Opera Reports Second Quarter 2026 Results Beyond the High End of Guidance Ranges

Revenue increased 25% year-over-year to $178.1 million, exceeding the guidance range

Adjusted EBITDA was $42.4 million, representing a 24% margin and 32% year-over-year growth, also exceeding the guidance range

Third quarter 2026 revenue guidance of $181–183 million with adjusted EBITDA margin of 23% at the midpoints

Raised full-year guidance to $734–742 million revenue with adjusted EBITDA of $172–175 million (24% margin)

OSLO, Norway, Aug. 19, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Opera Limited (NASDAQ: OPRA), a leading global browser and AI agent company, today announced financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2026.

“Second quarter revenue and Adjusted EBITDA both came in above the top end of our guidance, with revenue growth accelerating to 25% year-over-year, reaching $178.1 million, and Adjusted EBITDA reaching $42.4 million. Notably, with healthy growth across both advertising and query revenue streams, our business continues to compound organically and capital-efficiently,” said Lin Song, CEO.

“As AI fundamentally reshapes how people search, work and interact online, Opera’s position as an independent, tech-enabling platform is more valuable than ever. Through our open ecosystem strategy, highlighted by our new Browser Connector for leading AI services like Claude and ChatGPT, we are facilitating user choice while converting elevated browser utility into immediate commercial momentum. The growth of time spent and browser engagement supports our healthy annualized ARPU growth of 25% to $2.46 alongside strong expansion across core products like Opera GX and MiniPay,” continued Mr. Song.

Second Quarter 2026 Financial Highlights

Second Quarter 2026 and Recent Business Highlights

• Advertising revenue: Grew 27% year-over-year to $115.4 million, representing 65% of total revenue. Advertising revenue was driven by continued strong momentum from e-commerce partners, which remained the fastest-growing vertical.
• Query revenue: Grew 21% year-over-year to $62.1 million, accounting for 35% of total revenue and benefiting from both strong search performance and the evolution of our broader opportunities to address user queries.
• User base & ARPU: Average monthly active users (“MAUs”) was 288 million across all products and services, with annualized average revenue per user (“ARPU”) increasing 25% year-over-year to $2.46.
• Opera GX: Averaged 37 million MAUs in the quarter across PC and mobile, up 2 million sequentially and 10% year-over-year.
• MiniPay: Reached 18 million cumulative activated wallets as of June 2026, representing a 121% year-over-year increase.
• Cash flow & liquidity: Net cash flow from operating activities was $22.2 million in the quarter and $64.3 million year-to-date. This represented a 76% conversion of year-to-date adjusted EBITDA, equal to the cash conversion in the same period of 2025. Total cash and cash equivalents stood at $145.2 million at quarter-end.
• Dividends: A dividend of $0.40 per share under our semi-annual dividend program was paid in July, totaling $35.6 million.
• Share repurchases: During the quarter, Opera repurchased 0.64 million shares for $11.1 million or an average of $17.44 per share. This includes shares repurchased from the public and the according pro-rata shares repurchased, or agreed to be repurchased, from our majority shareholder. Cash used for repurchases was $14.2 million, which included settlement of the $4.1 million commitment outstanding as of March 31, 2026, partially offset by a $1.0 million period-end commitment which will be settled in the third quarter. As of June 30, 2026, 88,917,384 shares were outstanding net of cumulative repurchases of 1,776,194 shares for $28.1 million, or an average of $15.79 per share, under our current $300 million repurchase program.

Second Quarter 2026 Financial Results

All comparisons in this section are relative to the second quarter of 2025 unless otherwise stated.

Revenue increased 25% to $178.1 million.

• Advertising revenue increased 27% to $115.4 million.
• Query revenue increased 21% to $62.1 million.
• Other revenue was $0.6 million.

Operating expenses increased 22% to $152.2 million.

• The total amount of technology and platform fees, content cost and cost of inventory sold, all being costs of revenue, was $67.5 million, or 38% of revenue.
• Personnel expenses excluding share-based compensation increased 24% to $23.1 million.
• Share-based compensation expenses decreased 11% to $7.8 million.
• Marketing and distribution expenses increased 6% to $36.2 million.
• Depreciation and amortization increased 17% to $5.4 million.
• All other operating expenses increased 53% to $12.2 million, driven mainly by impairments of non-financial assets.

