Global-e (Nasdaq: GLBE) grows GMV 40% and raises 2026 profit guidance
Global-e Online Ltd. delivered a very strong first quarter of 2026, combining fast growth with improved profitability. Gross Merchandise Value rose 40% year over year to $1.74 billion, while revenue increased 33% year over year to $252.1 million.
The business swung from a net loss of $17.9 million in Q1 2025 to a net profit of $30.4 million in Q1 2026. Adjusted EBITDA climbed to $50.2 million, and the Adjusted EBITDA margin expanded by 330 basis points to 19.9%, reflecting stronger operating leverage.
Management raised its full-year 2026 outlook across all guidance metrics. It now expects GMV of $8.53–$8.88 billion, revenue of $1.22–$1.28 billion and Adjusted EBITDA of $264.5–$289.5 million. Free cash flow remained negative at -$72.9 million for the quarter, partly reflecting working capital movements and continued investment.
Positive
- Strong top-line and volume growth: Q1 2026 GMV increased 40% year over year to $1.74 billion and revenue grew 33% to $252.1 million, indicating robust demand and expansion across the platform.
- Profitability inflection and margin expansion: The company moved from a net loss of $17.9 million to net profit of $30.4 million, while Adjusted EBITDA rose to $50.2 million and its margin expanded to 19.9%.
- Raised full-year 2026 guidance: Management increased outlook for GMV to $8.53–$8.88 billion, revenue to $1.22–$1.28 billion and Adjusted EBITDA to $264.5–$289.5 million, signaling confidence in continued performance.
Negative
- Ongoing negative free cash flow and cash use: Free cash flow was -$72.9 million in Q1 2026 and the company repurchased $58.9 million of shares, contributing to a decline in cash and cash equivalents from $245.9 million to $175.2 million over the period.
Insights
Global-e paired rapid growth with a profit swing and raised 2026 guidance.
Global-e posted Q1 2026 revenue of $252.1M, up 33% year over year, as GMV reached $1.74B, up 40%. The company moved from an operating loss to a $32.97M operating profit, showing substantial operating leverage in its cross-border e-commerce platform.
Net profit improved to $30.36M from a prior loss, while Adjusted EBITDA rose to $50.16M and margins expanded 330 basis points to 19.9%. These results underpin management’s confidence to raise full-year guidance for GMV, revenue and Adjusted EBITDA for 2026.
The quarter still showed negative free cash flow of -$72.9M, alongside a share repurchase of $58.9M, which reduces cash balances but may support per-share metrics. Subsequent quarterly filings for 2026 will indicate whether strong growth and margins persist and how quickly cash flow trends improve.
Key Figures
Key Terms
Gross Merchandise Value (GMV) financial
Adjusted EBITDA financial
Free Cash Flow financial
Non-GAAP net profit financial
Non-GAAP Gross Profit financial
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Exhibit
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Description
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99.1
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Press release dated May 13, 2026 titled “Global-e Achieves ‘Rule of 50’ Again with Meaningful GMV, Revenue
and Profit Expansion in the First Quarter of 2026, Raises Outlook for the Year”
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Global-E Online Ltd.
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(Registrant)
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By:
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/s/ Ofer Koren
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Name:
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Ofer Koren
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Title:
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Chief Financial Officer
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GMV1 in the first quarter of 2026 was $1,742 million, an increase of 40% year over year
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Revenue in the first quarter of 2026 was $252.1 million, an increase of 33% year over year, of which service fees revenue was $120.8 million and fulfillment services revenue was $131.3 million
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Non-GAAP gross profit2 in the first quarter of 2026 was $118.5 million, an increase of 37% year over year. GAAP gross profit in the first quarter of 2026 was $114.9 million
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Non-GAAP gross margin2 in the first quarter of 2026 was 47%, compared to 45.4% in the first quarter of 2025. GAAP gross margin in the first quarter of 2026 was 45.6%
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Adjusted EBITDA3 in the first quarter of 2026 was $50.2 million compared to $31.6 million in the first quarter of 2025, up 59% compared with Q1 2025
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Non-GAAP net profit4 in the first quarter of 2026 was $46.9 million compared to $32.4 million in the first quarter of 2025. Net profit in the first quarter of 2026 was $30.4 million
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Free Cash Flow5 used in the first quarter of 2026 was $72.9 million compared to $72.6 million used in the first quarter of 2025. Net cash used for operating activities in the first quarter of 2026 was $72.6 million.
