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EverQuote (EVER) Q2 FY26 earnings call: guidance and Q&A

Earnings call· Jun 2026 (Q2 FY26)· Communication Services· Aug 3, 2026

Source: earnings call transcript

Executive summary

EverQuote Q2 FY26 — Record Revenue and Adjusted EBITDA Driven by AI Leadership and Broadened Carrier Demand

EverQuote delivered strong Q2 FY26 results, driven by robust carrier demand and significant advancements in AI integration across its operations and products. The company is strategically investing in new AI-first solutions for both consumers and providers, aiming to extend its market leadership and achieve its long-term revenue target. Management noted a healthy market backdrop with carriers actively seeking growth.

Highlights

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  • Revenue grew 25% year-over-year to $195.1 million.

  • Adjusted EBITDA grew 37% year-over-year to a record $30.1 million.

  • Home vertical revenue grew 35% year-over-year to a record $23 million.

  • Revenue flowing through Smart Campaigns increased over 100% versus the same period last year.

  • GAAP net income increased to $19.2 million from $14.7 million in the prior year period.

Guidance & targets

CategoryTargetConfidence
Q3 FY26 Revenue
$198 million to $208 million
high materiality
High
Q3 FY26 Variable Marketing Dollars (VMD)
$56 million to $59 million
medium materiality
High
Q3 FY26 Adjusted EBITDA
$28 million to $31 million
high materiality
High
Annual Revenue Target
$1 billion
high materiality
High
Annual Adjusted EBITDA Margin
Rise roughly 100 base points
medium materiality
High

Segment performance

SegmentRevenueYoYQoQMargin
Auto Insurance Vertical
Revenue increased due to broad and differentiated distribution, with growth across carriers and agents, including a large carrier ramping up.
$172.1 million23%——
Home Insurance Vertical
Achieved record levels, capitalizing on strong monetization across high-quality traffic sources and increased budget from key carriers. Expected to outpace auto growth.
$23 million35%——

Product announcements

ProductTypeDetails
Smart Campaigns (Agent-facing version)launch
ChatGPT Appmilestone
New AI-first products (Consumer-facing)roadmap
New AI-first products (Provider-facing)roadmap

Deals & partnerships

AI-first companies Strategic commercial partnerships to complement internal product development and capabilities.

Pursuing select strategic commercial partnerships to enhance product development.

What to watch in Q3 FY26

New AI-first products revenue contribution

Next year
Current Not material this year
Target Start contributing materially to revenue

Why it matters

Indicates successful monetization of new AI investments and progress towards long-term growth vectors.

In terms of near-term impact, we don't view the revenue as material for this year in these new offerings. We need a period of really testing and innovation and bringing these things to market.

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Q&A highlights

Could management provide an update on the current market health and elaborate on the potential impact of AI automation, specifically agentic traffic operations, on the business and VMD?

The market remains healthy with carriers actively seeking growth. The company is evolving its AI bidding platform by overlaying 'agentic action' on existing machine learning, which is expected to improve both the effectiveness of bidding (benefiting VMD) and operational efficiency by reducing human intervention.

“now what we're beginning to do is overlay more sort of agentic action on top of the ML bidding that has been occurring for a long time. And so this is now getting into like deeper automation of a lot of the operations. which will historically every time we do something like this, we see the benefit both in the effectiveness effectiveness of the bidding, which would flow through in VMD, but also in the efficiency, because we can sort of manage a larger traffic portfolio with less human intervention needed.”

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Detailed narrative

AI Leadership and Internal Efficiency

EverQuote is deeply integrating AI across its operations, with pervasive daily active use among corporate staff and a measured 25% increase in engineering efficiency. This includes developing AI agents to identify web experience friction points and upgrading the AI traffic bidding platform to enable more agentic operations. These efforts are driving greater productivity and accelerating product delivery, positioning the company as an AI leader in its industry.

Smart Campaigns Expansion and Agent Adoption

The company's Smart Campaigns AI bidding solution continues to scale, with revenue flowing through the product increasing over 100% year-over-year. Seven of the top 10 carriers now utilize Smart Campaigns. Notably, an agent-facing version of Smart Campaigns was released to an initial cohort of local agents in Q2, showing significant conversion rate improvements and strengthening relationships by embedding technology into customer workflows.

Strategic Growth Vectors and AI-First Products

EverQuote is focusing on two new growth areas: amplifying consumer visibility through products purpose-built for AI search and agentic commerce, and building AI-native growth solutions for carriers and agents. These initiatives aim to leverage the company's AI heritage and deep customer relationships to lead the P&C distribution sector through its transition into the AI era, with more details expected in the coming months.

Healthy Market Backdrop and Carrier Demand

The market for auto and homeowners insurance remains healthy, characterized by profitable carriers actively seeking growth. This favorable environment has led to broadened carrier demand, including a major carrier ramping up as expected. Local agent demand for referrals also reached record high levels, with an increasing number of products per agent, reinforcing EverQuote's position as a trusted growth partner.

Home Vertical Outperformance and Opportunity

The home insurance vertical demonstrated strong performance, growing 35% year-over-year to record levels in Q2. Management anticipates continued outperformance of home growth compared to auto, leveraging existing technology and best practices while customizing the buying experience. The broader P&C landscape suggests significant upside for the home segment, which currently represents 10-11% of EverQuote's revenue.

Capital Allocation and M&A Strategy

EverQuote's capital allocation strategy prioritizes maintaining a fortress balance sheet, executing share buybacks (with $50 million completed since last August), and evaluating M&A opportunities. While M&A is not deemed necessary to achieve the $1 billion revenue target, it is considered a potential accelerant for growth in new products for carriers/agents, non-auto verticals, or data insights, particularly given the evolving insurtech landscape.

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