Revenue jumps 70% but Great Elm Group (GEG) ends year with a loss
Rhea-AI Filing Summary
Great Elm Group, Inc. (GEG) reported fiscal 2026 results showing strong top-line growth but a swing to loss driven by investment marks. Full-year revenue was $27.8 million, up about 70% from $16.3 million in 2025, while net loss was $35.4 million versus prior-year net income of $12.9 million, largely due to $22.2 million of net realized and unrealized losses associated with GECC-related investments versus gains a year earlier.
Fourth-quarter revenue rose 88% to $10.6 million, with net income of $1.1 million, down from $13.6 million on lower net unrealized gains. Full-year Adjusted EBITDA was $(3.4) million versus $4.3 million in 2025. GEG and its managed vehicles raised about $393 million of gross capital in fiscal 2026, and fee-paying AUM and total AUM reached $590 million and $771 million, respectively, as of June 30, 2026.
GEG ended the year with a strong liquidity position, holding about $53.5 million in cash and cash equivalents. The company continued capital returns, repurchasing about 8.1 million shares for $16.1 million under a $40 million authorization, leaving roughly $23.9 million of remaining capacity.
Positive
- Revenue grew about 70% year over year to $27.8 million, up from $16.3 million in fiscal 2025, reflecting strong expansion across Great Elm Group’s platform.
- Fee-paying AUM and AUM increased to $590 million and $771 million, respectively, as of June 30, 2026, with FPAUM up 7% and AUM up 2% from the prior year.
- GEG and its managed vehicles raised approximately $393 million of gross capital during fiscal 2026, supporting future fee generation and platform growth.
- The company maintained $53.5 million of cash and cash equivalents at June 30, 2026, providing a strong liquidity buffer for growth initiatives and capital allocation.
Negative
- GEG reported a net loss of $35.4 million in fiscal 2026, compared with net income of $12.9 million in 2025, driven by $22.2 million of net realized and unrealized losses on investments.
- Adjusted EBITDA deteriorated to $(3.4) million for fiscal 2026 from $4.3 million in 2025, indicating weaker underlying profitability.
- Unrealized losses on GECC common stock and related SPVs totaled $(19.1) million for fiscal 2026 (GECC common stock $(6.5) million and GECC-related SPVs $(12.6) million), materially impacting results.
Filing Explained
Year over year, reported equity fell from $70,318 thousand to $40,809 thousand while common shares outstanding rose to 29,778,239.
This Form 8-K reports a specified material event under Item 2.02 and furnishes its press release as Exhibit 99.1; the release is not deemed filed under Section 18.
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Item 2.02 Results of Operations and Financial Condition.
On August 26, 2026, Great Elm Group, Inc. issued the press release furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this report.
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Exhibit 99.1
GREAT ELM GROUP REPORTS FISCAL 2026 FOURTH QUARTER AND FULL YEAR
FINANCIAL RESULTS
– Fiscal 2026 Net Loss of Approximately $35 Million, Driven Primarily by GECC Share Price Decline –
– Fourth Quarter Total Revenue Increased 88% from the Prior-Year Period –
– Nearly $400 Million of Gross Capital Raised in Fiscal 2026 –
– Fee-Paying AUM and AUM Grew 7% and 2% from the Prior-Year Period to $590 Million and $771 Million, Respectively, as of June 30, 2026 –
– Monomoy REIT Achieved Record Capital Deployment in the Fourth Quarter with Six Acquisitions and $34 Million of Committed Capital1 –
– Monomoy BTS Sold Third Development Property in June 2026 for Approximately $0.9 Million Gain on Sale and Purchased Fifth Development Property in July 2026 –
– GECC Delivered Improved NAV and Portfolio Performance During the Quarter While Continuing to Strengthen its Capital Structure Through Addressing Near Term Debt Maturities –
– Strong, Liquid Balance Sheet with Over $53 Million of Cash and Equivalents Positions Company to Drive Continued Growth –
– Repurchased Approximately 0.3 Million Shares, Roughly 1% of Shares Outstanding During the Fourth Quarter –
Company to Host Conference Call at 8:30 a.m. ET on August 27, 2026
PALM BEACH GARDENS, Florida, August 26, 2026 – Great Elm Group, Inc. (“we,” “our,” “GEG,” “Great Elm,” or “the Company”), (NASDAQ: GEG), an alternative asset manager, today announced financial results for its fiscal fourth quarter and year ended June 30, 2026.
