Note 12. Segment Information

Operating segments are components of an enterprise about which separate financial information is available and is evaluated quarterly by management, namely the Chief Operating Decision Maker (“CODM”) of an organization, in order to determine operating and resource allocation decisions. By this definition, the Company has identified its CEO as the CODM. As disclosed above, beginning on the first day of the fourth fiscal quarter of 2025, the Company operates and reports in two segments: Enterprise (formerly NETGEAR For Business) and Consumer, with Consumer comprising the former Home Networking and Mobile businesses, previously reported as Connected Home. Refer to “Segments” in Note 1, The Company and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, for additional information

regarding the Company’s segment changes during 2025. These changes did not impact the Company’s consolidated financial statements or segment financial information for the year ended December 31, 2025, and prior-period segment information has been presented on a comparable basis.

The Company’s reportable segments are described as follows:

Enterprise: focuses on small and medium enterprises and provides solutions for audio and video over Ethernet for AV applications, enterprise networking solutions, including wireless local area network (“LAN”) and cloud-managed networking capabilities, software platforms for deployment and remote management, and security offerings, including firewall and SASE functionality, designed to address the networking, security, and manageability requirements of organizations seeking reliable and cost-effective connectivity solutions; and
Consumer: focuses on consumers and provides high-performance, dependable and easy-to-use WiFi internet networking solutions such as multi-band WiFi 7 mesh systems and routers, subscription services offering performance, security, privacy and support, and 4G/5G mobile products, including WiFi 7 and WiFi 6/6E-enabled portable mobile hotspots and mobile routers, designed to address the demand for reliable, high-speed connectivity at home and on the go.

The Company believes that this structure reflects its current operational and financial management, with Enterprise and Consumer operating as distinct business units with integrated product development and go-to-market capabilities. The leadership teams of each segment are responsible for sales, marketing, product management, engineering, and customer support activities tailored to their respective markets.

The results of the reportable segments are derived directly from the Company’s management reporting system. The results are based on the Company’s method of internal reporting and are not necessarily in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States. Management measures the performance of each segment based on several metrics, including contribution income (loss). Segment contribution income (loss) includes all product line segment revenue less the related cost of sales, research and development and sales and marketing costs. Contribution income (loss) is used, in part, to evaluate the performance of, and allocate resources to, each of the segments. Certain operating expenses are not allocated to segments because they are separately managed at the corporate level. These unallocated indirect costs include corporate costs, such as corporate research and development, corporate marketing expense and general and administrative costs, amortization of intangibles, acquisition related expenses, stock-based compensation expense, intangible assets impairment, restructuring and other charges, litigation reserves, net, and other income, net.

Financial information for each reportable segment and a reconciliation of total segment contribution income to income (loss) before income taxes is as follows:

 

 

 

Year Ended December 31,

 

 

 

 

2025

 

 

2024

 

 

2023

 

(In thousands, except percentage data)

 

 

Enterprise

 

 

Consumer

 

 

Total

 

 

Enterprise

 

 

Consumer

 

 

Total

 

 

Enterprise

 

 

Consumer

 

 

Total

 

Net revenue

 

$

342,029

 

$

357,592

 

$

699,621

 

$

287,812

 

$

385,947

 

$

673,759

 

$

293,975

 

$

446,865

 

$

740,840

 

Cost of revenue

 

 

174,468

 

 

255,803

 

 

430,271

 

 

168,399

 

 

307,820

 

 

476,219

 

 

163,083

 

 

326,843

 

 

489,926

 

Gross profit

 

 

167,561

 

 

101,789

 

 

269,350

 

 

119,413

 

 

78,127

 

 

197,540

 

 

130,892

 

 

120,022

 

 

250,914

 

Gross margin

 

 

49.0%

 

 

28.5%

 

 

38.5%

 

 

41.5%

 

 

20.2%

 

 

29.3%

 

 

44.5%

 

 

26.9%

 

 

33.9%

 

Operating expenses

 

 

90,841

 

 

93,100

 

 

183,941

 

 

75,408

 

 

104,138

 

 

179,546

 

 

74,127

 

 

110,477

 

 

184,604

 

Contribution income (loss)

 

 

76,720

 

 

8,689

 

 

85,409

 

 

44,005

 

 

(26,011)

