Etsy (NYSE:ETSY) reported accelerating second-quarter market progress, raised its full-year 2026 outlook and approved a brand new $2 billion share repurchase program, whereas additionally saying a restructuring that may cut back its workforce by roughly 12%.
CEO Kruti Patel Goyal mentioned the corporate’s technique round discovery, matching, loyalty and human connection is bettering market fundamentals. Etsy market gross merchandise gross sales, or GMS, totaled $2.6 billion within the second quarter, rising 7.5% from a yr earlier. Income was $668 million, whereas adjusted EBITDA was $195 million, representing an adjusted EBITDA margin of 29.2%.
The corporate mentioned its reported continuing-operations comparisons are affected by portfolio modifications. Depop was offered to eBay on July 30 and is now categorized as discontinued operations, whereas Reverb, offered in June 2025, remained a part of persevering with operations within the prior-year quarter. Etsy mentioned monetary outcomes mentioned on the decision cowl persevering with operations or the Etsy market solely.
Purchaser Exercise and App Progress
Etsy reported that energetic consumers elevated by 350,000 sequentially to about 87 million, remaining roughly flat yr over yr. Gross purchaser additions accelerated, and the corporate mentioned its routine and repeat purchaser cohorts posted slight sequential progress for the primary time since 2023.
Trailing 12-month GMS per energetic purchaser rose 2.8% yr over yr to $124. Patel Goyal mentioned greater vendor itemizing costs continued to contribute, however Etsy’s efforts to floor higher-quality stock by means of search, suggestions and different experiences had been more and more supporting the rise.
Buy frequency remained beneath prior-year ranges, however the year-over-year decline moderated from the primary quarter. Etsy additionally cited bettering vendor well being, together with year-over-year vendor progress and stronger retention of sellers that had been energetic within the prior yr.
Cellular app efficiency remained a focus. App GMS progress accelerated to 12.5% yr over yr, and the app accounted for about 47% of whole GMS, in keeping with Patel Goyal. Visits per month-to-month energetic person and orders per go to each elevated from a yr earlier.
Patel Goyal mentioned Etsy has been making its app feed brisker by decreasing the prevalence of not too long ago considered gadgets and displaying extra new and various listings. The corporate mentioned this work has supported feed favoriting, itemizing views, new searches and new purchasing missions.
Advertising and marketing, Personalization and Youthful Consumers
Administration attributed progress partly to stronger advertising and marketing effectivity and product enhancements. Patel Goyal mentioned Etsy improved product itemizing advert efficiency by means of higher segmentation and bidding methods, whereas product updates corresponding to real-time search personalization, extra related suggestions and a brisker residence feed had been serving to consumers discover extra appropriate stock.
The corporate mentioned richer purchaser profiles now cowl greater than 65 million consumers. Patel Goyal mentioned these profiles develop into extra detailed as customers have interaction with Etsy and can be utilized throughout search, suggestions, app residence feeds and advertising and marketing communications.
Etsy can be focusing on youthful customers by means of social channels, creators and cultural partnerships. The corporate mentioned investments in YouTube and TikTok drove a fivefold enhance in visits from Millennial and Era Z audiences within the first half of 2026. Etsy cited its Olivia Rodrigo partnership, which incorporates an in-person activation and unique merchandise collaboration, for instance of its strategy.
CFO Lanny Baker mentioned youthful consumers at the moment have decrease lifetime values than older cohorts however provide greater lifetime-value progress potential as they transfer by means of life and family modifications. He added that Etsy expects its strategy to youthful customers to work internationally in addition to in home markets.
Profitability, Capital Returns and Restructuring
Second-quarter income elevated 6.2% yr over yr on a continuing-operations foundation and 9.3% for the standalone Etsy market. Market income rose 8.4%, whereas companies income elevated 11.2%.
Take price was 25.9%, up 130 foundation factors from a yr earlier, together with an roughly 80-basis-point profit from the Reverb divestiture. Baker mentioned Etsy market take price expanded primarily on account of Etsy Advertisements, the place machine studying has been used to enhance relevance and vendor price range pacing. Offsite adverts additionally contributed as paid advertising and marketing shifted towards higher-monetizing channels.
Almost half of the year-over-year enhance in Etsy market income flowed by means of to adjusted EBITDA, Baker mentioned. The corporate held $1.3 billion in money equivalents and investments as of June 30 and transformed 81% of adjusted EBITDA into free money movement in the course of the quarter on a continuing-operations foundation.
Etsy additionally acquired $1.4 billion in money proceeds from the Depop sale. In the course of the second quarter, it repurchased about $250 million of inventory, roughly 70% greater than within the first quarter, decreasing its excellent share rely by roughly 3.9 million shares. The corporate had $578 million remaining underneath its prior authorization at quarter-end earlier than saying the brand new $2 billion authorization.
The restructuring will eradicate about 220 roles, primarily in product and engineering, leaving anticipated headcount of about 1,600. Etsy expects to incur roughly $35 million in expenses, principally for severance, advantages and associated prices, and expects the plan to be considerably full by the top of the third quarter.
Patel Goyal mentioned the restructuring was not designed as a cost-cutting initiative, however quite to scale back organizational silos, create flatter groups and strengthen capabilities in areas together with machine studying. Baker mentioned Etsy intends to reinvest some financial savings in product, engineering, buyer operations and analysis and growth.
Up to date Outlook
For the third quarter, Etsy expects market GMS of $2.53 billion to $2.58 billion, representing year-over-year progress of roughly 4% to six%. The corporate expects a take price of about 26% and an adjusted EBITDA margin between 28% and 30%.
For full-year 2026, Etsy now expects mid-single-digit GMS progress, reflecting stronger second-half momentum than it had beforehand anticipated. It expects its full-year take price to be roughly according to the primary half and raised its adjusted EBITDA margin outlook to 29% to 30%.
Administration mentioned synthetic intelligence stays central to its efforts to enhance discovery, matching and personalization. Patel Goyal mentioned visitors from agentic commerce experiences stays beneath 1% of Etsy’s whole visitors, although it has proven greater intent and better common order worth. The corporate can be experimenting with AI-native purchasing experiences, together with its gifting assistant.
About Etsy (NYSE:ETSY)
Etsy, Inc operates two-sided on-line marketplaces that join consumers and sellers primarily in america, the UK, Germany, Canada, Australia, France, and India. Its main market is Etsy.com that connects artisans and entrepreneurs with numerous customers. The corporate additionally gives Reverb, a musical instrument market; Depop, a trend resale market; and Elo7, a Brazil-based market for handmade and distinctive gadgets. As well as, it gives numerous vendor companies, together with Etsy Funds, a cost processing service; Etsy Advertisements, an promoting platform; and Transport Labels, which permits sellers in america, Canada, the UK, Australia, and India to buy discounted delivery labels.
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