Freightos Reports First Quarter 2026 Results
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Freightos (NASDAQ: CRGO) reported Q1 2026 revenue of $7.2M, up 3% year over year, with IFRS gross margin of 66.6% and non-IFRS gross margin of 73.5%. The IFRS net loss was $6.5M, while adjusted EBITDA was negative $2.8M.
The platform handled 425k transactions (+15% YoY), GBV reached $343M (+24% YoY), and active carriers increased to 79. Management guides FY 2026 revenue to $30.2M–$31.4M with adjusted EBITDA of -$6.9M to -$6.2M.
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Positive
- Q1 2026 revenue rose 3% year over year to $7.2M
- Adjusted EBITDA loss narrowed to $2.8M from $3.0M year over year
- Q1 2026 transactions grew 15% YoY to 425k
- Q1 2026 GBV increased 24% YoY to $343M
- Active carriers on platform grew to 79 from 71 year over year
- FY 2026 adjusted EBITDA guidance improved to a $6.9M–$6.2M loss
Negative
- IFRS net loss widened to $6.5M from $4.5M year over year
- FY 2026 revenue guidance trimmed to $30.2M–$31.4M, 3%–6% growth
- Q2 2026 revenue guidance of $7.2M–$7.4M implies -3% to 0% YoY change
- Cash and short-term deposits stood at $23.5M at March 2026 end
News Market Reaction – CRGO
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Previous Earnings Reports
| Date | Event | Sentiment | Move | Catalyst |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 23 | Q4/FY 2025 earnings | Positive | -30.2% | Q4 and full‑year 2025 revenue growth with reiterated 2026 breakeven target. |
| Nov 17 | Q3 2025 earnings | Positive | -13.9% | Strong Q3 2025 revenue, transaction and GBV growth with improved margins. |
| Aug 18 | Q2 2025 earnings | Positive | +11.1% | Record Q2 2025 transactions and GBV with 31% revenue growth and breakeven goal. |
| May 20 | Q1 2025 earnings | Positive | +14.8% | Q1 2025 revenue up 30% YoY and record transactions, maintaining FY outlook. |
| Feb 24 | Q4/FY 2024 earnings | Positive | -7.1% | Strong Q4 2024 growth but sizable IFRS loss and 2026 breakeven target. |
Across the last five earnings releases, positive operational updates often saw mixed to negative price reactions, with three divergence events versus two aligned moves.
Over the past five earnings cycles, Freightos has consistently highlighted double‑digit revenue and GBV growth, expanding transactions and carrier participation while targeting Adjusted EBITDA breakeven by end‑2026. However, shares frequently reacted negatively to earnings, as seen after Q4 2025 and Q3 2025 despite growth. Earlier quarters like Q1 and Q2 2025 drew positive reactions alongside strong KPIs. Today’s Q1 2026 release, with slower revenue growth and reiterated breakeven goals, fits into this ongoing transition from high growth toward profitability.
Historical Comparison
In the last five earnings releases, CRGO’s average next‑day move was -5.07%, with more negative than positive reactions despite generally strong growth metrics.
Earnings releases since 2024 have shown steady increases in transactions, GBV and revenue while management repeatedly targets Adjusted EBITDA breakeven by end‑2026 and fine‑tunes FY2026 revenue guidance (from $31.2–32.8M to $30.2–31.4M).
Market Pulse Summary
This announcement details Q1 2026 results showing revenue of $7.2M (up 3% year over year), GBV of $343M (up 24%), and 425k transactions (+15%), alongside an IFRS loss of $6.5M and improved Adjusted EBITDA of -$2.8M. Management maintained its target of Adjusted EBITDA breakeven by end‑2026 while trimming FY 2026 revenue guidance to $30.2–31.4M. Historically, earnings have produced volatile reactions, so execution against transaction, GBV and profitability goals remains a key focus.
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"I'm honored to lead Freightos through this next phase as we continue focusing on long-term growth while maintaining disciplined execution and improving operational efficiency," said Pablo Pinillos, CEO and CFO of Freightos. "During the quarter, we continued executing against the strategic and operational priorities introduced earlier this year, including actions to improve efficiency, sharpen investment focus and strengthen our path toward adjusted EBITDA breakeven by the end of 2026. At the same time, the global freight environment remains challenging, with continued disruption across key trade corridors. Our updated outlook reflects those formidable, current market conditions and execution realities, which have led us to adjust our revenue guidance accordingly, while maintaining our adjusted EBITDA guidance. Our long-term strategy remains unchanged, and we continue to believe Freightos is well positioned as global freight increasingly shifts toward interconnected digital procurement and booking workflows."
