Priority Technology Holdings, Inc. (PRTH)

Results of Operations

This section includes certain components of our results of operations for the three and six months ended June 30, 2026, compared to the three and six months ended June 30, 2025. We have derived this data, except the key indicators, from our Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements included elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and our Audited Consolidated Financial Statements included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2025.

Revenues

For the three months ended June 30, 2026, our consolidated revenue of $262.3 million increased by $22.4 million, or 9.4%, from $239.8 million for the three months ended June 30, 2025. This overall increase was mainly driven by increase in total card processing dollar value which was partially offset by lower total card transaction count in our Merchant Solutions segment, increases in buyer funded card processing dollar value, and supplier funded issuing dollar value which was partially offset by lower ACH transactions count in our Payables Segment, and, an increase in number of billed clients and higher interest income which is partially offset by lower new enrollments in our Treasury Solutions segment.

For the six months ended June 30, 2026, our consolidated revenue of $511.8 million increased by $47.4 million, or 10.2%, from $464.4 million for the six months ended June 30, 2025. This overall increase was mainly driven by increase in total card processing dollar value in our Merchant Solutions segment, increases in buyer funded card processing dollar value, supplier funded issuing dollar value, incentive income, and ACH transactions count in our Payables Segment, and, an increase in number of billed clients and higher interest income which was partially offset by lower new enrollments in our Treasury Solutions segment.

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The following table presents our revenues by type:

Merchant card fees

Merchant card fees revenue for the three months ended June 30, 2026, was $199.1 million an increase of $18.6 million or 10.3%, from $180.5 million for the three months ended June 30, 2025. The increase was primarily driven by an increase in total card dollar value which was partially offset by lower total card transaction count processed by the Company.

Merchant card fees revenue for the six months ended June 30, 2026, was $385.0 million an increase of $37.5 million or 10.8%, from $347.6 million for the six months ended June 30, 2025. The increase was primarily driven by an increase in total card dollar value.

Money transmission services

Money transmission services for the three months ended June 30, 2026, was $42.0 million, an increase of $2.7 million, or 6.9%, from $39.3 million for the three months ended June 30, 2025. This increase was primarily driven by an increase in average billed clients which was partially offset by lower new customer enrollments.

Money transmission services for the six months ended June 30, 2026, was $83.7 million, an increase of $7.0 million, or 9.1%, from $76.7 million for the six months ended June 30, 2025. This increase was primarily driven by an increase in average billed clients which was partially offset by lower new customer enrollments.

Outsourced services and other services revenue

Outsourced services and other services revenue of $18.9 million for the three months ended June 30, 2026, increased by $2.0 million, or 11.9%, from $16.9 million for the three months ended June 30, 2025, primarily due to growth in interest income from higher balances of permissible investments driven by higher account balances offset by reduction in interest rates.

Outsourced services and other services revenue of $38.7 million for the six months ended June 30, 2026, increased by $4.8 million, or 14.3%, from $33.9 million for the six months ended June 30, 2025, primarily due to growth in interest income from higher balances of permissible investments driven by higher account balances offset by reduction in interest rates.

Equipment

Equipment revenue of $2.3 million for the three months ended June 30, 2026, decreased by $0.9 million, or 27.6% from $3.2 million for the three months ended June 30, 2025. The decrease was primarily due to lower point-of-sale equipment sales caused by a decrease in demand from merchants.

Equipment revenue of $4.4 million for the six months ended June 30, 2026, decreased by $1.9 million, or 30.7% from $6.3 million for the six months ended June 30, 2025. The decrease was primarily due to lower point-of-sale equipment sales caused by a decrease in demand from merchants.

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Operating expenses were as follows:

Cost of revenue (excludes depreciation and amortization)

Cost of revenue (excludes depreciation and amortization) of $162.4 million for the three months ended June 30, 2026, increased by $15.0 million, or 10.1%, from $147.4 million for the three months ended June 30, 2025, primarily due to the corresponding increase in revenues.

Cost of revenue (excludes depreciation and amortization) of $313.1 million for the six months ended June 30, 2026, increased by $28.4 million, or 10.0%, from $284.8 million for the six months ended June 30, 2025, primarily due to the corresponding increase in revenues.

Salary and employee benefits

Salary and employee benefits expense of $29.2 million for the three months ended June 30, 2026, increased by $2.1 million, or 7.7%, from $27.1 million for the three months ended June 30, 2025, primarily due to merit increases, and increased headcount to support overall growth of the Company and from the acquisition related activity.

Salary and employee benefits expense of $57.7 million for the six months ended June 30, 2026, increased by $4.8 million, or 9.2%, from $52.8 million for the six months ended June 30, 2025, primarily due to merit increases, and increased headcount to support overall growth of the Company and from the acquisition related activity.

