DJCO

MKT CAP:$736M

Daily Journal Corporation

Market Cap

$736M

Technology·Software - Application·🇺🇸 United States·NASDAQ

Technology·Software App·🇺🇸·NASDAQ

Stock Price

$529.50+$27.68 (+5.52%)

Apr 23, 2026

Company Details

Daily Journal Corporation publishes newspapers and websites covering in California, Arizona, and Utah. It operates in two segments, Traditional Business and Journal Technologies. The company publishes 10 newspapers of general circulation, i...

CEO

Steven Myhill-Jones

IPO Date

Jun 11, 1986

Website

www.dailyjournal.com

Key Metrics TTM

Revenue

$90M

+25.0% YoY

Net Income

$93M

EPS (Diluted)

$67.71

Free Cash Flow

$9M

Revenue / Share

$64.99

Gross Margin

39.3%

Operating Margin

10.3%

Net Margin

104.2%

FCF Margin

10.2%

P/S

8.2x

P/E

7.9x

Earnings Reports

Q2 2026

May 15, 2026

PENDING

Q1 2026

Feb 17, 2026

$20M+10.4%EPS -$5.79

FY 2025

Dec 29, 2025

$88M+25.4%EPS $81.41

Q4 2025

Dec 29, 2025

$28M+43.0%EPS $30.60

Q3 2025

Aug 14, 2025

$23M+33.8%EPS $10.47

Revenue & Profitability

Quarter	Revenue	Gross Profit	Operating Income
Q2 22	$11M	$596.0K	$2M
Q3 22	$13M	$2M	-$118.0K
Q4 22	$19M	$8M	$4M
Q1 23	$12M	$1M	-$716.0K
Q2 23	$16M	$4M	$2M
Q3 23	$18M	$5M	$2M
Q4 23	$22M	$6M	$3M
Q1 24	$16M	$3M	$623.0K
Q2 24	$17M	$3M	$633.0K
Q3 24	$17M	$3M	$1M
Q4 24	$20M	$6M	$2M
Q1 25	$18M	$3M	$742.0K
Q2 25	$18M	$6M	$963.0K
Q3 25	$23M	$8M	$3M
Q4 25	$28M	$14M	$5M
Q1 26	$20M	$7M	$477.0K

Valuation

Quarter	P/S	P/E
Q2 22	15.6x	36.4x
Q3 22	15.9x	—
Q4 22	13.6x	—
Q1 23	13.4x	—
Q2 23	12.2x	—
Q3 23	11.3x	—
Q4 23	10.9x	34.3x
Q1 24	10.3x	45.3x
Q2 24	10.3x	33.1x
Q3 24	10.3x	16.4x
Q4 24	10.5x	9.4x
Q1 25	10.3x	9.6x
Q2 25	10.1x	7.0x
Q3 25	9.3x	7.6x
Q4 25	8.4x	6.6x
Q1 26	8.2x	7.9x

Operating Cash Flow

Quarter	Operating CF	Free CF
Q2 22	-$13M	-$13M
Q3 22	$3M	$3M
Q4 22	$5M	$5M
Q1 23	$2M	$2M
Q2 23	-$668.0K	-$706.0K
Q3 23	$7M	$7M
Q4 23	$7M	$7M
Q1 24	-$1M	-$1M
Q2 24	-$4M	-$4M
Q3 24	$2M	$2M
Q4 24	$3M	$3M
Q1 25	$2M	$2M
Q2 25	-$569.0K	-$569.0K
Q3 25	$7M	$7M
Q4 25	$5M	$5M
Q1 26	-$2M	-$2M

Capital Expenditures

Quarter	CapEx
Q2 22	$3.0K
Q3 22	$11.0K
Q4 22	$22.0K
Q1 23	$36.0K
Q2 23	$38.0K
Q3 23	$12.0K
Q4 23	$86.1K
Q1 24	$5.0K
Q2 24	$18.0K
Q3 24	$12.0K
Q4 24	$38.0K
Q1 25	$0
Q2 25	$0
Q3 25	$0
Q4 25	$8.0K
Q1 26	$7.0K

CapEx

OpEx vs Revenue Growth (YoY)

Quarter	Revenue Growth	OpEx Growth
Q2 22	-23.3%	-35.0%
Q3 22	-7.4%	+3.5%
Q4 22	+68.0%	+34.1%
Q1 23	+6.7%	+13.5%
Q2 23	+50.7%	+76.5%
Q3 23	+41.0%	+21.5%
Q4 23	+12.2%	+16.5%
Q1 24	+30.0%	+18.1%
Q2 24	+2.6%	+9.7%
Q3 24	-1.2%	+6.6%
Q4 24	-7.8%	+0.2%
Q1 25	+10.7%	+10.4%
Q2 25	+9.7%	+8.0%
Q3 25	+33.8%	+23.0%
Q4 25	+43.0%	+31.2%
Q1 26	+10.4%	+12.4%

