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FRMO Corp. Announces Fiscal 2025 First Quarter Results and Conference Call

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WHITE PLAINS, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- FRMO Corp. (the “Company� or “FRMO�) (OTC Pink: FRMO) today reported its financial results for the 2025 first quarter ended August 31, 2024.

Financial Highlights

FRMO’s total book value as of August 31, 2024 was $503.1 million ($11.43 per share on a fully diluted basis), including $226.6 million of non-controlling interests. Excluding the non-controlling interests, book value was $276.6 million ($6.28 per share). This compares with total book value at the prior fiscal year end on May 31, 2024 of $403.3 million ($9.16 per share), including $161.1 million of non-controlling interests. Excluding the non-controlling interests, book value was $242.1 million ($5.50 per share).

Current assets, comprised primarily of cash and equivalents and equity securities, amounted to $366.0 million as of August 31, 2024, and $276.1 million as of May 31, 2024. Total liabilities were $45.2 million as of August 31, 2024, and $35.9 million as of May 31, 2024, comprised primarily of securities sold, not yet purchased, and deferred taxes.

FRMO’s net income attributable to the Company for the quarter ended August 31, 2024 rose to $34,486,751 ($0.78 per diluted share) compared to $32,329,985 ($0.73 per diluted share) a year earlier. The equity security investment that accounts for the significant net income increase is identified as Investment A in Note 4 of the Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements under Investment Concentration.

Net income attributable to the Company excluding the effect of unrealized gain from equity securities and digital assets net of taxes for the three months ended August 31, 2024 was $11,579,966 ($0.26 per diluted share) compared to $14,239,683 ($0.32 per diluted share) for the three months ended August 31, 2023.

Net income attributable to the Company excluding the effect of unrealized gain from equity securities and digital assets net of taxes is a measure not based on GAAP and is defined and reconciled to the most directly comparable GAAP measures in “Information Regarding Non-GAAP Measures� at the end of this release.

Valuation of securities and digital assets are subject to change after August 31, 2024. The market value of several securities and digital assets might have changed substantially since that date. We look forward to finding new ways to expand our digital assets mining operations.

The interim condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of FRMO Corporation and its controlled subsidiaries (collectively referred to as the "Company"). As of August 31, 2024 and May 31, 2024, the Company held a 21.86% and 21.84% equity interest in Horizon Kinetics Hard Assets LLC (“HKHA�), a company formed by Horizon Kinetics LLC (“Horizon�) and certain officers, principal stockholders and directors of the Company. The Company also holds a 4.95% interest in Horizon and earns substantially all of its advisory fees from Horizon (see Note 4 � Investments, Investments under the Equity Method of Accounting). Due to the common control and ownership between HKHA and the Company’s principal stockholders and directors, HKHA has been consolidated within the Company’s financial statements. The noncontrolling interest of 78.14% and 78.16% in HKHA has been eliminated from results of operations for the periods ended August 31, 2024 and May 31, 2024.

Further details are available in the Company’s Consolidated Financial Statements for the three months ended August 31, 2024. These statements have been filed on the OTC Markets Group Disclosure and News Services, which may be accessed at . These documents are also available on the FRMO website at .

Conference Call

Murray Stahl, Chairman and CEO, and Steven Bregman, President and CFO, will host a conference call on Tuesday, October 22, 2024, at 4:15 p.m. Eastern Time. Only questions submitted to [email protected] before 1:00 p.m. on the day of the call will be considered. You may register for the conference call by clicking on the following link:

An audio replay link will be available for 30 days from October 23 through November 22, 2024 on the FRMO website () until the summary transcript is posted.

Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets
(in thousands)
August 31, May 31,

2024

2024

(Unaudited)
Assets
Current Assets:
Cash and cash equivalents

$

42,472

$

39,190

Equity securities, at fair value

Ìý

310,345

Ìý

221,682

Digital assets, at fair value

Ìý

9,588

Ìý

10,979

Other current assets

Ìý

3,642

Ìý

4,252

Total Current Assets

Ìý

366,047

Ìý

276,102

Investment in limited partnerships and other equity investments, at fair value

Ìý

146,109

Ìý

127,579

Investments in securities exchanges

Ìý

6,509

Ìý

6,463

Other assets

Ìý

1,541

Ìý

1,609

Investment in Horizon Kinetics LLC

Ìý

17,936

Ìý

17,205

Participation in Horizon Kinetics LLC revenue stream

Ìý

10,200

Ìý

10,200

Total Assets

$

548,342

$

439,159

Ìý
Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity
Current Liabilities:
Securities sold, not yet purchased

$

991

$

951

Other current liabilities

Ìý

1,874

Ìý

1,258

Total Current Liabilities

Ìý

2,865

Ìý

2,209

Deferred Tax Liability

Ìý

42,330

Ìý

33,668

Total Liabilities

Ìý

45,195

Ìý

35,877

Ìý
Stockholders' Equity:
Stockholders' Equity Attributable to the Company

Ìý

276,568

Ìý

242,137

Noncontrolling interests

Ìý

226,579

Ìý

161,145

Total Stockholders' Equity

Ìý

503,146

Ìý

403,282

Ìý
Total Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity

$

548,342

$

439,159

Ìý
(Components may not sum to totals due to rounding)

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income

(amounts in thousands, except share data)
Three Months Ended
August 31, August 31,

