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LGL GROUP INC
LGL
$42M
Mkt Cap
$6.76
-0.15%
LGL GROUP INC (LGL) has a current P/E ratio of 84.5, compared to its historical median P/E of 14.7. The stock is currently considered Expensive based on its historical valuation range.
LGL GROUP INC (LGL) has a 5-year average return on invested capital (ROIC) of 8.5%. This is below average and may indicate limited pricing power.
LGL GROUP INC (LGL) has a market capitalization of $42M. It is classified as a small-cap stock.
LGL GROUP INC (LGL) does not currently pay a regular dividend. However, the company returns capital to shareholders through share buybacks, with a buyback yield of 0.87%.
Based on historical P/E analysis, LGL GROUP INC (LGL) appears expensive. The current P/E of 84.5 is 475% above its historical median of 14.7. The estimated fair value CAGR (P/E method) is -38.1%.
LGL GROUP INC (LGL) operates in the Electronic Components, Nec industry, within the Technology sector.
LGL GROUP INC (LGL) reported annual revenue of $4 million in its most recent fiscal year, based on SEC EDGAR filings.
For the purposes of this discussion, the terms "LGL," "LGL Group," the "Company," "we," "our," and "us" refer collectively to The LGL Group, Inc. and its subsidiaries. Unless otherwise stated, all dollar amounts are in thousands. The LGL Group, Inc. is a holding company engaged in services, merchant investment and manufacturing business activities. Since 1985, the Company has acquired 32 businesses, sold 11, and spun off 3, culminating with the spin-off of M-tron Industries, Inc. in October 2022. The Company was incorporated in 1928 under the laws of the State of Indiana, and in 2007, the Company was reincorporated under the laws of the State of Delaware as The LGL Group, Inc. We maintain our executive offices at 2525 Shader Road, Orlando, Florida 32804. Our telephone number is (407) 298-2000. Our common stock and warrants are traded on the NYSE American ("NYSE") under the symbols "LGL" and "LGL WS," respectively.
| Metric | TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 4.2M | 4.2M | 4.3M | 3.7M | -2.7M | - |
| Net Income | 688K | 688K | 432K | 269K | -3.0M | 15M |
| EPS | $0.11 | $0.11 | $0.08 | $0.05 | $-0.56 | $2.74 |
| Free Cash Flow | 70K | 70K | 874K | 385K | -1.5M | 253K |
| ROIC | 46.1% | 0.6% | 1.3% | 1.0% | - | 30.9% |
| Gross Margin | 51.8% | 51.8% | 69.3% | 61.0% | - | - |
| Debt/Equity | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | - | 0.00 |
| Dividends/Share | $0.00 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Operating Income | 249K | 249K | 699K | 646K | - | -3.5M |
| Operating Margin | 6.0% | 6.0% | 16.3% | 17.6% | - | - |
| ROE | 1.6% | 1.7% | 1.1% | 0.7% | - | 31.0% |
| Shares Outstanding | 6M | 6M | 5M | 5M | 5M | 5M |
| Metric | 2016 | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Income Statement | |||||||||||||
| Revenue | 23M | 21M | 21M | 22M | 25M | 32M | 31M | N/A | -2.7M | 3.7M | 4.3M | 4.2M | 4.2M |
| Gross Margin | N/A | N/A | 33.7% | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 61.0% | 69.3% | 51.8% | 51.8% |
| R&D | 2.2M | 2.0M | 1.9M | 1.8M | 1.9M | 2.0M | 2.1M | 2.2M | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| SG&A | 0 | 85K | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 6.6M | 5.9M | 11K | 185K | 194K | 194K |
| EBIT | -2.8M | -788K | -161K | 276K | 1.4M | 3.4M | 1.4M | -3.5M | N/A | 646K | 699K | 249K | 249K |
| Op. Margin | -12.3% | -3.8% | -0.8% | 1.2% | 5.7% | 10.8% | 4.5% | N/A | N/A | 17.6% | 16.3% | 6.0% | 6.0% |
