U S GLOBAL INVESTORS INC (GROW) has a 5-year average return on invested capital (ROIC) of 14.6%. This indicates solid capital allocation.
U S GLOBAL INVESTORS INC (GROW) has a market capitalization of $38M. It is classified as a small-cap stock.
Yes, U S GLOBAL INVESTORS INC (GROW) pays a dividend with a trailing twelve-month yield of 3.11%. The company also returns capital through share buybacks, with a buyback yield of 5.05%.
U S GLOBAL INVESTORS INC (GROW) operates in the Investment Advice industry, within the Financials sector.
U S GLOBAL INVESTORS INC (GROW) generated $-829 thousand in free cash flow in its most recent fiscal year. Negative free cash flow may indicate heavy investment or operational challenges.
U S GLOBAL INVESTORS INC (GROW) has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.00. This indicates a conservatively financed balance sheet.
U S GLOBAL INVESTORS INC (GROW) reported earnings per share (EPS) of $-0.03 in its most recent fiscal year.
U S GLOBAL INVESTORS INC operates in the Investment Advice industry, Financials sector. Full business description from SEC filing not yet available.
| Metric | TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 8.8M | - | - | - | 25M | 22M |
| Net Income | 98K | -334K | 1.3M | 3.1M | 3.4M | 32M |
| EPS | $0.01 | $-0.03 | $0.09 | $0.22 | $0.23 | $2.12 |
| Free Cash Flow | 0 | -829K | 777K | 2.9M | 10M | 4.7M |
| ROIC | -1.3% | -0.7% | 2.6% | 6.0% | 6.4% | 58.8% |
| Gross Margin | - | 41.7% | 56.3% | 68.2% | 75.5% | 66.0% |
| Debt/Equity | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Dividends/Share | $0.09 | $0.11 | $0.09 | $0.09 | $0.08 | $0.04 |
| Operating Income | -2.5M | -3.0M | -480K | 3.5M | 11M | 8.2M |
| Operating Margin | -28.2% | - | - | - | 45.0% | 37.7% |
| ROE | 0.2% | -0.7% | 2.6% | 6.0% | 6.4% | 58.8% |
| Shares Outstanding | 13M | 11M | 15M | 14M | 15M | 15M |
| Metric | 2015 | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Income Statement | |||||||||||||
| Revenue | N/A | N/A | N/A | 6.8M | 6.3M | 3.5M | 4.5M | 22M | 25M | N/A | N/A | N/A | 8.8M |
| Gross Margin | N/A | N/A | N/A | 44.5% | 31.8% | 16.6% | 36.6% | 66.0% | 75.5% | 68.2% | 56.3% | 41.7% | N/A |
| R&D | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| SG&A | 5.0M | 4.1M | 4.2M | 3.5M | 3.9M | 2.9M | 3.7M | 5.7M | 6.9M | 6.1M | 6.1M | 5.8M | 5.5M |
| EBIT | -3.3M | -3.5M | -4.2M | -873K | -2.3M | -2.8M | -2.4M | 8.2M | 11M | 3.5M | -480K | -3.0M | -2.5M |
| Op. Margin | N/A | N/A | N/A | -12.9% | -36.5% | -79.7% | -53.7% | 37.7% | 45.0% | N/A | N/A | N/A | -28.2% |
| Net Income | -970K | -4.0M | -3.7M | -513K | 647K | -3.4M | -4.7M | 32M | 3.4M | 3.1M | 1.3M | -334K | 98K |
| Net Margin | N/A | N/A | N/A | -7.6% | 10.3% | -97.9% | -104.6% | 147.6% | 13.9% | N/A | N/A | N/A | 1.1% |
| Non-Recurring | -26K | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3K | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Returns on Capital | |||||||||||||
