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Claritev Corporation Reports Second Quarter 2026 Results

August 7, 2026 5:00 AM

MCLEAN, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Claritev Corporation (“Claritev” or the “Company”) (NYSE: CTEV), a technology, data and insights company focused on making healthcare more affordable, transparent and fair for all, today reported financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2026.

“Claritev once again demonstrated the strength of our vision and strategy in the second quarter of 2026, delivering financial results above expectations with solid execution across the company. We are one year into a transformation program that has seen our company operate with greater clarity, alignment, and focus. This transformation is most notably highlighted by a broader portfolio of solutions, expanded vertical sales markets, heightened focus on AI as both an operational and innovation lever, and a company-wide focus on execution that is building a foundation for long term, sustainable, and ultimately faster growth,” said Travis Dalton, Chairman, CEO and President of Claritev.

Mr. Dalton added, “This success is most clearly reflected in our bookings which were spread across solutions and verticals, with notable strength in the TPA market where we closed several seven-figure transactions. With more than $70 million in bookings through the first half of 2026, we are well on our way to achieving our full year target of $100 million which would represent 50% growth over 2025 and is a leading indicator of continued growth in 2027 and beyond.”

Doug Garis, Claritev Chief Financial Officer, commented, “Our second quarter results mark five straight quarters of year over year revenue growth, demonstrating the consistency and quality of Claritev’s core, and the growth opportunities created by our expansion into new markets and verticals. We have outperformed revenue and Adjusted EBITDA in the first half of the year for the simple reason that our company’s #1 focus is on client success. This is true of our sales, product, support and finance teams, augmented by the favorable market trends that helped drive our return to top line growth in 2025. We are particularly happy by the breadth of our bookings which is diversifying our business and serves as the true foundation for delivering against the financial objectives we presented at our Investor Day in March.”

Business and Financial Highlights

2026 Financial Guidance1

The Company is updating its full-year 2026 guidance, detailed in the table below:

Financial Metric

Prior FY 2026 Guidance

Updated FY 2026 Guidance

(as of 5/7/2026)

(as of 8/7/2026)

Revenues

$985 million to $1 billion

$1 billion to $1.02 billion

Adjusted EBITDA1

$605 million to $615 million

$610 million to $620 million

Capital expenditures

$160 million to $170 million

$160 million to $170 million

Effective tax rate

24% to 28%

24% to 28%

Free Cash Flow

$0 million to $10 million

$5 million to $15 million

Conference Call Information

The Company will host a conference call today, Friday, August 7, 2026 at 8:00 a.m. U.S. Eastern Time (ET) to discuss its financial results. A live webcast of the conference call can be accessed through the Investor Relations section of the Company’s website at https://investors.claritev.com/financial-information/quarterly-results. Participants should join the webcast ten minutes prior to the start of the conference call. The earnings press release and supplemental slide deck will also be available on this section of the Company’s website.

Participants wishing to join the operator assisted call can dial 646-968-2525 and reference Conference ID 2181839.

A replay of the conference call will be available after the call through the webcast archived on the Investor Relations section of the Company’s website.

About Claritev

Claritev is a healthcare technology, data, and insights company focused on delivering affordability, transparency, and quality across the healthcare system. Led by deeply experienced associates, data scientists, and innovators, Claritev provides technology-enabled solutions fueled by decades of claims expertise. The company leverages advanced analytics and AI to power a robust enterprise platform that delivers clear, actionable insights to support affordability, price transparency, and optimized network and benefits design. By supporting key stakeholders — including payers, employers, patients, providers, and third parties — Claritev is dedicated to making healthcare more accessible and affordable for all. Claritev serves more than 750 healthcare payers, over 100,000 employers, 60 million consumers, and 1.4 million contracted providers. For more information, visit claritev.com.

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1 We have not reconciled the forward-looking Adjusted EBITDA guidance included above to the most directly comparable GAAP (as defined below) measure because this cannot be done without unreasonable effort due to the variability and low visibility with respect to certain costs, the most significant of which are incentive compensation (including stock-based compensation), transaction-related expenses, and certain fair value measurements, which are potential adjustments to future earnings. We expect the variability of these items to have a potentially unpredictable, and a potentially significant, impact on our future GAAP financial results.

