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HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Insperity, Inc. (NYSE: NSP), a leading provider of human resources and business performance solutions for America’s best businesses, today reported results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2026. Insperity will be hosting a conference call today at 5:00 p.m. ET to discuss these results and our 2026 outlook and will be posting an accompanying presentation to our investor website at http://ir.insperity.com.
Highlights for the quarter included:
Q1 revenues up 2% year-over-year Q1 average paid WSEEs down 1% to 303,049 Q1 net income of $33 million; adjusted EBITDA of $103 million Q1 diluted EPS of $0.88; adjusted EPS of $1.31 First Quarter Results
“We are pleased with our Q1 financial results, which reflect the effectiveness of our efforts to overcome margin pressure experienced in 2025,” said Paul J. Sarvadi, Insperity chairman and chief executive officer. “We are working to reestablish growth momentum over the balance of the year and to capitalize on the opportunity we see ahead in the evolving AI landscape for Insperity’s strategic HR services, technology, and expertise.”
The average number of worksite employees (“WSEE”) paid per month decreased 1% from Q1 2025 to 303,049 WSEEs. Revenues in Q1 2026 increased 2% to $1.9 billion on a 3% increase in revenue per WSEE on higher pricing, partially offset by the decrease in paid WSEEs.
Gross profit decreased 3% to $302 million in Q1 2026, which represents a significant improvement compared to the 21% decline we experienced in Q4 2025. These results reflect our margin recovery efforts, including our pricing, and client renewal strategy, the new contract terms with UnitedHealthcare, plan design changes and a slightly lower than expected claim cost trend. Our benefits costs per covered employee increased 5% over Q1 2025.
Operating expenses decreased 1% to $240 million in Q1 2026, including $9 million in restructuring charges primarily related to severance associated with a workforce realignment. Excluding the restructuring charges, operating expenses decreased 5% over Q1 2025. Operating expenses included $8 million in Q1 2026 and $13 million in Q1 2025 related to our Workday strategic partnership.
Reported net income was $33 million and diluted EPS was $0.88. Adjusted EBITDA and adjusted EPS were $103 million and $1.31, respectively.
“We are pleased with our gross profit results and the progress we have made in our margin recovery plan, which we expect to continue throughout 2026,” said James D. Allison, executive vice president of finance, chief financial officer and treasurer. “Our operating expenses in the first quarter of 2026 were slightly better than expected, reflecting the actions we have taken to align our cost structure with the needs of our business and to support profitability recovery.”
Cash outlays in the first three months of 2026 included the repurchase of approximately 171,000 shares of our common stock at a cost of $4 million, dividends totaling $23 million, and capital expenditures of $6 million. Adjusted cash at March 31, 2026 totaled $36 million and we had outstanding borrowings of $370 million under our credit facility.
2026 Guidance
The company also announced its updated guidance for 2026, including the second quarter of 2026. Please refer to the accompanying financial tables at the end of this press release for the reconciliation of non-GAAP financial measures to the comparable GAAP financial measures.
Q2 2026
Full Year 2026
Average WSEEs paid
302,500
—
304,500
303,000
—
307,000
Year-over-year decrease
(2.1)%
—
(1.5)%
(2.3)%
—
(1.0)%
Adjusted EPS1
$0.02
—
$0.50
$1.60
—
$2.60
Year-over-year increase (decrease)
(92)%
—
92%
55%
—
152%
Adjusted EBITDA (in millions)
$18
—
$46
$170
—
$230
Year-over-year increase (decrease)
(44)%
—
44%
30%
—
76%
Definition of Key Metrics
Average WSEEs paid — Determined by calculating the company’s cumulative WSEEs paid during the period divided by the number of months in the period.
Adjusted EPS — Represents diluted net income per share computed in accordance with GAAP, excluding the impact of non-cash stock-based compensation and restructuring charge.
Adjusted EBITDA — Represents net income computed in accordance with GAAP, plus interest expense, income taxes, depreciation and amortization expense, amortization of SaaS implementation costs, non-cash stock-based compensation, and restructuring charge.
Conference Call and Webcast
Insperity will be hosting a conference call today at 5:00 p.m. ET to discuss these results and the guidance discussed in this press release, and answer questions from investment analysts. To listen in, call 877-545-0523 and use conference i.d. number 830492. The call will also be webcast at http://ir.insperity.com. The conference call script will be available at the same website later today. A replay of the conference call will be available at 877-481-4010, conference i.d. number 53885. The webcast will be archived for one year.