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Strong volume trends from both existing merchants as well as recently launched merchants
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Continued to develop our Duty Drawback offering, expanding it into new markets and extending the drawback programs in certain markets to allow duty reclaim with additional shipping partners
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Continued progress on the Shopify white-label Managed Markets Version 2.0 with increasing merchant adoption
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Expanded the offering into Canada (currently in early access mode) with anticipated expansion into the UK to follow
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Migrated a large batch of merchants from the legacy version to version 2.0
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Continued launching with enterprise brands across geographies and verticals in Q1 2026, including:
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North American brands such as:
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Gallery Department, an LA-based streetwear brand; Andie Swim, the fast growing swimwear brand; Fembites, selling
woman’s wellness gummy supplements; and Fresh, the LVMH-owned premium skincare brand
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European and UK brands such as:
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Quadrant, the motorsport lifestyle and streetwear brand by F1 world champion Lando Norris; Coperni, the Paris-based womenswear brand; Paraboot, the handcrafted leather shoe maker; Lafaurie Paris, a menswear brand; the online store of the Roland Garros
grand slam tennis tournament; and the new Audi Revolut Formula 1 Team
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APAC brands such as:
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Two brands from Tokyo-based Universal Music Japan; Asian Portal, the online exporter of Japanese fishing gear and outdoor equipment; Singaporean fashion
brand Something to Hold; Shanghai Tang, the Hong Kong-based luxury fashion brand; and Weber Workshops, the Taiwanese
maker of high-end coffee grinders and tools
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Expanded scope of business with a number of merchants, such as:
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Alo Yoga - expanded into several additional markets, and enabled Global-e’s Buy Online Pickup In Store (BOPIS) offering into Canada, the UK and several European markets
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Figs - launched throughout Eastern Europe and expanded in Asia
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Bandai Namco – expanded to additional markets throughout the Middle East, Africa and Eastern Europe
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Executed $59 million of share repurchases in Q1 2026. To date, we have repurchased shares in an aggregate amount of approximately $131 million out of the $200 million 2025 share repurchase plan.
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Q2 2026
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FY 2026
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Previous FY 2026
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(in millions)
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GMV (1)
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$1,945 - $1,985
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$8,530 - $8,880
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$8,450 - $8,800
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Revenue
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$278.5 - $285.5
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$1,220 - $1,280
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$1,211 - $1,271
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Adjusted EBITDA (3)
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$55 - $58
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$264.5 - $289.5
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$259 - $284
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United States/Canada Toll Free:
International Toll:
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1-800-717-1738
1-646-307-1865
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Non-GAAP gross profit, which Global-e defines as gross profit adjusted for amortization of acquired intangibles. Non-GAAP gross margin is calculated as Non-GAAP gross profit divided by revenues
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Adjusted EBITDA, which Global-e defines as net profit (loss) adjusted for income tax (benefit) expenses, financial expenses (income) net, stock based compensation expenses, depreciation and amortization, commercial agreement assets
amortization, amortization of acquired intangibles, merger related contingent consideration, and acquisition related expenses.
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Non-GAAP net profit, which Global-e defines as net profit adjusted for stock-based compensation expenses, commercial agreements amortization, amortization of acquired intangibles, merger related contingent consideration and acquisition
related expenses.
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Non-GAAP net profit per share, which Global-e defines as Non-GAAP net profit divided by GAAP weighted-average shares outstanding, basic and diluted.
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Free Cash Flow, which Global-e defines as net cash provided by operating activities less the purchase of property and equipment.
