Overview

* Heritage Global ( HGBL ) Q2 operating income drops to $2.2 mln from $3.5 mln

* Net income for Q2 declines to $1.6 mln from $2.5 mln

* Adjusted EBITDA beats estimates at $2.6 mln, per LSEG data

Outlook

* Company to continue strategic M&A evaluations in 2025

Result Drivers

* AUCTION ACTIVITY - Healthy volume of auction activity and robust asset pricing levels supported results, per CEO Ross Dove

* FINANCIAL SEGMENT - Operating income in the financial segment increased sequentially, driven by quality portfolio additions in the brokerage business

* SHARE REPURCHASES - Strong cash position enabled repurchase of 744,424 shares, supporting share buyback program

Key Details

Metric Beat/Mis Actual Consensu

s s

Estimate

Q2 EPS $0.05

Q2 Net $1.64

Income mln

Q2 Beat $2.58 $2.42

Adjusted mln mln (4

EBITDA Analysts

)

Q2 Basic $0.05

EPS

Q2 $2.23

Operatin mln

g Income

Q2 $2.25

Pretax mln

Profit

Analyst Coverage

* The current average analyst rating on the shares is "buy" and the breakdown of recommendations is 4 "strong buy" or "buy", no "hold" and no "sell" or "strong sell"

* The average consensus recommendation for the investment management & fund operators peer group is "buy"

* Wall Street's median 12-month price target for Heritage Global Inc ( HGBL ) is $3.60, about 39.4% above its August 6 closing price of $2.18

* The stock recently traded at 11 times the next 12-month earnings vs. a P/E of 10 three months ago

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(This story was created using Reuters automation and AI based on LSEG and company data. It was checked and edited by a Reuters journalist prior to publication.)