UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
FORM
10-Q
(Mark
One)
☒
QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES
EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the quarterly period ended June 30, 2024
OR
☐ TRANSITION
REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For
the transition period from ___________ to ___________
Commission
file number 0-5703
Siebert
Financial Corp.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
New York | | 11-1796714 |
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization) | | (I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.) |
653 Collins Avenue, Miami Beach, FL 33139 |
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code) |
(310) 385-1861 |
(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code) |
(Former
Name, Former Address and Former Fiscal Year, if Changed Since Last Report)
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of each class | | Trading Symbol(s) | | Name of each exchange on which registered |
Common Stock - $0.01 par value | | SIEB | | The Nasdaq Capital Market |
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant:
(1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (“Exchange Act”)
during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject
to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.
Yes
☒ No ☐
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant
has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405
of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files).
Yes
☒ No ☐
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant
is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company.
See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,”
and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
Large
accelerated filer ☐ | Accelerated
filer ☐ |
Non-accelerated
filer ☒ | Smaller
reporting company ☒ |
| Emerging
growth company ☐ |
If
an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying
with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant
is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).
Yes
☐ No ☒
Indicate the number of shares outstanding of
each of the issuer’s classes of common equity, as of the latest practicable date: As of August 14, 2024, there were 40,980,936
issued and 39,980,936 shares outstanding of the registrant’s common stock.
SIEBERT FINANCIAL CORP.
INDEX
Forward-Looking Statements
For
purposes of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q (“Report”), the terms “Siebert,” “Company,” “we,”
“us” and “our” refer to Siebert Financial Corp., its wholly-owned and majority-owned subsidiaries collectively,
unless the context otherwise requires.
The
statements contained throughout this Report that are not historical facts, including statements about our beliefs and expectations, are
“forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking
statements may appear throughout this Report, including in Item 2 “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition
and Results of Operations.” Forward-looking statements include statements preceded by, followed by or that include the words “may,”
“could,” “would,” “should,” “believe,” “expect,” “anticipate,”
“plan,” “estimate,” “target,” “project,” “intend” and similar words or expressions.
In addition, any statements that refer to expectations, projections, or other characterizations of future events or circumstances are
forward-looking statements.
These
forward-looking statements, which reflect our beliefs, objectives, and expectations as of the date hereof, are based on the best judgement
of management. All forward-looking statements speak only as of the date on which they are made. Such forward-looking statements are subject
to certain risks, uncertainties and assumptions relating to factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated
in such statements, including the following: economic, social and political conditions, global economic downturns resulting from extraordinary
events; securities industry risks; interest rate risks; liquidity risks; credit risk with clients and counterparties; risk of liability
for errors in clearing functions; systemic risk; systems failures, delays and capacity constraints; network security risks; competition;
reliance on external service providers; new laws and regulations affecting our business; net capital requirements; extensive regulation,
regulatory uncertainties and legal matters; failure to maintain relationships with employees, customers, business partners or governmental
entities; the inability to achieve synergies or to implement integration plans and other consequences associated with risks and uncertainties
detailed in Part I, Item 1A – “Risk Factors” of
our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023, (“2023 Form 10-K”), and our other filings with the Securities
and Exchange Commission (“SEC”).
We
caution that the foregoing list of factors is not exclusive, and new factors may emerge, or changes to the foregoing factors may occur,
that could impact our business. The forward-looking statements are based upon management’s beliefs and assumptions and are made
as of the date of this Report. You should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements. We undertake no obligation to
publicly update or revise these statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except to the extent required
by the federal securities laws.
PART I - FINANCIAL INFORMATION
ITEM 1. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
SIEBERT FINANCIAL CORP. & SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION
| |
June 30,
2024 (unaudited) | | |
December 31,
2023 | |
ASSETS | |
| | |
| |
Current assets | |
| | |
| |
Cash and cash equivalents | |
$ | 5,200,000 | | |
$ | 5,735,000 | |
Cash and securities segregated for regulatory purposes; (Cash of $128.0 million, securities with a fair value of $86.6 million as of June 30, 2024; Cash of $158.8 million, securities with a fair value of $115.5 million as of December 31, 2023) | |
| 214,635,000 | | |
| 274,317,000 | |
Receivables from customers | |
| 74,875,000 | | |
| 72,823,000 | |
Receivables from broker-dealers and clearing organizations | |
| 8,720,000 | | |
| 3,863,000 | |
Receivables from non-customers | |
| 455,000 | | |
| 241,000 | |
Other receivables | |
| 4,097,000 | | |
| 2,424,000 | |
Prepaid expenses and other assets | |
| 1,693,000 | | |
| 1,700,000 | |
Securities borrowed | |
| 253,781,000 | | |
| 394,709,000 | |
Securities owned, at fair value | |
| 16,768,000 | | |
| 18,038,000 | |
Total Current assets | |
| 580,224,000 | | |
| 773,850,000 | |
| |
| | | |
| | |
Deposits with broker-dealers and clearing organizations | |
| 7,279,000 | | |
| 7,885,000 | |
Property, office facilities, and equipment, net | |
| 10,195,000 | | |
| 9,404,000 | |
Software, net | |
| 3,454,000 | | |
| 1,432,000 | |
Lease right-of-use assets | |
| 2,297,000 | | |
| 2,736,000 | |
Deferred tax assets | |
| 3,672,000 | | |
| 4,504,000 | |
Goodwill | |
| 1,989,000 | | |
| 1,989,000 | |
Total Assets | |
$ | 609,110,000 | | |
$ | 801,800,000 | |
| |
| | | |
| | |
LIABILITIES AND EQUITY | |
| | | |
| | |
Liabilities | |
| | | |
| | |
Current liabilities | |
| | | |
| | |
Payables to customers | |
$ | 233,873,000 | | |
$ | 289,777,000 | |
Payables to non-customers | |
| 186,000 | | |
| 713,000 | |
Drafts payable | |
| 1,527,000 | | |
| 1,726,000 | |
Payables to broker-dealers and clearing organizations | |
| 5,015,000 | | |
| 481,000 | |
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities | |
| 4,104,000 | | |
| 3,639,000 | |
Taxes payable | |
| 1,581,000 | | |
| 2,313,000 | |
Securities loaned | |
| 272,515,000 | | |
| 419,433,000 | |
Securities sold, not yet purchased, at fair value | |
| 2,000 | | |
| 2,000 | |
Current portion of lease liabilities | |
| 702,000 | | |
| 759,000 | |
Current portion of long-term debt | |
| 86,000 | | |
| 84,000 | |
Current portion of deferred contract incentive | |
| 758,000 | | |
| 808,000 | |
Current portion of contract termination liability | |
| 1,820,000 | | |
| 1,898,000 | |
Total Current liabilities | |
| 522,169,000 | | |
| 721,633,000 | |
| |
| | | |
| | |
Lease liabilities, less current portion | |
| 1,843,000 | | |
| 2,227,000 | |
Long-term debt, less current portion | |
| 4,184,000 | | |
| 4,229,000 | |
Deferred contract incentive, less current portion | |
| 63,000 | | |
| 438,000 | |
Contract termination liability, less current portion | |
| 1,673,000 | | |
| 2,564,000 | |
Total Liabilities | |
| 529,932,000 | | |
| 731,091,000 | |
| |
| | | |
| | |
Commitments and Contingencies (see Note 18) | |
| | | |
| | |
Equity | |
| | | |
| | |
Stockholders’ equity | |
| | | |
| | |
Common stock, $.01 par value; 100,000,000 shares authorized; 40,950,936 shares issued and 39,950,936 shares outstanding as of June 30, 2024, respectively. 40,580,936 shares issued and 39,580,936 shares outstanding as of December 31, 2023, respectively. | |
| 410,000 | | |
| 406,000 | |
Treasury stock, at cost; 1,000,000 shares held as of both June 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023, respectively | |
| (2,510,000 | ) | |
| (2,510,000 | ) |
Additional paid-in capital | |
| 45,747,000 | | |
| 45,016,000 | |
Retained earnings | |
| 34,536,000 | | |
| 26,808,000 | |
Total Stockholders’ equity | |
| 78,183,000 | | |
| 69,720,000 | |
Noncontrolling interests | |
| 995,000 | | |
| 989,000 | |
Total Equity | |
| 79,178,000 | | |
| 70,709,000 | |
Total Liabilities and Equity | |
$ | 609,110,000 | | |
$ | 801,800,000 | |
Numbers are rounded for presentation purposes.
See notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.
SIEBERT FINANCIAL CORP. & SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(unaudited)
| |
Three Months Ended June 30, | | |
Six Months Ended June 30, | |
| |
2024 | | |
2023 | | |
2024 | | |
2023 | |
Revenue | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
| |
Commissions and fees | |
$ | 2,603,000 | | |
$ | 1,858,000 | | |
$ | 4,903,000 | | |
$ | 3,705,000 | |
Interest, marketing and distribution fees | |
| 7,835,000 | | |
| 7,416,000 | | |
| 16,598,000 | | |
| 14,389,000 | |
Principal transactions and proprietary trading | |
| 3,574,000 | | |
| 2,654,000 | | |
| 7,080,000 | | |
| 5,454,000 | |
Market making | |
| 437,000 | | |
| 268,000 | | |
| 1,109,000 | | |
| 613,000 | |
Stock borrow / stock loan | |
| 4,696,000 | | |
| 4,513,000 | | |
| 8,794,000 | | |
| 7,955,000 | |
Advisory fees | |
| 551,000 | | |
| 471,000 | | |
| 1,041,000 | | |
| 915,000 | |
Other income | |
| 1,167,000 | | |
| 412,000 | | |
| 1,794,000 | | |
| 731,000 | |
Total Revenue | |
| 20,863,000 | | |
| 17,592,000 | | |
| 41,319,000 | | |
| 33,762,000 | |
| |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | |
Expenses | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | |
Employee compensation and benefits | |
| 10,307,000 | | |
| 8,080,000 | | |
| 20,683,000 | | |
| 15,047,000 | |
Clearing fees, including execution costs | |
| 238,000 | | |
| 329,000 | | |
| 666,000 | | |
| 684,000 | |
Technology and communications | |
| 880,000 | | |
| 793,000 | | |
| 1,756,000 | | |
| 1,582,000 | |
Other general and administrative | |
| 1,070,000 | | |
| 1,119,000 | | |
| 2,099,000 | | |
| 2,212,000 | |
Data processing | |
| 732,000 | | |
| 741,000 | | |
| 1,483,000 | | |
| 1,592,000 | |
Rent and occupancy | |
| 378,000 | | |
| 491,000 | | |
| 875,000 | | |
| 969,000 | |
Professional fees | |
| 1,240,000 | | |
| 1,007,000 | | |
| 2,277,000 | | |
| 2,081,000 | |
Depreciation and amortization | |
| 336,000 | | |
| 261,000 | | |
| 591,000 | | |
| 451,000 | |
Interest expense | |
| 60,000 | | |
| 94,000 | | |
| 111,000 | | |
| 182,000 | |
Advertising and promotion | |
| 43,000 | | |
| 18,000 | | |
| 97,000 | | |
| (10,000 | ) |
Total Expenses | |
| 15,284,000 | | |
| 12,933,000 | | |
| 30,638,000 | | |
| 24,790,000 | |
| |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | |
Operating income | |
| 5,579,000 | | |
| 4,659,000 | | |
| 10,681,000 | | |
| 8,972,000 | |
| |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | |
Impairment of investments | |
| — | | |
| (1,035,000 | ) | |
| — | | |
| (1,035,000 | ) |
Earnings of equity method investment in related party | |
| — | | |
| 73,000 | | |
| — | | |
| 111,000 | |
Non-operating loss | |
| — | | |
| (962,000 | ) | |
| — | | |
| (924,000 | ) |
| |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | |
Income before provision for income taxes | |
| 5,579,000 | | |
| 3,697,000 | | |
| 10,681,000 | | |
| 8,048,000 | |
Provision for income taxes | |
| 1,532,000 | | |
| 969,000 | | |
| 2,947,000 | | |
| 2,105,000 | |
Net income | |
| 4,047,000 | | |
| 2,728,000 | | |
| 7,734,000 | | |
| 5,943,000 | |
Less net income attributable to noncontrolling interests | |
| 7,000 | | |
| 25,000 | | |
| 6,000 | | |
| 44,000 | |
Net income available to common stockholders | |
$ | 4,040,000 | | |
$ | 2,703,000 | | |
$ | 7,728,000 | | |
$ | 5,899,000 | |
| |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | |
Net income available to common stockholders per share of common stock | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | |
Basic and diluted | |
$ | 0.10 | | |
$ | 0.07 | | |
$ | 0.19 | | |
$ | 0.17 | |
| |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | |
Weighted average shares outstanding | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | |
Basic and diluted | |
| 39,890,606 | | |
| 36,410,018 | | |
| 39,830,002 | | |
| 34,468,460 | |
Numbers are rounded for presentation purposes.
See notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.
