Q3 U.S. Galleri Revenue Grew 28% Year-Over-Year to $32.6 Million
Q3 Galleri Tests Sold Grew 39% Year-Over-Year to More Than 45,000
Galleri PMA Submission to FDA Now Anticipated in Q126
Cash Position of More Than $850 Million Includes Recently Completed Private Placement
MENLO PARK, Calif., Nov. 12, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — GRAIL, Inc. (Nasdaq: GRAL), a healthcare company whose mission is to detect cancer early when it can be cured, today reported business and financial results for the third quarter of 2025.
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Total revenue in the third quarter grew 26% year-over-year to $36.2 million, and Galleri revenue grew 29% year-over-year to $32.8 million. U.S. Galleri revenue was $32.6 million, representing 28% growth year-over-year. Net loss for the quarter was $89.0 million. Gross loss was $13.7 million. Non-GAAP adjusted gross profit was $20.0 million, and non-GAAP adjusted EBITDA was $(71.7) million.1
“We remain very pleased by Galleri’s commercial uptake with 39% growth in Galleri test volume in the third quarter. Our teams continue to build awareness of Galleri among providers and patients, and recent data from our registrational PATHFINDER 2 study adds to the evidence base,” said Bob Ragusa, Chief Executive Officer at GRAIL. “We have also made key recent strides in opportunities beyond the U.S., led by our strategic collaboration with Samsung to bring Galleri to key Asian markets, as well as Galleri’s commercial introduction in Canada. Looking ahead, we anticipate completing our PMA submission for Galleri to the FDA in the first quarter of 2026.”
For the three months ended September 30, 2025, as compared to the three months ended September 30, 2024, GRAIL reported:
Revenue: Total revenue, comprised of screening and development services revenue, was $36.2 million, an increase of $7.5 million or 26%.
Net loss: Net loss was $89.0 million, an improvement of $36.7 million or 29%.
Gross loss: Gross loss was $13.7 million, an improvement of $8.5 million or 38%.
Adjusted gross profit1: Adjusted gross profit was $20.0 million, an increase of $8.2 million or 69%.
Adjusted EBITDA1: Adjusted EBITDA was $(71.7) million, an improvement of $36.5 million or 34%.
Cash position: Cash, cash equivalents, restricted cash and short-term marketable securities totaled $547.1 million as of September 30, 2025.
Recent business highlights include:
Positive results from PATHFINDER 2 and SYMPLIFY studies add to the evidence base for the effectiveness of multi-cancer early detection.
Positive detailed performance and safety results from the pre-specified analysis of the first approximately 25,000 participants in the registrational PATHFINDER 2 study were presented at the European Society of Medical Oncology (“ESMO”) Congress 2025 in October:
Adding Galleri to recommended screenings for breast, cervical, colorectal, and lung cancers (USPSTF A and B recommendations) led to a more than seven-fold increase in the number of cancers found within a year
Galleri detected approximately three times as many cancers when added to standard-of-care screening for breast, cervical, colorectal, lung, and prostate cancers (USPSTF A, B, and C recommendations)
Approximately three-quarters of the cancers detected by Galleri do not have standard of care screening options
More than half of the new cancers detected by Galleri were stage 1 or 2 and more than two-thirds were detected at stages 1-3
Galleri positive predictive value (“PPV”), or the likelihood of receiving a cancer diagnosis following a positive test result, was 61.6%
Specificity was 99.6%, translating to a false positive rate of 0.4%
Cancer signal of origin accuracy was 92%, leading to efficient diagnostic workups
Diagnostic resolution took a median of 46 days, and only 0.6% of all participants had an invasive procedure and invasive procedures were two times more common in participants with cancer than in those without
No serious, study-related adverse events were reported
Positive long-term results from an extended registry follow-up of the SYMPLIFY study with the University of Oxford were presented at the Early Detection of Cancer Conference (“EDCC”) in October. A previous primary analysis, published in The Lancet Oncology, followed participants until diagnostic resolution or up to nine months and demonstrated Galleri’s PPV was 75.5%. Patients reported to have a false positive Galleri result were followed for 24 months in national cancer registries for England and Wales.
