---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001683168-25-003626"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "TOON"
cik: "0001355848"
company_name: "Kartoon Studios, Inc."
filed_at: "2025-05-15T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-21T04:42:16.532877+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Kartoon Studios Q1 revenue up 56% YoY to $9.5M; on track for profit by end of 2025

## Summary
- Revenue $9.5M, up 56% YoY; production services revenue up 138% YoY.
- Operating loss improved 51.1% YoY; G&A expenses cut 24.9%.
- Mainframe Studios achieved profitability; 90%+ of 2025 revenue under contract.
- Zero long-term debt; Kartoon Channel! watch time doubled, #1 kids' streaming app on Apple App Store.
- Guidance: company-wide profitability expected by Q4 2025.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001683168-25-003626
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: TOON
- cik: 0001355848
- company_name: Kartoon Studios, Inc.
- filed_at: 2025-05-15T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- 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/1355848/000168316825003626/0001683168-25-003626-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1355848/000168316825003626/kartoon_8k.htm

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