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Company Dossier · Consumer Staples

Maplebear Inc.

CARTNasdaqFood RetailSAN FRANCISCO, US-CA, USLarge capWebsite ↗
  • Russell 1000
  • MidCap 400

What Maplebear Inc. is doing, read from its filings, its own words and the news, with every figure dated and sourced. Not investment advice: no ratings, no price targets.

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The latest read

Computed from the data on Oct 22, 2026. Every figure links back to its source in the sections below.

  • Revenue over the four quarters to June 30, 2026: $3.99 billion, up 12% from a year earlier.SEC EDGAR filings (XBRL)
  • Free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capital expenditure) over the four quarters to June 30, 2026: $1.18 billion, up 51% from a year earlier.SEC EDGAR filings (XBRL)
  • Capital expenditure over the four quarters to June 30, 2026: $0.06 billion, about level with a year earlier.SEC EDGAR filings (XBRL)
  • Share buybacks in the fiscal year to December 31, 2025: $1.39 billion.SEC EDGAR filings (10-K)
  • Latest earnings call or results release (August 6, 2026): sentiment 0.80 on a −1 to +1 scale (confident, opportunity-framed), confidence 0.70 of 1.Palanor Discourse
  • Latest annual report (filed February 26, 2026): 1 risk factor added, 1 removed.Risk Factor Changes (10-K Item 1A)
  • Insiders were net sellers in Q3 2026: $12.8 million on the open market.SEC Form 4
  • 501 institutional managers reported a position at June 30, 2026 (+32 on the quarter before).SEC Form 13F
  • H-1B filings certified in Q2 2026: 72 (47 a year earlier).U.S. Department of Labor (OFLC)

Company Posture

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Credit

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No bond term sheets or tagged debt on file for Maplebear Inc. yet.

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Cash flow

Business

Maplebear Inc.: free cash flow, trailing twelve months

Operating cash flow minus capital expenditure, $ billions, from SEC filings

$1.2BData to Jun 2026
ImageDataU.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, EDGAR
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Maplebear Inc.: operating cash flow and capital expenditure

Trailing twelve months, $ billions, from SEC filings

Data to Jun 2026
ImageDataU.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, EDGAR
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Maplebear Inc.: revenue, trailing twelve months

$ billions, from SEC filings

$4.0BData to Jun 2026
ImageDataU.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, EDGAR

Capital returned and raised

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Maplebear Inc.: share buybacks by fiscal year

Cash paid to repurchase common stock, $ billions, from the 10-K

$1.4BData to Dec 2025
ImageDataU.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, EDGAR

What the company says

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Maplebear Inc.: earnings call sentiment

Palanor Discourse score per call, −1 to +1

0.80Data to Aug 2026
ImageDataPalanor calculation
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Maplebear Inc.: earnings call confidence

Palanor Discourse score per call, 0 to 1

0.70Data to Aug 2026
ImageDataPalanor calculation
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Maplebear Inc.: risk factors added per annual report

New Item 1A risk factors in each 10-K

1.0Data to Feb 2026
ImageDataU.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, EDGAR
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Maplebear Inc.: gTV

KPI Ledger, as reported in the company's results releases, $ billions

10.4Data to Jun 2026
ImageDataKPI Ledger by Palanor · source: SEC EDGAR
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Maplebear Inc.: orders

KPI Ledger, as reported in the company's results releases, count

90.3MData to Jun 2026
ImageDataKPI Ledger by Palanor · source: SEC EDGAR

Hiring and ownership

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Maplebear Inc.: H-1B filings certified

Labor Condition Applications by quarter received

72.0Data to Jun 2026
ImageDataU.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification disclosure data, dol.gov
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Maplebear Inc.: insider net buying

Open-market purchases minus sales by officers and directors, $ millions, by quarter

−$12.8MData 23 days ago
ImageDataU.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, EDGAR
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Maplebear Inc.: institutional holders

Managers reporting a position on Form 13F, by quarter

501.0Data to Jun 2026
ImageDataU.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, EDGAR

Filings and records

The last two years of notable 8-Ks, offerings, annual reports, federal awards, lobbying reports, patents and other public records, newest first.