The updated analysis presented at EDCC showed that approximately one-third of participants initially believed to have a false positive result were later diagnosed with cancer during the subsequent follow up period
This reduction in false positives resulted in an increase of Galleri’s PPV in this symptomatic population to 84.2%
Announced a collaboration with Medcan, a global leader in proactive health and wellness services, to provide access to the Galleri test at Medcan’s clinics. Additionally, Manulife Canada announced it now offers access to Galleri, in partnership with Medcan, to eligible life insurance customers through its innovative Manulife Vitality program.
Announced a strategic collaboration with Samsung in October to bring the Galleri test to key Asian markets. Subject to execution of definitive agreements, the parties will work as exclusive partners to commercialize Galleri in Korea, and possibly other key Asian markets, including Japan and Singapore. In addition, the parties intend to explore potential additional strategic and operational collaborations. Samsung has also agreed to make an equity investment of $110 million in GRAIL, subject to closing conditions.
Completed a private placement of equity in October resulting in gross proceeds of approximately $325 million, before deducting placement agents’ fees and other expenses. Including proceeds from this transaction, GRAIL’s cash position of more than $850 million provides runway into 2030.
1 See “Non-GAAP Disclosure” and the associated reconciliations for important information about our use of non-GAAP measures.
Conference Call and Webcast A webcast and conference call will be held today, Nov. 12, 2025, at 1:30 p.m. PT / 4:30 p.m. ET. Individuals interested in listening to the conference call may access it on the investor relations section of GRAIL’s website at investors.grail.com.
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A replay of the webcast will be available on GRAIL’s website for 30 days.
GRAIL Analyst Day 2025 Tomorrow GRAIL will host its Analyst Day 2025 tomorrow, Nov. 13, 2025, at the Company’s central laboratories in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina beginning at 8:00 a.m. PT / 11:00 a.m. ET.
The live webcast and recorded replay will be available at the investor relations section of GRAIL’s website at investors.grail.com and at https://grail-analyst-day-2025.open-exchange.net/registration.
About GRAIL GRAIL, Inc. is a healthcare company whose mission is to detect cancer early, when it can be cured. GRAIL is focused on alleviating the global burden of cancer by using the power of next-generation sequencing, population-scale clinical studies, and state-of-the-art machine learning, software, and automation to detect and identify multiple deadly cancer types in earlier stages. GRAIL’s targeted methylation-based platform can support the continuum of care for screening and precision oncology, including multi-cancer early detection in symptomatic patients, risk stratification, minimal residual disease detection, biomarker subtyping, treatment and recurrence monitoring. GRAIL is headquartered in Menlo Park, CA with locations in Washington, D.C., North Carolina, and the United Kingdom. GRAIL’s common stock is listed under the ticker symbol “GRAL” on the NASDAQ Stock Exchange.
For more information, visit grail.com.
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About Galleri® The Galleri multi-cancer early detection test is a proactive tool to screen for cancer. With a simple blood draw, the Galleri test can identify DNA shed by cancer cells, which can act as a unique “fingerprint” of cancer, to help screen for some of the deadliest cancers that don’t have recommended screening today, such as pancreatic, esophageal, ovarian, liver, and others. The Galleri test can be used to screen for cancer before a person becomes symptomatic, when cancer may be more easily treated and potentially curable. The Galleri test can indicate the origin of the cancer, giving healthcare providers a roadmap of where to explore further. The Galleri test requires a prescription from a licensed healthcare provider and should be used in addition to recommended cancer screenings such as mammography, colonoscopy, prostate-specific antigen (PSA) test, or cervical cancer screening. The Galleri test is recommended for adults with an elevated risk for cancer, such as those aged 50 or older.
For more information, visit galleri.com.
Laboratory/Test Information GRAIL’s clinical laboratory is certified under the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988 (CLIA) and accredited by the College of American Pathologists. The Galleri test was developed, and its performance characteristics were determined by GRAIL. The Galleri test has not been cleared or approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. GRAIL’s clinical laboratory is regulated under CLIA to perform high-complexity testing. The Galleri test is intended for clinical purposes.
Non-GAAP Disclosure In addition to our financial results provided throughout this press release that are determined in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”), this press release also includes financial measures that are not calculated in accordance with GAAP. Our non-GAAP financial disclosure includes Adjusted Gross Profit (Loss) and Adjusted EBITDA. We encourage investors to carefully consider our results under GAAP in conjunction with our supplemental non-GAAP information and the reconciliation between these presentations.
