Open the filing on EDGARTripadvisor Reports Third Quarter 2026 Financial Results
NEEDHAM, MA, November 5, 2026 - Tripadvisor, Inc. (NASDAQ: TRIP) (the “Company”) today announced financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2026.
Financial Highlights for Continuing Operations
Revenue for the third quarter was $436.4 million, a decline of 11% year-over-year.
Net loss for the third quarter was $316.9 million, or $(2.70) diluted EPS, driven primarily by a non-cash goodwill impairment charge, as discussed further below.
Non-GAAP net income for the third quarter was $43.4 million, or $0.37 diluted EPS.
Adjusted EBITDA for the third quarter was $71.1 million, or 16.3% of revenue.
Third Quarter 2026 Financial Summary for Continuing Operations
| Three months ended September 30, | |
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| (In millions, except percentages and per share amounts) | 2026 | 2025 | % Change |
| Total Revenue | $436.4 | $490.8 | (11)% |
| Experiences | $284.8 | $294.3 | (3)% |
| Hotels and Other | $151.6 | $196.5 | (23)% |
| GAAP Net Income (Loss) from continuing operations | $(316.9) | $48.5 | n.m. |
| Total Adjusted EBITDA from continuing operations | $71.1 | $107.8 | (34)% |
| Experiences | $38.2 | $52.4 | (27)% |
| Hotels and Other | $32.9 | $55.4 | (41)% |
| Non-GAAP Net Income (Loss) from continuing operations | $43.4 | $71.2 | (39)% |
| Diluted Net Income (Loss) per Share from continuing operations: | | | |
| GAAP | $(2.70) | $0.39 | n.m. |
| Non-GAAP | $0.37 | $0.58 | (36)% |
| Cash flow from operating activities from continuing operations | $(122.0) | $32.9 | n.m. |
| Free cash flow from continuing operations | $(131.2) | $19.0 | n.m. |
n.m. = not meaningful
(1) “Total Adjusted EBITDA from continuing operations,” “Non-GAAP Net Income (Loss) from continuing operations,” “Non-GAAP Diluted Net Income (Loss) per Share from continuing operations,” and “Free cash flow from continuing operations” are non-GAAP measures as defined by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”). Please refer to “Non-GAAP Financial Measures” below for definitions and explanations of these non-GAAP financial measures, as well as tabular reconciliations to the most directly comparable GAAP financial measures.
Cost performance - Total costs and expenses from continuing operations were $773.1 million for the third quarter, an increase of 81% year-over-year, driven by a non-cash goodwill impairment charge of $369.5 million, as discussed below, and the following:
| For the Three Months Ended September 30, | |
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| 2026 | 2025 | % Change |
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| Cost of sales | $37.3 | $36.2 | 3% |
| Marketing | $213.0 | $212.4 | 0% |
| Personnel | $94.0 | $123.8 | (24)% |
| Technology | $22.9 | $21.9 | 5% |
| General and administrative | $16.6 | $14.4 | 15% |
| Percentage of Total Revenue | | | |
| Cost of sales | 8.5% | 7.4% | |
| Marketing | 48.8% | 43.3% | |
| Personnel | 21.5% | 25.2% | |
| Technology | 5.2% | 4.5% | |
| General and administrative | 3.8% | 2.9% | |
Cash & Liquidity - As of September 30, 2026, the Company had $706.8 million of cash and cash equivalents from continuing operations, a decrease of $271.2 million from December 31, 2025, driven by the repayment of the Company's 2026 Senior Notes on April 1, 2026 for $345.4 million. The cash and cash equivalents balance as of September 30, 2026 does not include any proceeds received in November 2026 from the sale of TheFork.
Segment Highlights
Experiences
Revenue for the third quarter was $284.8 million, reflecting year-over-year decline of 3%.
The number of experience bookings was approximately 6.8 million during the third quarter, an increase of approximately 2%, when compared to the same period in 2025. Experience bookings include a single tour, activity, or attraction that can be purchased through Viator's platform for one or several travelers, prior to adjustments such as date changes, refunds, or cancellations.
Gross bookings value (“GBV”) reached approximately $1.3 billion during the third quarter, which was approximately flat when compared to the same period in 2025. GBV is reported at the time of booking and is gross of cancellations, whereas revenue is recorded at the time of the experience and is net of cancellations.
Adjusted EBITDA for the third quarter was $38.2 million, or 13.4% of revenue, compared to adjusted EBITDA in the same period a year ago of $52.4 million, or 17.8% of revenue.
Hotels and Other
Revenue for the third quarter was $151.6 million, reflecting a year-over-year decline of 23%.
Hotels revenue for the third quarter was $109.7 million, reflecting a year-over-year decline of 23%.
Media and advertising revenue for the third quarter was $27.7 million, reflecting a year-over-year decline of 23%.
Other revenue for the third quarter was $14.2 million, reflecting a year-over-year decline of 18%.
Adjusted EBITDA for the third quarter was $32.9 million, or 21.7% of revenue, compared to adjusted EBITDA in the same period a year ago of $55.4 million, or 28.2% of revenue.
Sale of TheFork
As previously announced, in August 2026, the Company entered into an Equity Purchase Agreement with American Express to sell its business segment TheFork. Effective November 1, 2026 (the “Closing Date”), the Company completed the sale and received total net cash consideration of approximately $741.0 million, reflecting customary adjustments to the purchase price and other transaction-related costs. The net proceeds received from the sale of TheFork provides the Company with additional flexibility in its capital structure. The Company will continue to maintain optionality with respect to its use of the net proceeds, but management currently expects that the Company will prioritize reduction of its long-term debt.
As a result of the transaction, during the second quarter of 2026, TheFork ceased to be a reportable segment and the financial results of TheFork are classified as discontinued operations. The Company's remaining reportable segments, Experiences and Hotels and Other, are classified as continuing operations. As such, all current and prior periods presented in this press release and unless otherwise noted, all amounts, percentages, and any discussion in this release reflect the results from these continuing operations, while TheFork is presented on a discontinued operations basis.
Restructuring and Related Reorganization Action
On November 4, 2026, the Company initiated a restructuring plan designed to further simplify its Hotels and Other segment, primarily through a reduction of roles across non-core revenue lines. The action will also result in accelerated investment in its Experiences initiatives, with certain additional product, engineering and data analytics roles allocated to the Experiences segment. The action is expected to result in total company annualized gross savings of approximately $40 million. The Company expects to incur estimated pre-tax restructuring and other related reorganization costs of approximately $15 million to $20 million, primarily related to employee severance and related benefits, primarily in the fourth quarter of 2026.
As previously disclosed, during the fourth quarter of 2025, the Company initiated a series of cost savings actions to support the Company’s priorities in Experiences. As a result of these actions, the Company incurred pre-tax restructuring and other related reorganization costs of $0.9 million during the third quarter of 2026, which consisted of employee severance and related benefits, primarily in our Hotels and Other segment.