| ROIC | -2.7% | -14.1% | -15.0% | -2.1% | 2.5% | -15.6% | -27.9% | 58.8% | 6.4% | 6.0% | 2.6% | -0.7% | -1.3% |
| ROE | -2.7% | -14.1% | -15.0% | -2.1% | 2.5% | -15.6% | -27.9% | 58.8% | 6.4% | 6.0% | 2.6% | -0.7% | 0.2% |
| ROA | -2.5% | -13.1% | -13.9% | -2.0% | 2.2% | -14.3% | -24.9% | 51.3% | 5.9% | 5.5% | 2.5% | -0.7% | 0.2% |
| Cash Flow | |||||||||||||
| Op. Cash Flow | -15M | -672K | 3.0M | 690K | -34K | -1.1M | -2.0M | 4.8M | 11M | 2.9M | 990K | -822K | -215K |
| Free Cash Flow | -15M | -712K | 3.0M | 690K | -34K | -1.1M | -2.0M | 4.7M | 10M | 2.9M | 777K | -829K | 0 |
| Owner Earnings | -15M | -999K | 2.7M | 437K | -277K | -1.3M | -2.2M | 4.3M | 9.4M | 2.7M | 794K | -1.0M | -5.0M |
| CapEx | 30K | 40K | 13K | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 73K | 220K | 14K | 213K | 7K | 0 |
| Maint. CapEx | 256K | 327K | 316K | 253K | 241K | 214K | 202K | 374K | 419K | 243K | 196K | 61K | 4.7M |
| Growth CapEx | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17K | 0 | 0 |
| D&A | 256K | 327K | 316K | 253K | 241K | 214K | 202K | 374K | 419K | 243K | 196K | 61K | 4.7M |
| CapEx/OCF | N/A | N/A | 0.4% | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 1.5% | 2.1% | 0.5% | 21.5% | N/A | 0.0% |
| Capital Allocation | |||||||||||||
| Dividends Paid | 928K | 924K | 574K | 456K | 455K | 454K | 452K | 640K | 1.2M | 1.3M | 1.3M | 1.2M | 1.2M |
| Dividend Yield | 2.6% | 2.5% | 2.9% | 2.0% | 1.3% | 2.7% | 2.2% | 1.0% | 1.8% | 3.4% | 3.3% | 4.7% | 3.1% |
| Share Buybacks | 289K | 292K | 313K | 114K | 141K | 24K | 113K | 314K | 452K | 1.2M | 2.2M | 2.0M | 1.9M |
| Buyback Yield | 0.7% | 0.9% | 1.5% | 0.6% | 0.7% | 0.1% | 0.5% | 0.4% | 0.8% | 3.0% | 6.0% | 7.1% | 5.0% |
| Stock-Based Comp | 1K | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2K | 2K | 0 | 43K | 733K | 0 | 0 | 124K | 122K |
| Debt Repayment | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 442K | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Balance Sheet | |||||||||||||
| Net Debt | -5.8M | -7.0M | -8.0M | -7.9M | -15M | -9.5M | -7.4M | -21M | -34M | -37M | -37M | -34M | -33M |
| Cash & Equiv. | 5.9M | 3.5M | 4.0M | 4.0M | 6.4M | 1.5M | 1.9M | 14M | 22M | 25M | 27M | 25M | 34M |
| Long-Term Debt | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | 0 | 66K | 38K | 8K | 0 | 59K |
| Debt/Equity | 0.03 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.05 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.02 |
| Interest Coverage | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | -2403.0 | 18.4 | N/A | 881.3 | -160.0 | -2986.0 | -2986.0 |
| Equity | 35M | 29M | 25M | 24M | 26M | 22M | 17M | 54M | 54M | 52M | 49M | 45M | 44M |
| Total Assets | 38M | 31M | 26M | 26M | 29M | 24M | 19M | 62M | 58M | 56M | 52M | 48M | 47M |
| Total Liabilities | 2.1M | 1.6M | 1.3M | 1.2M | 2.9M | 1.6M | 2.1M | 8.0M | 4.6M | 3.7M | 3.0M | 2.9M | 3.1M |
