22. Segment Reporting

 

The Company operates as a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Parent and is engaged in a single line of business as a securities broker-dealer providing comprehensive brokerage services including custody and clearance of retail accounts, principal transaction and proprietary trading, market making, and securities lending. The Company’s CODM, its Chief Financial Officer, reviews operating and financial information using net income as the key measure to evaluate the results of the business, predominately in the forecasting process, to manage the Company. The CODM has determined that all activities contribute to the core brokerage business and the Company operates as a single reportable segment. The Company’s operations constitute a single operating segment and therefore, a single reportable segment, because the CODM manages the business activities using information of the Company as a whole. The accounting policies used to measure the profit and loss of the segment are the same as those described in the summary of significant accounting policies.

 

   Year Ended December 31, 
   2024   2023 
Revenue        
Retail  $62,388,000   $54,019,000 
Stock loan   19,249,000    16,172,000 
Market making   2,255,000    1,304,000 
Consolidated overhead   9,000    19,000 
Total Revenue   83,901,000    71,514,000 
           
Expenses          
Retail   21,649,000    18,063,000 
Stock loan   9,776,000    8,281,000 
Market making   1,403,000    1,582,000 
Consolidated overhead   33,605,000    25,462,000 
Total Expenses   66,433,000    53,388,000 
           
Operating income  $17,468,000   $18,126,000 
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About Segments Disclosures

Segment disclosures break a company into its reportable operating units, revealing revenue, profit, and asset allocation that consolidated financial statements obscure. Under ASC 280, segments must match how the chief operating decision maker views the business, providing a window into internal management structure and resource allocation priorities.

Key signals: compare segment margins to identify which units drive profitability and which destroy value. Watch for changes in the number of reportable segments — segment aggregation or disaggregation often coincides with strategic shifts or attempts to obscure declining performance. Intersegment elimination patterns reveal internal pricing practices. The reconciliation between segment totals and consolidated figures exposes corporate overhead allocation and unallocated items. Geographic revenue concentration highlights regulatory and currency exposure. Compare segment-level capital expenditure against segment revenue to assess where management is investing for future growth versus harvesting existing assets.