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BCSF February 27, 2026

Bain Capital Specialty Finance Q4 2025 Earnings Call - NII Covers Dividend; Credit Health Intact Amid Yield Compression

Bain Capital Specialty Finance reported a steady quarter and year, with Q4 net investment income (NII) per share of $0.46 covering the regular $0.42 dividend by 110%, and full-year NII of $1.88 per sh...

  • Q4 net investment income (NII) per share was $0.46, covering the regular $0.42 dividend by 110%; Q4 EPS was $0.43.
  • Full-year 2025 NII per share was $1.88, with FY EPS of $1.53 and multi-year annualized ROE around 10%.
  • Board declared Q1 regular dividend of $0.42 per share payable to holders of record March 16, 2026; company expects to maintain the $0.42 regular dividend.
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PSO February 27, 2026

Pearson FY 2025 Earnings Call - Enterprise partnerships lock in hundreds of millions through 2030; AI and platform convergence underpin 2026 upside

Pearson closed 2025 with steady top-line and margin progress, a strong cash profile, and a string of enterprise partnerships that convert into legally committed revenue running into 2030. Sales rose 4...

  • Headline financials: underlying sales +4% in 2025, adjusted operating profit GBP 614m (underlying +6%), margin up to 17.2%, adjusted EPS GBP 0.645 (+4%; +9% at constant FX).
  • Free cash flow and balance sheet: free cash conversion 125% including state aid (98% excluding), net debt GBP 1.1bn, leverage 1.3x, dividend +5% and a new GBP 350m share buyback started.
  • 2026 guidance: mid-single-digit underlying sales growth, adjusted operating profit guidance GBP 640m-GBP 685m, free cash conversion 90%-100%, effective tax rate circa 25%, interest circa GBP 80m.
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PHI February 27, 2026

PLDT Full Year 2025 Earnings Call - Free Cash Flow and Maya Profitability Anchor Deleveraging Plan

PLDT closed 2025 with a steady top line, defended margins, and a pivot from heavy build to cash generation. Consolidated service revenues reached PHP 196.2 billion, EBITDA was resilient and margins st...

  • Consolidated service revenues hit a record PHP 196.2 billion in 2025, up 1% year-on-year, with legacy services in decline and growth driven by fiber, wireless data, and ICT.
  • PLDT reported consolidated EBITDA of PHP 188.2 billion, up 3% year-on-year, with EBITDA margin steady at 52% for the year.
  • A narrower-capex posture: 2025 CapEx fell to PHP 60.3 billion from PHP 78.2 billion in 2024, and management guides 2026 CapEx to mid PHP 50 billion (PHP 53–57 billion).
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LIFE February 27, 2026

Ethos Technologies Inc. Q4 2025 Earnings Call - 65% Revenue Growth as D2C Scale and Tech Moat Drive High-Margin Profitability

Ethos closed FY2025 with a sprint, reporting Q4 revenue of $110.1 million, up 65% year over year, and full-year revenue of $388 million, up 52%. Management pitched a clear narrative: a vertically inte...

  • Q4 revenue $110.1 million, up 65% year over year; full-year 2025 revenue $388 million, up 52% versus prior year.
  • Adjusted EBITDA for Q4 was $25.8 million, representing a 23% adjusted EBITDA margin; full-year 2026 adjusted EBITDA guidance is $99 million to $103 million.
  • Direct-to-consumer channel accelerated sharply, with Q4 D2C revenue $74.2 million, up 93% year over year; third-party (agent) revenue was $35.9 million, up 27% year over year.
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NTAP February 26, 2026

NetApp Q3 FY2026 Earnings Call - AI, Keystone, and All-Flash Fuel Record Profitability Amid Memory Inflation

NetApp reported a solid Q3 with revenue of $1.71 billion, up 4% year-over-year, and record non-GAAP operating income and EPS as management leaned into All-Flash demand, cloud services, and new AI prod...

