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DJCO

Daily Journal Corp. (S.C.)

Daily Journal Corp. (S.C.) is classed by the SEC under Newspapers: Publishing or Publishing & Printing (industry code 2711), based in Los Angeles, CA. Its latest filed balance sheet (2025-09-30) shows total assets of $480 million (its filed statements).

Advertising business Newspapers: Publishing or Publishing & Printing Los Angeles, CA filings since 1995 9 of 9 filed

Sector peers: LEEPMTSEBFTDAY

5.5/10headline grade
vs its business-model standard

Three tenses, nine metrics. Unseen metrics stay unseen; the grade never fakes a number. Proxy era: provisional values, marked. Weighed as a advertising business: prior from its industry code (SEC 2711, Newspapers: Publishing or Publishing & Printing); the filing read can change it. All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.

The grade, in three tenses

Headline 5.5 out of ten, 9 of 9 metrics filed: past 3.6 out of ten, present 5.7 out of ten, future 7.4 out of ten. The past asks what it actually did, the present what it is doing right now, the future what it is set up to do next.

The nine metrics

  • Surviving crises (past): 0.4 out of ten. 4 warning events since 2017; the latest 2025-05-15. 4th percentile among 23 sector filers. A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build (read from EDGAR 2026-10-12).
  • Track record (past): 6.3 out of ten. +8.6% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 6 of 10. 63rd percentile among 21 sector filers. A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build (read from EDGAR 2026-10-12).
  • Shareholder treatment (past): 2.7 out of ten. Share count shrank 0.1% a year. 0% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 0 sales, 0 purchases. 27th percentile among 19 sector filers. A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build (read from EDGAR 2026-10-12).
  • Financial health (present): 7.6 out of ten. ROE 29%: 29¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 29%: owes 29¢ per asset dollar. 76th percentile among 22 sector filers. A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build (read from EDGAR 2026-10-12).
  • Industry position (present): 6.8 out of ten. top 32% of 21 in its family; net margin 127.9%. 68th percentile among 21 sector filers. A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build (read from EDGAR 2026-10-12).
  • Leadership (present): 0.5 out of ten. bottom 5% of 15 in its family for leadership. 5th percentile among 15 sector filers. A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build (read from EDGAR 2026-10-09).
  • Room to expand (future): 7.7 out of ten. top 23% of 21 in its family for room to expand. 77th percentile among 21 sector filers. A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build (read from EDGAR 2026-10-12).
  • Growth drivers (future): 6.4 out of ten. top 36% of 21 in its family for growth drivers. 64th percentile among 21 sector filers. A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build (read from EDGAR 2026-10-12).
  • Expectations vs reality (future): 8.8 out of ten. top 12% of 20 in its family for expectations against reality. 88th percentile among 20 sector filers. A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build (read from EDGAR 2026-10-12).

The filing record

Newest annual report: Form 10-K filed 2025-12-29 for the period ended 2025-09-30 (on EDGAR). Newest quarterly report: Form 10-Q filed 2026-08-12 for the period ended 2026-06-30 (on EDGAR). Newest results release: Form 8-K filed 2026-08-12 (on EDGAR). Newest filing: Form 8-K, 2026-09-11. Filings on record since 1995. Read from EDGAR 2026-10-12.

Where the revenue comes from

Product and service lines in fiscal 2025: License and Maintenance 36%, Consulting Fees 26%, Service Other 18%, Advertising 12%, Subscription and Circulation 5%, Advertising Service Fees and Other 4%. As tagged in its annual report (Form 10-K, filed 2025-12-29).

Who runs it

Nakamura, Erik (Chief Financial Officer); Rayani, Rasool (director); Conlin, Mary Murphy (director); Frank, John (director). 4 officers and directors have filed their own trades in the last fifteen months, names and titles as filed with the SEC, through 2026-09-30.

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