SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., Aug. 13, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Caliber (Nasdaq: CWD), a real estate focused alternative asset manager, today reported results for the second quarter ended on June 30, 2026. Second quarter Platform revenue and Adjusted EBITDA were in line with management's internal expectations and reflect progress against the Company's previously announced 2026 plan, as Adjusted EBITDA turned positive in the quarter.

Second Quarter 2026 Platform Financial Results (compared to Second Quarter 2025)

• Platform revenue of $3.7 million, compared to $4.1 million.
  • The $0.4 million decrease was driven primarily by a $0.7 million decline in development and construction fees, partially offset by a $0.4 million increase in hospitality service revenue.
• Platform net loss of $3.4 million, or $0.39 per diluted share, compared to Platform net loss of $4.9 million, or $3.87 per diluted share.
• Platform Adjusted EBITDA of $0.3 million, compared to Platform Adjusted EBITDA loss of $0.1 million.
  
  

Second Quarter 2026 Digital Asset Treasury Financial Highlights

As of June 30, 2026, Caliber’s digital asset treasury held 229,203 LINK tokens (LINK, the token underlying Chainlink) with a fair value of $1.7 million.

• Caliber completes the tokenization of the first of two real estate projects, supporting the Company’s strategy to integrate blockchain infrastructure into its real estate fund offerings.
• During the second quarter, the Company sold 278,357 LINK for proceeds of $2.5 million, with proceeds redeployed into the Company's real estate platform to support the closing of project-level financings, including the Steamboat Hyatt Studios development.
  
  

Management Commentary

“Our second quarter results continue to be in line with the internal plan we built for 2026,” said Chris Loeffler, CEO of Caliber. “Positive Platform Adjusted EBITDA positions us well for our projected 2026 profitability and our efforts in the second half of 2026 are focused on converting Caliber’s project pipeline into planned revenue growth.

We have experienced meaningful progress on our Hyatt Studios developments, with a recent groundbreaking at Steamboat Springs, CO and the recent closing on Hyatt Studios land at our Phoenix, AZ development adjacent to the $265 billion Taiwan Semiconductor (TSMC) facility.

We are also excited share that, as of this morning, we have gone live on the tokenization of the Pure Pickleball & Padel development in Scottsdale, AZ. This is our first fund tokenization, now in production, which represents a portion of the initial $100 million in Caliber Managed Assets we have slated for tokenization.”

2026 Outlook and Path to Profitability

Caliber today reaffirmed its previously issued 2026 financial guidance:

• Total revenue in the range of $18.0 million to $22.0 million
• Positive net operating income
• Adjusted EBITDA profitability
  
  

As previously disclosed, Caliber expects approximately 60% of its anticipated 2026 revenue growth to be driven by debt financing-related activities within its existing portfolio, with the remaining 40% driven by capital formation and asset management activities.

Consistent with the milestone-driven nature of the Company's revenue model, management continues to expect 2026 revenue to be weighted toward the back half of the year as additional project-level financings close and reach revenue-generating milestones.

Business Update

The following are key milestones completed both during and after the second quarter ended June 30, 2026.

• On April 13, 2026, Caliber announced that PURE Pickleball & Padel, its co-developed 196,000-square-foot indoor pickleball and padel facility adjacent to Scottsdale, Arizona at Riverwalk on the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community, has recently received all required building permits, clearing the final regulatory hurdle and positioning the project for groundbreaking.
• On April 14, 2026, Caliber announced continued progress in its corporate debt reduction strategy through the completion of the second round of Noteholder Conversion Program, which resulted in the repayment of approximately $1.9 million of unsecured corporate notes with shares of Caliber’s Class A common stock in a voluntary conversion program elected by the individual noteholders. In addition, approximately $1.5 million of notes were repaid with the issuance of Series AAA Convertible Preferred Stock.
• On April 22, 2026, Caliber announced that it continues to execute on its multi-market Hyatt Studios development platform, advancing three hospitality projects across high-conviction markets: Steamboat Springs, CO; Riverwalk/Scottsdale, AZ; and Georgetown, TX. The first project in Steamboat Springs closed acquisition and construction financing in April 2026 and is expected to break ground during the second quarter of 2026. The platform represents a focused effort to capitalize on supply-constrained markets and growing demand for extended-stay hospitality.
• On July 02, 2026 Caliber announced the next phase of its real estate fund tokenization strategy, building on Chainlink, the industry-standard oracle platform, as part of a broader effort to modernize how private real estate assets and funds are financed, owned, administered, and accessed.
• On July 16, 2026 Caliber announced that it has broken ground on its Hyatt Studios extended stay hotel in Steamboat Springs, Colorado. Company executives, development partners, and community leaders gathered to celebrate the start of construction of the approximately 114-room extended-stay hotel at 1801 Lincoln Avenue in Steamboat Springs. The four-story, 57,971-square-foot property is expected to open in the second half of 2027 and will help address the growing demand for modern extended-stay accommodations in one of Colorado's premier four-season destinations.
  
