Full Year 2025 Highlights
- Revenue increased 17% to a record €1,290 million
- Generated profit for the period of €100 million, 7.8% as a percentage of revenue
- Adjusted EBITDA1 increased 33% to a record €297 million and Adjusted EBITDA margin1 expanded 291 basis points to 23.0%
- Generated net cash from operating activities of €403 million and record Free cash flow1 of €167 million
- Repurchased
$91 million of shares and announced significant increase in share repurchase plan bringing total authorization from$300 million to$1 billion - Achieved a Customer Net Retention Rate1 of 109%
- Completed the acquisition of
IMG ARENA and its global sports betting rights portfolio
Fourth Quarter 2025 Highlights
- Revenue increased 20% to €369 million
- Generated profit for the period of €4 million, 1.2% as a percentage of revenue
- Adjusted EBITDA increased 48% to €89 million and Adjusted EBITDA margin expanded 451 basis points to 24.2%
- Generated net cash from operating activities of €88 million and Free cash flow of €18 million
- Repurchased
$25 million of shares under the share repurchase plan
Carsten Koerl, Chief Executive Officer of
1 Non-IFRS measure or Operating Metric. See the sections captioned “Non-IFRS Financial Measures and Operating Metric” and “IFRS to Non-IFRS reconciliations” for more details.
FOURTH QUARTER AND FULL YEAR FINANCIAL RESULTS
Revenue
| Three-Month Period Ended | Year Ended | ||||||||||||||||||
| in € thousands (unaudited) | 2025 | 2024 | Change | % | 2025 | 2024 | Change | % | |||||||||||
| Revenue by product | |||||||||||||||||||
| Betting & Gaming Content | 247,438 | 191,783 | 55,655 | 29 | % | 817,295 | 707,119 | 110,176 | 16 | % | |||||||||
| Managed Betting Services | 58,038 | 55,145 | 2,893 | 5 | % | 229,775 | 199,871 | 29,904 | 15 | % | |||||||||
| Betting Technology & Solutions | 305,476 | 246,928 | 58,548 | 24 | % | 1,047,070 | 906,990 | 140,080 | 15 | % | |||||||||
| Marketing & Media Services | 50,009 | 44,282 | 5,727 | 13 | % | 181,568 | 146,919 | 34,649 | 24 | % | |||||||||
| Sports Performance | 8,932 | 11,051 | (2,119 | ) | (19 | )% | 43,692 | 40,366 | 3,326 | 8 | % | ||||||||
| Integrity Services | 4,473 | 4,809 | (336 | ) | (7 | )% | 17,635 | 12,281 | 5,354 | 44 | % | ||||||||
| Sports Content, Technology & Services | 63,414 | 60,142 | 3,272 | 5 | % | 242,895 | 199,566 | 43,329 | 22 | % | |||||||||
| Total Revenue | 368,890 | 307,070 | 61,820 | 20 | % | 1,289,965 | 1,106,556 | 183,409 | 17 | % | |||||||||
| Revenue by geography | |||||||||||||||||||
| Rest of World | 285,757 | 232,298 | 53,459 | 23 | % | 966,162 | 843,791 | 122,371 | 15 | % | |||||||||
| 83,133 | 74,772 | 8,361 | 11 | % | 323,803 | 262,765 | 61,038 | 23 | % | ||||||||||
| Total Revenue | 368,890 | 307,070 | 1,289,965 | 1,106,556 | |||||||||||||||
FULL YEAR FINANCIAL RESULTS
Revenue
Total revenue for the full year was €1,290 million, up €183 million, or 17% year-over-year, driven by 15% growth in Betting Technology & Solutions and 22% growth in Sports Content, Technology & Services.
Betting Technology & Solutions revenues of €1,047 million were up 15% year-over-year primarily driven by a 16% increase in Betting & Gaming Content due to customer uptake of our content and products, contributions related to the acquisition of
Sports Content, Technology & Services revenues of €243 million increased 22% year-over-year primarily driven by 24% growth in Marketing & Media Services due to increased spending from technology and media customers and contributions related to our expanded affiliate marketing capabilities.
