NYSE$LSPD

Lightspeed Commerce Inc · Q4 2025 earnings

Q4 2025 earnings · · Before market open · Investor relations

Briefing

Lightspeed reported Q4 2025 results with moderate revenue growth, an improved adjusted EBITDA, and a major net loss driven by a large goodwill impairment.

Q4 revenue grew to $253.4M, while a $556.4M goodwill impairment led to a steep net loss. Despite this, adjusted EPS and EBITDA improved YoY, and ARPU increased driven by unified POS and payments adoption.

  • Reported revenue reached $253.4M, up 10% YoY.
  • Net loss widened to $575.9M due to a $556.4M non-cash goodwill impairment.
  • Adjusted EPS rose to $0.10 from $0.06 in the prior year.
  • ARPU climbed 13% to ~$489, driven by unified POS and payments platform.

Headline financials

Total Revenue

$253M

No prior period
EPS (adj)

$0.10

No prior period
Gross Payment Volume

$7.9B

No prior period
Adjusted EBITDA

$12.9M

No prior period
Total Customer Locations

144.0K

No prior period
Overall Gross Margin

44.0%

No prior period
Gross Transaction Volume

$20.6B

No prior period
Average Revenue Per User (monthly)

$489.00

No prior period
Net Income

-$576M

No prior period
Operating Income

-$580M

No prior period
Gross Profit

$112M

No prior period

Revenue & EPS history

Lightspeed · Revenue · Quarterly

$253M

Q4 2025
Beat estimate in 14 of 15 quarters(93%)
ActualEstimate

Revenue by segment

Lightspeed · $303M total across 2 segments · Q3 2026

  • Transaction-based
    $209M+15.2%
  • Subscription
    $93.7M+6.3%

Forward guidance

Lightspeed expects Q1 2026 revenue between $285M–$290M, with continued improvement in gross profit and adjusted EBITDA margins. FY26 is guided for 10–12% revenue growth.

Tailwinds

  • Q1 2026 revenue expected to reach up to $290M
  • Adjusted EBITDA guided between $14M and $16M for Q1
  • FY26 revenue growth forecasted at 10–12%
  • Increased investment in product and tech by 35%
  • Planned growth of outbound sales team to over 150 reps

Headwinds

  • Goodwill impairment reflects broader tech valuation volatility
  • Customer Location count flat to slightly down YoY under new definition
  • Adjusted Free Cash Flow remained negative at -$9.3M
  • Ongoing macroeconomic uncertainty may impact outlook
  • Dependency on success in North America and Europe verticals

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 Q4 2025

Historical avgQ4 2025

-2.3%

Avg return

Earnings day

-1.4%

Avg return

5 days after

-0.4%

Avg return

30 days after

40%

10 / 25 earnings

Positive

+22.5%

Q4 2021

Best reaction

-28.1%

Q3 2024

Worst reaction

Earnings price reactions
QuarterReport dateReaction (Day 0)+5 days+30 days
Q4 2026-6.9%-1.8%+4.7%
Q3 2026-7.8%-8.4%-5.2%
Q2 2026+16.0%+13.5%+0.0%
Q1 2026-5.4%-5.4%-5.9%
Q4 2025-8.3%+0.9%+1.1%
Q3 2025-9.5%-9.4%-21.3%
Q2 2025+8.3%+16.8%+9.8%
Q3 2024-28.1%-31.4%-30.7%
Q2 2024+19.9%+22.3%+36.3%
Q1 2024+9.8%+4.4%+0.9%
Q4 2023-10.4%-9.8%+10.0%
Q3 2023-11.4%-4.8%-16.5%
Q2 2023-16.4%-15.7%-3.9%
Q1 2023-10.9%-10.5%-27.5%
Q4 2022+13.9%+6.5%+5.0%
Q3 2022-10.9%-10.6%-35.1%
Q2 2022-26.2%-28.0%-55.2%
Q1 2022+9.0%+4.5%+34.5%
Q4 2021+22.5%+26.7%+39.2%
Q3 2021-3.1%-2.6%-21.8%
Q2 2021+14.3%+13.1%+74.3%
Q1 2021-0.3%
Q4 2019-17.5%
Q3 2019+0.7%
Q2 2019+0.1%
Q1 2019
Q4 2018
Q3 2018
Q2 2018
Q1 2018
Q4 2017
Q3 2017

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