Toast Announces Second Quarter 2026 Financial Results

Added approximately 9,500 net new Locations in second quarter
Annualized recurring run-rate (ARR) grew 25% to $2.4 billion as of June 30, 2026
Net income was $154 million and Adjusted EBITDA¹ was $221 million in second quarter
Repurchased 19 million shares for $486 million year-to-date through June 30, 2026

BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Toast (NYSE: TOST), the global technology platform built for restaurants and retail businesses, today reported financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2026.

“The first half of 2026 reflects the strength we have across the business. In Q2, recurring gross profit streams² grew 28%, GAAP Operating Income margins expanded to 26%, and we added a record 9,500 net locations," said Toast CEO Aman Narang. "We welcomed a breadth of new customers this quarter, from enterprise hospitality partners like BWH^® Hotels, parent company to Best Western, to well-loved bubble tea chain Kung Fu Tea, to an expanded TGI Fridays partnership in the UK. Toast IQ Grow is the fastest-growing new offering we've ever launched, and it's a clear signal of how we can use AI to transform what Toast can do for customers. We have incredible momentum across the business, and I have never been more confident in the long term opportunity.”

Financial Highlights for the Second Quarter of 2026

• ARR increased 25% year over year to $2.4 billion as of June 30, 2026.
• Total Locations increased 22% year over year to approximately 180,000.
• Gross Payment Volume (GPV) increased 22% year over year to $60.7 billion.
• Subscription services and financial technology solutions gross profit grew 31% year over year to $585 million. Non-GAAP subscription services and financial technology solutions gross profit grew 28% year over year to $595 million.
• Operating income was $152 million in Q2 2026 compared to $80 million in Q2 2025.
• Net income was $154 million in Q2 2026 compared to $80 million in Q2 2025. Adjusted EBITDA was $221 million in Q2 2026, inclusive of a one-time benefit of approximately $10 million from tariff refunds, compared to $161 million in Q2 2025.
• Diluted earnings per share was $0.26 in Q2 2026 compared to $0.13 in Q2 2025.
• Net cash provided by operating activities was $144 million and Free Cash Flow was $130 million in Q2 2026. These compared to net cash provided by operating activities of $223 million and Free Cash Flow of $208 million in Q2 2025.

Percentages may not tie due to rounding. For more information on the non-GAAP financial measures and key metrics discussed in this press release, please see the sections titled “Key Business Metrics” and “Non-GAAP Financial Measures,” as well as the reconciliations of non-GAAP financial measures to their nearest comparable GAAP financial measures at the end of this press release.

Outlook³

For the third quarter ending September 30, 2026, Toast expects to report:

• Non-GAAP subscription services and financial technology solutions gross profit in the range of $615 million to $625 million (22-24% growth compared to Q3 2025).
• Adjusted EBITDA in the range of $210 million to $220 million.

For the full year ending December 31, 2026, Toast expects to report:

• Non-GAAP subscription services and financial technology solutions gross profit in the range of $2,325 million to $2,355 million (23%-25% growth compared to 2025, up from 21-23% growth).
• Adjusted EBITDA in the range of $805 million to $825 million (up from $790 million to $810 million). This outlook reflects our strategic decision to re-invest the $10 million tariff refund received in Q2.

The outlook provided above constitutes forward-looking information within the meaning of applicable securities laws and is based on a number of assumptions and subject to a number of risks. See cautionary note regarding “Forward-looking Statements” in this press release.

Recent Business Highlights

• BWH^® Hotels, the parent company of Best Western^® Hotels & Resorts, WorldHotels™, and SureStay^® Hotels, has endorsed Toast as a point-of-sale (POS) solution available to its thousands of properties across the United States and Canada. This partnership provides these properties with access to Toast’s robust platform, including Toast Tables, Catering & Events, mobile ordering and handheld devices to help modernize operations and enhance the guest experience.
• Toast expanded its relationship with TGI Fridays, and rolled out the Toast platform in the United Kingdom. UK and US restaurants are leveraging Toast's Multi-Location Management, Mobile Order & Pay, Kitchen Display Systems (KDS), Toast Go^® handhelds and APIs. TGI Fridays was impressed by how quickly their teams adapted to the Toast system in their initial UK pilot locations and chose to accelerate the rollout.
• Toast recently launched "Toast Lab," a new initiative to collaborate with a Greater Boston restaurant operator to open a new restaurant location and co-develop, test, and refine Toast's technology. As part of this hands-on partnership, the selected operator will receive strategic capital, executive mentorship, and early access to Toast products.