Hotels and Other Goodwill Impairment
The Company recognized a goodwill impairment charge of $369.5 million during the three months ended September 30, 2026 in its Hotels and Other segment. This was a non-cash charge. The impairment was primarily driven by a sustained decline in financial performance and reduction in forecasted profitability, largely due to the multi-period acceleration of traffic headwinds resulting from changes in the search landscape.
Conference Call
Tripadvisor will host a conference call later this morning, November 5, 2026, at 8:30 a.m., Eastern Time, to discuss the Company’s third quarter 2026 financial results, which may include forward-looking information about Tripadvisor’s business. Investors and other interested parties may also go to the Investor Relations section of Tripadvisor’s website at http://ir.tripadvisor.com for a live webcast of the conference call. A replay of the conference call will be available on Tripadvisor’s website for three months.
SELECTED FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations
(in millions, except per share amounts)
| Three Months Ended | Nine Months Ended |
|---|
| September 30, 2026 | September 30, 2025 | September 30, 2026 | September 30, 2025 |
|---|
| Revenue | $436.4 | $490.8 | $1,204.1 | $1,319.3 |
| Costs and expenses: | | | | |
| Cost of sales (exclusive of depreciation and amortization as shown separately below) | 37.3 | 36.2 | 95.3 | 94.8 |
| Marketing | 213.0 | 212.4 | 589.6 | 573.3 |
| Personnel (including stock-based compensation of $15.3, $25.7, $50.5 and $77.1, respectively) | 94.0 | 123.8 | 298.7 | 371.6 |
| Technology | 22.9 | 21.9 | 66.0 | 62.9 |
| General and administrative | 16.6 | 14.4 | 42.3 | 37.9 |
| Depreciation and amortization | 18.9 | 18.7 | 56.5 | 53.5 |
| Impairment of goodwill | 369.5 | - | 369.5 | - |
| Restructuring and other related reorganization costs | 0.9 | 0.3 | 7.8 | 9.6 |
| Total costs and expenses | 773.1 | 427.7 | 1,525.7 | 1,203.6 |
| Operating income (loss) | (336.7) | 63.1 | (321.6) | 115.7 |
| Other income (expense): | | | | |
| Interest expense | (15.3) | (17.5) | (46.1) | (46.5) |
| Interest income | 5.8 | 10.3 | 18.8 | 30.3 |
| Other income (expense), net | 0.1 | (0.2) | 1.5 | (9.3) |
| Total other income (expense), net | (9.4) | (7.4) | (25.8) | (25.5) |
| Income (loss) before income taxes | (346.1) | 55.7 | (347.4) | 90.2 |
| (Provision) benefit for income taxes | 29.2 | (7.2) | 22.7 | (7.8) |
| Net income (loss) from continuing operations | (316.9) | 48.5 | (324.7) | 82.4 |
| Net income (loss) from discontinued operations, net of tax | 3.8 | 4.7 | 1.6 | (4.2) |
| Net income (loss) | $(313.1) | $53.2 | $(323.1) | $78.2 |
| Net income (loss) per share attributable to common stockholders from continuing operations: | | | | |
| Basic | $(2.70) | $0.42 | $(2.79) | $0.65 |
| Diluted | $(2.70) | $0.39 | $(2.79) | $0.62 |
| Net income (loss) per share attributable to common stockholders from discontinued operations: | | | | |
| Basic | $0.03 | $0.04 | $0.01 | $(0.03) |
| Diluted | $0.03 | $0.04 | $0.01 | $(0.03) |
| Net income (loss) per share attributable to common stockholders: | | | | |
| Basic | $(2.66) | $0.46 | $(2.77) | $0.61 |
| Diluted | $(2.66) | $0.43 | $(2.77) | $0.59 |
| Numerator used to compute net income (loss) per share from continuing operations attributable to common stockholders: | | | | |
| Basic | $(316.9) | $48.5 | $(324.7) | $82.4 |
| Diluted | $(316.9) | $48.8 | $(324.7) | $83.4 |
| Numerator used to compute net income (loss) per share attributable to common stockholders: | | | | |
| Basic | $(313.1) | $53.2 | $(323.1) | $78.2 |
| Diluted | $(313.1) | $53.5 | $(323.1) | $79.2 |
| Weighted average common shares outstanding: | | | | |
| Basic | 117.5 | 116.4 | 116.5 | 127.5 |
| Diluted | 117.5 | 123.7 | 116.5 | 133.7 |
Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets
(in millions, except number of shares and per share amounts)
| September 30, | December 31, |
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| 2026 | 2025 |
|---|
| ASSETS | | |
| Current assets: | | |
| Cash and cash equivalents | $706.8 | $978.0 |
| Accounts receivable, net (allowance for expected credit losses of $16.4 and $15.4, respectively) | 227.2 | 174.8 |
| Prepaid expenses and other current assets | 35.4 | 40.8 |
| Current assets - held for sale from discontinued operations | 290.7 | 97.1 |
| Total current assets | 1,260.1 | 1,290.7 |
| Property and equipment, net of accumulated depreciation of $582.3 and $537.7, respectively | 146.4 | 164.3 |
| Operating lease right-of-use assets | 28.2 | 31.2 |
| Intangible assets, net of accumulated amortization of $121.2 and $119.6, respectively | 32.0 | 33.0 |
| Goodwill | 355.3 | 724.2 |
| Non-marketable investments | 27.0 | 27.9 |
| Deferred income taxes, net | 171.3 | 127.9 |
| Other long-term assets | 32.2 | 34.4 |
| Noncurrent assets - held for sale from discontinued operations | - | 191.8 |
| TOTAL ASSETS | $2,052.5 | $2,625.4 |
| LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY | | |
| Current liabilities: | | |
| Accounts payable | $7.2 | $16.3 |
| Deferred merchant payables | 396.8 | 308.1 |
| Deferred revenue | 62.9 | 53.3 |
| Current portion of debt | 8.5 | 353.2 |
| Income taxes payable | 17.9 | 10.9 |
| Accrued expenses and other current liabilities | 165.4 | 200.3 |
| Current liabilities - held for sale from discontinued operations | 62.3 | 56.3 |
| Total current liabilities | 721.0 | 998.4 |
| Long-term debt | 814.4 | 819.0 |
| Finance lease obligation, net of current portion | 29.4 | 35.6 |
| Operating lease liabilities, net of current portion | 24.3 | 27.4 |
| Deferred income taxes, net | 1.1 | 1.1 |
| Other long-term liabilities | 96.0 | 95.8 |
| Noncurrent liabilities - held for sale from discontinued operations | - | 3.2 |
| Total Liabilities | 1,686.2 | 1,980.5 |
| Stockholders’ equity: | | |
| Preferred stock, $0.001 par value | - | - |
| Authorized shares: 100,000,000 | | |
| Shares issued and outstanding: 0 and 0, respectively | | |
| Common stock, $0.001 par value | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Authorized shares: 1,600,000,000 | | |
| Shares issued: 123,890,657 and 120,577,305, respectively | | |
| Shares outstanding: 117,785,395 and 114,472,043, respectively | | |
| Additional paid-in capital | 515.2 | 460.3 |
| Retained earnings (accumulated deficit) | (6.5) | 316.6 |
| Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) | (52.9) | (41.9) |
| Treasury stock-common stock, at cost, 6,105,262 and 6,105,262 shares, respectively | (89.6) | (90.2) |
| Total Stockholders’ Equity | 366.3 | 644.9 |
| TOTAL LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY | $2,052.5 | $2,625.4 |
Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
(in millions)
| Three Months Ended | Nine Months Ended |
|---|
| September 30, 2026 | September 30, 2025 | September 30, 2026 | September 30, 2025 |