SIEBERT FINANCIAL CORP. & SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN EQUITY
(unaudited)
| |
Common
Stock | | |
Treasury
Stock | | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
| |
| |
Number
of
Shares
Issued | | |
$.01
Par
Value | | |
Number
of
Shares | | |
Amount | | |
Additional
Paid-In
Capital | | |
Retained
Earnings | | |
Total
Stockholders’
Equity | | |
Noncontrolling
Interest | | |
Total
Equity | |
Balance
– January 1, 2023 | |
| 32,505,329 | | |
$ | 325,000 | | |
| — | | |
$ | — | | |
$ | 29,642,000 | | |
$ | 18,982,000 | | |
$ | 48,949,000 | | |
$ | 971,000 | | |
$ | 49,920,000 | |
Net
income | |
| — | | |
| — | | |
| — | | |
| — | | |
| — | | |
| 3,196,000 | | |
| 3,196,000 | | |
| 19,000 | | |
| 3,215,000 | |
Balance
– March 31, 2023 | |
| 32,505,329 | | |
$ | 325,000 | | |
| — | | |
$ | — | | |
$ | 29,642,000 | | |
$ | 22,178,000 | | |
$ | 52,145,000 | | |
$ | 990,000 | | |
$ | 53,135,000 | |
Kakaopay
transaction, net of issuance cost | |
| 8,075,607 | | |
| 81,000 | | |
| — | | |
| — | | |
| 15,374,000 | | |
| — | | |
| 15,455,000 | | |
| — | | |
| 15,455,000 | |
Net
income | |
| — | | |
| — | | |
| — | | |
| — | | |
| — | | |
| 2,703,000 | | |
| 2,703,000 | | |
| 25,000 | | |
| 2,728,000 | |
Balance
– June 30, 2023 | |
| 40,580,936 | | |
$ | 406,000 | | |
| — | | |
$ | — | | |
$ | 45,016,000 | | |
$ | 24,881,000 | | |
$ | 70,303,000 | | |
$ | 1,015,000 | | |
$ | 71,318,000 | |
| |
Common
Stock | | |
| Treasury
Stock | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | |
| |
| Number of
Shares
Issued | | |
| $.01 Par
Value | | |
| Number of
Shares | | |
| Amount | | |
| Additional
Paid-In
Capital | | |
| Retained
Earnings | | |
| Total
Stockholders’
Equity | | |
| Noncontrolling
Interest | | |
| Total
Equity | |
Balance
– January 1, 2024 | |
| 40,580,936 | | |
$ | 406,000 | | |
| 1,000,000 | | |
$ | (2,510,000 | ) | |
$ | 45,016,000 | | |
$ | 26,808,000 | | |
$ | 69,720,000 | | |
$ | 989,000 | | |
$ | 70,709,000 | |
Transaction
with J2 Financial | |
| 200,000 | | |
| 2,000 | | |
| — | | |
| — | | |
| 348,000 | | |
| — | | |
| 350,000 | | |
| — | | |
| 350,000 | |
Share-based
compensation | |
| 50,000 | | |
| 1,000 | | |
| — | | |
| — | | |
| 84,000 | | |
| — | | |
| 85,000 | | |
| — | | |
| 85,000 | |
Net
income (loss) | |
| — | | |
| — | | |
| — | | |
| — | | |
| — | | |
| 3,688,000 | | |
| 3,688,000 | | |
| (1,000 | ) | |
| 3,687,000 | |
Balance
– March 31, 2024 | |
| 40,830,936 | | |
$ | 409,000 | | |
| 1,000,000 | | |
$ | (2,510,000 | ) | |
$ | 45,448,000 | | |
$ | 30,496,000 | | |
$ | 73,843,000 | | |
$ | 988,000 | | |
$ | 74,831,000 | |
Share-based
compensation | |
| 120,000 | | |
| 1,000 | | |
| — | | |
| — | | |
| 299,000 | | |
| — | | |
| 300,000 | | |
| — | | |
| 300,000 | |
Net
income | |
| — | | |
| — | | |
| — | | |
| — | | |
| — | | |
| 4,040,000 | | |
| 4,040,000 | | |
| 7,000 | | |
| 4,047,000 | |
Balance
– June 30, 2024 | |
| 40,950,936 | | |
$ | 410,000 | | |
| 1,000,000 | | |
$ | (2,510,000 | ) | |
$ | 45,747,000 | | |
$ | 34,536,000 | | |
$ | 78,183,000 | | |
$ | 995,000 | | |
$ | 79,178,000 | |
Numbers are rounded for presentation purposes.
See notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.
SIEBERT FINANCIAL CORP. & SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(unaudited)
| |
Six Months Ended June 30, | |
| |
2024 | | |
2023 | |
Cash Flows From Operating Activities | |
| | |
| |
Net income | |
$ | 7,734,000 | | |
$ | 5,943,000 | |
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash used in operating activities: | |
| | | |
| | |
Deferred income tax expense | |
| 832,000 | | |
| 599,000 | |
Depreciation and amortization | |
| 591,000 | | |
| 451,000 | |
Earnings of equity method investment in related party | |
| — | | |
| (111,000 | ) |
Share-based compensation | |
| 184,000 | | |
| — | |
Impairment of investments | |
| — | | |
| 1,035,000 | |
Interest related to contract termination liability payment | |
| 31,000 | | |
| — | |
| |
| | | |
| | |
Changes in | |
| | | |
| | |
Receivables from customers | |
| (2,052,000 | ) | |
| (9,030,000 | ) |
Receivables from non-customers | |
| (214,000 | ) | |
| (46,000 | ) |
Receivables from and deposits with broker-dealers and clearing organizations | |
| (4,251,000 | ) | |
| 2,658,000 | |
Securities borrowed | |
| 140,928,000 | | |
| (353,199,000 | ) |
Securities owned, at fair value | |
| 1,270,000 | | |
| (14,577,000 | ) |
Prepaid expenses and other assets | |
| (1,666,000 | ) | |
| (1,578,000 | ) |
Payables to customers | |
| (55,904,000 | ) | |
| (40,178,000 | ) |
Payables to non-customers | |
| (527,000 | ) | |
| (10,155,000 | ) |
Drafts payable | |
| (199,000 | ) | |
| (634,000 | ) |
Payables to broker-dealers and clearing organizations | |
| 4,534,000 | | |
| 3,056,000 | |
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities | |
| 464,000 | | |
| 402,000 | |
Securities loaned | |
| (146,918,000 | ) | |
| 366,229,000 | |
Net lease liabilities | |
| (2,000 | ) | |
| (46,000 | ) |
Taxes payable | |
| (732,000 | ) | |
| 602,000 | |
Deferred contract incentive | |
| (425,000 | ) | |
| (425,000 | ) |
Trading platform implementation | |
| — | | |
| (557,000 | ) |
Contract termination liability payment | |
| (1,000,000 | ) | |
| — | |
Net cash used in operating activities | |
| (57,322,000 | ) | |
| (49,561,000 | ) |
| |
| | | |
| | |
Cash Flows From Investing Activities | |
| | | |
| | |
Purchase of office facilities and equipment | |
| (1,052,000 | ) | |
| (112,000 | ) |
Purchase of software | |
| (1,667,000 | ) | |
| (202,000 | ) |
Additions to property, office facilities, and equipment | |
| (98,000 | ) | |
| (840,000 | ) |
Transaction with J2 Financial | |
| (35,000 | ) | |
| — | |
Net cash used in investing activities | |
| (2,852,000 | ) | |
| (1,154,000 | ) |
| |
| | | |
| | |
Cash Flows From Financing Activities | |
| | | |
| | |
Kakaopay issuance cost | |
| — | | |
| (1,589,000 | ) |
Proceeds received from shares issued for Kakaopay transaction | |
| — | | |
| 17,363,000 |
|
Repayments of long-term debt | |
| (43,000 | ) | |
| (2,694,000 | ) |
Net cash (used in) / provided by financing activities | |
| (43,000 | ) | |
| 13,080,000 | |
| |
| | | |
| | |
Net change in cash and cash equivalents, and cash and securities segregated for regulatory purposes | |
| (60,217,000 | ) | |
| (37,635,000 | ) |
Cash and cash equivalents, and cash and securities segregated for regulatory purposes - beginning of period | |
| 280,052,000 | | |
| 299,838,000 | |
Cash and cash equivalents, and cash and securities segregated for regulatory purposes - end of period | |
$ | 219,835,000 | | |
$ | 262,203,000 | |
| |
| | | |
| | |
Reconciliation of cash, cash equivalents, and cash and securities segregated for regulatory purposes | |
| | | |
| | |
Cash and cash equivalents - end of period | |
$ | 5,200,000 | | |
$ | 7,628,000 | |
Cash and securities segregated for regulatory purposes - end of period | |
| 214,635,000 | | |
| 254,575,000 | |
Cash and cash equivalents, and cash and securities segregated for regulatory purposes - end of period | |
$ | 219,835,000 | | |
$ | 262,203,000 | |
| |
| | | |
| | |
Supplemental cash flow information | |
| | | |
| | |
Cash paid during the period for income taxes | |
$ | 3,137,000 | | |
$ | 904,000 | |
Cash paid during the period for interest | |
$ | 80,000 | | |
$ | 182,000 | |
| |
| | | |
| | |
Non-cash investing and financing activities | |
| | | |
| | |
Kakaopay
issuance cost (1) | |
$ | — | | |
$ | 318,000 | |
Transaction
with J2 Financial (2) | |
$ | 350,000 | | |
$ | — | |
Share-based
compensation (3) | |
$ | 201,000 | | |
$ | — | |
Numbers are rounded for presentation purposes.
See notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.
SIEBERT FINANCIAL CORP. & SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(unaudited)
1. Organization and Basis of Presentation
Organization
Siebert Financial Corp., a
New York corporation, incorporated in 1934, is a holding company that conducts the following lines of business through its wholly-owned
and majority-owned subsidiaries:
| ● | Muriel Siebert & Co., LLC (“MSCO”) provides
retail brokerage services. MSCO is a Delaware corporation and broker-dealer registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”)
under the Exchange Act and the Commodity Exchange Act of 1936, and member of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”),
the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”), the Securities Investor Protection Corporation (“SIPC”), and the National
Futures Association (“NFA”). |
| ● | Siebert AdvisorNXT, LLC (“SNXT”) provides investment
advisory services. SNXT is a New York corporation registered with the SEC as a Registered Investment Advisor (“RIA”) under
the Investment Advisers Act of 1940. |
| ● | Park Wilshire Companies, Inc. (“PW”) provides
insurance services. PW is a Texas corporation and licensed insurance agency. |
| ● | Siebert Technologies, LLC (“STCH”) provides technology
development. STCH is a Nevada limited liability company. |
| ● | RISE Financial Services, LLC (“RISE”) is a Delaware
limited liability company and a broker-dealer registered with the SEC and NFA. |
| ● | StockCross Digital Solutions, Ltd. (“STXD”) is
an inactive subsidiary headquartered in Bermuda. |
For
purposes of this Report on Form 10-Q, the terms “Siebert,” “Company,” “we,” “us,” and
“our” refer to Siebert Financial Corp., MSCO, SNXT, PW, STCH, RISE, and STXD collectively, unless the context otherwise requires.
The Company is headquartered
in Miami Beach, FL with primary operations in Florida, New York, and California. The Company has 10 branch offices throughout the U.S.
and clients around the world. The Company’s SEC filings are available through the Company’s website at www.siebert.com, where
investors can obtain copies of the Company’s public filings free of charge. The Company’s common stock, par value $.01 per
share, trades on the Nasdaq Capital Market under the symbol “SIEB.”
The Company primarily operates
in the securities brokerage and asset management industry and has no other reportable segments. All of the Company’s revenues for the
three and six months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023 were derived from its operations in the U.S.
As
of June 30, 2024, the Company is comprised of a single operating segment based on the factors related to management’s decision-making
framework as well as management evaluating performance and allocating resources based on assessments of the Company from a consolidated
perspective.
Basis of Presentation
The accompanying unaudited
condensed consolidated financial statements (“financial statements”) of the Company have been prepared on the accrual basis
of accounting in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the U.S. (“GAAP”) for interim financial information
with the instructions for Form 10-Q and Article 10 of Regulation S-X. Accordingly, they do not include all the information and footnotes
required by GAAP for complete annual financial statements. The U.S. dollar is the functional currency of the Company and numbers are rounded
for presentation purposes.
In the opinion of management,
the financial statements contain all adjustments (consisting of normal recurring entries) necessary to fairly present such interim results.
Interim results are not necessarily indicative of the results of operations which may be expected for a full year or any subsequent period.
These financial statements should be read in conjunction with the financial statements and notes thereto in the Company’s 2023 Form
10-K.
Reclassification
Certain amounts for the three
and six months ended June 30, 2023 have been reclassified to conform to the presentation of the current period. The reclassification has
not materially impacted the Company’s financial statements, and did not result in a change in total revenue, net income or cash
flows from operations for the periods presented.
Principles of Consolidation
The
financial statements include the accounts of Siebert and its wholly-owned and majority-owned consolidated subsidiaries. Upon consolidation,
all intercompany balances and transactions are eliminated. The Company’s ownership in RISE is 68% as of both June 30, 2024 and December
31, 2023. Refer to Note 4 – RISE for more information.
For
consolidated subsidiaries that are not wholly-owned, the third-party holdings of equity interests are referred to as noncontrolling interests.
The net income or loss attributable to noncontrolling interests for such subsidiaries is presented as net income or loss attributable
to noncontrolling interests in the statements of operations. The portion of total equity that is attributable to noncontrolling interests
for such subsidiaries is presented as noncontrolling interests in the statements of financial condition.
For
investments in entities in which the Company does not have a controlling financial interest but has significant influence over its operating
and financial decisions, the Company applies the equity method of accounting with net income and losses recorded in earnings of equity
method investment in related party.
Significant Accounting Policies
The Company’s significant
accounting policies are included in Note 2 – Summary of Significant Accounting Policies in the Company’s 2023 Form 10-K. During
the three and six months ended June 30, 2024, there were no significant changes made to the Company’s significant accounting policies.
2. New Accounting Standards
Recently Issued Accounting Standards
In November 2023, the Financial
Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued ASU 2023-07, “Segment Reporting (Topic 280): Improvements to Reportable
Segment Disclosures.” This ASU updates reportable segment disclosure requirements primarily through enhanced disclosures about
significant segment expenses. This ASU is effective for all entities for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2023, and for interim
periods within fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2024. Early adoption is permitted. The amendments should be applied retrospectively
to all prior periods presented in the financial statements. We are currently evaluating this ASU to determine its impact on the Company’s
disclosures.
In
December 2023, the FASB issued ASU 2023-09, “Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures” (“ASU 2023-09”). The ASU
is intended to enhance the transparency and decision usefulness of income tax disclosures. The amendments in the ASU address investor
requests for enhanced income tax information primarily through changes to the rate reconciliation and income taxes paid information. ASU
2023-09 will be effective for the Company for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2024, though early adoption is permitted. The
Company is still evaluating the presentational effect that ASU 2023-09 will have on its consolidated financial statements, but the Company
expects considerable changes to its income tax footnote.
Accounting Standards Adopted in Fiscal 2024
The
Company did not adopt any new accounting standards during the three and six months ended June 30, 2024. In addition, the Company has evaluated
other recently issued accounting standards and does not believe that any of these standards will have a material impact on the Company’s
financial statements and related disclosures as of June 30, 2024.
3. Transaction with
Tigress
The
Company entered into agreements and subsequent terminations with Tigress Holdings, LLC (“Tigress”). Refer to Note 3 –
Transactions with Tigress and Hedge Connection in the Company’s 2023 Form 10-K for more detail. Information related to transactions
with Tigress that impacted the periods presented is detailed below.
