Skillz Reports First Quarter 2026 Results
LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Skillz Inc. (NYSE: SKLZ) (“Skillz” or the “Company”), the leading mobile games platform bringing fair competition to players worldwide, today reported unaudited financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2026.
First Quarter 2026 Financial Highlights (Unaudited):
- Revenue of $29.1 million
- Gross profit of $25.5 million
- Net loss of $10.9 million
- Adjusted EBITDA1 loss of $12.8 million
- Paying monthly active users (PMAUs)2 of 128 thousand
- Average revenue per PMAU (ARPPU)3 of $76.0
- Total operating expenses (which does not include cost of revenue) of $41.8 million
"Our plan was to improve our operating businesses and to stop fraud in our core industry. In Q1, we made progress in both," Skillz CEO Andrew Paradise said. "In April, a unanimous federal jury in the Southern District of New York found Papaya Gaming liable for false advertising and awarded Skillz $420 million in actual damages, the largest such verdict in U.S. history under the Lanham Act, with a total potential award ranging from $420 million to over $1.2 billion depending on the Court's final determinations. The parties have been ordered to engage in settlement discussions, and we expect the Court to rule on the final award in June. We will update our shareholders when we know more."
Gaetano Franceschi, Skillz’ CFO, added, "Our Q1 results reflect stronger fundamentals across both the Skillz and RZR businesses. Excluding litigation-related expenses, adjusted EBITDA improved 15% quarter-over-quarter on a normalized basis, and RZR delivered its third consecutive quarter of profitability. We ended the quarter with $185 million in cash and continue to evaluate strategic alternatives to optimize our capital structure as we progress toward sustained profitability."
1. Adjusted EBITDA is a non-GAAP metric; for a reconciliation of each measure against its most comparable GAAP metric, please see the section titled “Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures” in this press release. |
2. “Paying Monthly Active Users” or “PMAUs” means the number of end-users who entered into a paid contest hosted on Skillz’ platform at least once in a month, averaged over each month in the period. |
3. “Average Revenue per PMAU” or “ARPPU” means the average revenue in a given month divided by PMAUs in that month, averaged over the period and does not include a deduction for end-user incentives that are included in sales and marketing expense. |
Investor Conference Call
Skillz will host a live conference call at 4:30 p.m. ET on May 19, 2026. To access the call, please register using the following link:
https://registrations.events/direct/Q4I45394398
After registering, an email will be sent, including dial-in details and a unique conference call access code and PIN required to join the live call. Access to the live audio webcast of the discussion in listen-only mode will also be available at investors.skillz.com.
A replay of the webcast will be archived on the Company’s investor relations website. An audio replay of the conference call will be available through Tuesday, May 26, 2026, and can be accessed by dialing +1 800-770-2030 and entering the passcode 45394.
About Skillz Inc.
Skillz is the leading mobile games platform dedicated to bringing out the best in everyone through competition. The Skillz platform helps developers create multi-million dollar franchises by enabling social competition in their games. Leveraging its patented technology, Skillz hosts billions of casual eSports tournaments for millions of mobile players worldwide, with the goal of building the home of competition for all. Skillz has earned recognition as one of Fast Company’s Best Workplaces for Innovators, CNBC’s Disruptor 50, Forbes’ Next Billion-Dollar Startups, Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies, and the number-one fastest-growing company in America on the Inc. 5000. Please visit www.skillz.com to learn more.
Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures
In this press release, the Company includes Adjusted EBITDA, which is a non-GAAP performance measure that the Company uses to supplement its results presented in accordance with U.S. GAAP. The Company’s management believes Adjusted EBITDA is useful in evaluating its operating performance and is a similar measure reported by publicly-listed U.S. competitors, and regularly used by securities analysts, institutional investors, and other interested parties in analyzing operating performance and prospects. By providing this non-GAAP measure, the Company’s management intends to provide investors with a meaningful, consistent comparison of the Company’s profitability for the periods presented. Non-GAAP operating expense is also included in this press release, which is a non-GAAP financial measure. The Company’s management believes non-GAAP operating expense is useful to investors and analysts as a supplement to its financial information prepared in accordance with GAAP for analyzing operating performance and identifying operating trends in its business. The Company uses non-GAAP operating expense internally to facilitate period-to-period comparisons and analysis in order to make operating decisions. As required by the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), the Company has provided herein a reconciliation of Adjusted EBITDA and non-GAAP operating expense to the most directly comparable measures under GAAP. Adjusted EBITDA and non-GAAP operating expense are not intended to be substitutes for any U.S. GAAP financial measures and, as calculated, may not be comparable to other similarly titled financial measures of other companies in other industries or within the same industry.
