{
  "id": 5816120,
  "title": "Clear Secure’s (YOU) Profits Are Soaring While Growth Signals Cool",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/05/clear-secures-you-profits-are-soaring-while-growth-signals-cool",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-09-05T18:24:50.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Yahoo Finance",
    "slug": "yahoo-finance",
    "url": "https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/stocks/articles/clear-secure-profits-soaring-while-182450116.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Clear Secure (NYSE:YOU) posted strong second-quarter results, with revenue up 26.6% to $277.8 million and Total Bookings growing 32.8% to $295.9 million. The company's membership base continued to expand, with 43.5 million CLEAR Members and 8.3 million Active CLEAR+ subscribers as of June 30. Operating income reached $83 million, with an Adjusted EBITDA of $101.1 million, both reflecting impressive margins of 29.9% and 36.4% respectively. Free cash flow hit $189 million, prompting management to raise its full-year free cash flow guidance to at least $480 million, a 39.9% increase from the previous estimate. However, the company's own forecast for the third quarter indicates a slowdown in growth, with revenue growth expected at 24.6% and bookings growth at 20.5%, down from the 32.8% and 26.6% growth seen in the second quarter. Despite robust profitability and membership growth, the company's own forecast highlights a potential deceleration in growth rates that some investors may find cause for concern.",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}