First Quarter 2026 Financial Highlights
- Revenue of
$7.2 million 3% compared to$6.9 million - IFRS Gross Margin of
66.6% , compared to66.8% in the first quarter of 2025. Non-IFRS Gross Margin of73.5% , compared to73.7% in the first quarter of 2025. - IFRS loss of
$6.5 million $4.5 million - Adjusted EBITDA of negative
$2.8 million $3.0 million - Cash and cash equivalents and a short term bank deposit balance at the end of March 2026 of
$23.5 million
Recent Business Highlights
- Transactions Growth: Freightos platform facilitated 425k transactions in the first quarter of 2026, up
15% year over year. Excluding routes involvingMiddle East origin, destination or airspace, transactions grew year-over-year at a rate above management expectations, reflecting continued growth across other regions and increased use of alternative routing. - Carrier Growth: The number of carriers actively selling on the platform in the first quarter of 2026 was 79, up from 71 carriers in the first quarter of 2025. During the quarter, the company announced that Ethiopian Cargo and Air Serbia are joining the platform.
- Unique Buyer Users: The number of Unique buyer users digitally booking freight services across the platform was approximately 20.6k in the first quarter of 2026.
- Gross Booking Value Growth: The total value of transactions processed on the Freightos platform, or GBV, reached
$343M 24% from Q1 last year. GBV met management expectations as elevated freight rates as a result of capacity constraints due to the ongoing conflict in theMiddle East compensated for the transaction shortfall. Once again, the largest contributor from an absolute perspective was Freightos' Webcargo portal. - Revenue Growth: First quarter revenue of
$7.2 million $2.4 million 3% year-over-year, and Solutions revenue was$4.8 million 3% .
Financial Outlook | |||
Management Expectations | |||
Q2 2026 | FY 2026 | ||
Transactions (k) | 437 - 444 | 1,811 - 1,836 | |
Year over Year Growth | |||
GBV ($m) | 388 - 393 | 1,514 - 1,532 | |
Year over Year Growth | |||
Revenue ($m) | 7.2 - 7.4 | 30.2 - 31.4 | |
Year over Year Growth | - | ||
Adjusted EBITDA ($m) | (2.1) - (2.0) | (6.9) - (6.2) | |
This outlook assumes freight price levels and market freight volumes as of May 2026
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Further financial details are included as an appendix below.
Earnings Webcast
Financial results for the first quarter 2026 will be reported before markets open on May 26, 2026. Freightos' management will host a webcast and conference call to discuss the results that morning at 8:30 a.m. EST.
https://freightos.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_1zZnJSA_QvqlZugN6sgr2w#/registration
Following registration, you will be sent the link to the conference call which is accessible either via the Zoom app, or alternatively from a dial-in telephone number.
Questions may be submitted in advance to ir@freightos.com or via Zoom during the call.
A replay of the webcast, as well as the conference call transcript, will be available on Freightos' Investor Relations website following the call.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release includes "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the "safe harbor" provisions of the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements may be identified by the use of words such as "estimate," "plan," "project," "forecast," "intend," "will," "expect," "anticipate," "believe," "seek," "target" or other similar expressions that predict or indicate future events or trends or that are not statements of historical matters. These statements, which include the financial outlook of Freightos, are based on various assumptions, whether or not identified in this press release, and on the current expectations of Freightos, and are not predictions of actual performance. These forward-looking statements are not intended to serve as, and must not be relied on by any investor as, a guarantee, an assurance, a prediction or a definitive statement of fact or probability. Actual events and circumstances are difficult or impossible to predict and will differ from assumptions. Many actual events and circumstances are beyond the control of Freightos. These forward-looking statements are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties, including: disruptions and instability caused by Freightos' CEO transition, changes to its board of directors, and its other leadership changes; disruptions to the international freight industry, including those caused by global economic trends and policy changes, such as increased tariffs and protectionist trade policies being implemented by
Financial Information; Non-IFRS Financial Measures
While certain financial figures included in this press release have been computed in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards ("IFRS") as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board, this press release does not contain sufficient information to constitute an interim financial report as defined in International Accounting Standards 34, "Interim Financial Reporting" nor a financial statement as defined by International Accounting Standards 1 "Presentation of Financial Statements".