| Net Income | -2.8M | -711K | 148K | 117K | 1.4M | 7.0M | 968K | 15M | -3.0M | 269K | 432K | 688K | 688K |
| Net Margin | -12.3% | -3.4% | 0.7% | 0.5% | 5.6% | 22.0% | 3.1% | N/A | 111.7% | 7.3% | 10.1% | 16.5% | 16.5% |
| Non-Recurring | 465K | -24K | 0 | 102K | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Returns on Capital | |||||||||||||
| ROIC | -18.2% | -5.1% | 1.1% | 0.6% | 4.7% | 27.1% | 6.4% | 30.9% | N/A | 1.0% | 1.3% | 0.6% | 46.1% |
| ROE | -18.2% | -5.1% | 1.1% | 0.6% | 5.4% | 22.6% | 2.6% | 31.0% | N/A | 0.7% | 1.1% | 1.7% | 1.6% |
| ROA | -14.7% | -4.3% | 0.9% | 0.5% | 4.9% | 20.3% | 2.3% | 28.2% | -6.0% | 0.7% | 1.0% | 1.5% | 1.5% |
| Cash Flow | |||||||||||||
| Op. Cash Flow | -1.3M | 689K | 278K | 681K | 1.7M | 2.7M | 3.2M | 1.4M | -817K | 385K | 874K | 70K | 70K |
| Free Cash Flow | -1.6M | 267K | 106K | 550K | 1.3M | 1.5M | 2.8M | 253K | -1.5M | 385K | 874K | 70K | 70K |
| Owner Earnings | -2.5M | -446K | -493K | -49K | 1.1M | 2.1M | 1.9M | 301K | -1.8M | 360K | 817K | -12K | -12K |
| CapEx | 263K | 422K | 172K | 131K | 324K | 1.2M | 407K | 1.1M | 662K | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Maint. CapEx | 922K | 870K | 704K | 642K | 492K | 493K | 528K | 638K | 638K | 22K | 21K | 21K | 21K |
| Growth CapEx | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 670K | 0 | 461K | 24K | N/A | N/A | N/A | 0 |
| D&A | 922K | 870K | 704K | 642K | 492K | 493K | 528K | 638K | 638K | 22K | 21K | 21K | 21K |
| CapEx/OCF | N/A | 61.2% | N/A | 19.2% | 19.6% | 43.6% | 12.8% | 81.3% | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 0.0% |
| Capital Allocation | |||||||||||||
| Dividends Paid | 0 | 0 | 62K | 6K | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dividend Yield | N/A | N/A | N/A | 0.1% | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Share Buybacks | 0 | 0 | 8K | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23K | 251K | 50K | 0 | 0 | 366K | 366K |
| Buyback Yield | N/A | N/A | 0.0% | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 0.0% | 0.9% |
| Stock-Based Comp | 308K | 265K | 67K | 88K | 64K | 112K | 790K | 413K | 388K | 3K | 36K | 61K | 61K |
| Debt Repayment | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Balance Sheet | |||||||||||||
| Net Debt | -9.3M | -9.6M | N/A | N/A | N/A | -18M | -24M | -42M | -38M | -41M | -42M | -41M | -41M |
| Cash & Equiv. | 5.2M | 5.6M | 2.8M | 13M | 16M | 12M | 18M | 26M | 22M | 41M | 42M | 42M | 42M |
| Long-Term Debt | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 240K | 293K | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 69K |
| Debt/Equity | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.20 | 0.11 | 0.10 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.00 | N/A | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Interest Coverage | -108.8 | -24.6 | -7.3 | 25.1 | 715.0 | 1719.5 | 128.6 | -293.4 | N/A | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Equity | 14M | 14M | 14M | 25M | 27M | 35M | 40M | 55M | N/A | 39M | 39M | 43M | 43M |
| Total Assets | 17M | 16M | 17M | 28M | 30M | 39M | 43M | 60M | 40M | 42M | 43M | 47M | 47M |
| Total Liabilities | 3.0M | 2.1M | 2.8M | 2.6M | 2.8M | 4.3M | 3.7M | 5.6M | N/A | 1.2M | 1.9M | 1.2M | 1.2M |
| Intangibles | 488K | 435K | 628K | 512K | 437K | 362K | 287K | 100K | 78K | 57K | 36K | 15K | 15K |
| Retained Earnings | -14M | -15M | -15M | -15M | -13M | -6.2M | -5.2M | 9.5M | -7.3M | -7.1M | -6.6M | -5.9M | -5.9M |
| Working Capital | 9.9M | 9.9M | 10M | 22M | 25M | 25M | 30M | 51M | 39M | 41M | 42M | 45M | 45M |