Operating profit was $25.9 million, representing a 15% margin, compared to an operating profit of $18.1 million and a margin of 13% in the second quarter of 2025.

Fair value gain on long-term investments was $6.3 million, driven by the passage of time affecting the present value of probability-weighted expected returns.

Net finance income was $0.6 million, reflecting net interest income of $0.8 million, partially offset by foreign exchange loss of $0.2 million.

Income tax expense was $6.1 million, corresponding to an effective tax rate of 18%, and representing 14% of adjusted EBITDA in the quarter and 13% of adjusted EBITDA year-to-date. This compares to a full-year ratio of income tax expense to adjusted EBITDA of 12% in 2025.

Net income was $27.6 million, representing a 15% margin, compared to net income of $15.7 million and a margin of 11% in the second quarter of 2025.

Adjusted net income was $30.0 million, representing a 17% margin and an increase of 27% relative to $23.7 million and a 17% margin in the second quarter of 2025.

Adjusted EBITDA was $42.4 million, representing a 24% margin and an increase of 32% relative to $32.1 million and a 22% margin in the second quarter of 2025.

Diluted earnings per share was $0.30, whereas adjusted diluted earnings per share was $0.33.

Net cash flow from operating activities was $22.2 million, or 52% of adjusted EBITDA in the quarter and 76% of adjusted EBITDA year-to-date. Free cash flow from operations was $16.9 million, or 40% of adjusted EBITDA in the quarter and 62% of adjusted EBITDA year-to-date.

Business Outlook

“Our second quarter outperformance is incorporated into a further raised full-year outlook that now includes 20% top-line growth at the midpoint. While our second-half trajectory reflects the strong underlying momentum of our business, our updated guidance maintains our disciplined and prudent approach toward guiding around year-end seasonality. We enter the third quarter with solid commercial velocity, driven by the expanding reach and engagement of our platform,” said Frode Jacobsen, CFO.

“Our updated outlook highlights the structural operating leverage inherent in our business model, driving an expected 25–40 basis point expansion in Adjusted EBITDA margin over 2025. This ongoing efficiency gives us full flexibility to fund our product and marketing initiatives while continuing to return capital to our shareholders,” continued Mr. Jacobsen.

Conference Call and Webcast Information

Opera’s management will host a conference call to discuss the second quarter 2026 financial results at 8:00 a.m. ET today. The live webcast of the conference call can be accessed at our investor relations website at investor.opera.com, along with the earnings press release and financial tables. Following the call, a replay will be available at the same website.

We also provide announcements on our investor relations website at investor.opera.com regarding our financial performance and other matters, including SEC filings, press releases, slide presentations, business blog posts and information on corporate governance.

Non-IFRS Financial Measures

In addition to financial measures presented in accordance with IFRS Accounting Standards, we use the non-IFRS performance measures adjusted net income, adjusted EBITDA, adjusted diluted earnings per share, as well as the non-IFRS liquidity measure free cash flow from operations, to manage our business, evaluate performance, support planning and decision-making, and allocate resources. The non-IFRS performance measures are intended to provide supplemental information by excluding items that we believe are not representative of core business operating performance. While free cash flow from operations does not represent residual cash available for discretionary uses, we believe that it provides useful supplemental information regarding our ability to generate cash from ongoing operations to fund investments, including acquisitions, and to support capital allocation decisions.

Adjusted net income is defined as net income adjusted to exclude (i) profit (loss) from discontinued operations, (ii) gain (loss) on investments in unconsolidated entities, (iii) non-recurring expenses, (iv) impairment of non-financial assets, (v) amortization of acquired intangible assets, (vi) share-based compensation expenses, and (vii) the income tax effect of these adjustments. Adjusted net income margin is calculated as adjusted net income divided by revenue. Adjusted diluted earnings per share is calculated as adjusted net income divided by the diluted weighted average number of shares outstanding.