The Company defines and calculates Adjusted EBITDA as net income (loss), excluding interest income (expense), net; change in fair value of common stock warrant liabilities; other income (expense), net; provision for (benefit from) income taxes; depreciation and amortization; stock-based compensation expense and related payroll tax expense; and certain other non-cash or non-recurring items impacting net loss from time to time, including, but not limited to charges related to impairment of goodwill and long-lived assets, litigation accruals, loss contingency accruals, gain on extinguishment of debt, gains from litigation settlements, restructuring charges and one-time nonrecurring expenses, as they are not indicative of business operations.
The Company defines and calculates non-GAAP operating expense as GAAP operating expense adjusted for stock-based compensation and other special items determined by management, which may include, but are not limited to acquisition-related expenses for transaction costs, certain loss contingency accruals and restructuring charges, as they are not indicative of business operations.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release includes “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the “safe harbor” provisions of the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. The Company’s actual results may differ from its expectations, estimates, and projections and, consequently, you should not rely on these forward-looking statements as predictions of future events. Words such as “expect,” “estimate,” “project,” “budget,” “forecast,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “plan,” “may,” “will,” “could,” “should,” “believes,” “predicts,” “potential,” “continue,” and similar expressions (or the negative versions of such words or expressions) are intended to identify such forward-looking statements.
These forward-looking statements involve significant risks and uncertainties that could cause the Company’s actual results to differ materially from those discussed in the forward-looking statements. Most of these factors are outside of the Company’s control and are difficult to predict. Factors that may cause such differences include, but are not limited to, the ability of Skillz to: sustain profitability if Skillz’ revenue continues to decline; effectively compete in the global entertainment and gaming industries; attract and retain successful relationships with the third party developers who develop and update the games hosted on Skillz’ platform; drive brand awareness with end users; issues in the development and use of artificial intelligence and machine learning; invest in growth and development of employees; comply with laws, regulations and expectations applicable to its business, including with respect to cybersecurity and corporate governance matters; mitigate the commercial, reputational and regulatory risks to our business; remediate during fiscal year 2026 certain non-fully remediated material weaknesses in our internal controls over financial reporting. Additional factors that may cause such differences include other risks and uncertainties indicated from time to time in the Company’s SEC filings, including those under “Risk Factors” therein, which are available on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. Additional information will be made available in other filings that the Company makes from time to time with the SEC. In addition, any forward-looking statements contained in this press release are based on assumptions that the Company believes to be reasonable as of this date. The Company undertakes no obligation to update any forward-looking statements 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.
