# ADT Inc. (ADT)

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CIK: 0001703056
SIC: 7381 Services-Detective, Guard & Armored Car Services
SIC breadcrumb: [Services](/division/I/) > [Business Services](/major-group/73/) > [SIC 7381 Services-Detective, Guard & Armored Car Services](/industry/7381/)
Latest 10-K filed: 2026-03-02
SEC page: https://www.sec.gov/edgar/browse/?CIK=1703056
Filing source: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1703056/000170305626000022/adt-20251231.htm

## At a glance

FY2025 · period end 2025-12-31 · filed 2026-03-02 · accession 0001703056-26-000022 · source: https://data.sec.gov/api/xbrl/companyfacts/CIK0001703056.json

| Metric | Value | FY | Provenance |
| --- | ---: | ---: | --- |
| Revenue | 5,128,607,000 USD | 2025 | verified |
| Net income | 595,951,000 USD | 2025 | verified |
| Assets | 15,818,511,000 USD | 2025 | verified |
| Free cash flow | 1,708,416,000 USD | 2025 | computed |
| Net margin | 11.62% | 2025 | computed |
| Operating margin | 25.52% | 2025 | computed |
| Revenue YoY | +4.70% | 2025 | computed |
| ROE | 15.77% | 2025 | computed |

Computed values are grepcent-computed from the verified facts above and may differ from ratios the company itself reports. Free cash flow = operating cash flow − capital expenditures. Net margin = net income ÷ revenue. Operating margin = operating income ÷ revenue. Revenue YoY = FY2025 revenue ÷ FY2024 revenue − 1 (consecutive fiscal years only). ROE = net income ÷ period-end stockholders' equity.

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### Peer percentile fingerprint

| Ratio | ADT | Peer median | Percentile | N |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| Net margin | 11.6% | 4.2% | 69 | 310 |
| Operating margin | 25.5% | 6.3% | 88 | 301 |
| Revenue growth | 4.7% | 9.2% | 33 | 315 |
| FCF margin | 33.3% | 14.9% | 91 | 307 |
| ROE | 15.8% | 6.6% | 71 | 287 |
| ROA | 3.8% | 2.6% | 56 | 318 |
| Liabilities / equity | 3.19 | 1.27 | 79 | 290 |
| Current ratio | 0.93 | 1.50 | 15 | 313 |

Percentile = share of the N covered peers reporting that ratio whose value is lower (ties counted half); computed among grepcent-covered companies in SIC major-group 73 Business Services, not the whole market. A higher percentile means a higher value of the ratio, not a better company. Ratios with fewer than 8 reporting peers are omitted. Latest reported values per company; fiscal periods may differ. Descriptive arithmetic - not a score, rating, or ranking.

## Selected Fundamentals
| Metric | Value | Unit | FY | Filed |
| --- | ---: | --- | ---: | --- |
| Revenue | 5128607000 | USD | 2025 | 2026-03-02 |
| Net income | 595951000 | USD | 2025 | 2026-03-02 |
| Assets | 15818511000 | USD | 2025 | 2026-03-02 |

## Financials

Annual standardized facts from SEC companyfacts as of latest extracted filing date 2026-03-02. Source: https://data.sec.gov/api/xbrl/companyfacts/CIK0001703056.json. Derived margins, ratios, and free cash flow are computed from the extracted annual SEC facts.

