# Definitive Healthcare Corp. (DH)

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CIK: 0001861795
SIC: 7372 Services-Prepackaged Software
SIC breadcrumb: [Services](/division/I/) > [Business Services](/major-group/73/) > [SIC 7372 Services-Prepackaged Software](/industry/7372/)
Latest 10-K filed: 2026-02-26
SEC page: https://www.sec.gov/edgar/browse/?CIK=1861795
Filing source: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1861795/000119312526076782/dh-20251231.htm

## Selected Fundamentals
| Metric | Value | Unit | FY | Filed |
| --- | ---: | --- | ---: | --- |
| Revenue | 241521000 | USD | 2025 | 2026-02-26 |
| Net income | -138932000 | USD | 2025 | 2026-02-26 |
| Assets | 735492000 | USD | 2025 | 2026-02-26 |

## Financials

Annual standardized facts from SEC companyfacts as of latest extracted filing date 2026-02-26. Source: https://data.sec.gov/api/xbrl/companyfacts/CIK0001861795.json. Derived margins, ratios, and free cash flow are computed from the extracted annual SEC facts.

| Metric | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| Revenue |  |  | 118,317,000 | 166,154,000 | 222,653,000 | 251,415,000 | 252,202,000 | 241,521,000 |
| Net income |  |  | 0.00 | -17,840,000 | -7,222,000 | -202,388,000 | -413,124,000 | -138,932,000 |
| Operating income |  |  | -15,886,000 | -27,317,000 | -44,043,000 | -329,800,000 | -710,820,000 | -224,271,000 |
| Gross profit |  |  | 87,849,000 | 125,465,000 | 180,028,000 | 203,933,000 | 197,469,000 | 183,275,000 |
| Diluted EPS |  |  |  | -0.19 | -0.07 | -1.79 | -3.54 | -1.30 |
| Operating cash flow |  |  | 23,217,000 | 25,212,000 | 35,579,000 | 41,190,000 | 58,196,000 | 53,777,000 |
| Capital expenditures |  |  | 1,395,000 | 6,731,000 | 8,326,000 | 2,977,000 | 12,344,000 | 16,720,000 |
| Share buybacks |  |  |  |  | 0.00 | 0.00 | 22,366,000 | 49,452,000 |
| Assets |  |  | 1,746,990,000 | 2,117,619,000 | 2,122,624,000 | 1,825,901,000 | 1,089,389,000 | 735,492,000 |
| Liabilities |  |  | 554,418,000 | 617,783,000 | 640,679,000 | 626,727,000 | 482,195,000 | 356,500,000 |
| Stockholders' equity |  |  | 1,192,572,000 | 1,499,836,000 | 1,481,945,000 | 1,199,174,000 | 607,194,000 | 378,992,000 |
| Cash and cash equivalents | 19,359,000 | 8,618,000 | 24,774,000 | 387,498,000 | 146,934,000 | 130,976,000 | 105,378,000 | 163,627,000 |
| Free cash flow |  |  | 21,822,000 | 18,481,000 | 27,253,000 | 38,213,000 | 45,852,000 | 37,057,000 |

### Ratios

ROE and ROA use period-end equity/assets. Liabilities / equity uses total liabilities divided by stockholders' equity. Current ratio uses current assets divided by current liabilities when both are reported.

| Metric | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| Net margin |  |  | 0.00% | -10.74% | -3.24% | -80.50% |  | -57.52% |
| Operating margin |  |  | -13.43% | -16.44% | -19.78% | -131.18% |  | -92.86% |
| Return on equity |  |  | 0.00% | -1.19% | -0.49% | -16.88% | -68.04% | -36.66% |
| Return on assets |  |  | 0.00% | -0.84% | -0.34% | -11.08% | -37.92% | -18.89% |
| Liabilities / equity |  |  | 0.46 | 0.41 | 0.43 | 0.52 | 0.79 | 0.94 |
| Current ratio |  |  | 0.70 | 3.61 | 2.94 | 2.31 | 2.30 | 1.64 |

## Quarterly

Quarterly standardized facts from SEC companyfacts as of latest extracted filing date 2026-05-07. Source: https://data.sec.gov/api/xbrl/companyfacts/CIK0001861795.json.

Flow metrics use discrete quarter-length periods from 10-Q/10-Q/A filings. Q4 revenue and net income are derived only when annual FY and nine-month YTD facts exist for the same fiscal year; derived Q4 values are labeled. EPS Q4 is not derived.

| Quarter | End date | Revenue | Net income | Diluted EPS | Method |
| --- | --- | ---: | ---: | ---: | --- |
| 2022-Q2 | 2022-06-30 |  |  | -0.05 | reported discrete quarter |
| 2022-Q3 | 2022-09-30 |  |  | -0.03 | reported discrete quarter |
| 2023-Q1 | 2023-03-31 |  |  | -0.11 | reported discrete quarter |
| 2023-Q2 | 2023-06-30 | 60,957,000 | -8,566,000 | -0.08 | reported discrete quarter |
| 2023-Q3 | 2023-09-30 | 65,325,000 | -171,526,000 | -1.50 | reported discrete quarter |
| 2023-Q4 | 2023-12-31 | 65,932,000 | -10,233,000 |  | derived Q4 = FY annual - nine-month YTD |
| 2024-Q1 | 2024-03-31 | 63,480,000 | -9,518,000 | -0.08 | reported discrete quarter |
| 2024-Q2 | 2024-06-30 | 63,737,000 | -213,635,000 | -1.81 | reported discrete quarter |
| 2024-Q3 | 2024-09-30 | 62,697,000 | -130,896,000 | -1.12 | reported discrete quarter |
| 2024-Q4 | 2024-12-31 | 62,288,000 | -59,075,000 |  | derived Q4 = FY annual - nine-month YTD |
| 2025-Q1 | 2025-03-31 | 59,191,000 | -107,228,000 | -0.95 | reported discrete quarter |
| 2025-Q2 | 2025-06-30 | 60,750,000 | -7,551,000 | -0.07 | reported discrete quarter |
| 2025-Q3 | 2025-09-30 | 60,046,000 | -14,838,000 | -0.14 | reported discrete quarter |
| 2025-Q4 | 2025-12-31 | 61,534,000 | -9,315,000 |  | derived Q4 = FY annual - nine-month YTD |
| 2026-Q1 | 2026-03-31 | 55,929,000 | -138,621,000 | -1.32 | reported discrete quarter |

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## Latest quarter (10-Q)

Latest 10-Q source: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1861795/000119312526212063/dh-20260331.htm

Extracted structurally from real Item 2 body heading to real Item 3/4 boundary.
Confidence: high
Filing date: 2026-05-07
Report date: 2026-03-31

ITEM 2. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

The following discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations should be read in conjunction with our unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements and related notes included elsewhere in this Quarterly Report and with our audited Consolidated Financial Statements, “Risk Factors,” and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” included in our 2025 Form 10-K.

As discussed in “Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements,” the following discussion and analysis contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. Our actual results may materially differ from those discussed in such forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause or contribute to these differences include, but are not limited to, those identified below and those discussed in “Risk Factors” under Part II, Item 1A in this Quarterly Report and in Part I, Item 1A of our 2025 Form 10-K.

Overview

Definitive Healthcare is a leading provider of healthcare data and analytics. We provide accurate, comprehensive information on healthcare providers and their activities, enabling customers to make informed decisions across product development, go-to-market planning, and sales and marketing execution. We also offer claims and consumer analytics built from modeled data on millions of unique consumers to help healthcare organizations target, message, and engage specific healthcare audiences. Delivered through our software as a service products and solutions, our data is important to the commercial success of our approximately 2,260 customers as of March 31, 2026. We generally define a customer as a company that maintains one or more active paid subscriptions.

We serve three primary end markets: Life Sciences, Provider, and Diversified. Our Life Sciences customers comprise biopharmaceutical and medical device companies. Providers comprise hospitals, health systems, and other care delivery organizations. Diversified customers include healthcare information technology companies and other organizations operating within the healthcare market, such as staffing firms, commercial real estate firms, financial institutions, and marketing and advertising agencies. Within these organizations, our data serves a broad set of functional groups, including sales, marketing, clinical research, product development, strategy, talent acquisition, and physician network management. Customers access our data products on a subscription basis, and we generate substantially all our revenue from subscription fees.

We were founded in 2011 by our Executive Chairman, Jason Krantz. Mr. Krantz founded the company to provide healthcare commercial intelligence designed to drive commercial success for companies that sell into or compete in the healthcare ecosystem, creating large end-markets for us, including life sciences, healthcare information technology ("HCIT"), healthcare providers and other diversified companies, such as staffing firms, commercial real estate firms, financial institutions and other organizations seeking commercial success in the attractive, but complex, healthcare ecosystem.

We believe any company selling or competing within the healthcare ecosystem is a potential customer for us and contributes to our estimated current total addressable market of over $11 billion that includes a more focused serviceable addressable market of approximately $7 billion. In total, our target universe includes more than 100,000 potential customers that we believe could benefit from our products.

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Recent Developments

Goodwill Impairment

In the first quarter of 2026 and during fiscal year 2025, we experienced declines in our market capitalization as a result of sustained decreases in our stock price, which represented triggering events requiring management to perform quantitative goodwill impairment tests as of the end of the impacted reporting periods. As a result of the impairment tests, we determined that the fair value of our single reporting unit was lower than its carrying value and, accordingly, recorded non-cash, pretax, goodwill impairment charges of $197.2 million during the first quarter of 2026 and $196.1 million during fiscal year 2025. See Note 7. Goodwill and Intangible Assets to our accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

The goodwill impairment charges did not affect our liquidity or the financial covenants in our outstanding debt agreement.

