Kaltura, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides various software-as-a-service (SaaS) products and solutions and a platform-as-a-service (PaaS) in the United States, Europe, ...
Kaltura, Inc. is a New York-based technology company founded in 2006 by Ron Yekutiel and colleagues. It operates in two main segments: Enterprise, Education, and Technology (EE&T) and Media and Telecom (M&T). The company offers a comprehensive video experience cloud that enables organizations to create, manage, analyze, and distribute video ...Kaltura, Inc. is a New York-based technology company founded in 2006 by Ron Yekutiel and colleagues. It operates in two main segments: Enterprise, Education, and Technology (EE&T) and Media and Telecom (M&T). The company offers a comprehensive video experience cloud that enables organizations to create, manage, analyze, and distribute video content, including live, real-time, and on-demand video, with AI-powered features for content enrichment and audience engagement. Kaltura also provides specialized solutions for over-the-top (OTT) and cloud TV services. With a global presence, the company serves leading brands and institutions, helping them enhance customer and employee digital engagement. As of the latest data, Kaltura employs approximately 494 people and is publicly traded on NASDAQ under the symbol KLTR. Despite facing some financial challenges, with a net loss in the trailing twelve months, the company maintains a strong gross profit margin of 72% and continues to invest in R&D to innovate its product offerings. Key leadership includes co-founder and CEO Ron Yekutiel, who has been at the helm since its inception. Kaltura's mission is to power rich, agentic digital experiences across organizational journeys, making video a central part of business communication and collaboration.
YoYYoY means Year-over-Year. It compares the latest annual value with the previous annual value to show long-term trend strength.
QoQQoQ means Quarter-over-Quarter. It compares the latest quarter with the immediately previous quarter to show short-term momentum changes.
RevenueThe total money that came through the front door from selling things, before paying a single bill. Think of it as the grand total of every credit card swipe from customers. (YoY compares this year to last year's performance, while QoQ compares the current three months to the previous three).
$180.9M
+1.2%
+5.1%
Net IncomeThe absolute bottom line. If the company paid every single supplier, employee, banker, and tax collector, this is the actual money left in their pocket at the end of the day.
$-12.1M
+61.4%
-47.1%
Gross MarginThe basic markup. If they sell a $100 pair of sneakers, this percentage tells you how much of that price tag is profit right after paying for the rubber and shoelaces, but before paying for things like store rent or TV commercials.
+70.6%
+5.9%
+2.9%
Operating MarginThe 'day job' efficiency score. Out of every dollar a customer spends, this shows how many cents the company keeps after making the product AND paying for all the everyday corporate overhead (like salaries, marketing, and keeping the lights on).
-4.3%
+68.2%
+50.4%
Net MarginThe final take-home percentage. When you strip away every conceivable cost, tax, and interest payment, this is the exact number of cents the company truly gets to keep from every dollar in sales.
-6.7%
+61.9%
-40.0%
Free Cash FlowThe holy grail of corporate cash. It's the spendable, physical money left over after the business pays for its daily operations AND buys the big, expensive upgrades (like new factories or servers) it needs to survive. This is the 'free' money they can use to pay dividends or buy back stock.
$13.9M
+18.5%
-652.3%
FCF MarginThe ultimate cash conversion rate. It shows how good the company is at turning regular sales directly into cold, hard, spendable cash. A high percentage means the business is an absolute cash-printing machine.
+7.7%
+17.1%
-625.6%
Debt / EquityThe financial risk gauge. It compares how much of the company's empire was built using borrowed money (loans) versus the owners' own money (shareholders). A high number means they are heavily leveraged and playing a riskier game; a low number means they are playing it safe.
731.7%
+256.7%
+168.2%
Current RatioThe 12-month survival check. It simply compares the cash they have right now (plus things they can quickly turn into cash) against the immediate bills they absolutely must pay this year. A score above 1 means they have enough in the wallet to cover the upcoming bills without panicking.
0.72x
-40.0%
-30.5%
Total AssetsThe absolute size of the company's empire. It bundles together absolutely everything of value they own—from the cash in the register and the inventory in the warehouse, to the software patents in the vault and the factories on the ground.
Operator: Good morning, everyone, and welcome to the Kaltura First Quarter 2026 Earnings Call. All material contained in the webcast is the sole property and copyright of Kaltura with all rights reserved. For opening remarks and introductions, I now turn the call over to Erica Mannion at Sapphire Investor Relations. Please go ahead, Erica.
Erica Mannion: Thank you, operator, and good afternoon. I am joined by Ron Yekutiel, Kaltura's Co-Founder, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer; and Liron Sharon, Executive Vice President of FP&A and Interim Principal Financial Officer. Ron will begin with a summary of the results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2026, and provide a business update. Liron will then review the financial results for the first quarter of 2026 in greater detail, followed by the company's outlook for the second quarter and full year 2026. We will then open the call for questions. Please note that this call will include forward-looking statements within the meaning of the federal securities laws, including, but not limited to, statements regarding Kaltura's expected future financial results, management's expectations and plans for the business, including execution on our strategic transition and upcoming product launches, integration and expected benefits of our recent acquisitions, trends in customer engagement, anticipated headwinds and our expectations around capabilities and benefits of our products, including AI technologies. These statements are neither promises nor guarantees and involve risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ materially from those discussed here. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ from forward-looking statements can be found in the Risk Factors section of Kaltura's annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2025, and other SEC filings. Any forward-looking statements made during this conference call, including responses to your questions, are based on current expectations as of today, and Kaltura assumes no obligation to update or revise them, whether as a result of new developments or otherwise, except as required by law. Please note, we will be discussing non-GAAP financial measures, adjusted EBITDA, adjusted EBITDA margin and non-GAAP gross margin during this call. For a reconciliation of these measures to the most directly comparable GAAP metric, please refer to our earnings release, which is available on our website at www.investors.kaltura.com. Now I'd like to turn the call over to Ron.
Ron Yekutiel: Thank you, Erica, and thanks, everyone, for joining us today. We delivered a strong start to 2026, exceeding the high end of our guidance across revenue and adjusted EBITDA and generating for the first time in our history, positive cash flow from operations in a first quarter. Total revenue was $44.6 million, down 5% year-over-year. Subscription revenue was $43.2 million, down 4% year-over-year. Adjusted EBITDA was $5.7 …