| Metric | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| Revenue |  |  |  | 5,125,657,000 | 5,314,787,000 | 4,202,723,000 | 4,381,904,000 | 4,652,824,000 | 4,898,446,000 | 5,128,607,000 |
| Net income | -536,587,000 | 342,627,000 | -609,155,000 | -424,150,000 | -632,193,000 | -340,820,000 | 132,663,000 | 463,009,000 | 501,053,000 | 595,951,000 |
| Operating income | -229,315,000 | 282,439,000 | 277,840,000 | 196,444,000 | 40,640,000 | 9,791,000 | 725,094,000 | 1,178,961,000 | 1,208,064,000 | 1,308,901,000 |
| Operating cash flow | 617,523,000 | 1,591,930,000 | 1,787,607,000 | 1,873,117,000 | 1,366,749,000 | 1,649,723,000 | 1,887,920,000 | 1,657,726,000 | 1,884,899,000 | 1,884,163,000 |
| Capital expenditures | 78,499,000 | 130,624,000 | 126,799,000 | 158,846,000 | 157,191,000 | 168,238,000 | 176,660,000 | 176,353,000 | 163,805,000 | 175,747,000 |
| Dividends paid | 0.00 | 749,999,000 | 79,439,000 | 564,767,000 | 109,328,000 | 116,348,000 | 127,125,000 | 128,587,000 | 182,266,000 | 186,774,000 |
| Share buybacks |  | 0.00 | 0.00 | 149,868,000 | 4,000 | 0.00 | 1,200,000,000 | 0.00 | 240,556,000 | 606,767,000 |
| Assets |  | 17,014,820,000 | 17,208,608,000 | 16,083,652,000 | 16,116,936,000 | 16,894,351,000 | 17,821,236,000 | 15,964,094,000 | 16,050,957,000 | 15,818,511,000 |
| Liabilities |  | 13,581,708,000 | 12,983,803,000 | 12,899,283,000 | 13,077,600,000 | 13,645,632,000 | 14,428,088,000 | 12,175,448,000 | 12,250,156,000 | 12,039,901,000 |
| Stockholders' equity | 3,804,976,000 | 3,433,112,000 | 4,224,805,000 | 3,184,369,000 | 3,039,336,000 | 3,248,719,000 | 3,393,148,000 | 3,788,646,000 | 3,800,801,000 | 3,778,610,000 |
| Cash and cash equivalents | 75,891,000 | 122,899,000 | 363,177,000 | 48,736,000 | 204,998,000 | 24,453,000 | 257,223,000 | 14,621,000 | 96,212,000 | 80,817,000 |
| Free cash flow | 539,024,000 | 1,461,306,000 | 1,660,808,000 | 1,714,271,000 | 1,209,558,000 | 1,481,485,000 | 1,711,260,000 | 1,481,373,000 | 1,721,094,000 | 1,708,416,000 |

### Ratios

ROE and ROA use period-end equity/assets. Liabilities / equity uses total liabilities divided by stockholders' equity. Current ratio uses current assets divided by current liabilities when both are reported.

| Metric | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| Net margin |  |  |  | -8.28% | -11.89% | -8.11% | 3.03% | 9.95% | 10.23% | 11.62% |
| Operating margin |  |  |  | 3.83% | 0.76% | 0.23% | 16.55% | 25.34% | 24.66% | 25.52% |
| Return on equity | -14.10% | 9.98% | -14.42% | -13.32% | -20.80% | -10.49% | 3.91% | 12.22% | 13.18% | 15.77% |
| Return on assets |  | 2.01% | -3.54% | -2.64% | -3.92% | -2.02% | 0.74% | 2.90% | 3.12% | 3.77% |
| Liabilities / equity |  | 3.96 | 3.07 | 4.05 | 4.30 | 4.20 | 4.25 | 3.21 | 3.22 | 3.19 |
| Current ratio |  | 0.51 | 0.84 | 0.56 | 0.75 | 0.58 | 0.65 | 0.68 | 0.80 | 0.93 |

## As-reported value updates

8 tracked differences above grepcent's stated thresholds were found between the earliest XBRL-filed value and the value currently on file for the same fiscal period.

Ledger: /company/ADT/revisions/


## Quarterly

Quarterly standardized facts from SEC companyfacts as of latest extracted filing date 2026-07-30. Source: https://data.sec.gov/api/xbrl/companyfacts/CIK0001703056.json.

Flow metrics use discrete quarter-length periods from 10-Q/10-Q/A filings. Q4 revenue and net income are derived only when annual FY and nine-month YTD facts exist for the same fiscal year; derived Q4 values are labeled. EPS Q4 is not derived.