During
the three months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023, the Company recognized $0 and $73,000, respectively, for its equity method investment in
Tigress. During the six months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023, the Company recognized $0 and $111,000, respectively, for its equity method
investment in Tigress. As of both June 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023, the Company had no interest in Tigress.
4. RISE
As of both June 30, 2024 and
December 31, 2023, the Company’s ownership in RISE was 68% and Siebert consolidated RISE under the voting
interest model (“VOE model”). As of both June 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023, RISE reported assets of $1.3 million
and liabilities of $0. There are no restrictions on RISE’s assets.
5. Kakaopay Transaction
On April 27, 2023, the Company
entered into a Stock Purchase Agreement (the “First Tranche Stock Purchase Agreement”) with Kakaopay Corporation (“Kakaopay”),
a company established under the Laws of the Republic of Korea and a fintech subsidiary of Korean-based conglomerate Kakao Corp. pursuant
to which the Company agreed to issue to Kakaopay 8,075,607 shares of the Company’s common stock (the “First Tranche Shares”
and, such transaction, the “First Tranche”) at a per share price of Two Dollars Fifteen Cents ($2.15), which represented 19.9%
of the outstanding equity securities of the Company on a fully diluted basis (taking into account the issuance of the First Tranche Shares).
The First Tranche closed on May 18, 2023.
Refer to Note 5 – Kakaopay
Transaction in the Company’s 2023 Form 10-K for further detail.
6. Receivables From,
Payables To, and Deposits With Broker-Dealers and Clearing Organizations
Amounts receivable from, payables
to, and deposits with broker-dealers and clearing organizations consisted of the following as of the periods indicated:
| |
As of June 30,
2024 | | |
As of December 31,
2023 | |
Receivables from and deposits with broker-dealers and clearing organizations | |
| | |
| |
DTCC / OCC / NSCC (1) | |
$ | 12,529,000 | | |
$ | 9,332,000 | |
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC (“GSCO”) | |
| 43,000 | | |
| 38,000 | |
National Financial Services, LLC (“NFS”) | |
| 2,402,000 | | |
| 2,212,000 | |
Securities fail-to-deliver | |
| 928,000 | | |
| 119,000 | |
Globalshares | |
| 97,000 | | |
| 47,000 | |
Total Receivables from and deposits with broker-dealers and clearing organizations | |
$ | 15,999,000 | | |
$ | 11,748,000 | |
| |
| | | |
| | |
Payables to broker-dealers and clearing organizations | |
| | | |
| | |
Securities fail-to-receive | |
$ | 3,847,000 | | |
$ | 399,000 | |
Payables to broker-dealers | |
| 1,168,000 | | |
| 82,000 | |
Total Payables to broker-dealers and clearing organizations | |
$ | 5,015,000 | | |
$ | 481,000 | |
Under the DTCC shareholders’
agreement, MSCO is required to participate in the DTCC common stock mandatory purchase. As of June 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023, MSCO
had shares of DTCC common stock valued at approximately $1,145,000 and $1,236,000, respectively, which is included within the line item
“Deposits with broker-dealers and clearing organizations” on the statements of financial condition.
In September 2022, MSCO and
RISE entered into a clearing agreement whereby RISE would introduce clients to MSCO. As part of the agreement, RISE deposited a clearing
fund escrow deposit of $50,000 to MSCO, and had cash of approximately $1.1 million and $1.0 million in its brokerage account at MSCO as
of June 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023, respectively. The resulting asset of RISE and liability of MSCO is eliminated in consolidation.
7. Fair Value Measurements
Overview
ASC 820 defines fair value,
establishes a framework for measuring fair value as well as a hierarchy of fair value inputs. Refer to the below as well as Note 2 –
Summary of Significant Accounting Policies in the Company’s 2023 Form 10-K for further information regarding fair value hierarchy,
valuation techniques and other items related to fair value measurements.
Financial Assets and
Liabilities Measured at Fair Value on a Recurring Basis
The
tables below present, by level within the fair value hierarchy, financial assets and liabilities, measured at fair value on a recurring
basis for the periods indicated. As required by ASC Topic 820, financial assets and financial liabilities are classified in their entirety
based on the lowest level of input that is significant to the respective fair value measurement.
| |
As of June 30, 2024 | |
| |
Level 1 | | |
Level 2 | | |
Level 3 | | |
Total | |
Assets | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
| |
Cash and securities segregated for regulatory purposes | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
| |
U.S. government securities | |
$ | 86,554,000 | | |
$ | — | | |
$ | — | | |
$ | 86,554,000 | |
| |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | |
Securities owned, at fair value | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | |
U.S. government securities | |
$ | 14,947,000 | | |
$ | — | | |
$ | — | | |
$ | 14,947,000 | |
Certificates of deposit | |
| — | | |
| 113,000 | | |
| — | | |
| 113,000 | |
Municipal securities | |
| — | | |
| 222,000 | | |
| — | | |
| 222,000 | |
Corporate bonds | |
| — | | |
| 59,000 | | |
| — | | |
| 59,000 | |
Equity securities | |
| 96,000 | | |
| 1,331,000 | | |
| — | | |
| 1,427,000 | |
Total Securities owned, at fair value | |
$ | 15,043,000 | | |
$ | 1,725,000 | | |
$ | — | | |
$ | 16,768,000 | |
| |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | |
Liabilities | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | |
Securities sold, not yet purchased, at fair value | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | |
Equity securities | |
$ | — | | |
$ | 2,000 | | |
$ | — | | |
$ | 2,000 | |
Total Securities sold, not yet purchased, at fair value | |
$ | — | | |
$ | 2,000 | | |
$ | — | | |
$ | 2,000 | |
| |
As of December 31, 2023 | |
| |
Level 1 | | |
Level 2 | | |
Level 3 | | |
Total | |
Assets | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
| |
Cash and securities segregated for regulatory purposes | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
| |
U.S. government securities | |
$ | 115,515,000 | | |
$ | — | | |
$ | — | | |
$ | 115,515,000 | |
| |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | |
Securities owned, at fair value | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | |
U.S. government securities | |
$ | 17,636,000 | | |
$ | — | | |
$ | — | | |
$ | 17,636,000 | |
Certificates of deposit | |
| — | | |
| 114,000 | | |
| — | | |
| 114,000 | |
Corporate bonds | |
| — | | |
| 3,000 | | |
| — | | |
| 3,000 | |
Options | |
| 2,000 | | |
| — | | |
| — | | |
| 2,000 | |
Equity securities | |
| 146,000 | | |
| 137,000 | | |
| — | | |
| 283,000 | |
Total Securities owned, at fair value | |
$ | 17,784,000 | | |
$ | 254,000 | | |
$ | — | | |
$ | 18,038,000 | |
| |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | |
Liabilities | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | |
Securities sold, not yet purchased, at fair value | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | |
Equity securities | |
$ | 2,000 | | |
$ | — | | |
$ | — | | |
$ | 2,000 | |
Total Securities sold, not yet purchased, at fair value | |
$ | 2,000 | | |
$ | — | | |
$ | — | | |
$ | 2,000 | |
The
Company had U.S. government securities, certificates of deposit, municipal securities, and corporate bonds with the market values and
maturity dates for the periods indicated below:
| |
As of June 30,
2024 | |
Maturing in 2024 | |
$ | 92,483,000 | |
Maturing in 2025 | |
| 3,958,000 | |
Maturing in 2026 | |
| 5,010,000 | |
Maturing in 2027 | |
| 58,000 | |
Maturing after 2027 | |
| 332,000 | |
Accrued interest | |
| 53,000 | |
Total Market value | |
$ | 101,894,000 | |
| |
| | |
| |
| As of December 31,
2023 | |
Maturing in 2023 | |
$ | 30,000,000 | |
Maturing in 2024 | |
| 98,931,000 | |
Maturing in 2025 | |
| 3,965,000 | |
Maturing after 2025 | |
| 115,000 | |
Accrued interest | |
| 257,000 | |
Total Market value | |
$ | 133,268,000 | |
Financial Assets and
Liabilities Not Carried at Fair Value
Financial assets and liabilities
not measured at fair value are recorded at carrying value, which approximates fair value due to their short-term nature. The tables below
represents financial instruments in which the ending balances as of June 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023 are not carried at fair value
in the statements of financial condition:
| |
As of June 30, 2024 | |
| |
Carrying Value | | |
Fair Value | | |
Level 1 | | |
Level 2 | | |
Level 3 | |
Financial assets, not measured at fair value | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
| |
Cash and cash equivalents | |
$ | 5,200,000 | | |
$ | 5,200,000 | | |
$ | 5,200,000 | | |
$ | — | | |
$ | — | |
Cash – segregated for regulatory purposes | |
| 128,081,000 | | |
| 128,081,000 | | |
| 128,081,000 | | |
| — | | |
| — | |
Securities borrowed | |
| 253,781,000 | | |
| 253,781,000 | | |
| — | | |
| 253,781,000 | | |
| — | |
Receivables from customers | |
| 74,875,000 | | |
| 74,875,000 | | |
| — | | |
| 74,875,000 | | |
| — | |
Receivables from non-customers | |
| 455,000 | | |
| 455,000 | | |
| — | | |
| 455,000 | | |
| — | |
Receivables from broker-dealers and clearing organizations | |
| 8,720,000 | | |
| 8,720,000 | | |
| — | | |
| 8,720,000 | | |
| — | |
Other receivables | |
| 4,097,000 | | |
| 4,097,000 | | |
| — | | |
| 4,097,000 | | |
| — | |
Deposits with broker-dealers and clearing organizations | |
| 7,279,000 | | |
| 7,279,000 | | |
| — | | |
| 7,279,000 | | |
| — | |
Total financial assets, not measured at fair value | |
$ | 482,488,000 | | |
$ | 482,488,000 | | |
$ | 133,281,000 | | |
$ | 349,207,000 | | |
$ | — | |
| |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | |
Financial liabilities, not measured at fair value | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | |
Securities loaned | |
$ | 272,515,000 | | |
$ | 272,515,000 | | |
$ | — | | |
$ | 272,515,000 | | |
$ | — | |
Payables to customers | |
| 233,873,000 | | |
| 233,873,000 | | |
| — | | |
| 233,873,000 | | |
| — | |
Payables to non-customers | |
| 186,000 | | |
| 186,000 | | |
| — | | |
| 186,000 | | |
| — | |
Drafts payable | |
| 1,527,000 | | |
| 1,527,000 | | |
| — | | |
| 1,527,000 | | |
| — | |
Payables to broker-dealers and clearing organizations | |
| 5,015,000 | | |
| 5,015,000 | | |
| — | | |
| 5,015,000 | | |
| — | |
Deferred contract incentive | |
| 821,000 | | |
| 821,000 | | |
| — | | |
| 821,000 | | |
| — | |
Long-term debt | |
| 4,270,000 | | |
| 4,270,000 | | |
| — | | |
| 4,270,000 | | |
| — | |
Contract termination liability | |
| 3,493,000 | | |
| 3,493,000 | | |
| — | | |
| 3,493,000 | | |
| — | |
Total financial liabilities, not measured at fair value | |
$ | 521,700,000 | | |
$ | 521,700,000 | | |
$ | — | | |
$ | 521,700,000 | | |
$ | — | |
| |
As of December 31, 2023 |
| |
Carrying Value | | |
Fair Value | | |
Level 1 | | |
Level 2 | | |
Level 3 | |
Financial assets, not measured at fair value | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
| |
Cash and cash equivalents | |
$ | 5,735,000 | | |
$ | 5,735,000 | | |
$ | 5,735,000 | | |
$ | — | | |
$ | — | |
Cash – segregated for regulatory purposes | |
| 158,802,000 | | |
| 158,802,000 | | |
| 158,802,000 | | |
| — | | |
| — | |
Securities borrowed | |
| 394,709,000 | | |
| 394,709,000 | | |
| — | | |
| 394,709,000 | | |
| — | |
Receivables from customers | |
| 72,823,000 | | |
| 72,823,000 | | |
| — | | |
| 72,823,000 | | |
| — | |
Receivables from non-customers | |
| 241,000 | | |
| 241,000 | | |
| — | | |
| 241,000 | | |
| — | |
Receivables from broker-dealers and clearing organizations | |
| 3,863,000 | | |
| 3,863,000 | | |
| — | | |
| 3,863,000 | | |
| — | |
Other receivables | |
| 2,424,000 | | |
| 2,424,000 | | |
| — | | |
| 2,424,000 | | |
| — | |
Deposits with broker-dealers and clearing organizations | |
| 7,885,000 | | |
| 7,885,000 | | |
| — | | |
| 7,885,000 | | |
| — | |
Total financial assets, not measured at fair value | |
$ | 646,482,000 | | |
$ | 646,482,000 | | |
$ | 164,537,000 | | |
$ | 481,945,000 | | |
$ | — | |
| |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | |
Financial liabilities, not measured at fair value | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | |
Securities loaned | |
$ | 419,433,000 | | |
$ | 419,433,000 | | |
$ | — | | |
$ | 419,433,000 | | |
$ | — | |
Payables to customers | |
| 289,777,000 | | |
| 289,777,000 | | |
| — | | |
| 289,777,000 | | |
| — | |
Payables to non-customers | |
| 713,000 | | |
| 713,000 | | |
| — | | |
| 713,000 | | |
| — | |
Drafts payable | |
| 1,726,000 | | |
| 1,726,000 | | |
| — | | |
| 1,726,000 | | |
| — | |
Payables to broker-dealers and clearing organizations | |
| 481,000 | | |
| 481,000 | | |
| — | | |
| 481,000 | | |
| — | |
Deferred contract incentive | |
| 1,246,000 | | |
| 1,246,000 | | |
| — | | |
| 1,246,000 | | |
| — | |
Long-term debt | |
| 4,313,000 | | |
| 4,313,000 | | |
| — | | |
| 4,313,000 | | |
| — | |
Contract termination liability | |
| 4,462,000 | | |
| 4,462,000 | | |
| — | | |
| 4,462,000 | | |
| — | |
Total financial liabilities, not measured at fair value | |
$ | 722,151,000 | | |
$ | 722,151,000 | | |
$ | — | | |
$ | 722,151,000 | | |
$ | — | |
8. Property, Office Facilities, and Equipment,
Net
Property, office facilities,
and equipment consisted of the following as of the periods indicated:
| |
As of June 30,
2024 | | |
As of December 31,
2023 | |
Property | |
$ | 6,815,000 | | |
$ | 6,815,000 | |
Office facilities | |
| 3,557,000 | | |
| 2,475,000 | |
Equipment | |
| 794,000 | | |
| 726,000 | |
Total Property, office facilities, and equipment | |
| 11,166,000 | | |
| 10,016,000 | |
Less accumulated depreciation | |
| (971,000 | ) | |
| (612,000 | ) |
Total Property, office facilities, and equipment, net | |
$ | 10,195,000 | | |
$ | 9,404,000 | |
Total depreciation expense
for property, office facilities, and equipment was $213,000 and $156,000 for the three months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively.
