---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-25-016603"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CREX"
cik: "0001356093"
company_name: "CREATIVE REALITIES, INC."
filed_at: "2025-05-14T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-21T08:10:38.984052+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Creative Realities Q1 revenue $9.7M (-21% YoY); net income $3.4M from $4.8M gain

## Summary
- Revenue $9.7M vs $12.3M YoY; hardware $3.4M, services $6.3M both down on deployment timing.
- Net income $3.4M ($0.32 diluted) vs net loss $0.1M; includes $4.8M gain on contingent consideration settlement.
- Adjusted EBITDA $0.5M vs $0.8M YoY; ARR ~$17.3M at quarter end vs $16.8M at Dec 31, 2024.
- New win with upscale restaurant chain (>1,000 locations) for indoor/outdoor menu board transformation; pilot in Q3.
- Total debt ~$23.2M (down from $25.8M); cash $1.1M; trailing 12-month net leverage 4.67x.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-25-016603
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CREX
- cik: 0001356093
- company_name: CREATIVE REALITIES, INC.
- filed_at: 2025-05-14T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1356093/000143774925016603/0001437749-25-016603-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1356093/000143774925016603/crex20250508_8k.htm

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