SharpLink Gaming (NASDAQ: SBET) easily beat third-quarter estimates, mostly because its Ethereum treasury gained value. Shares still fell about 4.5% in premarket trading on Monday. Investors looked past the large headline profit to the smaller operating business underneath it.

Key Points

• Adjusted EPS came in at $3.45, far above the consensus estimate of a $0.01 loss.
• Revenue rose 24% to $13.5M, ahead of the $12.96M estimate.
• Net income of $751.4M came mostly from $676.7M in unrealized crypto gains.
• Staking revenue climbed 27% to $13.1M, while SG&A fell 8%.
• SharpLink holds about 892,708 ETH, worth roughly $2.1B.

Crypto Gains Drive the Headline Number

SharpLink reported net income of $751.4M for the quarter. Most of it came from the value of its ETH holdings: $676.7M in unrealized gains and another $75.2M in realized gains. As a result, adjusted earnings of $3.45 per share beat Wall Street’s estimate of a one-cent loss by a wide margin.

The operating business also grew. Revenue rose 24% from $10.8M a year ago to $13.5M, beating the $12.96M consensus. Almost all of it came from staking, which generated $13.1M, up 27% year over year.

Staking Becomes the Core Engine

SharpLink keeps putting its treasury to work instead of just holding it. On September 28, the company staked $200M of ETH through Lido. This builds on the $125M Galaxy SharpLink Onchain Yield Fund it launched in August.

CEO Joseph Chalom said the company remains “focused on maximizing the productivity of our ETH holdings.”

The company also cut costs. SG&A fell 8% to $11.0M, and cash rose to $47.9M from $28.5M at the end of 2025. That gives SharpLink more room to run the $1.5 billion buyback program it authorized earlier.

Why Shares Are Slipping

Even so, the market reaction shows how hard it is to value ETH treasury companies. Mark-to-market gains swing with crypto prices, and Bitcoin is trading near $74K. Investors are therefore focusing on recurring staking income rather than paper profits. Meanwhile, competition for ETH treasury capital keeps growing, as shown by BitMine’s push past 6 million tokens.

SharpLink Gaming is a member of the PRISM Sports Index.

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