secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     MARKETWISE, INC. (MKTW)
CIK:        0001805651
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-07-09T21:34:15+00:00
Accession:  0001628280-26-047817
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

MarketWise Q2 preliminary billings $91M (+56% YoY); raises FY billings guidance to $330M
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- Paid subscribers 400k at June 30, 2026, up 7% from Dec 2025.
- Billings $91M in Q2, highest since 2023, up 56% YoY and 12% sequentially.
- Raised FY 2026 billings guidance by 10% to $330M (21.7% YoY increase).
- ARPU $821, up 73% YoY; cash $33M after $12.2M legal settlement payment.
- Affirmed FY 2026 dividend target of $1.80 per share; paid $0.45 in Q2.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1805651/000162828026047817/0001628280-26-047817-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1805651/000162828026047817/mktw-20260709.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-26-047817

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