Nexxen Reports Record First Quarter 2026 Financial Results
Delivered record Q1 Contribution ex-TAC, programmatic revenue and CTV revenue, with continued momentum into Q2; raising full year 2026 Contribution ex-TAC and programmatic revenue guidance
Accelerated adoption of Nexxen TV Home Screen across leading DSPs, agencies and CTV OEMs, including The Trade Desk, StackAdapt, Basis, H/L, TCL FFALCON, TiVo Ads and others
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NEW YORK, May 13, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Nexxen International Ltd. (NASDAQ: NEXN) (“Nexxen” or the “Company”), the advertising technology platform powered by unique data and media, announced today its financial results for the three months ended March 31, 2026.
Q1 2026 Financial Highlights
“We delivered a strong start to 2026, with record Q1 results ahead of consensus estimates and continued strength to this point in Q2, enabling us to raise our full-year Contribution ex-TAC and programmatic revenue guidance,” said Ofer Druker, Chief Executive Officer of Nexxen. “The strategy we adopted is generating results, with revenue mix improving and growth accelerating across our core programmatic business lines. nexAI-powered DSP enhancements and ongoing innovation are driving improved outcomes and efficiency for performance-focused agencies like Tinuiti, while supporting growing enterprise client adoption and increased end-to-end platform utilization. To date in 2026, we have already onboarded more new enterprise customers than in all of 2025 and our pipeline remains strong. We are seeing momentum in AI-resilient media channels including CTV and mobile in-app, where SDK partnerships with leading platforms like Unity are supporting durable growth. Nexxen TV Home Screen is further reinforcing our CTV differentiation, with adoption scaling across industry leaders including The Trade Desk, StackAdapt, Basis, H/L, TCL FFALCON (“TCL”) and TiVo Ads, supporting a transformational growth opportunity. As our platform, data and AI capabilities scale, we believe we are strengthening our competitive advantages and driving greater value for customers and partners.”
Financial Guidance
Q1 2026 Operational Highlights and Recent Developments
Share Repurchase Program and Capital Allocation Updates
Financial Highlights for the Three Months Ended March 31, 2026 ($ in millions, except per share amounts)
First Quarter 2026 Financial Results Webcast and Conference Call Details
About Nexxen
Nexxen is the advertising technology platform that delivers full-funnel performance powered by unique data and media. Comprised of a demand-side platform (“DSP”) and supply-side platform (“SSP”), with the Nexxen Data Platform at its core, we meet the demands of today’s converging media landscape with exclusive audience intelligence, automation and expertise.
Headquartered in Israel, Nexxen maintains offices throughout North America, Europe and Asia-Pacific and is traded on Nasdaq (NEXN). For more information, please visit nexxen.com.
For further information please contact:
Billy Eckert, Vice President of Investor Relations
ir@nexxen.com
Caroline Smith, Vice President of Communications
csmith@nexxen.com
Forward Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements, including forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Forward-looking statements are identified by words such as “anticipates,” “believes,” “expects,” “intends,” “may,” “can,” “will,” “estimates,” and other similar expressions. However, these words are not the only way Nexxen identifies forward-looking statements. All statements contained in this press release that do not relate to matters of historical fact should be considered forward-looking statements, including without limitation statements regarding anticipated financial results for Q2 and full year 2026 and beyond; anticipated benefits of Nexxen’s strategic transactions and commercial partnerships; anticipated features and benefits of Nexxen’s products and service offerings, including anticipated benefits relating to nexAI; anticipated industry adoption of Nexxen’s programmatic Smart TV home screen ad activation solution (Nexxen TV Home Screen); Nexxen’s positioning for accelerated growth and continued future growth; Nexxen’s medium- to long-term prospects; management’s belief that Nexxen is well-positioned to benefit from future industry growth trends and Company-specific catalysts; the Company’s plans with respect to its cash reserves as well as its future share repurchase programs and further investment in V (formerly VIDAA); the Company’s plans to pursue strategic opportunities for its non-programmatic business lines and other targeted, smaller-scale strategic opportunities to accelerate programmatic revenue growth and expand capabilities; anticipated benefits from the renewed and expanded strategic partnership with V, as well as any other statements related to Nexxen’s future financial results and operating performance. These statements are neither promises nor guarantees but involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other important factors that may cause Nexxen’s actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from its expectations expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements, including, but not limited to, the following: negative global economic conditions, including risks related to tariff impacts or policy shifts (including trade negotiations or enforcement actions) that could materially affect market sentiment, consumer behavior and advertising demand; global conflicts and war, including the war between the United States, Israel and Iran, and the war and hostilities between Israel and Hamas, Hezbollah and the Houthis in Yemen, and how those conditions may adversely impact Nexxen’s business, customers and the markets in which Nexxen competes; changes in industry trends; and other negative developments in Nexxen’s business or unfavorable legislative or regulatory developments. Nexxen cautions you not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements. For a more detailed discussion of these factors, and other factors that could cause actual results to vary materially, interested parties should review the risk factors listed in the Company’s most recent Annual Report filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ( www.sec.gov) on Form 20-F. Any forward-looking statements made by Nexxen in this press release speak only as of the date of this press release, and Nexxen does not intend to update these forward-looking statements after the date of this press release, except as required by law.
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Use of Non-IFRS Financial Information
In addition to our IFRS results, we review certain non-IFRS financial measures to help us evaluate our business, measure our performance, identify trends affecting our business, establish budgets, measure the effectiveness of investments in technology and development and sales and marketing, and assess our operational efficiencies. These non-IFRS measures include Contribution ex-TAC, Adjusted EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA Margin, Non-IFRS Net Income and Non-IFRS Earnings per Share, each of which is discussed below.
These non-IFRS financial measures are not intended to be considered in isolation from, as substitutes for, or as superior to the corresponding financial measures prepared in accordance with IFRS. You are encouraged to evaluate these adjustments and review the reconciliation of these non-IFRS financial measures to their most comparable IFRS measures and the reasons we consider them appropriate. It is important to note that the particular items we exclude from, or include in, our non-IFRS financial measures may differ from the items excluded from, or included in, similar non-IFRS financial measures used by other companies. See "Reconciliation of Revenue to Contribution ex-TAC," "Reconciliation of Total Comprehensive Income (Loss) to Adjusted EBITDA," and "Reconciliation of Net Income (Loss) to Non-IFRS Net Income," included as part of this press release.
We do not provide a reconciliation of forward-looking non-IFRS financial metrics because reconciling information is not available without an unreasonable effort, such as attempting to make assumptions that cannot reasonably be made on a forward-looking basis to determine the corresponding IFRS metric.
Reconciliation of Total Comprehensive Income (Loss) to Adjusted EBITDA
Reconciliation of Revenue to Contribution ex-TAC
Reconciliation of Net Income (Loss) to Non-IFRS Net Income