PodcastOne (Nasdaq: PODC) Reports Record Fiscal 2026 Revenue of $61.7M and $6.3M Adjusted EBITDA*, Q4 Fiscal 2026 Revenue of $15.7M and $1.9M Adjusted EBITDA* up 109% YoY
Rhea-AI Summary
PodcastOne (Nasdaq: PODC) reported record Fiscal 2026 results, with revenue of $61.7 million (up 18% YoY) and $6.3 million Adjusted EBITDA* (up 567% YoY). Q4 Fiscal 2026 revenue was $15.7 million, and Adjusted EBITDA* was $1.9 million, up 109% year-over-year.
Cash reached $3.5 million, a 225% YoY increase, and all junior debt was eliminated. Fiscal 2027 guidance targets revenue of $68–$75 million and Adjusted EBITDA* of $8–$10 million.
Positive
- Fiscal 2026 revenue rose 18% YoY to $61.7 million
- Fiscal 2026 Adjusted EBITDA* increased 567% YoY to $6.3 million
- Q4 Fiscal 2026 Adjusted EBITDA* grew 109% YoY to $1.9 million
- Cash balance increased 225% YoY to $3.5 million
- All junior debt eliminated, reducing balance sheet leverage
- Fiscal 2027 guidance: $68–$75 million revenue and $8–$10 million Adjusted EBITDA*
Negative
- None.
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Key Figures
Previous Earnings Reports
| Date | Event | Sentiment | 24h Move | Catalyst |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 12 | Q3 2026 earnings | Positive | -10.7% | Reported record Q3 revenue and EBITDA and raised full-year and 2027 guidance. |
| Nov 11 | Q2 2026 earnings | Positive | +6.7% | Delivered record Q2 and 1H results and lifted Fiscal 2026 revenue and EBITDA guidance. |
| Aug 13 | Q1 2026 earnings | Positive | +5.7% | Announced record Q1 results with strong revenue growth and sharply higher Adjusted EBITDA. |
| Jun 18 | Q4 2025 earnings | Positive | +3.0% | Posted record Q4 and FY 2025 revenue, beating guidance and expanding podcast footprint. |
| Feb 12 | Q3 2025 earnings | Positive | -8.9% | Reported strong Q3 revenue growth but remained loss-making on an operating and EBITDA basis. |
24h Move is the share-price change in the day after each event; other market factors may also have contributed.
Earnings releases have produced mixed reactions, with slightly more positive than negative next-day moves.
Key Terms
adjusted ebitda* financial
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- Cash Balance increased
225% year-over-year to$3.5M - Fiscal 2027 Guidance:
- Revenue
$68 -$75M - Raises Adjusted EBITDA* guidance to
$8 -$10M
- Revenue
LOS ANGELES, June 24, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- PodcastOne (Nasdaq: PODC), a leading publisher and podcast sales network, today announced record financial results for fourth quarter (“Q4 Fiscal 2026”) and fiscal year ended March 31, 2026 (“Fiscal 2026”). PodcastOne will host a conference call and webcast today, June 24, 2026.
Financial Highlights
Record Q4 Fiscal 2026 Performance
- Revenue increased
11% YoY to$15.7 million - Adjusted EBITDA* surged
109% YoY to$1.9 million
Record Fiscal 2026 Performance
- Revenue grew
18% YoY to$61.7 million - Adjusted EBITDA* increased
567% YoY to$6.3 million
Operational Highlights
- Eliminated all junior debt, strengthening the balance sheet
- Continued to focus on cash flow generation, margin expansion, and AI-driven monetization
- Expanded distribution footprint across major platforms, including Spotify, Apple Podcasts, YouTube, Amazon, ART19, Paramount, Pluto TV, AT&T, Samsung, LG, and Vizio
- Driving growth through PodcastOne.AI, content licensing, advertising, strategic partnerships, and targeted potential M&A initiatives
“Fiscal 2026 was a strong year for PodcastOne as we expanded our content portfolio, strengthened creator relationships, increased our industry standing, and continued growing our advertising business. We welcomed new creator partners, renewed many of our flagship shows, advanced to a top seven ranking among US podcast publishers, and saw strong momentum across our network. With podcast consumption continuing to grow and exciting opportunities ahead, we believe PodcastOne is well positioned for another year of exciting growth.”