Depreciation and amortization expense

Depreciation and amortization expense of $20.9 million for the three months ended June 30, 2026, increased by $6.8 million, or 48.3%, from $14.1 million for the three months ended June 30, 2025, primarily due to the addition of intangible assets from the acquisition related activity and software capitalization.

Depreciation and amortization expense of $38.5 million for the six months ended June 30, 2026, increased by $10.6 million, or 38.2%, from $27.9 million for the six months ended June 30, 2025, primarily due to the addition of intangible assets from the acquisition related activity and software capitalization.

Selling, general and administrative

Selling, general and administrative expenses of $16.8 million for the three months ended June 30, 2026, increased by $2.9 million, or 20.8%, from $13.9 million for the three months ended June 30, 2025, primarily due to increase in legal fees related to the Company's on-going special committee process, and increased marketing, telecommunications and software expenses to support overall growth and cloud migration, which was partially offset by decreased accounting expenses.

Selling, general and administrative expenses of $36.1 million for the six months ended June 30, 2026, increased by $7.0 million, or 24.3%, from $29.0 million for the six months ended June 30, 2025, primarily due to increase in professional and legal charges related to the Company's on-going special committee process, increased marketing, telecommunications and

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software expenses to support overall growth and cloud migration, expenses related to acquired businesses and assets, which was partially offset by decreased accounting expenses.

Other Expense, net

Other expense, net were as follows:

Interest expense

Interest expense of $21.1 million for the three months ended June 30, 2026, decreased by $2.0 million, or 8.7%, from $23.1 million for the three months ended June 30, 2025, due to decreased SOFR rates and beneficial changes in margin from the recent refinancing which was partially offset by increased outstanding balances of the 2024 Credit Agreement and the Residual Finance Credit Facility established during the quarter ended September 30, 2025.

Interest expense of $42.1 million for the six months ended June 30, 2026, decreased by $4.2 million, or 9.0%, from $46.2 million for the six months ended June 30, 2025, due to decreased SOFR rates and beneficial changes in margin from the recent refinancing which was partially offset by increased outstanding balances of the 2024 Credit Agreement and the Residual Finance Credit Facility established during the quarter ended September 30, 2025.

Income tax expense

Income tax expense was as follows:

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Item 7. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

The following management's discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations should be read together with our audited financial statements and the related notes included elsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 10-K. This section of this Form 10-K generally discusses 2025 and 2024 items and year-over-year comparisons between 2025 and 2024. Discussions of 2024 items and year-over-year comparisons between 2024 and 2023 are not included in this Form 10-K, and can be found in "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations" in Part II, Item 7 of the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024.

Certain amounts in this section may not add mathematically due to rounding.

During 2025 the Company renamed its reportable segments, for a description and additional information see Note 18. Segment Information, contained in "Item 8 - Financial Statements and Supplementary Data" of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

Results of Operations

This section includes certain components of our results of operations for the years ended December 31, 2025 (or "2025"), and December 31, 2024 (or "2024"). We have derived this data, except key indicators including total card processing dollar value and transaction count (Merchant Solutions), buyer funded card processing dollar value, supplier funded issuing dollar value, and transaction count (Payables), and average billed clients, average monthly enrollments, and average total account balances (Treasury Solutions), from our audited Consolidated Financial Statements included elsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

Revenue

For the year ended December 31, 2025, our consolidated revenue of $953.0 million increased by $73.3 million, or 8.3%, from $879.7 million for the year ended December 31, 2024. This overall increase was driven by increases in merchant bankcard processing dollar value, transaction count and acquisitions in our Merchant Solutions segment, an increase in new enrollments and higher interest income on permissible investments in our Treasury Solutions segment and an increase in revenue due to increase in volumes in Payables segment.

Revenues by type for 2025 and 2024 were as follows:

Merchant Card Fees

For the year ended December 31, 2025, our merchant card fees revenue of $710.9 million increased by $40.5 million, or 6.0%, from $670.4 million for the year ended December 31, 2024. This increase was primarily driven by revenue from acquisitions in 2025 and increased bankcard processing dollar values and transaction counts in the Merchant Solutions segment.

Money Transmission Services

Money transmission services revenue of $159.2 million for the year ended December 31, 2025 increased by $29.0 million or 22.3%, from $130.1 million for the year ended December 31, 2024 and is primarily driven by increased customer enrollments, which resulted in a higher number of billed clients.

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Outsourced Services and Other Services

Outsourced services and other services revenue of $70.7 million for the year ended December 31, 2025 increased by $3.7 million, or 5.5%, from $67.0 million for the year ended December 31, 2024. This increase was primarily due to growth in interest income on permissible investments due to higher deposit balances and increased volume in ACH.com business partially offset by a decrease in interest rates and decreased issuing dollar volumes in CPX business.