| Quarter | End date | Revenue | Net income | Diluted EPS | Method |
| --- | --- | ---: | ---: | ---: | --- |
| 2023-Q3 | 2023-09-30 | 1,237,484,000 | -86,237,000 |  | reported discrete quarter |
| 2023-Q4 | 2023-12-31 | 1,222,255,000 | 575,872,000 |  | derived Q4 = FY annual - nine-month YTD |
| 2024-Q1 | 2024-03-31 | 1,209,311,000 | 91,551,000 |  | reported discrete quarter |
| 2024-Q2 | 2024-06-30 | 1,204,559,000 | 92,394,000 |  | reported discrete quarter |
| 2024-Q3 | 2024-09-30 | 1,243,836,000 | 127,151,000 |  | reported discrete quarter |
| 2024-Q4 | 2024-12-31 | 1,260,379,000 | 189,957,000 |  | derived Q4 = FY annual - nine-month YTD |
| 2025-Q1 | 2025-03-31 | 1,267,491,000 | 140,246,000 |  | reported discrete quarter |
| 2025-Q2 | 2025-06-30 | 1,287,035,000 | 165,179,000 |  | reported discrete quarter |
| 2025-Q3 | 2025-09-30 | 1,297,954,000 | 145,132,000 |  | reported discrete quarter |
| 2025-Q4 | 2025-12-31 | 1,276,127,000 | 145,394,000 |  | derived Q4 = FY annual - nine-month YTD |
| 2026-Q1 | 2026-03-31 | 1,278,529,000 | 168,374,000 |  | reported discrete quarter |
| 2026-Q2 | 2026-06-30 | 1,312,285,000 | 153,850,000 |  | reported discrete quarter |

## Filed narrative (10-K & 10-Q)

## Business

Verbatim Item 1 Business section from ADT's latest 10-K: [/company/ADT/business/](/company/ADT/business/).

## Risk Factors

Verbatim Item 1A Risk Factors from ADT's latest 10-K: [/company/ADT/risk-factors/](/company/ADT/risk-factors/).

## Latest quarter (10-Q)

Latest 10-Q source: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1703056/000170305626000100/adt-20260630.htm

Extracted structurally from real Item 2 body heading to real Item 3/4 boundary. Published MD&A gate trimmed front/tail over-capture.
Confidence: high
Filing date: 2026-07-30
Report date: 2026-06-30

ITEM 2. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS.

Table of Contents

•Introduction

•Business and Basis of Presentation

•Key Performance Indicators

•Trends, Uncertainties, and Factors Affecting Operating Results

•Results of Operations

•Non-GAAP Measures

•Liquidity and Capital Resources

•Critical Accounting Estimates

•Cautionary Statements Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

INTRODUCTION

The following section contains forward-looking statements about our business, operations, and financial performance based on current plans and estimates that involve risks, uncertainties, and assumptions, which could differ materially from actual results. Factors that could cause such differences are discussed in the sections of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q titled “Cautionary Statements Regarding Forward-Looking Statements” and Item 1A “Risk Factors.”

The discussion and analysis below focuses on significant or material items to the Company. To obtain a more comprehensive understanding of our financial condition, changes in financial condition, and results of operations, the following discussion and analysis should be read in conjunction with our condensed consolidated financial statements and the related notes included elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, as well as our audited consolidated financial statements and the related notes included in our 2025 Annual Report.

BUSINESS AND BASIS OF PRESENTATION

Our Business

ADT (or “we,” “our,” and “us”), provides security, interactive, and smart home solutions to consumer and small business customers in the U.S.

Our mission is to empower people to protect and connect what matters most with safe, smart, and sustainable solutions, delivered through innovative offerings, unrivaled safety, and a premium experience because we believe that everyone deserves to feel safe.

Basis of Presentation

We report our results as a single operating and reportable segment. All financial information presented in this section has been prepared in U.S. dollars in accordance with GAAP, excluding any non-GAAP measures, and includes the accounts of ADT Inc. and its wholly-owned subsidiaries. All intercompany transactions have been eliminated.

Results of our former Solar and Commercial businesses are presented within discontinued operations for current and historical periods, as applicable.

KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS

We evaluate our results using certain key performance indicators, including operating metrics such as recurring monthly revenue and gross customer revenue attrition, as well as GAAP total revenue and the non-GAAP measures Adjusted Earnings per Share (“Adjusted EPS”) and Adjusted Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation, and Amortization (“Adjusted EBITDA”), both from continuing operations.

Computations of our key performance indicators may not be comparable to other similarly titled measures reported by other companies.

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Certain operating metrics are approximated, as there may be variations to reported results due to certain adjustments we might make in connection with the integration over several periods of acquired companies that calculated these metrics differently or periodic reassessments and refinements in the ordinary course of business, including changes due to system conversions or historical methodology differences in legacy systems.

End-of-Period Recurring Monthly Revenue (“RMR”)

RMR is generated by contractual recurring fees for monitoring and other recurring services provided to our customers, including contracts monitored but not owned.

We use RMR to evaluate our overall sales, installation, and retention performance. Additionally, we believe the presentation of RMR is useful to investors because it measures the volume of revenue under contract at a given point in time, which is useful for forecasting future revenue performance as the majority of our revenue comes from recurring sources.