  

Second Quarter 2026 Consolidated Financial Results (compared to Second Quarter 2025)

• Total consolidated revenue of $4.2 million, compared to $5.1 million reflecting the deconsolidation of DoubleTree by Hilton Tucson Convention Center in Q2 2025 and the consolidations of Riverwalk in Q4 2025 and Commons Fundco LLC in Q1 2026, following the refinance of the assets.
• Consolidated net loss attributable to Caliber of $3.4 million, or $0.38 per diluted share, compared to net loss attributable to Caliber of $5.3 million or $4.15 per diluted share.
• Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA of $23.0 thousand, compared to Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA of $57.0 thousand.
  
  

Conference Call Information

Caliber will host a conference call today, Thursday, August 13, 2026, at 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time (ET) to discuss its second quarter 2026 financial results and business outlook.

To access this call, Investors and interested parties can access the live earnings call by dialing (800) 715-9871 (domestic) or (646) 307-1963 (international) and ask to join the Caliber call or use conference ID 9678789.

A live webcast of the conference call will be available via the investor relations section of Caliber’s website under “Financial Results.” The webcast replay of the conference call will be available on Caliber’s website shortly after the call concludes.

Platform Definition

Within this earnings release, we refer to performance results of the ‘Platform’. Platform refers to the performance of CWD itself, excluding the performance of certain assets & funds that are included in our consolidated results, as required by the United States generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”). Management believes that Platform performance offers the most meaningful information needed to understand the value of CWD. The assets and funds that are consolidated into our GAAP presentation are included because Caliber is a guarantor of debt held by these assets and funds.

While GAAP consolidation rules require CWD to include the performance and cash flows of these assets & funds in our consolidated financial information, CWD does not benefit from the performance of those assets & funds, except to the extent that CWD earns fees from managing the assets and funds (which are included in the Platform results). Management believes presenting Platform results, which exclude consolidated assets, directly shows the business performance that CWD stockholders benefit from.

About Caliber (CaliberCos Inc.)

Caliber (Nasdaq: CWD) is a real estate-focused alternative asset manager with over $2.6 billion in Managed Assets and a 17-year track record investing in middle-market hospitality and multifamily real estate. The Company pairs an institutional-quality asset management platform with a boutique, hands-on investment approach focused on value creation in underserved market segments. Investors can participate in Caliber through its publicly traded equity (Nasdaq: CWD), and through its private real estate investment funds for accredited investors and financial professionals. For more information, visit caliberco.com.

Forward Looking Statements

This press release contains “forward-looking statements” that are subject to substantial risks and uncertainties. All statements, other than statements of historical fact, contained in this press release are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements contained in this press release may be identified by the use of words such as “anticipate,” “believe,” “contemplate,” “could,” “estimate,” “expect,” “intend,” “seek,” “may,” “might,” “plan,” “potential,” “predict,” “project,” “target,” “aim,” “should,” "will” “would,” or the negative of these words or other similar expressions, although not all forward-looking statements contain these words. Forward-looking statements are based on the Company’s current expectations and are subject to inherent uncertainties, risks and assumptions that are difficult to predict. Further, certain forward-looking statements are based on assumptions as to future events that may not prove to be accurate. These and other risks and uncertainties are described more fully in the section titled “Risk Factors” in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2026, filed with the SEC on March 26, 2026, and other reports filed with the SEC thereafter. Forward-looking statements contained in this announcement are made as of this date, and the Company undertakes no duty to update such information except as required under applicable law.

CONTACTS:

Caliber Investor Relations:
Ilya Grozovsky
+1 480-214-1915
Ilya@CaliberCo.com

Media Relations:
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NON-GAAP RECONCILIATIONS

The following information reconciles the performance of the Platform to the consolidated GAAP presentation. Management believes that the Platform view of Caliber’s performance is more meaningful to a CWD shareholder as it includes all revenues and expenses generated by Caliber and its wholly-owned subsidiaries.

FV AUM and Managed Capital (UNAUDITED)

The following information summarizes management’s estimates of fair value related to the entire portfolio of investments that Caliber manages and the total amount of capital that is being managed across the portfolio. The fair value of our AUM conveys an indication of the overall health of our investments and potentially how much performance allocation Caliber would earn if those assets were sold. Managed Capital is used to evaluate, among other things, the amount of asset management fees we generate from the portfolio.

Consolidated GAAP Results

The following information presents our consolidated GAAP results which includes the performance of certain entities we manage where Caliber is the guarantor of debt owed by those entities, despite not having significant equity at risk. As a result of these guarantor commitments, Caliber is required under GAAP to include the assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses of those entities even though a shareholder of CWD stock is neither entitled to nor exposed by those entities’ benefits or obligations. This accounting outcome also removes revenues that we earn from those entities, which a shareholder of CWD stock would be entitled to. See discussion elsewhere related to CWD’s Platform performance.