Skillz Inc. Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Loss (Unaudited) (in thousands, except for number of shares and per share amounts) |
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Three Months Ended March 31, |
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|
|
2026 |
|
|
|
2025 |
|
Revenue |
$ |
29,105 |
|
|
$ |
21,897 |
|
Costs and expenses: |
|
|
|
||||
Cost of revenue |
|
3,597 |
|
|
|
2,965 |
|
Research and development |
|
5,063 |
|
|
|
4,817 |
|
Sales and marketing |
|
17,283 |
|
|
|
18,005 |
|
General and administrative |
|
19,412 |
|
|
|
19,083 |
|
Gain from litigation settlement |
|
(7,500 |
) |
|
|
(7,500 |
) |
Total costs and expenses |
|
37,855 |
|
|
|
37,370 |
|
Loss from operations |
|
(8,750 |
) |
|
|
(15,473 |
) |
Interest expense, net of interest income |
|
(2,280 |
) |
|
|
(1,071 |
) |
Other income (expense), net |
|
159 |
|
|
|
(559 |
) |
Loss before income taxes |
|
(10,871 |
) |
|
|
(17,103 |
) |
Provision for income taxes |
|
74 |
|
|
|
39 |
|
Net loss |
$ |
(10,945 |
) |
|
$ |
(17,142 |
) |
|
|
|
|
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Loss per share attributable to common stockholders: |
|
|
|
||||
Basic |
$ |
(0.69 |
) |
|
$ |
(1.05 |
) |
Diluted |
$ |
(0.69 |
) |
|
$ |
(1.05 |
) |
Weighted average shares outstanding: |
|
|
|
||||
Basic |
|
15,832,060 |
|
|
|
16,289,299 |
|
Diluted |
|
15,832,060 |
|
|
|
16,289,299 |
|
|
|
|
|
||||
Other comprehensive loss: |
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|
|
||||
Foreign currency translation loss |
|
(926 |
) |
|
|
— |
|
Total other comprehensive loss |
|
(926 |
) |
|
|
— |
|
Total comprehensive loss |
$ |
(11,871 |
) |
|
$ |
(17,142 |
) |
Skillz Inc. Consolidated Balance Sheets (Unaudited) (in thousands, except for number of shares and par value per share amounts) |
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March 31, |
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December 31, |
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2026 |
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|
2025 |
|
Assets |
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|
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Current assets: |
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|
|
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Cash and cash equivalents |
$ |
185,401 |
|
|
$ |
194,513 |
|
Accounts receivable, net of allowance for credit losses of $257 as of March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025 |
|
16,062 |
|
|
|
14,412 |
|
Prepaid expenses and other current assets |
|
7,639 |
|
|
|
7,553 |
|
Total current assets |
|
209,102 |
|
|
|
216,478 |
|
Non-current assets: |
|
|
|
||||
Property and equipment, net |
|
20,979 |
|
|
|
20,776 |
|
Operating lease right-of-use assets, net |
|
917 |
|
|
|
1,082 |
|
Non-marketable equity securities |
|
52,768 |
|
|
|
52,768 |
|
Restricted cash, non-current |
|
1,000 |
|
|
|
1,000 |
|
Other non-current assets |
|
2,582 |
|
|
|
1,351 |
|
Total non-current assets |
|
78,246 |
|
|
|
76,977 |
|
Total assets |
$ |
287,348 |
|
|
$ |
293,455 |
|
Liabilities and stockholders’ equity |
|
|
|
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Current liabilities: |
|
|
|
||||
Accounts payable |
$ |
8,609 |
|
|
$ |
9,713 |
|
Operating lease liabilities, current |
|
417 |
|
|
|
465 |
|
Current portion of long-term debt |
|
128,110 |
|
|
|
127,589 |
|
Other current liabilities |
|
47,192 |
|
|
|
42,944 |
|
Total current liabilities |
|
184,328 |
|
|
|
180,711 |
|
Non-current liabilities: |
|
|
|
||||
Operating lease liabilities, non-current |
|
547 |
|
|
|
665 |
|
Other non-current liabilities |
|
260 |
|
|
|
259 |
|
Total non-current liabilities |
|
807 |
|
|
|
924 |
|
Total liabilities |
|
185,135 |
|
|
|
181,635 |
|
Commitments and contingencies (Note 8) |
|
|
|
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Stockholders’ equity: |
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|
|
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Preferred stock $0.0001 par value; 10.0 million shares authorized — no shares issued and outstanding as of March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025, respectively |
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
