Cineverse Corp. Q1 FY27 Results

We registered another very strong quarter: Fueled by the acquisitions of Giant Worldwide and IndiCue, our total revenues increased by 175% and we increased Adjusted EBITDA by $2.6 million. This is impressive given that we had no new theatrical film releases during the quarter, and this is also one of our seasonally slowest quarters across all of our business lines. Importantly, technology now continues to be the most important source of revenue for the Company, representing over 60% of our combined revenues, with much of that revenue durable and recurring with long term customers. Going forward, we expect to see more and more of the impact of our cost reduction and synergy program initiatives reflected in our financials as we fully complete the integration of our two key acquisitions, further rationalize the business to focus on our highest potential core products and services, and increase operating margins. We are well on our way to generating our target of $13 million in annual cost reductions and synergies, and much of that is expected to be fully recognized during our Fiscal 3rd and 4th quarters, which are also our strongest seasonal quarters across our business lines. In addition, we have three high potential wide release films in the lineup for those quarters as well. Our last five wide film releases starting with Terrifier 2 have generated high ROI and are strong additions to our library, which has been valued at approximately $45 million. It is also worth emphasizing that we improved operating cash flows by over $13 million and should require a far lower CAPEX to generate that cash going forward than in the past. Given that, we reaffirm our full year Fiscal 2027 guidance of $115 to $120 million in total revenues and $10 to $20 million in Adjusted EBITDA.

With the acquisitions of Giant Worldwide and IndiCue complete, this quarter was about one thing: integration and execution. The core integration of both companies is now substantially complete, and our focus has shifted to capturing synergies and driving growth. Q1 absorbed the full cost weight of both acquisitions, including integration, audit, and transition expenses, while we still improved Adjusted EBITDA by $2.6 million year over year, and delivered the most-watched streaming quarter in our history. That is the pattern we anticipate providing to investors from here: costs coming down while the revenue engines scale up. We are executing against three value-capture priorities. First, we are streamlining our product portfolio by integrating key standalone products as features within Matchpoint, which simplifies our offering and substantially reduces engineering, sales, and marketing costs. Second, we are moving Giant's packaging and delivery operations onto the Matchpoint platform, which we expect to meaningfully expand Media Services gross margins as automation replaces manual workflows. Third, we have expanded our identified cost reduction and synergy program to $13 million on an annualized basis, of which more than $8 million has been actioned to date, with substantially all remaining actions expected to be completed by the end of the second quarter. As these actions take hold, we believe our studio and streaming operations, inclusive of corporate overhead, are approaching run-rate profitability, and the full earnings power of the new Cineverse will become visible in our results through the balance of the fiscal year.