Stocks · Financial Services · Asset Management
The Marygold Companies, Inc. MGLD
$2.03 +0.50% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · AMEX · Market cap $86.9M
Strong trendExpensive vs sector
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Three things to know
- Operating margin widened to -7.9% from -22.2% a year earlier.
- Over the past year the stock returned +89.7%, ahead of the S&P 500 by 74.6 percentage points.
- The company holds net cash of $2.4M (cash above total debt).
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Financial Services sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 18%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 3%
- Revenue growth accelerationTop 28%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalBottom 5%
- Gross marginTop 25%
- Operating marginBottom 8%
- Accruals (lower is better)Top 11%
- Interest coverBottom 3%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldBottom 8%
- Free-cash-flow yieldBottom 12%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueBottom 6%
- Sales / enterprise valueTop 44%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthBottom 20%
- 6-month returnTop 1%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 1%
- Distance from 52-week highTop 20%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Top 11%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Bottom 1%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 8%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Top 1%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | -7.0% | -4.8% | ↑ |
| Gross margin | 72.5% | 75.5% | ↑ |
| Operating margin | -22.2% | -7.9% | ↑ |
| FCF margin | -11.2% | -8.2% | ↑ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | -4.8% | -7.0% | ↑ | Bottom 18% |
| Gross margin | 75.5% | 72.5% | ↑ | Top 25% |
| Operating margin | -7.9% | -22.2% | ↑ | Bottom 8% |
| Net margin | -15.2% | -19.3% | ↑ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | -8.2% | -11.2% | ↑ | — |
| Return on invested capital | -10.4% | — | Bottom 5% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | -10.1% | — | Bottom 3% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -8.6%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 0.2%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- -3.3 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- Net cash
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- -32.6×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.00%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 0.06%
- Shareholder yield
- 0.06%
- Share count change, 1 year
- +0.3%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- +2.9%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Sep 18, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- +5.1%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 3 of 7
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 18, 2026 | — | +12.2% | +5.8% | — | — |
| May 8, 2026 | — | +0.0% | +1.8% | -0.9% | -8.8% |
| Feb 5, 2026 | — | +14.3% | +0.0% | +4.8% | +10.5% |
| Nov 7, 2025 | — | +2.0% | -1.5% | -9.9% | +4.0% |
| Sep 22, 2025 | — | +1.9% | +0.0% | -5.6% | -15.0% |
| May 8, 2025 | — | +11.5% | +10.8% | +0.9% | -2.9% |
| Feb 5, 2025 | — | +4.8% | -2.9% | -3.8% | -15.2% |
| Nov 8, 2024 | — | -6.2% | +3.1% | +6.2% | -16.9% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 18, 2026 | -$0.09 | — | — | $6.9M |
| May 8, 2026 | $0.01 | — | — | $7.2M |
| Feb 5, 2026 | -$0.01 | — | — | $7.6M |
| Nov 7, 2025 | -$0.01 | — | — | $7.0M |
| Sep 22, 2025 | -$0.03 | — | — | $7.2M |
| May 8, 2025 | -$0.02 | — | — | $7.0M |
| Feb 5, 2025 | -$0.04 | — | — | $8.0M |
| Nov 8, 2024 | -$0.04 | — | — | $7.9M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EV / Sales | 2.94× | — | — | Top 44% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | -2.70% | — | — | Bottom 12% |
| Earnings yield | -5.03% | — | — | Bottom 8% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 14.9× – 246.5× since Jun 30, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✓ Price above 20-day average
- ✓ Price above 50-day average
- ✓ Price above 200-day average
- ✓ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✓ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 6
- Days above the 200-day average
- 6
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- +4.9%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- +2.7%
- Distance from 50-day average
- +77.0%
- Distance from 200-day average
- +83.7%
- RSI (14)
- 83.9
- Relative volume
- 0.18×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 146.2%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 94th percentile · High for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- -0.36
- Correlation with S&P 500
- -0.06
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- +0.0%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -66.8%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 14, 2022 | Aug 18, 2025 | -79.9% | 836 days | Not yet recovered |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $86.9M
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- -$0.10
- Revenue (TTM)
- $28.7M
- 52-week range
- $0.84 – $2.12
| FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | FY 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $37.8M | $34.9M | $32.8M | $30.2M | $25.3M |
| Gross profit | $28.6M | $26.1M | $24.1M | $21.9M | $15.1M |
| Operating income | $2.4M | $1.4M | -$6.3M | -$6.7M | -$2.4M |
| Net income | $1.1M | $1.2M | -$4.1M | -$5.8M | -$4.4M |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.03 | $0.03 | -$0.10 | -$0.14 | -$0.10 |
| Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | Q3 2026 | Q4 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $7.9M | $8.0M | $7.0M | $7.2M | $7.0M | $7.6M | $7.2M | $6.9M |
| Net income | -$1.6M | -$1.7M | -$1.0M | -$1.5M | -$356,000 | -$576,000 | $222,000 | -$3.7M |
| EPS (diluted) | -$0.04 | -$0.04 | -$0.02 | -$0.03 | -$0.01 | -$0.01 | $0.01 | -$0.09 |
| FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | FY 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | -$580,300 | $1.9M | -$1.9M | -$3.3M | -$2.3M |
| Capital expenditure | -$44,041 | -$94,730 | -$54,000 | -$54,000 | -$29,000 |
| Free cash flow | -$624,341 | $1.8M | -$2.0M | -$3.4M | -$2.3M |
| Dividends paid | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Net share buybacks | $3.0M | $0 | $0 | $1.8M | $0 |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $10.7M
- Total assets
- $24.0M
- Total liabilities
- $4.8M
- Total debt
- $468,000
- Net debt
- -$2.4M
- Shareholders’ equity
- $19.2M
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Sep 18, 2026).
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 82,182
- Days to cover
- 9.08
- Change vs previous report
- +23.8%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.
Stock splits
- Dec 15, 2017
- 1-for-30
- Dec 17, 2015
- 1-for-10