Restructuring Charges

In the first quarter of 2026, we committed to a restructuring plan (the “2026 Restructuring Plan”) intended to reduce operating costs, improve operating margins, and continue advancing the Company’s ongoing commitment to profitable growth. The 2026 Restructuring Plan provided for a reduction of our current workforce by approximately 40 people. During the three months ended March 31, 2026, we incurred restructuring and related charges of approximately $1.1 million, consisting of severance payments, employee benefits, and related cash expenses. As of March 31, 2026, $0.3 million was included in accrued expenses and other liabilities in the unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheets. We expect these payments will be made over the next six months. In addition, we do not expect to incur further material charges associated with the 2026 Restructuring Plan. Charges incurred during the three months ended March 31, 2025 related to previous restructuring plans were not material.

Sales Execution Challenges

In 2024, we made significant changes to our go-to-market team that reduced overlay expenses, created a separate group and sales motion for our small and medium sized customers, and allocated more resources to our Enterprise Customers (as the term is defined below). These changes created disruptions to our sales efforts beginning in 2024, impacting both new customer acquisition and upsell to existing customers. These factors, in addition to the lower than historical renewal rates we observed through fiscal year 2025, have impacted, and we expect will continue to impact, our results in 2026.

Executive Transitions

As part of the Company’s ongoing review of its organizational design with respect to executive leadership we have recently experienced several executive transitions.

On March 30, 2026, Jeff Haywood resigned from the Board and as a member of the Compensation Committee (the Compensation Committee, effective March 30, 2026. Mr. Haywood’s resignation was not the result of any disagreements with the Company relating to the Company’s operations, policies or practices. In connection with Mr. Haywood’s resignation, the size of the Board was further reduced from 9 members to 8 members, and the size of the Compensation Committee was reduced from 3 members to 2 members.

On April 17, 2026, Benjamin Graboske resigned as the Company’s EVP, Technology, Engineering and Chief Data Officer.

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Macroeconomic Conditions

Since 2022, our current and prospective customers, along with their business spending, have been affected by challenging macroeconomic conditions to varying degrees. This has contributed to heightened customer churn relative to historical levels. These trends have been particularly pronounced for smaller customers and in the Life Sciences market. The elevated churn has impacted our revenue growth since 2023, and we expect this will continue to have an impact on our growth in 2026. However, late in 2025, we began seeing modest signs of improvement in the macroeconomic backdrop, with healthier demand trends, more normalized procurement cycles, improving customer retention dynamics, and increased visibility into customer budgets, all of which are encouraging signs we will continue to monitor.

As a corporation with a global footprint, we are subject to risks and exposures caused by significant events and their macroeconomic impacts, including, but not limited to, fluctuating inflation and high interest rates, volatility in the capital markets, international trade policies, including tariffs, sanctions, and trade barriers, and related market uncertainty, the conflict in Ukraine and the regional instability in the Middle East, and global geopolitical tensions. We continuously monitor the direct and indirect impacts, and the potential for future impacts, of these circumstances on our business and financial results, as well as the overall global economy and geopolitical landscape. While our revenue and earnings have historically been relatively predictable as a result of our subscription-based business model, the potential implications of these macroeconomic events on our business, results of operations and overall financial position, particularly in the long term, introduce additional uncertainty.

We have been observing changes in the healthcare claims data market as a result of data source disruption in calendar year 2024, including how data providers are reviewing pricing, data availability, and use terms, all of which may negatively impact the prices at which we acquire such data. We are continuing to evaluate these and other past and potential future direct and indirect impacts on our business and results of operations. We worked throughout 2025 to mitigate potential risk through renegotiation of select existing agreements and the addition of new data sources and will continue to do so in 2026.

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Key Factors Affecting Our Performance

We believe that the growth and future success of our business depend on many factors, including the following:

Acquiring New Customers

We plan to organically grow the number of customers that use our platform by increasing demand for our platform and penetrating our addressable market. Our results of operations and growth prospects will depend, in part, on our ability to attract new customers. We intend to drive new customer acquisition with our efficient go-to-market engine by continuing to invest in our sales and marketing efforts and developing new use cases for our platform. Customers generating more than $100,000 in Annual Recurring Revenue (“ARR”), which we refer to as “Enterprise Customers,” represent the majority of our ARR and are a key focus of our go-to-market programs.

Our total customer count, which includes smaller customers, was approximately 2,260 as of March 31, 2026, compared with approximately 2,475 customers as of March 31, 2025. Our Enterprise Customer accounts have decreased by 17 to 495 customers as of March 31, 2026 compared with 512 customers as of March 31, 2025. Our smaller customers have churned at disproportionately higher rates year-over-year, primarily due to current macroeconomic conditions.

We have identified more than 100,000 potential customers across the healthcare ecosystem that we believe could benefit from our platform. Our ability to attract and acquire new customers is dependent on the strength of our platform and effectiveness of our go-to-market strategy, as well as macroeconomic factors and their impact on our potential customers’ business spending.

Expanding Relationships with Existing Customers

We believe there is a significant opportunity to generate additional revenue from our existing customer base of approximately 2,260 customers as of March 31, 2026.

Our customers have historically increased their spending by adding functionality and by expanding use-cases across departments. Our customers are typically assigned to one of our vertically focused teams, which is responsible for driving usage and increasing adoption of the platform, identifying expansion opportunities, and driving customer renewals. Real-time input from these customer centric teams feeds directly into our product innovation teams, enhancing the development of new capabilities. We believe this feedback loop and our ability to innovate creates significant opportunities for c

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## Latest 10-K MD&A

Extracted structurally from real Item 7 body heading to real Item 7A/8 boundary. Published MD&A gate trimmed front/tail over-capture.
Confidence: high

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

The following discussion includes a comparison of our results of operations, financial condition, and liquidity and capital resources for fiscal years 2025, 2024 and 2023. This discussion is provided as a supplement to, and should be read in conjunction with, our consolidated financial statements and accompanying Notes to the Financial Statements found in Part II, Item 8 of this Form 10-K. It contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties and our actual results may differ materially from those discussed. Factors that could cause or contribute to these differences include, but are not limited to, those identified below and those discussed in “Risk Factors” under Part I, Item 1A of this Annual Report.

Overview

Definitive Healthcare is a leading provider of healthcare commercial intelligence. Our solutions are designed to provide accurate and comprehensive information on healthcare providers and their activities to help our customers optimize everything from product development to go-to-market planning and sales and marketing execution. Delivered through our software as a service (“SaaS”) platform, our intelligence has become important to the commercial success of our approximately 2,330 customers as of December 31, 2025. We generally define a customer as a company that maintains one or more active paid subscriptions to our platform.

We sell into three end markets: Life Sciences, Provider, and Diversified. Life Sciences is made up of biopharmaceutical and medical device companies; Providers are the healthcare providers; and Diversified includes healthcare information technology companies and other organizations seeking commercial success in the attractive but complex healthcare ecosystem, such as staffing firms, commercial real estate firms, and financial institutions. Within these organizations, our platform is leveraged by a broad set of functional groups, including sales, marketing, clinical research and product development, strategy, talent acquisition, and physician network management. We offer access to our platform on a subscription basis, and we generate substantially all of our revenue from subscription fees.

We were founded in 2011 by our Executive Chairman, Jason Krantz. Mr. Krantz founded the Company to provide healthcare commercial intelligence that enables companies that compete within or sell into the healthcare ecosystem to make better, informed decisions and be more successful. Over time, we have expanded our platform with new intelligence modules, innovative analytics, workflow capabilities and additional data sources.

We believe any company selling or competing within the healthcare ecosystem is a potential customer for us and contributes to our estimated current total addressable market of over $11 billion and our serviceable addressable market of approximately $7 billion. In total, we have identified more than 100,000 potential customers that we believe could benefit from our platform.

Recent Developments

Acquisitions

On January 16, 2024, we completed the purchase of assets comprising the Carevoyance (as the term is defined below) business line of H1 Insights, Inc., a product that helps medical technology (“MedTech”) customers to improve segmentation, targeting, and prospect engagement for $13.7 million, subject to closing adjustments. We finalized the purchase price allocations of the Carevoyance acquisition during the fourth quarter of 2024.

On July 21, 2023, we completed the acquisition of Populi, a provider-focused data and analytics company that works with healthcare organizations to optimize physician relationships, reduce network leakage, and expand market share, for total consideration of $54.1 million, consisting of approximately $46.4 million of cash paid at closing, a $0.1 million reimbursement from sellers for working capital adjustments, and up to $28.0 million of contingent consideration, with an initial estimated fair value of $7.8 million, subject to meeting certain revenue metrics during calendar years 2024 and 2025. We finalized the purchase price allocations of the Populi acquisition during the first quarter of 2024. See Note 3. Acquisitions to our accompanying consolidated financial statements.

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Goodwill Impairment

Over the past three years, we have experienced declines in our market capitalization as a result of sustained decreases in our stock price, which represented triggering events requiring our management to perform quantitative goodwill impairment tests. As a result of each impairment test, we determined that the fair value of our single reporting unit was lower than its carrying value and, accordingly, recorded non-cash, pre-tax, goodwill impairment charges of $196.1 million, $688.9 million, and $287.4 million during the years ended December 31, 2025, 2024, and 2023, respectively. The goodwill impairment charges did not affect our liquidity or the financial covenants in our outstanding debt agreement.

We will continue to monitor for potential impairment should impairment indicators arise. See Note 10. Goodwill and Intangible Assets to our accompanying consolidated financial statements. Our reporting unit is at risk for future goodwill impairments if we experience a continued decline in our market capitalization or worsening macroeconomic conditions.

Restructuring Charges

During the first quarter of 2024, we committed to a restructuring plan intended to reduce operating costs, improve operating margins, and continue advancing our ongoing commitment to profitable growth (the “2024 Restructuring Plan”). The 2024 Restructuring Plan provided for a reduction of the Company’s current workforce by approximately 150 people. During the year ended December 31, 2024, we incurred restructuring and related charges of $8.1 million, consisting primarily of severance payments, employee benefits, and related cash expenses. These charges were recognized within transaction, integration, and restructuring expenses in our consolidated statements of operations. We do not expect to incur any additional material charges associated with the 2024 Restructuring Plan.