Management Commentary
Jason Reese, Chief Executive Officer of the Company stated, “Fiscal 2026 was a year of meaningful progress across Great Elm’s platform, although that progress was overshadowed by significant unrealized losses primarily driven by our investments in GECC and GECC-related vehicles. These mark-to-market changes had a significant impact on our financial results and book value.
Importantly, we exited the year with improving momentum across several of our businesses. We completed record capital raises of nearly $400 million across GEG and our managed vehicles and expanded our fee-paying assets under management.
Our real estate platform was a particular area of strength. Monomoy REIT achieved record acquisition activity as we continued to scale our industrial outdoor storage (IOS) portfolio, supported by our strategic partnership with Kennedy Lewis. Monomoy BTS advanced its build-to-suit strategy, profitably selling its second and third design-build properties,
advancing development of its fourth project, and acquiring its fifth property in July. While Monomoy Construction Services had a slower than expected ramp, we are encouraged by its growing pipeline, anchored by core tenants and new expanding relationships. Together, these businesses provide an integrated platform spanning construction, development, acquisitions and asset management, with significant opportunity to further scale.
We also strengthened our alternative credit platform during the year. Despite portfolio setbacks early in the year and challenging market sentiment toward private credit, GECC maintained a disciplined investment approach, enhanced portfolio quality, and took important steps to strengthen its capital structure, including redeeming debt and extending the maturity of its revolving credit facility. These actions leave GECC better positioned to pursue attractive investment opportunities and generate long-term, fee-related earnings.
Our CoreWeave-related equity investment also continued to generate significant value. Since April 1, we have received approximately $3 million of distributions, bringing our total distributions since inception to $8.6 million, compared with our original $5.0 million investment, while retaining meaningful upside potential at current trading levels.
Finally, we repurchased shares of our common stock for the eleventh consecutive quarter, reflecting our conviction in the intrinsic value of Great Elm, with nearly $24 million of capacity remaining under the repurchase program. While we are not satisfied with the reported loss for fiscal 2026, we enter fiscal 2027 with growing fee-paying assets, substantial liquidity and improving momentum across our operating businesses. We remain focused on disciplined capital deployment, expanding fee-related earnings and creating long-term value for our shareholders.”
Fiscal Fourth Quarter 2026 and Recent Highlights
Full Fiscal Year 2026 Highlights
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GEG Business Highlights
Alternative Credit
Real Estate
Investments
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Stock Repurchase Program
In the fiscal fourth quarter of 2026, GEG’s Board of Directors approved a $15 million increase to the Company’s stock repurchase program, authorizing the repurchase of up to $40 million in aggregate of its outstanding common stock in the open market. As of August 24, 2026, Great Elm has repurchased approximately 8.1 million shares at an average price of $2.00 per share, equating to $16.1 million since the initiation of the stock repurchase program, leaving approximately $23.9 million of remaining capacity under the program for future repurchases.
Fiscal 2026 Fourth Quarter Conference Call & Webcast Information
When: Thursday, August 27, 2026, 8:30 a.m. Eastern Time (ET)
Call: All interested parties are invited to participate in the conference call by dialing +1 (877) 407-0752; international callers should dial +1 (201) 389-0912. Participants should enter the Conference ID 13757473 if asked.
Webcast: The conference call will be webcast simultaneously and can be accessed here. A copy of the slide presentation accompanying the conference call can be found here.
About Great Elm Group, Inc.
Great Elm Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: GEG) is a publicly-traded, alternative asset manager focused on growing a scalable and diversified portfolio of long-duration and permanent capital vehicles across credit, real estate, specialty finance, and other alternative strategies. Great Elm Group, Inc. and its subsidiaries currently manage Great Elm Capital Corp., a publicly-traded business development company, and Monomoy Properties REIT, LLC, an industrial outdoor storage (“IOS”) focused real estate investment trust, in addition to other investments. Great Elm Group, Inc.’s website can be found at www.greatelmgroup.com.
