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Flywire Delivers Strong Q1 Results and Raises Guidance

Story Highlights
  • Flywire delivered strong Q1 2026 growth, boosting revenue, profitability and payment volumes while turning last year’s loss into net income.
  • The company raised 2026 guidance, launched a $50 million ASR, and expanded client, product and partnership initiatives to reinforce its market position.
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Flywire Delivers Strong Q1 Results and Raises Guidance

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Flywire ( (FLYW) ) has issued an update.

On May 5, 2026, Flywire reported strong first-quarter 2026 results, with revenue rising 41.0% year over year to $188.1 million and revenue less ancillary services up 43.0% to $184.0 million. The company swung to a GAAP net income of $12.5 million from a $4.2 million loss a year earlier, while total payment volume climbed 36.5% to $11.4 billion and adjusted EBITDA jumped 81.8% to $39.3 million, driving a 452-basis-point increase in adjusted EBITDA margin to 21.4%.

The company raised its full-year 2026 guidance for revenue less ancillary services growth and adjusted EBITDA margin and authorized an accelerated share repurchase program of up to $50 million after buying back about $10 million of stock in the quarter. Operationally, Flywire signed over 200 new clients, deepened its education ecosystem through partnerships and AI-driven product enhancements, migrated its first hospitality client to its new travel platform, and strengthened its higher-education position via a certified integration with Workday Student, underscoring broader diversification and operating leverage across its verticals and geographies.

The most recent analyst rating on (FLYW) stock is a Buy with a $17.00 price target. To see the full list of analyst forecasts on Flywire stock, see the FLYW Stock Forecast page.

Spark’s Take on FLYW Stock

According to Spark, TipRanks’ AI Analyst, FLYW is a Neutral.

The score is driven primarily by improving fundamentals (strong growth and margins, low leverage, and strengthening free cash flow) and generally positive forward guidance with margin expansion and buybacks. It is held back by weak current price momentum, an expensive P/E with no dividend support, and near-term gross margin pressure plus macro uncertainty in education.

To see Spark’s full report on FLYW stock, click here.

More about Flywire

Flywire Corporation is a global payments enablement and software company listed on Nasdaq under the ticker FLYW. It focuses on digitizing and optimizing complex payment flows, with a strong presence in education, travel and hospitality, and other verticals where cross-border and high-value transactions require specialized software and payment infrastructure.

Average Trading Volume: 1,812,453

Technical Sentiment Signal: Buy

Current Market Cap: $1.72B

See more data about FLYW stock on TipRanks’ Stock Analysis page.

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