In fiscal year 2024, we recorded impairment charges of $1.2 million related to the consolidation of certain leased office space at our corporate headquarters. These charges comprised $0.9 million relating to the operating lease right-of-use assets and $0.3 million relating to the leasehold improvements. During the year ended December 31, 2025, we incurred additional impairment charges of $0.6 million related to the operating lease right-of-use assets. These charges were recognized within transaction, integration, and restructuring expenses in our consolidated statements of operations for each respective period.

During the first and third quarters of 2023, we committed to restructuring plans intended to reduce operating costs, improve operating margins, and continue advancing our ongoing commitment to profitable growth by reducing our workforce by approximately 100 people and, as a result, incurred restructuring and related charges of $4.7 million during the year ended December 31, 2023. These charges consisted primarily of severance payments, employee benefits, and related cash expenses. These charges were recognized within transaction, integration, and restructuring expenses in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations.

Sales Execution Challenges

As part of the 2024 Restructuring Plan, we made significant changes to our go-to-market team that reduced overlay expenses, created a separate group and sales motion for our small and medium sized customers, and allocated more resources to our Enterprise Customers (as the term is defined below). These changes initially created disruptions to our sales efforts in fiscal year 2024, impacting both new customer acquisition and upsell to existing customers. These factors, in addition to the lower than historical renewal rates we observed throughout fiscal year 2025, impacted our results in 2025, and we expect will continue to impact our results into 2026.

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Executive Transitions

As part of the Company’s ongoing review of its organizational design with respect to executive leadership, we have recently experienced several executive transitions.

On November 7, 2024, we announced that our former Chief Financial Officer, Richard Booth, would be leaving the Company effective June 1, 2025. After a thorough search process, our Board appointed Casey Heller, our former Senior Vice President of Finance, to the role of Chief Financial Officer effective June 2, 2025.

On June 25, 2025, we announced that the Chief Operating Officer position, held by Kate Shamsuddin Jensen, would be eliminated. Ms. Shamsuddin Jensen’s departure constituted a termination of employment without “cause” for purposes of any employment, equity compensation, or benefit agreement, plan, or arrangement of the Company and its subsidiaries to which Ms. Shamsuddin Jensen was a party or in which she otherwise participated.

Additionally, on July 20, 2025, Jill Larsen resigned from the Board and as a member and chair of the human capital management and compensation committee (the “Compensation Committee”) of the Board, effective July 21, 2025. Ms. Larsen’s resignation was related to increased responsibilities at her present employer and not the result of any disagreements with the Company relating to the Company’s operations, policies, or practices. Due to Ms. Larsen’s resignation, the size of the Board was reduced from 10 members to 9 members. In addition, the Board appointed Scott Stephenson as a member and Chair of the Compensation Committee.

Macroeconomic Conditions

Since 2022, our current and prospective customers, along with their business spending, have been affected by challenging macroeconomic conditions to varying degrees. This has contributed to heightened customer churn relative to historical levels. These trends have been particularly pronounced for smaller customers and in the Life Sciences market. The elevated churn has impacted our revenue growth since 2023, and we expect this will continue to have an impact on our growth in 2026. However, late in 2025, we began seeing modest signs of improvement in the macroeconomic backdrop, with healthier demand trends, more normalized procurement cycles, improving customer retention dynamics, and increased visibility into customer budgets, all of which are encouraging signs we will continue to monitor.

As a corporation with a global footprint, we are subject to risks and exposures caused by significant events and their macroeconomic impacts, including, but not limited to, fluctuating inflation and high interest rates, volatility in the capital markets, international trade policies, including tariffs, sanctions, and trade barriers, and related market uncertainty, the conflict in Ukraine and the regional instability in the Middle East, and global geopolitical tensions. We continuously monitor the direct and indirect impacts, and the potential for future impacts, of these circumstances on our business and financial results, as well as the overall global economy and geopolitical landscape. While our revenue and earnings have historically been relatively predictable as a result of our subscription-based business model, the potential implications of these macroeconomic events on our business, results of operations and overall financial position, particularly in the long term, introduce additional uncertainty.

We have been observing changes in the healthcare claims data market as a result of data source disruption in calendar year 2024, including how data providers are reviewing pricing, data availability, and use terms, all of which may negatively impact the prices at which we acquire such data. We are continuing to evaluate these and other past and potential future direct and indirect impacts on our business and results of operations. We worked throughout 2025 to mitigate potential risk through renegotiation of select existing agreements and the addition of new data sources and will continue to do so in 2026.

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Key Factors Affecting Our Performance

We believe that the growth and future success of our business depend on many factors, including the following:

Acquiring New Customers

We plan to organically grow the number of customers that use our platform by increasing demand for our platform and penetrating our addressable market. Our results of operations and growth prospects will depend, in part, on our ability to attract new customers. We intend to drive new customer acquisition with our efficient go-to-market engine by continuing to invest in our sales and marketing efforts and developing new use cases for our platform. Customers generating more than $100,000 in ARR, which we refer to as “Enterprise Customers,” represent the majority of our ARR and are a key focus of our go-to-market programs.

Our total customer count, which includes smaller customers, was approximately 2,330 as of December 31, 2025, compared with approximately 2,500 customers as of December 31, 2024. Our Enterprise Customer accounts have decreased by eight to 511 customers as of December 31, 2025 compared with 519 customers as of December 31, 2024. Our smaller customers have churned at disproportionately higher rates year-over-year, primarily due to current macroeconomic conditions.

We have identified more than 100,000 potential customers across the healthcare ecosystem that we believe could benefit from our platform. Our ability to attract and acquire new customers is dependent on the strength of our platform and effectiveness of our go-to-market strategy, as well as macroeconomic factors and their impact on our potential customers’ business spending.

Expanding Relationships with Existing Customers

We believe there is a significant opportunity to generate additional revenue from our existing customer base of approximately 2,330 customers as of December 31, 2025.

Our customers have historically increased their spending by adding functionality and by expanding use-cases across departments. Our customers are typically assigned to one of our vertically focused teams, which is responsible for driving usage and increasing adoption of the platform, identifying expansion opportunities, and driving customer renewals. Real-time input from these customer centric teams feeds directly into our product innovation teams, enhancing the development of new capabilities. We believe this feedback loop and our ability to innovate creates significant opportunities for continual existing customer expansion. Our ability to generate additional revenue from existing customers is also subject to such existing customers’ business spending trends and the impact of macroeconomic conditions thereon.

Our progress in expanding usage of our platform with our existing customers is measured by our Net Dollar Retention Rate (“NDR”) (see “Key Metrics”). For the year ended December 31, 2025, our NDR for Enterprise Customers was 85%. As of December 31, 2025, we had 511 Enterprise Customers, which represented approximately 69% of our ARR. Our NDR for all customers over $17,500 ARR was 82%. For the year ended December 31, 2024, our NDR for Enterprise Customers was 90% and our NDR for all customers over $17,500 ARR was 85%. For the year ended December 31, 2023, our NDR for Enterprise Customers was 96% and our NDR for all customers over $17,500 ARR was 92%.

Continuing to Innovate and Expand Our Platform

The growth of our business is driven in part by our ability to apply our deep healthcare domain expertise to innovate and expand our platform. We have continually created new products since our founding in 2011. We plan to continue to invest significantly into our engineering and research and development efforts to enhance our capabilities and functionality and facilitate the expansion of our platform to new use cases and customers. In addition, we work to continuously release updates and new features. While we are primarily focused on organic investments to drive innovation, we will also evaluate strategic acquisitions and investments that further expand our platform.

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Key Metrics

We monitor the following key metrics to help us evaluate our business performance, identify financial trends, formulate business plans, and make strategic operational decisions.

Net Dollar Retention Rate

We believe the growth in use of our platform by our existing customers is an important measure of the health of our business and our future growth prospects. We evaluate and report on our NDR on an annual basis to measure this growth. We define NDR as the percentage of ARR retained from existing customers across a defined period, after accounting for upsell, down-sell, pricing changes, and churn. We calculate NDR as beginning ARR for a period, plus (i) expansion ARR (including, but not limited to, upsell and pricing increases), less (ii) churn (including, but not limited to, non-renewals and contractions), divided by (iii) beginning ARR for the same period.

Unfavorable macroeconomic challenges are elongating deal cycles as customers implement more stringent approval processes or delay spending decisions, which impacts revenue from our existing customers, including upsells. As previously discussed, we have also experienced a significant number of deferred purchasing decisions and heightened customer churn, particularly in the Life Science market, along with sales execution challenges impacting new customer acquisition and upsell to existing customers. As a result, our total NDR of 81% for the year ended December 31, 2025 is lower relative to our total NDR of 85% for the year ended December 31, 2024.

Current Remaining Performance Obligations (“cRPO”)

We monitor current remaining performance obligations as a metric to help us evaluate the health of our business and identify trends affecting our growth. cRPO represents the amount of contracted future revenue that has not yet been recognized, including both deferred revenue and non-cancelable contracted amounts that will be invoiced and recognized as revenue within the next twelve months. cRPO is not necessarily indicative of future revenue growth. In addition to total contract volume, cRPO is influenced by several factors, including seasonality, disparate contract terms, and the timing of renewals, because renewals tend to be most frequent in the fourth quarter. Due to these factors, it is important to review cRPO in conjunction with revenue and other financial metrics.

Our cRPO will continue to be impacted by macroeconomic challenges, which have resulted in elongating deal cycles as customers implement more stringent approval processes or push out final decisions to later periods. We expect this trend, along with the continued pressures on our renewals and other factors, will result in a negative revenue growth rate for 2026 relative to 2025. In addition, we experienced a drop in the mix of new customers committing to multi-year subscriptions versus single-year subscriptions, resulting in reductions to cRPO and total remaining performance obligations.

The following table presents our current and total remaining performance obligations as of December 31, 2025 and 2024:

(in thousands)

December 31,

2025

December 31,

2024

Current

$

165,087

$

188,050

Non-current

75,368

105,673

Total

$

240,455

$

293,723

Impact of Acquisitions

We seek to enhance our platform, data and business through internal development and through acquisitions of and investments in businesses that broaden and strengthen our platform. During fiscal year 2024, we completed the purchase of assets comprising the Carevoyance business line of H1 Insights, Inc., a product that helps MedTech customers to improve segmentation, targeting, and prospect engagement. During fiscal year 2023, we completed the acquisition of Populi, Inc., a provider-focused data and analytics company that works with healthcare organizations to optimize physician relationships, reduce network leakage, and expand market share.