Q4 Fiscal 2026 & Fiscal 2026 vs Q4 Fiscal 2025 & Fiscal 2025 Results Summary (in
Fiscal 2027 Guidance
PodcastOne’s guidance for Fiscal 2027, is for revenue to increase to
Q4 Fiscal 2026 Earnings Conference Call and Webcast:
Date: Wednesday, June 24, 2026
Time: 12:30 p.m. Eastern Time (9:30 a.m. Pacific Time)
Webcast Link: https://events.q4inc.com/attendee/795843010
Dial-in: +1 (833) 461-5787
International Dial-in: +44 (808) 196 8935
Conference Code: 795 843 010
About PodcastOne, Inc.
PodcastOne (NASDAQ: PODC) is a leading podcast platform that provides creators and advertisers with a comprehensive 360-degree solution in sales, marketing, public relations, production, and distribution. PodcastOne has surpassed 3.9 billion total downloads with a community of 200 top podcasters, including Adam Carolla, Kaitlyn Bristowe, Jordan Harbinger, LadyGang, A&E’s Cold Case Files, and Varnamtown. PodcastOne has built a distribution network reaching over 1 billion monthly impressions across all channels, including YouTube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and iHeartRadio. PodcastOne is also the parent company of PodcastOne Pro which offers fully customizable production packages for brands, professionals, or hobbyists. For more information, visit www.podcastone.com and follow us on Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, and X at @podcastone.
Forward-Looking Statements
All statements other than statements of historical facts contained in this press release are “forward-looking statements,” which may often, but not always, be identified by the use of such words as “may,” “might,” “will,” “will likely result,” “would,” “should,” “estimate,” “plan,” “project,” “forecast,” “intend,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “believe,” “seek,” “continue,” “target” or the negative of such terms or other similar expressions. These statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors, which may cause actual results, performance or achievements to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such statements, including: LiveOne’s reliance on its largest OEM customer for a substantial percentage of its revenue; LiveOne’s and PodcastOne’s ability to consummate any proposed financing, acquisition, merger, distribution or other transaction, the timing of the consummation of any such proposed event, including the risks that a condition to the consummation of any such event would not be satisfied within the expected timeframe or at all, or that the consummation of any proposed financing, acquisition, merger, special dividend, distribution or transaction will not occur or whether any such event will enhance shareholder value; PodcastOne’s ability to continue as a going concern; PodcastOne’s ability to attract, maintain and increase the number of its listeners; PodcastOne identifying, acquiring, securing and developing content; LiveOne’s intent to repurchase shares of its and/or PodcastOne’s common stock from time to time under LiveOne’s announced stock repurchase program and the timing, price, and quantity of repurchases, if any, under the program; LiveOne’s ability to maintain compliance with certain financial and other covenants; PodcastOne successfully implementing its growth strategy, including relating to its technology platforms and applications; management’s relationships with industry stakeholders; LiveOne’s ability to repay its indebtedness when due; LiveOne’s ability to satisfy the conditions for closing on its announced additional convertible debentures financing; LiveOne’s ability to implement its announced digital assets treasury strategy and/or purchase digital assets from time to time pursuant to such strategy, including for up to the maximum announced amount, and other risks related to such strategy; uncertain and unfavorable outcomes in legal proceedings and/or PodcastOne’s and/or LiveOne’s ability to pay any amounts due in connection with any such legal proceedings; changes in economic conditions; competition; risks and uncertainties applicable to the businesses of PodcastOne, LiveOne and/or LiveOne’s other subsidiaries; and other risks, uncertainties and factors including, but not limited to, those described in PodcastOne’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2025, filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on July 2, 2025, PodcastOne’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2025, filed with the SEC on February 13, 2026, and in PodcastOne’s other filings and submissions with the SEC. These forward-looking statements speak only as of the date hereof, and PodcastOne disclaims any obligation to update these statements, except as may be required by law. PodcastOne intends that all forward-looking statements be subject to the safe-harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.
Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures*
To supplement our consolidated financial statements, which are prepared and presented in accordance with the accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”), we present Contribution Margin (Loss) and Adjusted Earnings Before Interest Tax Depreciation and Amortization (“Adjusted EBITDA”), which are non-GAAP financial measures, as measures of our performance. The presentation of these non-GAAP financial measures is not intended to be considered in isolation from, or as a substitute for, or superior to, operating loss and or net income (loss) or any other performance measures derived in accordance with GAAP or as an alternative to net cash provided by operating activities or any other measures of our cash flows or liquidity.
We use Contribution Margin (Loss) and Adjusted EBITDA to evaluate the performance of our operating segment. We believe that information about these non-GAAP financial measures assists investors by allowing them to evaluate changes in the operating results of our business separate from non-operational factors that affect operating income (loss) and net income (loss), thus providing insights into both operations and the other factors that affect reported results. Adjusted EBITDA is not calculated or presented in accordance with GAAP. A limitation of the use of Adjusted EBITDA as a performance measure is that it does not reflect the periodic costs of certain amortizing assets used in generating revenue in our business. Accordingly, Adjusted EBITDA should be considered in addition to, and not as a substitute for operating income (loss), net income (loss), and other measures of financial performance reported in accordance with GAAP. Furthermore, this measure may vary among other companies; thus, Adjusted EBITDA as presented herein may not be comparable to similarly titled measures of other companies.
Contribution Margin (Loss) is defined as Revenue less Cost of Sales before (a) Cost of Sales share-based compensation expense, (b) depreciation, and (c) amortization of developed technology. Adjusted EBITDA is defined as earnings before interest, other (income) expense, income tax expense, depreciation and amortization and before (a) non-cash GAAP purchase accounting adjustments for certain deferred revenue and costs, (b) legal, accounting and other professional fees directly attributable to acquisition activity, (c) employee severance payments and third party professional fees directly attributable to acquisition or corporate realignment activities, (d) certain non-recurring expenses associated with legal settlements or reserves for legal settlements in the period that pertain to historical matters that existed at acquired companies prior to their purchase date and a one-time minimum guarantee to effectively terminate a live events distribution agreement post COVID-19, and (e) certain stock-based compensation expense. Management does not consider these costs to be indicative of our core operating results.
With respect to projected full fiscal year 2027 Adjusted EBITDA, a quantitative reconciliation is not available without unreasonable efforts due to the high variability, complexity and low visibility with respect to purchase accounting adjustments, acquisition-related charges and legal settlement reserves excluded from Adjusted EBITDA. We expect that the variability of these items to have a potentially unpredictable, and potentially significant, impact on our future GAAP financial results.
For more information on these non-GAAP financial measures, please see the tables entitled “Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Measure to GAAP Measure” included at the end of this release.
PodcastOne Press Contact:
Paul Manley
pmanley@podcastone.com
Financial Information
The tables below present financial results for the three and twelve months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025.
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Consolidated Statements of Operations (Unaudited)
(In thousands, except share and per share amounts)
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Consolidated Balance Sheets (Unaudited)
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Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Measure to GAAP Measure
Adjusted EBITDA* Reconciliation (Unaudited)
(In thousands)
(1) Other Non-Operating and Non-Recurring Costs include outside legal, accounting and other professional fees directly attributable to acquisition activity in the period, in addition to certain non-recurring expenses associated with legal settlements or reserves for legal settlements in the period that pertain to historical matters that existed at certain acquired companies prior to their purchase date and non-recurring employee severance payments.
(2) Other (income) expense above primarily includes interest expense, net and change in fair value of derivative liabilities. These are included in the statement of operations in other income (expense) and are an add back to net loss above in the reconciliation of Adjusted EBITDA* to loss.
* See the definition of Adjusted EBITDA under “About Non-GAAP Financial Measures” within this release.
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Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Measure to GAAP Measure
Contribution Margin* Reconciliation (Unaudited)
(In thousands)
* See the definition of Contribution Margin under “About Non-GAAP Financial Measures” within this release.
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