ASTA FUNDING INC
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Financials
SEC XBRL · annual| FY19 | FY18 | FY17 | FY16 | FY15 | FY14 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $21.1M | $21.5M | $5.3M | $22.9M | $44.2M | $60.1M |
| Operating income | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Net income | $7.2M | −$1.0M | −$2.0M | −$1.8M | $345,000 | $5.9M |
| Total assets | $90.7M | $78.7M | $114.3M | $255.0M | $237.4M | $217.1M |
| Total liabilities | $1.5M | $2.3M | $86.7M | $73.2M | $56.1M | $35.9M |
| Equity | $89.2M | $82.4M | $112.7M | $181.8M | $183.4M | $181.3M |
| EPS (diluted) | $1.08 | $-0.14 | $-0.29 | $0.61 | $0.03 | $0.45 |
| Shares out. | 6.6M | 6.7M | 6.6M | 11.9M | 12.1M | 13.0M |
Reported figures from the company's SEC filings (XBRL). Blank where a line item isn't cleanly tagged — never estimated.
Key ratios
from filings · FY2019- Operating margin
- —
- Net margin
- 34.0%
- Return on equity
- 8.0%
- Return on assets
- 7.9%
- Return on capital (ROCE)
- —
- Liabilities / assets
- 1.7%
- Debt / equity
- 0.02×
- Book value / share
- $13.58
- Revenue growth (YoY)
- −2.0%
- Net income growth (YoY)
- —
Computed from the company's own SEC figures — no market price, so these are facts, not a valuation. Book value per share is reported equity ÷ shares; it is not the stock price.
Financial health
forensic scores · FY2019- Accruals / assets
- −4.6%clean
- Piotroski F-Score
- 6/7mixed
Altman Z″is a textbook bankruptcy-distress score from book values only (>2.6 safe · 1.1–2.6 grey · <1.1 distress). Accruals = (net income − operating cash flow) ÷ assets; persistently high accruals are an earnings-quality red flag. Beneish M-Scoreis an eight-ratio screen comparing this year with last (M > −1.78 = elevated manipulation-risk screen, not proof). Piotroski F-Scorecounts how many of nine fundamental-health checks pass (shown as passed / applicable; we use operating margin and total liabilities as documented proxies where the exact input isn't XBRL-tagged). Computed from SEC filings — descriptive factors, not advice or a forecast.
Quality score
EDS ScoreOur own multi-factor score from free SEC data — profitability, growth, financial strength, earnings quality, and event/ownership catalysts. No market price and no licensed model: each axis is the share of source-backed checks it passes. Descriptive factors, not advice or a forecast. What these scores mean →
Signs
● 1 severe● 1 warning● 3 good- Filed a late-filing notice (Form NT) — missed an SEC deadline
- Revenue declined year-over-year
- Conservative leverage (liabilities < 50% of assets)
- Positive operating cash flow
- Clean earnings (low accruals)
Derived from the company's own SEC figures (fundamentals, forensic scores, filing discipline) — descriptive factors, not advice or a forecast.
Risk flags
late SEC filings- NT 10-Qmissed a reporting deadline ↗May 18, 2020
- NT 10-Qmissed a reporting deadline ↗Feb 18, 2020
- NT 10-Qmissed a reporting deadline ↗Aug 15, 2018
- NT 10-Qmissed a reporting deadline ↗May 16, 2018
- NT 10-Qmissed a reporting deadline ↗May 3, 2018
- NT 10-Kmissed a reporting deadline ↗Dec 28, 2017
A Form NT means the company notified the SEC it would file a periodic report late — often an accounting, audit or liquidity warning sign. Also search SEC enforcement actions for this company.
Insider transactions
SEC Form 4 · most recent| Insider | Date | Type | Shares | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Piccolo Louis ADirector | Sep 29, 2020 | D | 8,000 | $13.10 |
| Piccolo Louis ADirector | Aug 28, 2019 | Sell | 3,000 | $7.26 |
Headline trade per Form 4 (officers, directors, 10%+ owners). Buy/sell read from the filing's structured data — blank where a field isn't cleanly tagged.
Material events
SEC Form 8-K · most recent- Director / officer changeOct 5, 2020
- Completed an acquisition or disposition · New financial obligation · Delisting / listing-standard notice · Modified shareholder rights · Amended charter or bylaws · Other material eventSep 29, 2020
- Shareholder vote · Other material eventSep 25, 2020
- Other material eventSep 18, 2020
- Entered a material agreement · Other material eventJun 25, 2020
- Delisting / listing-standard noticeJun 1, 2020
- Entered a material agreement · Other material eventApr 9, 2020
- Other material eventNov 1, 2019
Events the company reported on Form 8-K, labelled by the SEC item code it filed under — its own classification, not our interpretation.
Recent SEC filings
All filings ↗- 4FORM 4Oct 15, 2020
- 15-12BFORM 15-12BOct 13, 2020
- EFFECTOct 8, 2020
- POS AMFORM POS AMOct 5, 2020
- S-8 POSFORM S-8 POSOct 5, 2020
- S-8 POSFORM S-8 POSOct 5, 2020
- S-8 POSFORM S-8 POSOct 5, 2020
- S-8 POSFORM S-8 POSOct 5, 2020
- 8-KFORM 8-KOct 5, 2020
- SC 13D/ASCHEDULE 13D/AOct 2, 2020
- 4FORM 4Oct 1, 2020
- 4FORM 4Oct 1, 2020
- 4FORM 4Oct 1, 2020
- 4FORM 4Oct 1, 2020
- SC 13E3/ASCHEDULE 13E3/ASep 29, 2020
Event-driven situations (4)
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