About Insperity
Since 1986, Insperity’s mission has been to help businesses succeed so communities prosper. Offering a suite of the most comprehensive, scalable HR solutions available in the marketplace, Insperity is defined by an unrivaled breadth and depth of services and level of care. Through an optimal blend of premium HR service and technology, Insperity delivers the administrative relief, reduced liabilities and better benefit solutions that businesses need to drive performance and growth. With 2025 revenues of $6.8 billion and sales and service operations throughout the U.S., Insperity is currently making a difference in thousands of businesses and communities nationwide. For more information, visit http://www.insperity.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
The statements contained herein that are not historical facts are forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. You can identify such forward-looking statements by the words “anticipates,” “expects,” “intends,” “plans,” “projects,” “believes,” “estimates,” “forecasts,” “likely,” “possibly,” “probably,” “could,” “goal,” “opportunity,” “objective,” “target,” “assume,” “outlook,” “guidance,” “predicts,” “appears,” “indicator” and similar expressions. Forward-looking statements involve a number of risks and uncertainties. In the normal course of business, in an effort to help keep our stockholders and the public informed about our operations, from time to time, we may issue such forward-looking statements, either orally or in writing. Generally, these statements relate to business plans or strategies, including our strategic partnership with Workday, Inc.; projected or anticipated benefits or other consequences of such plans or strategies; or projections involving anticipated revenues, earnings, average number of worksite employees, benefits and workers’ compensation costs, or other operating results. We base these forward-looking statements on our current expectations, estimates and projections. We caution you that these statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve risks, uncertainties and assumptions that we cannot predict. In addition, we have based many of these forward-looking statements on assumptions about future events that may prove to be inaccurate. Therefore, the actual results of the future events described in such forward-looking statements could differ materially from those stated in such forward-looking statements. Among the factors that could cause actual results to differ materially are:
adverse economic conditions; disallowance of employee retention tax credits under certain COVID-19 relief programs; bank failures or other events affecting financial institutions; labor shortages, increasing competition for highly skilled workers, and evolving employee expectations regarding the workplace; impact of inflation and changes in U.S. trade policy; vulnerability to regional economic factors because of our geographic market concentration; failure to comply with covenants under our credit facility; impact of a future outbreak of highly infectious or contagious disease; our liability for WSEE payroll, payroll taxes and benefits costs, or other liabilities associated with actions of our client companies or WSEEs, including if our clients fail to pay us; increases in health insurance costs and workers’ compensation rates and underlying claims trends; financial solvency of workers’ compensation carriers, other insurers or financial institutions; the ability to adjust service fees for increases in state and local taxes, including state unemployment tax rates; an adverse determination regarding our status as the employer of our WSEEs for tax and benefit purposes and an inability to offer alternative benefit plans following such a determination; cancellation of client contracts on short notice, or the inability to renew client contracts or attract new clients; disruption from healthcare reform or the inability to secure competitive replacement contracts for health insurance and workers’ compensation insurance at expiration of current contracts; regulatory and tax developments and possible adverse application of various federal, state and local regulations; failure to manage growth of our operations and the effectiveness of our sales and marketing efforts; the impact of the competitive environment and other developments in the human resources services industry, including the professional employer organization (or PEO) industry, on our growth and/or profitability; an adverse final judgment or settlement of claims against Insperity; disruptions of our information technology systems or failure to enhance our service and technology offerings to address new regulations or client expectations; our liability or damage to our reputation relating to disclosure of sensitive or private information as a result of data theft, cyberattacks or security vulnerabilities; failure of third-party providers, such as financial institutions, data centers or cloud service providers; our ability to fully realize the anticipated benefits of our strategic partnership and joint solution with Workday, Inc.; and our ability to integrate or realize expected returns on future product offerings, including through acquisitions, strategic partnerships, and investments. These factors are discussed in further detail in Insperity’s filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Any of these factors, or a combination of such factors, could materially affect the results of our operations and whether forward-looking statements we make ultimately prove to be accurate.