The Company generated strong revenue growth globally with Rest of World up 15% and
Customer Net Retention Rate of 109%, which excludes any contribution from IMG, further demonstrates our ability to cross sell and up sell to our clients, as well as the continued market growth in
1 Non-IFRS measure. See the sections captioned “Non-IFRS Financial Measures and Operating Metric” and “IFRS to Non-IFRS reconciliations” for more details.
Profit for the period
Profit for the full year was €100 million, an increase of €67 million compared to the prior year, primarily due to the strong operating results and a foreign currency gain of €79 million compared to a foreign currency loss of €38 million last year, due to unrealized currency fluctuations mainly associated with the
Adjusted EBITDA
Full year Adjusted EBITDA was €297 million, up €74 million, or 33% compared to €222 million in the prior year. The increase was largely driven by the 17% revenue growth, partially offset by increased sport rights costs primarily related to the continued success of the ATP partnership, the renewal of our partnership with Major
FOURTH QUARTER FINANCIAL RESULTS
Revenue
Total revenue for the fourth quarter was €369 million, up €62 million, or 20% year-over-year, driven by 24% growth in Betting Technology & Solutions, and 5% growth in Sports Content, Technology & Services.
Betting Technology & Solutions revenues of €305 million were up 24% year-over-year primarily driven by a 29% increase in Betting & Gaming Content due to uptake of our content and products, contributions related to the acquisition of
Sports Content, Technology & Services revenues of €63 million increased 5% year-over-year primarily driven by 13% growth in Marketing & Media Services, due to increased spending from technology and media customers and contributions related to our expanded affiliate marketing capabilities.
The Company generated strong revenue growth globally with Rest of World up 23% and
Profit for the period
Profit for the period was €4 million, an increase of €6 million, compared to a loss of €1 million in the same quarter in 2024, driven by strong operating results as well as a €35 million lower foreign currency loss due principally to unrealized currency fluctuations mainly associated with
Adjusted EBITDA
Fourth quarter Adjusted EBITDA was €89 million, up €29 million, or 48% compared to €61 million in the same quarter in 2024. The increase was largely driven by the 20% revenue growth, primarily offset by increased sport rights costs related to the continued success of the ATP partnership deal and the addition of
1 Non-IFRS measure. See the sections captioned “Non-IFRS Financial Measures and Operating Metric” and “IFRS to Non-IFRS reconciliations” for more details.
Business Highlights
- Completed the acquisition of
IMG ARENA and its global sports betting rights portfolio inNovember 2025 , further strengthening and differentiating our position as a leading technology and content provider in the most bet upon global sports, including soccer, tennis and basketball. - In
February 2025 , extended and expanded our partnership with MLB for 8 years, beginning with the 2025 season. With this extension,Sportradar became the exclusive distributor of ultra-low latency official MLB data and media content, including MLB Statcast Data, and audiovisual content across our global client network. - Entered into a partnership with DAZN providing data and broadcast services across their global media platform, spanning more than 30 sports and 8 languages.
- Developed a customized 4Sight product for NBC Universal Peacock's Performance View for streamed NBA games, giving fans a new way to experience the action on the court by providing an on-screen layer of data and deep analytics.
- Announced a multi-year agreement with
NBC Sports Regional Sports Networks to enhance the NBA viewing experience through real-time, cutting-edge broadcast solutions that enhance live game coverage. - Strengthened our industry-leading soccer portfolio, recently extending the German DFB Cup rights, as well as securing betting and media content rights for the 2025
FIFA Club World Cup and launching innovative new products for Bundesliga International’s 2025-2026 season.
IMG ARENA Acquisition
On
The acquired portfolio encompasses strategic relationships with over 70 rights holders, delivering approximately 38,000 official data events and 29,000 streaming events across 14 global sports on six continents.
Balance Sheet and Liquidity
The Company’s cash and cash equivalents were €365 million as of
Including an undrawn credit facility, the Company had total liquidity of €585 million as of
1 Non-IFRS measure or Operating Metric. See the sections captioned “Non-IFRS Financial Measures and Operating Metric” and “IFRS to Non-IFRS reconciliations” for more details.