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| Operating activities: | | | | |
| Net income (loss) | $(313.1) | $53.2 | $(323.1) | $78.2 |
| Less: Net income (loss) from discontinued operations, net of tax | 3.8 | 4.7 | 1.6 | (4.2) |
| Net income (loss) from continuing operations | (316.9) | 48.5 | (324.7) | 82.4 |
| Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities: | | | | |
| Depreciation and amortization | 18.9 | 18.7 | 56.5 | 53.5 |
| Stock-based compensation expense | 15.3 | 25.7 | 50.5 | 77.1 |
| Deferred income tax expense (benefit) | (43.1) | (6.5) | (42.8) | (5.5) |
| Impairment of goodwill | 369.5 | - | 369.5 | - |
| Other, net | 3.2 | 1.0 | 2.2 | 15.6 |
| Changes in operating assets and liabilities, net | (168.9) | (54.5) | 19.2 | 114.4 |
| Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities - continuing operations | (122.0) | 32.9 | 130.4 | 337.5 |
| Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities - discontinued operations | (5.3) | 11.7 | 3.7 | 10.4 |
| Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities | (127.3) | 44.6 | 134.1 | 347.9 |
| Investing activities: | | | | |
| Capital expenditures, including capitalized website development | (9.2) | (13.9) | (31.8) | (48.2) |
| Other investing activities, net | - | - | - | (2.2) |
| Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities - continuing operations | (9.2) | (13.9) | (31.8) | (50.4) |
| Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities - discontinued operations | (5.1) | (5.3) | (15.7) | (14.9) |
| Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities | (14.3) | (19.2) | (47.5) | (65.3) |
| Financing activities: | | | | |
| Proceeds from the issuance of Term Loan B Facility, net of financing costs | - | - | - | 341.4 |
| Repayment of 2026 Senior Notes | - | - | (345.0) | - |
| Principal payments on Term Loan B Facility | (2.1) | (2.1) | (6.4) | (6.4) |
| Repurchase of common stock related to Merger, including transaction costs | - | - | - | (410.7) |
| Repurchase of common stock under the share repurchase program | - | - | - | (40.0) |
| Payment of withholding taxes on net share settlements of equity awards | (1.4) | (2.9) | (7.2) | (13.0) |
| Payments of finance lease obligation | (3.9) | (2.1) | (7.8) | (5.6) |
| Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities - continuing operations | (7.4) | (7.1) | (366.4) | (134.3) |
| Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities - discontinued operations | 2.1 | (0.5) | 0.4 | (2.4) |
| Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities | (5.3) | (7.6) | (366.0) | (136.7) |
| Effect of exchange rate changes on cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash | 1.9 | (12.1) | (5.4) | 7.4 |
| Net increase (decrease) in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash | (145.0) | 5.7 | (284.8) | 153.3 |
| Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at beginning of period | 895.1 | 1,211.9 | 1,034.9 | 1,064.3 |
| Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at end of period | 750.1 | 1,217.6 | 750.1 | 1,217.6 |
| Less: Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at end of period from discontinued operations | 43.3 | 62.3 | 43.3 | 62.3 |
| Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at end of period from continuing operations | $706.8 | $1,155.3 | $706.8 | $1,155.3 |
| Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information: | | | | |
| Cash paid during the period for income taxes, net of refunds | $4.3 | $4.9 | $8.7 | $20.3 |
| Cash paid during the period for interest | $14.5 | $16.1 | $43.1 | $42.9 |
| Supplemental disclosure of non-cash flow financing activities: | | | | |
| Issuance of common stock related to Merger | $ - | $ - | $ - | $38.9 |
| Net operating loss carryforwards retained related to Merger | $ - | $ - | $ - | $13.1 |
Non-GAAP Financial Measures
To supplement our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements, which are prepared and presented in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“GAAP”), we also report certain non-GAAP financial measures. A “non-GAAP financial measure” refers to a numerical measure of a company’s historical or future financial performance, financial position, or cash flows that excludes (or includes) amounts that are included in (or excluded from) the most directly comparable measure calculated and presented in accordance with GAAP in such company’s financial statements. These non-GAAP financial measures are not prepared under a comprehensive set of accounting rules and, therefore, should only be reviewed alongside results reported under GAAP.
We may use the following non-GAAP measures: Adjusted EBITDA (including forecasted Adjusted EBITDA), Adjusted EBITDA margin (including forecasted Adjusted EBITDA margin), non-GAAP net income (loss), non-GAAP diluted net income (loss) per share, free cash flow, and non-GAAP total revenue growth before foreign exchange effect (or “constant currency basis” revenue growth), as well as other measures.
The presentation of these non-GAAP financial measures is not intended to be considered in isolation or as a substitute for, or superior to, financial information prepared and presented in accordance with GAAP and should not be considered measures of Tripadvisor’s liquidity, except for free cash flow. Investors are cautioned that there are material limitations associated with the use of non-GAAP financial measures as an analytical tool. In particular, these non-GAAP financial measures do not take into account the impact of certain expenses to our unaudited condensed consolidated statements of operations. In addition, these measures may be different from non-GAAP financial measures used by other companies, even where similarly titled, limiting their usefulness for comparison purposes and therefore should not be used to compare Tripadvisor’s performance to that of other companies. We endeavor to compensate for the limitations of the non-GAAP financial measures presented by providing tabular reconciliations to the most directly comparable GAAP financial measure, definitions, limitations, and other related information about these non-GAAP financial measures. We do not reconcile Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA margin guidance to projected GAAP net income (loss) from continuing operations because GAAP net income (loss) from continuing operations or the reconciling items between Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA margin and GAAP net income (loss) from continuing operations are unavailable on a forward-looking basis, as a result of the uncertainty regarding, and the potential variability of, certain of these items. Accordingly, a reconciliation of the non-GAAP financial measure guidance to the corresponding GAAP measure is not available without unreasonable effort.
