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Spark Networks SE

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Signs2 good5 warning3 severedetails ↓

Financials

SEC XBRL · annual
 FY22FY21FY20FY19
Revenue$187.8M$216.9M$233.0M$170.9M
Operating income−$19.3M−$34.0M−$33.2M−$29.1M
Net income−$44.2M−$68.2M−$46.6M−$34.9M
Total assets$164.4M$209.8M$290.4M$348.9M
Total liabilities$171.2M$177.1M$195.5M$207.7M
Equity−$6.8M$32.7M$94.9M$141.2M
EPS (diluted)$-16.87$-26.10$-17.89$-17.67
Shares out.2.6M2.6M2.6M2.6M

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

Key ratios

from filings · FY2022
Operating margin
−10.3%
Net margin
−23.5%
Return on equity
651.2%
Return on assets
−26.9%
Return on capital (ROCE)
−180.0%
Liabilities / assets
104.1%
Debt / equity
Book value / share
$-2.59
Revenue growth (YoY)
−13.4%
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 · FY2022
Altman Z″ (distress)
-10.95distress
Accruals / assets
21.1%clean
Beneish M-Score
-3.59normal
Piotroski F-Score
4/9mixed

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
31
/ 100
Profitability 20Growth 0Catalyst 67Earnings quality 67Financial strength 0

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.

Signs

3 severe5 warning2 good
  • Negative shareholder equity
  • Altman Z″ in the distress zone
  • Filed a late-filing notice (Form NT) — missed an SEC deadline
  • Operating losses (negative operating margin)
  • Reported a net loss
  • Revenue declined year-over-year
  • High leverage (liabilities > 70% of assets)
  • Negative operating cash flow
  • Strong return on equity (>15%)
  • 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

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
5 acquisitions6 disposals3 open-market buy(s)net 1.0M shares · last 11
InsiderDateTypeSharesPrice
Osmium Partners, Llc10% ownerNov 10, 2023Sell233,111$0.01
Osmium Partners, Llc10% ownerNov 7, 2023Sell377,457$0.03
Osmium Partners, Llc10% ownerOct 26, 2023Sell92,000$0.04
Osmium Partners, Llc10% ownerDec 29, 2022Sell200,000$0.64
Osmium Partners, Llc10% ownerDec 27, 2022Sell150,000$0.70
Osmium Partners, Llc10% ownerDec 21, 2022Sell50,100$0.94
Eichmann EricOfficer — Chief Executive OfficerDec 20, 2021Option exercise28,063$0.00
Bendzulla GitteOfficer — See RemarksDec 20, 2021Option exercise3,626$0.00
Whitters Joseph EDirectorDec 13, 2021Buy25,000$3.39
Brown Colleen BDirectorDec 10, 2021Buy2,190$3.40
Osmium Partners, Llc10% ownerDec 9, 2021Buy12,000$3.50

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

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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