Acquisitions can result in transaction costs, amortization expenses, and other adjustments as purchase accounting requires that all assets acquired and liabilities assumed be recorded at fair value on the acquisition date. Refer to Note 3. Acquisitions to our accompanying consolidated financial statements for further details.

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Components of our Results of Operations

Revenue

For the year ended December 31, 2025, we derived approximately 96% of our revenue from subscription services and the remainder from professional services. Our subscription services consist primarily of subscription fees for access to our platform and stand-ready support. Our subscription contracts typically have a term ranging from 1 to 3 years and are non-cancellable. We typically bill for services in advance annually, and we typically require payment at the beginning of each annual period. Our subscription revenue is recognized ratably over the contract term. Our professional services revenue typically is derived from non-recurring consulting services or from other one-time deliveries which are generally capable of being distinct and can be accounted for as separate performance obligations. Revenue related to these professional services is recognized at a point in time, when the performance obligations under the terms of the contract are satisfied and control has been transferred to the customer.

Sales execution challenges, as previously mentioned, coupled with sustained macroeconomic headwinds, continue to negatively impact our sales efforts. Accordingly, we expect our revenue to decline in 2026 compared with 2025.

Cost of Revenue

Cost of Revenue. Cost of revenue, excluding amortization of acquired technology and data, consists of direct expenses related to the support and operations of our SaaS platform, such as data and infrastructure costs, personnel costs for our professional services, customer support and data research teams, such as salaries, bonuses, stock-based compensation, and other employee-related benefits, as well as allocated overheads. We anticipate that we will continue to invest in cost of revenue and that cost of revenue as a percentage of revenue will stay consistent or modestly increase as we add to our existing intelligence modules and invest in new products and data sources. Cost of data is included in the cost of revenue and is a fundamental driver of innovation.

Amortization. Includes amortization expense for technology and data acquired in business combinations and asset purchase agreements. We anticipate that amortization will increase only if we make additional acquisitions in the future.

We have been observing changes in the healthcare claims data market as a result of data source disruption since early 2024, including how data providers are reviewing pricing, data availability, and use terms, all of which may negatively impact the prices at which we acquire such data. We worked throughout 2025 to mitigate potential risk through the renegotiation of select existing agreements and the addition of new data sources and will continue to do so in 2026.

Gross Profit

Gross profit is revenue less cost of goods sold and amortization related to cost of goods sold, and gross margin is gross profit as a percentage of revenue. Gross profit and gross margin have been and will continue to be affected by various factors, including the costs associated with third-party data and third-party hosting services, leveraging economies of scale, and the extent to which we introduce new intelligence modules, features or functionality or expand our customer support and service organizations, hire additional personnel or complete additional acquisitions. We expect that our gross profit and gross margin will fluctuate from period to period depending on the interplay of these various factors.

Revenue declines, in combination with our largely fixed cost structure, are expected to result in a decrease in gross profit margin in 2026. Additionally, we received one-time credits during fiscal year 2025 resulting from renegotiations on existing data contracts, which will not repeat and will contribute to a year-over-year decrease in gross profit margins in 2026.

Operating Expenses

The most significant component of our operating expenses is personnel costs, which consist of salaries, bonuses, sales commissions, stock-based compensation, and other employee-related benefits. Operating expenses also include non-personnel costs such as facilities, technology, professional fees, and marketing. In light of macroeconomic conditions and their past and potential future impacts on our business, we have made efforts to contain our operating expenses, including implementing restructuring plans. Inflation, and in particular increases to the cost of labor due to cost-of-living increases, have negatively impacted our operating expenses, and we expect this to continue. However, inflation has not materially affected our business to date.

Sales and marketing. Sales and marketing expenses primarily consist of personnel costs such as salaries, bonuses, sales commissions, stock-based compensation, and other employee-related benefits for our sales and marketing teams, as well as non-personnel costs including overhead costs, technology and advertising costs. While we have slowed hiring in response to macroeconomic conditions, and expect to maintain slower levels until macroeconomic conditions improve, we have continued to make targeted investments in growth areas like enhancing our digital marketing capabilities.

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Product development. Product development expenses primarily consist of personnel costs such as salaries, bonuses, stock-based compensation, and other employee-related benefits for our engineering, data science and product teams, as well as non-personnel costs including overhead costs. We believe that our core technologies and ongoing innovation represent a significant competitive advantage for us, and we continue to invest in systems optimization and product improvements for our customers, enhance our software development team and invest in automation and AI to drive higher quality data and deeper insights. In fiscal year 2025, we made investments in software application development tools and have shifted more development efforts to innovation and growth initiatives, both of which have been resulted in increases to capitalized software and payroll.

General and administrative. General and administrative expenses primarily consist of personnel costs such as salaries, bonuses, stock-based compensation, and other employee-related benefits for our executive, finance, legal, human resources, IT and operations, and administrative teams, as well as non-personnel costs including overhead costs, professional fees and other corporate expenses. Prior to fiscal year 2025, general and administration expenses also included sales tax amounts payable to taxation authorities, inclusive of interest and penalties, for customers that we did not collect sales taxes from due to misclassifications of products and services for sales tax purposes. We do not expect sales taxes and related interest and penalties to be an ongoing component of our general and administrative expense as we have completed voluntary disclosure agreements, registered with certain tax authorities, and commenced collection of sales taxes from customers in these tax jurisdictions. We have slowed hiring in response to macroeconomic conditions and do not expect to increase it until macroeconomic conditions improve.

Depreciation and Amortization. Depreciation and amortization expenses consist primarily of amortization of intangible assets resulting from acquisitions, business combinations, and purchases of data assets, as well as depreciation of property and equipment. We anticipate depreciation of property and equipment as a percentage of revenue to moderately increase as we continue to make investments in internal software development.

Transaction, integration and restructuring expenses. Transaction, integration, and restructuring expenses are costs directly associated with various acquisition, strategic partnership, and integration activities we have undertaken, primarily accounting, legal due diligence, consulting, and advisory fees, as well as expenses related to the 2024 Restructuring Plan and our office relocations and consolidations.

Goodwill impairment. Goodwill represents the excess of consideration transferred over the fair value of tangible and identifiable intangible net assets acquired and the liabilities assumed in a business combination. A substantial portion of our goodwill was recognized in the purchase price allocations when our Company was acquired in 2019 by Advent, with smaller incremental amounts recognized in subsequent business combinations. Goodwill is not amortized, but is tested for impairment at the reporting unit level annually and more frequently if indicators of potential impairment arise. In conducting the impairment test, we first review qualitative factors to determine whether it is more likely than not that the fair value of our single reporting unit is less than its carrying amount.

When testing goodwill for impairment, we have the option of first performing a qualitative assessment to determine whether it is more likely than not that the fair value of the reporting unit is less than its carrying amount. If we elect to bypass the qualitative assessment, or if a qualitative assessment indicates it is more likely than not that carrying value exceeds its fair value, we perform a quantitative goodwill impairment test. Under the quantitative goodwill impairment test, if our reporting unit’s carrying amount exceeds its fair value, we will record an impairment charge based on that difference. Over the past three years, we have experienced declines in our market capitalization as a result of sustained decreases in our stock price, which represented triggering events requiring our management to perform quantitative goodwill impairment tests. As a result of each impairment test, we determined that the fair value of our single reporting unit was lower than its carrying value and, accordingly, recorded non-cash, pre-tax, goodwill impairment charges of $196.1 million, $688.9 million, and $287.4 million during the years ended December 31, 2025, 2024, and 2023, respectively. The goodwill impairment charges did not affect our liquidity or the financial covenants in our outstanding debt agreement.

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Other Income, Net

Interest expense consists of interest expense on our debt obligations and the amortization of debt discounts and debt issuance costs.

Interest income consists of earnings resulting from our short-term investments.

Other income, net consists primarily of the revaluation of TRA liabilities, realized and unrealized gains and losses related to the impact of transactions denominated in a foreign currency, and the loss on partial extinguishment of debt resulting from the refinancing of our credit agreement in fiscal year 2025. Significant changes in the projected liability resulting from the TRA may occur based on changes in anticipated future taxable income, changes in applicable tax rates, or other changes in tax attributes that may occur and could affect the expected future tax benefits to be received by us. We do not have significant exposure to foreign exchange volatility and do not anticipate foreign currency transaction gains or losses to materially impact our results of operations.

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Results of Operations

The discussion of our consolidated results of operations includes year-over-year comparisons of 2025 results compared to those in 2024. For a discussion of the 2024 results compared to those in 2023, see the discussion in Item 7, Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations in our 2024 Form 10-K, which is incorporated by reference herein.

The following table sets forth a summary of our consolidated statements of operations for the periods presented:

Year Ended December 31,

(in thousands)

2025

2024

2023

Revenue

$

241,521

$

252,202

$

251,415

Cost of revenue:

Cost of revenue

37,954

40,684

34,740

Amortization

20,292

14,049

12,742

Total cost of revenue

58,246

54,733

47,482

Gross profit

183,275

197,469

203,933

Operating expenses:

Sales and marketing

81,637

83,807

94,534

Product development

34,776

36,518

42,441

General and administrative

51,627

49,267

58,861

Depreciation and amortization

35,818

37,618

39,008

Transaction, integration and restructuring expenses

7,624

12,225

11,489

Goodwill impairment

196,064

688,854

287,400

Total operating expenses

407,546

908,289

533,733

Loss from operations

(224,271

)

(710,820

)

(329,800

)

Total other income, net

15,015

77,075

21,620

Loss before income taxes

(209,256

)

(633,745

)

(308,180

)

Benefit from income taxes

9,959

42,299

18,553

Net loss

(199,297

)

(591,446

)

(289,627

)

Less: Net loss attributable to noncontrolling interests

(60,365

)

(178,322

)

(87,239

)

Net loss attributable to Definitive Healthcare Corp.