2026 Full Year Financial Outlook
- Revenue growth on a Constant Currency1 basis of 23% to 25%. When factoring in current foreign currency rates, revenues are expected to grow to a range of €1,557 to €1,582 million
- Adjusted EBITDA growth on a Constant Currency basis of 34% to 37%. When factoring in current foreign currency rates, Adjusted EBITDA is expected to grow to a range of €390 to €400 million
- Adjusted EBITDA margin expansion of approximately 200 to 225 basis points
- Free cash flow conversion1 rate is expected to exceed the 2025 level of 56%
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1 Non-IFRS measure or Operating Metric. See the sections captioned “Non-IFRS Financial Measures and Operating Metric” and “IFRS to Non-IFRS reconciliations” for more details.
Non-IFRS Financial Measures and Operating Metric
We have provided in this press release financial information that has not been prepared in accordance with IFRS, including Adjusted EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA margin, Constant Currency metrics, Adjusted purchased services, Adjusted personnel expenses, Adjusted other operating expenses, Free cash flow, and Free cash flow conversion, as well as our operating metric, Customer Net Retention Rate. We use these non-IFRS financial measures internally in analyzing our financial results and believe they are useful to investors, as a supplement to IFRS measures, in evaluating our ongoing operational performance. We believe that the use of these non-IFRS financial measures provides an additional tool for investors to use in evaluating ongoing operating results and trends and in comparing our financial results with other companies in our industry, many of which present similar non-IFRS financial measures to investors.
Non-IFRS financial measures should not be considered in isolation from, or as a substitute for, financial information prepared in accordance with IFRS. Investors are encouraged to review the reconciliation of these non-IFRS financial measures to their most directly comparable IFRS financial measures provided in the financial statement tables included below in this press release.
- “Adjusted EBITDA” represents earnings for the period adjusted for finance income and finance costs, income tax expense or benefit, depreciation and amortization (excluding amortization of capitalized sport rights licenses), foreign currency gains or losses, and other items that are non-recurring or not related to the Company’s revenue-generating operations, including share-based compensation, impairment charges or income, restructuring costs, non-routine litigation costs, certain transaction-related costs, and secondary offering costs.
License fees relating to sport rights are a key component of how we generate revenue and one of our main operating expenses. Only licenses that meet the recognition criteria of IAS 38 are capitalized. The primary distinction for whether a license is capitalized or not capitalized is the contracted length of the applicable license. Therefore, the type of license we enter into can have a significant impact on our results of operations depending on whether we are able to capitalize the relevant license. As such, our presentation of Adjusted EBITDA reflects the full costs of our sport right's licenses. Management believes that, by including amortization of sport rights in its calculation of Adjusted EBITDA, the result is a financial metric that is both more meaningful and comparable for management and our investors while also being more indicative of our ongoing operating performance.
We present Adjusted EBITDA because management believes that some items excluded are non-recurring in nature and this information is relevant in evaluating the results relative to other entities that operate in the same industry. Management believes Adjusted EBITDA is useful to investors for evaluating Sportradar’s operating performance against competitors, which commonly disclose similar performance measures. However, Sportradar’s calculation of Adjusted EBITDA may not be comparable to other similarly titled performance measures of other companies. Adjusted EBITDA is not intended to be a substitute for any IFRS financial measure.
Items excluded from Adjusted EBITDA include significant components in understanding and assessing financial performance. Adjusted EBITDA has limitations as an analytical tool and should not be considered in isolation, or as an alternative to, or a substitute for, profit for the period, revenue or other financial statement data presented in our consolidated financial statements as indicators of financial performance. We compensate for these limitations by relying primarily on our IFRS results and using Adjusted EBITDA only as a supplemental measure.
- “Adjusted EBITDA margin” is the ratio of Adjusted EBITDA to revenue.
The Company is unable to provide a reconciliation of Adjusted EBITDA to profit (loss) for the period, or Adjusted EBITDA margin to Profit (loss) for the period as a percentage of revenue (in each case, the most directly comparable IFRS financial measure) on a forward-looking basis without unreasonable effort because items that impact these IFRS financial measures are not within the Company’s control and/or cannot be reasonably predicted. These items may include, but are not limited to, foreign exchange gains and losses. Such information may have a significant, and potentially unpredictable, impact on the Company’s future financial results.
