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Market · Philippines · Wed 12 Aug · 2 min read
PhilWeb revenue doubles; cost structure is the real watch
What happened
PhilWeb Corp reported Q2 2026 revenue of PHP352.4 million, up 96% year-on-year. Net income swung from a PHP16.3 million loss to PHP47 million profit in the same period. The driver is growth in its online platform business, where PhilWeb operates as a B2B technology and services provider to Philippine licensed gaming operators.
The catch: operating expenses rose 60% in the same quarter. Revenue is growing faster than costs for now, which produced the profit swing. But the gap between revenue growth and cost growth is not wide enough to signal that the business has found a stable, scalable cost floor.
Why it matters
Sources: GGRAsia
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