  1. Oct 21, 2026Lobbying
    Lobbying report (EMERGENT STRATEGIES)third_quarter 2026 · $0.0 million
  2. Oct 21, 2026Lobbying
    Lobbying report (HARBINGER STRATEGIES, LLC)third_quarter 2026 · $0.1 million
  3. Oct 20, 2026Lobbying
    Lobbying report (AVOQ, LLC)third_quarter 2026 · $0.1 million
  4. Oct 20, 2026Lobbying
    Lobbying report (MAPLEBEAR INC. D/B/A INSTACART)third_quarter 2026 · $0.3 million
  5. Oct 20, 2026Patent
    Patent granted: FINE-TUNING LANGUAGE MODELS TO ASSOCIATE SCANNED TEXT LABELS AND ITEM NAMESUS 12770101
  6. Oct 20, 2026Patent
    Patent granted: MACHINE LEARNED MODEL FOR SELECTING ACTIONS FOR FULFILLING ORDER WITH OUT-OF-STOCK ITEMSUS 12770178
  7. Oct 20, 2026Patent
    Patent granted: SUBREGION TRANSFORMATION FOR LABEL DECODING BY AN AUTOMATED CHECKOUT SYSTEMUS 12769966
  8. Oct 20, 2026Patent
    Patent granted: USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AGENTS FOR SERVICING SEARCH QUERIESUS 12769782
  9. Oct 20, 2026Patent
    Patent granted: METHOD, COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT, AND SYSTEM FOR SELECTING AN ITEM FOR INCLUSION IN AN ORDER FROM A USER OF AN ONLINE CONCIERGEUS 12770179
  10. Oct 15, 2026Trademark
    Trademark application: INSTALEAP
  11. Oct 15, 2026Trademark
    Trademark application: INSTALEAP
  12. Aug 3, 2026Trademark
    Trademark application: CLEMENTINE
  13. Aug 3, 2026Trademark
    Trademark application
  14. Jul 21, 2026Lobbying
    Lobbying report (HARBINGER STRATEGIES, LLC)second_quarter 2026 · $0.1 million
  15. Jul 20, 2026Lobbying
    Lobbying report (MAPLEBEAR INC. D/B/A INSTACART)second_quarter 2026 · $0.4 million
  16. Jul 20, 2026Lobbying
    Lobbying report (AVOQ, LLC)second_quarter 2026 · $0.1 million
  17. Jul 20, 2026Lobbying
    Lobbying report (INVARIANT LLC)second_quarter 2026 · $0.1 million
  18. May 29, 20268-K
    Shareholder vote resultsItem 5.07
  19. May 6, 20268-K
    Material agreement signedItem 1.01
  20. Feb 26, 202610-K
    Annual report (10-K)1 risk factors added, 1 removed
  21. Nov 25, 20258-K
    Director or officer changeItem 5.02
  22. Aug 15, 20258-K
    Director or officer changeItem 5.02
  23. Aug 12, 2025Trademark
    Trademark application: CAPER
  24. May 28, 20258-K
    Director or officer changeItem 5.02
  25. May 27, 20258-K
    Shareholder vote resultsItem 5.07
  26. May 8, 20258-K
    Director or officer changeItem 5.02
  27. Mar 4, 20258-K
    Director or officer changeItem 5.02
  28. Feb 28, 202510-K
    Annual report (10-K)0 risk factors added, 0 removed
  29. Mar 5, 202410-K
    Annual report (10-K)

Peers

Companies in the same industry in the S&P 500, Russell 1000 or MidCap 400, closest in revenue first. Trailing twelve months, from SEC filings.

CompanyRevenueFree cash flowThrough
Sprouts Farmers Market SFM$9.0B$0.4BJun 28, 2026
Casey's CASY$18.7B$0.7BJul 31, 2026
Albertsons ACI———
Kroger KR———
Brown–Forman BF.B$3.9B$0.9BJul 31, 2026
Reynolds Consumer Products REYN$3.8B$0.3BMar 31, 2026
Celsius Holdings CELH$3.0B$0.5BJun 30, 2026
Church & Dwight CHD$6.2B—Jun 30, 2026

Identity

SEC CIK
1579091
Wikidata
Q22909236

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