- "Constant Currency" information compares results between periods as if exchange rates had remained constant. As the impact of exchange rate fluctuations can be highly variable, we believe these metrics, unaffected by exchange rate variability, provide meaningful insights to investors into our operational performance and underlying business trends.
The Company is unable to provide a reconciliation of constant currency measures to their comparable IFRS measures on a forward-looking basis without unreasonable effort because future exchange-rate movements that impact these measures are not within the Company’s control and/or cannot be reasonably predicted. Such information may have a significant, and potentially unpredictable, impact on the Company’s future financial results.
We present Adjusted purchased services, Adjusted personnel expenses, and Adjusted other operating expenses (together, "Non-IFRS expenses") because management utilizes these financial measures to manage its business on a day-to-day basis and believes that they are the most relevant measures of expenses. Management believes these adjusted expense measures provide expanded insight to assess revenue and cost performance, in addition to the standard IFRS-based financial measures. Management believes these adjusted expense measures are useful to investors for evaluating Sportradar’s operating performance against competitors. However, Sportradar’s calculation of adjusted expense measures may not be comparable to other similarly titled performance measures of other companies. These adjusted expense measures are not intended to be a substitute for any IFRS financial measure.
- “Adjusted purchased services” represents purchased services less capitalized external development costs.
- “Adjusted personnel expenses” represents personnel expenses less share-based compensation awarded to employees, restructuring costs, and capitalized personnel compensation.
- “Adjusted other operating expenses” represents other operating expenses plus impairment loss on trade receivables, less non-routine litigation, share-based compensation awarded to third parties, impairment charges or income, certain transaction-related costs, and secondary offering costs.
We consider Free cash flow and Free cash flow conversion to be liquidity measures that provide useful information to management and investors about the amount of cash generated by the business after the purchase of property and equipment, the purchase of intangible assets and payment of lease liabilities, which can then be used, among other things, to invest in our business and make strategic acquisitions, as well as our ability to convert our earnings to cash. A limitation of the utility of Free cash flow and Free cash flow conversion as measures of liquidity is that they do not represent the total increase or decrease in our cash balance for the year.
- “Free cash flow” represents net cash from operating activities adjusted for payments for lease liabilities, acquisition of property and equipment, and acquisition of intangible assets.
- “Free cash flow conversion” represents Free cash flow as a percentage of Adjusted EBITDA.
The Company is unable to provide a reconciliation of Free cash flow to net cash from operating activities or Free cash flow conversion to net cash from operating activities as a percentage of profit (loss) for the period (in each case, the most directly comparable IFRS financial measure) on a forward-looking basis without unreasonable effort because items that impact these IFRS financial measures are not within the Company’s control and/or cannot be reasonably predicted. These items may include, but are not limited to, changes in working capital, the timing of customer payments, the timing and amount of tax payments, and other items that are non-recurring or unusual. Such information may have a significant, and potentially unpredictable, impact on the Company’s future financial results.
In addition, we define the following operating metric as follows:
- “Customer Net Retention Rate” is calculated for a given period by starting with the reported Trailing Twelve Month revenue from our top 200 customers as of twelve months prior to such period end, or prior period revenue. We then calculate the reported trailing twelve-month revenue from the same customer cohort as of the current period end, or current period revenue. Current period revenue includes any upsells and is net of contraction and attrition over the trailing twelve months but excludes revenue from new customers in the current period. We then divide the total current period revenue by the total prior period revenue to arrive at our Net Retention Rate.
