Trump Media & Know-how Group earns lower than $2m in Q2.
Revealed On 11 Aug 2026
US President Donald Trump’s media conglomerate has reported a web lack of $238m within the second quarter of 2026, towards income of $1.7m.
In its newest submitting with the US Securities and Change Fee (SEC) on Monday, Trump Media & Know-how Group (TMTG) attributed a lot of the shortfall to $190.4m in unrealised losses on digital property, digital property pledged and fairness securities.
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Different losses included $11.7m in “accreted curiosity” – unpaid curiosity on a mortgage that’s added to the principal – and $8.1m in “stock-based compensation”.
TMTG mentioned income for the April-June quarter rose 89 % in contrast with the identical interval final yr, although losses continued to outpace earnings.
Nearly all of TMTG’s income got here from “media segments”, together with $1.43m from promoting and $179,500 from subscriptions, in accordance with the SEC filings.
The monetary outcomes deliver TMTG’s web losses for the primary half of 2026 to $644m, towards income of $2.5m.
Shares of TMTG, which trades beneath the NASDAQ image “DJT”, have been down 8 % at market closing on Monday.
TMTG’s portfolio contains the social media platform Fact Social, the video streaming service Fact+ and the fintech model Fact.Fi.
Over the previous yr, the corporate has additionally branched into different areas, together with cryptocurrency and, as of August 1, market intelligence by way of the controversial subscription service Fact API.
Fact API gives buyers quicker entry to posts on Fact Social, the place Trump often makes market-moving bulletins on coverage points equivalent to tariffs and the US-Israel battle on Iran.
TMTG interim CEO Kevin McGurn mentioned throughout an earnings name on Monday that 10 corporations had already signed up for the service, which has raised battle of curiosity issues, paying $60,000 to $100,000 per 30 days in charges.
Regardless of the affect of Trump’s posts, Fact Social has lagged behind rival platforms equivalent to X and Fb by way of customers since its launch in 2022.
The New York Occasions reported on Monday that guests to Fact Social in July have been down by greater than a 3rd in contrast with the identical interval final yr, citing knowledge from the web monitoring agency Similarweb.