Total depreciation expense for property, office facilities, and equipment was $359,000 and $237,000 for the six months ended June 30,
2024 and 2023, respectively.
On
July 7, 2023, the Company entered into a new lease agreement for office space in the World Financial Center in New York City. Depreciation
expense commenced in March 2024, when the New York office space was placed into service. The Company invested $145,000 and $809,000 in
the three and six months ended June 30, 2024 to build out the New York office space.
The
Company has completed the construction of the office lease in Omaha, Nebraska, investing $75,000 and $175,000 during the three and six
months ended June 30, 2024, respectively.
Miami Office Building
On
December 30, 2021, the Company purchased an office building located at 653 Collins Ave, Miami Beach, FL (“Miami office building”).
The Miami office building contains approximately 12,000 square feet of office space and serves as the headquarters of the Company.
Depreciation
expense commenced in April 2023 when the Miami office building was completed and placed in service. The Company invested $40,000 and $275,000
in the three months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively, to build out the Miami office building. The Company invested $98,000 and
$840,000 in the six months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively, to build out the Miami office building.
9. Software, Net
Software consisted of the following
as of the periods indicated:
| |
As of June 30,
2024 | | |
As of December 31,
2023 | |
Software | |
$ | 1,585,000 | | |
$ | 1,081,000 | |
Retail Platform | |
| 2,646,000 | | |
| 635,000 | |
Total Software | |
| 4,231,000 | | |
| 1,716,000 | |
Less accumulated amortization – Software | |
| (777,000 | ) | |
| (284,000 | ) |
Less accumulated amortization – Retail Platform | |
| — | | |
| — | |
Total Software, net | |
$ | 3,454,000 | | |
$ | 1,432,000 | |
The Company contracted with
a technology vendor in the fourth quarter of 2023 to develop a new retail platform for the Company’s customers and integrate this
platform into the Company’s operations (“Retail Platform”). The total software development expense related to this project
was $2,646,000 as of June 30, 2024, all of which was capitalized. Amortization for the Retail Platform will commence once it is placed
in service, which is expected to be in the fourth quarter of 2024.
Total amortization of software
was $123,000 and $105,000 for the three months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively. Total amortization of software was $232,000
and $214,000 for the six months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively.
As of June 30, 2024, the Company
estimates the following future amortization of software assets:
Year | |
Amount | |
2024 | |
$ | 437,000 | |
2025 | |
| 1,257,000 | |
2026 | |
| 1,078,000 | |
2027 | |
| 682,000 | |
Total | |
$ | 3,454,000 | |
Transaction with J2
Financial Technology
On
January 18, 2024, STCH entered into a Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) with J2 Financial Technology, Inc., d/b/a
“Guild”, a Delaware corporation (“J2 Financial”).
Under
the Purchase Agreement, STCH purchased a mobile self-directed trading app for the total purchase price of $385,000. The purchase price
consisted of $35,000 of cash and 200,000 restricted shares of the Company’s common stock (priced at the historical 30-day moving
average as of January 18, 2024) worth approximately $350,000. This purchase is part of the software related to the Retail Platform and
recorded in the line item “Software, net” on the statements of financial condition.
10. Leases
As
of June 30, 2024, all of the Company’s leases are classified as operating and primarily consist of office space leases expiring
in 2024 through 2028. The Company elected not to include short-term leases (i.e., leases with initial terms of less than twelve months),
or equipment leases (deemed immaterial) on the statements of financial condition. The Company leases some miscellaneous office equipment,
but they are immaterial and therefore the Company records the costs associated with this office equipment on the statements of operations
rather than capitalizing them as lease right-of-use assets. The balance of the lease right-of-use assets and lease liabilities are displayed
on the statements of financial condition and the below tables display further detail on the Company’s leases.
On
July 7, 2023, the Company entered into a new lease agreement expiring in December 2028 for office space in the World Financial Center
in New York City. This office replaced the New Jersey office as one of the Company’s key operating centers and the total commitment
of the lease is approximately $2.1 million.
Lease Term and Discount Rate | | As of June 30, 2024 | | | As of December 31, 2023 | |
Weighted average remaining lease term – operating leases (in years) | | | 3.6 | | | | 3.9 | |
Weighted average discount rate – operating leases | | | 7.1 | % | | | 6.9 | % |
| |
Three Months Ended June 30, | | |
Six Months Ended June 30, | |
| |
2024 | | |
2023 | | |
2024 | | |
2023 | |
Operating lease cost | |
$ | 251,000 | | |
$ | 304,000 | | |
$ | 534,000 | | |
$ | 609,000 | |
Short-term lease cost | |
| 61,000 | | |
| 136,000 | | |
| 221,000 | | |
| 279,000 | |
Variable lease cost | |
| 66,000 | | |
| 51,000 | | |
| 120,000 | | |
| 81,000 | |
Total Rent and occupancy | |
$ | 378,000 | | |
$ | 491,000 | | |
$ | 875,000 | | |
$ | 969,000 | |
| |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | |
Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of lease liabilities | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | |
Operating cash flows from operating leases | |
$ | 267,000 | | |
$ | 328,000 | | |
$ | 536,000 | | |
$ | 654,000 | |
Lease Commitments
Future annual minimum payments
for operating leases with initial terms of greater than one year as of June 30, 2024 were as follows:
Year | |
Amount | |
2024 | |
$ | 402,000 | |
2025 | |
| 861,000 | |
2026 | |
| 694,000 | |
2027 | |
| 520,000 | |
2028 | |
| 443,000 | |
Remaining balance of lease payments | |
| 2,920,000 | |
Less: difference between undiscounted cash flows and discounted cash flows | |
| 375,000 | |
Lease liabilities | |
$ | 2,545,000 | |
11. Goodwill
As of both June 30, 2024 and
December 31, 2023, the Company’s carrying amount of goodwill was $1,989,000, all of which came from the Company’s acquisition
of RISE. As of December 31, 2023, management concluded that there have been no impairments to the carrying value of the Company’s
goodwill and no impairment charges related to goodwill were recognized during the three and six months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023. Refer
to Note 2 – Summary of Significant Accounting Policies in the Company’s 2023 Form 10-K for further information.
12. Long-Term Debt
Mortgage with East
West Bank
Overview
On
December 30, 2021, the Company purchased the Miami office building for approximately $6.8 million, and the Company entered into a mortgage
with East West Bancorp, Inc. (“East West Bank”) for approximately $4 million to finance part of the purchase of the Miami
office building as well as $338,000 to finance part of the build out of the Miami office building.