Safe Harbor for Forward-Looking Statements
Certain statements in this press release may constitute “forward-looking” statements and information within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and the safe harbor provisions of the
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF PROFIT OR LOSS AND OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
(Unaudited)
| Three-Month Period Ended | Year Ended | |||||||||||
| in €'000 and in thousands of shares | 2025 | 2024 | 2025 | 2024 | ||||||||
| Revenue | 368,890 | 307,070 | 1,289,965 | 1,106,556 | ||||||||
| Personnel expenses | (104,126 | ) | (93,002 | ) | (402,221 | ) | (349,669 | ) | ||||
| Sport rights expenses (including amortization of capitalized sport rights licenses) | (121,547 | ) | (102,574 | ) | (404,319 | ) | (352,435 | ) | ||||
| Purchased services | (47,735 | ) | (50,016 | ) | (190,928 | ) | (175,582 | ) | ||||
| Other operating expenses | (59,941 | ) | (26,149 | ) | (146,015 | ) | (93,537 | ) | ||||
| Impairment loss on trade receivables, contract assets and other financial assets | (5,518 | ) | (2,226 | ) | (9,393 | ) | (5,699 | ) | ||||
| Internally-developed software cost capitalized | 9,574 | 13,822 | 46,746 | 50,008 | ||||||||
| Depreciation and amortization (excluding amortization of capitalized sport rights licenses) | (17,164 | ) | (13,181 | ) | (66,951 | ) | (50,782 | ) | ||||
| Impairment loss on goodwill and intangible assets | (935 | ) | (167 | ) | (935 | ) | (167 | ) | ||||
| Foreign currency (loss) gain, net | (2,899 | ) | (38,311 | ) | 78,814 | (38,223 | ) | |||||
| Finance income | 3,379 | 4,265 | 10,532 | 10,952 | ||||||||
| Finance costs | (23,162 | ) | (20,884 | ) | (86,531 | ) | (78,870 | ) | ||||
| Net income before tax | (1,184 | ) | (21,353 | ) | 118,764 | 22,552 | ||||||
| Income tax benefit (expense) | 5,586 | 20,048 | (18,440 | ) | 11,060 | |||||||
| Profit for the period | 4,402 | (1,305 | ) | 100,324 | 33,612 | |||||||
| Other comprehensive income | ||||||||||||
| Items that will not be reclassified subsequently to profit or (loss) | ||||||||||||
| Remeasurement of defined benefit liability | (1,166 | ) | (139 | ) | (1,174 | ) | (141 | ) | ||||
| Related deferred tax benefit | 185 | 28 | 187 | 26 | ||||||||
| (981 | ) | (111 | ) | (987 | ) | (115 | ) | |||||
| Items that may be reclassified subsequently to profit or (loss) | ||||||||||||
| Foreign currency translation adjustment attributable to the owners of the company | (224 | ) | 8,789 | (19,618 | ) | 11,109 | ||||||
| Foreign currency translation adjustment attributable to non-controlling interests | — | 193 | (105 | ) | 188 | |||||||
| (224 | ) | 8,982 | (19,723 | ) | 11,297 | |||||||
| Other comprehensive (loss) income for the period, net of tax | (1,205 | ) | 8,871 | (20,710 | ) | 11,182 | ||||||
| Total comprehensive income for the period | 3,197 | 7,566 | 79,614 | 44,794 | ||||||||
| Profit (loss) attributable to: | ||||||||||||
| Owners of the Company | 4,401 | (1,088 | ) | 100,322 | 34,150 | |||||||
| Non-controlling interests | 1 | (217 | ) | 2 | (538 | ) | ||||||
| 4,402 | (1,305 | ) | 100,324 | 33,612 | ||||||||
| Total comprehensive income (loss) attributable to: | ||||||||||||
| Owners of the Company | 3,196 | 7,590 | 79,717 | 45,144 | ||||||||
| Non-controlling interests | 1 | (24 | ) | (103 | ) | (350 | ) | |||||
| 3,197 | 7,566 | 79,614 | 44,794 | |||||||||
| Profit per Class A share attributable to owners of the Company | ||||||||||||
| Basic | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.34 | 0.11 | ||||||||
| Diluted | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.31 | 0.10 | ||||||||