Adjusted Gross Profit (Loss) is a key performance measure that our management uses to assess our operational performance, as it represents the results of revenues and direct costs, which are key components of our operations. We believe that this non-GAAP financial measure is useful to investors and other interested parties in analyzing our financial performance because it reflects the gross profitability of our operations, and excludes the costs associated with our sales and marketing, product development, general and administrative activities, and depreciation and amortization, and the impact of our financing methods and income taxes.
We calculate Adjusted Gross Profit (Loss) as gross profit (loss) (as defined below) adjusted to exclude amortization of intangible assets and stock-based compensation allocated to cost of revenue. Adjusted Gross Profit (Loss) should be viewed as a measure of operating performance that is a supplement to, and not a substitute for, operating income or loss from operations, net earnings or loss and other GAAP measures of income (loss) or profitability. The following table presents a reconciliation of gross loss, the most directly comparable financial measure calculated in accordance with GAAP, to Adjusted Gross Profit.
Adjusted EBITDA is a key performance measure that our management uses to assess our financial performance and is also used for internal planning and forecasting purposes. We believe that this non-GAAP financial measure is useful to investors and other interested parties in analyzing our financial performance because it provides a comparable overview of our operations across historical periods. In addition, we believe that providing Adjusted EBITDA, together with a reconciliation of net income (loss) to Adjusted EBITDA, helps investors make comparisons between our company and other companies that may have different capital structures, different tax rates, different operational and ownership histories, and/or different forms of employee compensation.
Adjusted EBITDA is used by our management team as an additional measure of our performance for purposes of business decision-making, including managing expenditures. Period-to-period comparisons of Adjusted EBITDA help our management identify additional trends in our financial results that may not be shown solely by period-to-period comparisons of net income (loss) or income (loss) from operations. Our management recognizes that Adjusted EBITDA has inherent limitations because of the excluded items, and may not be directly comparable to similarly titled metrics used by other companies.
We calculate Adjusted EBITDA as net income (loss) adjusted to exclude interest (income) expense, income tax expense (benefit), depreciation, impairment of goodwill and intangible assets, and amortization of intangible assets, which represent intangible assets resulting from pushdown accounting, legal and professional services fees related to Illumina’s acquisition of the Company in August 2021 (“the Acquisition”) and corresponding antitrust litigation, including compliance with the hold separate arrangements imposed by the European Commission, and our divestment from Illumina, restructuring charges, and stock-based compensation. We believe that the items subject to these further adjustments are not indicative of our ongoing operations due to their nature, especially considering the impact of certain items as a result of the Acquisition.
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Adjusted EBITDA should be viewed as a measure of operating performance that is a supplement to, and not a substitute for, operating income or loss from operations, net earnings or loss and other U.S. GAAP measures of income (loss). Additionally, it is not intended to be a measure of free cash flow for management’s discretionary use, as it does not consider certain cash requirements such as interest and tax payments. Further, our definition of Adjusted EBITDA may differ from similarly titled measures used by other companies and therefore may not be comparable among companies. The following table presents a reconciliation of net loss, the most directly comparable financial measure calculated in accordance with U.S. GAAP, to Adjusted EBITDA on a consolidated basis.
Full reconciliation of these non-GAAP measures to the most comparable GAAP measures is set forth in tabular form below.
Forward-Looking Statements This press release contains forward-looking statements. In some cases, you can identify these statements by forward-looking words such as “aim,” “anticipate,” “believe,” “continue,” “could,” “estimate,” “expect,” “intend,” “may,” “might,” “plan,” “potential,” “predict,” “should,” “would,” or “will,” the negative of these terms, and other comparable terminology. These forward-looking statements, which are subject to risks, uncertainties, and assumptions about us, may include expectations and projections of our future financial performance, future tests or products, patient awareness of our products, technology, clinical studies, safety results, regulatory compliance, potential market opportunity, anticipated growth strategies, restructuring costs, sufficiency of cash on hand to finance our business, cost savings, budgets and strategies, satisfaction of closing conditions and negotiation of definitive agreements in the Samsung collaboration, and growth and anticipated trends in our business.
