Company Analysis

Daily Journal Corp. (S.C.) (DJCO)

Nasdaq: DJCO · Newspapers: Publishing or Publishing & Printing · Los Angeles, CA · filing with the SEC since 1995
Grade5.6
◀ Past 3.6● Present 5.8▶ Future 7.4

The grade of Daily Journal Corp. (S.C.)

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
5.6/10
◀ Past3.630% of the headline
● Present5.840% of the headline
▶ Future7.430% of the headline

All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.

All nine metrics read as filed from the record.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

3.6/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
0.4/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

4 warning events since 2017; the latest 2025-05-15.

weight 33% of this tense · 4th percentile among 23 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Daily Journal Corp. (S.C.)'s filings since 2017 show 4 warning events of 3 kinds: a notice about its exchange listing (8-K item 3.01, the latest 2023-12-01); an auditor change (8-K item 4.01, the latest 2020-11-02); a late-report notice (Form NT 10-K or NT 10-Q, 2 times, the latest 2025-05-15) (its current reports).

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Track record

as filed
6.3/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+8.6% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 6 of 10.

weight 45% of this tense · 63rd percentile among 21 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Daily Journal Corp. (S.C.)'s 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $42 million in fiscal 2016 to $88 million in fiscal 2025, up 8.6% a year; it rose in 6 of 9 years; the deepest fall was 2% from fiscal 2016 to fiscal 2018; net income was positive in 6 of 10 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span8.6%top 12% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosetop 50% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profitbottom 36% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak2.2%top 21% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Shareholder treatment

as filed
2.9/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count shrank 0.1% a year. 0% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 0 sales, 0 purchases.

weight 22% of this tense · 29th percentile among 18 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-09-30, Daily Journal Corp. (S.C.)'s diluted share count shrank about 0.1% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 0% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 0 sales and 0 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-11-02 (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearsbottom 43% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowbottom 14% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

● Present

What are they doing right now?

5.8/1040% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
7.6/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE 29%: 29¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 29%: owes 29¢ per asset dollar.

weight 33% of this tense · 76th percentile among 22 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-09-30, Daily Journal Corp. (S.C.) earned about 29 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money. Leverage: it owed about 29 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count was unchanged over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetstop 16% of its family
  • return on equitytop 3% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforebottom 48% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Industry position

as filed
6.8/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

top 32% of 21 in its family; net margin 127.9%.

weight 45% of this tense · 68th percentile among 21 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Daily Journal Corp. (S.C.)'s standing among 21 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $88 million in fiscal 2025 ranks in the bottom 13% by size; a net margin of 127.9% ranks in the top 2%; revenue growth of 17.5% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the top 7% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$87.7Mbottom 13% of its family
  • net margin127.9%top 2% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth17.5%top 7% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Leadership

as filed
0.9/10

What are the people in charge doing?

bottom 9% of 15 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2024.

weight 22% of this tense · 9th percentile among 15 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Daily Journal Corp. (S.C.)'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Myhill-Jones, Steven (Chairman and CEO, as filed), filing under that title since 2024-12-16, 1.9 years (bottom 17% of its family); the 5 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 2.5 years (bottom 4%); 5 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 5 people in charge now (bottom 6%; fewer changes for each person reads higher) (the Form 4 record, its Form 8-K reports). Years count from a person's first filing in the SEC's data sets, which begin in 2006, so each is a floor.

What it rests on

  • officer and director changes on Form 8-K, against the people in charge5 in three years among 5 peoplebottom 6% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed2.5 yearsbottom 4% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record1.9 yearsbottom 17% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

7.4/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
7.7/10

How much room does it have to grow?

top 23% of 21 in its family for room to expand.

weight 33% of this tense · 77th percentile among 21 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Daily Journal Corp. (S.C.)'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $21 million against no long-term debt tagged leaves 3.8% of its assets as net cash, top 30% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 15.2% of revenue (top 17%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets3.8%top 30% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue15.2%top 17% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Growth drivers

as filed
6.4/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

top 36% of 21 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 45% of this tense · 64th percentile among 21 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Daily Journal Corp. (S.C.)'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 17.5% a year over the last three filed years against 8.6% over all 10, speeding up (top 2% of its family); the newest year grew 25.4% (top 12%); capital spending grew -39.4% a year (bottom 8%) (its annual reports). Daily Journal Corp. (S.C.) reported 6 product lines in fiscal 2025: License and Maintenance at $32 million (36%), Consulting Fees at $23 million (26%), Service Other at $15 million (18%), and 3 more; 5 of 6 grew against the year before (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span+8.9 points a yeartop 2% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth25.4%top 12% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending-39.4%bottom 8% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Expectations vs reality

as filed
8.8/10

Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?

top 12% of 20 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 22% of this tense · 88th percentile among 20 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Daily Journal Corp. (S.C.)'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $88 million in fiscal 2025 came in 10.2% above the $80 million its prior three years' pace pointed to (top 12% of its family); net income of $112 million against a prior three-year average of $26 million (top 17%); a net margin of more than its whole revenue against 34.6% before (top 7%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace10.2%top 12% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average+331%top 17% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average+93.3 pointstop 7% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made

SI Assistanton DJCO · research, not advice