We believe these non-GAAP financial measures provide investors and analysts with useful supplemental information about the financial performance of our business, enable comparison of financial results between periods where certain items may vary independent of business performance, and/or allow for greater transparency with respect to key measures used by management to operate and analyze our business over different periods of time.
We define our non-GAAP financial measures as below:
Tripadvisor defines “Adjusted EBITDA” from continuing operations as net income (loss) plus from continuing operations: (1) provision (benefit) for income taxes; (2) other expense (income), net; (3) depreciation and amortization; (4) stock-based compensation expense; (5) goodwill, long-lived assets and intangible asset impairments; (6) legal reserves, settlements and other (including indirect tax reserves related to audit settlements and the impact of one-time changes resulting from enacted indirect tax legislation); (7) restructuring and other related reorganization costs; (8) transaction related expenses (including non-operational costs related to significant shareholder activism, which includes third-party advisory, legal, and other professional fees); and (9) non-recurring expenses (income) unusual in nature or infrequently occurring. These items are excluded from our Adjusted EBITDA from continuing operations performance measure because these items are non-cash in nature, or because the amount is unpredictable, not driven by core operating results and renders comparisons with prior periods and competitors less meaningful. The Company believes that excluding these amounts better enables management and investors to compare financial results between periods as these costs may vary independent of business performance.
Tripadvisor defines “Adjusted EBITDA margin” as Adjusted EBITDA from continuing operations divided by revenue from continuing operations.
Adjusted EBITDA from continuing operations and Adjusted EBITDA margin are key operating performance measures used by our management and board of directors to understand and evaluate the financial performance of our business as a whole and our individual business segments, and on which internal budgets and forecasts are based and approved. In particular, the exclusion of certain expenses in calculating Adjusted EBITDA from continuing operations can provide a useful measure for period-to-period comparisons and better enables management and investors to compare financial results between periods as these costs may vary independent of core business performance. Accordingly, we believe that Adjusted EBITDA from continuing operations and Adjusted EBITDA margin provide useful information to investors and others in understanding and evaluating our operating results in the same manner as our management and board of directors and allows for a useful comparison of our performance with our historical results from prior periods.
Our use of Adjusted EBITDA from continuing operations has limitations as an analytical tool, and you should not consider it in isolation or as a substitute for analysis of our results reported in accordance with GAAP. Because of these limitations, you should consider Adjusted EBITDA from continuing operations alongside other financial performance measures, including net income (loss) from continuing operations and our other GAAP results.
Some of these limitations are:
Adjusted EBITDA does not reflect our cash expenditures or future requirements for capital expenditures or contractual commitments;
Adjusted EBITDA does not reflect changes in, or cash requirements for, our working capital needs;
Adjusted EBITDA does not reflect the interest expense or cash requirements necessary to service interest or principal payments on our debt;
Adjusted EBITDA does not consider the potentially dilutive impact of stock-based compensation;
although depreciation and amortization are non-cash charges, the assets being depreciated and amortized may have to be replaced in the future, and Adjusted EBITDA does not reflect cash capital expenditure requirements for such replacements or for new capital expenditure requirements;
Adjusted EBITDA does not reflect certain income and expenses not directly tied to the ongoing core operations of our business, including, but not limited to, legal reserves, settlements and other, as well as restructuring and other related reorganization costs, and transaction related expenses;
Adjusted EBITDA does not reflect tax payments that may represent a reduction in cash available to us;
Adjusted EBITDA is unaudited and does not conform to SEC Regulation S-X, and as a result such information may be presented differently in our future filings with the SEC; and other companies, including companies in our own industry, may calculate Adjusted EBITDA differently than we do, limiting its usefulness as a comparative measure.
Tripadvisor defines “non-GAAP net income (loss) from continuing operations” as GAAP net income (loss) from continuing operations excluding: (1) stock-based compensation expense; (2) amortization of intangible assets; (3) goodwill, intangible asset, and other long-lived asset impairments; (4) legal reserves, settlements and other (including indirect tax reserves related to audit settlements and the impact of one-time changes resulting from enacted indirect tax legislation); (5) restructuring and other related reorganization costs; (6) transaction related expenses (including non-operational costs related to significant shareholder activism, which includes third-party advisory, legal, and other professional fees); (7) (gain) loss on investments; and (8) non-recurring expenses (income) or expenses unusual in nature or infrequently occurring that we do not believe are indicative of our ongoing operating results. The non-GAAP adjustments from continuing operations described previously are reported on a pre-tax basis. The income tax effect on these non-GAAP adjustments is calculated based on the individual impact that these items had on our GAAP income tax expense (benefit) from continuing operations for the periods presented, in addition to non-recurring or infrequent discrete tax items (including significant adjustments related to (i) tax audit reserves/settlements; (ii) non-recurring or infrequent income tax reserves or adjustments; and (iii) the impact of one-time changes resulting from tax legislation or legislation that impacts taxes, such as the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (the “CARES Act”) or the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (the “2017 Tax Act”)). We believe non-GAAP net income (loss) is an operating performance measure that provides investors and analysts with useful supplemental information about the financial performance of our business, as it incorporates our unaudited condensed consolidated statement of operations, taking into account depreciation, which management believes is an ongoing cost of doing business, as well as other items which are not allocated to the operating businesses such as interest expense, interest income, income taxes, and foreign exchange gains and losses, but excluding the impact of certain expenses, infrequently occurring items and items not directly tied to the ongoing core operations of our businesses. Non-GAAP net income (loss) from continuing operations also enables comparison of financial results between periods where certain items may vary independent of business performance.
Tripadvisor defines “non-GAAP net income (loss) per diluted share from continuing operations,” or “non-GAAP diluted EPS from continuing operations,” as non-GAAP net income (loss) from continuing operations divided by GAAP diluted shares. We believe non-GAAP diluted EPS from continuing operations is useful to investors because it represents, on a per share basis, our unaudited condensed consolidated statement of operations, taking into account depreciation, which we believe is an ongoing cost of doing business, as well as other items which are not allocated to the operating businesses such as interest expense, interest income, income taxes and foreign exchange gains or losses, but excludes the effects of certain expenses not directly tied to the ongoing core operations of our business. Tripadvisor calculates non-GAAP diluted EPS from continuing operations using weighted average diluted shares prepared under GAAP.
Non-GAAP net income (loss) from continuing operations and non-GAAP diluted EPS from continuing operations have some of the same limitations as Adjusted EBITDA. In addition, non-GAAP net income (loss) from continuing operations does not include all items that affect our GAAP net income (loss) from continuing operations and GAAP diluted EPS from continuing operations for the period. Therefore, we think it is important to evaluate these measures along with our unaudited condensed consolidated statements of operations from continuing operations, which are prepared under GAAP.
