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Q4'25 earnings call · held February 12, 2026 · compared with the Q3'25 call · management-credibility review
8/12
Disclosure score
2 medium, 4 low flags
Financial quality
Bottom line
The sleeper story is The Fork divestiture - they're shopping their highest-margin, fastest-growing asset (9% EBITDA margins, 22% revenue growth) not because it's underperforming, but because dining marketplaces are hot and they need capital to fund the Experiences doubling-down. The binding constraint is their continued SEO dependence - they stopped disclosing specific percentages and only promise to get 'less than 10%' by 2026, suggesting it's still uncomfortably high. Management's most revealing quote: 'Too early to say how or when this AI innovation will change our financial profile' - a clear walkback from last quarter's claims of current AI financial impact. My view changes if they can prove Experiences margins expand 300-400bps in 2026 while maintaining double-digit bookings growth, or if The Fork sale proceeds fund meaningful international expansion rather than just share buybacks.

The 30-second version

  • The Fork is being shopped while it's delivering their best margins
  • Experiences will be 50%+ of revenue in 2026, but growth is actually decelerating
  • They stopped breaking out SEO as a percentage, just saying it'll be 'less than 10%'

What changed this quarter

MetricQ3'25Q4'25Change
Revenue$553M (+4% YoY)$411M (flat YoY)Sharp deceleration, missed seasonal lift
Experiences Revenue$294M (+9% YoY)$204M (+10% YoY)Modest acceleration, 100bps improvement
Experiences EBITDA Margin17%7%1000bps margin compression
The Fork Revenue$63M (+28% YoY)$57M (+18% YoY)1000bps deceleration but still strong
The Fork EBITDA Margin22%2%2000bps compression, seasonality hit
Hotels and Other Revenue$235M (-8% YoY)$151M (-15% YoY)Decline accelerated 700bps
Experiences GBV$1.3B (+15% YoY)$980M (+16% YoY)100bps acceleration to $4.7B annual
Experiences Bookings Growth18%18%Flat at high end of guidance
Operating Cash Flow$45M (Q3)$245M (full year)Strong full-year performance
Free Cash Flow$26M (Q3)$163M (full year)Solid cash generation

Accountability tracked

7 new promises made4 narrative shifts flagged6 prior promises scored
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