Safe Harbor Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995
Statements in this press release that are “forward-looking” statements, including statements regarding expected growth, profitability, acquisition opportunities and outlook involve risks and uncertainties that may individually or collectively impact the matters described herein. Investors are cautioned not to place undue reliance on any such forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date they are made and represent Great Elm’s assumptions and expectations in light of currently available information. These statements involve risks, variables and uncertainties, and Great Elm’s actual performance results may differ from those projected, and any such differences may be material. For information on certain factors that could cause actual events or results to differ materially from Great Elm’s expectations, please see Great Elm’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), including its most recent annual report on Form 10-K and subsequent reports on Forms 10-Q and 8-K. Additional information relating to Great Elm’s financial position and results of operations is also contained in Great Elm’s annual and quarterly reports filed with the SEC and available for download at its website www.greatelmgroup.com or at the SEC website www.sec.gov.
Non-GAAP Financial Measures
The SEC has adopted rules to regulate the use in filings with the SEC, and in public disclosures, of financial measures that are not in accordance with US GAAP, such as adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (“Adjusted EBITDA”). Adjusted EBITDA is derived from methodologies other than in accordance with US GAAP. Great Elm believes that Adjusted EBITDA is an important measure for investors to use in evaluating Great Elm’s businesses. In addition, Great Elm’s management reviews Adjusted EBITDA as they evaluate acquisition opportunities.
Adjusted EBITDA has limitations as an analytical tool, and you should not consider it either in isolation from, or as a substitute for, analyzing Great Elm’s results as reported under US GAAP. Non-GAAP financial measures reported by Great Elm may not be comparable to similarly titled amounts reported by other companies.
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Endnotes
1 Includes estimated future capital expenditures and tenant improvement commitments
Media & Investor Contact:
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Consolidated Balance Sheets
Dollar amounts in thousands (except per share data)
ASSETS |
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June 30, 2026 |
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June 30, 2025 |
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Current assets |
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Cash and cash equivalents |
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$ |
53,474 |
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$ |
30,603 |
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Receivables from managed funds |
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3,954 |
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8,331 |
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Investments, at fair value |
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32,612 |
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60,614 |
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Prepaid and other current assets |
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1,671 |
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2,803 |
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Real estate assets, net |
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2,403 |
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9,085 |
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Related party loan receivable |
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- |
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8,000 |
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Assets of Consolidated Funds: |
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Cash and cash equivalents |
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113 |
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3,907 |
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Investments, at fair value |
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5,346 |
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14,327 |
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Other assets |
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61 |
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227 |
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Total current assets |
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99,634 |
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137,897 |
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Identifiable intangible assets, net |
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10,879 |
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12,009 |
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Goodwill |
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440 |
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440 |
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Right-of-use assets |
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1,238 |
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1,603 |
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Other assets |
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1,493 |
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1,988 |
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Total assets |
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$ |
113,684 |
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$ |
153,937 |
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LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY |
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Current liabilities |
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Accounts payable |
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$ |
1,215 |
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$ |
1,026 |
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Accrued expenses and other current liabilities |
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5,932 |
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7,707 |
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Current portion of related party payables |
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234 |
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258 |
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Current portion of lease liabilities |
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337 |
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355 |
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Liabilities of Consolidated Funds: |
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Payable for securities purchased |
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- |
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96 |
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Accrued expenses and other liabilities |
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11 |
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172 |
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Total current liabilities |
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7,729 |
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9,614 |
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Lease liabilities, net of current portion |
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923 |
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1,260 |
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Long-term debt (face value $26,945) |
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26,658 |
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26,373 |
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Convertible notes (face value $36,838 and $35,063, including $17,853 and $16,993 held by related parties, respectively) |
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36,474 |
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34,602 |
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Other liabilities |
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1,091 |
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1,422 |
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Total liabilities |
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72,875 |
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73,271 |
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Commitments and contingencies |
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Stockholders' equity |
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Preferred stock, $0.001 par value; 5,000,000 authorized and zero outstanding |
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- |
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Common stock, $0.001 par value; 350,000,000 shares authorized and 31,139,625 shares issued and 29,778,239 outstanding at June 30, 2026; and 27,630,305 shares issued and 26,552,948 outstanding at June 30, 2025 |
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27 |
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25 |
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Additional paid-in-capital |
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3,316,289 |
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3,310,356 |
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Accumulated deficit |
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(3,275,507 |
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(3,240,063 |
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Total Great Elm Group, Inc. stockholders' equity |
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40,809 |
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70,318 |
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Redeemable non-controlling interest in Consolidated Funds |
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- |
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10,348 |
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Total stockholders' equity |
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40,809 |
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80,666 |
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Total liabilities and stockholders' equity |
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$ |
113,684 |
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$ |
153,937 |
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Consolidated Statements of Operations
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For the three months ended June 30, |
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For the twelve months ended June 30, |
