---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-26-017234"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "IPDN"
cik: "0001546296"
company_name: "Professional Diversity Network, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-05-15T13:01:14+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T13:02:18.763639+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# IPDN Q1 revenue $1.55M (+2.9% YoY); net loss widens to $1.86M on copyright amortization

## Summary
- Revenue $1.55M (+2.9% YoY) from software development growth (+71.3% to $0.84M); recruitment services fell 30.8%.
- Net loss from continuing ops $1.86M (vs $0.74M loss YoY) driven by $1.16M non-cash amortization of music copyrights.
- Stockholders' equity improved to $13.92M; working capital deficit narrowed to $0.79M from $4.04M at Dec 2025.
- Diluted EPS loss $0.19 on 9.59M shares vs loss $0.39 on 1.89M shares in prior year.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-26-017234
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: IPDN
- cik: 0001546296
- company_name: Professional Diversity Network, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-05-15T13:01:14+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1546296/000143774926017234/0001437749-26-017234-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1546296/000143774926017234/ipdn20260406_8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-26-017234.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  Professional Diversity Network, Inc. reported the quarter ended March 31, 2026 results: revenue approximately $1.55 million.
  - Period: the quarter ended March 31, 2026
  - Revenue: approximately $1.55 million
  - Result: reported results
  source text: growth through technology investments and operational execution.” “For the first quarter ended March 31, 2026, total revenues increased 2.9% year over year to approximately $1.55 million, driven primarily by contracted software development revenue,” said Bella Gu, CFO of Professional Diversity Network, Inc. “During the quarter, we improved liquidity, reduced our
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1546296/000143774926017234/0001437749-26-017234-index.htm

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