---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-25-017429"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MKTW"
cik: "0001805651"
company_name: "MARKETWISE, INC."
filed_at: "2025-04-11T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-23T16:17:54.162303+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# MarketWise reports Q1 2025 preliminary billings of $70M, up 26% QoQ; commences share buyback

## Summary
- Q1 2025 billings ~$70M, a 26% sequential increase from Q4 2024.
- Paid subscribers at March 31, 2025: 473k; active free subscribers: 3.0M.
- LTM cash dividends total $1.60/share, equating to a 16% yield based on March 31 price.
- Cash and equivalents ~$79M as of March 31, 2025; no debt.
- Company commenced open-market share repurchases in Q2 2025 under existing authorization.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-25-017429
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MKTW
- cik: 0001805651
- company_name: MARKETWISE, INC.
- filed_at: 2025-04-11T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- 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/1805651/000162828025017429/0001628280-25-017429-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1805651/000162828025017429/mktw-20250411.htm

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