Common stock $0.0001 par value; 31.3 million shares authorized; Class A common stock – 25.0 million shares authorized; 19.5 million and 19.3 million shares issued; 12.4 million and 12.2 million outstanding as of March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025, respectively; Class B common stock – 6.3 million shares authorized; 3.4 million shares issued and outstanding as of March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025, respectively |
|
1 |
|
|
|
1 |
|
Additional paid-in capital |
|
1,247,726 |
|
|
|
1,245,462 |
|
Accumulated other comprehensive loss |
|
(1,297 |
) |
|
|
(371 |
) |
Accumulated deficit |
|
(1,102,611 |
) |
|
|
(1,091,666 |
) |
Treasury stock at cost, 7.1 million and 7.1 million shares as of March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025, respectively |
|
(41,606 |
) |
|
|
(41,606 |
) |
Total stockholders’ equity |
|
102,213 |
|
|
|
111,820 |
|
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity |
$ |
287,348 |
|
|
$ |
293,455 |
|
Skillz Inc. Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows (Unaudited) (in thousands) |
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|
Three Months Ended March 31, |
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|
|
|
2026 |
|
|
|
2025 |
|
Operating Activities |
|
|
|
|
||||
Net loss |
|
$ |
(10,945 |
) |
|
$ |
(17,142 |
) |
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities: |
|
|
|
|
||||
Depreciation and amortization |
|
|
716 |
|
|
|
167 |
|
Stock-based compensation |
|
|
2,757 |
|
|
|
5,550 |
|
Accretion of unamortized debt discount and amortization of debt issuance costs |
|
|
521 |
|
|
|
462 |
|
Non-cash lease expense |
|
|
123 |
|
|
|
42 |
|
Recoveries of bad debt |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
(16 |
) |
Changes in operating assets and liabilities: |
|
|
|
|
||||
Accounts receivable, net |
|
|
(1,651 |
) |
|
|
(3,219 |
) |
Prepaid expenses and other assets |
|
|
(1,318 |
) |
|
|
1,235 |
|
Accounts payable |
|
|
(1,058 |
) |
|
|
(736 |
) |
Operating lease liabilities |
|
|
(124 |
) |
|
|
(42 |
) |
Other accruals and liabilities |
|
|
4,243 |
|
|
|
2,768 |
|
Net cash used in operating activities |
|
|
(6,736 |
) |
|
|
(10,931 |
) |
Investing Activities |
|
|
|
|
||||
Purchases of property and equipment |
|
|
(363 |
) |
|
|
(1,192 |
) |
Capitalization of software development costs |
|
|
(602 |
) |
|
|
(535 |
) |
Net cash used in investing activities |
|
|
(965 |
) |
|
|
(1,727 |
) |
Financing Activities |
|
|
|
|
||||
Principal payments on finance leases obligations |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
(192 |
) |
Repurchase of common stock |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
(4,732 |
) |
Restricted stock vesting, net of shares withheld |
|
|
(485 |
) |
|
|
— |
|
Net cash used in financing activities |
|
|
(485 |
) |
|
|
(4,924 |
) |
Effect of exchange rates on cash and cash equivalents |
|
|
(926 |
) |
|
|
— |
|
Net change in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash |
|
|
(9,112 |
) |
|
|
(17,582 |
) |
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash – beginning of year |
|
|
195,513 |
|
|
|
281,923 |
|
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash – end of period |
|
$ |
186,401 |
|
|
$ |
264,341 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
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Supplemental cash disclosures |
|
|
|
|
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Cash paid for interest |
|
$ |
— |
|
|
$ |
11 |
|
Cash paid for taxes, net of refunds received |
|
$ |
11 |
|
|
$ |
34 |
|
Supplemental non-cash disclosures |
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|
|
|
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Purchases of property and equipment included in accounts payable |
|
$ |
12 |
|
|
$ |
67 |
|
Stock-based compensation capitalized in software development costs |
|
$ |
— |
|
|
$ |
96 |
|
Skillz Inc. Reconciliation of GAAP Net Loss to Adjusted EBITDA Loss (Unaudited) (in thousands) |
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|
Three Months Ended March 31, |
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|
|
2026 |
|
|
|
2025 |
|
Net loss |
$ |
(10,945 |
) |
|
$ |
(17,142 |
) |
Interest expense, net of interest income |
|
2,280 |
|
|
|
1,071 |
|
