DAILY JOURNAL CORP DJCO

Communication services SIC 2711 - Newspapers: Publishing or Publishing & Printing NAICS Information › Publishing Industries › Newspaper, Periodical, Book, and Directory Publishers derived Nasdaq

Daily Journal Corporation ("Daily Journal" or "the Company") publishes newspapers and websites covering California and Arizona news and produces several specialized information publications. It also serves as a newspaper representative specializing in public notice advertising. This is sometimes referred to as the Company's "Traditional Business".

Journal Technologies, Inc. ("Journal Technologies"), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, supplies case management software systems and related products to courts, prosecutor and public defender offices, probation departments and other justice agencies, including administrative law organizations, city and county governments and bar associations. These organizations use the Journal Technologies family of products to help manage cases and information electronically, to interface with other critical justice partners and to extend electronic services to the public, including e-filing and a website to pay traffic citations and fees online. These products are licensed or subscribed to in approximately 37 states, and internationally.

Last close 592.84 2026-10-23
Market cap $816.9M 2026-06-30 share count
52-week range 367.40 - 692.50

Valuation FY2025 figures against the last close

P/S9.3x
P/E7.3x
P/FCF61.3x
EV/EBITDA83.5x
Dividend yield—
Diluted EPS81.41

Annual financial statements

Income statement

Fiscal year FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020FY2019FY2018FY2017FY2016
Revenue $87.7M$69.9M$67.7M$54.0M$49.9M$49.9M$48.7M$40.7M$41.4M$41.6M
Total operating expenses $78.2M$65.9M$61.1M$52.0M$47.8M$51.2M$66.9M$54.8M$54.6M$48.3M
Operating income $9.5M$4.1M$6.7M$2.0M$2.2M-$1.3M-$18.2M-$14.1M-$13.2M-$6.6M
Pre-tax income $150.1M$104.3M$28.1M-$102.5M$153.1M$4.2M-$31.5M-$11.3M-$8.1M-$3.0M
Income tax $38.0M$26.2M$6.7M$26.9M$40.1M$185.0K$6.3M$19.5M$7.2M$1.9M
Net income $112.1M$78.1M$21.5M-$21.5M$112.9M$4.0M-$25.2M$8.2M-$918.0K-$1.0M
EPS, basic 81.4156.7315.58-54.8181.77—————
EPS, diluted 81.4156.73——81.772.93-18.265.94-0.66-0.76
Shares, diluted (wtd. avg.) 1.4M1.4M1.4M1.4M1.4M—————

Balance sheet

Fiscal year FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020FY2019FY2018FY2017FY2016
Cash and equivalents $20.6M$13.0M$20.8M$13.4M$12.6M$26.9M$8.6M$9.3M$3.4M$11.4M
Short-term investments $493.0M$358.7M$303.1M$275.5M$347.6M$179.4M$194.6M$212.3M$229.3M—
Receivables $21.0M$19.2M$18.7M$16.9M$9.5M$6.7M$7.0M$4.8M$5.4M$4.7M
Inventory —$15.0K$72.0K$56.0K$43.0K$36.0K$40.0K$46.0K$40.0K$41.0K
Total current assets $539.2M$394.5M$345.4M$309.5M$372.3M$216.3M$212.9M$227.2M$239.8M$184.5M
Property, plant and equipment $8.9M$9.3M$9.4M$9.6M$10.0M$10.5M$10.8M$11.2M$11.6M$12.1M
Goodwill ———————$13.4M$13.4M$13.4M
Other intangibles ————————$3.1M$8.0M
Total assets $548.1M$403.8M$354.9M$319.1M$382.6M$238.6M$237.4M$264.0M$280.7M$225.4M
Accounts payable $7.1M$6.0M$6.6M$5.1M$4.2M$3.9M$4.5M$2.8M$3.0M$2.6M
Total current liabilities $38.8M$38.4M$42.2M$33.6M$34.0M$28.0M$30.7M$27.3M$24.1M$64.9M
Total liabilities $157.1M$125.0M————————
Retained earnings $388.9M$276.8M$198.7M$177.2M$252.9M$140.0M$135.9M$45.4M$57.1M$58.1M
Total equity $391.1M$278.8M$200.5M$179.0M$254.6M$141.7M$137.7M$162.9M$159.7M$125.3M