$

(138,932

)

$

(413,124

)

$

(202,388

)

Year Ended December 31, 2025 compared to Year Ended December 31, 2024

Revenue

Revenue decreased $10.7 million, or 4%, for the year ended December 31, 2025 compared with the same period in the prior year, resulting from lower subscription revenue of $12.7 million, partially offset by higher professional services revenue of $2.0 million. Revenue attributable to customers that existed prior to the start of 2025 decreased $33.7 million, which was partially offset by a $23.0 million increase in revenue from new customers in 2025, inclusive of revenue from a data partnership that was launched earlier this year.

Total Cost of Revenue

Total cost of revenue increased $3.5 million, or 6%, for the year ended December 31, 2025 compared with the same period in the prior year. The increase was driven primarily by a $6.2 million increase in amortization expense resulting from new data asset purchases and higher rates of amortization on certain technology assets amortized under economic consumption methods, partially offset by a $1.7 million net decrease in hosting fees and data subscription and collection costs. Though we continue to experience increased data and hosting costs as a result of expanded customer usage of our platform, the year-over-year net decrease in these costs was primarily driven by one-time credits during the current year resulting from renegotiations on existing data contracts and the exit of a major data contract from a prior acquisition that no longer provided an economic benefit to the Company. We also experienced a $1.0 million decrease in personnel costs, including stock-based compensation, which was primarily driven by a moderate reduction in headcount.

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Operating Expenses

Operating expenses, which include goodwill impairment charges of $196.1 million recorded during the year ended December 31, 2025 compared with $688.9 million incurred during the year ended December 31, 2024 (refer to Note 10. Goodwill and Intangible Assets to our accompanying consolidated financial statements for further details), decreased $500.7 million, or 55%, for the year ended December 31, 2025 compared with the same period in the prior year. The decrease in operating expenses as compared to the prior-year period was primarily driven by lower goodwill impairment charges in the current period, and:

•
A decrease in sales and marketing expense of $2.2 million for the year ended December 31, 2025, primarily due to lower personnel costs in the current period, including stock-based compensation expense, resulting from the 2024 Restructuring Plan and the departure of certain executive-level employees in the prior year, which did not repeat at the same level during the year ended December 31, 2025, partially offset by increased costs associated with new software applications and with certain sales and marketing events and advertising campaigns in the current period;

•
A decrease in product development expense of $1.7 million for the year ended December 31, 2025, primarily driven by lower personnel costs in the current period, including stock-based compensation expense, and lower professional service fees. Higher stock-based compensation costs during the year ended December 31, 2024 associated with equity grant modifications were primarily driven by the 2024 Restructuring Plan, which did not repeat at the same level during the year ended December 31, 2025. Capitalized payroll and third-party costs related to internal-use software development also increased during the current period, further contributing to the year-over-year decrease in product development expense, which was partially offset by increased costs associated with new software application investments in the current period;

•
An increase in general and administrative expense of $2.4 million for the year ended December 31, 2025, primarily driven by higher professional fees and severance costs associated with strategic initiatives, higher franchise taxes, and a charge for the write-off of deferred offering costs associated with our expired shelf registration. Further contributing to the increase was expense relief during the year ended December 2024 from sales tax exposure resulting from voluntary disclosure agreements and finalized favorable rulings on the taxability of our products in certain states that did not repeat in the year ended December 31, 2025. These increases were partially offset by bad debt recoveries and lower stock-based compensation expense during the year ended December 31, 2025, primarily driven by decreases in our stock price and higher costs incurred during the year ended December 31, 2024 associated with equity grant modifications resulting from the 2024 Restructuring Plan and the departure of certain executive-level employees, which did not repeat at the same level during the year ended December 31, 2025;

•
A decrease in depreciation and amortization expense of $1.8 million for the year ended December 31, 2025, primarily driven by certain customer relationship intangible assets utilizing economic consumption amortization methods with lower amortization in the current period; and

•
A decrease in transaction, integration and restructuring expenses of $4.6 million for the year ended December 31, 2025, primarily driven by higher costs incurred in the prior year period associated with the 2024 Restructuring Plan and the consolidation of certain leased office facilities, which did not repeat at the same level during the current period, partially offset by higher acquisition and integration costs during the current period, including an integration charge to recognize a liability for a major data contract from a prior acquisition that no longer provided an economic benefit to the Company.

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Other Income, Net

Total other income, net was $15.0 million for the year ended December 31, 2025 compared to total other income, net of $77.1 million in the same period in the prior year. The overall change was primarily attributable to a decrease in the TRA liability remeasurement gain of $55.2 million to $21.7 million during the year ended December 31, 2025, compared with a TRA liability remeasurement gain of $76.9 million during the year ended December 31, 2024. These TRA remeasurement gains were primarily driven by the impairments of goodwill during the respective periods, as well as changes in future realizability of tax attributes payable under the TRA. The decrease in the TRA liability remeasurement gain year-over-year was primarily driven by a decrease in goodwill impairment charges of $492.8 million during the year ended December 31, 2025 compared with the prior year period. Interest income earned from our short-term investments also decreased by $7.6 million to $7.0 million in the year ended December 31, 2025 compared with $14.6 million in the comparable prior year period, and interest expense decreased to $11.3 million during the year ended December 31, 2025 compared with $14.8 million during the year ended December 31, 2024. Also contributing to the decrease in other income, net during the current year were foreign currency transaction losses of $1.8 million and a loss on the partial extinguishment of debt of $0.5 million.

Benefit From Income Taxes

Benefit from income taxes for the year ended December 31, 2025 was $10.0 million compared to $42.3 million in the same period in the prior year. The overall decrease was primarily attributed to smaller goodwill impairment charges during the current period compared with the same period in the prior year.

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Non-GAAP Financial Measures

In addition to our results determined in accordance with GAAP, we believe certain non-GAAP measures are useful in evaluating our operating performance. Non-GAAP measures include, but are not limited to, Adjusted Gross Profit, Adjusted Gross Margin, Adjusted EBITDA, and Adjusted EBITDA Margin. We believe these non-GAAP measures are useful to investors because they eliminate certain items that affect period-over-period comparability and provide consistency with past financial performance and additional information about our underlying results and trends by excluding certain items that may not be indicative of our business, results of operations, or outlook.

We view Adjusted Gross Profit, Adjusted Gross Margin, Adjusted EBITDA, and Adjusted EBITDA Margin as operating performance measures. As such, we believe the most directly comparable GAAP financial measures to Adjusted Gross Profit and Adjusted Gross Margin are GAAP Gross Profit and GAAP Gross Margin, respectively, and the most directly comparable GAAP financial measures to Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA Margin are GAAP net loss and GAAP net loss margin, respectively.

Non-GAAP measures are supplemental financial measures of our performance and should not be considered substitutes for net loss, gross profit, or any other measure derived in accordance with GAAP. This information should be read only in conjunction with our consolidated financial statements prepared in accordance with GAAP. There are limitations to these non-GAAP financial measures because they are not prepared in accordance with GAAP and may not be comparable to similarly titled measures of other companies due to potential differences in methods of calculation and items or events being adjusted. In addition, other companies may use different measures to evaluate their performance, all of which could reduce the usefulness of our non-GAAP financial measures as tools for comparison. A reconciliation is provided below for each non-GAAP financial measure to the most directly comparable financial measure stated in accordance with GAAP.

Adjusted Gross Profit and Adjusted Gross Margin

We define Adjusted Gross Profit as gross profit, excluding acquisition-related depreciation and amortization, and equity-based compensation costs. We exclude acquisition-related depreciation and amortization expenses as they have no direct correlation to the cost of operating our business on an ongoing basis. A small portion of equity-based compensation is included in cost of revenue in accordance with GAAP, but is excluded from our Adjusted Gross Profit calculations due to its non-cash nature. Adjusted Gross Margin is defined as Adjusted Gross Profit as a percentage of revenue. These are key metrics used by management and our Board to assess our operations.

The following table presents a reconciliation of gross profit and gross margin to adjusted gross profit and adjusted gross margin, respectively, for the periods presented:

Year Ended December 31,

2025

2024

2023

(in thousands, except percentages)

Amount

% of Revenue

Amount

% of Revenue

Amount

% of Revenue

Reported gross profit and margin

$

183,275

76

%

$

197,469

78

%

$

203,933

81

%

Amortization of intangible assets resulting from acquisition-related purchase accounting adjustments (a)

12,789

5

%

9,866

4

%

9,044

4

%

Equity-based compensation costs

612

0

%

839

0

%

1,097

0

%

Adjusted gross profit and margin

$

196,676

81

%

$

208,174

83

%

$

214,074

85

%

(a)
Amortization of intangible assets resulting from purchase accounting adjustments represents non-cash amortization of acquired intangibles, primarily resulting from the Advent Acquisition.

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Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA Margin

We present “Adjusted EBITDA” as a measure of our operating performance. EBITDA is defined as earnings before (i) debt-related costs, including interest expense, net and loss on partial extinguishment of debt, (ii) benefit from income taxes, and (iii) depreciation and amortization. Management further adjusts EBITDA in its presentation of Adjusted EBITDA to exclude (i) other income, net, (ii) equity-based compensation, (iii) transaction, integration, and restructuring expenses, (iv) goodwill impairments, and (v) other non-core items. We exclude these items because they are by nature non-cash, non-recurring, and/or unrelated to our core operations, and therefore we do not believe them to be representative of ongoing operational performance. Adjusted EBITDA Margin is defined as Adjusted EBITDA as a percentage of revenue. Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA Margin are key metrics used by management and our Board to assess the profitability of our operations. We believe these metrics provide useful measures to investors to assess our operating performance and in measuring the profitability of our operations on a consolidated level.