Stock-based compensation |
|
2,757 |
|
|
|
5,550 |
|
Depreciation and amortization |
|
716 |
|
|
|
167 |
|
Provision for income taxes |
|
74 |
|
|
|
39 |
|
Gain from litigation settlement(1) |
|
(7,500 |
) |
|
|
(7,500 |
) |
Other (income) expense, net |
|
(159 |
) |
|
|
559 |
|
Adjusted EBITDA loss |
$ |
(12,777 |
) |
|
$ |
(17,256 |
) |
(1) For the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025, amount includes gain on litigation settlement with AviaGames. |
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Skillz Inc. Reconciliation of GAAP to Non-GAAP Operating Expenses (Unaudited) (in thousands) |
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|
Three Months Ended March 31, |
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|
|
2026 |
|
|
|
2025 |
|
Research and development |
$ |
5,063 |
|
|
$ |
4,817 |
|
Less: stock-based compensation |
|
(138 |
) |
|
|
(249 |
) |
Non-GAAP research and development |
$ |
4,925 |
|
|
$ |
4,568 |
|
|
|
|
|
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Sales and marketing |
$ |
17,283 |
|
|
$ |
18,005 |
|
Less: stock-based compensation |
|
(361 |
) |
|
|
(1,183 |
) |
Non-GAAP sales and marketing |
$ |
16,922 |
|
|
$ |
16,822 |
|
|
|
|
|
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General and administrative |
$ |
19,412 |
|
|
$ |
19,083 |
|
Less: stock-based compensation |
|
(2,257 |
) |
|
|
(4,115 |
) |
Non-GAAP general and administrative |
$ |
17,155 |
|
|
$ |
14,968 |
|
Skillz Inc. Supplemental Financial Information (Unaudited) |
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Three Months Ended March 31, |
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|
|
2026 |
|
|
|
2025 |
|
Gross marketplace volume (“GMV”) (000s)(1) |
$ |
142,088 |
|
|
$ |
126,485 |
|
Paying monthly active users (“PMAUs”) (000s)(2) |
|
128 |
|
|
|
124 |
|
Monthly active users (“MAUs”) (000s)(3) |
|
393 |
|
|
|
764 |
|
Average GMV per PMAU(4) |
$ |
371.2 |
|
|
$ |
341.3 |
|
Average GMV per MAU(5) |
$ |
120.7 |
|
|
$ |
55.2 |
|
Average revenue per PMAU (“ARPPU”)(6) |
$ |
76.0 |
|
|
$ |
59.1 |
|
Average revenue per MAU (“ARPU”)(7) |
$ |
24.7 |
|
|
$ |
9.6 |
|
PMAU to MAU ratio |
|
33 |
% |
|
|
16 |
% |
Average end-user incentives, included as sales and marketing expense, per PMAU(8) |
$ |
21 |
|
|
$ |
22 |
|
Average end-user incentives, included as sales and marketing expenses, per MAU(9) |
$ |
7 |
|
|
$ |
4 |
|
(1) “Gross Marketplace Volume” or “GMV” means the total entry fees paid by users for contests hosted on Skillz’ platform. Total entry fees include entry fees paid by end-users using cash deposits, prior winnings from end-users’ accounts that have not been withdrawn, and end-user incentives used to enter paid entry fee contests. |
(2) “Paying Monthly Active Users” or “PMAUs” means the number of end-users who entered into a paid contest hosted on Skillz’ platform at least once in a month, averaged over each month in the period. |
(3) “Monthly Active Users” or “MAUs” means the number of playing end-users who entered into a paid or free contest hosted on Skillz’ platform at least once in a month, averaged over each month in the period. |
(4) “Average GMV per PMAU” means the average GMV in a given month divided by PMAUs in that month, averaged over the period. |
(5) “Average GMV per MAU” means the average GMV in a given month divided by MAUs in that month, averaged over the period. |
(6) “Average Revenue per PMAU” or “ARPPU” means the average revenue in a given month divided by PMAUs in that month, averaged over the period and does not include a deduction for end-user incentives that are included in sales and marketing expense. |
(7) “Average Revenue per MAU” or “ARPU” means the average revenue in a given month divided by MAUs in that month, averaged over the period and does not include a deduction for end-user incentives that are included in sales and marketing expense. |
(8) Amount reflects the average end-user incentives included in sales and marketing expense in a given month divided by PMAUs in that month, averaged over the period. |
(9) Amount reflects the average end-user incentives included in sales and marketing expense in a given month divided by MAUs in that month, averaged over the period. |
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