The headline EPS beat is mostly a one-time accounting gain, not an operating inflection. Diluted EPS was $1.38 versus the published consensus of approximately $(0.97), but the quarter included a $130.7 million gain from selling ten data centers; operating income excluding that gain was still modest, while revenue continued to contract.
| Metric | Q2 2026 | Comparison / expectation |
|---|---|---|
| Service revenue | $235.6 million | Down 1.5% sequentially; down 4.3% year over year (Financial Highlights) |
| Constant-currency revenue | $235.8 million | Down 1.4% sequentially; down 4.6% year over year (Constant Currency Revenue table) |
| Diluted EPS | $1.38 | Versus published consensus of approximately $(0.97); boosted by $130.7 million data-center gain (Income Statement; Financial Highlights) |
| Adjusted EBITDA | $71.1 million | Up from $70.2 million sequentially; down from $73.5 million year over year (Financial Highlights) |
| Adjusted EBITDA margin | 30.2% | Up from 29.3% sequentially and 29.8% year over year (Financial Highlights) |
| Operating cash flow | $3.2 million | Down from $14.8 million sequentially (Cash Flow statement) |
| Secured leverage ratio | 3.67x | New maximum increased from 4.00x to 4.75x (Leverage Ratios; Debt Amendment) |
The core business remains under pressure, with only the higher-quality network products offsetting broader declines. On-net revenue was essentially flat sequentially at $135.4 million, while off-net revenue fell 5.1% and enterprise revenue fell 8.9%; wavelength revenue grew 9.2% sequentially and 63.8% year over year, but not enough to stop total service revenue from declining (Segment Results; Financial Highlights). Customer connections show the same split: on-net connections rose 0.1% sequentially, wavelength connections rose 8.0%, but off-net connections fell 4.1% (Customer Connections).
Margins improved modestly, but cash generation did not keep pace. Adjusted EBITDA rose 1.3% sequentially and the adjusted margin reached 30.2%, helped by lower network costs and depreciation, yet operating cash flow fell to $3.2 million and capital expenditures were $38.5 million (Financial Highlights; Cash Flow statement). That leaves the improvement less compelling than the margin headline suggests, particularly for a company carrying approximately $2.34 billion of total debt (Balance Sheet; Leverage Ratios).
The debt amendment is a defensive balance-sheet move that creates breathing room, not evidence of a healthier business. Raising the maximum secured leverage ratio from 4.00x to 4.75x acknowledges limited covenant headroom, even though the reported secured leverage ratio was 3.67x; committing at least $175 million of data-center-sale proceeds to repurchase debt at a discount should reduce debt if executed (Debt Amendment; Leverage Ratios). The filing therefore lands as a mixed quarter: the EPS headline is far better than expected, but the underlying result is continued revenue erosion, weak cash conversion, and reliance on asset sales and covenant flexibility.
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