secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     MARKETWISE, INC. (MKTW)
CIK:        0001805651
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-04-13T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001805651-26-000030
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

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

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1805651/000180565126000030/0001805651-26-000030-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1805651/000180565126000030/mktw-20260413.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001805651-26-000030

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