NIQ earnings analysis
What we found in NIQ's 10-Q: the parts that mattered, the offsets in the same document, and what the company said about what comes next.
Our reading of the filing · Free to read, no account needed
The provided 10-Q excerpt does not include the current-quarter income statement, balance sheet, cash flow statement, segment results, or MD&A, so revenue, margins, EPS, liquidity, and free cash flow cannot be assessed. The main disclosure is that controls remained ineffective as of June 30, 2026 because of an unresolved material weakness, despite ongoing remediation. The August 4, 2026 resignation of the chief accounting officer adds execution and reporting-continuity risk, while management states that risk factors were otherwise materially unchanged from the 2025 Form 10-K.
The parts that mattered.
Pulled out of the filing itself, with the figures the company reported.
- Control remediation underway
- Management reported that remediation efforts had strengthened user-access provisioning, deprovisioning, periodic access certifications, and bank-account access controls as of June 30, 2026.
- Market risk unchanged
- The company stated there had been no material changes to market risk since December 31, 2025, with exposure primarily related to interest rates and foreign exchange rates.
And the other side of it.
The offsets in the same document — the things a summary that only listed the good news would have left out.
- Material weakness remains unresolved
- Disclosure controls and procedures were not effective as of June 30, 2026 because of a previously reported material weakness in internal control over financial reporting.
- Remediation timing remains uncertain
- Management said the material weaknesses will not be considered remediated until enhanced controls operate effectively for a sufficient period and testing confirms effectiveness; it cannot assure timely remediation or prevention of future weaknesses.
- Chief accounting officer departure
- Chief Accounting Officer Jamie Palm announced her resignation on August 4, 2026, effective September 4, 2026. CFO Michael Burwell will assume both principal financial officer and principal accounting officer responsibilities while the company searches for a permanent replacement.
What they said about what is next.
The provided 10-Q excerpt contains no quantitative revenue or EPS outlook. Risk factors are stated to have remained materially unchanged from the 2025 Form 10-K.
The filing reads worse than the one before it.
What came before.
- 10-Q · May 14, 2026
- NIQ reported strong Q1 2026 results with revenue of $1,072.7 million, up 11.1% from $965.9 million in Q1 2025, exceeding consensus estimates. Adjusted EPS rose significantly to $0.15, compared to a loss of $0.02 in the…
- 10-K · February 27, 2026
- NIQ presents a large, recurring-revenue business with global scale (90 countries; ~82% of world population) and a data/AI-driven platform (The NIQ Ecosystem) that generated a revenue mix of ~81% Intelligence and ~19%…
- 10-Q · November 13, 2025
- NIQ reported Q3 revenue of $1,052.6 million, up $70.5 million (7.2%) versus Q3 2024 ($982.1 million). GAAP loss per share improved to $(0.70) from $(0.89) a year ago, while operating (loss) for the quarter widened to…
- 10-Q · August 15, 2025
- NIQ reported revenue of $1,040.8 million for the three months ended June 30, 2025, up from $985.8 million a year earlier, and generated positive operating income of $39.5 million versus an operating loss of $(27.3)…
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