Any forward-looking statements are made only as of the date hereof and, unless otherwise required by applicable securities laws, we undertake no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
Insperity, Inc.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(Unaudited)
March 31, 2026
December 31, 2025
(in millions)
Assets
Cash and cash equivalents
$
537
$
642
Restricted cash
80
82
Marketable securities
18
18
Accounts receivable, net
880
826
Prepaid insurance and related assets
67
6
Income taxes receivable
30
29
Other current assets
118
119
Total current assets
1,730
1,722
Property and equipment, net
172
177
Right-of-use leased assets
60
63
Deposits and prepaid health insurance
173
165
Goodwill and other intangible assets, net
13
13
Deferred income taxes, net
—
22
Other assets
48
41
Total assets
$
2,196
$
2,203
Liabilities and stockholders' equity
Accounts payable
$
6
$
6
Payroll taxes and other payroll deductions payable
471
544
Accrued worksite employee payroll cost
818
764
Accrued health insurance costs
67
30
Accrued workers’ compensation costs
82
84
Accrued corporate payroll and commissions
53
78
Other accrued liabilities
91
114
Total current liabilities
1,588
1,620
Accrued workers’ compensation costs, net of current
104
102
Long-term debt
369
369
Operating lease liabilities, net of current
61
66
Deferred income taxes, net
7
—
Total noncurrent liabilities
541
537
Stockholders’ equity:
Common stock
1
1
Additional paid-in capital
244
257
Treasury stock, at cost
(826
)
(850
)
Retained earnings
648
638
Total stockholders' equity
67
46
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity
$
2,196
$
2,203
Insperity, Inc.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(Unaudited)
Three Months Ended March 31,
(in millions, except per share amounts)
2026
2025
Change
Operating results:
Revenues(1)
$
1,895
$
1,863
2
%
Payroll taxes, benefits and workers’ compensation costs
1,593
1,553
3
%
Gross profit
302
310
(3
)%
Salaries, wages and payroll taxes
140
142
(1
)%
Stock-based compensation
13
11
18
%
Commissions
10
11
(9
)%
Advertising
11
7
57
%
General and administrative expenses
55
60
(8
)%
Depreciation and amortization
11
11
—
Total operating expenses
240
242
(1
)%
Operating income
62
68
(9
)%
Other income (expense):
Interest income
7
10
(30
)%
Interest expense
(6
)
(6
)
—
Income before income tax expense
63
72
(13
)%
Income tax expense
30
21
43
%
Net income
$
33
$
51
(35
)%
Net income per share of common stock
Basic
$
0.88
$
1.37
(36
)%
Diluted
$
0.88
$
1.35
(35
)%
Three Months Ended March 31,
(in millions)
2026
2025
Gross billings
$
12,146
$
12,144
Less: WSEE payroll cost
10,251
10,281
Revenues
$
1,895
$
1,863
Insperity, Inc.
KEY FINANCIAL AND STATISTICAL DATA
Three Months Ended March 31,
2026
2025
Change
Average WSEEs paid
303,049
306,023
(1
)%
Statistical data (per WSEE per month):
Revenues(1)
$
2,084
$
2,029
3
%
Gross profit
332
338
(2
)%
Operating expenses
264
264
—
Operating income
68
74
(8
)%
Net income
36
56
(36
)%
Three Months Ended March 31,
(per WSEE per month)
2026
2025
Gross billings
$
13,360
$
13,228
Less: WSEE payroll cost
11,276
11,199
Revenues
$
2,084
$
2,029
Insperity, Inc.
Non-GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURES
(Unaudited)
Non-GAAP financial measures are not prepared in accordance with GAAP and may be different from non-GAAP financial measures used by other companies. Non-GAAP financial measures should not be considered as a substitute for, or superior to, measures of financial performance prepared in accordance with GAAP. Investors are encouraged to review the reconciliation of the non-GAAP financial measures used to their most directly comparable GAAP financial measures as provided in the tables below.
Non-GAAP Measure
Definition
Benefit of Non-GAAP Measure
Non-bonus payroll cost
Non-bonus payroll cost is a non-GAAP financial measure that excludes the impact of bonus payrolls paid to our WSEEs.
Our management refers to non-bonus payroll cost in analyzing, reporting and forecasting our workers’ compensation costs.
Bonus payroll cost varies from period to period, but has no direct impact to our ultimate workers’ compensation costs under the current program.
We include these non-GAAP financial measures because we believe they are useful to investors in allowing for greater transparency related to the costs incurred under our current workers’ compensation program.
Adjusted cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities
Excludes funds associated with:
• federal and state income tax withholdings,
• employment taxes,
• other payroll deductions, and
• client prepayments.
We believe that the exclusion of the identified items helps us reflect the fundamentals of our underlying business model and analyze results against our expectations, against prior periods, and to plan for future periods by focusing on our underlying operations. We believe that the adjusted results provide relevant and useful information for investors because they allow investors to view performance in a manner similar to the method used by management and improves their ability to understand and assess our operating performance. Adjusted EBITDA is used by our lenders to assess our leverage and ability to make interest payments.
Adjusted operating expenses
Represents operating expenses excluding the impact of the following:
• restructuring charges.
EBITDA
Represents net income computed in accordance with GAAP, plus:
• interest expense,
• income tax expense,
• depreciation and amortization expense, and
• amortization of SaaS implementation costs.
Adjusted EBITDA
Represents EBITDA plus:
• non-cash stock-based compensation, and
• restructuring charges.
