Every material Form 8-K Dolphin Entertainment, Inc. has filed with the SEC since March 25, 2026, read and summarized by AI: what happened, the key figures, whether it reads positive or negative for shareholders, and how big a deal it is (impact 1-5). Newest first; each brief links to its own page and to the filing on SEC.gov.
Dolphin Entertainment reported second-quarter 2026 revenue of $14.4 million, up 2.5% from a year earlier, and first-half revenue of $27.2 million, up 3.8%. Net loss rose to $1.6 million from $1.4 million, and adjusted EBITDA fell to about $243,000 from about $628,000, as retention bonuses and litigation-related legal costs weighed on results.
Q2 2026 revenue was $14.4 million versus $14.1 million in Q2 2025; H1 2026 revenue was $27.2 million versus $26.3 million.
Q2 2026 operating loss was $1.0 million versus $0.1 million in Q2 2025; net loss was $1.6 million, or $(0.13) per share, unchanged from the prior-year loss per share.
Retention bonuses of $360,000 and litigation-related costs of about $0.4 million affected the quarter; the company says the bonuses are not expected to recur.
Cash and cash equivalents were $7.7 million at June 30, 2026, down from $8.8 million at December 31, 2025.
Dolphin Entertainment reported first-quarter 2026 results for the three months ended March 31, 2026. Revenue rose 5.2% year over year to $12.8 million, but the operating loss, net loss and loss per share all grew from the prior-year quarter, and the company said it reiterated its 2026 expectations for revenue growth, free cash flow and Adjusted EBITDA margin expansion.
Revenue was $12.8 million, up from $12.2 million in Q1 2025.
Operating loss was $2.1 million, compared with $1.8 million a year earlier; net loss was $2.7 million, compared with $2.3 million.
Basic and diluted loss per share was $(0.22), versus $(0.21), on 12,327,974 weighted average shares.
Adjusted EBITDA loss narrowed 25% to approximately $467,000 from $625,000, a non-GAAP measure.
Dolphin Entertainment reported results for the year and fourth quarter ended December 31, 2025, in a press release furnished as Exhibit 99.1. Full-year revenue rose 10% to $56.7 million and the net loss narrowed to $3.1 million from $12.6 million, and the company expects continued revenue growth and Adjusted EBITDA margin expansion in 2026.
Full-year 2025 revenue was $56.7 million, up from $51.7 million in 2024.
Full-year 2025 net loss was $3.1 million, or $(0.27) per share, compared with a $12.6 million loss, or $(1.22) per share, in 2024.
Full-year 2025 Adjusted EBITDA was $2.9 million, compared with $0.9 million in 2024.
Fourth-quarter 2025 revenue was $15.6 million, up 27% year over year, and the company reported net income of $1.0 million versus a net loss of $2.0 million a year earlier.
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