NASDAQ$TOON
Kartoon Studios Inc · Q1 2025 earnings
Q1 2025 earnings · · Before market open · Investor relations
Briefing
Kartoon Studios reported strong revenue growth and improved profitability in Q1 2025, driven by its Mainframe Animation Unit and Kartoon Channel! achieving profitability.
Kartoon Studios announced strong Q1 2025 results, with total revenue up 56.4% year-over-year, significant improvement in operating loss, and reduced G&A expenses. Mainframe Studios and Kartoon Channel! achieved profitability, contributing to the company's progress toward overall profitability by year-end.
- Total Revenue increased by 56.4% year-over-year.
- Mainframe Studios achieved profitability in Q1 2025, with over 90% of its 2025 budget revenue already under contract.
- Kartoon Channel! maintained its position as the #1 viewer-ranked kids' streaming app in the Apple App Store and doubled its watch time year-over-year.
- The company reduced G&A expenses by 24.9% and improved operating loss by 51.1% year-over-year.
Headline financials
Revenue & EPS history
Kartoon Studios · Revenue · Quarterly
$9.5M
Revenue by segment
Kartoon Studios · $7.24M total across 4 segments · Q1 2026
- Production Services$4.09M—56.5%
- Content Distribution$2.27M—31.4%
- Media Advisory and Advertising Services$799K—11.0%
- Licensing and Royalties$73K—1.0%
Forward guidance
Kartoon Studios expects to achieve company-wide profitability by the fourth quarter of 2025, leveraging IP-driven content and scaling monetization through licensing, theatrical, and digital channels.
Tailwinds
- Expects to achieve company-wide profitability by Q4 2025.
- Mainframe Studios is profitable with over 90% of 2025 budget revenue under contract and production backlog extending into 2026.
- Kartoon Channel! continues to grow and is the #1 viewer-ranked kids' streaming app in the Apple App Store.
- Zero long-term debt and a streamlined cost structure.
- Upcoming high-potential franchises like 'A Hundred Acre Woods' Winnie & Friends' and 'Stan Lee's The Excelsiors' are coming to market by year-end.
Headwinds
- Fluctuations in the results of the Company's operations from period to period.
- General economic and financial conditions could impact performance.
- Ability to anticipate changes in popular culture, media, movies, fashion, and technology.
- Competitive pressure from other distributors of content and within the retail market.
- Reliance on third-party production and animation studios, and the ability to protect intellectual property.
Historical earnings impact
How earnings announcements have historically affected this stock's price.
Avg. return before/after earnings
Based on 19 quarterly earnings reports · overlaid with Q1 2025
+0.2%
Avg return
Earnings day
-3.8%
Avg return
5 days after
-0.0%
Avg return
30 days after
43%
18 / 42 earnings
Positive
+35.4%
Q4 2015
Best reaction
-18.0%
Q2 2022
Worst reaction
| Quarter | Report date | Reaction (Day 0) | +5 days | +30 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q1 2026 | -4.4% | -9.2% | — | |
| Q4 2025 | -4.3% | +3.5% | +8.5% | |
| Q3 2025 | -1.9% | -13.7% | +8.0% | |
| Q2 2025 | -1.8% | -0.9% | +7.1% | |
| Q1 2025 | -3.1% | +2.1% | -8.9% | |
| Q4 2024 | +1.5% | +0.0% | -4.3% | |
| Q3 2024 | -6.7% | -7.2% | -27.2% | |
| Q2 2024 | -0.2% | -3.1% | -8.1% | |
| Q1 2024 | +0.9% | -1.9% | -2.8% | |
| Q4 2023 | +4.0% | +10.1% | -27.5% | |
| Q3 2023 | +4.8% | +13.5% | +46.2% | |
| Q2 2023 | -8.0% | -28.9% | -24.4% | |
| Q1 2023 | +13.0% | +2.8% | +29.7% | |
| Q4 2022 | +6.6% | +0.4% | -6.2% | |
| Q3 2022 | -3.6% | -7.6% | -19.4% | |
| Q2 2022 | -18.0% | -27.1% | -33.5% | |
| Q1 2022 | +23.6% | +15.6% | +25.2% | |
| Q4 2021 | -10.0% | -17.7% | -34.2% | |
| Q3 2021 | +0.7% | -4.4% | -9.6% | |
| Q2 2021 | -3.9% | -7.8% | -5.2% | |
| Q1 2021 | +2.6% | +4.6% | +25.0% | |
| Q4 2020 | -9.2% | -15.0% | -14.5% | |
| Q3 2020 | -4.1% | -1.6% | +38.5% | |
| Q2 2020 | -1.9% | -12.0% | -35.4% | |
| Q1 2020 | -8.0% | -7.3% | +106.7% | |
| Q4 2019 | -6.0% | -22.3% | -6.0% | |
| Q3 2019 | -4.6% | -14.5% | -54.2% | |
| Q2 2019 | +0.5% | -22.3% | +1.1% | |
| Q1 2019 | -2.3% | +0.7% | +1.3% | |
| Q4 2018 | +1.0% | -2.0% | -1.0% | |
| Q3 2018 | +3.8% | +14.4% | +15.4% | |
| Q2 2018 | -0.8% | -2.7% | -14.9% | |
| Q1 2018 | -4.3% | -3.9% | +7.9% | |
| Q4 2017 | +0.4% | +1.8% | -4.3% | |
| Q3 2017 | +0.0% | -3.1% | -15.0% | |
| Q2 2017 | +4.9% | +9.8% | +19.7% | |
| Q1 2017 | +0.9% | -5.0% | +4.2% | |
| Q4 2016 | +6.5% | +9.1% | +29.0% | |
| Q3 2016 | +0.0% | +1.7% | -17.9% | |
| Q2 2016 | -1.0% | +0.0% | -0.5% | |
| Q1 2016 | +3.0% | — | — | |
| Q4 2015 | +35.4% | — | — | |
| Q2 2011 | — | — | — | |
| Q2 2010 | — | — | — |
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