Commerce.com, Inc. (CMRC) Q4 2025 Earnings Call Transcript
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Overview
The earnings call summary and Q&A indicate a positive outlook with strong revenue guidance and optimistic plans for monetization and product launches. Management's focus on AI-driven opportunities and improvements in customer retention and expansion are promising. Despite some uncertainties in macro conditions and unclear responses on certain metrics, the overall sentiment is positive, suggesting a likely stock price increase in the near term.
Key Financial Performance
Revenue $342 million, up approximately 3% year-over-year. The increase was attributed to meaningful operational improvements and sustainable growth initiatives.
Non-GAAP Operating Income $28 million, with strong improvements to cash generation. This reflects efficiency gains and reinvestment in product innovation.
Subscription ARR from BigCommerce B2B Grew nearly 20% in 2025. The growth was driven by high retention rates and strong momentum in B2B-oriented customers.
Gross Merchandise Volume (GMV) Nearly $32 billion in 2025, growing 12% year-over-year. The growth was attributed to consistent double-digit growth over the last several years.
Net Revenue Retention (NRR) 95.2% in Q4 2025, up from 95.0% in Q4 2024. The improvement was driven by better customer retention and cross-product adoption.
Q4 Revenue $89.5 million, up 3% year-over-year. This reflects efficiency gains and organizational simplification.
Full Year Non-GAAP Operating Margin Expanded by 230 basis points versus 2024 and 990 basis points versus 2023. This was due to efficiency gains and organizational simplification.
Operating Cash Flow $3 million for Q4 and $27 million for 2025. This reflects disciplined operating controls and improved working capital management.
Cash, Cash Equivalents, and Marketable Securities $143 million at the end of 2025, with no material debt maturities until 2028. This provides flexibility for reinvestment in products.
Net Debt Position Reduced from $33 million in 2024 to $11 million in 2025, a decrease of nearly 67% year-over-year. This was achieved through improved cash flow and debt management.
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Operating Highlights
Surface self-service version of Feedonomics: Launched in late Q3, enabling merchants to enrich and syndicate product catalogs across Google Shopping, Meta, and other channels. Early results show merchants using Surface saw 24 points higher GMV growth compared to nonusers.
BigCommerce Payments: Partnership with PayPal to introduce a new payment solution, expected to launch by Q1 2026, simplifying onboarding and driving higher monetization of GMV.
AI capabilities: Integrating AI capabilities into the core commerce platform for B2B and B2C customers, enhancing product discovery and shopping experiences.
Makeswift: Expanding as a modern visual editor and page builder for BigCommerce customers, with plans to launch a stand-alone version for third-party ecosystems.
B2B customer growth: Subscription ARR from B2B customers grew nearly 20% in 2025, with high retention rates. New customers include Build It Right, Premier Water Tanks, Hawk Research Labs, and KH Industries.
Consumer brand adoption: H&M, The RealReal, and Petco adopted Feedonomics for product visibility and performance. European apparel brand Lascana and luxury department store Harvey Nichols also joined.
Revenue and profitability: 2025 revenue reached $342 million, up 3% year-over-year. Non-GAAP operating income was $28 million, with strong cash generation.
Operational efficiencies: Expanded non-GAAP operating margin by 230 basis points in 2025. Reduced net debt by 67% year-over-year.
Cash flow and debt: Operating cash flow was $27 million in 2025. Ended the year with $143 million in cash and no material debt maturities until 2028.
Unified brand and platform: Reintroduced under the unified brand 'Commerce,' integrating products across storefronts, product data, experience, and payments.
AI and discovery partnerships: Expanded partnerships with OpenAI, Microsoft Copilot, Google Gemini, and Perplexity to position Commerce as an AI-ready infrastructure layer.
New metrics for transparency: Introduced Gross Merchandise Volume (GMV) and Net Revenue Retention (NRR) as key metrics to better reflect business performance.
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Risk or Challenges
Market Conditions: The company faces challenges in narrowing the gap between GMV growth and ARR growth, particularly due to the strong growth in B2B where credit card transactions yield lower revenue share than B2C.
Competitive Pressures: The company operates in a rapidly fragmenting commerce environment with increasing competition from AI-driven discovery and checkout platforms, as well as other e-commerce solutions.
Regulatory Hurdles: Forward-looking statements indicate risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially, though specific regulatory challenges are not detailed.
Economic Uncertainties: The company acknowledges risks related to economic uncertainties that could impact financial performance, though no specific economic factors are mentioned.
Strategic Execution Risks: The company has not yet delivered on its full growth potential and faces risks in executing its 2026 strategy, including driving improvement in GMV growth, NRR, and ARR monetization.
Supply Chain Disruptions: No explicit mention of supply chain disruptions is made in the transcript.
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Guidance & Outlook
Revenue Guidance for Q1 2026: Expected revenue between $82.5 million and $83.5 million.
Revenue Guidance for Full Year 2026: Expected revenue between $347.5 million and $369.5 million, representing 2% to 8% full year growth.
Non-GAAP Operating Income for Q1 2026: Expected between $9.3 million and $10.3 million.
Non-GAAP Operating Income for Full Year 2026: Expected between $34 million and $53 million, with non-GAAP operating margins of 10% to 14% at the revenue guidance midpoint.
Cash and Debt Position: Anticipates cash and cash equivalents to exceed total long-term debt by mid-2026.
GAAP Profitability: Expects to deliver GAAP profitability for the full year 2026, marking the first time in the company's history.
R&D Investment: Increasing R&D investment by nearly 30% in 2026 to focus on AI capabilities, expanding Feedonomics Surface, launching BigCommerce payments, and expanding Makeswift.
