SAN DIEGO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Heritage Global Inc. (NASDAQ: HGBL) (“Heritage Global,” “HG” or “the Company”), an asset services company specializing in financial and industrial asset transactions, today reported financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2026.
First Quarter 2026 Summary of Financial Results (unaudited):
First Quarter 2026 Review:
- Revenue of $12.7 million compared to revenue of $13.5 million in the first quarter of 2025.
- The Company recorded operating income of $1.0 million for the first quarter of 2026, compared to operating income of $1.4 million in the first quarter of 2025.
- Net income was $0.7 million or $0.02 per diluted share for first quarter of 2026, compared to net income of $1.1 million or $0.03 per diluted share in the prior-year quarter.
- EBITDA totaled $1.2 million in the first quarter of 2026 versus EBITDA of $1.5 million in the first quarter of 2025, and Adjusted EBITDA was $1.4 million compared to $1.8 million in the prior-year quarter.
- The Company had net working capital of $11.6 million at March 31, 2026 as compared to working capital of $18.1 million at December 31, 2025.
- The Company repurchased 106,799 shares in the open market during the first quarter ended March 31, 2026 for a total of $0.1 million, or an average cost per share of $1.32. The Company has approximately $7.4 million in remaining aggregative dollar value of shares that may be purchased under the 2025 Repurchase Program.
Ross Dove, Chief Executive Officer of Heritage Global commented, “We delivered continued profitability to start 2026, with our Industrial Assets and legacy Financial Assets divisions generating positive sequential performance and improvement year-over-year. Early in the first quarter we acquired DebtX, a significant addition to our Financial Assets division that fits our strategic plans, expanding our presence in the growing secondary loan market. DebtX’s first quarter is seasonally its slowest, and together with the transition to a new parent company, the business underperformed and was the primary driver of our year-over-year decline in consolidated first quarter operating income. DebtX is expected to stabilize in the second quarter, and we remain confident in its prospects for the remainder of 2026. Finally, our balance sheet is healthy, which will allow us to invest further in driving organic growth while also evaluating additional value-enhancing acquisition opportunities.”
First Quarter Conference Call
Management will host a webcast and conference call on Thursday, May 7, 2026, at 5:00 p.m. ET to discuss financial results for the first quarter of 2026. Analysts and investors may participate via conference call, using the following dial-in information:
- 1-800-274-8461 (Domestic)
- 1-203-518-9814 (International)
- Conference ID: HGBLQ1
To access the webcast, individuals can use this link. The conference call will also be available in the Investor Relations section of the Company’s website. To listen to a live broadcast, go to the site or click on the webcast link at least 10 minutes prior to the scheduled start time in order to register.
Individuals can click here to add the call details to their calendar.
Replay
A replay of the call will be available approximately three hours after the call ends through May 21, 2026. To access the replay, dial 1-844-512-2921 (domestic) or 1-412-317-6671 (international). The replay pin number is 1161436. A webcast replay can also be accessed on the Investor Relations section of the Company’s website.
About Heritage Global Inc. (“HG”)
Heritage Global Inc. (NASDAQ: HGBL) values and monetizes industrial & financial assets by providing acquisition, disposition, valuation, and lending services for surplus and distressed assets. This aids in facilitating the circular economy by diverting useful industrial assets from landfills and operating an ethical supply chain by overseeing post-sale account activity of financial assets. Specialties consist of acting as an adviser, in addition to acquiring or brokering turnkey manufacturing facilities, surplus industrial machinery and equipment, industrial inventories, real estate, and charged-off account receivable portfolios through its two business units: Industrial Assets and Financial Assets.
Definitions and Disclosures Regarding non-GAAP Financial Information
The Company defines EBITDA as net income/loss plus depreciation and amortization, interest and other expense, and provision for income taxes. Adjusted EBITDA reflects EBITDA adjusted further to eliminate the effects of stock-based compensation. Management uses EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA in assessing the Company’s results, evaluating the Company’s performance and in reaching operating and strategic decisions. Management believes that the presentation of EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA, when considered together with our GAAP financial statements and the reconciliation to the most directly comparable GAAP financial measure, is useful in providing investors a more complete understanding of the factors and trends affecting the underlying performance of the Company on a historical and ongoing basis. The Company’s use of EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA is not meant to be, and should not be, considered in isolation or as a substitute for, or superior to, any GAAP financial measure. You should carefully evaluate the financial information, below, which reconciles our GAAP reported net income to EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA for the periods presented (in thousands).
Forward-Looking Statements
This communication includes forward-looking statements based on our current expectations and projections about future events. For these statements, the Company claims the protection of the safe harbor for forward-looking statements contained in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. While the Company believes the forward-looking statements contained in this communication are accurate, these forward-looking statements represent the Company’s beliefs only as of the date of this communication, and there are a number of factors that could cause actual events or results to differ materially from those indicated by such forward-looking statements, including variability in magnitude and timing of asset liquidation transactions, the collectability of the charged off receivables that secure our loan portfolio, the impact of changes in the U.S. national and global economies, and interest rate and foreign exchange rate sensitivity, as well as other factors beyond the Company’s control. Unless required by law, we undertake no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. In light of these risks, uncertainties and assumptions, you should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this release. For more details on factors that could affect these expectations, please see our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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