Gross Customer Revenue Attrition

Gross customer revenue attrition is defined as RMR lost as a result of customer attrition, net of dealer charge-backs and reinstated customers, excluding contracts monitored but not owned and self set-up/do-it-yourself (“DIY”) customers. Customer sites are considered canceled when all services are terminated. Dealer charge-backs represent customer cancellations charged back to the dealers because the customer canceled service during the charge-back period, which is generally thirteen months.

Gross customer revenue attrition is calculated on a trailing twelve-month basis, the numerator of which is the RMR lost during the period due to attrition, net of dealer charge-backs and reinstated customers, and the denominator of which is total annualized RMR based on an average of RMR under contract at the beginning of each month during the period, in each case, excluding contracts monitored but not owned and self set-up/DIY customers.

We use gross customer revenue attrition to evaluate our retention and customer satisfaction performance, as well as evaluate subscriber trends by vintage year. Additionally, we believe the presentation of gross customer revenue attrition is useful to investors as it provides a means to evaluate drivers of customer attrition and the impact of retention initiatives.

Total Revenue

Management and the Board of Directors use total revenue, which is calculated in accordance with GAAP, to evaluate the performance of employees (including members of management) and the Company as a whole, as well as to allocate resources. Refer to the section titled “Results of Operations—Revenue” for additional information.

Adjusted EPS

Adjusted EPS (from continuing operations) is a non-GAAP measure. Our definition of Adjusted EPS, a reconciliation of Adjusted EPS to diluted income (loss) from continuing operations per share (the most directly comparable GAAP measure), and additional information, including a description of the limitations relating to the use of Adjusted EPS, are provided under “Results of Operations—Non-GAAP Measures.”

Adjusted EBITDA

Adjusted EBITDA (from continuing operations) is a non-GAAP measure. Our definition of Adjusted EBITDA, a reconciliation of Adjusted EBITDA to income (loss) from continuing operations (the most directly comparable GAAP measure), and additional information, including a description of the limitations relating to the use of Adjusted EBITDA, are provided under “Results of Operations—Non-GAAP Measures.”

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TRENDS, UNCERTAINTIES, AND FACTORS AFFECTING OPERATING RESULTS

The information described herein could have a material effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations, cash flows, and key performance indicators.

Subscribers

As of June 30, 2026, we served approximately 6.1 million security monitoring service subscribers. Generally, a significant upfront investment is required to acquire new subscribers that in turn provide ongoing and predictable recurring revenue (RMR) generated from our monitoring services and other subscriber-based offerings. Although the economics of each installation may vary depending on the customer type, acquisition channel, and product and service offerings, we generally achieve revenue break-even in approximately two years.

New subscriber additions and customer attrition have a direct impact on our financial results, including revenue, operating income, and cash flows. A portion of our recurring subscriber base can be expected to cancel its service each year for a variety of reasons, including relocation, cost, loss to competition, or service issues, or we may disconnect service due to non-payment. A 100 basis point change in customer attrition typically has approximately a $40 million impact on recurring revenue on an annualized basis.

As of June 30, 2026, gross customer revenue attrition was 13.1%, as compared to 12.8% in the prior year, driven by higher non-payment disconnects slightly offset by fewer voluntary disconnects.

Relocations are sensitive to changes in the residential housing market, and fewer relocations generally lead to improvements in customer attrition, but fewer subscriber additions. Additionally, non-payment disconnects generally increase in a weaker macroeconomic environment. We may experience fluctuations in these or other trends in the future as changes in the general macroeconomic environment or housing market develop.

Revenue and Offerings

The mix, price, offerings, sales and distribution channel, and equipment ownership of transactions impacts our results. For example, our results are impacted by the mix of transactions accounted for under a Company-owned equipment model versus a customer-owned equipment model (referred to as outright sales), as there are different accounting treatments applicable to each model, as discussed in Note 2 “Revenue and Receivables.” Historically, the majority of professional installation transactions occurred under a Company-owned model. However, since the second quarter of 2024, a growing percentage of our direct channel new subscriber adds are outright sales in connection with the national launch of our ADT+ platform.