This press release includes certain financial measures not presented in accordance with IFRS, including, but not limited to, Adjusted EBITDA. These non-IFRS measures differ from the most directly comparable measures determined under IFRS. For the historical non-IFRS results included herein, we have provided tables at the end of this press release providing a reconciliation of those results to our results achieved under the most directly comparable IFRS measures. For the forward-looking, non-IFRS data included under "Financial Outlook" (Adjusted EBITDA), we have not included the most directly comparable IFRS metric (i.e., IFRS loss), or a reconciliation between the two, because that IFRS data and that reconciliation cannot be prepared without unreasonable effort or with reasonable certainty. Our results and forecasts expressed as non-IFRS measures should not be considered in isolation or as an alternative to revenue, net income, cash flows from operations or other measures of profitability, liquidity or performance under IFRS. You should be aware that the presentation of these measures may not be comparable to similarly-titled measures used by other companies. Freightos believes that Adjusted EBITDA and other non-IFRS measures provide useful information to investors and others in understanding and evaluating Freightos' operating results because they provide supplemental measures of our core operating performance and offer consistency and comparability with both our own past financial performance and with corresponding financial information provided by peer companies. These non-IFRS measures are presented to permit investors and others to more fully understand how management assesses our performance for internal planning and forecasting purposes.
Certain monetary amounts, percentages and other figures included in this press release have been subject to rounding adjustments, and therefore may not sum due to rounding.
GLOSSARY
We have provided below a glossary of certain terms used in this press release:
- Transactions: Number of bookings for freight services, and related services, placed by Buyers across the Freightos platform with third-party sellers and with Clearit. Sellers of Transactions include Carriers (that is, airlines, ocean liners and LCL consolidators) and also other providers of freight services such as trucking companies, freight forwarders, general sales agents, and air master loaders. The number of transactions booked on the Freightos platform in any given time period is net of transactions that were canceled prior to the end of the period. Transactions booked on white label portals hosted by Freightos are included if there is a transactional fee associated with them.
- Carriers: Number of unique air and ocean carriers, mostly airlines, that have been sellers of transactions. For airlines, we count booking carriers, which include separate airlines within the same carrier group. We do not count dozens of other airlines that operate individual segments of air cargo transactions, as we do not have a direct booking relationship with them. Carriers include ocean less-than-container load (LCL) consolidators. In addition, we only count carriers when more than five bookings were placed with them over the course of a quarter.
- Unique buyer users: Number of individual users placing bookings, typically counted based on unique email logins. The number of buyers, which counts unique customer businesses, does not reflect the fact that some buyers are large multinational organizations while others are small or midsize businesses. Therefore, we find it more useful to monitor the number of unique buyer users than the number of buyer businesses.
- GBV: Total value of transactions on the Freightos platform, which is the monetary value of freight services and related services contracted between buyers and sellers on the Freightos platform, plus related fees charged to buyers and sellers, and pass-through payments such as duties. GBV is converted to
U.S. dollars at the time of each transaction on the Freightos platform. This metric may be similar to what others call gross merchandise value (GMV) or gross services volume (GSV). We believe that this metric reflects the scale of the Freightos platform and our opportunities to generate platform revenue. - Adjusted EBITDA: Loss before income taxes, finance income, finance expense, share-based compensation expense, depreciation and amortization, reorganization expenses and change in fair value of warrants.
- Platform revenue: Fees charged to buyers and sellers in relation to transactions executed on the Freightos platform. For bookings conducted by importers/exporters, our fees are typically structured as a percentage of booking value, depending on the mode and nature of the service. When freight forwarders book with carriers, the sellers often pay a pre-negotiated flat fee per transaction. When sellers transact with a buyer who is a new customer to the seller, we may charge a percentage of the booking value as a fee.
- Solutions revenue: Primarily subscription-based SaaS and data. It is typically priced per user or per site, per time period, with larger customers such as multinational freight forwarders or enterprise shippers often negotiating fixed, all-inclusive subscriptions. Revenue from our Solutions segment includes certain non-recurring revenue from services ancillary to our SaaS products, such as engineering, customization, configuration and go-live fees, and data services for digitizing offline data.
