MediBeacon engaged with 100+ institutions; R2 revenue $2.2M, opex cut 50% YoY.
- Pursuing asset dispositions including sale of DBMG assets/equity and majority of Broadcasting.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001006837-26-000061
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: VATE
- cik: 0001006837
- company_name: INNOVATE Corp.
- filed_at: 2026-08-06T20:13:52+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1006837/000100683726000061/0001006837-26-000061-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1006837/000100683726000061/vate-20260806.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001006837-26-000061.txt

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