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Q1 2026 — Key Metrics
Total Revenue
$5.89M
↓ 21% vs Q1 2025
Gross Profit
$2.33M
↓ $1.37M vs prior year
Gross Margin
37%
Target: 45%
Total OPEX
$3.61M
↓ 2.7% vs Q1 2025
EBITDA
-$1.28M
All 3 months negative
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Monthly Revenue & Gross Profit
Q1 2026 actuals — reconciled
P&L Waterfall — Q1 2026
Revenue → Gross Profit → Net Income
YoY Comparison — Q1
Revenue & Gross Profit: 2025 vs 2026
OPEX Breakdown — Q1 2026
$3.61M total operating expenses
Gross Margin — Year over Year
Prior Year YTD Margin
50%
$3.70M gross profit
YTD Margin
37%
$2.33M gross profit
Target Margin
45%
$2.65M at YTD revenue
Profit Lost to Margin
-$1.37M
vs prior year YTD
Margin Comparison
Prior year YTD vs Target vs YTD
Monthly Margin — YTD
Target line at 45%
Breakeven Revenue by Margin Rate
How much revenue is needed monthly to cover $1.2M overhead — at each margin level
Revenue vs Margin — Job Calculator
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Gross profit generated
$900K
After $1.2M monthly overhead
-$300K
Artist Utilization — YTD
YTD Utilization Rate
51.7%
Billable to jobs (COS)
Billable Wages
$860K
Charged to projects
Bench / PTO (OPEX)
$701K
Idle / unassigned time
Pitch Staff (OPEX)
$104K
Non-billable pitch work
Total Artist Payroll
$1.66M
YTD combined
Billable vs Idle — Monthly
Staff artist wages: COS vs OPEX
Billable Wages by Discipline
YTD total — staff only
All People Costs — YTD
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| Department | January | February | March | YTD Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| COS — Post Production Staff | $270K | $295K | $294K | $860K |
| COS — Post Freelancers | $35K | $59K | $37K | $131K |
| COS — Live Action Payroll | $2K | $138K | $7K | $147K |
| OPEX — Post Production Non-Billable | $231K | $230K | $240K | $701K |
| OPEX — Pitch Team (non-billable mgmt) | $23K | $24K | $23K | $70K |
| OPEX — Pitch Artists (staff + freelancers) | $35K | $37K | $41K | $113K |
| OPEX — Sales & Marketing | $115K | $113K | $96K | $324K |
| OPEX — IT Staff | $71K | $74K | $76K | $221K |
| OPEX — Gen Admin + Partners | $169K | $170K | $172K | $511K |
| OPEX — Strategy (wages + subs) | $60K | $72K | $65K | $197K |
| Total People Costs | $1.01M | $1.22M | $1.06M | $3.28M |
Revenue by Technique — YTD
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CG
$2.4M
34% margin
Motion Design
$3.4M
46% margin
Multi-Technique
$2.0M
25% margin
Strategy
$2.5M
44% margin
Cel
$172K
33% margin
Stop Motion
$142K
-16% margin
Revenue by Technique — Monthly
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Gross Margin by Technique
vs 45% target
Technique P&L Breakdown — YTD
Revenue, COS and gross margin by technique
| Technique | Revenue | COS | Gross Profit | Margin % | % of Total Rev |
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Scenario Planner — Quarterly Revenue & Margin
Total Revenue
$0
Target: $9.0M
Gross Profit
$0
—
Blended Margin
0%
Target: 45%
OPEX (fixed)
$3.61M
Q1 run rate
EBITDA
$0
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Revenue progress toward $9M target
$0 of $9.0M
Revenue by vertical
Gross profit by vertical
Based on margin targets per discipline
Vertical P&L breakdown
| Vertical | Margin target | Revenue | Gross profit | % of total GP |
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Monthly Revenue Forecast — Q2 to Q4 2026
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Breakeven rev/mo
$3.0M
Annual revenue — base
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Annual revenue — best (+10%)
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Annual revenue — worst (-10%)
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Full year EBITDA (incl. Q1 loss of -$1.28M)
Base case EBITDA
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Best case EBITDA
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Worst case EBITDA
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2026 Annual Plan — Progress
Plan adjustments
Annual Rev Target
$33.6M
2026 base
YTD Revenue
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Annual GP Target
$14.3M
42.5% margin
YTD Gross Profit
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Months Elapsed
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Revenue progress — by technique
YTD actuals vs adjusted annual target (pro-rated to elapsed months)
OPEX progress — by department
YTD actuals vs pro-rated annual budget
Full P&L vs Plan — YTD
| Line item | Annual target | Pro-rated target | YTD actual | Variance | % of annual |
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