Ìý

2024

Ìý

Ìý

2023

Ìý

(Unaudited)
Revenue:
Fees

$

737

Ìý

$

701

Ìý

Equity earnings from limited partnerships and limited liability companies

Ìý

2,556

Ìý

Ìý

769

Ìý

Unrealized gains from investments

Ìý

16,399

Ìý

Ìý

19,207

Ìý

Other

Ìý

4,457

Ìý

Ìý

1,353

Ìý

Total revenue before unrealized gains (losses) from equity securities and digital assets

Ìý

24,150

Ìý

Ìý

22,030

Ìý

Unrealized gains from equity securities

Ìý

88,435

Ìý

Ìý

67,312

Ìý

Unrealized losses from digital assets

Ìý

(1,422

)

Ìý

(216

)

Total Revenue

Ìý

111,162

Ìý

Ìý

89,125

Ìý

Total Expenses

Ìý

418

Ìý

Ìý

362

Ìý

Ìý
Income from Operations before Provision for (Benefit from) Income Taxes

Ìý

110,744

Ìý

Ìý

88,763

Ìý

Provision for Income Taxes

Ìý

10,489

Ìý

Ìý

8,294

Ìý

Net Income

Ìý

100,255

Ìý

Ìý

80,469

Ìý

Less net income attributable to noncontrolling interests

Ìý

65,769

Ìý

Ìý

48,139

Ìý

Net Income Attributable to FRMO Corporation

$

34,487

Ìý

$

32,330

Ìý

Ìý
Diluted Net Income per Common Share

$

0.78

Ìý

$

0.73

Ìý

Ìý
Weighted Average Common Shares Outstanding
Basic

Ìý

44,022,781

Ìý

Ìý

44,022,781

Ìý

Diluted

Ìý

44,027,112

Ìý

Ìý

44,030,469

Ìý

Ìý
(Components may not sum to totals due to rounding)

About FRMO Corp.
FRMO Corp. invests in and receives revenues based upon consulting and advisory fee interests in the asset management sector.

FRMO had 44,022,781 shares of common stock outstanding as of August 31, 2024.

For more information, visit our website at .

Safe Harbor Statement Under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 � With the exception of historical information, the matters discussed in this press release are forward-looking statements that involve a number of risks and uncertainties. Words like “believe,� “expect� and “anticipate� mean that these are our best estimates as of this writing, but that there can be no assurances that expected or anticipated results or events will actually take place, so our actual future results could differ significantly from those statements. Factors that could cause or contribute to such differences include, but are not limited to: our ability to maintain our competitive advantages, the general economics of the financial industry, our ability to finance growth, our ability to identify and close acquisitions on terms favorable to the Company, and a sustainable market.

Further information on our risk factors is contained in our quarterly and annual reports as filed on our website and on .

Information Regarding Non-GAAP Measures

Net income attributable to the Company excluding the effect of unrealized gain from equity securities and digital assets is net income attributable to the Company exclusive of unrealized gains from equity securities and digital assets, net of tax. Net income attributable to the Company is the GAAP measure most closely comparable to net income attributable to the Company excluding the effect of unrealized gain from equity securities and digital assets.

Management uses net income attributable to the Company excluding the effect of unrealized gain from equity securities and digital assets, along with other measures, to gauge the Company’s performance and evaluate results, which can be skewed when including unrealized gain from equity securities and digital assets, which may vary significantly between periods. Net income attributable to the Company excluding the effect of unrealized gain from equity securities is provided as supplemental information, and is not a substitute for net income attributable to the Company and does not reflect the Company’s overall profitability.

The following table reconciles the net income attributable to the Company excluding the effect of unrealized gain from equity securities and digital assets to net income attributable to the Company for the periods indicated:

Three Months Ended Three Months Ended
August 31, 2024 August 31, 2023
(Unaudited) (Unaudited)
Ìý
Amount Diluted earnings per common share Amount Diluted earnings per common share
(000’s except per common share amounts and percentages)
Ìý
Net Income Attributable to the Company Excluding the Effect of Unrealized Gain from Equity Securities and Digital Assets, and Diluted Earnings per Common Share Reconciliation:
Ìý
Net income attributable to the Company

$

34,487

Ìý

$

0.78

$

32,330

Ìý

$

0.73

Ìý
Unrealized gain from equity securities and digital assets

Ìý

87,013

Ìý

Ìý

67,095

Ìý

Unrealized gain from equity securities and digital assets attributable to noncontrolling interests

Ìý

62,929

Ìý

Ìý

47,797

Ìý

Unrealized gain from equity securities and digital assets attributable to the Company

Ìý

24,084

Ìý

Ìý

19,298

Ìý

Tax provision on unrealized gain from equity securities and digital assets attributable to the company

Ìý

(1,177

)

Ìý

(1,208

)

Unrealized gain from equity securities and digital assets attributable to the Company, net of taxes

Ìý

22,907

Ìý

$

0.52

Ìý

18,090

Ìý

$

0.41

Ìý
Net income attributable to the Company excluding the effect of unrealized gain from equity securities and digital assets

$

11,580

Ìý

$

0.26

$

14,240

Ìý

$

0.32

Ìý
Weighted average diluted shares outstanding

Ìý

44,027,112

Ìý

Ìý

44,030,469

Ìý

Ìý
(Components may not sum to totals due to rounding)
Ìý

Ìý

Thérèse Byars

Corporate Secretary

Email: [email protected]

Telephone: 646-495-7337

Source: FRMO Corp.

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