These statements are only predictions based on our current expectations and projections about future events and trends. There are important factors that could cause our actual results, level of activity, performance, or achievements to differ materially and adversely from those expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements, including those factors and numerous associated risks discussed under the sections entitled “Risk Factors” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the period ended December 31, 2024 and in our Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the periods ended March 31, 2025, June 30, 2025 and September 30, 2025. Moreover, we operate in a dynamic and rapidly changing environment. New risks emerge from time to time. It is not possible for our management to predict all risks, nor can we assess the impact of all factors on our business or the extent to which any factor, or combination of factors, may cause actual results, level of activity, performance, or achievements to differ materially and adversely from those contained in any forward-looking statements we may make.
Forward-looking statements relate to the future and, accordingly, are subject to inherent uncertainties, risks, and changes in circumstances that are difficult to predict and many of which are outside of our control. Although we believe the expectations and projections expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements are reasonable, we cannot guarantee future results, level of activity, performance, or achievements. Our actual results and financial condition may differ materially from those indicated in the forward-looking statements. Except to the extent required by law, we undertake no obligation to update any of these forward-looking statements after the date of this press release to conform our prior statements to actual results or revised expectations or to reflect new information or the occurrence of unanticipated events.
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GRAIL, Inc.
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets
(unaudited)
(amounts in thousands, except share and per share data)
September 30, 2025
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December 31, 2024
Assets
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents
$ 126,892
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$ 214,234
Short-term marketable securities
413,238
549,236
Accounts receivable, net
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16,282
20,312
Supplies
18,390
18,632
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Prepaid expenses and other current assets
14,579
17,447
Total current assets
589,381
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819,861
Property and equipment, net
56,180
69,061
Operating lease right-of-use assets
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56,061
66,373
Restricted cash
6,974
3,349
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Intangible assets, net
1,885,140
2,016,890
Other non-current assets
7,295
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7,773
Total assets
$ 2,601,031
$ 2,983,307
Liabilities and stockholders’ equity
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Current liabilities:
Accounts payable
$ 3,407
$ 4,844
Accrued liabilities
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58,076
57,241
Operating lease liabilities, current portion
14,022
13,260
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Other current liabilities
1,928
1,580
Total current liabilities
77,433
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76,925
Operating lease liabilities, net of current portion
44,568
54,881
Deferred tax liability, net
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236,265
345,860
Other non-current liabilities
2,802
2,236
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Total liabilities
361,068
479,902
Preferred stock, par value of $0.001 per share; 50,000,000 shares authorized, no shares issued and outstanding as of September 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024
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Common stock $0.001 par value per share, 1,500,000,000 shares authorized, 36,160,998 shares issued and outstanding as of September 30, 2025, 33,893,409 shares issued and outstanding as of December 31, 2024
36
34
Additional paid-in capital
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12,349,976
12,305,250
Accumulated other comprehensive income
2,456
1,451
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Accumulated deficit
(10,112,505)
(9,803,330)
Total stockholders’ equity
2,239,963
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2,503,405
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity
$ 2,601,031
$ 2,983,307
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GRAIL, Inc.
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations
(unaudited)
(amounts in thousands, except share and per share data)
Three Months Ended
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Nine Months Ended
September 30, 2025
September 30, 2024
September 30, 2025
September 30, 2024
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Revenue:
Screening revenue
$ 32,807
$ 25,374
$ 96,319
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$ 77,076
Development services revenue
3,387
3,278
7,256
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10,267
Total revenue
36,194
28,652
103,575
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87,343
Costs and operating expenses:
Cost of screening revenue (exclusive of amortization of intangible assets)
15,910
15,970
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52,379
45,481
Cost of development services revenue
544
1,442
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2,216
3,499
Cost of revenue — amortization of intangible assets
33,473
33,473
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100,417
100,417
Research and development
48,647
78,231
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148,898
274,052
Sales and marketing
25,503
35,625
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89,021
123,433
General and administrative
37,408
47,418
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120,396
171,745
Goodwill and intangible assets impairment
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28,000
1,420,936
Total costs and operating expenses
161,485
212,159
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541,327
2,139,563
Loss from operations
(125,291)
(183,507)
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(437,752)
(2,052,220)
Other income:
Interest income
6,107
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11,661
20,695
17,367
Other income (expense), net
466
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(561)
(929)
(514)
Total other income, net
6,573
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11,100
19,766
16,853
Loss before income taxes
(118,718)
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(172,407)
(417,986)
(2,035,367)
Benefit from income taxes
29,741
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46,719
108,811
105,428
Net loss
$ (88,977)
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$ (125,688)
$ (309,175)
$ (1,929,939)
Net loss per share — Basic and Diluted
$ (2.46)
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$ (3.94)
$ (8.73)
$ (61.61)
Weighted-average shares of common stock used in computing net loss per share:
36,124,256
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31,880,054
35,415,266
31,326,117
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GRAIL, Inc.
