Klarna Group (NYSE:KLAR) reported a first-quarter revenue of $1.012 billion for 2026, signifying a 44% increase from the previous year. The company achieved a transaction margin of $389 million, also up 44%, and turned net income positive at $1 million, compared to a loss of $90 million in the same quarter last year. Gross merchandise volume (GMV) rose 33% year over year, reaching $33.7 billion.
The company expanded its merchant count by 49% year over year to 1.07 million, while payment transactions increased 27%. Financing volume surged 138% year over year to $4.1 billion. Klarna’s U.S. GMV grew 39% to $7.1 billion, making up 21% of total GMV, as U.S. revenue rose 67% to $399 million.
Klarna maintains a full-year 2026 guidance targeting over $155 billion in GMV and revenue exceeding 2.8% of GMV. For the second quarter, it expects GMV between $35.5 billion and $36.5 billion and revenue of $960 million to $1 billion.
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