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compliance and third-party risks related to anti-money laundering, anti-corruption, anti-bribery, regulations, economic sanctions and export control laws and import regulations and restrictions; changes in customers, duty drawback or trade compliance regulations that could affect the availability or scope of our Duty Drawback programs; our business’s reliance on the personal importation model; our ability to securely store personal information of merchants and shoppers; increases in shipping rates; fluctuations in the exchange rate of foreign currencies has impacted and could continue to impact our results of operations; our ability to offer high quality support; our ability to expand the number of merchants using our platforms and increase our GMV and to enhance our reputation and awareness of our platforms; our ability to adapt to emerging or evolving regulatory developments, changing laws, regulations, standards and technological changes related to privacy, data protection, data security and machine learning technology and generative artificial intelligence evolves; our role in the fulfilment chain of the merchants, which may cause third parties to confuse us with the merchants; our ability to establish and protect intellectual property rights; and our use of open-source software which may pose particular risks to our proprietary software technologies; our dependency on our executive officers and other key employees and our ability to hire and retain skilled key personnel, including our ability to enforce non-compete agreements we enter into with our employees; litigation for a variety of claims which we may be subject to; the adoption by merchants of a D2C model; our anticipated cash needs and our estimates regarding our capital requirements and our needs for additional financing; our ability to maintain our corporate culture; our ability to maintain an effective system of disclosure controls and internal control over financial reporting; our ability to accurately estimate judgments relating to our critical accounting policies; changes in tax laws or regulations to which we are subject, including the enactment of legislation implementing changes in taxation of international business activities and the adoption of other corporate tax reform policies; requirements to collect sales or other taxes relating to the use of our platforms and services in jurisdictions where we have not historically done so; global events or conditions in individual markets such as financial and credit market fluctuations, war, climate change, and macroeconomic events; risks relating to our ordinary shares, including our share price, the concentration of our share ownership with insiders, our status as a foreign private issuer, provisions of Israeli law and our amended and restated articles of association and actions of activist shareholders;
risks related to our incorporation and location in Israel, including risks related to the ongoing war and related hostilities; and the other risks and uncertainties described in Global-e’s Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2025, filed with the SEC on March 26, 2026 and other documents filed with or furnished by Global-e from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”). The foregoing list of factors is not exhaustive. You should carefully consider the foregoing factors. These filings identify and address other important risks and uncertainties that could cause actual events and results to differ materially from those contained in the forward-looking statements. These statements reflect management’s current expectations regarding future events and operating performance and speak only as of the date of this press release. Although we believe that the expectations reflected in the forward-looking statements are reasonable, we cannot guarantee that future results, levels of activity, performance and events and circumstances reflected in the forward-looking statements will be achieved or will occur and you should not place undue reliance on our forward-looking statements. We undertake no obligation to update any forward-looking statements made in this press release to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this press release or to reflect new information or the occurrence of unanticipated events, except as required by law.
Allison Grey
Headline Media
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Period Ended
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December 31,
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March 31,
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2025
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2026
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(Audited)
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(Unaudited)
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Assets
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Current assets:
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Cash and cash equivalents
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$
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245,860
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$
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175,198
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Short-term deposits
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302,829
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302,884
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Accounts receivable, net
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55,706
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44,149
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||||||
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Prepaid expenses and other current assets
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126,470
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119,075
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Marketable securities
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74,147
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74,444
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Funds receivable, including cash in banks
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181,650
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116,178
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Total current assets
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986,662
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831,928
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Property and equipment, net
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11,234
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10,992
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Operating lease right-of-use assets
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20,496
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20,805
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Deferred contract acquisition and fulfillment costs, noncurrent
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4,242
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4,198
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Long-term investments and other long-term assets
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11,838