Conference Call Information

Toast will host a live conference call at 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on Tuesday, August 4, 2026. The live webcast of the conference call can be accessed through Toast’s investor relations website at http://investors.toasttab.com. A replay of the webcast will be available for a period of 90 days after the call.

Toast has used, and intends to continue to use, its Investor Relations website (http://investors.toasttab.com), as well as the Toast Newsroom (https://pos.toasttab.com/news), as a means of disclosing material non-public information and for complying with its disclosure obligations under Regulation FD. Information on or that can be accessed through Toast’s Investor Relations website, or that is contained in any website to which a hyperlink is provided herein is not part of this press release, and the inclusion of Toast’s Investor Relations website address, and any hyperlinks are only inactive textual references.

About Toast

Toast is a global technology platform built for restaurant and retail businesses. From the busiest local restaurants and shops to large hospitality brands, Toast helps owners and operators manage their businesses more efficiently, drive guest demand, and build lasting success.

Toast integrates software, agentic AI, payments, financial technology solutions, and hardware with a broad partner ecosystem. Powering billions of purchases throughout local commerce, Toast delivers the precision and innovation required for modern restaurant and retail environments. For more information, visit www.toasttab.com.

Forward-looking Statements

This press release contains “forward-looking statements,” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements may be identified by the context of the statement and generally arise when Toast or its management is discussing its beliefs, estimates or expectations. Such statements generally include the words “believes,” “plans,” “intends,” “targets,” “may,” “could,” “should,” “will,” “expects,” “estimates,” “suggests,” “anticipates,” “outlook,” “continues,” or similar expressions. These statements are not historical facts or guarantees of future performance, but represent the beliefs of Toast and its management at the time the statements were made regarding future events which are subject to certain risks, uncertainties and other factors, many of which are outside Toast’s control. Actual results and outcomes may differ materially from what is expressed or forecast in such forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements include, without limitation, statements about Toast’s expected financial positions or growth, including guidance on financial results for the third fiscal quarter and full year of 2026; Toast’s operating strategy and view, including the expected product demand, ability and strategy to deliver innovative solutions, and growth of its business; statements about new products and offerings and the benefits thereof; Toast’s investments in technology and infrastructure, including the Toast Lab initiative; arrangements between Toast and its customers, including the planned and future implementation of the Toast platform at such customers’ locations; Toast’s ability to attract and retain customers and the commitments from its customers; competitive positions, financing and capital allocation strategy; and business strategy.

The forward-looking statements contained in this release are also subject to other risks and uncertainties, including those more fully described in Toast’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), including in the sections entitled “Risk Factors” and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations'' in Toast’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2025, Toast’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the three and six months ended June 30, 2026 that will be filed following this earnings release, and Toast’s subsequent SEC filings. Toast can give no assurance that the plans, intentions, expectations or strategies as reflected in or suggested by those forward-looking statements will be attained or achieved. The forward-looking statements in this release are based on information available to Toast as of the date hereof, and Toast disclaims any obligation to update any forward-looking statements, except as required by law. These forward-looking statements should not be relied upon as representing Toast’s views as of any date subsequent to the date of this press release.

Non-GAAP Financial Measures

In this press release, Toast refers to non-GAAP financial measures that are derived on the basis of methodologies other than in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”). Toast uses certain non-GAAP financial measures, as described below, to understand and evaluate its core operating performance. These non-GAAP financial measures, which may be different than similarly-titled measures used by other companies, are presented to enhance investors’ overall understanding of Toast’s financial performance and should not be considered substitutes for, or superior to, the financial information prepared and presented in accordance with GAAP. Toast believes that these non-GAAP financial measures provide useful information about its financial performance, enhance the overall understanding of its past performance and future prospects, and allow for greater transparency with respect to important metrics used by Toast’s management for financial and operational decision-making.

In the tables below, Toast has provided reconciliations of these non-GAAP financial measures to the most directly comparable financial measures calculated and presented in accordance with GAAP. These non-GAAP financial measures should not be considered substitutes for financial measures calculated in accordance with GAAP, and the financial results that Toast calculates and presents in the table in accordance with GAAP, as well as the corresponding reconciliations from those results, should be carefully evaluated.

