Company Analysis

The LGL Group, Inc. (LGL)

NYSE: LGL · Electronic Components, NEC · Orlando, FL · filing with the SEC since 1995
Grade5.1
◀ Past 5.1● Present 5.2▶ Future 5.1

The grade of The LGL Group, Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
5.1/10
◀ Past5.130% of the headline
● Present5.240% of the headline
▶ Future5.130% 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?

5.1/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
5.8/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

2 warning events since 2017; the latest 2023-05-02.

weight 33% of this tense · 58th percentile among 12 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

The LGL Group, Inc.'s filings since 2017 show 2 warning events of 2 kinds: an auditor change (8-K item 4.01, the latest 2023-05-02); a late-report notice (Form NT 10-K or NT 10-Q, the latest 2023-03-31) (its current reports).

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

Track record

as filed
2.7/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

-14.2% a year over 9 filed years; profitable in 9 of 10.

weight 45% of this tense · 27th percentile among 12 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

The LGL Group, Inc.'s 9 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $36 million in fiscal 2011 to $4 million in fiscal 2025, down 14.2% a year; it rose in 1 of 7 years; the deepest fall was 108% from fiscal 2011 to fiscal 2022; net income was positive in 9 of 10 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span-14.2%bottom 21% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosebottom 13% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profittop 29% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak107.5%bottom 4% of its family

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

Shareholder treatment

as filed
8.7/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count grew 0.4% a year. 28% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 0 sales, 0 purchases.

weight 22% of this tense · 87th percentile among 10 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-12-31, The LGL Group, Inc.'s diluted share count grew about 0.4% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 28% 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 2026-09-30 (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearstop 21% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowtop 5% 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?

5.2/1040% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
7.1/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE 2%: 2¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 7%: owes 7¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 71st percentile among 12 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, The LGL Group, Inc. earned about 2 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money. Leverage: it owed about 7 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count grew 1.0% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetstop 4% of its family
  • return on equitybottom 46% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforetop 29% of its family

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

Industry position

as filed
4.7/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

bottom 47% of 12 in its family; net margin 16.5%.

weight 33% of this tense · 47th percentile among 12 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

The LGL Group, Inc.'s standing among 12 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $4 million in fiscal 2025 ranks in the bottom 23% by size; a net margin of 16.5% ranks in the top 29% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$4.2Mbottom 23% of its family
  • net margin16.5%top 29% of its family

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

Leadership

as filed
2.3/10

What are the people in charge doing?

bottom 23% of 10 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2026.

weight 22% of this tense · 23rd percentile among 10 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

The LGL Group, Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Lamb, Jason D (Chief Executive Officer, as filed), filing under that title since 2026-01-23, 10 months (bottom 17% of its family); the 10 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 3.2 years (bottom 17%); 7 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 10 people in charge now (bottom 35%; 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 charge7 in three years among 10 peoplebottom 35% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed3.2 yearsbottom 17% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record10 monthsbottom 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?

5.1/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
5.8/10

How much room does it have to grow?

top 42% of 12 in its family for room to expand.

weight 45% of this tense · 58th percentile among 12 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

The LGL Group, Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $42 million against no long-term debt tagged leaves 88.8% of its assets as net cash, top 12% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 1.7% of revenue (bottom 29%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets88.8%top 12% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue1.7%bottom 29% of its family

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

Growth drivers

as filed
3.0/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

bottom 30% of 12 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 33% of this tense · 30th percentile among 12 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

The LGL Group, Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: the newest year grew -2.9% (bottom 29%); research spending grew 4.3% a year (bottom 32%) (its annual reports). The LGL Group, Inc. reported 2 lines of business in fiscal 2025: Electronic Instruments at $2 million, Merchant Investment at $1 million. 1 of 2 grew in the latest filed year, and the largest line is 70% of revenue (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • the newest year's revenue growth-2.9%bottom 29% of its family
  • three-year growth of research spending4.3%bottom 32% 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
6.7/10

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

top 33% of 12 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 22% of this tense · 67th percentile among 12 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

The LGL Group, Inc.'s newest year against its own record: net income of $688 thousand against a prior three-year average of $764 thousand (top 29%); a net margin of 16.5% against 8.7% before (top 37%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • net income against the prior three years' average+190%top 29% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average+7.8 pointstop 37% 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 LGL · research, not advice