| Profit per Class B share attributable to owners of the Company | ||||||||||||
| Basic | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.03 | 0.01 | ||||||||
| Diluted | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.03 | 0.01 | ||||||||
| Weighted-average number of shares | ||||||||||||
| Weighted-average number of Class A shares (basic) | 221,949 | 209,549 | 218,669 | 210,269 | ||||||||
| Weighted-average number of Class A shares (diluted) | 239,909 | 228,197 | 237,536 | 227,480 | ||||||||
| Weighted-average number of Class B shares (basic and diluted) | 783,671 | 903,671 | 818,286 | 903,671 | ||||||||
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF FINANCIAL POSITION
(Unaudited)
| in €'000 | 2025 | 2024 | ||||
| Assets | ||||||
| Current assets | ||||||
| Cash and cash equivalents | 365,295 | 348,357 | ||||
| Trade receivables | 93,552 | 77,106 | ||||
| Contract assets | 123,456 | 93,562 | ||||
| Other assets and prepayments | 72,287 | 46,601 | ||||
| Income tax receivables | 15,884 | 7,624 | ||||
| Total current assets | 670,474 | 573,250 | ||||
| Non-current assets | ||||||
| Property and equipment | 79,343 | 66,240 | ||||
| Intangible assets and goodwill | 2,033,653 | 1,607,057 | ||||
| Other financial assets and other non-current assets | 60,517 | 11,718 | ||||
| Deferred tax assets | 28,748 | 36,376 | ||||
| Total non-current assets | 2,202,261 | 1,721,391 | ||||
| Total assets | 2,872,735 | 2,294,641 | ||||
| Liabilities and equity | ||||||
| Current liabilities | ||||||
| Loans and borrowings | 11,010 | 10,022 | ||||
| Trade payables | 426,857 | 259,742 | ||||
| Other liabilities | 94,677 | 68,271 | ||||
| Contract liabilities | 35,195 | 30,200 | ||||
| Income tax liabilities | 6,891 | 5,599 | ||||
| Total current liabilities | 574,630 | 373,834 | ||||
| Non-current liabilities | ||||||
| Loans and borrowings | 51,842 | 36,697 | ||||
| Trade payables | 1,209,876 | 895,679 | ||||
| Contract liabilities | 38,024 | 37,711 | ||||
| Other non-current liabilities | 3,880 | 1,830 | ||||
| Deferred tax liabilities | 16,146 | 19,043 | ||||
| Total non-current liabilities | 1,319,768 | 990,960 | ||||
| Total liabilities | 1,894,398 | 1,364,794 | ||||
| Equity | ||||||
| Ordinary shares | 27,582 | 27,551 | ||||
| (79,388 | ) | (18,813 | ) | |||
| Additional paid-in capital | 682,475 | 668,254 | ||||
| Retained earnings | 342,051 | 221,942 | ||||
| Other reserves | 5,615 | 26,220 | ||||
| Equity attributable to owners of the Company | 978,335 | 925,154 | ||||
| Non-controlling interest1 | 2 | 4,693 | ||||
| Total equity | 978,337 | 929,847 | ||||
| Total liabilities and equity | 2,872,735 | 2,294,641 | ||||
1 - During the second quarter of 2025, the Company acquired the remaining non-controlling interest in a subsidiary, reducing the NCI balance accordingly. The Company continues to recognize non-controlling interests in other subsidiaries. No income statement impact was recognized as this was an equity transaction in accordance with IFRS 10.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(Unaudited)
| Year Ended | ||||||
| in €'000 | 2025 | 2024 | ||||
| OPERATING ACTIVITIES: | ||||||
| Profit for the period | 100,324 | 33,612 | ||||
| Adjustments to reconcile profit for the period to net cash provided by operating activities: | ||||||
| Income tax expense (benefit) | 18,440 | (11,060 | ) | |||
| Interest income | (9,683 | ) | (9,285 | ) | ||
| Interest expense | 86,326 | 77,470 | ||||
| Foreign currency (gain) loss, net | (78,814 | ) | 38,223 | |||
| Depreciation and amortization (excluding amortization of capitalized sport rights licenses) | 66,951 | 50,782 | ||||