Cash flow

Fiscal year FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020FY2019FY2018FY2017FY2016
Operating cash flow $13.3M-$89.0K$15.1M-$5.3M$3.3M$2.3M$1.6M-$1.9M-$2.7M$1.2M
Depreciation and amortisation $257.0K$267.0K$279.0K$379.0K$480.0K$524.0K$589.0K$3.7M$5.6M$5.7M
Stock-based compensation $140.0K$202.0K————————
Capital expenditure $8.0K$49.0K$86.0K$36.0K$29.0K$184.0K$165.0K$212.0K$253.0K$3.8M
Investing cash flow -$8.0K$40.5M-$7.3M-$36.8M-$20.0M$16.1M-$165.0K$7.9M-$5.3M-$7.6M
Financing cash flow -$5.7M-$47.7M-$153.0K$42.9M$2.4M-$126.0K-$121.0K-$115.0K-$110.0K$2.2M

Figures as tagged in each year's own filing, in US dollars. A year restated by a later filing shows the restated figure. Capital expenditure, dividends and buybacks are cash out, shown positive. A line the filer does not report is not listed. Latest from accession 0001437749-25-038836.

Plot the figures US dollars

Income statement Revenue Cost of revenue Gross profit R&D SG&A Total operating expenses Operating income Interest expense Pre-tax income Income tax Net income EPS, basic EPS, diluted Shares, diluted (wtd. avg.)
Balance sheet Cash and equivalents Short-term investments Receivables Inventory Total current assets Property, plant and equipment Goodwill Other intangibles Total assets Accounts payable Short-term debt Total current liabilities Long-term debt Total liabilities Retained earnings Total equity
Cash flow Operating cash flow Depreciation and amortisation Stock-based compensation Capital expenditure Investing cash flow Financing cash flow Dividends paid Buybacks
  • Revenue
  • Gross profit
  • Net income
Revenue, Gross profit, Net income by fiscal year, in US dollars The same figures are in the table below this chart. -50M 0 50M 100M 150M Revenue, FY2016: 41.6M Net income, FY2016: -1M Revenue, FY2017: 41.4M Net income, FY2017: -918K Revenue, FY2018: 40.7M Net income, FY2018: 8.2M Revenue, FY2019: 48.7M Net income, FY2019: -25.2M Revenue, FY2020: 49.9M Net income, FY2020: 4M Revenue, FY2021: 49.9M Net income, FY2021: 112.9M Revenue, FY2022: 54M Net income, FY2022: -21.5M Revenue, FY2023: 67.7M Net income, FY2023: 21.5M Revenue, FY2024: 69.9M Net income, FY2024: 78.1M Revenue, FY2025: 87.7M Net income, FY2025: 112.1M FY2016 FY2017 FY2018 FY2019 FY2020 FY2021 FY2022 FY2023 FY2024 FY2025
Fiscal year FY2016FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Revenue $41.6M $41.4M $40.7M $48.7M $49.9M $49.9M $54.0M $67.7M $69.9M $87.7M
Gross profit — — — — — — — — — —
Net income -$1.0M -$918.0K $8.2M -$25.2M $4.0M $112.9M -$21.5M $21.5M $78.1M $112.1M

Recent filings and events

  • Results announced The quarterly or annual earnings release. Arrives four times a year from almost every company here. Item 2.02
  • Results announced Item 2.02
  • Shareholder vote The results of the annual meeting or a special vote. Item 5.07
  • Results announced Item 2.02
  • Other event The catch-all. The company chose to disclose something that fits no other item, so the content is whatever it says it is. Item 8.01
  • Annual report filed A new 10-K. The figures and the business description on this site come from it. Form 10-K
  • Results announced Item 2.02
  • Other event Item 8.01
  • Officer or director change Someone at the top arrived or left. The item covers everything from a board retirement to a chief executive being removed, and only the filing itself says which. Item 5.02
  • Officer or director change Item 5.02
  • Other event Item 8.01
  • Other event Item 8.01

Item numbers are Form 8-K's own, and a filing date is up to four business days after the thing it reports. The same feed across the whole market.

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