Stock-Based Compensation

Quarter	SBC ($)	% of Revenue
Q2 22	$0	0.0%
Q3 22	$655.0K	5.2%
Q4 22	$115	0.0%
Q1 23	$0	0.0%
Q2 23	$0	0.0%
Q3 23	-$95.0K	-0.5%
Q4 23	$94.7K	0.4%
Q1 24	$0	0.0%
Q2 24	-$380	-0.0%
Q3 24	$0	0.0%
Q4 24	$582	0.0%
Q1 25	$24.0K	0.1%
Q2 25	$65.0K	0.4%
Q3 25	$23.0K	0.1%
Q4 25	$28.0K	0.1%
Q1 26	$0	0.0%

OpEx Breakdown

Quarter	G&A	S&M
Q2 22	$1M	$232.0K
Q3 22	$1M	$265.0K
Q4 22	$1M	$905.0K
Q1 23	$1M	$211.0K
Q2 23	$1M	$233.0K
Q3 23	$1M	$261.0K
Q4 23	$1M	$313.0K
Q1 24	$1M	$243.0K
Q2 24	$1M	$299.0K
Q3 24	$1M	$315.0K
Q4 24	$2M	$289.0K
Q1 25	$1M	$299.0K
Q2 25	$2M	—
Q3 25	$2M	—
Q4 25	$2M	—
Q1 26	$2M	$3M

Rule of 40

Quarter	Rev Growth %	EBITDA Margin %	Rule of 40
Q2 22	-23.3%	-356.0%	-379.3
Q3 22	-7.4%	-104.9%	-112.3
Q4 22	68.0%	-319.5%	-251.5
Q1 23	6.7%	202.2%	208.9
Q2 23	50.7%	89.2%	139.9
Q3 23	41.0%	16.3%	57.3
Q4 23	12.2%	-38.0%	-25.9
Q1 24	30.0%	106.0%	136.0
Q2 24	2.6%	131.3%	133.9
Q3 24	-1.2%	184.9%	183.7
Q4 24	-7.8%	184.1%	176.3
Q1 25	10.7%	86.7%	97.4
Q2 25	9.7%	339.4%	349.1
Q3 25	33.8%	79.6%	113.4
Q4 25	43.0%	197.3%	240.3
Q1 26	10.4%	2.7%	13.1

Rule of 40

Revenue Segments

Quarter	Advertising	Advertising Service Fees and Other	Consulting Fees	License and Maintenance	Service, Other	Subscription and Circulation
Q2 22	$2M	$743.0K	$669.0K	$5M	$2M	$1M
Q3 22	$2M	$787.0K	$2M	$5M	$2M	$1M
Q4 22	$3M	$737.0K	$7M	$5M	$2M	$1M
Q1 23	$2M	$699.0K	$2M	$4M	$2M	$1M
Q2 24	$2M	$697.0K	$3M	$7M	$2M	$1M
Q3 24	$3M	$802.0K	$3M	$7M	$2M	$1M
Q2 25	$3M	$768.0K	$3M	$8M	$4M	$1M
Q3 25	$3M	$1M	$7M	$8M	$4M	$1M
Q1 26	—	$3M	$2M	$9M	$5M	$1M

War Chest

Quarter	Cash	Short-term Investments	Total
Q2 22	$5M	$355M	$360M
Q3 22	$9M	$342M	$351M
Q4 22	$13M	$276M	$289M
Q1 23	$15M	$307M	$322M
Q2 23	$14M	$319M	$333M
Q3 23	$20M	$316M	$336M
Q4 23	$21M	$303M	$324M
Q1 24	$17M	$318M	$334M
Q2 24	$13M	$297M	$310M
Q3 24	$10M	$325M	$335M
Q4 24	$13M	$359M	$372M
Q1 25	$15M	$372M	$387M
Q2 25	$12M	$431M	$443M
Q3 25	$19M	$443M	$462M
Q4 25	$21M	$493M	$514M
Q1 26	$17M	$481M	$498M

Shares Outstanding

Quarter	Shares (Diluted)	QoQ Change	YoY Change
Q2 22	1M	0.0%	0.0%
Q3 22	1M	-0.0%	-0.0%
Q4 22	1M	-0.0%	-0.1%
Q1 23	1M	-0.2%	-0.3%
Q2 23	1M	0.0%	-0.3%
Q3 23	1M	0.0%	-0.2%
Q4 23	1M	0.0%	-0.2%
Q1 24	1M	0.0%	0.0%
Q2 24	1M	0.0%	0.0%
Q3 24	1M	0.0%	0.0%
Q4 24	1M	0.0%	0.0%
Q1 25	1M	-0.0%	-0.0%
Q2 25	1M	+0.0%	+0.0%
Q3 25	1M	0.0%	+0.0%
Q4 25	1M	0.0%	+0.0%
Q1 26	1M	+0.0%	+0.1%

Shares Outstanding

Revenue Per Employee

Period	Revenue/Employee	Employees
Q2 22	$37.0K	290
Q3 22	$43.3K	290
Q4 22	$87.3K	220
Q1 23	$55.9K	220
Q2 23	$73.4K	220
Q3 23	$80.5K	220
Q4 23	$61.6K	350
Q1 24	$45.7K	350
Q2 24	$47.3K	350
Q3 24	$50.0K	350
Q4 24	$49.7K	400
Q1 25	$44.3K	400
Q2 25	$45.4K	400
Q3 25	$58.5K	400
Q4 25	$68.5K	415
Q1 26	$47.1K	415

Revenue / Employee