Adjusted net income
Represents net income computed in accordance with GAAP, excluding:
• non-cash stock-based compensation,
• restructuring charges, and
• the income tax effect at our effective tax rate of these pre-tax adjustments.(1)
Adjusted EPS
Represents diluted net income per share computed in accordance with GAAP, excluding:
• non-cash stock-based compensation,
• restructuring charges, and
• the income tax effect at our effective tax rate of these pre-tax adjustments.(1)
Following is a reconciliation of payroll cost (GAAP) to non-bonus payroll costs (non-GAAP):
Three Months Ended March 31,
(in millions, except per WSEE per month)
2026
2025
Per
WSEE
Per
WSEE
Payroll cost
$
10,251
$
11,276
$
10,281
$
11,199
Less: Bonus payroll cost
2,118
2,330
2,243
2,444
Non-bonus payroll cost
$
8,133
$
8,946
$
8,038
$
8,755
Payroll cost % change period over period
—
1
%
6
%
5
%
Non-bonus payroll cost % change period over period
1
%
2
%
3
%
2
%
Following is a reconciliation of cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities (GAAP) to adjusted cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities (non-GAAP):
(in millions)
March 31,
2026
December 31,
2025
Cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities
$
555
$
660
Less:
Amounts payable for withheld federal and state income taxes, employment taxes and other payroll deductions
415
468
Client prepayments
104
135
Adjusted cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities
$
36
$
57
Following is a reconciliation of operating expenses (GAAP) to adjusted operating expenses (non-GAAP):
(in millions, except per WSEE per month)
Three Months Ended March 31,
2026
2025
Per
WSEE
Per
WSEE
Operating expenses
$
240
$
264
$
242
$
264
Less: Restructuring charges
9
10
—
—
Adjusted operating expenses
$
231
$
254
$
242
$
264
Operating expenses % change period over period
(1
)%
—
2
%
2
%
Adjusted operating expenses % change period over period
(5
)%
(4
)%
2
%
2
%
Following is a reconciliation of net income (GAAP) to EBITDA (non-GAAP) and adjusted EBITDA (non-GAAP):
(in millions, except per WSEE per month)
Three Months Ended March 31,
2026
2025
Per
WSEE
Per
WSEE
Net income
$
33
$
36
$
51
$
56
Income tax expense
30
33
21
22
Interest expense
6
7
6
7
Amortization of SaaS implementation costs
1
1
2
2
Depreciation and amortization
11
12
11
12
EBITDA
81
89
91
99
Stock-based compensation
13
14
11
12
Restructuring charges
9
10
—
—
Adjusted EBITDA
$
103
$
113
$
102
$
111
Net income % change period over period
(35
)%
(36
)%
(35
)%
(36
)%
Adjusted EBITDA % change period over period
1
%
2
%
(28
)%
(29
)%
Following is a reconciliation of net income (GAAP) to adjusted net income (non-GAAP):
Three Months Ended March 31,
(in millions)
2026
2025
Net income
$
33
$
51
Non-GAAP adjustments:
Stock-based compensation
13
11
Restructuring charges
9
—
Total non-GAAP adjustments
22
11
Tax effect
(5
)
(3
)
Total non-GAAP adjustments, net
17
8
Adjusted net income
$
50
$
59
Net income % change period over period
(35
)%
(35
)%
Adjusted net income % change period over period
(15
)%
(31
)%
Following is a reconciliation of diluted EPS (GAAP) to adjusted EPS (non-GAAP):
Three Months Ended March 31,
(amounts per share)
2026
2025
Diluted EPS
$
0.88
$
1.35
Non-GAAP adjustments:
Stock-based compensation
0.35
0.30
Restructuring charges
0.23
—
Total non-GAAP adjustments
0.58
0.30
Tax effect
(0.15
)
(0.08
)
Total non-GAAP adjustments, net
0.43
0.22
Adjusted EPS
$
1.31
$
1.57
Diluted EPS % change period over period
(35
)%
(35
)%
Adjusted EPS % change period over period
(17
)%
(31
)%
The following is a reconciliation of GAAP to non-GAAP financial measures for second quarter and full year 2026 guidance:
Q2 2026
Full Year 2026
(in millions, except per share amounts)
Guidance
Guidance
Net income
$(10) – $9
$18 – $56
Income tax expense
(5) – 4
19 – 41
Interest expense
6
24
SaaS implementation amortization
3
10
Depreciation and amortization
10
41
EBITDA
4 – 32
112 – 172
Stock-based compensation
14
49
Restructuring charges
—
9
Adjusted EBITDA
$18 – $46
$170 – $230
Diluted EPS
$(0.25) – $0.23
$0.48 – $1.48
Non-GAAP adjustments:
Stock-based compensation
0.36
1.27
Restructuring charges
—
0.23
Total non-GAAP adjustments
0.36
1.50
Tax effect
(0.09)
(0.38)
Total non-GAAP adjustments, net
0.27
1.12
Adjusted EPS
$0.02 – $0.50
$1.60 – $2.60
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