secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Direct Digital Holdings, Inc. (DRCT)
CIK:        0001880613
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-05-11T12:35:31+00:00
Accession:  0001880613-26-000057
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  negative
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Direct Digital Q1 revenue $6.7M (-18% YoY); net loss $5.6M
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- Revenue of $6.7M, down 18% YoY from $8.2M, driven by $2.0M drop in DSP spend.
- Gross profit $2.3M (34% margin) vs $2.4M (29%) in Q1 2025.
- Operating loss improved to $3.3M from $3.9M; net loss narrowed to $5.6M from $5.9M.
- Adjusted EBITDA loss improved to $2.6M from $3.0M in prior year.
- Cash $0.8M as of March 31, 2026; conference call set for May 11 at 11:00 AM ET.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1880613/000188061326000057/0001880613-26-000057-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1880613/000188061326000057/drct-20260511.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001880613-26-000057

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