Why Is Sabre Stock Up Today?
Sabre is trading higher today after reporting a wider-than-expected quarterly loss — because revenue and adjusted EBITDA both beat estimates by a wide margin, which mattered more to investors than the per-share loss.
- Sabre is up today, holding most of an earlier 11.9% jump.
- The company reported a Q2 2026 adjusted loss of $0.17 per share, wider than the $0.04 loss estimated.
- Revenue beat estimates ($711.96M vs $697.4M) and adjusted EBITDA beat by more than 12.6% ($143M vs $127M est).
Sabre shares are trading higher in pre-market today, holding most of an earlier 11.9% jump that followed this morning's second-quarter 2026 earnings report. The travel-technology company posted an adjusted loss of $0.17 per share, wider than the $0.04 loss analysts had modeled and wider than the $0.02 loss in the same quarter a year earlier — a clear miss by the headline per-share number.
The stock rose anyway because of what sat beneath that number. Revenue was $711.96 million versus $697.4 million expected, and adjusted EBITDA — a measure of operating cash generation that strips out financing and accounting charges — came in at $143 million against a $127 million estimate, a beat of more than 12.6%. For a company carrying meaningful debt, EBITDA reflects the underlying business more directly than a per-share number that includes financing costs, and investors treated it as the more informative figure today. For the full breakdown, see our dated report on the earnings and reaction.
Sources
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Sabre (NASDAQ:SABR) Exceeds Q2 CY2026 Expectations, Stock Jumps 11.1%
— StockStory / FinancialContent
Revenue and adjusted EBITDA beat figures, EPS figures
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Sabre's second quarter 2026 earnings materials available on its Investor Relations website
— PR Newswire
Confirms Q2 2026 earnings release date
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