The following table presents a reconciliation of net loss and margin to adjusted EBITDA and adjusted EBITDA margin, respectively, for the periods presented:

Year Ended December 31,

2025

2024

2023

(in thousands, except percentages)

Amount

% of Revenue

Amount

% of Revenue

Amount

% of Revenue

Net loss and margin

$

(199,297

)

(83

)%

$

(591,446

)

(235

)%

$

(289,627

)

(115

)%

Interest expense, net

4,337

2

%

245

0

%

1,559

1

%

Income tax benefit

(9,959

)

(4

)%

(42,299

)

(17

)%

(18,553

)

(7

)%

Loss on partial extinguishment of debt

507

0

%

—

0

%

—

0

%

Depreciation & amortization

56,110

23

%

51,667

20

%

51,750

21

%

EBITDA and margin

(148,302

)

(61

)%

(581,833

)

(231

)%

(254,871

)

(101

)%

Other income, net (a)

(19,859

)

(8

)%

(77,320

)

(31

)%

(23,179

)

(9

)%

Equity-based compensation (b)

29,144

12

%

38,085

15

%

48,739

19

%

Transaction, integration and restructuring expenses (c)

7,624

3

%

12,225

5

%

11,489

5

%

Goodwill impairment (d)

196,064

81

%

688,854

273

%

287,400

114

%

Other non-core items (e)

5,683

2

%

(936

)

(0

)%

4,875

2

%

Adjusted EBITDA and margin

$

70,354

29

%

$

79,075

31

%

$

74,453

30

%

(a)
Primarily represents foreign exchange and TRA liability remeasurement gains and losses.

(b)
Equity-based compensation represents non-cash compensation expense recognized in association with equity awards made to employees and directors.

(c)
Transaction, integration, and restructuring expenses primarily represent legal, accounting, consulting expenses, and fair value adjustments for contingent consideration related to our acquisitions and strategic partnerships, inclusive of an integration charge in the third quarter of 2025 to recognize a liability for a major data contract from a prior acquisition that no longer provided an economic benefit to the Company. Restructuring expenses relate to the 2024 Restructuring Plan as well as impairment and restructuring charges related to office closures, relocations, and consolidations.

Year Ended December 31,

(in thousands)

2025

2024

2023

Merger and acquisition due diligence and transaction costs

$

4,915

$

3,329

$

5,419

Integration costs

6,056

1,115

934

Fair value adjustment for contingent consideration

(3,970

)

(1,780

)

302

Restructuring charges for severance and other separation costs

28

8,097

4,679

Office closure and relocation restructuring charges and impairments

595

1,464

155

Total transaction, integration, and restructuring expense

$

7,624

$

12,225

$

11,489

65

(d)
Goodwill impairment represents non-cash, pre-tax, goodwill impairment charges. We experienced declines in our market capitalization as a result of sustained decreases in our stock price, which represented triggering events requiring our management to perform multiple quantitative goodwill impairment tests during the years ended December 31, 2025, 2024, and 2023. As a result of each impairment test conducted in their respective periods, we determined that the fair value of our single reporting unit was lower than its carrying value and, accordingly, recorded these impairment charges.

(e)
Other non-core items represent expenses driven by events that are typically by nature one-time, non-operational, and/or unrelated to our core operations. These expenses are comprised of non-core legal and regulatory costs isolated to unique and extraordinary litigation, legal, and regulatory matters that are not considered normal and recurring business activity, including sales tax accrual adjustments inclusive of penalties and interest for sales taxes that we may have been required to collect from customers in certain previous years, and other non-recurring legal and regulatory matters. Other non-core items also include consulting fees and severance costs associated with strategic transition initiatives, as well as professional fees related to financing, capital structure changes, and other non-core items, including a charge in the third quarter of 2025 for the write-off of deferred offering costs associated with the Company’s expired shelf registration.

Year Ended December 31,

(in thousands)

2025

2024

2023

Non-core legal and regulatory

$

3,031

$

(3,439

)

$

2,370

Consulting and severance costs for strategic transition initiatives

1,671

2,219

1,977

Other non-core expenses

981

284

528

Total other non-core items

$

5,683

$

(936

)

$

4,875

Liquidity and Capital Resources

Overview

As of December 31, 2025, we had $163.6 million of cash and cash equivalents, $17.3 million of short-term investments and $49.7 million available under our revolving credit facility. Our principal sources of liquidity are cash and cash equivalents and short-term investments on hand, primarily from our IPO and follow-on offering, as well as the cash flows we generate from operations. Our principal uses of liquidity have been, and are expected to continue to be, primarily for investment in long-term growth of the business through capital expenditures and acquisitions, as well as debt services (see Note 11. Long-Term Debt to our accompanying consolidated financial statements for further details), repurchases of our Class A common stock, distributions to members of Definitive OpCo, and payments under our TRA liability.

All of our business is conducted through Definitive OpCo and its consolidated subsidiaries and affiliates, and the financial results are included in the consolidated financial statements of Definitive Healthcare Corp. Definitive Healthcare Corp. has no independent means of generating revenue. The Amended LLC Agreement provides that certain distributions will be made to cover Definitive Healthcare Corp.’s taxes and such tax distributions are also expected to be used by Definitive Healthcare Corp. to satisfy its obligations under the TRA. We have broad discretion to make distributions out of Definitive OpCo. In the event Definitive Healthcare Corp. declares any cash dividend, we expect to cause Definitive OpCo to make distributions to us, in an amount sufficient to cover such cash dividends declared by us. Deterioration in the financial condition, earnings, or cash flow of Definitive OpCo and its subsidiaries for any reason could limit or impair their ability to pay such distributions. In addition, the terms of our 2021 Credit Agreement contain covenants that may restrict DH Holdings and its subsidiaries from paying such distributions, subject to certain exceptions. Further, Definitive OpCo and Definitive Healthcare Corp. are generally prohibited under Delaware law from making a distribution to a member to the extent that, at the time of the distribution, after giving effect to the distribution, liabilities of Definitive OpCo and DH Holdings (with certain exceptions), as applicable, exceed the fair value of its assets. Subsidiaries of DH Holdings are generally subject to similar legal limitations on their ability to make distributions to DH Holdings.

We believe that our cash flow from operations, availability under the 2021 Credit Agreement and available cash and cash equivalents and short-term investments will be sufficient to meet our liquidity needs for at least the next twelve months. We anticipate that to the extent that we require additional liquidity, it will be funded through the incurrence of additional indebtedness, the issuance of additional equity, or a combination thereof. We cannot provide assurance that we will be able to obtain this additional liquidity on reasonable terms, or at all.

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Additionally, our liquidity and our ability to meet our obligations and fund our capital requirements are dependent on our future financial performance, which is subject to general economic, financial, and other factors that are beyond our control. See the “Risk Factors” section within this Annual Report and the factors described elsewhere in this “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.” Macroeconomic conditions, including inflation and a potential recession, could increase our anticipated funding requirements. In the event we need to seek additional funding, high interest rates, stock market volatility, or other unfavorable macroeconomic conditions may also prevent us from obtaining additional financing on favorable terms or at all. Additionally, future adverse developments with respect to specific financial institutions or the broader financial services industry may lead to market-wide liquidity shortages that could impact us and our customers, and materially harm our business and financial condition. Our ability to access our cash, cash equivalents and investments, including transferring funds, making payments or receiving funds could be threatened and our ability to raise additional capital could be substantially impaired, any of which could materially and adversely affect our business and financial condition. Accordingly, we cannot provide assurance that our business will generate sufficient cash flow from operations or that future borrowings will be available from additional indebtedness or otherwise to meet our liquidity needs. In addition, if we decide to pursue one or more significant acquisitions, we may incur additional debt or sell or issue additional equity to finance such acquisitions, which could possibly result in additional expenses or dilution.

Impact of Inflation

While inflation and increases to the cost of and competition for labor have negatively impacted and continue to negatively impact our operating expenses, we do not believe inflation has had a material effect on our business, financial condition, or results of operations. If our costs were to become subject to significant inflationary pressures, we may not be able to fully offset higher costs through price increases and our inability or failure to do so could potentially harm our business, financial condition, and results of operations.

Credit Risk

Our financial instruments that are exposed to concentrations of credit risk consist primarily of cash and cash equivalents, short-term investments, and trade and other receivables. We hold cash with reputable financial institutions that often exceed federally insured limits. We manage our credit risk by concentrating our cash deposits and short-term investments with high-quality financial institutions and periodically evaluating the credit quality of those institutions. The carrying value of cash approximates fair value.

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Cash Flows

The discussion of our cash flows includes a year-over-year comparison of 2025 cash flows to those in 2024. For a discussion of our 2024 cash flows compared to 2023 cash flows, see the discussion in Item 7, Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations in our 2024 Form 10-K, which is incorporated by reference herein.

The following table summarizes our cash flows for the periods presented:

Year Ended December 31,

(in thousands)

2025

2024

2023

Cash provided by (used in):

Operating activities

$

53,777

$

58,196

$

41,190

Investing activities

153,875

(26,409

)

(31,782

)

Financing activities

(150,788

)

(56,749

)

(25,584

)

Change in cash and cash equivalents (excluding effect of exchange rate changes)

$

56,864

$

(24,962

)

$

(16,176

)

Cash Flows provided by Operating Activities

Net cash provided by operating activities was $53.8 million during the year ended December 31, 2025, primarily as a result of non-cash charges of $262.5 million, partially offset by a net loss of $199.3 million and a $9.4 million net decrease in our operating assets and liabilities. The non-cash charges were primarily comprised of $196.1 million in goodwill impairment charges recorded during the year, amortization of intangible assets of $52.8 million, equity compensation costs of $29.1 million, a gain on remeasurement of the TRA of $21.7 million, amortization of deferred contract costs of $15.9 million, a decrease in deferred taxes of $10.9 million, and a $0.5 million loss on the partial extinguishment of debt. The net decrease in operating assets and liabilities for the year was primarily driven by cash outflows resulting from an increase in deferred contract costs of $13.4 million, an increase in prepaid expenses and other assets of $2.2 million, and lower accounts payable, accrued expenses, and other liabilities, collectively, of $1.1 million. These factors were partially offset by an increase in deferred revenue of $5.9 million due to the timing of billings and cash received in advance of revenue recognition for subscription services and a decrease in accounts receivable of $1.4 million.