Tripadvisor defines “non-GAAP Cost of sales” as GAAP Costs of sales from continuing operations before legal reserves, settlements and other; “non-GAAP Personnel” expenses as GAAP Personnel expenses from continuing operations before stock-based compensation expense; and “non-GAAP General and Administrative” expenses as GAAP General and Administrative expenses from continuing operations before legal reserves, settlements and other, transaction related expenses; and other non-recurring items. These items are excluded from our non-GAAP operating expenses because the amount is unpredictable, not driven by core operating results and renders comparisons with prior periods and competitors less meaningful. The Company believes that excluding these amounts better enables management and investors to compare financial results between periods as these costs may vary independent of business performance.
Tripadvisor defines “free cash flow” from continuing operations as cash provided by (used in) operations from continuing operations less capital expenditures from continuing operations, which are purchases of property and equipment, including the capitalization of website development costs. We believe this financial measure can provide useful supplemental information to help investors better understand underlying cash flow trends in our business, as it represents the operating cash flow that our core operating businesses generate, less capital expenditures but before taking into account other cash movements that are not directly tied to the ongoing core operations of our businesses, such as financing activities, foreign currency exchange rate impact on cash, or other investing activities. Free cash flow from continuing operations has certain limitations in that it does not represent the total increase or decrease in the cash balance for the period, nor does it represent the residual cash flow for discretionary expenditures. Therefore, it is important to evaluate free cash flow along with the unaudited condensed consolidated statements of cash flows, which are prepared under GAAP.
Tripadvisor calculates the estimated effects of foreign currency exchange rates on revenue to determine constant currency revenue growth, by translating actual revenue for the current three months and year ended using the comparable prior period foreign currency exchange rates. We believe this is a useful estimate that facilitates management's internal comparison to our historical performance because the effects of foreign currency exchange rate volatility are not indicative of our ongoing core operating results.
Pursuant to the requirements of Regulation G, we present reconciliations of these non-GAAP financial measures, described above, to the most directly comparable GAAP measures in the tables below.
RECONCILIATION OF GAAP TO NON-GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURES FROM CONTINUING OPERATIONS
(in millions, except per share amounts and percentages)
(Unaudited)
| 2025 | 2026 |
|---|
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | FY* | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | YTD* |
|---|
| Reconciliation from GAAP Net Income (Loss) to Adjusted EBITDA (Non-GAAP): | | | | | | | | | |
| GAAP Net Income (Loss) | $(2.7) | $36.5 | $48.5 | $(29.9) | $52.4 | $(30.6) | $22.8 | $(316.9) | $(324.7) |
| Add: Provision (benefit) for income taxes | (7.8) | 8.4 | 7.2 | (7.7) | - | 1.2 | 5.3 | (29.2) | (22.7) |
| Add: Other expense (income), net | 5.2 | 13.0 | 7.4 | 10.9 | 36.5 | 6.6 | 9.7 | 9.4 | 25.8 |
| Add: Restructuring and other related reorganization costs | 9.4 | - | 0.3 | 31.1 | 40.7 | 3.0 | 3.9 | 0.9 | 7.8 |
| Add: Impairment of goodwill | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 369.5 | 369.5 |
| Add: Legal reserves, settlements and other | - | (4.6) | - | 0.1 | (4.5) | 0.2 | (0.9) | 2.6 | 1.9 |
| Add: Transaction related expenses | - | - | - | - | - | 3.3 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 4.1 |
| Add: Non-recurring expenses (income) | - | - | - | - | - | (4.8) | - | - | (4.8) |
| Add: Stock-based compensation | 25.2 | 26.2 | 25.7 | 19.7 | 96.9 | 18.5 | 16.8 | 15.3 | 50.5 |
| Add: Depreciation and amortization | 17.0 | 17.7 | 18.7 | 19.2 | 72.7 | 19.0 | 18.5 | 18.9 | 56.5 |
| Adjusted EBITDA (Non-GAAP) | $46.3 | $97.2 | $107.8 | $43.4 | $294.7 | $16.4 | $76.4 | $71.1 | $163.9 |
| Reconciliation from GAAP Net Income (Loss) to Non-GAAP Net Income (Loss): | | | | | | | | | |
| GAAP Net Income (Loss) | $(2.7) | $36.5 | $48.5 | $(29.9) | $52.4 | $(30.6) | $22.8 | $(316.9) | $(324.7) |
| Add: Stock-based compensation expense | 25.2 | 26.2 | 25.7 | 19.7 | 96.9 | 18.5 | 16.8 | 15.3 | 50.5 |
| Add: Legal reserves, settlements and other | - | (4.6) | - | 0.1 | (4.5) | 0.2 | (0.9) | 2.6 | 1.9 |
| Add: Impairment of goodwill | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 369.5 | 369.5 |
| Add: Restructuring and other related reorganization costs | 9.4 | - | 0.3 | 31.1 | 40.7 | 3.0 | 3.9 | 0.9 | 7.8 |
| Add: Transaction related expenses | - | - | - | - | - | 3.3 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 4.1 |
| Add: Non-recurring expenses (income) | - | - | - | - | - | (4.8) | - | - | (4.8) |
| Add: Amortization of intangible assets | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 2.4 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 1.0 |
| Add: (Gain)/Loss on investments | (0.7) | (0.7) | (0.7) | (0.7) | (2.6) | (0.7) | (0.7) | (0.7) | (2.0) |
| Subtract: Income tax effect of Non-GAAP adjustments | 4.9 | 2.0 | 3.3 | 9.9 | 20.1 | 2.4 | 1.5 | 28.2 | 32.1 |
| Non-GAAP Net Income (Loss) | $26.9 | $56.0 | $71.2 | $10.8 | $165.2 | $(13.1) | $41.0 | $43.4 | $71.2 |
| Interest expense on 2026 Senior Notes, net of tax | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 1.1 | - | - | - | 0.4 |
| Numerator used to compute Non-GAAP net income (loss) per diluted share | $27.2 | $56.3 | $71.5 | $11.1 | $166.3 | $(13.1) | $41.0 | $43.4 | $71.6 |