 

 

17,994

 

 

56,765

 

 

9,545

 

 

66,310

 

Contribution margin

 

 

22.4%

 

 

2.4%

 

 

12.2%

 

 

15.3%

 

 

(6.7)%

 

 

2.7%

 

 

19.3%

 

 

2.1%

 

 

9.0%

 

Corporate and unallocated costs

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(79,465)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(67,633)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(76,179)

 

Amortization of intangible assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(1,174)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(257)

 

Stock-based compensation expense

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(29,715)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(22,678)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(17,938)

 

Intangible assets impairment

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(1,071)

 

Acquisition related expenses

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(1,234)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Restructuring and other charges

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(7,764)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(4,479)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(3,962)

 

Litigation reserves, net

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(209)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

89,012

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(178)

 

Other income, net (1)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

17,376

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

12,672

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

14,139

 

Income (loss) before income taxes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

(16,776)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

24,888

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

(19,136)

 

_______________________

(1)
Refer to Note 7, Other Income, Net for detailed information.

The Company does not report total assets by segment for internal or external reporting purposes as the Company’s CODM does not evaluate operating segments, make strategic decisions, or allocate resources using discrete asset information.

Operations by Geographic Region

For reporting purposes, revenue is generally attributed to each geographic region based on the location of the customer. The following table shows net revenue by geography:

 

 

 

 

Year Ended December 31,

(In thousands)

 

 

2025

 

 

2024

 

 

2023

United States (U.S.)

 

$

461,866

 

$

443,818

 

$

489,968

Americas (excluding U.S.)

 

 

14,154

 

 

12,222

 

 

14,381

EMEA (1)

 

 

139,602

 

 

127,260

 

 

148,922

APAC (1)

 

 

83,999

 

 

90,459

 

 

87,569

Total net revenue

 

$

699,621

 

$

673,759

 

$

740,840

______________________

(1)
No individual country, other than disclosed above, represented more than 10% of the Company’s total net revenue in the periods presented.

 

Long-lived assets by Geographic Region

The following table represents the Company’s long-lived assets located in geographic areas, which consist of property and equipment, net and operating lease right-of-use assets:

 

(In thousands)

 

 

December 31, 2025

 

 

December 31, 2024

United States (U.S.)

 

$

42,836

 

$

19,057

Canada

 

 

4,584

 

 

5,573

Americas (excluding U.S. and Canada)

 

 

10

 

 

39

EMEA

 

 

2,345

 

 

3,127

Singapore

 

 

4,075

 

 

4,841

APAC (excluding Singapore) (1)

 

 

8,866

 

 

6,698

Total

 

$

62,716

 

$

39,335

_______________________

(1)
No individual country, other than disclosed above, represented more than 10% of the Company’s total long-lived assets in the periods presented.

 

Significant Customers

For the years ended December 31, 2025 and 2024, the Company had one customer in each year that individually accounted for 17% and 16% of net revenue, respectively. For the year ended December 31, 2023, the Company had two customers, that each individually accounted for 17% and 12% of net revenue, respectively. All of the customers were primarily within the Consumer segment.

Historical Timeline

Fiscal YearFiled
2025Feb 13, 2026Showing above
2024Feb 14, 2025
2023Feb 16, 2024
2022Feb 17, 2023
2021Feb 18, 2022
2020Feb 16, 2021
2019Feb 18, 2020
2018Feb 22, 2019
2017Feb 16, 2018
2016Feb 24, 2017
2015Feb 19, 2016

About Segments Disclosures

Segment disclosures break a company into its reportable operating units, revealing revenue, profit, and asset allocation that consolidated financial statements obscure. Under ASC 280, segments must match how the chief operating decision maker views the business, providing a window into internal management structure and resource allocation priorities.

Key signals: compare segment margins to identify which units drive profitability and which destroy value. Watch for changes in the number of reportable segments — segment aggregation or disaggregation often coincides with strategic shifts or attempts to obscure declining performance. Intersegment elimination patterns reveal internal pricing practices. The reconciliation between segment totals and consolidated figures exposes corporate overhead allocation and unallocated items. Geographic revenue concentration highlights regulatory and currency exposure. Compare segment-level capital expenditure against segment revenue to assess where management is investing for future growth versus harvesting existing assets.