DAILY JOURNAL CORP
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SEC XBRL · annual| FY25 | FY24 | FY23 | FY22 | FY21 | FY20 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $87.7M | $69.9M | $67.7M | $54.0M | $49.9M | $49.9M |
| Operating income | $9.5M | $4.1M | $6.7M | $2.0M | $2.2M | −$1.3M |
| Net income | $112.1M | $78.1M | $21.5M | −$21.5M | $112.9M | $4.0M |
| Total assets | $548.1M | $403.8M | $354.9M | $319.1M | $382.6M | $238.6M |
| Total liabilities | $157.1M | $125.0M | — | — | — | — |
| Equity | $391.1M | $278.8M | $200.5M | $179.0M | $254.6M | $141.7M |
| EPS (diluted) | $81.41 | $56.73 | $15.58 | $-54.81 | $81.77 | — |
| Shares out. | 1.4M | 1.4M | 1.4M | 1.4M | 1.4M | 1.4M |
Reported figures from the company's SEC filings (XBRL). Blank where a line item isn't cleanly tagged — never estimated.
Key ratios
from filings · FY2025- Operating margin
- 10.9%
- Net margin
- 127.9%
- Return on equity
- 28.7%
- Return on assets
- 20.5%
- Return on capital (ROCE)
- 1.9%
- Liabilities / assets
- 28.7%
- Debt / equity
- 0.40×
- Book value / share
- $283.85
- Revenue growth (YoY)
- 25.4%
- Net income growth (YoY)
- 43.6%
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 · FY2025- Altman Z″ (distress)
- 11.03safe
- Accruals / assets
- 18.0%high accruals
- Piotroski F-Score
- 6/9mixed
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 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● 6 good- Filed a late-filing notice (Form NT) — missed an SEC deadline
- High accruals — earnings-quality risk
- Operating margin is positive
- Strong return on equity (>15%)
- Revenue is growing year-over-year
- Conservative leverage (liabilities < 50% of assets)
- Positive operating cash flow
- Altman Z″ in the safe zone
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 15, 2025
- NT 10-Qmissed a reporting deadline ↗Feb 14, 2025
- NT 10-Qmissed a reporting deadline ↗Feb 9, 2015
- NT 10-Kmissed a reporting deadline ↗Dec 15, 2014
- NT 10-Qmissed a reporting deadline ↗Aug 11, 2014
- NT 10-Qmissed a reporting deadline ↗May 12, 2014
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rayani RasoolDirector | May 23, 2024 | Grant | 21 | $0.00 |
| Frank JohnDirector | Dec 16, 2025 | Grant | 50 | $0.00 |
| Conlin Mary MurphyDirector | Dec 16, 2025 | Grant | 50 | $0.00 |
| Frank JohnDirector | May 23, 2024 | Grant | 21 | $0.00 |
| Conlin Mary MurphyDirector | May 23, 2024 | Grant | 21 | $0.00 |
| Munger Charles TDirector | Jun 16, 2022 | J | 3,720 | $0.00 |
| Salzman Gerald LOfficer — Chief Executive Officer | Dec 22, 2020 | Sell | 8,286 | $332.00 |
| Salzman Gerald LOfficer — Chief Executive Officer | Dec 11, 2020 | Sell | 1,800 | $300.00 |
| Salzman Gerald LOfficer — Chief Executive Officer | Dec 9, 2020 | Sell | 346 | $278.00 |
| Salzman Gerald LOfficer — Chief Executive Officer | Nov 12, 2020 | Sell | 286 | $285.00 |
| Salzman Gerald LOfficer — Chief Executive Officer | Nov 9, 2020 | Sell | 1,577 | $281.00 |
| Salzman Gerald LOfficer — Chief Executive Officer | Nov 5, 2020 | Sell | 36 | $280.00 |
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.
Short interest
FINRA · bi-monthly| Settlement | Shares short | Days to cover | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 15, 2026 | 181,235 | 7.1 | +5.5% |
| Apr 30, 2026 | 171,804 | 4.2 | -8.9% |
| Apr 15, 2026 | 188,680 | 2.2 | -10.7% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 211,227 | 2.4 | +15.7% |
| Mar 13, 2026 | 182,635 | 1.5 | -0.4% |
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- Results of operationsMay 14, 2026
- Shareholder voteFeb 25, 2026
- Results of operationsFeb 17, 2026
- Other material eventFeb 5, 2026
- Other material eventDec 29, 2025
- Results of operationsDec 29, 2025
- Director / officer changeDec 16, 2025
- Director / officer changeOct 29, 2025
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 ↗- 10-QFORM 10-QMay 14, 2026
- 8-KFORM 8-KMay 14, 2026
- 13F-HRApr 15, 2026
- SCHEDULE 13G/AMar 26, 2026
- SCHEDULE 13D/AMar 10, 2026
- 8-KFORM 8-KFeb 25, 2026
- SCHEDULE 13G/AFeb 17, 2026
- 10-QFORM 10-QFeb 17, 2026
- 8-KFORM 8-KFeb 17, 2026
- 8-KFORM 8-KFeb 5, 2026
- DEFA14AFORM DEFA14AJan 21, 2026
- ARSJan 21, 2026
- DEFC14AFORM DEFC14AJan 21, 2026
- SCHEDULE 13D/AJan 16, 2026
- PRER14AJan 16, 2026
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