Reconciliation of GAAP to Non-GAAP Financial Measures
(unaudited)
(amounts in thousands)
Three Months Ended
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Nine Months Ended
September 30, 2025
September 30, 2024
September 30, 2025
September 30, 2024
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Gross loss (1)
$ (13,733)
$ (22,233)
$ (51,437)
$ (62,054)
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Amortization of intangible assets
33,473
33,473
100,417
100,417
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Stock-based compensation
271
578
1,450
1,522
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Adjusted Gross Profit
$ 20,011
$ 11,818
$ 50,430
$ 39,885
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(1)
Gross loss is calculated as total revenue less cost of screening revenue (exclusive of amortization of intangible assets), cost of development services revenue and cost of revenue—amortization of intangible assets.
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GRAIL, Inc.
Reconciliation of GAAP to Non-GAAP Financial Measures
(unaudited)
(amounts in thousands)
Three Months Ended
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Nine Months Ended
September 30, 2025
September 30, 2024
September 30, 2025
September 30, 2024
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Net loss
$ (88,977)
$ (125,688)
$ (309,175)
$ (1,929,939)
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Adjusted to exclude the following:
Interest income
(6,107)
(11,661)
(20,695)
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(17,367)
Benefit from income tax expense
(29,741)
(46,719)
(108,811)
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(105,428)
Amortization of intangible assets (1)
34,583
34,583
103,750
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103,750
Depreciation
4,399
4,647
13,686
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14,865
Goodwill and intangible impairment (2)
—
—
28,000
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1,420,936
Illumina/GRAIL merger & divestiture legal and professional services costs(3)
—
226
—
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22,158
Stock-based compensation(4)
14,139
17,449
44,518
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72,502
Restructuring(5)
—
19,007
(34)
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19,007
Adjusted EBITDA
$ (71,704)
$ (108,156)
$ (248,761)
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$ (399,516)
(1)
Represents amortization of intangible assets, including developed technology and trade names.
(2)
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Reflects impairment of goodwill and intangible assets recognized as a result of the Acquisition.
(3)
Represents legal and professional services costs associated with the Acquisition and corresponding antitrust litigation, including compliance with the hold separate arrangements imposed by the European Commission, and legal and professional services costs associated with the divestiture.
(4)
Represents all stock-based compensation recognized on our standalone financial statements for the periods presented.
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(5)
Represents employee severance, benefits, payroll taxes, and other costs associated with the Restructuring Plan.
An actively managed ETF, Akre Focus targets high-quality U.S. companies with strong returns and disciplined management.
On Feb. 4, 2026, Mesirow Financial Investment Management, Inc. disclosed a new position in the professionally managed Akre Focus ETF(AKRE +0.00%).
What happened
According to an SEC filing dated Feb. 4, 2026, Mesirow Financial Investment Management acquired 2,012,662 shares. The value of the position was $131.8 million as of Dec. 31, 2025. The quarter-end value of the position matched the estimated trade size based on the ETF’s average trading price during the quarter.
This is a new position for the fund, representing 2.7% of its 13F-reported AUM in the filing.
Top holdings after the period include:
UNK: BRK-B: $408 million (8.4% of AUM)
NASDAQ: AAPL: $271 million (5.6% of AUM)
NYSEMKT: MOAT: $205 million (4.2% of AUM)
NASDAQ: GOOG: $164 million (3.4% of AUM)
NASDAQ: MSFT: $140 million (2.9% of AUM)
As of Feb. 4, 2026, AKRE shares were priced at $58.33, or 14.5% below the 52-week high.
