secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Arena Group Holdings, Inc. (AREN)
CIK:        0000894871
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-05-11T20:03:38+00:00
Accession:  0001628280-26-033431
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  negative
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Arena Group Q1 revenue $20.4M, net loss $2.7M; CPMs beat market by 72%
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- Revenue of $20.4M, down 36% from $31.8M in Q1 2025; gross margin fell to 34.8% from 49.4%.
- Net loss of $2.7M compared to net income of $4.0M a year ago; Adjusted EBITDA was $1.7M vs $9.7M.
- Cash increased to $11.2M from $10.3M; company engaged a bank to refinance debt and reduce servicing costs.
- Licensing: badging revenue up 72% YoY; Men's Journal Spirits Shop weekly sales up 165% QoQ.
- ShopHQ added 40 partners (44 brands) and orders up 14% QoQ; expanded into TikTok Shop in Q2 2026.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/894871/000162828026033431/0001628280-26-033431-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/894871/000162828026033431/aren-20260511.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-26-033431

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