Equipment

Equipment revenue of $12.2 million for the year ended December 31, 2025, remained consistent in comparison to $12.2 million for the year ended December 31, 2024, as equipment revenue is directly driven by merchant demand for certain equipment. No trends affecting equipment revenue were identified.

Operating Expenses

Operating expenses for 2025 and 2024 were as follows:

Costs of Services (excludes depreciation and amortization)

Costs of services (excludes depreciation and amortization) of $578.3 million for the year ended December 31, 2025 increased by $26.7 million, or 4.8%, from $551.6 million for the year ended December 31, 2024, primarily due to the corresponding increase in revenues. For the year ended December 31, 2025, costs of services (excluding depreciation and amortization) as a percentage of total revenues decreased to 60.7% as compared to 62.7% for the year ended December 31, 2024. This decrease was primarily due to increased interest income on permissible investments and money transmission revenues, which do not have significant costs of services, as well as lower credit losses, reduced inventory write-offs, and acquisitions, partially offset by mix-related margin compression.

Salary and employee benefits

Salary and employee benefits expense of $107.8 million for the year ended December 31, 2025 increased by $18.6 million, or 20.8%, from $89.2 million for the year ended December 31, 2024, primarily due to merit increases, increased stock based compensation and increased headcount from acquisitions and to support overall growth of the Company. The Company's employee headcount increased to 1,200 in 2025 from 1,019 in 2024.

Depreciation and amortization expense

Depreciation and amortization expense of $63.2 million for the year ended December 31, 2025 increased by $5.1 million, or 8.9%, from $58.0 million for the year ended December 31, 2024, primarily due to the amortization of intangibles acquired during the year, accelerated depreciation on certain assets and depreciation of new assets placed in service partially offset by the full depreciation/amortization of certain assets.

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Selling, general and administrative

Selling, general and administrative expenses of $62.5 million for the year ended December 31, 2025 increased by $15.1 million, or 31.8%, from $47.4 million for the year ended December 31, 2024, primarily due to increases in marketing expenses of $1.2 million, accounting expenses of $2.4 million (primarily for SOX compliance and audits), software expenses of $2.9 million, cloud hosting expenses of $2.5 million, travel expenses of $1.4 million, and other variances which are not individually material.

Other Expenses, net

Interest expense

Interest expense of $90.7 million for the year ended December 31, 2025, increased by $1.7 million, or 1.9%, from $88.9 million for the year ended December 31, 2024, due to higher debt balances to fund acquisitions offset by decreases in interest rates due to debt refinancings and federal rate cuts during 2025.

Debt extinguishment and modification costs

Debt extinguishment and modification costs for the year ended December 31, 2025, increased by $2.1 million or 20.7%, from the year ended December 31, 2024, due to debt refinancings (see Note 10. Debt Obligations).

Other income, net

Other income, net of $8.2 million for the year ended December 31, 2025 increased by $5.0 million, or 158.2%, from $3.2 million for the year ended December 31, 2024, due to bargain purchase gain of $4.0 million from Sila acquisition (see Note 2. Acquisitions) and increased interest income from the Company's operating accounts.

Income tax expense

The decrease in the effective tax rate from 2024 to 2025 is primarily due to a reduction in the valuation allowance recorded against certain business interest carryover deferred tax assets resulting from the enactment of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (“OBBBA”) during the year ended December 31, 2025.

Our consolidated effective income tax rates differ from the statutory rate due to timing and permanent differences between amounts calculated under GAAP and the U.S. tax code. The consolidated effective income tax rate for 2025 may not be indicative of our effective tax rate for future periods.

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Earnings Attributable to Common Stockholders

The increase in net income (loss) attributable to common stockholders is attributable to an increase in operating income, an income tax benefit due to release of valuation allowance on deferred tax assets due to changes in the tax laws and the discontinuance of dividend obligations.

Segment Results

The Company's chief operating decision makers ("CODM") are our CEO and CFO. The CODM uses adjusted earnings before interest expense, income tax and depreciation and amortization expenses ("Adjusted EBITDA") as the measure of segment profit and loss to allocate resources.

Adjusted EBITDA represents, EBITDA, adjusted for certain non-cash costs, such as stock-based compensation and the write-off of the carrying value of investments or other assets, as well as debt extinguishment and modification expenses and other expenses and income items considered non-recurring, such as acquisition integration expenses, certain professional fees, and litigation settlements. Adjusted EBITDA is a non-GAAP measure and therefore, a reconciliation to net income (loss) (a GAAP measure) is included herein.

Operating overhead and shared costs are managed centrally and included in corporate.

This non-GAAP financial measure helps to understand the underlying financial and business trends relating to results of operations of the Company and therefore used as a measure of segment profit or loss for the purposes of evaluation of segment performance and allocation of resources.

Merchant Solutions

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