Unity Software Inc. · 2026 Q2
ReportedAug 6, 2026
Period endedJun 30, 2026
Rule of 40+61
Consensus vs reported
EPS
BEAT +80%
-$0.05
vs -$0.25 expected
QoQ+93.8%
YoY+80.8%
Revenue
BEAT +8%
$546M
vs $507.1M expected
QoQ+7.6%
YoY+23.9%
QoQ and YoY are measured on the same basis as each panel's own consensus, so no panel compares two different measures.
Reported this quarter
Revenue
$546M
QoQ +7.6%
YoY +23.9%
EPS
-$0.05
QoQ +93.8%
YoY +80.8%
Free Cash Flow
$202M
QoQ +206.0%
YoY +59.0%
Gross Margin
79.6%
QoQ +48.8 pp
YoY +5.4 pp
FCF Margin
37.0%
QoQ +24.0 pp
YoY +8.2 pp
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What we learned
- The score doubled in one quarter, from 29.77 to 60.9. Revenue $546M, +23.9% , free cash flow $202M at a 36.96% margin , adjusted EBITDA $160M against $90M — and the GAAP net loss narrowed to $23M from $107M.
- The Q1 gross margin was the impairment, exactly as the preview said. 30.81% snapped back to 79.6% , the highest in two years. One quarter, one $227M charge, fully reversed.
- The metric ignored a $227M write-down and was right to. That is the same blindness that would mislead in a quarter where a write-down mattered. Both statements hold, and neither cancels the other.
- There is no definitional gap on this ticker. Unity's free-cash-flow definition — operating cash flow less purchases of property and equipment — is ours, unlike Datadog reporting the same morning.
- Unity converted more revenue to cash than Datadog did, on the same morning. Datadog: 35.6% growth, a 27.28% cash margin, 62.93. Unity: 23.9% growth, a 36.96% cash margin, 60.9. Half a point apart by opposite routes.
Coverage around this release
R40
Unity's Rule of 40 Doubled to 61. A Third of the Revenue It Didn't Grow, It Sold.
News · Aug 6, 2026
R40
Our Own Explainer Says the Rule of 40 Captures Stock Compensation 'Not Perfectly'. Here Is How Imperfectly.
News · Aug 2, 2026
R40
Unity's Best Rule of 40 in Years Came Out of the Quarter Its Gross Margin Fell to 31%
News · Aug 2, 2026
Estimate against reported
Our published estimate
Reported EPS
| Quarter | Estimate | Reported | Surprise |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 Q3 | — | -$0.31 | — |
| 2024 Q4 | — | -$0.30 | — |
| 2025 Q1 | — | -$0.19 | — |
| 2025 Q2 | — | -$0.26 | — |
| 2025 Q3 | — | -$0.30 | — |
| 2025 Q4 | — | -$0.21 | — |
| 2026 Q1 | — | -$0.80 | — |
| 2026 Q2 | -$0.25 | -$0.05 | +80% |
Estimates are the consensus we published on our own preview for that quarter; quarters we did not preview carry the reported figure only. Where a consensus was set on a non-GAAP basis, the reported column shows that same measure.
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