About Freightos
Freightos® (Nasdaq: CRGO) is the leading vendor-neutral global freight booking platform. Airlines, ocean carriers, thousands of freight forwarders, and well over ten thousand importers and exporters connect on Freightos, making world trade efficient, agile, and resilient.
The Freightos platform digitizes the trillion dollar international freight industry, supported by a suite of software solutions that span pricing, quoting, booking, shipment management, and payments for businesses of all shapes and sizes around the globe. Products include Freightos Enterprise for multinational importers and exporters, Freightos Marketplace for small importers and exporters, WebCargo and 7LFreight by WebCargo for freight forwarders, WebCargo for Airlines, and Clearit, a digital customs broker.
Freightos is a leading provider of real-time industry data via Freightos Terminal, which includes the world's leading spot pricing indexes, Freightos Air Index (FAX) for air cargo and Freightos Baltic Index (FBX) for container shipping. Futures of FBX are traded on CME and SGX.
More information is available at freightos.com/investors
Contacts
Media:
Tamar Hartal
press@freightos.com
Investors:
Anat Earon-Heilborn
ir@freightos.com
| CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS (in thousands)
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March 31, | December 31, | ||
(unaudited) | |||
Assets | |||
Current Assets: | |||
Cash and cash equivalents | |||
User funds | 3,219 | 2,884 | |
Trade receivables, net | 3,541 | 3,773 | |
Short-term bank deposit | 14,731 | 14,546 | |
Other receivables and prepaid expenses | 1,357 | 1,559 | |
31,611 | 36,109 | ||
Non-current Assets: | |||
Property and equipment, net | 275 | 284 | |
Right-of-use assets, net | 2,269 | 2,315 | |
Intangible assets, net | 6,109 | 6,792 | |
Goodwill | 14,759 | 14,809 | |
Deferred taxes | 557 | 560 | |
Other long-term assets | 1,808 | 1,827 | |
25,777 | 26,587 | ||
Total assets | |||
Liabilities and Equity | |||
Current liabilities: | |||
Current maturity of lease liabilities | |||
Trade payables | 3,564 | 5,103 | |
User accounts | 3,219 | 2,884 | |
Warrants liabilities | 2,524 | 2,223 | |
Accrued expenses and other short-term liabilities | 7,157 | 5,917 | |
17,097 | 16,754 | ||
Long Term Liabilities: | |||
Lease liabilities | 1,663 | 1,745 | |
Employee benefit liabilities, net | 1,176 | 1,275 | |
2,839 | 3,020 | ||
Equity: | |||
Share capital | 1 | 1 | |
Share premium | 267,687 | 266,583 | |
Foreign currency translation reserve | 175 | 288 | |
Reserve from remeasurement of defined benefit plans | 236 | 236 | |
Accumulated deficit | (230,647) | (224,186) | |
Total equity | 37,452 | 42,922 | |
Total liabilities and equity |
| CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS (in thousands, except share and per share data)
| |||
Three Months Ended | |||
March 31, | |||
2026 | 2025 | ||
(unaudited) | |||
Revenue | |||
Cost of revenue | 2,388 | 2,306 | |
Gross profit | 4,768 | 4,639 | |
Operating expenses: | |||
Research and development | 2,923 | 2,883 | |
Selling and marketing | 3,575 | 3,683 | |
General and administrative | 3,009 | 2,754 | |
Reorganization | 1,488 | - | |
Total operating expenses | 10,995 | 9,320 | |
Operating loss | (6,227) | (4,681) | |
Change in fair value of warrants | (301) | (223) | |
Finance income | 221 | 575 | |
Finance expenses | (61) | (115) | |
Finance income, net | 160 | 460 | |
Loss before taxes on income | (6,368) | (4,444) | |
Income taxes, net | 93 | 55 | |
Loss | (6,461) | (4,499) | |
Other comprehensive income (loss) (net of tax effect): | |||
Amounts that will be or that have been reclassified to profit or | |||
Adjustments arising from translating financial statements of | (113) | 190 | |
Total comprehensive loss | $ (6,574) | $ (4,309) | |
Basic and diluted loss per Ordinary share | $ (0.13) | $ (0.09) | |
Weighted average number of shares outstanding used to | 51,527,502 | 49,881,927 | |
| CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (in thousands)
