---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001805651-26-000030"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MKTW"
cik: "0001805651"
company_name: "MARKETWISE, INC."
filed_at: "2026-04-13T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T06:36:08.825355+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# MarketWise Q1 preliminary billings up 15% YoY to ~$81M; paid subscribers return to growth

## Summary
- Paid subscribers 381K at March 31, 2026 (up from 374K at Dec 31, 2025), first growth after stabilization.
- Billings ~$81M, +15% YoY and highest quarterly billings since 2023.
- Affirmed FY 2026 guidance: billings $300M, cash from ops $50M, dividend target $1.80/share.
- Cash and equivalents $53M at March 31, 2026; Q1 historically highest cash-use quarter.
- Dividends paid to Class A shareholders $0.45 per share in Q1; full-year target unchanged.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001805651-26-000030
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MKTW
- cik: 0001805651
- company_name: MARKETWISE, INC.
- filed_at: 2026-04-13T23:59:59+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/1805651/000180565126000030/0001805651-26-000030-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1805651/000180565126000030/mktw-20260413.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001805651-26-000030.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  MARKETWISE, INC. updated its first quarter 2026 guidance (reaffirmed).
  - Period: first quarter 2026
  - Guidance: reaffirmed
  - Result: preliminary results
  source text: On April 13, 2026, MarketWise, Inc. issued a press release announcing preliminary selected unaudited financial and operational updates results for first quarter 2026.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1805651/000180565126000030/0001805651-26-000030-index.htm

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