AKRE was down 14.5% over the last year, underperforming the S&P 500 by 30 percentage points.
Company Overview
Metric
Value
Fund assets
$7.5 billion
Price (as of market close 2/4/26)
$58.33
Sector
Financial Services
Industry
Asset Management
Company Snapshot
Offers a diversified portfolio of U.S. equities, preferred stocks, warrants, options, cash equivalents, and select foreign securities.
Operates as an actively managed ETF, seeking to invest in companies with high returns on capital, strong management, and attractive reinvestment opportunities.
Provides exposure to high-quality U.S. and select global equities through a concentrated, fundamentals-driven investment approach.
Akre Focus ETF is an actively managed fund specializing in high-quality U.S. companies with strong shareholder returns and disciplined management. The fund’s strategy emphasizes purchasing businesses at reasonable valuations, with flexibility to invest in a range of equity-like instruments and up to 35% in foreign securities. The ETF’s competitive advantage lies in its focused, fundamentals-driven selection process and its ability to adapt allocations based on valuation and opportunity.
What this transaction means for investors
Mesirow Financial Investment Management holds an extensive portfolio mixed with quality growth stocks and ETFs. Notably, the firm reduced positions in several holdings last quarter, including large-cap tech stocks like Apple, Microsoft, and Alphabet, while adding a relatively large position in the Akre Focus ETF.
AKRE is a new ETF version of the famous mutual fund by the same name, which has put together a solid record since its 2009 inception. The fund holds a portfolio of around 20 to 30 quality stocks that the manager has thoroughly researched and believes can compound at above-average rates over the long term.
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Since 2009, AKRE has returned about 14% annually — almost identical to the S&P 500 return. But over the last five years, it has underperformed by about six percentage points annually.
After a year that saw tech stocks soar, Mesirow is rotating out of some of its winners and into a quality, actively managed fund that could see better days ahead. AKRE’s focus on looking for undervalued “compounding machines” could pay off for patient investors.
John Ballard has no position in any of the stocks mentioned. The Motley Fool has positions in and recommends Alphabet, Apple, Berkshire Hathaway, and Microsoft. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy.
Election officials prepare the Assembly Chambers for in-person voters on Monday, March 24, 2025. (Bill Roth / ADN)
Half of the Anchorage Assembly’s seats will be decided in this April’s municipal election. According to campaign finance reports submitted to the Alaska Public Offices Commission earlier this week, many of the six races are close in terms of fundraising, with some exceptions.
In the years since Anchorage shifted to mail-based balloting for its elections, many candidates have generally adjusted their spending strategies, retaining cash until March, when voters begin receiving their ballot packets. Several of this cycle’s candidates appear to have held off on major spending. But a number of challengers seeking to knock off incumbents have made significant expenditures already.
Voters will begin receiving their ballots in the mail in mid-March, and ballots are due back by the April 7 deadline.
District 1 – Downtown/North Anchorage
Assembly Chair Chris Constant is barred by term limits from running again. Four candidates are vying to fill his seat, though only two reported significant fundraising and campaign expenditures.
Sydney Scout reported raising $50,130 since launching her campaign last year. She’s spent a little more than half of that, with close to $23,000 in cash still on hand.
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Among Scout’s donors are a number ofpolitical action groups representing labor and public safety unions. She saw a few larger contributions from local donors but overwhelmingly reported smaller contributions under $500. Among her financial supporters are many prominent local politicos, including several current members of the Assembly and AnchorageSchool Board, as well as Democratic groups.
Most of her $27,509 in expenditures so far have gone to campaign services paid to Amber Lee Strategies, as well as $7,500 to True Blue Associates, a strategy firm run by two former progressive bloggers who have worked for Democrats in the Legislature in the past. There are a number of purchases for ads on Meta’s social media platforms, Facebook and Instagram, as well as in-person campaign events.
Justin Milette reported raising $36,771 in his Alaska Public Offices Commission disclosure, withat least $13,000 from Milette himself. He received several other major donations, including $5,000 from a loan officer at Alaska Growth Capital, another $5,000 from a local attorney and $2,500 from independent investor Justin Weaver. That was about the same amount Weaver contributed to Scout’s campaign.