As a result, we have continued to experience an increase in both security installation, product, and other revenue and related costs due to the transition to our ADT+ platform, in which the equipment is sold outright to the customer. Currently, approximately 40% of new subscribers are outright sales. In early 2026, the Company refined its go-to-market approach for certain non-ADT+ residential transactions and transitioned such transactions to an outright sales model where equipment will be customer owned, which aligns with the equipment ownership model for ADT+ transactions. Accordingly, we expect this to continue to result in an increase in security installation, product, and other revenue and cost of revenue recognized in the statements of operations in subsequent periods.

The mix of professional installation solutions versus self set-up solutions may impact our results in future periods, as professional installation solutions typically have higher contractual fees than our self set-up solutions as a result of differences in pricing, offer tactics, and level of products and services. As we refine our go-to-market approach and explore additional sales channels, we may experience an increase in the proportion of ADT self set-up customers, which are considered outright sales. Although the DIY market typically has lower monthly recurring fees than our professional installations, we believe this approach will allow us to grow our subscriber base.

Changes in our recurring revenue base, including subscriber count, price escalations, or change in offerings, can also impact our results.

As of June 30, 2026, RMR was $360 million, as compared to $363 million in the prior year period, primarily reflecting lower recurring monthly revenue due to the sale of our multifamily business in October 2025 (the “Multifamily Divestiture”), partially offset by an increase in average prices.

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Macroeconomic and Other Trends and Uncertainties

We may also experience an increase in other costs associated with factors such as (i) offering a wider variety of products and services; (ii) providing a greater mix of interactive and smart home solutions; (iii) replacing or upgrading certain system components due to technological advancements, cybersecurity upgrades, software or hardware end-of-life or otherwise; (iv) supply chain disruptions or other impacts such as tariffs or trade restrictions; (v) inflationary pressures on costs such as materials, labor, and fuel including those related to the ongoing conflict in the Middle East; and (vi) other changes in prices, interest rates, or terms from our suppliers, vendors, or third-party lenders.

We are currently monitoring, and will continue to monitor, macroeconomic trends and uncer

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## Latest 10-K MD&A (excerpt)

Latest 10-K Item 7 source: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1703056/000170305626000022/adt-20251231.htm
Complete FY 2025 MD&A: /company/ADT/mda/fy2025/

Extracted from Item 7 to the first post-MD&A boundary after HTML sanitization.
Confidence: high
Filing date: 2026-03-02
Report date: 2025-12-31

ITEM 7. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS.

Table of Contents

•Introduction

•Business and Basis of Presentation

•Key Performance Indicators

•Trends, Uncertainties, and Factors Affecting Operating Results

•Results of Operations

•Non-GAAP Measures

•Liquidity and Capital Resources

•Critical Accounting Estimates

•Accounting Pronouncements

INTRODUCTION

The following section should be read in conjunction with our consolidated financial statements and the related notes thereto included elsewhere in this Annual Report. This section is intended to (i) provide material information relevant to the assessment of our results of operations and cash flows; (ii) enhance the understanding of our financial condition, changes in financial condition, and results of operations; and (iii) discuss material events and uncertainties known to management that are reasonably likely to cause reported financial information not to be necessarily indicative of future performance or of future financial condition.

Included below are year-over-year comparisons between 2025 and 2024. For information on year-over-year comparisons between 2024 and 2023, refer to Item 7 “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” in our annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024, which was filed with the SEC on February 27, 2025 (the “2024 Annual Report”).

We are including the explanation of Adjusted Earnings per share (“EPS”) for 2024 as compared to 2023 below as we began presenting Adjusted EPS as a key performance indicator in the first quarter of 2025.

The following section contains forward-looking statements about our business, operations, and financial performance based on current plans and estimates involving risks, uncertainties, and assumptions, which could differ materially from actual results. Factors that could cause such differences are discussed in the sections of this Annual Report titled Item 1A “Risk Factors” and “Cautionary Statements Regarding Forward-Looking Statements.”

Unless otherwise noted, the discussions below relate to our continuing operations.

BUSINESS AND BASIS OF PRESENTATION

ADT is a leading provider of security, interactive, and smart home solutions serving residential and small business customers in the U.S. Our mission is to empower people to protect and connect what matters most with safe, smart, and sustainable solutions, delivered through innovative offerings, unrivaled safety, and a premium experience because we believe that everyone deserves to feel safe. Our vision is to:

•provide protection that is always on, always ready, powered by artificial intelligence and our expert team;

•enable real time and split-second response, with deeper information and context during emergencies and all the times in between;

•deliver a personalized experience that lives and evolves with the customer, tailored to lifestyles and life stages; and

•offer solutions for everyone, across all U.S. households, small businesses, and families through a variety of use cases—protection that follows people, not just properties.