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2026 |
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2025 |
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2026 |
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2025 |
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Revenues |
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$ |
10,559 |
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$ |
5,608 |
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$ |
27,776 |
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$ |
16,316 |
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Cost of revenues |
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6,484 |
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- |
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13,248 |
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1,082 |
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Operating costs and expenses: |
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Compensation and benefits |
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4,119 |
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4,489 |
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19,582 |
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15,478 |
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Selling, general and administrative |
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1,699 |
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2,244 |
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7,433 |
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6,451 |
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Depreciation and amortization |
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332 |
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331 |
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1,299 |
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1,249 |
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Expenses of Consolidated Funds |
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6 |
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19 |
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224 |
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59 |
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Total operating costs and expenses |
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6,156 |
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7,083 |
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28,538 |
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23,237 |
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Operating loss |
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(2,081 |
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(1,475 |
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(14,010 |
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(8,003 |
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Dividends and interest income |
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1,051 |
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1,451 |
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4,777 |
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6,057 |
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Interest expense |
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(1,023 |
) |
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(1,060 |
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(4,106 |
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(4,157 |
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Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) |
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1,851 |
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13,087 |
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(22,244 |
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16,854 |
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Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments of Consolidated Funds |
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656 |
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3,411 |
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(2,659 |
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3,322 |
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Interest and other income of Consolidated Funds |
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130 |
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395 |
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958 |
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1,563 |
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Income (loss) before income taxes |
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584 |
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15,809 |
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(37,284 |
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15,636 |
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Income tax benefit (expense) |
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480 |
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(86 |
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376 |
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(86 |
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Net income (loss) |
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$ |
1,064 |
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$ |
15,723 |
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$ |
(36,908 |
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$ |
15,550 |
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Less: net income (loss) attributable to non-controlling interest in Consolidated Funds |
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- |
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2,150 |
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(1,464 |
) |
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2,659 |
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Net income (loss) attributable to Great Elm Group, Inc. stockholders |
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$ |
1,064 |
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$ |
13,573 |
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$ |
(35,444 |
) |
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$ |
12,891 |
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Net income (loss) attributable to stockholders per share |
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Basic |
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$ |
0.04 |
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$ |
0.51 |
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$ |
(1.17 |
) |
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$ |
0.47 |
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Diluted |
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0.04 |
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0.37 |
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(1.17 |
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0.38 |
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Weighted average shares outstanding |
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Basic |
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29,801 |
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26,562 |
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30,289 |
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27,642 |
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Diluted |
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30,064 |
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37,737 |
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30,289 |
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38,817 |
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Reconciliation from Net Income (Loss) to Adjusted EBITDA
Dollar amounts in thousands
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Three months ended June 30, |
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Twelve months ended June 30, |
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2026 |
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2025 |
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2026 |
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2025 |
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Net income (loss) |
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$ |
1,064 |
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$ |
15,723 |
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$ |
(36,908 |
) |
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$ |
15,550 |
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Interest expense |
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1,023 |
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1,060 |
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4,106 |
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4,157 |
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Income tax expense |
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(480 |
) |
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86 |
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(376 |
) |
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86 |
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Depreciation and amortization |
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332 |
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331 |
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1,299 |
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1,249 |
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Non-cash compensation |
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856 |
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782 |
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3,615 |
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3,450 |
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(Gain) loss on investments |
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(2,507 |
) |
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(16,498 |
) |
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24,903 |
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(20,176 |
) |
Change in contingent consideration |
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- |
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- |
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- |
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(6 |
) |
Adjusted EBITDA |
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$ |
288 |
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$ |
1,484 |
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$ |
(3,361 |
) |
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$ |
4,310 |
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