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Three Months Ended | |||
March 31, | |||
2026 | 2025 | ||
(unaudited) | |||
Cash flows from operating activities: | |||
Loss | |||
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating | |||
Adjustments to profit or loss items: | |||
Depreciation and amortization | 842 | 938 | |
Change in fair value of warrants | 301 | 223 | |
Share-based compensation | 1,061 | 697 | |
Finance income, net | (160) | (460) | |
Income taxes, net | 93 | 55 | |
2,137 | 1,453 | ||
Changes in asset and liability items: | |||
Decrease (increase) in user funds | (354) | 1,168 | |
Increase (decrease) in user accounts | 354 | (1,168) | |
Decrease (increase) in other receivables and prepaid expenses | 105 | (234) | |
Decrease (increase) in trade receivables | 181 | (701) | |
Increase (decrease) in trade payables | (1,510) | 2,936 | |
Increase (decrease) in accrued severance pay, net | (115) | 49 | |
Increase (decrease) in accrued expenses and other short-term | 1,089 | (354) | |
(250) | 1,696 | ||
Cash received during the period for: | |||
Interest received, net | 16 | 1,533 | |
Taxes received, net | 95 | 107 | |
111 | 1,640 | ||
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities | (4,463) | 290 | |
Cash flows from investing activities: | |||
Purchase of property and equipment | (17) | (16) | |
Proceeds from sale of property and equipment | - | 25 | |
Investment in long-term deposits | - | (118) | |
Withdrawal of long-term deposits | 6 | - | |
Withdrawal of short-term bank deposit | - | 26,000 | |
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities | (11) | 25,891 | |
Cash flows from financing activities: | |||
Repayment of lease liabilities | (219) | (151) | |
Exercise of options | 43 | 264 | |
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities | (176) | 113 | |
Exchange differences on balances of cash and cash equivalents | 66 | 16 | |
Gains from translation of cash and cash equivalents of foreign | - | 9 | |
Increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents | (4,584) | 26,319 | |
Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of the period | 13,347 | 10,118 | |
Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the period | |||
(a) Significant non-cash transactions: | |||
Right-of-use asset recognized with corresponding lease liability | |||
| RECONCILIATION OF IFRS TO NON-IFRS GROSS PROFIT AND GROSS MARGIN (in thousands, except gross margin data)
| |||
Three Months Ended | |||
March 31, | |||
2026 | 2025 | ||
(unaudited) | |||
IFRS gross profit | |||
Add: | |||
Share-based compensation | 104 | 98 | |
Depreciation and amortization | 390 | 383 | |
Non-IFRS gross profit | |||
IFRS gross margin | 66.6 % | 66.8 % | |
Non-IFRS gross margin | 73.5 % | 73.7 % | |
| RECONCILIATION OF IFRS LOSS TO ADJUSTED EBITDA (in thousands , except adjusted EBITDA margin data)
| |||
Three Months Ended | |||
March 31, | |||
2026 | 2025 | ||
(unaudited) | |||
IFRS loss | |||
Add: | |||
Change in fair value of warrants | 301 | 223 | |
Finance income, net | (160) | (460) | |
Income taxes, net | 93 | 55 | |
Share-based compensation | 1,061 | 697 | |
Depreciation and amortization | 842 | 938 | |
Reorganization | 1,488 | - | |
Adjusted EBITDA | |||
Loss margin (under IFRS) | -90 % | -65 % | |
Adjusted EBITDA margin | -40 % | -44 % | |
| RECONCILIATION OF IFRS LOSS TO NON-IFRS LOSS AND LOSS PER SHARE (in thousands, except share and per share data)
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Three Months Ended | |||
March 31, | |||
2026 | 2025 | ||
(unaudited) | |||
IFRS loss | |||
Add: | |||
Share-based compensation | 1,061 | 697 | |
Depreciation and amortization | 842 | 938 | |
Reorganization | 1,488 | - | |
Change in fair value of warrants | 301 | 223 | |
Non IFRS loss | |||
Non IFRS basic and diluted loss per Ordinary share | |||
Weighted average number of shares outstanding | 51,527,502 | 49,881,927 | |
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