---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001819574-24-000037"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BARK"
cik: "0001819574"
company_name: "Bark, Inc."
filed_at: "2024-08-07T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-31T11:52:02.467083+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# BARK Q1 revenue $116.2M, record gross margin 63.0%, net loss narrows to $10M

## Summary
- Revenue of $116.2M, down 3.6% YoY but ahead of guidance ($113-116M); DTC revenue $107.1M (-4.3%), Commerce $9.2M (+5.2%).
- Record consolidated gross margin 63.0% (+248 bps YoY), driven by supplier consolidation and lower unit costs.
- Net loss improved 13.9% to $10.0M; Adjusted EBITDA $(1.8)M, beating guidance of $(4.0)-$(2.0)M, and $5.6M improvement YoY.
- Free cash flow $(0.3)M, $13.5M improvement YoY; cash balance $117.8M; inventory down $31.6M YoY.
- Reaffirmed FY2025 guidance: revenue $490-500M, Adjusted EBITDA $1-5M; launched on Chewy with best-selling toys.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001819574-24-000037
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BARK
- cik: 0001819574
- company_name: Bark, Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-08-07T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1819574/000181957424000037/0001819574-24-000037-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1819574/000181957424000037/bark-20240807.htm

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