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DallasNews Corp

DALN

Communication Services · Newspapers: Publishing or Publishing & Printing · TX · SEC filings ↗ · Compare ⊕

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Signs● 4 warning● 2 severedetails ↓

Financials

SEC XBRL · annual
 FY24FY23FY22FY21FY20FY19
Revenue$125.4M$139.7M$150.7M$154.4M$154.3M$183.6M
Operating income−$7.1M−$8.1M−$9.0M−$9.9M−$15.6M$9.5M
Net income$131,000−$7.1M−$9.8M−$467,000−$6.9M$9.3M
Total assets$61.8M$62.2M$72.3M$105.5M$123.2M$141.0M
Total liabilities$55.0M$59.3M$59.9M$62.9M$76.8M$83.3M
Equity$6.8M$3.0M$12.4M$42.6M$46.4M$57.7M
EPS (diluted)$0.02$-1.33$-1.83$-0.09——
Shares out.5.4M5.4M————

Reported figures from the company's SEC filings (XBRL). Blank where a line item isn't cleanly tagged — never estimated.

Key ratios

from filings · FY2024
Operating margin
−5.6%
Net margin
0.1%
Return on equity
1.9%
Return on assets
0.2%
Return on capital (ROCE)
−19.2%
Liabilities / assets
89.0%
Debt / equity
8.08×
Book value / share
$1.27
Revenue growth (YoY)
−10.2%
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 · FY2024
Altman Z″ (distress)
-23.79distress
Accruals / assets
9.1%moderate
Piotroski F-Score
5/9mixed

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 Score
37
/ 100
Profitability 60Growth 0Catalyst 67Earnings quality 33Financial strength 25

Our 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

● 2 severe● 4 warning● 0 good
  • Altman Z″ in the distress zone
  • Filed a late-filing notice (Form NT) — missed an SEC deadline
  • Operating losses (negative operating margin)
  • Revenue declined year-over-year
  • High leverage (liabilities > 70% of assets)
  • Negative operating cash flow

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

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.

5%+ owners

SEC Schedule 13D / 13G · last 3 yrs

Holders who disclosed a 5%+ stake. 13D signals intent to influence or control; 13G is a passive holding. Latest filing per holder — open it for the exact stake.

Short interest

FINRA · bi-monthly
SettlementShares shortDays to coverΔ vs prior
Sep 15, 202564,0361.2+19.3%
Aug 29, 202553,6801.0+59.8%
Aug 15, 202533,5861.0-50.7%
Jul 31, 202568,1711.0-16.7%
Jul 15, 202581,8181.0-56.5%

Shares sold short as reported to FINRA. Days-to-cover = short shares ÷ average daily volume — higher means more potential squeeze pressure.

Material events

SEC Form 8-K · most recent

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

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