Grindr (GRND) Earnings: Q3 2026 Results

The quarter ended September 30, 2026 and Grindr published the results on November 5, 2026. Revenue and diluted EPS are shown against Q3 2025, the same quarter a year earlier, which takes seasonal swings out of the comparison.

• Grindr's Q3 2026 net loss includes a $33 million charge for the U.K. litigation settlement announced in September 2026, which Grindr says arose from data practices before 2020. Grindr also reports net income excluding litigation-related and transaction-related costs, $21.0 million in the quarter, but gives no per-share figure for it.
• Grindr completed its acquisition of PurposeMed Inc., the parent of the Freddie telehealth brand, on November 2, 2026, after the quarter ended. Q3 2026 figures do not include Freddie.

Source: Grindr Q3 2026 results, November 5, 2026. Also in the Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2026. Figures as reported; checked against the release on November 10, 2026.

How Grindr splits revenue in its own release, under its own labels, for Q3 2026 against Q3 2025. Indented lines are parts of the line above them.

• Grindr's App-based revenue revenue was $118 million in Q3 2026, up 22% from $96.3 million in Q3 2025, 83% of total revenue.
• Grindr's Advertising revenue revenue was $23.8 million in Q3 2026, up 23% from $19.4 million in Q3 2025, 17% of total revenue.

Segment lines are the figures writers cite most often, because they show where the growth in a quarter came from. Companies redraw their segments from time to time and restate the prior year to match, so a year-ago figure here can differ from the one printed a year ago. When that has happened, the note above says so.

From the earnings release

Grindr publishes its results and outlook in a Letter to Shareholders, filed as Exhibit 99.2 to the same Form 8-K as the press release.

In its Q3 2026 release, Grindr said:

“We now expect full-year 2026 revenue of at least $560 million, up from our prior outlook of approximately $540 million, and Adjusted EBITDA of at least $236 million, up from approximately $232 million previously.”

“These anticipated results include a minor contribution from Freddie in the fourth quarter following the closing of the transaction.”

“For 2027, we expect total revenue of at least $705 million and Adjusted EBITDA of at least $275 million, representing an Adjusted EBITDA margin of at least 39%.”

Source: Grindr Q3 2026 Letter to Shareholders, Nov 5, 2026.

This is the company's own guidance as of Nov 5, 2026, quoted as given. Walnut does not make forecasts of its own. Analyst estimates for the coming quarters are on the GRND forecast page.

Revenue and diluted EPS for the last 5 quarters. Each date links to that quarter's release.

GAAP revenue and diluted EPS from each quarter's Form 10-Q (Grindr's press release carries no income statement). Grindr reported Q4 2025 only as part of full-year 2025, so Q4 2025 revenue is full-year revenue of $439.9 million minus nine-month revenue of $313.9 million, and Q4 EPS was not published.

We do not hold a confirmed date for Grindr's next report. Companies post the date on their investor relations site a few weeks ahead, usually with the time of the conference call.

Each quarter keeps its own page with the figures as reported, so a link to one stays pointed at the same numbers after the next report.

• Q3 2026 (this page), reported Nov 5, 2026

Grindr makes most of its money from users who pay inside the app. App-based revenue, which covers its XTRA and Unlimited subscriptions and consumables, was $117.5 million of Q3 2026 revenue of $141.4 million, against $96.3 million a year earlier. Advertising was the rest, $23.8 million against $19.4 million. Total revenue rose 22.1%. (Grindr Form 10-Q, Q3 2026, Nov 6, 2026)

Grindr breaks app revenue growth into two drivers. Average Paying Users rose by 142 thousand to 1.4 million, and ARPPU (app-based revenue per average paying user) rose 9.9% to $27.15 from $24.70. Grindr put the ARPPU gain down to a richer product mix, with more revenue from higher-priced plans such as weekly Unlimited, and to pricing experiments extended to a broader share of subscribers in key markets. (Grindr Form 10-Q, Q3 2026, Nov 6, 2026)

Advertising revenue grew 22.7%, which Grindr attributed primarily to strong CPMs across North America, third-party partnerships and additional campaigns. (Grindr Form 10-Q, Q3 2026, Nov 6, 2026)

By geography, $79.2 million of revenue came from the United States and $62.2 million from the rest of the world. Users pay for subscriptions and consumables mainly through Apple's App Store and Google Play, so most of Grindr's receivables are owed by those two app stores. (Grindr Form 10-Q, Q3 2026, Nov 6, 2026)

Grindr posted a net loss of $6.6 million in Q3 2026, or $0.04 per diluted share, against net income of $30.8 million, or $0.16, a year earlier. The swing came mainly from a $33 million charge for the U.K. litigation settlement announced in September, which Grindr says arose from data practices before 2020, plus $3 million of deal costs for the Freddie acquisition. Operating income fell to $4.1 million from $45.2 million. (Grindr Q3 2026 Letter to Shareholders, Nov 5, 2026; Grindr Q3 2026 release, Nov 5, 2026; Grindr Form 10-Q, Q3 2026, Nov 6, 2026)

Grindr's release reports Adjusted EBITDA and net income excluding litigation-related and transaction-related costs, not an adjusted EPS. Excluding those costs, net income was $21.0 million. Adjusted EBITDA was $61.7 million, a 43.7% margin, against $54.8 million and 47.4%. Adjusted EBITDA also adds back stock-based compensation, which rose to $19.3 million from $6.0 million. (Grindr Q3 2026 release, Nov 5, 2026)

Buybacks cut the share count. Diluted weighted average shares were 173,891,867 against 192,558,285 a year earlier. In the first nine months of 2026 Grindr repurchased about 13 million shares for $180 million, an average of $13.83 per share, and issued about 4 million shares as part of the Freddie purchase price. (Grindr Form 10-Q, Q3 2026, Nov 6, 2026; Grindr Q3 2026 Letter to Shareholders, Nov 5, 2026)

Diluted EPS divides net income by the weighted average number of shares outstanding in the quarter, plus the shares that options and other equity awards could add. Buybacks shrink that count and lift EPS for the same profit; share issuance and stock awards enlarge it.

Grindr gives full-year revenue and Adjusted EBITDA targets in its Letter to Shareholders. With Q3 results it raised its 2026 outlook to revenue of at least $560 million, from about $540 million, and Adjusted EBITDA of at least $236 million, from about $232 million. Revenue for the first nine months was $409.5 million. (Grindr Q3 2026 Letter to Shareholders, Nov 5, 2026; Grindr Form 10-Q, Q3 2026, Nov 6, 2026)

Grindr also gave its first 2027 outlook a quarter earlier than usual: revenue of at least $705 million, which it says is 26% growth, and Adjusted EBITDA of at least $275 million, a margin of at least 39%. The 2027 figures include Freddie, which Grindr expects to have about $80 million of revenue in 2026, and Edge, a premium tier at an introductory price of $120 per month that launches globally on November 17. (Grindr Q3 2026 Letter to Shareholders, Nov 5, 2026)

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The consensus figures on this page are Yahoo Finance's, as pulled on the date shown. Each comes with the number of analysts behind it; the smaller that number, the more one revised estimate can move the average.

The figures below are the ones Grindr's own release and filings put weight on for Q3 2026, with the latest reported value for each.

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