---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-23-013583"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "DMRC"
cik: "0001438231"
company_name: "Digimarc CORP"
filed_at: "2023-05-10T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-15T06:10:04.325397+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Digimarc Q1 revenue up 6% to $7.8M; net loss narrows to $14M from $17.8M YoY

## Summary
- Subscription revenue $3.9M (+2% YoY); service revenue $4.0M (+9% YoY).
- GAAP net loss $14.0M ($0.70/sh) vs $17.8M ($1.03/sh) in Q1 2022.
- Non-GAAP net loss $9.0M ($0.45/sh) vs $11.9M ($0.69/sh) in prior year.
- Gross margin improved to 54% from 45%; cash & securities $43.0M vs $52.5M at Dec 2022.
- Operating expenses down 11% to $19.0M; one-time severance of $2.1M in Feb 2023.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-23-013583
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: DMRC
- cik: 0001438231
- company_name: Digimarc CORP
- filed_at: 2023-05-10T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1438231/000143774923013583/0001437749-23-013583-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1438231/000143774923013583/dmrc20230414c_8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-23-013583.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  Digimarc CORP reported financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2023.
  - Period: the first quarter ended March 31, 2023
  - Result: reported results
  source text: On May 10, 2023, Digimarc Corporation issued a press release announcing its financial results for the quarter-ended March 31, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1438231/000143774923013583/0001437749-23-013583-index.htm

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