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PubMatic Beat Revenue Estimates by Nearly 14% and Swung From a Loss to a Profit. PUBM Jumped 21%

PubMatic's Q2 2026 revenue rose 10.5% year over year to $78.59 million, beating estimates by nearly 14%, while adjusted EPS swung to $0.12 from an expected loss of $0.01. The company also guided next-quarter revenue well above expectations. PUBM jumped roughly 21% on the report.

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  • PubMatic reported Q2 2026 revenue of $78.59 million, up 10.5% year over year and about 13.7% above the $69.15 million analyst estimate.
  • Adjusted EPS of $0.12 swung from an expected loss of $0.01 — a beat on both the direction and magnitude of profitability.
  • Adjusted EBITDA of $19.62 million came in more than double the $9.06 million analysts expected.

Reaction by asset (real prices)

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PUBM +4.82% +14.33%

PubMatic reported second-quarter 2026 revenue of $78.59 million on August 6, 2026, up 10.5% year over year and about 13.7% above the $69.15 million analyst estimate. The more striking number was profitability: adjusted earnings per share of $0.12 swung from an expected loss of $0.01 — the company did not just beat estimates, it beat the direction analysts expected the business to move in. Adjusted EBITDA of $19.62 million came in at more than double the $9.06 million analysts had modeled.

Forward guidance extended the surprise rather than tempering it. Next-quarter revenue guidance of $76 million at the midpoint landed about 7.3% above what analysts expected — a company delivering a profitability swing this large while also guiding meaningfully ahead of consensus for the following quarter is signaling that the improvement is structural, not a one-time cost cut or timing benefit.

PUBM jumped roughly 21% on the report. For an advertising-technology company that had been under pressure, a beat spanning revenue, an unexpected swing to profit, EBITDA more than double the estimate, and above-consensus forward guidance simultaneously is the kind of result that resets how the market prices the business going forward, rather than one quarter's worth of good news.

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