| Amortization of capitalized sport rights licenses | 270,162 | 233,945 | ||||
| Equity-settled share-based payments | 54,877 | 39,187 | ||||
| Impairment losses on goodwill and intangible assets | 935 | 167 | ||||
| Change in provisions | 17,888 | — | ||||
| Other | (3,485 | ) | (13,498 | ) | ||
| Cash flow from operating activities before working capital changes, interest and income taxes | 523,921 | 439,543 | ||||
| Increase in trade receivables, contract assets, other assets and prepayments | (319 | ) | (48,532 | ) | ||
| (Increase) decrease in trade and other payables, contract and other liabilities | (24,654 | ) | 40,957 | |||
| Changes in working capital | (24,973 | ) | (7,575 | ) | ||
| Interest paid | (85,585 | ) | (76,384 | ) | ||
| Interest received | 8,833 | 9,333 | ||||
| Income taxes paid, net | (19,181 | ) | (11,906 | ) | ||
| Net cash from operating activities | 403,015 | 353,011 | ||||
| INVESTING ACTIVITIES: | ||||||
| Acquisition of intangible assets | (223,377 | ) | (222,288 | ) | ||
| Acquisition of property and equipment | (4,902 | ) | (5,367 | ) | ||
| Acquisition of subsidiaries, net of cash acquired | 7,768 | (27,060 | ) | |||
| Proceeds from sale of intangible assets | (118 | ) | — | |||
| Issuance of loans receivable | (11,500 | ) | — | |||
| Change in loans receivable and deposits | 21 | (168 | ) | |||
| Net cash used in investing activities | (232,108 | ) | (254,883 | ) | ||
| FINANCING ACTIVITIES: | ||||||
| Payment of lease liabilities | (7,555 | ) | (7,830 | ) | ||
| Purchase of treasury shares | (105,216 | ) | (28,725 | ) | ||
| Principal payments on bank debt | — | (150 | ) | |||
| Acquisition of non-controlling interests | (15,000 | ) | — | |||
| Other | (2 | ) | (46 | ) | ||
| Net cash used in financing activities | (127,773 | ) | (36,751 | ) | ||
| Net increase in cash | 43,134 | 61,377 | ||||
| Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period | 348,357 | 277,174 | ||||
| Effects of movements in exchange rates | (26,196 | ) | 9,806 | |||
| Cash and cash equivalents at end of period | 365,295 | 348,357 | ||||
Additional disclosures related to sport rights expenses
The following table shows the composition of sport rights expenses (unaudited):
| Three-Month Period Ended | Year Ended | |||||||
| in €'000 | 2025 | 2024 | 2025 | 2024 | ||||
| Non-capitalized sport rights expenses | 37,755 | 35,232 | 134,157 | 118,490 | ||||
| Amortization of capitalized sport rights | 83,792 | 67,342 | 270,162 | 233,945 | ||||
| Total sport rights expenses | 121,547 | 102,574 | 404,319 | 352,435 | ||||
IFRS to Non-IFRS Reconciliations
The following table reconciles Adjusted EBITDA to the most directly comparable IFRS financial performance measure, which is Profit for the period (unaudited), and Adjusted EBITDA margin to the most directly comparable IFRS financial performance measure, which is Profit for the period (unaudited) as a percentage of revenue:
| Three-Month Period Ended | Year Ended | |||||||||||
| in €'000 | 2025 | 2024 | 2025 | 2024 | ||||||||
| Revenue | 368,890 | 307,070 | 1,289,965 | 1,106,556 | ||||||||
| Profit for the period | 4,402 | (1,305 | ) | 100,324 | 33,612 | |||||||
| Finance income | (3,379 | ) | (4,265 | ) | (10,532 | ) | (10,952 | ) | ||||
| Finance costs | 23,162 | 20,884 | 86,531 | 78,870 | ||||||||
| Depreciation and amortization (excluding amortization of capitalized sport rights licenses) | 17,164 | 13,181 | 66,951 | 50,782 | ||||||||
| Foreign currency loss (gain), net | 2,899 | 38,311 | (78,814 | ) | 38,223 | |||||||
| Share-based compensation | 13,363 | 12,680 | 56,148 | 37,775 | ||||||||