Forward Looking Statements

This press release contains forward-looking statements regarding our opinions, beliefs, projections, business plans and expectations. These forward-looking statements may differ materially from actual results due to a variety of factors and can generally be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology, including the terms “believes,” “estimates,” “anticipates,” “expects,” “seeks,” “projects,” “forecasts,” “intends,” “plans,” “may,” “will” or “should” or, in each case, their negative or other variations or comparable terminology. These statements include all matters that are not historical facts. They appear in a number of places throughout this press release, including, but not limited to, statements relating to our ability to deliver anticipated results; our ability to successfully implement our transformation plan; the anticipated growth of our business, including our expansion into new markets and verticals; our 2026 outlook and guidance; and the long-term prospects of the Company. Such forward-looking statements are based on available current market information and management’s expectations, beliefs and forecasts concerning future events impacting the business. Although we believe that these forward-looking statements are based on reasonable assumptions at the time they are made, you should be aware that these forward-looking statements involve a number of risks, uncertainties (some of which are beyond our control) or other assumptions that may cause actual results or performance to be materially different from those expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. These factors include: loss of, or a significant reduction in the work we do for, our clients, particularly our largest clients; the ability to achieve the goals of our strategic plans and recognize the anticipated strategic, operational, growth and efficiency benefits when expected; our ability to enter new lines of business and broaden the scope of our solutions; trends in the U.S. healthcare system, including recent trends of unknown duration of reduced healthcare utilization and increased patient financial responsibility for services; effects of competition; effects of pricing pressure; the inability of our clients to pay for our solutions; changes in our industry and in industry standards and technology; adverse outcomes related to litigation or governmental proceedings; interruptions or security breaches of our information technology systems and other cybersecurity attacks; our ability to maintain the licenses or right of use for the software we use; our ability to protect proprietary information, processes and applications; our inability to expand our network infrastructure; inability to preserve or increase our existing market share or the size of our preferred provider organization networks; decreases in discounts from providers; pressure to limit access to preferred provider networks; changes in our regulatory environment, including healthcare law and regulations; the expansion of privacy and security laws; heightened enforcement activity by government agencies; our ability to obtain additional financing or capital to meet our objectives; our ability to pay interest and principal on our notes and other indebtedness; lowering or withdrawal of our credit ratings; changes in accounting principles or the incurrence of impairment charges; the possibility that we may be adversely affected by other political, economic, business, and/or competitive factors; other factors disclosed in our Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) filings; and other factors beyond our control.

The forward-looking statements contained in this press release are based on our current expectations and beliefs concerning future developments and their potential effects on our business. There can be no assurance that future developments affecting our business will be those that we have anticipated. These forward-looking statements involve a number of risks, uncertainties (some of which are beyond our control) or other assumptions that may cause actual results or performance to be materially different from those expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, those factors described in our Annual Report on Form 10-K, our Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, and other documents filed or to be filed with the SEC by us. Should one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or should any of the assumptions prove incorrect, actual results may vary in material respects from those projected in these forward-looking statements.

We undertake no obligation to update these statements as a result of new information or future events or otherwise, except as may be required under applicable securities laws.

Non-GAAP Financial Measures

In addition to the financial measures prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States (“GAAP”), this press release contains certain non-GAAP financial measures, including EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA, free cash flow, unlevered free cash flow and adjusted cash conversion ratio. A non-GAAP financial measure is generally defined as a numerical measure of a company’s financial or operating performance that excludes or includes amounts so as to be different than the most directly comparable measure calculated and presented in accordance with GAAP.

EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA, free cash flow, unlevered free cash flow and adjusted cash conversion ratio are supplemental measures of Claritev’s performance that are not required by or presented in accordance with GAAP. These measures are not measurements of our financial or operating performance under GAAP, have limitations as analytical tools and should not be considered in isolation or as an alternative to net (loss) income, cash flows or any other measures of performance prepared in accordance with GAAP.

EBITDA represents net (loss) income before interest expense, interest income, income tax provision (benefit), depreciation, amortization of intangible assets, and non-income taxes. Adjusted EBITDA is EBITDA as further adjusted by certain items as described in the table below.

In addition, in evaluating EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA you should be aware that in the future, we may incur expenses similar to the adjustments in the presentation of EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA. The presentation of EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA should not be construed as an inference that our future results will be unaffected by unusual or non-recurring items. The calculations of EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA may not be comparable to similarly titled measures reported by other companies. Based on our industry and debt financing experience, we believe that EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA are customarily used by investors, analysts and other interested parties to provide useful information regarding a company’s ability to service and/or incur indebtedness.