Cash Flows provided by (used in) Investing Activities

Cash provided by investing activities during the year ended December 31, 2025 was $153.9 million, driven primarily by $234.7 million in maturities of short-term investments, partially offset by $64.1 million in purchases of short-term investments, and $16.7 million in purchases of property (including software), equipment, and data assets.

Cash Flows used in Financing Activities

Cash used in financing activities during the year ended December 31, 2025 was $150.8 million, driven by net repayments of the 2021 Term Loan (as defined below) of $77.8 million, payments of $49.5 million for repurchases of our Class A common stock, including commissions, payments of $13.8 million under the TRA, taxes paid related to the net share settlement of equity awards of $4.9 million, distributions to members of $3.1 million, and payments of debt issuance costs of $1.7 million.

Refer to Debt Obligations for additional information related to our debt obligations.

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Debt Obligations

In September 2021, DH Holdings entered into a credit agreement (the “2021 Credit Agreement”) with Bank of America, N.A., as administrative agent, the other lenders party thereto and the other parties specified therein. On January 16, 2025 (the “Closing Date”), DH Holdings entered into an amendment to the credit agreement (the “DH Holdings Credit Agreement Amendment”), dated as of September 17, 2021 (as amended by Amendment No. 1, dated as of October 31, 2022, and as further amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time prior to the date hereof, the “Existing Credit Agreement,” and as further amended by the DH Holdings Credit Agreement Amendment, the “DH Holdings Credit Agreement”), with Bank of America, N.A., as administrative agent, the lenders party thereto and the other parties specified therein.

The DH Holdings Credit Agreement Amendment provides for (i) a $175.0 million term loan facility (the “Term Facility”) and (ii) a $50.0 million revolving credit facility (the “Revolving Credit Facility” and, together with the Term Facility, collectively, the “Facilities”), the proceeds of which were used to, among other things, repay the remaining portion of the indebtedness outstanding under the Existing Credit Agreement, and to pay related fees and expenses.

The loans under the Term Facility and the Revolving Credit Facility mature on January 16, 2030. The Facilities are guaranteed, subject to customary exceptions, by all of DH Holdings’ wholly-owned domestic restricted subsidiaries and AIDH Buyer, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and the direct parent company of DH Holdings (“Holdings”), and are secured by associated collateral agreements that pledge a lien on substantially all of DH Holdings’ assets, including fixed assets and intangibles, and the assets of the guarantors, in each case, subject to customary exceptions (the “Pledged Assets”). As of December 31, 2025, the Pledged Assets of these subsidiaries approximated $626.8 million, and the net assets of these subsidiaries approximated $312.8 million.

The Term Facility is subject to amortization of principal, payable in quarterly installments on the last day of each fiscal quarter, commencing on the last day of the first full fiscal quarter after the Closing Date (the “Initial Amortization Date”), equal to 5.0% of the original principal amount of the term loans for each of the five years after the Initial Amortization Date. The remaining initial aggregate advances under the Term Facility are payable at the maturity of the Term Facility.

There was no outstanding balance on the Revolving Credit Facility as of December 31, 2025, though we provided a standby letter of credit of $0.3 million to the lessor of our corporate headquarters in lieu of a security deposit, reducing the amount available under our Revolving Credit Facility to $49.7 million.

The 2021 Credit Agreement, as amended, includes certain financial covenants for which we were compliant as of December 31, 2025 and 2024. Refer to Note 11. Long-Term Debt to our accompanying consolidated financial statements for further information.

In connection with the DH Holdings Credit Agreement Amendment, we repaid $77.8 million of outstanding principal amount of the Term Facility and reduced our borrowing capacity under the Revolving Credit Facility by $25.0 million. As a result, we incurred a loss on partial extinguishment of debt of $0.5 million during the first quarter of 2025 attributed to the derecognition of a proportionate amount of the unamortized debt discount, a result of repaying the $69.1 million of outstanding principal on the Term Facility and reducing our Revolving Credit Facility. In addition, we capitalized financing costs totaling $1.7 million, of which $1.2 million related to the Term Facility and $0.5 million related to the Revolving Credit Facility. The financing costs associated with the Term Facility are recorded as a contra-debt balance in term loan, net of current portion in the consolidated balance sheets and are amortized over the remaining life of the loan using the effective interest method. The financing costs associated with the Revolving Credit Facility are recorded in other assets in the consolidated balance sheets and are amortized over the life of the arrangement. At December 31, 2025 and 2024, the unamortized financing costs were $0.5 million and $0.3 million, respectively.

Financing Obligations

Financing obligations generally include repayment of principal amounts of our term loan (as detailed above in “Debt Obligations”), lease payments, and purchase obligations. The leases relate to office facilities and expire at various times through 2029. The lease obligations include $3.0 million to be paid in 2026 and $5.3 million thereafter. Refer to Note 5. Leases to our accompanying consolidated financial statements for further information. Estimated purchase commitments, which currently run through 2028, are $16.0 million in 2026 and $16.0 million thereafter. Refer to Note 15. Commitments and Contingencies to our accompanying consolidated financial statements for further information.

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Stock Repurchase Programs

In May 2024, our Board authorized a stock repurchase program of up to $20.0 million of our Class A common stock, which expired on December 31, 2024 (the “2024 Repurchase Program”). In November 2024, our Board announced a new stock repurchase program (the “2025 Repurchase Program” and, together with the 2024 Repurchase Program, the “Repurchase Programs”) of our Class A common stock authorizing up to $100.0 million in share repurchases. The 2025 Repurchase Program, which became effective upon the expiration or completion of the 2024 Repurchase Program, expired on December 31, 2025. As of December 31, 2025 and 2024, 13,880,866 shares and 4,780,799 shares, respectively, of our Class A common stock have been repurchased under the Repurchase Programs.

Tax Receivable Agreement

In connection with the Reorganization Transactions and the IPO, the Company entered into the TRA with certain of our pre- IPO holders of LLC Units and the former shareholders of certain Blocker Companies. The TRA provides for the payment by Definitive Healthcare Corp. of 85.0% of the amount of any tax benefits that it actually realizes, or in some cases is deemed to realize, as a result of (i) certain tax attributes that it acquired from the Blocker Companies in the Reorganization Transactions (including net operating losses and the unamortized portion of the increase in tax basis in the tangible and intangible assets of Definitive OpCo and its subsidiaries resulting from the prior acquisitions of interests in Definitive OpCo by the Blocker Companies), (ii) certain tax basis adjustments resulting from the acquisition of LLC Units by Definitive Healthcare Corp and (iii) certain payments made under the TRA.

In each case, these tax basis adjustments generated over time may increase (for tax purposes) the Definitive Healthcare Corp.’s depreciation and amortization deductions and, therefore, may reduce the amount of tax that the Definitive Healthcare Corp. would otherwise be required to pay in the future, although the IRS may challenge all or part of the validity of that tax basis, and a court could sustain such a challenge. The anticipated tax basis adjustments upon redemptions or exchanges of LLC Units may also decrease gains (or increase losses) on future dispositions of certain assets to the extent tax basis is allocated to those assets. The payment obligations under the TRA are an obligation of Definitive Healthcare Corp., but not of Definitive OpCo. Definitive Healthcare Corp. expects to benefit from the remaining 15% of realized cash tax benefits. For purposes of the TRA, the realized cash tax benefits will be computed by comparing the actual income tax liability of Definitive Healthcare Corp. (calculated with certain assumptions) to the amount of such taxes that Definitive Healthcare Corp. would have been required to pay had there been no tax basis adjustments of the assets of Definitive Healthcare Corp. as a result of redemptions or exchanges and no utilization of certain tax attributes of the Blocker Companies, and had Definitive Healthcare Corp. not entered into the TRA. The term of the TRA will continue until all such tax benefits have been utilized or expired, unless (i) Definitive Healthcare Corp. exercises its right to terminate the TRA for an amount based on the agreed payments remaining to be made under the agreement, (ii) Definitive Healthcare Corp. breaches any of its material obligations under the TRA in which case all obligations (including any additional interest due relating to any deferred payments) generally will be accelerated and due as if Definitive Healthcare Corp. had exercised its right to terminate the TRA, or (iii) there is a change of control of Definitive Healthcare Corp., in which case, all obligations (including any additional interest due relating to any deferred payments) generally will be accelerated and due as if Definitive Healthcare Corp. had exercised its right to terminate the TRA as described above in clause (i). Estimating the amount of payments that may be made under the TRA is by its nature imprecise, insofar as the calculation of amounts payable depends on a variety of factors. The amount of the anticipated tax basis adjustments, as well as the amount and timing of any payments under the TRA, will vary depending upon a number of factors, including the timing of exchanges, the price of shares of our Class A common stock at the time of an exchange, the extent to which such exchanges are taxable, the amount of tax attributes, and the amount and timing of our income.

We expect that as a result of the size of the anticipated tax basis adjustment of the tangible and intangible assets of Definitive OpCo upon the exchange or redemption of LLC Units and our possible utilization of certain tax attributes, the payments that Definitive Healthcare Corp. may make under the TRA will be substantial. The payments under the TRA are not conditioned upon continued ownership of us by the exchanging holders of LLC Units. See Note 20. Income Taxes to our accompanying consolidated financial statements.

Capital Expenditures

Capital expenditures increased by $4.4 million to $16.7 million for the year ended December 31, 2025 compared to $12.3 million for the same period in the prior year, primarily driven by higher spend on software, using both internal and third-party resources, and data assets in the current year compared with the comparable prior year period.

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

As a requirement of our lease agreement for our corporate headquarters, in lieu of a security deposit, we provided a standby letter of credit of $0.6 million, which is effective through March 2038.

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Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates

Our consolidated financial statements and notes have been prepared in accordance with GAAP. Our critical accounting policies are those that are reflective of uncertainties resulting from significant, complex and subjective judgements, though the accounting treatment for the majority of our revenue, expenses, assets, and liabilities is specifically dictated by GAAP, with no need for the application of judgement.