As technology continues to get smarter and more capable, we are evolving toward a platform-centric software-as-a-product model. Our efforts are increasingly centered on our proprietary ADT+ application, which is designed to serve as a foundational ecosystem for both professionally installed and self-installed solutions, integrating human expertise with ambient sensing capabilities.

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All financial information presented in this section has been prepared in U.S. dollars and in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America (“GAAP”), excluding our Non-GAAP measures, and includes the accounts of ADT Inc. and its subsidiaries. All intercompany transactions have been eliminated. As a result of the Commercial Divestiture and ADT Solar Exit, unless otherwise noted, we report current and historical financial and operating information for our one remaining segment.

For a more detailed discussion of our business and basis of presentation, refer to Item 1 “Business” and Note 1 “Description of Business and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies” in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in Item 15 “Exhibit and Financial Statement Schedules.”

KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS

We evaluate our results using certain key performance indicators, including the operating metrics end-of-period recurring monthly revenue (“RMR”) and gross customer revenue attrition, as well as GAAP total revenue and the non-GAAP measures Adjusted EPS and Adjusted EBITDA (“Adjusted EBITDA”), both from continuing operations. Computations of our key performance indicators may not be comparable to other similarly titled measures reported by other companies.

Certain operating metrics are approximated, as there may be variations to reported results due to certain adjustments we might make in connection with the integration over several periods of acquired companies that calculated these metrics differently or periodic reassessments and refinements in the ordinary course of business, including changes due to system conversions or historical methodology differences in legacy systems.

RMR and gross customer revenue attrition, as discussed below, exclude the former Commercial Business during 2023. The definition of these metrics has historically excluded activity related to the Solar Business and as such, these metrics were not impacted by the presentation of the Solar Business as a discontinued operation. Adjusted EBITDA reflects our continuing operations for all periods presented.

Total Revenue

Management and the Board of Directors use total revenue, which is calculated in accordance with GAAP, to evaluate the performance of employees (including members of management) and the Company as a whole, as well as to allocate resources. Refer to the section titled “Results of Operations—Revenue” for additional information.

RMR

RMR is generated by contractual recurring fees for monitoring and other recurring services provided to our customers, including contracts monitored but not owned.

We use RMR to evaluate our overall sales, installation, and retention performance. Additionally, we believe the presentation of RMR is useful to investors because it measures the volume of revenue under contract at a given point in time, which is a useful measure for forecasting future revenue performance as the majority of our revenue comes from recurring sources.

Gross Customer Revenue Attrition

Gross customer revenue attrition is defined as RMR lost as a result of customer attrition, net of dealer charge-backs and reinstated customers, excluding contracts monitored but not owned and self-setup/DIY customers. Customer sites are considered canceled when all services are terminated. Dealer charge-backs represent customer cancellations charged back to the dealers because the customer canceled service during the charge-back period, which is generally thirteen months.

Gross customer revenue attrition is calculated on a trailing twelve-month basis, the numerator of which is the RMR lost during the period due to attrition, net of dealer charge-backs and reinstated customers, and the denominator of which is total annualized RMR based on an average of RMR under contract at the beginning of each month during the period, in each case, excluding contracts monitored but not owned and self set-up/DIY customers.

We use gross customer revenue attrition to evaluate our retention and customer satisfaction performance, as well as evaluate subscriber trends by vintage year. Additionally, we believe the presentation of gross customer revenue attrition is useful to investors as it provides a means to evaluate drivers of customer attrition and the impact of retention initiatives.

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Adjusted EPS

Adjusted EPS (from continuing operations) is a non-GAAP measure. Our definition of Adjusted EPS, a reconciliation of Adjusted EPS to diluted income (loss) from continuing operations per share (the most directly comparable GAAP measure), and additional information, including a description of the limitations relating to the use of Adjusted EPS, are provided under “Results of Operations—Non-GAAP Measures.”

Adjusted EBITDA

Adjusted EBITDA (from continuing operations) is a non-GAAP measure. Our definition of Adjusted EBITDA, a reconciliation of Adjusted EBITDA to income (loss) from continuing operations (the most comparable GAAP measure), and additional information, including a description of the limitations relating to the use of Adjusted EBITDA, are provided under “Results of Operations—Non-GAAP Measures.”