The following are the non-GAAP financial measures referenced in this press release and presented in the tables below:

• Adjusted EBITDA is defined as net income (loss), adjusted to exclude stock-based compensation expense and related payroll tax expense, depreciation and amortization expense, interest income (expense), net, income taxes and certain other items that are not considered to reflect our operating activities and performance within the ordinary course of business, such as restructuring expenses, acquisition expenses, fair value adjustments on warrant liabilities, gain on warrant extinguishment, expenses related to early termination of leases (which includes associated asset impairments) and stock-based charitable contribution expense, as applicable.
• Non-GAAP Subscription Services and Financial Technology Solutions Gross Profit is defined as subscription services gross profit and financial technology solutions gross profit, adjusted to exclude stock-based compensation expense and related payroll tax expense, and depreciation and amortization expense.
• Non-GAAP Costs of Revenue are defined as costs of revenue excluding stock-based compensation expense and related payroll tax expense, and depreciation and amortization expense.
• Non-GAAP Gross Profit is defined as gross profit excluding stock-based compensation expense and related payroll tax expense, and depreciation and amortization expense.
• Non-GAAP Subscription Services Gross Profit is defined as subscription services gross profit excluding stock-based compensation expense and related payroll tax expense, and depreciation and amortization expense.
• Non-GAAP Financial Technology Solutions Gross Profit is defined as financial technology solutions gross profit excluding stock-based compensation expense and related payroll tax expense, and depreciation and amortization expense.
• Non-GAAP Hardware and Professional Services Gross Profit is defined as hardware and professional services gross profit excluding stock-based compensation expense and related payroll tax expense, and depreciation and amortization expense.
• Non-GAAP Non-Payments Financial Technology Solutions Gross Profit is defined as financial technology solutions gross profit excluding payments financial technology solutions gross profit.
• Non-GAAP Sales and Marketing Expenses are defined as sales and marketing expenses excluding stock-based compensation expense and related payroll tax expense, and depreciation and amortization expense.
• Non-GAAP Research and Development Expenses are defined as research and development expenses excluding stock-based compensation expense and related payroll tax expense, and depreciation and amortization expense.
• Non-GAAP General and Administrative Expenses are defined as general and administrative expenses excluding stock-based compensation expense and related payroll tax expense, depreciation and amortization expense, acquisition expenses, expenses related to early termination of leases (which includes associated asset impairments), and stock-based charitable contribution expense.
• Free Cash Flow is defined as net cash provided by (used in) operating activities reduced by purchases of property and equipment and capitalization of internal-use software costs (collectively referred to as capital expenditures).

Adjusted EBITDA, Non-GAAP Subscription Services and Financial Technology Solutions Gross Profit, Non-GAAP Costs of Revenue, Non-GAAP Gross Profit, Non-GAAP Subscription Services Gross Profit, Non-GAAP Financial Technology Solutions Gross Profit, Non-GAAP Hardware and Professional Services Gross Profit, Non-GAAP Non-Payments Financial Technology Solutions Gross Profit, Non-GAAP Sales and Marketing Expenses, Non-GAAP Research and Development Expenses, Non-GAAP General and Administrative Expenses, and Free Cash Flow do not purport to represent profitability and liquidity measures as defined in accordance with GAAP. These measures are provided to investors and others to improve the quarter-to-quarter and year-to-year comparability of Toast's financial results and to ensure that investors understand the information Toast uses to evaluate the performance of its businesses.

Our definitions may differ from the definitions used by other companies and therefore comparability may be limited. In addition, other companies may not publish these or similar metrics. Further, these metrics have certain limitations since they do not include the impact of certain expenses and cash flows that are reflected in our Consolidated Statements of Operations and Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows. Thus, our Adjusted EBITDA, Non-GAAP Subscription Services and Financial Technology Solutions Gross Profit, Non-GAAP Costs of Revenue, Non-GAAP Gross Profit, Non-GAAP Subscription Services Gross Profit, Non-GAAP Financial Technology Solutions Gross Profit, Non-GAAP Hardware and Professional Services Gross Profit, Non-GAAP Non-Payments Financial Technology Solutions Gross Profit, Non-GAAP Sales and Marketing Expenses, Non-GAAP Research and Development Expenses, Non-GAAP General and Administrative Expenses, and Free Cash Flow should be considered in addition to, not as substitutes for, or in isolation from, measures prepared in accordance with GAAP.

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