| Reconciliation from GAAP Net Income (Loss) per share to Non-GAAP Net Income (Loss) per share: | | | | | | | | | |
| GAAP Diluted Shares Outstanding | 141.0 | 130.2 | 123.7 | 115.7 | 131.0 | 115.4 | 117.9 | 117.5 | 116.5 |
| Add: Potential dilutive effect of common equivalent shares | 6.1 | - | - | 7.1 | - | - | - | 1.3 | 2.8 |
| Non-GAAP Diluted Shares Outstanding | 147.1 | 130.2 | 123.7 | 122.8 | 131.0 | 115.4 | 117.9 | 118.8 | 119.3 |
| GAAP Diluted Net Income (Loss) per Share | $(0.02) | $0.28 | $0.39 | $(0.26) | $0.40 | $(0.27) | $0.19 | $(2.70) | $(2.79) |
| Add: Stock-based compensation expense | 0.18 | 0.21 | 0.22 | 0.17 | 0.74 | 0.17 | 0.15 | 0.13 | 0.41 |
| Add: Legal reserves, settlements and other | - | (0.04) | - | - | (0.03) | - | (0.01) | 0.02 | 0.02 |
| Add: Impairment of goodwill | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3.11 | 3.10 |
| Add: Restructuring and other related reorganization costs | 0.06 | - | - | 0.25 | 0.31 | 0.03 | 0.04 | 0.01 | 0.07 |
| Add: Transaction related expenses | - | - | - | - | - | 0.03 | - | 0.01 | 0.03 |
| Add: Non-recurring expenses (income) | - | - | - | - | - | (0.04) | - | - | (0.04) |
| Add: Amortization of intangible assets | - | 0.01 | 0.01 | - | 0.02 | - | - | - | 0.01 |
| Add: (Gain)/Loss on investments | (0.01) | (0.01) | (0.01) | (0.01) | (0.02) | (0.01) | (0.01) | (0.01) | (0.02) |
| Add: Adjustment to GAAP diluted shares outstanding | - | - | - | 0.02 | - | - | - | 0.03 | 0.07 |
| Subtract: Income tax effect of Non-GAAP adjustments | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.08 | 0.15 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.23 | 0.26 |
| Non-GAAP Diluted Net Income (Loss) per Share | $0.18 | $0.43 | $0.58 | $0.09 | $1.27 | $(0.11) | $0.35 | $0.37 | $0.60 |
| Foreign Exchange Reconciliation: | | | | | | | | | |
| GAAP Total Revenue Growth | (1)% | 4% | 1% | (2)% | 1% | (8)% | (7)% | (11)% | (9)% |
| Estimated effects of changes in foreign currency exchange rates | (2)% | 1% | 3% | 3% | 1% | 3% | 1% | (1)% | 1% |
| Non-GAAP Total Revenue growth on a constant currency basis | 1% | 3% | (2)% | (5)% | (0)% | (11)% | (8)% | (10)% | (10)% |
| GAAP Total Experiences Segment Revenue | 10% | 11% | 9% | 10% | 10% | 8% | 3% | (3)% | 1% |
| Estimated effects of changes in foreign currency exchange rates | (2)% | 2% | 3% | 3% | 2% | 4% | 1% | (1)% | 1% |
| Non-GAAP Total Experiences segment revenue growth on a constant currency basis | 12% | 9% | 6% | 7% | 8% | 4% | 2% | (2)% | 0% |
| GAAP Total Hotels and Other Segment Revenue | (8)% | (3)% | (8)% | (15)% | (8)% | (20)% | (21)% | (23)% | (21)% |
| Estimated effects of changes in foreign currency exchange rates | (1)% | 1% | 2% | 1% | 1% | 2% | 0% | (1)% | 1% |
| Non-GAAP Total Hotels and Other segment revenue growth on a constant currency basis | (7)% | (4)% | (10)% | (16)% | (9)% | (22)% | (21)% | (22)% | (22)% |
| Reconciliation of GAAP Cash Flow from Operating Activities to Non-GAAP Free Cash Flow: | | | | | | | | | |
| Cash flow provided by (used in) operations | $101.1 | $203.7 | $32.9 | $(103.0) | $234.7 | $111.1 | $141.2 | $(122.0) | $130.4 |
| Subtract: Capital expenditures | 14.0 | 20.3 | 13.9 | 13.1 | 61.3 | 11.1 | 11.4 | 9.2 | 31.8 |
| Free Cash Flow (Non-GAAP) | $87.1 | $183.4 | $19.0 | $(116.1) | $173.4 | $100.0 | $129.8 | $(131.2) | $98.6 |
Supplemental Financial Information from Continuing Operations
(in millions, except percentages)
(Unaudited)
| 2025 | 2026 |
|---|
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | FY* | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | YTD* |
|---|
| Segments - Revenue: | | | | | | | | | |
| Total Revenue | $352.5 | $476.0 | $490.8 | $355.0 | $1,674.3 | $325.8 | $441.9 | $436.4 | $1,204.1 |
| Growth % (y/y) | (1)% | 4% | 1% | (2)% | 1% | (8)% | (7)% | (11)% | (9)% |
| Experiences | 155.8 | 270.5 | 294.3 | 203.7 | 924.4 | 167.9 | 278.6 | 284.8 | 731.3 |
| Growth % (y/y) | 10% | 11% | 9% | 10% | 10% | 8% | 3% | (3)% | 1% |
| Hotels and Other | 196.7 | 205.5 | 196.5 | 151.3 | 749.9 | 157.9 | 163.3 | 151.6 | 472.8 |
| Growth % (y/y) | (8)% | (3)% | (8)% | (15)% | (8)% | (20)% | (21)% | (23)% | (21)% |
| Hotels | 148.0 | 152.3 | 143.1 | 106.9 | 550.3 | 114.4 | 117.9 | 109.7 | 342.1 |
| Growth % (y/y) | (7)% | 1% | (5)% | (14)% | (6)% | (23)% | (23)% | (23)% | (23)% |
| Media and advertising | 30.8 | 35.5 | 36.0 | 29.8 | 132.0 | 28.0 | 31.2 | 27.7 | 86.7 |
| Growth % (y/y) | (6)% | (13)% | (11)% | (17)% | (12)% | (9)% | (12)% | (23)% | (15)% |
| Other | 17.9 | 17.7 | 17.4 | 14.6 | 67.6 | 15.5 | 14.2 | 14.2 | 44.0 |
| Growth % (y/y) | (20)% | (15)% | (23)% | (17)% | (19)% | (13)% | (20)% | (18)% | (17)% |
| Percent of Total Revenue:** | | | | | | | | | |
| Experiences | 44% | 57% | 60% | 57% | 55% | 52% | 63% | 65% | 61% |
| Hotels | 42% | 32% | 29% | 30% | 33% | 35% | 27% | 25% | 28% |
| Media and advertising | 9% | 7% | 7% | 8% | 8% | 9% | 7% | 6% | 7% |
| Other | 5% | 4% | 4% | 4% | 4% | 5% | 3% | 3% | 4% |
| GAAP Net Income (Loss) from continuing operations: | $(2.7) | $36.5 | $48.5 | $(29.9) | $52.4 | $(30.6) | $22.8 | $(316.9) | $(324.7) |
| Growth % (y/y) | (94)% | 60% | 13% | n.m. | 100% | 1,033% | (38%) | n.m. | n.m. |
| GAAP Net Income (Loss) margin | (0.8%) | 7.7% | 9.9% | (8.4%) | 3.1% | (9.4%) | 5.2% | (72.6%) | (27.0%) |
(1) During the second quarter of 2026, the Company realized a refund of $2.0 million, resulting from the repeal of enacted tax legislation in Canada during 2026 related to digital service taxes, which required retrospective application back to January 1, 2022 through April 1, 2024, when the legislation was originally enacted. In addition, during the second and third quarters of 2026, the Company recorded cumulative legal contingency reserves of $1.1 million and $2.6 million, respectively. The amount of $4.6 million, presented in the second quarter of 2025, represents the reversal of an estimated accrual related to the settlement of a regulatory related matter, based on updated information at the time.
