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Companies · HAWK · Services-Computer Processing & Data Preparation · Earnings · Aug 13, 2026

A clean revenue beat masks another quarter of worsening operating losses

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Revenue $49.8M vs ~$45.34M consensus; EPS $(0.07) vs ~$0.12 loss consensus
HawkEye 360, Inc. (HAWK) — what happened, in plain English, and what it means versus what the market expected.

The quarter beat the published bar on both revenue and EPS. Total revenue reached $49.8 million, about 10% above the published consensus of roughly $45.34 million, while reported common-stock EPS was a $0.07 loss versus an expected loss of approximately $0.12.

MetricQ2 2026Q2 2025 / expectationRead
Total revenue$49.8M (Income Statement)$26.6M prior year; ~$45.34M consensusBeat
Revenue growth87% year over year (Income Statement)—Strong reported growth
Net loss attributable to common shareholders$(4.4)M (Income Statement)$0.1M prior yearWeaker year over year
Basic EPS$(0.07) (Income Statement)$0.02 prior year; ~$0.12 loss consensusBeat consensus
Adjusted EBITDA$7.0M (Adjusted EBITDA reconciliation)$7.8M prior yearDown year over year
Operating cash flow$11.6M (Cash Flow reconciliation)$4.6M prior yearImproved
Free cash flow$5.4M (Free Cash Flow reconciliation)$(1.3)M prior yearImproved

The revenue beat did not translate into better underlying operating profitability. Operating expenses rose to $61.4 million from $25.8 million, turning operating income of $0.8 million into an $11.5 million operating loss. Adjusted EBITDA also declined to $7.0 million from $7.8 million, despite the company excluding IPO costs, stock compensation, acquisition costs, fair-value changes, and debt-extinguishment costs. (Income Statement) (Adjusted EBITDA reconciliation)

Cash generation was the quarter’s strongest quality signal. Operating cash flow reached $11.6 million and free cash flow turned positive at $5.4 million, helped partly by a $10.5 million increase in contract liabilities and other working-capital movements. That is a meaningful improvement from the prior-year period, but it does not erase the gap between positive cash flow and a still-deepening GAAP operating loss. (Cash Flow statement) (Free Cash Flow reconciliation)

The balance sheet is materially stronger, but mostly because of the IPO rather than operations. Cash rose to $503.4 million after $478.4 million of IPO proceeds, while $49.5 million of term loans were repaid and preferred stock converted into common equity. The new $125 million revolving facility adds liquidity flexibility, but the share count expanded from 4.2 million at year-end to 98.0 million, making the stronger equity position partly a financing-and-dilution event rather than a profitability milestone. (Balance Sheet) (Cash Flow statement) (Financial Highlights)

Net read: a narrow earnings beat, tempered by cost pressure. The market received better-than-expected revenue, EPS, and free cash flow, but the widening operating loss and lower adjusted EBITDA keep this from being a clean fundamental acceleration. The filing modestly improves the near-term result versus expectations while leaving the profitability question unresolved.

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