---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001493152-23-024399"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SURG"
cik: "0001392694"
company_name: "SurgePays, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-07-13T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-13T08:40:23.638549+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# SurgePays reports preliminary Q2 net income over $6M, rebuts critical report

## Summary
- Preliminary net income for Q2 2023 expected to exceed $6 million.
- Company defends ACP enrollment compliance, citing third-party oversight.
- Accounting records and SEC filings reaffirmed as accurate and correct.
- CEO acknowledges report as deliberate attempt to harm reputation; no further response.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001493152-23-024399
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SURG
- cik: 0001392694
- company_name: SurgePays, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-07-13T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1392694/000149315223024399/0001493152-23-024399-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1392694/000149315223024399/form8-k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001493152-23-024399
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001493152-23-024399.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001493152-23-024399.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  SurgePays, Inc. reported the second quarter ended June 30, 2023 results: net income over $6 million.
  - Period: the second quarter ended June 30, 2023
  - Net income: over $6 million
  - Result: preliminary results
  source text: While it’s annoying for shareholders to deal with these types of efforts, the effects should not last long when we are expecting to report a net income of over $6 million in the second quarter alone, and we are still in the early phases of our growth pattern.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1392694/000149315223024399/0001493152-23-024399-index.htm

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