Gross Merchandise Volume (GMV): Plans to drive higher payments monetization mix, product cross-sell, and new product-led monetization models to narrow the gap between GMV growth and ARR growth.
Net Revenue Retention (NRR): Aims to improve NRR, which was 95.2% in Q4 2025, through tighter integration of Feedonomics, payments, and storefront capabilities.
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Key Q&A
Q:Where do you see the biggest opportunity for your platform in the agentic commerce landscape, and how do you expect to capture that over the near and long term?
A:The company sees significant momentum in agentic commerce, aligning with major players like Stripe and PayPal. They have mapped to schemas across answer engines like Perplexity, OpenAI, and Google. However, some aspects, such as checkout, are gated by these platforms. They are in testing phases with Google and expect to advance over the next quarter.
Q:How should we anticipate what happens to take rate as you move from foundation to monetization?
A:Monetization will come from shipping more products and focusing on the existing installed base, including BigCommerce payments and better monetizing the B2B installed base. Take rate is currently lower due to fewer credit card transactions in B2B, but there is an opportunity to improve retention and expand the base through new monetization models and initiatives.
Q:Why is there a larger revenue guidance range for fiscal '26 compared to '25?
A:The larger range reflects both conservatism due to macro uncertainties and optimism from innovation and new initiatives like payments. The company has more upside potential this year due to a robust roadmap of innovations, but they need to deliver on these initiatives to realize the higher end of the range.
Q:What was core Enterprise ARR growth in the quarter, excluding the program to upgrade select customers from Essentials to Enterprise?
A:Core Enterprise ARR growth was slightly up apart from the upgrade program. The company has pivoted its focus to monetizing underlying GMV rather than specific customer counts.
Q:Are you going to continue disclosing ARR metrics?
A:Yes, the company will continue to disclose ARR and subscription ARR metrics quarterly. They are also adding GMV and total NRR metrics for better transparency but will no longer disclose enterprise-specific metrics.
Q:How does Shopify's agentic plan compare to Feedonomics, and what positions Feedonomics to win?
A:Shopify's agentic plan overlaps with Feedonomics but serves a different cohort. Feedonomics focuses on enterprise clients and offers superior data enrichment and orchestration, which are critical for contextualized commerce. It is also platform-agnostic, allowing it to serve merchants across various platforms.
Q:What is the expected cadence of PSR contributions throughout 2026, and how will it impact margins?
A:BigCommerce payments is set to launch at the end of Q1 2026, with initial focus on small and mid-market customers. The company expects incremental growth in PSR contributions over time, with a positive impact on margins. They aim to drive adoption among new and existing customers while maintaining relationships with other payment partners.
Q:How does the lower credit card penetration in B2B impact take rates going forward?
A:Lower credit card penetration in B2B results in lower take rates. However, the company plans to narrow the number of payment partners to improve solutions and monetization opportunities. While B2B take rates will always differ from B2C, there is room for incremental improvement.
Q:What are the core drivers to expand the NRR metric in the near term, and what assumptions are baked into the 2026 guide?
A:The company aims to improve NRR by focusing on customer retention and expansion through initiatives like Surface, Makeswift, and other product enhancements. Incremental improvements in NRR are assumed in the 2026 guide, but dramatic changes are not expected within the 12-month period.
Q:How will Commerce.com becoming successful in the AI-ready infrastructure layer impact customer buying patterns for BigCommerce, Feedonomics, and Makeswift?
A:Success in AI-ready infrastructure will make these products more accessible to the installed base and enable new distribution strategies. AI will accelerate product delivery and efficiency, allowing the company to do more with less.
Q:How does agentic commerce impact replatforming opportunities?
A:Agentic commerce has slowed replatforming, particularly in B2C, as brands focus on adapting to traffic changes and new commercial models. However, it has also created opportunities for new use cases and components like agentic checkout.
Q:What is the split of GMV growth in 2025 between B2B and B2C?
A:B2B is a disproportionate grower in GMV, with ARR from B2B customers growing almost 20%. This growth has contributed to a slight decline in take rates due to the lower credit card mix in B2B.
Q:How should growth and revenue coincide with margins in the 2026 guidance range?
A:If revenue comes in at the high end, the company will reinvest in growth while maintaining strong margins. If revenue is at the low end, they will tighten spending to ensure profitability within the guidance range.
Q:How should investors track net new customers and market share without enterprise-specific metrics?
A:Investors should focus on GMV growth and NRR as indicators of market share and customer retention. The company believes these metrics provide better transparency into the business's health and growth potential.
Q:Review of Unclear Management Responses
A:Management avoided directly addressing the impact of agentic commerce on replatforming opportunities, providing general observations rather than specific data or examples. Additionally, while they discussed plans to improve NRR and take rates, the responses lacked detailed timelines or quantifiable targets, making it difficult to assess the feasibility of their strategies.
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Commerce.com, Inc. (CMRC) Q4 2025 Earnings Call Transcript
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The earnings call summary and Q&A indicate a positive outlook with strong revenue guidance and optimistic plans for monetization and product launches. Management's focus on AI-driven opportunities and improvements in customer retention and expansion are promising. Despite some uncertainties in macro conditions and unclear responses on certain metrics, the overall sentiment is positive, suggesting a likely stock price increase in the near term.
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The earnings call presents a mixed picture: while financial metrics show slight improvements and strong cash flow, the guidance remains uncertain, particularly for the holiday season. Product development appears promising, but reliance on partnerships poses risks. The Q&A reveals concerns about declining enterprise ARR and vague management responses, offset by optimism in AI and new product launches. The balanced positives and negatives suggest a neutral sentiment, with no strong catalysts for significant stock movement.
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