Definitions

Assets Under Management

AUM refers to the assets we manage or sponsor. We monitor two types of information with regard to our AUM:

1. Managed Capital – we define this as the total capital we fundraise from our customers as investments in our funds. It also includes fundraising into our corporate note program, the proceeds of which were used, in part, to invest in or loan to our funds. We use this information to monitor, among other things, the amount of ‘preferred return’ that would be paid at the time of a distribution and the potential to earn a performance fee over and above the preferred return at the time of the distribution. Our fund management fees are based on a percentage of managed capital or a percentage of assets under management, and monitoring the change and composition of managed capital provides relevant data points for Caliber management to further calculate and predict future earnings.
2. Fair Value (“FV”) AUM – we define this is as the aggregate fair value of the real estate assets we manage and from which we derive management fees, performance revenues and other fees and expense reimbursements. We estimate the value of these assets quarterly to help make sale and hold decisions and to evaluate whether an existing asset would benefit from refinancing or recapitalization. This also gives us insight into the value of our carried interest at any point in time. We also utilize FV AUM to predict the percentage of our portfolio which may need development services in a given year, fund management services (such as refinance), and brokerage services. As we control the decision to hire for these services, our service income is generally predictable based upon our current portfolio AUM and our expectations for AUM growth in the year forecasted.
   
   

Non-GAAP Measures

We use non-GAAP financial measures to evaluate operating performance, identify trends, formulate financial projections, make strategic decisions, and for other discretionary purposes. We believe that these measures enhance the understanding of ongoing operations and comparability of current results to prior periods and may be useful for investors to analyze our financial performance because they provide investors a view of the performance attributable to CaliberCos Inc. When analyzing our operating performance, investors should use these measures in addition to, and not as an alternative for, their most directly comparable financial measure calculated and presented in accordance with U.S. GAAP. Our presentation of non-GAAP measures may not be comparable to similarly identified measures of other companies because not all companies use the same calculations. These measures may also differ from the amounts calculated under similarly titled definitions in our debt instruments, which amounts are further adjusted to reflect certain other cash and non-cash charges and are used by us to determine compliance with financial covenants therein and our ability to engage in certain activities, such as incurring additional debt and making certain restricted payments.

Asset Management Platform or Platform

Platform refers to the performance of the Caliber asset management platform, which generates revenues and expenses from managing our investment portfolio, which does not include any consolidated assets or funds. These activities include asset management, transaction services, and performance allocations. Management believes that this is an important view of the Company because it communicates performance of the Company that would be most useful for understanding the value of CWD.

Fee-Related Earnings and Related Components

Fee-Related Earnings is a supplemental non-GAAP performance measure used to assess our ability to generate profits from fee-based revenues, focusing on whether our core revenue streams, are sufficient to cover our core operating expenses. Fee- Related Earnings represents the Company’s net income (loss) before income taxes adjusted to exclude depreciation and amortization, stock-based compensation, interest expense and extraordinary or non-recurring revenue and expenses, including performance allocation revenue and gain (loss) on extinguishment of debt, public registration direct costs related to aborted or delayed offerings and our Reg A+ offering, litigation settlements, and expenses recorded to earnings relating to investment deals which were abandoned or closed. Fee-Related Earnings is presented on a basis that deconsolidates our consolidated funds (intercompany eliminations) and eliminates noncontrolling interest. Eliminating the impact of consolidated funds and noncontrolling interest provides investors a view of the performance attributable to CaliberCos Inc. and is consistent with performance models and analysis used by management.

Distributable Earnings

Distributable Earnings is a supplemental non-GAAP performance measure equal to Fee-Related Earnings plus performance allocation revenue and less interest expenses and provision for income taxes. We believe that Distributable Earnings can be useful as a supplemental performance measure to our GAAP results assessing the amount of earnings available for distribution.

Platform Earnings

Platform Earnings represents the performance of our asset management platform, which generates revenues and expenses from managing our investment portfolio, excluding any consolidated assets or funds.

Platform Earnings per Share

Platform Earnings per Share is calculated as Platform Earnings divided by weighted average CWD common shares outstanding.

Platform Adjusted EBITDA

Platform Adjusted EBITDA represents our Distributable Earnings adjusted for interest expense, other income (expense), and provision for income taxes on a basis that deconsolidates our consolidated funds (intercompany eliminations), and eliminates noncontrolling interest. Eliminating the impact of consolidated funds and noncontrolling interest provides investors a view of the performance attributable to the Platform and is consistent with performance models and analysis used by management.

Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA

Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA represents the Company’s and the consolidated funds’ earnings before net interest expense, income taxes, depreciation and amortization, further adjusted to exclude stock-based compensation, transaction fees, expenses and other public registration direct costs related to aborted or delayed offerings and our Reg A+ offering, litigation settlements, expenses recorded to earnings relating to investment deals which were abandoned or closed, any other non-cash expenses or losses, as further adjusted for extraordinary or non-recurring items.