(2) The Company expensed certain costs related to shareholder activism of $3.3 million during the first quarter of 2026.
(3) During the first quarter of 2026, the Company recovered $4.8 million related to an external fraud incident which occurred during the fourth quarter of 2022. The Company has reduced Adjusted EBITDA by this recovery amount during the first quarter of 2026. The Company considers such recovery to be non-recurring in nature.
(4) Depreciation and amortization includes capitalized website development.
(5) The non-GAAP adjustments described above are reported on a pre-tax basis. The income tax effect on these non-GAAP adjustments was calculated based on the individual impact that these items had on our GAAP income tax expense (benefit) from continuing operations for the periods presented.
(6) In periods for which we present net income, interest expense on our 2026 Senior Notes, net of tax, was added back to the numerator for purposes of the if-converted method used to calculate both GAAP and non-GAAP diluted net income per share, as share settlement is presumed under GAAP.
(7) In periods for which we present a GAAP net loss, but Non-GAAP net income, the Company calculates GAAP diluted shares using the treasury stock method, adjusted for the 2026 Senior Notes using the if-converted method, as share settlement is presumed under GAAP, in order to calculate Non-GAAP Diluted EPS.
(8) The Company does not calculate or report net income (loss) from continuing operations by segment.
* Full-year totals reflect data as reported and may differ from the summation of the quarterly data on this table due to rounding.
** Percentages may not total to 100% due to rounding.
Supplemental Financial Information from Continuing Operations (continued)
(in millions, except percentages)
(Unaudited)
| 2025 | 2026 |
|---|
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | FY* | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | YTD* |
|---|
| Total Adjusted EBITDA from continuing operations | | | | | | | | | |
| Total Revenue | $352.5 | $476.0 | $490.8 | $355.0 | $1,674.3 | $325.8 | $441.9 | $436.4 | $1,204.1 |
| Less: | | | | | | | | | |
| Cost of sales | 22.0 | 36.5 | 36.2 | 27.9 | 122.7 | 27.0 | 33.0 | 37.3 | 97.3 |
| Marketing | 153.4 | 207.4 | 212.4 | 160.3 | 733.6 | 161.2 | 215.4 | 213.0 | 589.6 |
| Personnel | 97.3 | 99.3 | 98.1 | 87.9 | 382.3 | 87.1 | 82.4 | 78.7 | 248.2 |
| Technology | 19.5 | 21.5 | 21.9 | 22.0 | 85.0 | 21.6 | 21.6 | 22.9 | 66.0 |
| General and administrative | 14.0 | 14.1 | 14.4 | 13.5 | 56.0 | 12.5 | 13.1 | 13.4 | 39.1 |
| Total Adjusted EBITDA | $46.3 | $97.2 | $107.8 | $43.4 | $294.7 | $16.4 | $76.4 | $71.1 | $163.9 |
| Growth % (y/y) | (6)% | 5% | (7)% | (39)% | (11)% | (65)% | (21)% | (34)% | (35)% |
| Total Adjusted EBITDA Margin | 13.1% | 20.4% | 22.0% | 12.2% | 17.6% | 5.0% | 17.3% | 16.3% | 13.6% |
| Segment - Experiences | | | | | | | | | |
| Total Revenue | $155.8 | $270.5 | $294.3 | $203.7 | $924.4 | $167.9 | $278.6 | $284.8 | $731.3 |
| Less: | | | | | | | | | |
| Cost of sales | 17.1 | 27.5 | 29.1 | 19.6 | 93.3 | 20.0 | 27.5 | 28.0 | 75.4 |
| Marketing | 106.2 | 152.1 | 159.7 | 120.0 | 538.0 | 118.7 | 170.7 | 170.5 | 460.0 |
| Personnel | 36.0 | 40.2 | 40.2 | 37.2 | 153.5 | 37.0 | 37.1 | 35.0 | 109.1 |
| Technology | 6.8 | 8.1 | 7.8 | 8.3 | 31.1 | 7.8 | 7.9 | 8.6 | 24.2 |
| General and administrative | 4.0 | 4.8 | 5.1 | 4.3 | 18.3 | 4.0 | 4.6 | 4.5 | 13.2 |
| Adjusted EBITDA | $(14.3) | $37.8 | $52.4 | $14.3 | $90.2 | $(19.6) | $30.8 | $38.2 | $49.4 |
| Growth % (y/y) | (27)% | 49% | 20% | (51)% | 15% | 37% | (19)% | (27)% | (35)% |
| Adjusted EBITDA Margin | (9.2)% | 14.0% | 17.8% | 7.0% | 9.8% | (11.7)% | 11.1% | 13.4% | 6.8% |
| Segment - Hotels and Other | | | | | | | | | |
| Total Revenue | $196.7 | $205.5 | $196.5 | $151.3 | $749.9 | $157.9 | $163.3 | $151.6 | $472.8 |
| Less: | | | | | | | | | |
| Cost of sales | 4.9 | 9.0 | 7.1 | 8.3 | 29.4 | 7.0 | 5.5 | 9.3 | 21.9 |
| Marketing | 47.2 | 55.3 | 52.7 | 40.3 | 195.6 | 42.5 | 44.7 | 42.5 | 129.6 |
| Personnel | 61.3 | 59.1 | 57.9 | 50.7 | 228.8 | 50.1 | 45.3 | 43.7 | 139.1 |
| Technology | 12.7 | 13.4 | 14.1 | 13.7 | 53.9 | 13.8 | 13.7 | 14.3 | 41.8 |
| General and administrative | 10.0 | 9.3 | 9.3 | 9.2 | 37.7 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 8.9 | 25.9 |
| Adjusted EBITDA | $60.6 | $59.4 | $55.4 | $29.1 | $204.5 | $36.0 | $45.6 | $32.9 | $114.5 |
| Growth % (y/y) | (12)% | (12)% | (23)% | (32)% | (19)% | (41)% | (23)% | (41)% | (35)% |
| Adjusted EBITDA Margin | 30.8% | 28.9% | 28.2% | 19.2% | 27.3% | 22.8% | 27.9% | 21.7% | 24.2% |
| | | | | 2025 | | | | 2026 |
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | FY* | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | YTD* |
| Reconciliation from GAAP Operating Expenses to Non-GAAP Operating Expenses from Continuing Operations: | | | | | | | | | |
| GAAP Cost of sales | $22.0 | $36.5 | $36.2 | $27.9 | $122.7 | $27.0 | $31.0 | $37.3 | $95.3 |
| Subtract: Legal reserves, settlements and other | - | - | - | - | - | - | (2.0) | - | (2.0) |
| Non-GAAP Cost of sales | $22.0 | $36.5 | $36.2 | $27.9 | $122.7 | $27.0 | $33.0 | $37.3 | $97.3 |
| GAAP Personnel | $122.5 | $125.5 | $123.8 | $107.6 | $479.2 | $105.6 | $99.2 | $94.0 | $298.7 |
| Subtract: Stock-based compensation | 25.2 | 26.2 | 25.7 | 19.7 | 96.9 | 18.5 | 16.8 | 15.3 | 50.5 |
| Non-GAAP Personnel | $97.3 | $99.3 | $98.1 | $87.9 | $382.3 | $87.1 | $82.4 | $78.7 | $248.2 |
| % of revenue | 27.6% | 20.9% | 20.0% | 24.8% | 22.8% | 26.7% | 18.6% | 18.0% | 20.6% |
| GAAP General and administrative | $14.0 | $9.5 | $14.4 | $13.6 | $51.5 | $11.2 | $14.5 | $16.6 | $42.3 |
| Subtract: Legal reserves, settlements and other | - | (4.6) | - | 0.1 | (4.5) | 0.2 | 1.1 | 2.6 | 3.9 |
| Subtract: Transaction related expenses | - | - | - | - | - | 3.3 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 4.1 |
| Subtract: Non-recurring expenses (income) | - | - | - | - | - | (4.8) | - | - | (4.8) |
| Non-GAAP General and administrative | $14.0 | $14.1 | $14.4 | $13.5 | $56.0 | $12.5 | $13.1 | $13.4 | $39.1 |
(1) Adjusted EBITDA is a non-GAAP measure, and certain operating expenses used to calculate Adjusted EBITDA are also non-GAAP given they exclude GAAP expenses in some cases. Please refer to above for our definitions of non-GAAP operating expenses, as well as above for reconciliations to the most directly comparable GAAP measure.
(2) Refer to GAAP Operating Expenses to non-GAAP Operating Expenses reconciliations above.