| Current Assets | 13M | 12M | 13M | 25M | 27M | 29M | 34M | 56M | 39M | 42M | 43M | 46M | 46M |
| Current Liabilities | 3.0M | 2.1M | 2.8M | 2.6M | 2.8M | 4.1M | 3.4M | 4.4M | 587K | 474K | 904K | 915K | 915K |
| Per Share Data | |||||||||||||
| EPS | -0.55 | -0.14 | 0.06 | 0.02 | 0.29 | 1.41 | 0.19 | 2.74 | -0.56 | 0.05 | 0.08 | 0.11 | 0.11 |
| Owner EPS | -0.49 | -0.08 | -0.20 | -0.01 | 0.23 | 0.41 | 0.37 | 0.06 | -0.34 | 0.07 | 0.15 | -0.00 | -0.00 |
| Book Value | 2.75 | 2.61 | 5.63 | 4.26 | 5.64 | 7.01 | 7.81 | 10.25 | N/A | 7.20 | 7.26 | 6.95 | 6.95 |
| Cash Flow/Share | -0.25 | 0.13 | 0.11 | 0.12 | 0.34 | 0.54 | 0.63 | 0.25 | -0.15 | 0.07 | 0.16 | 0.01 | 0.11 |
| Dividends/Share | N/A | 0.00 | 0.03 | 0.00 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 0.00 |
| Shares Out. | 5.2M | 5.3M | 2.5M | 5.8M | 4.8M | 5.0M | 5.1M | 5.3M | 5.3M | 5.4M | 5.4M | 6.3M | 6.3M |
| Valuation | |||||||||||||
| P/E Ratio | N/A | N/A | N/A | 52.8 | 7.9 | 4.1 | 21.5 | 1.6 | N/A | 121.2 | 72.0 | N/A | 61.5 |
| P/FCF | N/A | 26.3 | N/A | 22.5 | 8.3 | 19.3 | 7.5 | 94.3 | N/A | 84.7 | 35.6 | N/A | 604.0 |
| EV/EBIT | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 3.3 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 3.4 |
| Price/Book | 0.2 | 0.3 | N/A | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.4 | N/A | 0.8 | 0.8 | N/A | 1.0 |
| Price/Sales | N/A | N/A | N/A | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.6 | N/A | 14.5 | 14.5 | 14.1 | N/A | 10.1 |
| FCF Yield | -48.3% | 7.6% | N/A | 8.9% | 12.1% | 5.2% | 13.4% | 1.1% | -7.0% | 1.2% | 2.8% | N/A | 0.2% |
| Market Cap | 3.2M | 3.5M | 0 | 6.2M | 11M | 29M | 21M | 24M | 21M | 33M | 31M | 0 | 42M |
| Avg. Price | 1.74 | 1.55 | 0.00 | 1.93 | 2.26 | 3.41 | 3.70 | 4.30 | 4.48 | 4.65 | 5.81 | 0.00 | 6.76 |
| Year-End Price | 1.25 | 1.33 | 0.00 | 2.11 | 2.28 | 5.84 | 4.09 | 4.46 | 3.96 | 6.06 | 5.76 | 0.00 | 6.76 |
LGL GROUP INC passes 2 of 9 quality checks, indicating weak fundamentals.
LGL GROUP INC trades at 84.5x trailing earnings, compared to its 15-year median P/E of 14.7x, suggesting it is currently Expensive relative to its historical range. On a free-cash-flow basis, the stock trades at 41.8x vs a median of 22.5x. The company's 5-year average ROIC is 8.5% with a gross margin of 60.7%. Total shareholder yield (buybacks) is 0.9%. At current prices, the estimated annualized return to fair value is -19.6%.
LGL GROUP INC (LGL) has a net profit margin of 16.5%. This is a healthy margin.
LGL GROUP INC (LGL) generated $70 thousand in free cash flow in its most recent fiscal year. Positive free cash flow supports dividends, buybacks, and debt reduction.
LGL GROUP INC (LGL) has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.00. This indicates a conservatively financed balance sheet.
LGL GROUP INC (LGL) reported earnings per share (EPS) of $0.11 in its most recent fiscal year.
LGL GROUP INC (LGL) has a return on equity (ROE) of 1.7%. This indicates moderate shareholder returns.
LGL GROUP INC (LGL) has a 5-year average gross margin of 60.7%. This high margin suggests strong pricing power and a potential competitive moat.
The Ledger Terminal provides 16 years of financial data for LGL GROUP INC (LGL), sourced directly from SEC EDGAR filings. This includes income statements, balance sheets, cash flow statements, and key financial ratios.
LGL GROUP INC (LGL) has a book value per share of $6.95, based on its most recent annual SEC filing.
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