| Intangibles | 86K | 41K | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Retained Earnings | 19M | 14M | 10M | 9.3M | 9.5M | 7.8M | 2.6M | 34M | 36M | 38M | 37M | 36M | 36M |
| Working Capital | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Current Assets | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Current Liabilities | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Per Share Data | |||||||||||||
| EPS | -0.06 | -0.26 | -0.24 | -0.03 | 0.04 | -0.22 | -0.31 | 2.12 | 0.23 | 0.22 | 0.09 | -0.03 | 0.01 |
| Owner EPS | -0.96 | -0.06 | 0.18 | 0.03 | -0.02 | -0.08 | -0.14 | 0.29 | 0.63 | 0.19 | 0.05 | -0.09 | -0.39 |
| Book Value | 2.17 | 1.84 | 1.60 | 1.40 | 1.58 | 1.41 | 1.11 | 3.60 | 3.60 | 3.63 | 3.31 | 4.06 | 3.43 |
| Cash Flow/Share | -0.94 | -0.04 | 0.20 | 0.04 | -0.00 | -0.07 | -0.13 | 0.32 | 0.70 | 0.20 | 0.07 | -0.07 | 0.37 |
| Dividends/Share | 0.06 | 0.06 | 0.04 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.04 | 0.08 | 0.09 | 0.09 | 0.11 | 0.09 |
| Shares Out. | 16.2M | 15.5M | 15.3M | 17.1M | 16.2M | 15.4M | 15.1M | 15.1M | 15.0M | 14.3M | 14.8M | 11.1M | 12.9M |
| Valuation | |||||||||||||
| P/E Ratio | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 32.8 | N/A | N/A | 2.5 | 16.7 | 12.5 | 27.2 | N/A | 349.5 |
| P/FCF | N/A | N/A | 7.0 | 30.0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 17.3 | 5.6 | 13.6 | 46.6 | N/A | N/A |
| EV/EBIT | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Price/Book | 1.2 | 1.2 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 0.9 |
| Price/Sales | N/A | N/A | N/A | 3.3 | 5.6 | 5.0 | 4.7 | 3.0 | 2.9 | 2.6 | 3.5 | 3.0 | 4.3 |
| FCF Yield | -35.0% | -2.1% | 14.3% | 3.3% | -0.2% | -4.6% | -7.9% | 5.8% | 18.0% | 7.4% | 2.1% | -3.0% | N/A |
| Market Cap | 43M | 34M | 21M | 21M | 21M | 23M | 25M | 81M | 57M | 39M | 36M | 28M | 38M |
| Avg. Price | 2.25 | 2.40 | 1.31 | 1.32 | 2.16 | 1.11 | 1.38 | 4.28 | 4.72 | 2.77 | 2.59 | 2.31 | 2.93 |
| Year-End Price | 2.69 | 2.17 | 1.38 | 1.21 | 1.31 | 1.51 | 1.64 | 5.37 | 3.83 | 2.74 | 2.44 | 2.48 | 2.93 |
U S GLOBAL INVESTORS INC passes 3 of 9 quality checks, indicating weak fundamentals.
The company's 5-year average ROIC is 14.6% with a gross margin of 61.5%. Total shareholder yield (dividends + buybacks) is 8.2%. At current prices, the estimated annualized return to fair value is +3.3%.
U S GLOBAL INVESTORS INC (GROW) has a return on equity (ROE) of -0.7%. A negative ROE may indicate losses or negative equity.
U S GLOBAL INVESTORS INC (GROW) has a 5-year average gross margin of 61.5%. This high margin suggests strong pricing power and a potential competitive moat.
The Ledger Terminal provides 16 years of financial data for U S GLOBAL INVESTORS INC (GROW), sourced directly from SEC EDGAR filings. This includes income statements, balance sheets, cash flow statements, and key financial ratios.
U S GLOBAL INVESTORS INC (GROW) has a book value per share of $4.06, based on its most recent annual SEC filing.