  • Q3 revenue was $1.71 billion, up 4% year-over-year, and 6% excluding the divested Spot business.
  • NetApp hit record non-GAAP operating income and EPS, with EPS of $2.12, up 11% year-over-year and above guidance.
  • All Flash Array revenue reached $1.0 billion in Q3, growing 11% year-over-year, implying a $4.2 billion annualized run rate.
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CLPR February 26, 2026

Clipper Realty Inc Q4 2025 Earnings Call - Residential Rent Strength Masks Office Fallout from 250 Livingston Lease Loss

Clipper Realty leaned into what it does best, residential rentals, and the numbers show it. Record rents, near full occupancy across stabilized properties, and a 13% increase on new leases drove reven...

  • Residential portfolio is the engine, with new leases in Q4 ~13% above prior rents and renewals up about 7% across the stabilized book.
  • Overall residential occupancy was roughly 99% for stabilized properties, rent collections about 98% in Q4, signaling strong cash flow from the housing segment.
  • Prospect House (referred to as Pacific House at points in the call) was placed in service in August, is about 78% leased, and management closed a bridge loan to fund it through stabilization.
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DUOL February 26, 2026

Duolingo Q4 2025 Earnings Call - Doubling DAUs is the bet, profits will take a back seat in 2026

Duolingo closed 2025 with scale, reporting over 50 million daily active users, more than $1 billion in bookings, and north of $300 million in adjusted EBITDA. Management is blunt: DAU growth decelerat...

  • Duolingo finished 2025 with >50 million daily active users, over $1 billion in bookings, and over $300 million in adjusted EBITDA.
  • Management says DAU growth decelerated through 2025 and now expects ~20% year-over-year DAU growth through 2026.
  • Company objective is explicit, to reach 100 million DAUs by 2028, prioritizing user growth over near-term monetization.
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STRA February 26, 2026

Strategic Education Fourth Quarter 2025 Earnings Call - AI-driven productivity drove $30M of savings, fueling sharp margin expansion and ETS acceleration

Strategic Education closed 2025 with steady top-line growth and pronounced margin gains, driven largely by technology-enabled cost cuts. Revenue was up 4% for both the fourth quarter and full year, wh...

  • Revenue rose 4% in Q4 2025 and 4% for the full year, on a constant currency, adjusted basis.
  • Adjusted EPS was $1.75 in Q4, up 38% year over year; adjusted full-year EPS was $6.21, up 28%.
  • Operating income grew 35% in Q4, driving a 390 basis point expansion in operating margin to 16.9%; full-year operating income rose 25%, with margins up 260 basis points to 15.5%.
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RKLB February 26, 2026

Rocket Lab Q4 2025 Earnings Call - Neutron first launch pushed to Q4 2026, record backlog and SDA win

Rocket Lab closed 2025 with a string of operational and commercial wins, but with one headline hiccup. The company reported record revenue of $602 million for the year and a record Q4 of $180 million,...

  • Record financials, with 2025 revenue $602 million, up 38% year-over-year, and Q4 revenue $180 million, up 36% year-over-year.
  • Q4 2025 GAAP gross margin hit a record 38%, non-GAAP gross margin 44.3%; full-year GAAP margin 34.4% and non-GAAP 39.7% showing continued margin expansion.
  • Backlog at quarter end was a record $1.85 billion, up materially year-over-year, driven largely by the SDA Tranche 3 Tracking Layer award.
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PACS February 26, 2026

PACS Group Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2025 Earnings Call - Record results after heavy M&A integration, low leverage lets management guide to steady 2026 growth

PACS closed 2025 with record revenue and profitability as the company finished integrating a large slate of 2024 acquisitions and added eight more facilities in 2025. Management highlighted improving ...

  • PACS reported Q4 revenue of $1.36 billion, up about 12% year over year, and full-year 2025 revenue of $5.29 billion, up roughly 29% versus 2024.
  • Full-year 2025 net income was $191.5 million, with diluted EPS of $1.22. Q4 net income was $59.8 million.
  • Adjusted EBITDA for 2025 was $505 million, and adjusted EBITDAR for the year was $883.9 million; Q4 adjusted EBITDA was $142.1 million.
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