We also believe that Adjusted EBITDA is useful to investors and analysts in assessing our operating performance during the periods these charges were incurred on a consistent basis with the periods during which these charges were not incurred. Both EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA have limitations as analytical tools, and you should not consider either in isolation, or as a substitute for analysis of our results as reported under GAAP. Some of the limitations are:

Claritev’s presentation of Adjusted EBITDA should not be construed as an inference that our future results and financial position will be unaffected by unusual items.

Free cash flow is defined as net cash provided by operating activities less capital expenditures, all as disclosed in the Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows. Unlevered free cash flow is defined as net cash provided by operating activities less capital expenditures, plus cash interest paid, all as disclosed in the condensed consolidated statements of cash flows. Free cash flow and unlevered free cash Flow are measures of our operational performance used by management to evaluate our business after purchases of property and equipment and, in the case of unlevered free cash flow, prior to the impact of our capital structure. Free cash flow and unlevered free cash Flow should be considered in addition to, rather than as a substitute for, consolidated net income as a measure of our performance and net cash provided by operating activities as a measure of our liquidity. Additionally, Claritev’s definitions of free cash flow and unlevered free cash flow are limited, in that they do not represent residual cash flows available for discretionary expenditures, due to the fact that the measures do not deduct the payments required for debt service, in the case of unlevered free cash flow, and other contractual obligations or payments made for business acquisitions.

Adjusted cash conversion ratio is defined as unlevered free cash flow divided by Adjusted EBITDA. Claritev believes that the presentation of the adjusted cash conversion ratio provides useful information to investors because it is an financial performance measure that shows how much of its Adjusted EBITDA Claritev converts into unlevered free cash flow.

CLARITEV CORPORATION

Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets (Unaudited)

(in thousands, except share and per share data)

June 30, 2026

December 31, 2025

Assets

Current assets:

Cash and cash equivalents

$

14,373

$

16,814

Restricted cash

13,302

11,527

Trade accounts receivable, net

130,901

127,615

Prepaid expenses

31,489

31,992

Prepaid taxes

5,364

11,526

Unbilled Independent Dispute Resolution fees, net

17,995

10,563

Other current assets, net

22,994

14,330

Total current assets

236,418

224,367

Property and equipment, net

359,561

326,326

Operating lease right-of-use assets

13,023

13,966

Goodwill

2,405,853

2,405,853

Other intangibles, net

1,712,788

1,884,604

Other assets, net

36,214

33,342

Total assets

$

4,763,857

$

4,888,458

Liabilities and Shareholders’ Deficit

Current liabilities:

Accounts payable

$

56,665

$

60,463

Accrued interest

99,708

100,009

Operating lease obligation, short-term

4,609

4,705

Current portion of long-term debt

14,690

14,690

Accrued compensation

27,746

45,238

Other accrued expenses

34,089

36,253

Total current liabilities

237,507

261,358

Long-term debt

4,588,160

4,560,440

2025 Revolving Credit Facility

70,000

20,000

Operating lease obligation, long-term

14,304

16,236

Deferred income taxes

141,725

197,599

Total liabilities

5,051,696

5,055,633

Commitments and contingencies (Note 7)

Shareholders’ deficit:

Shareholder interests

Preferred stock, $0.0001 par value — 10,000,000 shares authorized; no shares issued

Class A Common stock, $0.0001 par value — 1,500,000,000 shares authorized; 17,814,829 and 17,295,582 issued; 16,935,754 and 16,552,723 shares outstanding as of June 30, 2026 and December 31, 2025, respectively

2

2

Additional paid-in capital

2,410,831

2,398,423

Accumulated deficit

(2,562,206

)

(2,429,420

)

Accumulated other comprehensive loss

(955

)

(4,172

)

Treasury stock - 879,075 and 742,859 shares as of March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025, respectively

(142,236

)

(138,733

)

Total shareholders’ (deficit)/equity attributable to Claritev Corporation

(294,564

)

(173,900

)

Non-controlling interests

6,725

6,725

Total shareholders' deficit

(287,839

)

(167,175

)