| Restructuring costs | 5,334 | — | 6,676 | 1,620 | ||||||||
| Non-routine litigation costs | 24,609 | 989 | 35,156 | 3,381 | ||||||||
| Transaction-related costs | 5,223 | — | 11,636 | — | ||||||||
| Secondary offering costs | 145 | — | 2,191 | — | ||||||||
| Impairment loss on goodwill and intangible assets | 935 | 167 | 935 | 167 | ||||||||
| Impairment loss on other financial assets | 1,145 | — | 1,145 | — | ||||||||
| Income tax (benefit) expense | (5,586 | ) | (20,048 | ) | 18,440 | (11,060 | ) | |||||
| Adjusted EBITDA | 89,416 | 60,594 | 296,787 | 222,418 | ||||||||
| Profit for the period as a percentage of revenue | 1.2 | % | (0.4 | )% | 7.8 | % | 3.0 | % | ||||
| Adjusted EBITDA margin | 24.2 | % | 19.7 | % | 23.0 | % | 20.1 | % |
The most directly comparable IFRS measure of Free cash flow is Net cash from operating activities, and the most directly comparable IFRS measure of Free cash flow conversion is Net cash from operating activities conversion, which is measured as Net cash from operating activities as a percentage of Profit for the period. Calculations for these measures are disclosed below (unaudited):
| Three-Month Period Ended | ||||||
| in €'000 | 2025 | 2024 | ||||
| Net cash from operating activities | 88,360 | 82,157 | ||||
| Acquisition of intangible assets | (67,045 | ) | (82,123 | ) | ||
| Acquisition of property plant and equipment | (1,664 | ) | (2,277 | ) | ||
| Payment of lease liabilities | (1,947 | ) | (1,932 | ) | ||
| Free cash flow | 17,704 | (4,175 | ) | |||
| Year Ended | ||||||
| in €'000 | 2025 | 2024 | ||||
| Net cash from operating activities | 403,015 | 353,011 | ||||
| Acquisition of intangible assets | (223,377 | ) | (222,288 | ) | ||
| Acquisition of property plant and equipment | (4,902 | ) | (5,367 | ) | ||
| Payment of lease liabilities | (7,555 | ) | (7,830 | ) | ||
| Free cash flow | 167,181 | 117,526 | ||||
| Net cash from operating activities conversion | 402 | % | 1,050 | % | ||
| Free cash flow conversion | 56 | % | 53 | % |
The following tables show reconciliations of IFRS expenses included in Profit for the period to expenses included in Adjusted EBITDA (unaudited):
| Three-Month Period Ended | Year Ended | |||||||||||
| in €'000 | 2025 | 2024 | 2025 | 2024 | ||||||||
| Purchased services | 47,735 | 50,016 | 190,928 | 175,582 | ||||||||
| Less: capitalized external services | (2,891 | ) | (5,858 | ) | (17,195 | ) | (21,616 | ) | ||||
| Adjusted purchased services | 44,844 | 44,158 | 173,733 | 153,966 | ||||||||
| Personnel expenses | 104,126 | 93,002 | 402,221 | 349,669 | ||||||||
| Less: share-based compensation | (13,923 | ) | (13,384 | ) | (58,960 | ) | (40,460 | ) | ||||
| Less: restructuring costs | (5,334 | ) | — | (6,676 | ) | (1,620 | ) | |||||
| Less: capitalized personnel compensation | (5,833 | ) | (7,032 | ) | (25,781 | ) | (24,775 | ) | ||||
| Adjusted personnel expenses | 79,036 | 72,586 | 310,804 | 282,814 | ||||||||
| Other operating expenses | 59,941 | 26,149 | 146,015 | 93,537 | ||||||||
| Less: non-routine litigation | (24,609 | ) | (989 | ) | (35,156 | ) | (3,381 | ) | ||||
| Less: share-based compensation | (290 | ) | (228 | ) | (958 | ) | (932 | ) | ||||
| Less: transaction-related costs | (5,223 | ) | — | (11,636 | ) | — | ||||||
| Less: secondary offering costs | (145 | ) | — | (2,191 | ) | — | ||||||
| Less: impairment loss on other financial assets | (1,145 | ) | — | (1,145 | ) | — | ||||||
| Add: impairment loss on trade receivables | 5,518 | 2,226 | 9,393 | 5,699 | ||||||||
| Adjusted other operating expenses | 34,047 | 27,158 | 104,322 | 94,923 | ||||||||
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