Dolphin Entertainment, Inc. (DLPN)

Nasdaq: DLPN · Services-Personal Services · Coral Gables, FL · filing with the SEC since 2004

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Grade4.0

◀ Past 3.2● Present 4.1▶ Future 4.5

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The grade of Dolphin Entertainment, Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense

Headline grade

4.0/10

◀ Past3.225% of the headline

● Present4.145% of the headline

▶ Future4.530% of the headline

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

Of the nine metrics, 8 read as filed from the record and 1 is an SI estimate, each with its reasoning, its confidence and what would change it on its card.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

3.2/1025% of the headline grade · 2 of 3 filed, 1 estimated

Surviving crises

as filed

2.3/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

26 warning events since 2017; the latest 2024-11-08.

weight 45% of this tense · 23rd percentile among 11 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Dolphin Entertainment, Inc.'s filings since 2017 show 26 warning events of 4 kinds: a notice about its exchange listing (8-K item 3.01, 9 times, the latest 2024-11-08); a warning not to rely on past financial statements (8-K item 4.02, 2 times, the latest 2022-05-10); an auditor change (8-K item 4.01, the latest 2022-06-03); a late-report notice (Form NT 10-K or NT 10-Q, 14 times, the latest 2022-04-01) (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?

+22.1% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 1 of 10.

weight 33% of this tense · 63rd percentile among 10 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Dolphin Entertainment, Inc.'s 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $9 million in fiscal 2016 to $57 million in fiscal 2025, up 22.1% a year; it rose in 8 of 9 years; the deepest fall was 4% from fiscal 2019 to fiscal 2020; net income was positive in 1 of 10 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

revenue growth over the filed span22.1%top 5% of its family
the share of years revenue rosetop 20% of its family
the share of filed years with a profitbottom 10% of its family
the deepest fall from a revenue peak3.8%top 35% of its family

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

Shareholder treatment

SI estimate

0.5/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

SI estimate 0.5/10, confidence 35 of 100 (one part).

weight 22% of this tense · 5th percentile among 10 sector filers · read for its shareholders

SI estimate Inferred, not read as filed

Why it is an estimate: Read from one part only, the share count over the years, which ranks in the bottom 5% of 10 in its family; fewer than two of the parts can be read: the share count over the years, and the cash returned against a positive operating cash flow or net income.
What the record cannot read: Fewer than two of the parts can be read: the share count over the years, and the cash returned against a positive operating cash flow or net income.
How it was reasoned: one part: the share count over the years, the one part on file, ranked among 10 in its family.
Confidence: 35 of 100
What would change it: A filing that carries the missing parts replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

From the record

SI estimate, not a filed reading: Dolphin Entertainment, Inc.'s shareholder treatment is put at 0.5 of 10 with a confidence of 35 of 100, because read from one part only, the share count over the years, which ranks in the bottom 5% of 10 in its family; fewer than two of the parts can be read: the share count over the years, and the cash returned against a positive operating cash flow or net income. A filing that carries the missing parts replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

● Present

What are they doing right now?

4.1/1045% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed

1.9/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE -32%: lost 32¢ per shareholder dollar. Leverage 83%: owes 83¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 19th percentile among 10 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, Dolphin Entertainment, Inc. lost about 32 cents for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 5 cents per dollar of everything the company owns. Leverage: it owed about 83 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count grew 12.1% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

what it owes per dollar of assetsbottom 41% of its family
return on equitybottom 6% of its family
gross profit against assetsbottom 6% of its family
the share count against the year beforebottom 25% of its family

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

Industry position

as filed

3.8/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

bottom 38% of 11 in its family; net margin -5.4%.

weight 33% of this tense · 38th percentile among 11 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Dolphin Entertainment, Inc.'s standing among 11 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $57 million in fiscal 2025 ranks in the bottom 15% by size; a net margin of -5.4% ranks in the bottom 23%; revenue growth of 11.9% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the top 23% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

revenue against the family$56.7Mbottom 15% of its family
net margin-5.4%bottom 23% of its family
three-year revenue growth11.9%top 23% of its family

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

Leadership

as filed

8.8/10

What are the people in charge doing?

top 12% of 10 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2011.

weight 22% of this tense · 88th percentile among 10 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Dolphin Entertainment, Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is O'Dowd, William IV (Chief Executive Officer, as filed), filing under that title since 2011-07-01, 15.4 years (top 15% of its family); the 6 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 12 years (top 17%); no officer or director change was reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 6 people in charge now (top 5%; 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 charge0 in three years among 6 peopletop 5% of its family
the median years the people in charge have filed12.0 yearstop 17% of its family
the chief executive's years on the record15.4 yearstop 15% 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?

4.5/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed

3.5/10

How much room does it have to grow?

bottom 35% of 10 in its family for room to expand.

weight 22% of this tense · 35th percentile among 10 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Dolphin Entertainment, Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $9 million against no long-term debt tagged leaves 15% of its assets as net cash, top 25% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is -3.6% of revenue (bottom 25%); a gross margin of 5.3% (bottom 6%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

cash less debt against assets15.0%top 25% of its family
cash from operations less capital spending against revenue-3.6%bottom 25% of its family
gross margin5.3%bottom 6% of its family

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

Growth drivers

as filed

3.5/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

bottom 35% of 10 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 45% of this tense · 35th percentile among 10 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Dolphin Entertainment, Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 11.9% a year over the last three filed years against 22.1% over all 10, slowing (bottom 15% of its family); the newest year grew 9.7% (top 15%); capital spending grew -75.1% a year (bottom 5%) (its annual reports). Dolphin Entertainment, Inc. reported 4 product lines in fiscal 2025: EPM at $56 million (99%), CPD at $286 thousand (1%), Content Productions at $286 thousand (1%), and 1 more; 1 of 4 grew against the year before (its annual report).

What it rests on

three-year growth against the whole span-10.2 points a yearbottom 15% of its family
the newest year's revenue growth9.7%top 15% of its family
three-year growth of capital spending-75.1%bottom 5% 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

6.5/10

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

top 35% of 10 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 33% of this tense · 65th percentile among 10 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Dolphin Entertainment, Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $57 million in fiscal 2025 came in 2.9% below the $58 million its prior three years' pace pointed to (bottom 15% of its family); net income of $3 million against a prior three-year average of $14 million (top 15%); a net margin of -5.4% against -30.9% before (top 5%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

revenue against the prior three years' pace-2.9%bottom 15% of its family
net income against the prior three years' average+78%top 15% of its family
net margin against its prior average+25.5 pointstop 5% 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

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