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11,658
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Commercial agreement asset
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531
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-
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||||||
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Goodwill
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375,399
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375,399
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Intangible assets, net
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52,385
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46,407
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Total long-term assets
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476,125
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469,459
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Total assets
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$
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1,462,787
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$
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1,301,387
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Liabilities and Shareholders’ Equity
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||||||||
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Current liabilities:
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Accounts payable
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$
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91,585
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$
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65,826
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Accrued expenses and other current liabilities
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231,665
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182,366
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||||||
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Funds payable to Customers
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181,650
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116,178
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||||||
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Short term operating lease liabilities
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5,053
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5,257
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Total current liabilities
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509,953
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369,627
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||||||
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Long-term liabilities:
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||||||||
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Long term operating lease liabilities
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18,449
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18,641
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||||||
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Deferred tax liabilities, net
|
286
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286
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||||||
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Other long-term liabilities
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1,415
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1,440
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Total liabilities
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$
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530,103
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$
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389,994
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Shareholders’ equity:
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||||||||
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Share capital and additional paid-in capital
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1,466,231
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1,476,290
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Accumulated comprehensive income (loss)
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2,800
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40
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||||||
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Accumulated deficit
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(536,347
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)
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(564,937
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)
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Total shareholders’ equity
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932,684
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911,393
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Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity
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$
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1,462,787
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$
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1,301,387
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Three Months Ended
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||||||||
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March 31,
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2025
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2026
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|||||||
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(Unaudited)
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||||||||
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Revenue
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$
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189,882
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$
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252,086
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||||
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Cost of revenue
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105,798
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137,206
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||||||
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Gross profit
|
84,084
|
114,880
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||||||
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Operating expenses:
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||||||||
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Research and development
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28,138
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32,975
|
||||||
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Sales and marketing
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63,938
|
34,432
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||||||
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General and administrative
|
11,193
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14,501
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||||||
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Total operating expenses
|
103,269
|
81,908