Total liabilities and shareholders’ deficit

$

4,763,857

$

4,888,458

CLARITEV CORPORATION

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Loss (Unaudited)

(in thousands, except share and per share data)

Three Months Ended June 30,

Six Months Ended June 30,

2026

2025

2026

2025

Revenues

$

257,478

$

241,570

$

502,156

$

472,900

Costs of services (exclusive of depreciation and amortization of intangible assets shown below)

67,667

60,823

136,747

121,259

General and administrative expenses

55,389

51,118

113,219

98,086

Depreciation

24,796

25,261

49,979

49,807

Amortization of intangible assets

85,908

85,971

171,816

171,942

Loss on disposal of leases

252

1,689

290

5,006

Loss on disposal of assets

57

130

57

480

Total expenses

234,069

224,992

472,108

446,580

Operating income

23,409

16,578

30,048

26,320

Interest expense

100,253

99,746

199,795

191,382

Interest income

(195

)

(323

)

(377

)

(811

)

Transaction costs related to refinancing transaction

87

7,879

Loss on extinguishment of debt

670

Net loss before taxes

(76,649

)

(82,932

)

(169,370

)

(172,800

)

Benefit for income taxes

(17,423

)

(20,292

)

(36,584

)

(38,841

)

Net loss

(59,226

)

(62,640

)

(132,786

)

(133,959

)

Less: net loss attributable to non-controlling interests

Net loss attributable to Claritev Corporation

$

(59,226

)

$

(62,640

)

$

(132,786

)

$

(133,959

)

Weighted average shares outstanding – Basic and Diluted

16,964,960

16,453,896

16,830,361

16,364,573

Net loss per share – Basic and Diluted

$

(3.49

)

$

(3.81

)

$

(7.89

)

$

(8.19

)

Net loss attributable to Claritev Corporation

(59,226

)

(62,640

)

(132,786

)

(133,959

)

Other comprehensive income (loss)

Change in unrealized gain (loss) on interest rate swaps, net of tax

1,396

753

3,217

(871

)

Comprehensive loss

$

(57,830

)

$

(61,887

)

$

(129,569

)

$

(134,830

)

CLARITEV CORPORATION

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (Unaudited)

(in thousands)

Three Months Ended June 30,

Six Months Ended June 30,

2026

2025

2026

2025

Operating activities:

Net loss

$

(59,226

)

$

(62,640

)

$

(132,786

)

$

(133,959

)

Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash provided by operating activities:

Depreciation

24,796

25,261

49,979

49,807

Amortization of intangible assets

85,908

85,971

171,816

171,942

Amortization of the right-of-use asset

566

787

1,122

1,809

Stock-based compensation

7,375

6,706

14,270

13,035

Deferred income taxes

(28,552

)

(46,862

)

(56,889

)

(99,682

)

Amortization of debt discounts and issuance costs

1,577

1,053

3,131

3,007

Non-cash interest expense

16,022

16,364

31,974

26,029

Loss on extinguishment of debt

670

Loss on disposal of assets

57

130

57

480

Loss on disposal of leases

252

1,689

290

5,006

Changes in assets and liabilities:

Trade accounts receivable, net

5,325

(30,113

)

(10,718

)

(33,821

)

Prepaid taxes

(1,263

)

6,162

6,747

Prepaid expenses, other current and non-current assets

(6,145

)

(2,719

)

(5,545

)

(7,631

)

Accounts payable

(2,511

)

(8,925

)

(3,798

)

(42,896

)

Other accrued expenses, accrued interest and accrued liabilities

49,836

75,768

(19,676

)

72,992

Operating leases, net

(1,346

)

(1,233

)

(2,497

)

(2,354

)

Net cash provided by operating activities

92,671

61,237

46,892

31,181

Investing activities:

Purchases of property and equipment

(38,080

)

(24,623

)

(84,847

)

(63,489

)

Net cash used in investing activities

(38,080

)

(24,623

)

(84,847

)

(63,489

)

Financing activities:

Repayments of Term Loan

(3,674

)

(3,674

)

(7,346

)

(3,674

)

Taxes paid on settlement of vested share awards

(4

)

(2,863

)

(2,884

)

Borrowings on 2025 Revolving Credit Facility

25,000

170,000

130,000

Repayment of 2025 Revolving Credit Facility

(80,000

)

(120,000

)

