---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001805651-26-000004"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MKTW"
cik: "0001805651"
company_name: "MARKETWISE, INC."
filed_at: "2026-01-22T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T08:53:41.775814+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# MarketWise Q4 billings up 42% YoY to $79M; FY 2025 CFFO $45M beats guidance

## Summary
- Q4 billings $79M (+42% YoY, +23% seq); FY 2025 billings $271M beat $250M guidance.
- CFFO Q4 ~$24M, FY 2025 ~$45M (beat $30M guidance), a ~$65M improvement over FY 2024.
- Cash & equivalents $70M (up $20M QoQ); paid subscribers 374K; active free subs 2.0M.
- Board received $17.25/sh buyout proposal from Monument & Cathedral Holdings on Oct 29, 2025; Special Committee reviewing.
- Regular + special dividends to Class A last 12 mos totaled $1.90/sh, 13% yield at Dec 31 price.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001805651-26-000004
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MKTW
- cik: 0001805651
- company_name: MARKETWISE, INC.
- filed_at: 2026-01-22T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1805651/000180565126000004/0001805651-26-000004-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1805651/000180565126000004/mktw-20260122.htm

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