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||||||
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Operating profit (loss)
|
(19,185
|
)
|
32,972
|
|||||
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Financial expenses (income), net
|
(1,870
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)
|
1,454
|
|||||
|
Profit (loss) before income taxes
|
(17,315
|
)
|
31,518
|
|||||
|
Income taxes
|
541
|
1,163
|
||||||
|
Net profit (loss) attributable to ordinary shareholders
|
$
|
(17,856
|
)
|
$
|
30,355
|
|||
|
Net profit (loss) per share attributable to ordinary shareholders, basic
|
$
|
(0.11
|
)
|
0.18
|
||||
|
Net profit (loss) per share attributable to ordinary shareholders, diluted
|
(0.11
|
)
|
0.17
|
|||||
|
Weighted-average shares used in computing net loss per share attributable to ordinary shareholders, basic
|
169,346,771
|
168,262,673
|
||||||
|
Weighted-average shares used in computing net loss per share attributable to ordinary shareholders, diluted
|
169,346,771
|
174,006,949
|
||||||
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Three Months Ended
|
||||||||
|
March 31,
|
||||||||
|
2025
|
2026
|
|||||||
|
(Unaudited)
|
||||||||
|
Operating activities
|
||||||||
|
Net profit (loss)
|
$
|
(17,856
|
)
|
$
|
30,355
|
|||
|
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash provided by operating activities:
|
||||||||
|
Depreciation and amortization
|
536
|
605
|
||||||
|
Share-based compensation expense
|
8,793
|
9,950
|
||||||
|
Commercial agreement asset amortization
|
37,017
|
531
|
||||||
|
Intangible assets amortization
|
4,402
|
5,978
|
||||||
|
Changes in accrued interest and exchange rate on short-term deposits
|
(842
|
)
|
(5
|
)
|
||||
|
Unrealized loss (gain) on foreign currency
|
(1,477
|
)
|
(1,205
|
)
|
||||
|
Accounts receivable
|
6,471
|
11,557
|
||||||
|
Prepaid expenses and other assets
|
(28,405
|
)
|
5,381
|
|||||
|
Funds receivable
|
(9,182
|
)
|
4,375
|
|||||
|
Long-term receivables
|
101
|
316
|
||||||
|
Funds payable to customers
|
(35,500
|
)
|
(65,472
|
)
|
||||
|
Operating lease ROU assets
|
1,064
|
1,040
|
||||||
|
Deferred contract acquisition and fulfillment costs
|
(101
|
)
|
28
|
|||||
|
Accounts payable
|
(12,375
|
)
|
(25,759
|
)
|
||||
|
Accrued expenses and other liabilities
|
(23,710
|
)
|
(49,276
|
)
|
||||
|
Operating lease liabilities
|
(983
|
)
|
(953
|
)
|
||||
|
Net cash (used in) provided by operating activities
|
(72,047
|
)
|
(72,554
|
)
|
||||
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Investing activities
|
||||||||
|
Investment in marketable securities
|
(17,768
|
)
|
(4,406
|
)
|
||||
|
Proceeds from marketable securities
|
999
|
3,391
|
||||||
|
Investment in short-term investments and deposits
|
(70,972
|
)
|
(112,980
|
)
|
||||
|
Proceeds from short-term investments
|
67,059
|
112,930
|
||||||
|
Investment in long-term deposits
|
-
|
(136
|
)
|
|||||
|
Purchases of property and equipment
|
(548
|
)
|
(361
|
)
|
||||
|
Net cash (used in) provided by investing activities
|
(21,230
|
)
|
(1,562
|
)
|
||||
|
Financing activities
|
||||||||
|
Repurchase of shares
|
-
|
(58,945
|
)
|
|||||
|
Proceeds from exercise of share options
|
210
|
81
|
||||||
|
Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities
|
210
|
(58,864
|
)
|
|||||
|
Exchange rate differences on balances of cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash
|
1,477
|
1,205
|
||||||
|
Net increase (decrease) in cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash
|
(91,590
|
)
|
(131,775
|
)
|
||||
|
Cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash—beginning of period
|
331,682
|
374,915
|
||||||
|
Cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash—end of period
|
$
|
240,092
|
$
|
243,140
|
||||
|
Three Months Ended
|
||||||||||||||||
|
March 31,
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||||||||||||||||
|
2025
|
2026
|
|||||||||||||||
|
(Unaudited)
|
||||||||||||||||
|
Key performance metrics
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Gross Merchandise Value
|
1,242,514
|
1,742,121
|
||||||||||||||
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Adjusted EBITDA (a)
|
31,563
|
50,159
|
||||||||||||||
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Revenue by Category
|
||||||||||||||||
|
Service fees
|
83,983
|
44
|
%
|
120,820
|
48
|
%
|
||||||||||
|
Fulfillment services
|
105,899
|
56
|
%
|
131,266
|
52
|
%
|
||||||||||
|
Total revenue
|
$
|
189,882
|
100
|
%
|
$
|
252,086
|
100
|
%
|
||||||||
|
Revenue by merchant outbound region
|
||||||||||||||||
|
United States
|
100,554
|
53
|
%
|
126,379
|
50
|
%
|
||||||||||
|
United Kingdom
|
41,747
|
22
|
%
|
47,271
|
19
|
%
|
||||||||||
|
European Union
|
33,530
|
18
|
%
|
53,404
|
21
|
%
|
||||||||||
|
Israel
|
401
|
0
|
%
|
367
|
0
|
%
|
||||||||||
|
Other
|
13,650
|
7
|
%
|
24,665
|
10
|
%
|
||||||||||
|
Total revenue
|
$
|
189,882
|
100
|
%
|
$
|
252,086
|
100
|
%
|
||||||||
| (a) |
See reconciliation to Adjusted EBITDA table
|
|
Three Months Ended
|
||||||||
|
March 31,
|
||||||||
|
2025
|
2026
|
|||||||
|
(Unaudited)
|
||||||||
|
Gross profit
|
84,084
|
114,880
|
||||||
|
Amortization of acquired intangibles included in cost of revenue
|
2,198
|
3,574
|
||||||
|
Non-GAAP gross profit
|
86,282
|
118,454
|
||||||
|
Three Months Ended
|
||||||||
|
March 31,
|
||||||||
|
2025
|
2026
|
|||||||
|
(Unaudited)
|
||||||||
|
Net profit (loss)
|
(17,856
|
)
|
30,355
|
|||||
|
Income tax (benefit) expenses
|
541
|
1,163
|
||||||
|
Financial expenses (income), net
|
(1,870
|
)
|
1,454
|
|||||
|
Stock-based compensation:
|
||||||||
|
Cost of revenue
|
267
|
255
|
||||||
|
Research and development
|
3,625
|
4,449
|
||||||
|
Selling and marketing
|
1,438
|
1,621
|
||||||
|
General and administrative
|
3,463
|
3,625
|
||||||
|
Total stock-based compensation
|
8,793
|
9,950
|
||||||
|
Depreciation and amortization
|
536
|
605
|
||||||
|
Commercial agreement asset amortization
|
37,017
|
531
|
||||||
|
Merger related contingent consideration
|
-
|
123
|
||||||
|
Amortization of acquired intangibles
|
4,402
|
5,978
|
||||||
|
Adjusted EBITDA
|
31,563
|
50,159
|
||||||
|
Three Months Ended
|
||||||||
|
March 31,
|
||||||||
|
2025
|
2026
|
|||||||
|
(Unaudited)
|
||||||||
|
Net cash (used in) provided by operating activities
|
(72,047
|
)
|
(72,554
|
)
|
||||
|
Purchase of property and equipment
|
(548
|
)
|
(361
|
)
|
||||
|
Free Cash Flow
|
(72,595
|
)
|
(72,915
|
)
|
||||
|
Three Months Ended
|
||||||||
|
March 31,
|
||||||||
|
2025
|
2026
|
|||||||
|
(Unaudited)
|
||||||||
|
Net profit (loss)
|
$
|
(17,856
|
)
|
$
|
30,355
|
|||
|
Stock-based compensation
|
8,793
|
9,950
|
||||||
|
Commercial agreement asset amortization
|
37,017
|
531
|
||||||
|
Amortization of acquired intangibles
|
4,402
|
5,978
|
||||||
|
Merger related contingent consideration
|
-
|
123
|
||||||
|
Non-GAAP net profit
|
$
|
32,356
|
$
|
46,937
|
||||
|
|
||||||||
|
Non-GAAP net profit per share, basic
|
$
|
0.19
|
$
|
0.28
|
||||
|
Non-GAAP net profit per share, diluted
|
$
|
0.18
|
$
|
0.27
|
||||
|
Weighted-average shares used in computing Non-GAAP net profit per share attributable to ordinary shareholders, basic
|
169,346,771
|
168,262,673
|
||||||
|
Weighted-average shares used in computing Non-GAAP net profit per share attributable to ordinary shareholders, diluted
|
176,050,241
|
174,006,949
|
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