During the six months ended March 31, 2024, Daily Journal
Corporation (NASDAQ:DJCO) had consolidated revenues of $32,564,000
as compared to $28,455,000 in the prior year period. This increase
of $4,109,000 was primarily from increases in (i) Journal
Technologies’ license and maintenance fees of $3,337,000, and other
public service fees of $904,000, partially offset by decreased
consulting fees of $254,000, and (ii) the Traditional Business’
advertising revenues of $209,000.
The Traditional Business’ pretax income
decreased by $782,000 to $861,000 from $1,643,000 in the prior
fiscal year period, primarily due to increased personnel costs of
$674,000 to $5,173,000 from $4,499,000, partially offset by an
increased reduction of $100,000 to the long-term supplemental
compensation accrual to arrive at a reduction of $800,000 as
compared with a reduction of $700,000 in the prior fiscal year
period. Journal Technologies’ business segment pretax income
increased by $1,129,000 to pretax income of $395,000 from a pretax
loss of $734,000 in the prior fiscal year period primarily
resulting from increased revenues of $3,987,000. These revenue
increases were partially offset by increased operating expenses of
$2,858,000 mostly due to (i) increased personnel costs because of
salary adjustments, (ii) additional contractor services and the
hiring of additional staff members to strengthen operational
efficiencies, conduct product development and address technical
debt, and bolster teams working on the Company’s installation
projects, and (iii) increased third-party hosting fees which were
billed to clients.
At March 31, 2024, the Company held marketable
securities valued at $297,003,000, including net pretax unrealized
gains of $157,909,000, and accrued a deferred tax liability of
$40,490,000, for estimated income taxes due only upon the sales of
the net appreciated securities. During March 2024, the Company sold
certain of its marketable securities for approximately $40,579,000,
realizing net gains of $14,261,000, and used these proceeds to
further pay down the margin loan balance to $29,421,000 from
$75,000,000 at September 30, 2023. After including last quarter’s
paydown of $5,000,000 with excess cash from operations, there were
total paydowns of approximately $45,579,000 to the margin loan
during the six months ended March 31, 2024.
The Company’s non-operating income, net of
expenses, decreased by $1,182,000 to $35,104,000 from $36,286,000
in the prior fiscal year period primarily because of (i) the
recording of net unrealized gains on marketable securities of
$20,193,000 as compared with $32,669,000 in the prior fiscal year
period, and (ii) decreases in dividends and interest income of
$2,274,000 to $2,858,000 from $5,132,000. These decreases were
partially offset by the recording of realized net gains on sales of
marketable securities of $14,261,000 as compared with $422,000 in
the prior fiscal year period.
Consolidated pretax income was $36,360,000, as
compared to $37,195,000 in the prior fiscal year period. There was
consolidated net income of $28,030,000 ($20.36 per share) for the
six months ended March 31, 2024, as compared with $27,260,000
($19.80 per share) in the prior fiscal year period.
For the six months ended March 31, 2024, the
Company recorded an income tax provision of $8,330,000 on the
pretax income of $36,360,000. The income tax provision consisted of
tax provisions of $3,660,000 on the realized gains on marketable
securities, $5,180,000 on the unrealized gains on marketable
securities, $40,000 on income from foreign operations, and $480,000
on income from US operations and dividend income, partially offset
by a tax benefit of $210,000 for the dividends received deduction
and other permanent book and tax differences, and a tax benefit of
$820,000 for the effect of a change in state apportionment on the
beginning of the year’s deferred tax liability. Consequently, the
overall effective tax rate for the six months ended March 31, 2024
was 22.9%, after including the taxes on the realized and unrealized
gains on marketable securities.
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Daily Journal Corporation publishes newspapers
and web sites covering California and Arizona, and produces several
specialized information services. Journal Technologies, Inc.
supplies case management software systems and related products to
courts and other justice agencies.
This press release includes “forward-looking
statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, as amended. Certain statements contained in this press
release are “forward-looking” statements that involve risks and
uncertainties that may cause actual future events or results to
differ materially from those described in the forward-looking
statements. Words such as “expects,” “intends,” “anticipates,”
“should,” “believes,” “will,” “plans,” “estimates,” “may,”
variations of such words and similar expressions are intended to
identify such forward-looking statements. We disclaim any intention
or obligation to revise any forward-looking statements whether as a
result of new information, future developments, or otherwise.
Although we believe that the expectations reflected in such
forward-looking statements are reasonable, we can give no assurance
that such expectations will prove to have been correct. Additional
information concerning factors that could cause actual results to
differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements is
contained from time to time in documents we file with the
Securities and Exchange Commission.
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Contact: Tu To
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