(3) This amount is exclusive of stock-based compensation expense. Please refer above to our definition of Adjusted EBITDA, which is our segment profit measure used by our CODM under GAAP.
(4) During the second quarter of 2026, the Company realized a refund of $2.0 million, resulting from the repeal of enacted tax legislation in Canada during 2026 related to digital service taxes, which required retrospective application back to January 1, 2022 through April 1, 2024, when the legislation was originally enacted.
(5) The Company expensed certain costs related to shareholder activism of $3.3 million during the first quarter of 2026, to general and administrative expenses on our unaudited condensed consolidated statements of operations.
(6) During the first quarter of 2026, the Company recovered $4.8 million related to an external fraud incident, which occurred during the fourth quarter of 2022. The Company has reduced Adjusted EBITDA by this recovery amount during the first quarter of 2026, which was recorded to general and administrative expenses on the unaudited condensed consolidated statement of operations. The Company considers such recovery to be non-recurring in nature.
* Full-year totals reflect data as reported and may differ from the summation of the quarterly data on this table due to rounding.
Operating Metrics
We review a number of metrics, including, but not limited to, monthly active users, hotel shoppers, cost-per-click, gross booking value (“GBV”), and number of experience bookings, both defined below, seated diners, dining bookings, and other metrics, to evaluate our business, measure our performance, identify trends affecting our business, formulate business plans and make strategic decisions. We make certain metrics available to investors as we believe they are useful to investors both because they allow for greater transparency with respect to metrics used by management in its financial and operational decision-making, and because they may be used by investors to help analyze the health of our business.
While these numbers are based on what we believe to be reasonable estimates for the applicable period of measurement, there are inherent challenges in measuring usage and user engagement across our large user base around the world. For example, a single user may have multiple member accounts or browse the internet on multiple browsers or devices, some users may restrict our ability to accurately identify them across visits, and we are not always able to capture user information on all of our platforms. As such, the calculations of our unique users may not accurately reflect the actual number of people or organizations using our platform. Our metrics are also affected by applications that automatically contact our servers for regular updates with no discernible user action involved, and this activity can cause our system to count the users associated with such applications as active users on the day or days such contact occurs. As such, the calculation of some of the metrics presented may be affected as a result of this activity, or other reasons. We regularly review our processes and may adjust how we calculate our internal metrics to improve their accuracy.
Definitions
Variable costs consist of cost of sales and marketing expenses.
Fixed costs consist of personnel, technology, and general and administrative expenses, not including stock-based compensation, depreciation, amortization, restructuring and other related reorganization costs, legal reserves, settlements and other, transaction related expenses, non-recurring expenses and income, interest expense, or income taxes.
We use the operating metrics described below to assist us in measuring our operations performance, identifying trends, formulating projections and making strategic decisions for our Experiences segment. We are not aware of any uniform standards for calculating these metrics, which may hinder comparability with other companies that may calculate similarly titled metrics in a different way. Management believes it is useful to monitor these metrics together and not individually as it does not make business decisions based upon any single metric. We regularly review our processes and may adjust how we calculate these metrics to improve their accuracy. None of these metrics should be considered as an alternative to any measure of financial performance calculated in accordance with GAAP.
GBV represents the total dollar value of experience bookings in a given period prior to any adjustments such as date changes, refunds or cancellations. GBV is an operational measure that provides an indication of total engagement and economic activity driven by our platform in a given period by all marketplace constituents (travelers, experience operators, and partners). Management uses GBV for operational decision-making purposes to monitor the growth, scale, and reach of its online marketplace as well as assess the health of its global ecosystem. Accordingly, management does not consider GBV to be an indicator of revenue or any other financial statement measure.
We define an “experience booking” as a single tour, activity, or attraction that can be purchased through Viator's platform for one or several travelers, prior to adjustments such as date changes, refunds, or cancellations. This metric is reported at the time the booking is made. As an example, a single experience booked in January for three travelers would be reported as one experience booking in the first quarter. We believe that the number of experience bookings, an operational measure, is a useful indicator of the scale of our marketplace.
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About Tripadvisor, Inc.
The Tripadvisor Group connects people to experiences worth sharing, and aims to be the world’s most trusted source for travel and experiences. Through its leading brands, two-sided marketplaces for experiences, accommodations offerings, and insights from one of the world’s largest travel communities, Tripadvisor Group helps millions of travelers discover unforgettable experiences, access trusted travel guidance and content, and plan and book better trips with confidence. Tripadvisor Group consists of the subsidiaries of Tripadvisor, Inc. (Nasdaq: TRIP) which together represent a portfolio of travel brands and businesses, including Tripadvisor and Viator.
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