TRENDS, UNCERTAINTIES, AND FACTORS AFFECTING OPERATING RESULTS

The information described herein could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations, cash flows, and/or key performance indicators.

Subscribers

As of December 31, 2025, we served approximately 6.1 million security monitoring service subscribers, which excludes customers from the divested Multifamily business. Generally, a significant upfront investment is required to acquire new subscribers, that in turn provide ongoing and predictable RMR generated from our monitoring services and other subscriber-based offerings. Although the economics of each installation may vary depending on the customer type, acquisition channel, and product and service offerings, we generally achieve revenue break-even in approximately two years.

The prices we are able to charge for our products and services are impacted by the type and complexity of the offerings that we provide, quality of our products and services; the introduction of additional features and offerings that increase value to the customer; and the microeconomic and macroeconomic environments in which we operate.

Demand for our offerings may be impacted by the (i) overall economic conditions in the geographies in which we operate; (ii) type, price and quality of our offerings compared to those of our competitors; (iii) changes in competition such as from the acquisition, disposition, or exiting of similar businesses by us or our competitors; (iv) overall state of the housing market; (v) perceived threat of crime; (vi) occurrence of significant life events such as the birth of a child or opening of a new business; and (vii) advancements or changes in technology.

New subscriber additions and customer attrition have a direct impact on our financial results, including revenue, operating income, and cash flows. A portion of our recurring subscriber base can be expected to cancel services each year for a variety of reasons including, but not limited to, relocation, loss to competition, cost, or service issues, or we may disconnect service due to non-payment. For example, a 1% change in customer attrition typically has approximately a $40 million impact on recurring revenue on an annualized basis.

As of December 31, 2025, gross customer revenue attrition was 13.1%, as compared to 12.7% in the prior year, driven by higher non-payment and voluntary disconnects partially offset by fewer relocations.

Relocations are sensitive to changes in the residential housing market, and fewer relocations generally lead to improvements in customer attrition, but fewer subscriber additions. Additionally, non-payment disconnects generally increase in a weaker macroeconomic environment. Furthermore, as we focus our newest offerings on our ADT+ platform, we face a heightened risk of attrition among legacy subscribers using systems that are not currently compatible with that platform without significant hardware upgrades. We may experience fluctuations in these or other trends in the future as changes in the general macroeconomic environment or housing market develop.

We have made significant progress toward increasing the vari

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Read the full FY 2025 MD&A: /company/ADT/mda/fy2025/
All MD&A years: /company/ADT/mda/


## MD&A history

Prior-year 10-K MD&A spans are extracted from SEC filings with the same bounded parser used for the latest filing. Each year's full verbatim text is on its own sub-page.

- [FY 2024 MD&A](/company/ADT/mda/fy2024/): filed 2025-02-27; accession 0001703056-25-000022 (https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1703056/000170305625000022/adt-20241231.htm)
- [FY 2023 MD&A](/company/ADT/mda/fy2023/): filed 2024-02-28; accession 0001703056-24-000020 (https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1703056/000170305624000020/adt-20231231.htm)
- [FY 2022 MD&A](/company/ADT/mda/fy2022/): filed 2023-02-28; accession 0001703056-23-000046 (https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1703056/000170305623000046/adt-20221231.htm)
- [FY 2021 MD&A](/company/ADT/mda/fy2021/): filed 2022-03-01; accession 0001703056-22-000042 (https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1703056/000170305622000042/adt-20211231.htm)




## Macro cross-references

Indicators mapped to this company's SIC classification (industry 7381 Services-Detective, Guard & Armored Car Services) by grepcent's deterministic macro-sector crosswalk. A navigational mapping, not a statistical or causal claim.

- [PAYEMS](/indicator/PAYEMS/): All Employees, Total Nonfarm
- [CES0500000003](/indicator/CES0500000003/): Average Hourly Earnings of All Employees, Total Private
- [DGS10](/indicator/DGS10/): Market Yield on U.S. Treasury Securities at 10-Year Constant Maturity

Macro-to-micro threads including this sector: [US labor market](/thread/us-labor-market/), [Growth & output](/thread/growth-output/), [Government finances](/thread/government-finances/), [Sector employment](/thread/sector-employment/).

All macro indicators: /indicators/


## For LLMs & downloads

Markdown twin: /company/ADT.md · JSON record: /company/ADT.json · verified financials: /company/ADT/financials.json / /company/ADT/financials.csv · machine TOC for the whole site: /llms.txt