Heritage Global Inc.
Business
Heritage Global Inc. is an asset services company that specializes in financial and industrial asset transactions. It provides market making, acquisitions, refurbishment, dispositions, valuations, secured lending, auction and appraisal services, charged-off receivable brokerage and specialty financing for nonperforming portfolios. Operations are organized into two divisions—Industrial Assets (Auction & Liquidation; Refurbishment & Resale) and Financial Assets (Brokerage; Specialty Lending)—with subsidiaries executing each function. The company operates globally across more than twenty-five sectors and distributes services through electronic auction platforms, direct sales, auctions, resale channels and strategic joint ventures, with significant activity in the United States and Canada.
Summary from filing dated 2025-03-13
Financials
Consolidated Statement of Income
| Concept | Trend | FY 2025 2025-12-31 | FY 2024 2024-12-31 | FY 2023 2023-12-31 | FY 2022 2022-12-31 | FY 2021 2021-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total revenues | 51 | 45 | 61 | 47 | 26 | |
| Selling, general and administrative | 25 | 24 | 26 | 21 | 15 | |
| Depreciation and amortization | 472,000 | 591,000 | 514,000 | 536,000 | 460,000 | |
| Total operating costs and expenses | 45 | 39 | 47 | 43 | 23 | |
| Earnings of equity method investments | 123,000 | 3 | 1 | 7 | −79,000 | |
| Operating income | 6 | 9 | 14 | 11 | 3 | |
| Interest income (expense), net | 134,000 | −93,000 | −324,000 | −113,000 | −22,000 | |
| Income before income tax expense | 6 | 9 | 14 | 11 | 3 | |
| Income tax expense | 2 | 4 | 2 | −4 | −61,000 | |
| Net income | 4 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 3 | |
| Weighted average common shares outstanding basic | 35 | 36 | 37 | 36 | 35 | |
| Weighted average common shares outstanding diluted | 35 | 37 | 38 | 37 | 37 | |
| Net income per share basic | 0.1 | 0.14 | 0.34 | 0.43 | 0.09 | |
| Net income per share diluted | 0.1 | 0.14 | 0.33 | 0.42 | 0.08 |
Consolidated Balance Sheet
| Concept | Trend | FY 2025 2025-12-31 | FY 2024 2024-12-31 | FY 2023 2023-12-31 | FY 2022 2022-12-31 | FY 2021 2021-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash and cash equivalents | 21 | 22 | 12 | 13 | 14 | |
| Accounts receivable, net | 2 | 2 | 2 | 988,000 | 3 | |
| Current portion of notes receivable, net | 5 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 2 | |
| Inventory equipment | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | |
| Other current assets | 756,000 | 1 | 448,000 | 1 | 1 | |
| Total current assets | 34 | 33 | 26 | 24 | 23 | |
| Non-current portion of notes receivable, net | 5 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 2 | |
| Equity method investments, net | 21 | 21 | 21 | 14 | 5 | |
| Right-of-use assets | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | |
| Property and equipment, net | 11 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | |
| Intangible assets, net | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | |
| Goodwill | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | |
| Deferred tax assets | 4 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 4 | |
| Other assets | 2 | 64,000 | 67,000 | 64,000 | 49,000 | |
| Total assets | 88 | 81 | 83 | 68 | 50 | |
| Accounts payable and accrued liabilities | 6 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 5 | |
| Payables to sellers | 7 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 6 | |
| Current portion of third party debt | 0 | 395,000 | 2 | 3 | 2 | |
| Current portion of lease liabilities | 829,000 | 807,000 | 789,000 | 703,000 | 501,000 | |
| Other current liabilities | 948,000 | 550,000 | — | — | — | |
| Total current liabilities | 16 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 14 | |
| Non-current portion of third party debt | 4 | 0 | 5 | 871,000 | 1 | |
| Non-current portion of lease liabilities | 790,000 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |
| Other non-current liabilities | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | |
| Total liabilities | 21 | 16 | 22 | 19 | 18 | |
