Global Toy News Insight
Funko’s second-quarter results offer a positive signal for the broader collectibles market. Net sales increased 7% to $207.7 million, while its core collectibles category grew 9%, reinforcing that consumers are still spending on products tied to the fandoms they love. Growth across theatrical entertainment, anime, gaming and sports also shows the value of having a portfolio that can respond to multiple areas of pop culture.
For the toy industry, the bigger takeaway is Funko’s emphasis on smarter assortments and faster reaction times. Rather than simply adding more SKUs, the company is focusing investment on the fandoms, products and channels showing the strongest demand while responding more quickly to emerging cultural moments. It’s a strategy that manufacturers and retailers across the industry can learn from: in today’s collectibles business, knowing what fans want is important, but being able to deliver it while the excitement is still hot may be even more valuable.
–Q2 Net Sales Grew 7%; Core Collectibles Sales Increased 9%; Record Gross Margin;
Adjusted EBITDA Well Above Expectation; Debt Reduced by $15M —
EVERETT, Wash.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Funko, Inc. (Nasdaq: FNKO), a leading pop culture lifestyle brand, today reported its consolidated financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2026.
Second Quarter Financial Results Summary: 2026 vs 2025
- Net sales increased 7% to $207.7 million, compared with $193.5 million
- Gross profit was $117.6 million, equal to gross margin of 56.6%, compared with $62.0 million, equal to gross margin of 32.1%
- SG&A expenses were $79.7 million compared with $82.3 million, and improved 413 basis points as a percentage of sales to 38.4% from 42.5%
- Net income was $15.4 million, or $0.27 per diluted share, compared with a net loss of $40.5 million, or $0.74 per diluted share
- Adjusted net income* was $15.0 million, or $0.26 per diluted share*, compared with an adjusted net loss* of $26.7 million, or $0.48 per diluted share*
- Adjusted EBITDA* was $40.9 million, compared with negative Adjusted EBITDA* of $16.5 million
- Gross margin, net income, adjusted net income* and adjusted EBITDA* for the second quarter of 2026 each included a pre-tax benefit of $25.4 million related to the recognition of expected tariff refunds and the release of accrued tariffs
“Q2 was a strong quarter for Funko. We delivered 7% sales growth, above the high end of our guidance range. Core Collectibles grew 9%, and gross margin reached a record high for the second consecutive quarter. Together with continued SG&A discipline, that performance drove adjusted EBITDA well above our guidance range.
These results are evidence that Make Culture Pop! is becoming a more deliberate and disciplined growth engine. We are getting better at identifying where fan demand is forming, moving faster to turn those signals into distinctive and repeatable products, and scaling them through the channels with the strongest economics. That progress showed up in broad-based POS momentum across theatrical, anime, gaming and sports, as well as rapid-response releases around live cultural moments and the launch of POP! Mystery.
At the same time, we are improving the quality of the business through tighter assortments, better SKU productivity, continued cost discipline, and concentrating our resources behind the products, fandoms and channels with the greatest demand and return potential.”
Second Quarter 2026 Net Sales by Category and Geography
The tables below show the breakdown of net sales on a brand category and geographical basis (in thousands):
Balance Sheet Highlights – At June 30, 2026 vs December 31, 2025
- Total cash and cash equivalents were $40.7 million at June 30, 2026 compared with $42.1 million at December 31, 2025
- Inventories were $88.8 million at June 30, 2026 up from $83.1 million at December 31, 2025
- Total debt was $201.1 million at June 30, 2026 versus $225.3 million at December 31, 2025. Total debt includes the amount outstanding under the company’s term loan facility, net of unamortized discounts, revolving line of credit and the company’s equipment finance loan.
- In Q2, the company executed a participation sale of $22.1 million in tariff claims for $19.2 million. Half of the proceeds from the sale were used to pay down the company’s term loan.
Outlook for 2026
The company updated its 2026 full-year outlook to reflect its strong second quarter performance, expected continued growth in Core Collectibles, and its decision to rationalize Loungefly’s SKU count and concentrate the assortment behind products with stronger demand and return potential. The company also provided 2026 third-quarter guidance.
Webcast Conference Call
The company will host a webcast at 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time (1:30 p.m. Pacific Time) today, August 6, 2026, to further discuss its second quarter results and business update. A live webcast, presentation materials and a replay of the event will be available on the Investor Relations section on the company’s website at investor.funko.com, as well as the Funko YouTube Channel at youtube.com/@FunkoIR. The replay of the webcast will be available for one year.
Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures
This release contains references to non-GAAP financial measures, including adjusted net income (loss), per share amounts, adjusted EBITDA, adjusted EBITDA margin and adjusted net income (loss) margin, which are financial measures that are not prepared in conformity with United States generally accepted accounting principles (U.S. GAAP). Management uses these measures internally for evaluating its operating performance, for planning purposes, including the preparation of our annual operating budget and financial projections, to assess incentive compensation for our employees, and to evaluate our capacity to expand our business. The company’s management believes that the presentation of non-GAAP financial measures provides useful supplementary information regarding operational performance because it enhances an investor’s overall understanding of the financial results for the company’s core business. Additionally, it provides a basis for the comparison of the financial results for the company’s core business between current, past and future periods as they remove the impact of items not directly resulting from our core operations. The company also believes that including adjusted EBITDA and the other non-GAAP financial measures presented in this release is appropriate to provide additional information to investors and help to compare against other companies in our industry. Non-GAAP financial measures have limitations as analytical tools and should be considered only as a supplement to, and not as a substitute for or as a superior measure to, financial measures prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP. We caution investors that amounts presented in accordance with our definitions of adjusted net income (loss), including per share amounts, adjusted EBITDA and adjusted EBITDA margin may not be comparable to similar measures disclosed by our competitors, because not all companies and analysts calculate these measures in the same manner.
Detailed reconciliations of non-GAAP financial measures to the most directly comparable GAAP financial measures are included in the financial tables following this release. A reconciliation of adjusted EBITDA outlook to the corresponding GAAP measure on a forward-looking basis cannot be provided without unreasonable efforts, as we are unable to provide reconciling information with respect to certain items. However, for the third quarter of 2026 the company expects equity-based compensation of approximately $4 million, depreciation and amortization of approximately $15 million and interest expense of approximately $5 million. For the full year 2026, the company expects equity-based compensation of approximately $13 million, depreciation and amortization of approximately $60 million and interest expense of approximately $20 million, each of which is a reconciling item to net income. See “Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures” and the attached reconciliations for more information.
About Funko
Headquartered in Everett, Washington, Funko is a leading pop culture and collectibles brand. Funko designs, sources and distributes licensed pop culture products across multiple categories, including vinyl figures, action toys, plush, apparel, housewares and accessories for consumers who seek tangible ways to connect with their favorite pop culture brands and characters. Learn more at Funko.com, Loungefly.com and MondoShop.com, and follow us on TikTok, X, and Instagram.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. All statements contained in this press release that do not relate to matters of historical fact should be considered forward-looking statements, including statements regarding our strategic plans, growth strategies, expectations in sales trends and anticipated financial results, including without limitation, our full year and third quarter 2026 guidance. These forward-looking statements are based on management’s current expectations. These statements are neither promises nor guarantees, but involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other important factors that may cause our actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements, including, but not limited to, the following: impacts from economic downturns; changes in the retail industry and markets for our consumer products; risks associated with our international operations, including risk related to tariffs and trade restrictions; risks relating to our indebtedness, including our ability to comply with financial and negative covenants under our Credit Agreement, as amended; our ability to execute our business strategy; our ability to manage our inventories and growth; our ability to identify or complete any strategic alternative transaction; our dependence on content development and creation by third parties; our ability to obtain, maintain and protect our intellectual property rights or those of our licensors; fluctuations in our gross margin and seasonal impacts; our dependence on vendors and outsourcers; risks relating to government regulation; risks relating to litigation, including products liability claims and securities class action litigation; risk resulting from our e-commerce business and social media presence; our ability to successfully operate our information systems and implement new technology; our ability to secure additional financing on favorable terms or at all; the influence of our significant stockholder, TCG, and the possibility that TCG’s interests may conflict with the interests of our other stockholders; risks relating to our organizational structure; including the Tax Receivable Agreement (“TRA”) which confers certain benefits upon the parties to the TRA (“TRA Parties”) that will not benefit Class A common stockholders to the same extent as it will benefit the TRA Parties; and volatility in the price of our Class A common stock. These and other important factors discussed under the caption “Risk Factors” in our quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2026 and our other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission could cause actual results to differ materially from those indicated by the forward-looking statements made in this press release. Any such forward-looking statements represent management’s estimates as of the date of this press release. While we may elect to update such forward-looking statements at some point in the future, we disclaim any obligation to do so, even if subsequent events cause our views to change. These forward-looking statements should not be relied upon as representing our views as of any date subsequent to the date of this press release.
The following tables reconcile the Non-GAAP Financial Measures to the most directly comparable U.S. GAAP financial performance measure, which is net income (loss), for the periods presented:
