secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Clear Secure, Inc. (YOU)
CIK:        0001856314
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-05-06T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001856314-26-000013
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.78
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

CLEAR Q1 revenue $253M (+19.7%); raises FY FCF guidance to at least $465M
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- Net income $56.4M, EPS $0.39 basic / $0.38 diluted; Adjusted EBITDA $80.6M (31.9% margin, +720 bps).
- Total Bookings $291.7M (+40.8% YoY); CLEAR Members 41M (+31.3%), Active CLEAR+ Members 8.2M (+13.0%).
- Board declares $0.15 quarterly dividend payable June 24; Q1 returned $56.4M via dividends, special dividend, and buybacks.
- Q2 revenue guidance $268-271M (22.8% YoY growth at midpoint); FY FCF guidance raised from $440M to $465M.
- CLEAR1 bookings approximately 5x YoY; eGates now at 43 airports, on track for network-wide rollout in 2026.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1856314/000185631426000013/0001856314-26-000013-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1856314/000185631426000013/you-20260506.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001856314-26-000013

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