| Commitments and contingencies (Note 12 and Note 15) | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Preferred stock, $10.00 par value, authorized 10,000,000 shares; issued and outstanding 563 shares of Series N as of both December 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, with liquidation preference over common stockholders equivalent to $1,000 per share | 6,000 | 6,000 | 6,000 | 6,000 | 6,000 | |
| Common stock, $0.01 par value, authorized 300,000,000 shares; issued 37,639,211 and 37,380,944 shares as of December 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, respectively; and outstanding 34,741,553 and 35,718,361 shares as of December 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, respectively | 376,000 | 374,000 | 372,000 | 369,000 | 366,000 | |
| Additional paid-in capital | 296 | 296 | 295 | 294 | 293 | |
| Accumulated deficit | −224 | −228 | −233 | −245 | −261 | |
| Treasury stock at cost, 2,897,658 shares as of December 31, 2025 and 1,662,583 shares as of December 31, 2024 | −6 | −3 | −794,000 | −395,000 | 0 | |
| Total stockholders equity | 67 | 65 | 61 | 48 | 33 | |
| Total liabilities and stockholders equity | 88 | 81 | 83 | 68 | 50 |
Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows
| Concept | Trend | FY 2025 2025-12-31 | FY 2024 2024-12-31 | FY 2023 2023-12-31 | FY 2022 2022-12-31 | FY 2021 2021-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net income | 4 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 3 | |
| Amortization of deferred issuance costs and fees, net | −9,000 | −90,000 | −273,000 | 279,000 | — | |
| Noncash credit loss (recovery) expense | −20,000 | −267,000 | 530,000 | — | — | |
| Amortization of right-of-use assets | 691,000 | 657,000 | 642,000 | — | — | |
| Deferred taxes | 2 | 3 | 418,000 | −5 | −86,000 | |
| Stock-based compensation expense | 900,000 | 1 | 776,000 | 540,000 | 408,000 | |
| Accounts receivable | −322,000 | 351,000 | −931,000 | 2 | −826,000 | |
| Inventory equipment | −583,000 | −274,000 | −455,000 | −1 | −2 | |
| Other assets | 303,000 | −605,000 | 662,000 | 328,000 | −749,000 | |
| Accounts payable and accrued liabilities | 476,000 | −1 | −1 | 4 | −557,000 | |
| Payables to sellers | −144,000 | 2 | 2 | −3 | −3 | |
| Lease liabilities | −697,000 | −657,000 | −625,000 | −513,000 | −61,000 | |
| Net cash provided by operating activities | 6 | 8 | 13 | 6 | −3 | |
| Investment in notes receivable | −6 | −6 | −30 | −8 | −8 | |
| Payments received on notes receivable | 7 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 4 | |
| Investment in participating interest | −2 | — | — | — | — | |
| Return on investment in participating interest | 94,000 | — | — | — | — | |
| Investment in equity method investments | −2 | −343,000 | −17 | −15 | −3 | |
| Return of investment in equity method investments | 1 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 0 | |
| Cash distributions from equity method investments | 123,000 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 243,000 | |
| Purchase of property, plant and equipment | −8 | −137,000 | −257,000 | −215,000 | −1 | |
| Net cash (used in) provided by investing activities | −9 | 11 | −16 | −8 | −10 | |
| Proceeds from debt payable to third parties | 4 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 5 | |
| Repayment of debt payable to third parties | −395,000 | −7 | −10 | −2 | −1 | |
| Proceeds from secured borrowing | 1 | — | — | — | — | |
| Repayments of secured borrowing | −21,000 | — | — | — | — | |
| Payments of tax withholdings related to issuance of restricted stock and cashless exercises of stock option awards | −80,000 | −117,000 | −122,000 | −44,000 | −987,000 | |
| Repurchase of common stock | −3 | −2 | −400,000 | −395,000 | 0 | |
| Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities | 2 | −9 | 2 | 78,000 | 3 | |
| Net Change in cash and cash equivalents | −1 | 9 | −388,000 | −955,000 | −10 | |
| Cash paid for taxes | 700,000 | 640,000 | 848,000 | 297,000 | 116,000 | |
| Cash paid for interest | 43,000 | 91,000 | 411,000 | 103,000 | 22,000 | |
| Noncash capital expenditures | 979,000 | 0 | — | — | — | |
| Noncash transfer of notes receivable to equity method investments | 0 | 2 | — | — | — | |
| Noncash change in lease liabilities and right-of-use assets | 0 | 327,000 | — | — | — |