Milette received contributions from a number of prominent local political figures and advocates, including Republican gubernatorial candidate Treg Taylor and Sami Graham, who briefly served as chief of staff for former Mayor Dave Bronson.
Most of Milette’s spending — $22,566 — has gone to the firm Red Dirt Campaigns for a range of services, including donor data, printing, canvassing data and media products.
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Two other candidates filed to run for the seat, Nicholas Danger and Max Powers. Danger reported no campaign income. Powers had not submitted a fundraising disclosure report to APOC as of Thursday.
District 2 – Eagle River
Assembly member Scott Myers, who currently represents the communities north of the Anchorage Bowl, is not running for a second term.
First-time candidate Donald Handeland reported raising more than $40,000, of which a little more than $26,000 has been spent so far.
Though Handeland reported contributing $2,500 of his own money, he raised the overwhelming majority of his funds through relatively modest donations from well over a hundred people.
Many prominent conservatives show up on Handeland’s donor rolls, including former heads of the Alaska Republican Party Tuckerman Babcock, Randy Ruedrich and Peter Goldberg; both of the district’s current Assembly members, Myers and Jared Goecker; and many of the individuals who regularly contributed to Bronson’s mayoral campaigns.
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Handeland reported spending more than $13,000 on campaign services from Red Dirt Campaigns. He also bought digital ads on social media. He split costs with four other candidates for a fundraising event called “Axe the Tax” at a local ax-throwing parlor. The fundraiser was premised on candidates’ shared opposition to a proposed city sales tax,which was eventually pulled back by Mayor Suzanne LaFrance in early January.
Campaigning against Handeland is Kyle Walker, who ran unsuccessfully to represent the district during the last cycle. Of the $8,258 he reported raising, $5,500 came from union PAC contributions. The remainder were small individual donors.
Though Walker reported a little more than $4,000 in expenses so far, he listed another $13,666 in financial commitments to the Ship Creek Group for campaign management and a comprehensive suite of services. Ship Creek has been a major player in local politics, working primarily with moderate and left-leaning candidates, but is attached to only one other Assembly campaign this cycle.
District 3 – West Anchorage
The race is a rematch of the 2023 contest for the same seat, in which Assembly Vice Chair Anna Brawley beat challenger Brian Flynn by a 17-point margin. Then as now, there is a lot of money flowing to both candidates.
So far, Flynn has outraised Brawley but is also spending down his war chest more aggressively, primarily on campaign services by firms both inside and outside of Alaska.
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Brawley reported $52,044 in campaign contributions, including thousands of dollars from just under a dozen organized labor PACs. Her largest individual donor was retired banker Victor Mollozzi, who contributed $4,000 in two separate installments. Among her prominent backers are current members of the Assembly and school board, Democratic former U.S. Sen. Mark Begich and Democratic gubernatorial candidate and former state Rep. Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins.
Brawley has spent several thousand dollars so far on campaign services from Amber Lee Strategies, the same firm that handled her 2023 run. She’s also paid for printed signs, as well as access to the Alaska Democratic Party’s voter information. But most of her resources are in reserve. Brawley listed $17,400 committed to the The Mobilization Center, a local outfit that handles field operations for political campaigns.
Flynn reported raising $81,663. Among his contributors are a number of prominent local Republican and conservative politicians, including outgoing School Board member and current Assembly candidate Dave Donley, Republican former House Minority Leader and current state Rep. Mia Costello, and former Anchorage first lady Deb Bronson.
Flynn received a few hefty donations from individuals. John and Kari Ellsworth, who own part of the Anchorage Wolverines junior hockey franchise, gave a combined $6,500. Business owners Teresa Hall and Diane Bachman each gave $5,000.
According to Flynn’s APOC report, he’s spent $63,414. The biggest portion of that, more than $21,000, has gone to Optima Public Relations, a Wasilla-based firm that primarily handles conservative and Republican political campaigns. He also spent more than $7,000 on direct mail handled by national Republican consulting firm Axiom Strategies, and several hundred dollars more to its polling arm Remington Research for text messaging services. A $3,700 expenditure was listed to former Assembly candidate Travis Szanto for “putting up signs, sign frames.”