In certain circumstances, the preparation of consolidated financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires us to make certain estimates and assumptions that affect reported amounts. The estimates and assumptions are based on historical experience, current conditions, and various other factors that we believe to be reasonable under the circumstances. Our actual results may differ from those estimates, though we believe such differences are not likely to be material. We review these estimates on a periodic basis to ensure reasonableness and adequacy.

While our significant accounting policies are discussed more fully in Note 2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies to our accompanying consolidated financial statements, the following topics pertain to accounting policies we believe are most critical to the preparation of our financial statements and that require our more significant, difficult, subjective or complex judgments or estimates. Other companies in similar businesses may use different estimation policies and methodologies, which may affect the comparability of our financial statements, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows to those of other companies.

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Revenue Recognition

We derive our revenue primarily from subscription license fees charged for access to our database platform, and professional services. The customer arrangements include a promise to allow customers to access a subscription license to the database platform which is hosted by us over the contract period, without allowing the customer to take possession of the subscription license or transfer hosting to a third party.

We recognize revenue in accordance with ASC 606–Revenue from Contracts with Customers, which provides a five-step model for recognizing revenue from contracts with customers. Revenue is recognized upon transfer of control of promised services to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration we expect to receive in exchange for those services.

Revenue related to hosted subscription license arrangements, which often include non-distinct professional services, is recognized ratably over the contract term as the customer simultaneously receives and consumes the benefits provided by our performance. These subscription contracts typically have a term of one to three years and are non-cancellable.

For revenue related to non-hosted subscription license arrangements where customers can purchase a specified quantity of data based on their selection criteria and data layout, each data record is a distinct performance obligation, satisfied on delivery. If we promise to update the initial data set at specified intervals, each update is a performance obligation, which we satisfy when the updated data is delivered.

We also enter into a limited number of contracts that can include various combinations of professional services, which are generally capable of being distinct and can be accounted for as separate performance obligations. Revenue related to these professional services is recognized at the time the services are performed.

When a contract contains multiple performance obligations, the contract transaction price is allocated on a relative standalone selling price (“SSP”) basis to each performance obligation. We typically determine SSP based on observable selling prices of our products and services. In instances where SSP is not directly observable, SSP is determined using information that may include market conditions and other observable inputs, or by using the residual approach.

We account for an arrangement when it has approval and commitment from both parties, the rights are identified, the contract has commercial substance, and collectability of consideration is probable. We generally obtain written purchase contracts from our customers for a specified service at a specified price, with a specified term, which constitutes an arrangement. Revenue is recognized at the amount expected to be collected, net of any taxes collected from customers, which are subsequently remitted to governmental authorities. The timing of revenue recognition may not align with the right to invoice the customer, but we have determined that in such cases, a significant financing component generally does not exist. We have elected the practical expedient that permits an entity not to recognize a significant financing component if the time between the transfer of a good or service and payment is one year or less. Payment terms on invoiced amounts are typically 30 days. We do not offer rights of return for our products and services in the normal course of business, and contracts generally do not include customer acceptance clauses.

Our arrangements typically do not contain variable consideration. However, certain contracts with customers may include service level agreements that entitle the customer to receive service credits, and in certain cases, service refunds, when defined service levels are not met. These arrangements represent a form of variable consideration, which is considered in the calculation of the transaction price. We estimate the amount of variable consideration at the expected value based on our assessment of legal enforceability, anticipated performance, and a review of specific transactions, historical experience, and market and economic conditions. We historically have not experienced any significant incidents that affected the defined levels of reliability and performance as required by the contracts.

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Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities

We record all derivatives on the balance sheet at fair value. The accounting for changes in the fair value of derivatives depends on the intended use of the derivative, whether we have elected to designate a derivative in a hedging relationship and apply hedge accounting and whether the hedging relationship has satisfied the criteria necessary to apply hedge accounting. Derivatives designated and qualifying as a hedge of the exposure to changes in the fair value of an asset, liability, or firm commitment attributable to a particular risk, such as interest rate risk, are considered fair value hedges. Derivatives designated and qualifying as a hedge of the exposure to variability in expected future cash flows, or other types of forecasted transactions, are considered cash flow hedges. Derivatives may also be designated as hedges of the foreign currency exposure of a net investment in a foreign operation. Hedge accounting generally provides for the matching of the timing of gain or loss recognition on the hedging instrument with the recognition of the changes in the fair value of the hedged asset or liability that are attributable to the hedged risk in a fair value hedge or the earnings effect of the hedged forecasted transactions in a cash flow hedge. We may enter into derivative contracts that are intended to economically hedge certain of its risk, even though hedge accounting does not apply or we elect not to apply hedge accounting. We measure the credit risk of our derivative financial instruments that are subject to master netting agreements on a net basis by counterparty portfolio.

Goodwill and Intangible Assets

Goodwill is calculated as the excess of the purchase consideration paid in the acquisition of a business over the fair value of the identifiable assets acquired and liabilities assumed. Goodwill is not amortized and is tested for impairment at the reporting unit level, at least annually, and more frequently if events or circumstances occur that would indicate a potential decline in fair value.

A reporting unit is an operating segment or a component of an operating segment. We first assess qualitative and quantitative factors to evaluate whether it is more likely than not that the fair value of a reporting unit is less than the carrying amount, or we may elect to bypass such assessment. If it is determined that it is more likely than not that the fair value of the reporting unit is less than its carrying value, or if we elect to bypass the qualitative assessment, our management will perform a quantitative test by determining the fair value of the reporting unit. The estimated fair value of the reporting unit is based on a combination of an income and market approach. The income approach utilizes a projected discounted cash flow model that includes significant assumptions and estimates, including the discount rate, growth rate, and future financial performance. The market approach utilizes our market capitalization plus an appropriate control premium. Market capitalization is determined by multiplying the number of shares of Class A common stock outstanding by the market price of our Class A common stock. The control premium is determined by utilizing data from publicly available premium studies for similarly situated public company transactions. If the carrying value of the reporting unit exceeds the fair value, then a goodwill impairment loss is recognized for the difference. We perform our annual impairment assessment in the first month of the fourth quarter of each calendar year.

Definite-lived intangible assets are amortized over their estimated useful lives, which represent the period over which we expect to realize economic value from the acquired asset(s), using the economic consumption method if anticipated future revenues can be reasonably estimated. The straight-line method is used when future revenues cannot be reasonably estimated. The following provides a summary of the estimated useful lives by category of asset.

Customer relationships

14 – 20 years

Technology

6 – 8 years

Tradenames / trademark

5 – 19 years

Data

3 years

Over the past three years, we have experienced declines in our market capitalization as a result of sustained decreases in our stock price, which represented triggering events requiring our management to perform quantitative goodwill impairment tests. As a result of each impairment test, we determined that the fair value of our single reporting unit was lower than its carrying value and, accordingly, recorded non-cash, pre-tax, goodwill impairment charges of $196.1 million, $688.9 million, and $287.4 million during the years ended December 31, 2025, 2024, and 2023, respectively. The goodwill impairment charges did not affect our liquidity or the financial covenants in our outstanding debt agreement.

We will continue to monitor for potential impairment should impairment indicators arise. Refer to Note 10. Goodwill and Intangible Assets to our accompanying consolidated financial statements for further details.

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Impairment of Long-Lived Assets

We review the carrying value of long-lived assets, including definite-lived intangible assets and property and equipment, for impairment whenever events and circumstances indicate that the carrying value of an asset may not be recoverable. If estimated undiscounted future cash flows expected to result from its use and eventual disposition are not expected to be adequate to recover the asset’s carrying value, an impairment charge is recorded for the excess of the asset’s carrying value over its estimated fair value.

Accounting for Income Taxes

Definitive OpCo is taxed as a partnership. For federal and state income tax purposes, income, losses, and other tax attributes not generated by Definitive OpCo’s incorporated subsidiary, Analytical Wizards, Inc. (“AW”) and its wholly owned U.S. and foreign subsidiaries generally pass through to the Definitive OpCo members’ individual income tax returns. Additionally, Definitive OpCo may be subject to certain taxes on behalf of its members in certain states.

AW and its wholly-owned U.S. and foreign subsidiaries are taxed as corporations. Accordingly, AW accounts for income taxes by recognizing tax assets and liabilities for the cumulative effect of all the temporary differences between financial statement carrying amounts and the tax basis of assets and liabilities. Deferred taxes for AW are determined using enacted federal, state, or foreign income tax rates in effect in the year in which the differences are expected to reverse.

Definitive Healthcare Corp. is subject to U.S. federal, state and local income taxes with respect to its allocable share of any taxable income of Definitive OpCo and will be taxed at the prevailing corporate tax rates. In addition to tax expenses, Definitive Healthcare Corp. will also make payments under the TRA, which we expect to be significant. We anticipate that we will account for the income tax effects and corresponding TRA’s effects resulting from future redemptions or exchanges of LLC Units by recognizing an increase in Definitive Healthcare Corp.’s deferred tax assets, based on enacted tax rates at the date of the purchase or exchange.

Further, we account for amounts payable under the TRA in accordance with ASC 450—Contingencies. The amounts to be recorded for both the deferred tax assets and the liability for our obligations under the TRA will be estimated at the time of any purchase or exchange as a reduction to shareholders’ equity, and the effects of changes in any of our estimates after this date will be included in net income or loss. Similarly, the effect of subsequent changes in the enacted tax rates will be included in net income or loss.

In assessing the realizability of deferred tax assets of the Company and its subsidiaries, management considers the weight of available evidence and whether it is more likely than not that some or all of the deferred tax assets will be realized; when necessary, a valuation allowance is established.

Under the provisions of ASC 740—Income Taxes, as it relates to accounting for uncertainties in tax positions, we recognize the tax benefit of tax positions to the extent that the benefit will more likely than not be realized. The determination as to whether the tax benefit will more likely than not be realized is based upon the technical merits of the tax position as well as consideration of the available facts and circumstances. For the tax years ended December 31, 2025, 2024, and 2023, we did not have any uncertain tax positions.

Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements

For a summary of recent accounting pronouncements applicable to our consolidated financial statements, refer to Note 2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies to our accompanying consolidated financial statements included in Part II, Item 8 of this Form 10-K.