(50,000

)

Payment of debt issuance costs

(4,267

)

Proceeds from issuance of common stock under ESPP

537

448

1,001

749

Repurchases of treasury stock

(3,503

)

(3,503

)

Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities

(61,644

)

(3,226

)

37,289

69,924

Net (decrease) increase in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash

(7,053

)

33,388

(666

)

37,616

Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at beginning of period

$

34,728

$

33,900

$

28,341

$

29,672

Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at end of period

27,675

67,288

27,675

67,288

Cash and cash equivalents

14,373

56,390

14,373

56,390

Restricted cash

$

13,302

$

10,898

$

13,302

$

10,898

Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at end of period

27,675

67,288

27,675

67,288

Noncash investing and financing activities:

Purchases of property and equipment not yet paid

$

19,781

$

15,027

$

19,781

$

15,027

Operating lease right-of-use assets obtained in exchange for operating lease liabilities

$

478

$

5,316

$

478

$

5,316

Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information:

Cash paid during the period for:

Interest

$

(34,891

)

$

(35,507

)

$

(164,202

)

$

(117,510

)

Income taxes, net of refunds

$

(12,571

)

$

(41,445

)

$

(14,207

)

$

(43,977

)

CLARITEV CORPORATION

Calculation of EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA

(in thousands)

Three Months Ended June 30,

Six Months Ended June 30,

2026

2025

2026

2025

Net loss

$

(59,226

)

$

(62,640

)

$

(132,786

)

$

(133,959

)

Adjustments:

Interest expense

100,253

99,746

199,795

191,382

Interest income

(195

)

(323

)

(377

)

(811

)

Benefit for income tax

(17,423

)

(20,292

)

(36,584

)

(38,841

)

Depreciation

24,796

25,261

49,979

49,807

Amortization of intangible assets

85,908

85,971

171,816

171,942

Non-income taxes

563

1,116

EBITDA

$

134,113

$

128,286

$

251,843

$

240,636

Adjustments:

Legal expenses associated with antitrust matters

2,572

4,399

11,182

4,399

Loss on disposal of assets, including right-of-use assets

309

1,809

347

5,476

Transformation costs(1)

9,250

7,925

21,040

15,653

Integration expenses

133

513

Transaction costs related to refinancing transaction

87

7,879

Loss on extinguishment of debt

670

Stock-based compensation, including cRSUs

9,530

9,098

15,358

15,816

Other expenses, net(2)

25

2,291

2,943

5,055

Adjusted EBITDA

$

155,799

$

154,028

$

302,713

$

296,097

(1)

"Transformation costs" represent costs directly associated with our multi-year transformation program called Vision 2030 which includes internal personnel costs for employees that have been either hired or redeployed and are fully dedicated to transformation activities, as well as other non-recurring and duplicative costs. At such time that internal personnel are redeployed to non-transformation activities, they will no longer be included as an adjustment herein.

(2)

"Other expenses, net" represents impairment of other assets, non-integration related severance costs, start-up costs related to international expansion and miscellaneous non-recurring expenses.

CLARITEV CORPORATION

Calculation of Unlevered Free Cash Flow and Adjusted Cash Conversion Ratio

(in thousands)

Three Months Ended June 30,

Six Months Ended June 30,

2026

2025

2026

2025

Net cash provided by operating activities

$

92,671

$

61,237

$

46,892

$

31,181

Purchases of property and equipment

(38,080

)

(24,623

)

(84,847

)

(63,489

)

Free cash flow

54,591

36,614

(37,955

)

(32,308

)

Interest paid

34,891

35,507

164,202

117,510

Unlevered Free Cash Flow

$

89,482

$

72,121

$

126,247

$

85,202

Adjusted EBITDA

$

155,799

$

154,028

$

302,713

$

296,097

Adjusted Cash Conversion Ratio

57

%

47

%

42

%

29

%

Net cash used in investing activities

$

(38,080

)

$

(24,623

)

$

(84,847

)

$

(63,489

)

Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities

$

(61,644

)

$

(3,226

)

$

37,289

$

69,924

Investor Relations Contacts

Todd Friedman

Head of Investor Relations and Strategic Communications

Claritev

[email protected]



Media Relations Contact

Jen O’Connor

VP, Brand Marketing

Claritev

[email protected]

Source: Claritev Corporation

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