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District 4 – Midtown
Incumbent Felix Rivera is terming off the Assembly. The race to replace him is between two older candidates who both have experience with local political campaigns, and are roughly even on their fundraising and expenditures so far.
Dave Donley has served as a Republican in the Alaska Legislature, and is winding down three terms on the Anchorage School Board. He reported raising close to $39,000 so far, of which he’s spent almost $28,000. A number of influential conservative politicians, both current and former, chipped in to his campaign, including gubernatorial candidates Treg Taylor and Shelley Hughes, as well as former Anchorage mayors Rick Mystrom and George Wuerch. He also received contributions from several union PACs.
Donley’s main expenditures include services provided by Red Dirt Campaigns, which range from consulting work and data to social media and content production. He’s also spent money advertising on conservative opinion blogs.
Paralegal and former nurse Janice Park reported raising $42,226, and has spent less than half of that. Park has unsuccessfullyrun several times for legislative positions as a Democrat. She received contributions from several current and former Democratic lawmakers, as well as current members of the Assembly and the Anchorage Democrats. Her largest contributor was Justin Weaver, the private investor, who so far has donated $14,000 to Park.
Park has made a lot of small ad buys to Meta for social media reach, as well as on traditional analog printed signs. But her largest expenditure is for “campaign consulting, including communications, compliance, and strategy” to True Blue Associates.
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Kim Winston, a third candidate who formally filed for the seat, reported no income to APOC.
District 5 – East Anchorage
Incumbent George Martinez is fending off a challenge from Cody Anderson, a retired non-commissioned Air Force officer and church pastor.
Martinez raised close to $11,000, most of it in new contributions from individual donors and unions, on top of $5,000 in money carried over from a past campaign. Several current Assembly members chipped in modest amounts, along with a $300 contribution from the Anchorage Democrats.
Martinez only listed $5,634 in campaign spending so far. The two largest expenditures in his APOC report were $1,000 for “promotion/advertisement” to a company based in Miami, Florida, and $1,256 to Alaska Airlines for “travel,” with no additional details listed in the report.
Anderson reported raising $45,878, however his campaign finance disclosure listed payments to his campaign manager and other substantial expenditures as income, distorting the total by more than $16,000, according to a review of hisAPOC report.
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Among those donations are thousands of dollars from employees at Mountain City Church, where Anderson works, including $1,000 from former head Jerry Prevo and $2,000 from lead pastor Ron Hoffman. The Anchorage Republican Women’s Club donated $750.
Anderson’s biggest expenditures listed were $5,500 to his campaign manager for various services and $7,500 for content creation and social media placement to Stephanie Williams, who worked as a special assistant under former Mayor Bronson before resigning in 2021.
District 6 – South Anchorage
Incumbent Zac Johnson is running for a second term against Bruce Vergason, whose background is in business and construction, as well as a third candidate, Janelle Anausuk Sharp, an environmental scientist.
Johnson reported $33,272 in contributions, with $9,239 spent and more in future financial commitments to a local political firm.
Johnson received contributions from several organized labor groups, along with current and former members of the Assembly.
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He listed $11,500 in future payments committed to Ship Creek Group for comprehensive campaign management services.
In his APOC filing, Vergason listed $43,843 in fundraising and $17,052 in spending. He received major contributions from local business owner Susanne Gionet and physician John Nolte, who donated $5,000 each.
On top of $6,290 paid to Optima for campaign work, Vergason also paid $2,460 to election data firm i360 for canvassing services, along with significant outlays for sign printing. Vergason was part of January’s ax-themed fundraiser, coordinating with Handeland, Anderson, Donley and Flynn on the joint event.
Sharp appears to have raised around $3,500. Though her APOC disclosure listed a significantly higher figure, it erroneously categorized expenses as income. Cheryl Frasca, who is listed as her campaign treasurer, has a long record of handling compliance reports for political campaigns, including several current Republican gubernatorial candidates, and headed the municipality’s Office of Management and Budget under Bronson.
Outside of a $679 contribution to Optima for campaign logo design, Sharp’s biggest expenditure was $4,233 to The Business MD for services that include “assisting with general campaign strategy and organization, communications guidance, and outreach planning to help strengthen voter connection organization, all of which is advisory in nature.” The company is run by a local businesswoman focused on emotional intelligence coaching.