Adjusted EBITDA is defined as net income adjusted to exclude (i) profit (loss) from discontinued operations, (ii) income tax expense, (iii) net finance income (expense), (iv) gain (loss) on long-term investments in unconsolidated entities, (v) non-recurring expenses, (vi) impairment of non-financial assets, (vii) depreciation and amortization, (viii) share-based compensation expenses, and (ix) other operating income. Adjusted EBITDA margin is calculated as adjusted EBITDA divided by revenue.

Free cash flow from operations is defined as net cash flows from (used in) operating activities less (i) purchases of fixed and intangible assets, (ii) development expenditure and (iii) payment of lease liabilities.

We believe these non-IFRS financial measures are useful to investors because they facilitate period-to-period comparisons of operating performance and are consistent with how management evaluates the business. These measures should not be considered in isolation or as substitutes for, or superior to, the financial information prepared in accordance with IFRS Accounting Standards. Our definitions of adjusted net income, adjusted EBITDA, adjusted diluted earnings per share and free cash flow from operations may differ from similarly-titled measures used by other companies. In addition, these measures may be limited in their usefulness because they do not present the full economic effects of certain items of income, expenses and cash flows. We address the limitations of these non-IFRS financial measures by providing reconciliations from the most closely comparable IFRS financial measures in the section titled “Reconciliations of Non-IFRS Financial Measures” included at the end of this earnings press release. Investors are encouraged to review these reconciliations and to consider non-IFRS financial measures together with our IFRS results.

Forward-Looking Statements

This press release contains statements of a forward-looking nature. These statements include, but are not limited to, statements relating to our expectations regarding our business, strategy, products, services, outlook and guidance. Forward-looking statements are based on management’s current expectations and assumptions and are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements.

Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially include, among others: (i) our ability to attract, retain, and engage users and to increase ARPU; (ii) changes in macroeconomic conditions, including inflationary pressures, interest rates, consumer and advertiser spending trends, and the effects of higher energy prices and market volatility; (iii) our ability to maintain and improve monetization from query and revenue-sharing arrangements, including dependence on major partners and changes in their commercial terms, policies, algorithms, or distribution mechanics; (iv) changes by platform providers (including mobile operating systems, app stores, and device manufacturers) that could affect distribution, product functionality, data access, attribution, or monetization; (v) competition in browsers, AI-enabled user experiences, digital advertising, and consumer internet products; (vi) the successful development, deployment, adoption, and monetization of new products and features, including AI initiatives, and the costs and risks associated with them; (vii) privacy, data protection, consumer protection, competition/antitrust, online safety, and other laws and regulations (including changes in interpretation, enforcement, or compliance obligations) and related litigation or regulatory inquiries; (viii) security incidents, service disruptions, outages, and failures of our or third parties’ systems; (ix) our ability to manage operational, technical, and infrastructure costs, including hosting and distribution costs, and to scale effectively; (x) foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations and other market volatility; (xi) geopolitical events, including armed conflicts, sanctions, trade or shipping disruptions, or other instability in the Middle East and other regions, and their effects on energy prices, inflation, financial markets, supply chains, and broader economic conditions; (xii) our ability to attract and retain key personnel; and (xiii) other risks and uncertainties described under “Risk Factors” in our most recent Annual Report on Form 20-F and in our other filings and submissions with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

All information provided in this press release is as of the date hereof and is based on assumptions that the Company believes to be reasonable as of this date, and it undertakes no obligation to update any forward-looking statements to reflect subsequent occurring events or circumstances, or changes in its expectations, except as may be required by law. Although the Company believes that the expectations expressed in these forward-looking statements are reasonable, it cannot assure you that its expectations will turn out to be correct, and investors are cautioned that actual results may differ materially from the anticipated results.

About Opera

Opera is a user-centric and innovative software company focused on enabling the best possible internet browsing experience across devices. Hundreds of millions worldwide use Opera’s mobile and desktop browsers for their speed, security, and unique features, enhanced with integrated AI that enables users to navigate and interact with the web in new transformative ways. Founded in 1995 and headquartered in Oslo, Norway, Opera is listed on the Nasdaq stock exchange under the ticker symbol “OPRA”. Download Opera products from opera.com and learn more about Opera at investor.opera.com.