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ALIT: Lower bookings pressured revenue and adjusted EBITDA, with headwinds expected into FY2027
Alight’s third-quarter revenue declined 6.2% year over year amid client losses and lower bookings, while adjusted EBITDA, a measure of operating earnings, fell to $86 million. Management expects revenue headwinds through FY2027 and is prioritizing restructuring savings and debt reduction.
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What happened
Alight reported that third-quarter revenue fell 6.2% from a year earlier, mainly amid lower commercial activity and client losses. Adjusted operating earnings fell to $86 million. The company raised its full-year 2026 revenue and adjusted earnings outlook, while saying revenue headwinds may continue through FY2027.
Global impact / market context
Lower revenue and earnings show pressure on Alight’s business, which may matter to investors assessing its performance. The higher full-year outlook points in a more positive direction, but expected revenue headwinds mean the pressure may last.
What to watch
- Check whether revenue continues to fall, since recent lower commercial activity and client losses were linked to the decline.
- Check whether adjusted operating earnings recover from $86 million, since they fell from a year earlier.
- Check whether Alight meets its raised full-year revenue and adjusted earnings outlook, since that would show whether the improved outlook is on track.
Affected assets
- Alight, Inc.
Evidence
- Infoway News — ALIT: Lower bookings pressured revenue and adjusted EBITDA, with headwinds expected into FY2027
- Infoway News — ALIT: Q3 revenue declined, while FY26 guidance was raised and adjusted EBITDA topped expectations again
- Infoway News — Alight's Q3 revenue falls on lower net commercial activity
- Incident timeline — ALIT: Lower bookings pressured revenue and adjusted EBITDA, with headwinds expected into FY2027
- Incident timeline — ALIT: Q3 revenue declined, while FY26 guidance was raised and adjusted EBITDA topped expectations again
- Incident timeline — Alight's Q3 revenue falls on lower net commercial activity