secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Grindr Inc. (GRND)
CIK:        0001820144
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-11-06T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001820144-25-000037
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.80
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Grindr Q3 revenue up 30% to $116M; raises FY2025 EBITDA guidance to $191-193M
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- Revenue $116M (+30% YoY); net income $31M (27% margin) vs $25M in Q3 2024.
- Adjusted EBITDA $55M (47% margin), up from $40M (45%); FY guidance raised to $191-193M (43%+ margin).
- Paying users 1.3M (+17%), ARPPU $24.70 (+7%); MAU 15.1M (+4%).
- Share repurchase YTD: 25.1M shares for ~$450M at avg $17.93; program up to $500M.
- New CFO John North appointed in October; testing new AI premium tier for H2 2026 launch.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1820144/000182014425000037/0001820144-25-000037-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1820144/000182014425000037/grnd-20251106.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001820144-25-000037

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