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what it is
It runs fund management, bakery goods, security systems, and specialty printing through small subsidiaries.
how it gets paid
Last year Marygold Companies made $30M in revenue.
why growth slowed
Revenue fell 8.2% last year. The $15M revenue print mattered most because it was up 91% vs. prior year and shows the business can still grow.
what just happened
Marygold posted $15M in quarterly revenue, but profit per share stayed negative at -$0.02.
At a glance
C++ balance sheet — some cracks in the foundation
40/100 earnings predictability — expect surprises
3.9% return on capital — nothing to write home about
-$0.14 fy2025 eps est
$30M fy2025 rev est
xvary composite: 32/100 — weak
What they do
It runs fund management, bakery goods, security systems, and specialty printing through small subsidiaries.
You are buying a 104-person company with businesses in five countries. That is not a moat in the textbook sense. It is spread: funds bring fee income, food brings volume, and security brings repeat service. Jargon: ETFs → baskets of stocks → fees keep coming if clients stay.
How they make money
$30M
annual revenue · revenue declined -8.2% last year
total revenue
$30M
8.2%
The products that matter
investment services
Fund Management
$14.7M · 49% of revenue
it's the largest segment at $14.7M, but revenue fell 11%. when your biggest business shrinks, every smaller segment has to grow just to stop the company from moving backward.
largest segment
consumer goods sales
Beauty Products
$7.4M · +8% growth
this $7.4M business grew 8%. that's one of the few clean positives on the page. the catch is scale: one-quarter of revenue cannot rescue nearly half the business on its own.
growth pocket
food and security operations
Food Products & Security
$7.9M · 26% of revenue
this group brought in $7.9M and was flat from last year. flat is better than down. it still leaves the company dependent on a lead segment that is moving the wrong way.
steady, not enough
Key numbers
$30M
annual revenue
Your whole thesis starts here. A $30M company can change fast on one contract or one weak quarter.
22.2%
operating margin
For every $1 sold, about 22 cents vanished before taxes. That is the definition of a fragile profit base.
104
employees
That is a lot of business lines for a $44M market cap. Small teams make small mistakes look huge.
3.9%
capital return
Each $1 invested in the business earns only 3.9 cents. That is thin even by small-cap standards.
Financial health
C++
strength
- balance sheet grade C++ — below average — limited financial resources
- risk rank 5 — safer than 5% of stocks
- price stability 5 / 100
- long-term debt $0M (1% of capital)
C++ — below average. watch for debt servicing and cash burn.
Total return vs. market
Return history isn't available for MGLD right now.
source: institutional data · return history unavailable
What just happened
missed estimates
Marygold posted $15M in quarterly revenue, but profit per share stayed negative at -$0.02.
Revenue was up 91% from a year earlier. Gross margin held at 75.5%, which is healthy, but it still did not turn into profit.
$15M
revenue
-$0.02
eps
75.5%
gross margin
the number that mattered
The $15M revenue print mattered most because it was up 91% vs. prior year and shows the business can still grow.
source: company earnings report, 2026
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What could go wrong
the top risk is continued erosion in the fund management segment, because that one line still carries 49% of the revenue base.
med
fund management keeps shrinking
fund management makes up $14.7M of revenue, or 49% of the company, and it fell 11%. if that decline continues, the rest of the portfolio is too small to offset it.
nearly half of the $30M revenue base is tied to the segment already moving the wrong way.
med
the holding company never earns a holding-company premium
beauty, food, security, and fund management do not obviously reinforce each other. 3.9% return on capital says the collection is not creating much economic lift as a group.
weak returns usually keep valuation small because investors see pieces, not a stronger whole.
med
cash stays thin even without a debt problem
cash on hand is $4.9M and long-term debt is $0M. that removes one problem and leaves another: there is not much spare capital for mistakes, investment, or a prolonged soft patch.
$4.9M of cash against a $30M revenue base means flexibility is limited if weak earnings persist.
med
micro-cap volatility can swamp the operating story
the stock has a 5 / 100 price stability score, a 5 risk rank, and a market cap of about $44M. small names like this can gap around on limited information and thin trading.
you can be right on the business and still get a stock chart that looks like disagreement.
the combined risk picture is tight: a $30M company with $4.9M in cash, 3.9% return on capital, and 49% revenue exposure to a declining segment does not have much room for another stumble.
source: institutional data · regulatory filings · risk analysis
Pay attention to
risk
fund management trend
this is the first thing to watch because fund management is 49% of revenue and just fell 11%. if it keeps sliding, the rest of the portfolio stays in cleanup mode.
trend
whether beauty becomes material
beauty products grew 8% to $7.4M. you need that growth to continue, but you also need the segment to become large enough to change company-wide math.
metric
return on capital
3.9% is the operating verdict right now. if that number does not improve, the case that this structure deserves a better multiple stays weak.
calendar
next earnings report
the next update matters because this story needs confirmation fast: either fund management stabilizes, or revenue decline becomes the whole conversation again.
Analyst rankings
earnings predictability
40 / 100
earnings predictability measures how consistent results have been. in human-speak, this company has not earned the benefit of the doubt.
risk rank
5
risk rank compares overall safety across stocks. a 5 means this screens as safer than only 5% of names in the dataset.
price stability
5 / 100
price stability tells you how steady the stock has traded. this one has not been steady, which is common in micro-caps and still painful if you own it.
source: institutional data
Institutional activity
institutional ownership data for MGLD is being compiled.
source: institutional data
Price targets
3-5 year target range
n/a
n/a
$1
current price
n/a
target midpoint · n/a from current
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