The call highlights a strong operating quarter and record full‑year revenue with notable margin expansion, large multiyear licensing wins, product progress, and growth in several subscription and editorial areas. However, material weaknesses remain in cash flow and balance sheet metrics (significantly lower free cash flow, elevated interest expense, and $2.01B of debt with 4.0x leverage), a meaningful decline in active annual subscribers tied to the termination of a free‑trial program, continued agency weakness (notably in APAC), and near‑term guidance pressured by the timing of large deal revenue recognition and regulatory uncertainty around the merger. Overall the positive operating and profitability achievements are largely offset by balance sheet and cash‑flow concerns and near‑term guidance headwinds tied to timing, resulting in a balanced view.

Company Guidance

Getty Images' 2026 guidance calls for revenue of $948.0M–$988.0M (a change of -3.4% to +0.6% year‑over‑year; currency‑neutral -4.5% to +0.5%) and adjusted EBITDA of $279.0M–$295.0M (a decline of 12.9% to 8.1% year‑over‑year; currency‑neutral -13.9% to -9.1%), using FX assumptions of EUR 1.17 and GBP 1.34 (implying an $11.2M revenue tailwind in 2026, about $7.5M in Q1, and roughly a $3.6M adjusted EBITDA tailwind in 2026, about $2.2M in Q1). Management says the anticipated decline is entirely due to timing (Q4 2025 included $40.0M of accelerated revenue from two large multiyear licensing deals); excluding that $40.0M, 2026 revenue would be +0.7% to +4.9% YoY (or -0.5% to +3.7% currency‑neutral) and adjusted EBITDA would be -2.4% to +2.9% YoY (or -3.6% to +1.7% currency‑neutral). The outlook includes approximately $5.6M of one‑off SG&A for SOX acceleration, excludes other merger‑related costs, and notes that broader macro risks remain.

Record Full-Year Revenue

FY2025 revenue of $981.3M, a company record, up 4.5% year‑over‑year (3.8% currency‑neutral).

Strong Q4 Top-Line Growth

Q4 2025 revenue of $282.3M, up 14.1% year‑over‑year (12.7% currency‑neutral).

Robust Profitability and Margins

Adjusted EBITDA of $320.9M for FY2025 (up 6.9% reported; 5.8% cc) with a margin of 32.7%. Q4 adjusted EBITDA of $104.1M, up 29.1% (27.2% cc) with a 36.9% margin.

High Adjusted EBITDA Less CapEx Growth

Q4 adjusted EBITDA less CapEx of $91.1M, up 39.1% (38.3% cc); Q4 adjusted EBITDA less CapEx margin 32.3% vs 26.5% prior‑year.

Large Multiyear Licensing Deals

Two significant multiyear licensing agreements recognized ~$40M of revenue in Q4 (total deal value ~ $65M). Cash impact: ~$15M in 2025, ~$20M in 2026, remainder spread over term; these deals add recurring downstream revenue.

Subscription and Product Growth

Unsplash Plus grew >30% to over 50,000 subscribers; custom content grew >20%. Excluding the Q4 accelerated deals, annual subscription revenue mix was 56.6% (up from 54.9% prior year). Premium Access up 4.1% in Q4 (5.3% cc).

Positive Geographic & Editorial Performance

Americas revenue up 20.8% in Q4 (cc), EMEA up 6.1% (Q4 cc). Editorial revenue Q4 $109.4M, up 21.4% (19.9% cc); assignments up 20.1% (18.3% cc).

Operational & Products Momentum

Showcased workflows at Milano Cortina Olympics (captured and distributed >6,000,000 images). Continued product investment: natural language search being extended from creative to editorial with promising tests.

Cost Discipline

SG&A rate decreased to 39.5% of revenue in Q4 (from 42.7%) and adjusted SG&A to 37.9% of revenue (from 40.9%), reflecting leverage on stronger revenue.

Getty Images Holdings (GETY) Earnings, Revenues Date & History

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GETY Earnings History

Report Date	Fiscal Quarter	Forecast / EPS	Last Year's EPS	EPS YoY Change	Slides	Play Transcript
May 07, 2026	2026 (Q1)	<0.01 / -	-0.14	―	―	―
Mar 16, 2026	2025 (Q4)	0.03 / -0.22	0.06	-466.67% (-0.28)	―
Nov 10, 2025	2025 (Q3)	0.05 / 0.08	-0.01	900.00% (+0.09)	―
Aug 11, 2025	2025 (Q2)	0.02 / 0.05	0.01	400.00% (+0.04)	―
May 12, 2025	2025 (Q1)	0.06 / -0.14	0.03	-566.67% (-0.17)	―
Mar 17, 2025	2024 (Q4)	0.05 / 0.06	0.09	-33.33% (-0.03)	―
Nov 07, 2024	2024 (Q3)	0.05 / -0.01	-0.05	80.00% (+0.04)	―
Aug 09, 2024	2024 (Q2)	0.04 / 0.01	-0.01	200.00% (+0.02)	―
May 09, 2024	2024 (Q1)	0.03 / 0.03	0.01	200.00% (+0.02)	―
Mar 14, 2024	2023 (Q4)	0.02 / 0.09	-0.06	250.00% (+0.15)	―

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GETY Earnings-Related Price Changes

Report Date	Price 1 Day Before	Price 1 Day After	Percentage Change
Mar 16, 2026	$0.76	$0.85	+11.97%
Nov 10, 2025	$1.72	$1.70	-1.16%
Aug 11, 2025	$1.71	$1.67	-2.34%
May 12, 2025	$2.01	$1.81	-9.95%

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Getty Images Holdings (GETY) is schdueled to report earning on May 07, 2026, After Close (Confirmed).

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