The Company’s obligations
under the mortgage are secured by a lien on the Miami office building and the term of the loan is ten years. The repayment schedule
will utilize a 30-year amortization period, with a balloon on the remaining amount due at the end of ten years. The interest rate
is 3.6% for the first 7 years, and thereafter the interest rate shall be at the prime rate as reported by the Wall Street Journal,
provided that the minimum interest rate on any term loan will not be less than 3.6%. As part of the agreement, the Company must maintain
a debt service coverage ratio of 1.4 to 1. The loan is subject to a prepayment penalty over the first five years which is calculated
as a percentage of the principal amount outstanding at the time of prepayment. This percentage is 5% in the first year and decreases
by 1% each year thereafter, with the prepayment penalty ending after 5 years. As of June 30, 2024, the Company was in compliance with
all of its covenants related to this agreement.
Remaining Payments
Future
remaining annual minimum principal payments for the mortgage with East West Bank as of June 30, 2024 were as follows:
| |
Amount | |
2024 | |
$ | 43,000 | |
2025 | |
| 88,000 | |
2026 | |
| 91,000 | |
2027 | |
| 95,000 | |
2028 | |
| 98,000 | |
Thereafter | |
| 3,855,000 | |
Total | |
$ | 4,270,000 | |
The
interest expense related to this mortgage was $38,000 and $40,000 for the three months ended June 30, 2024, and 2023, respectively. The
interest expense related to this mortgage was $77,000 and $79,000 for the six months ended June 30, 2024, and 2023, respectively. As of
June 30, 2024, the interest rate for this mortgage was 3.6%.
13. Deferred Contract Incentive
Effective
August 1, 2021, MSCO entered into an amendment to its clearing agreement with NFS that, among other things, extended the term of the arrangement
for an additional four-year period commencing on August 1, 2021 and ending July 31, 2025.
As part of this agreement,
the Company received a one-time business development credit of $3 million from NFS, and NFS will pay the Company four annual credits of
$100,000, which are recorded in the line item “Deferred contract incentive” on the statements of financial condition. Annual
credits shall be paid on the anniversary of the date on which the first credit was paid. The business development credit and annual credits
will be recognized as contra expense over four years and one year, respectively, in the line item “Clearing fees, including execution
costs” on the statements of operations. The amendment also provides for an early termination fee if the Company chooses to end its
agreement before the end of the contract term.
In relation to this agreement,
the Company recognized $213,000 in contra expense for both the three months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023. For both the six months ended
June 30, 2024 and 2023, the Company recognized $425,000 in contra expense. As of June 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023, the balance of the
deferred contract incentive was $0.8 million and $1.2 million, respectively.
14. Revenue Recognition
Refer to Note 2 – Summary
of Significant Accounting Policies in Company’s 2023 Form 10-K for detail on the Company’s primary sources of revenue and
the corresponding accounting treatment. Information related to items that impact certain revenue streams within the periods presented
is shown below.
Principal Transactions and Proprietary Trading
The Company continuously invests
in treasury bill and treasury notes as part of its normal operations to meet deposit requirements, which are primarily in the line item
“Cash and securities segregated for regulatory purposes” on the statements of financial condition, in order to enhance
its yield on its excess 15c3-3 deposits. During 2022, there was an increase in U.S. government securities yields, which created an
unrealized loss on the Company’s U.S. government securities portfolio. In 2023, the Company recorded substantially all of the reversal
of the unrealized loss resulting in a realized and unrealized gain due to the securities coming closer to maturity. Refer to Note 7 – Fair
Value Measurements for additional detail.
The
following table represents detail related to principal transactions and proprietary trading.
| |
Three Months Ended June 30, 2024 | |
| |
2024 | | |
2023 | | |
Increase (Decrease) | |
Principal transactions and proprietary trading | |
| | |
| | |
| |
Realized and unrealized gain on primarily riskless principal transactions | |
$ | 3,480,000 | | |
$ | 2,186,000 | | |
$ | 1,294,000 | |
Realized and unrealized gain on portfolio of U.S. government securities | |
| 94,000 | | |
| 468,000 | | |
| (374,000 | ) |
Total Principal transactions and proprietary trading | |
$ | 3,574,000 | | |
$ | 2,654,000 | | |
$ | 920,000 | |
| |
Six Months Ended June 30, 2024 | |
| |
2024 | | |
2023 | | |
Increase (Decrease) | |
Principal transactions and proprietary trading | |
| | |
| | |
| |
Realized and unrealized gain on primarily riskless principal transactions | |
$ | 6,923,000 | | |
$ | 3,985,000 | | |
$ | 2,938,000 | |
Realized and unrealized gain on portfolio of U.S. government securities | |
| 157,000 | | |
| 1,469,000 | | |
| (1,312,000 | ) |
Total Principal transactions and proprietary trading | |
$ | 7,080,000 | | |
$ | 5,454,000 | | |
$ | 1,626,000 | |
Stock Borrow / Stock
Loan
For
the three months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023, stock borrow / stock loan revenue was $4,696,000 ($10,482,000 gross revenue less $5,786,000
expenses) and $4,513,000 ($11,524,000 gross revenue less $7,011,000 expenses), respectively. For the six months ended June 30, 2024 and
2023, stock borrow / stock loan revenue was $8,794,000 ($21,372,000 gross revenue less $12,578,000 expenses) and $7,955,000 ($21,300,000
gross revenue less $13,345,000 expenses), respectively.
Interest, Marketing
and Distribution Fees
For
the three months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023, interest, marketing and distribution fees was $7,835,000 ($7,910,000 gross revenue less
$75,000 expenses) and $7,416,000 ($7,522,000 gross revenue less $106,000 expenses), respectively. For the six months ended June 30, 2024
and 2023, interest, marketing and distribution fees was $16,598,000 ($16,758,000 gross revenue less $160,000 expenses) and $14,389,000
($14,651,000 gross revenue less $262,000 expenses), respectively.
15. Income Taxes
The Company’s provision
for income taxes consists of federal and state taxes, as applicable, in amounts necessary to align the Company’s year-to-date tax
provision with the effective rate that it expects to achieve for the full year. Each quarter the Company updates its estimate of the annual
effective tax rate and records cumulative adjustments as necessary. As of June 30, 2024, the Company has concluded that its deferred tax
assets are realizable on a more-likely-than-not basis with the exception of capital loss carryforwards and investments that are expected
to generate capital losses when realized.
For the three and six months
ended June 30, 2024, the Company recorded an income tax provision of $1,532,000 and $2,947,000 on pre-tax book income of $5,579,000 and
$10,681,000, respectively. The effective tax rate for the three and six months ended June 30, 2024 was 27.5% and 27.6% respectively. The
effective tax rate differs from the federal statutory rate of 21% primarily related to certain permanent tax differences and state and
local taxes.
For the three and six months
ended June 30, 2023, the Company recorded an income tax provision of $969,000 and $2,105,000 on pre-tax book income of $3,697,000 and
$8,048,000, respectively. The effective tax rate for both the three and six months ended June 30, 2023 was 26.2%. The effective tax rate
differs from the federal statutory rate of 21% primarily related to certain permanent tax differences and state and local taxes.
As of both June 30, 2024 and
December 31, 2023, the Company recorded an uncertain tax position of $1,405,000 related to various tax matters, which is included in the
line item “Taxes payable” in the statements of financial condition.
16. Capital Requirements
MSCO
Net Capital
MSCO is subject to the Uniform
Net Capital Rules of the SEC (Rule 15c3-1) of the Exchange Act. Under the alternate method permitted by this rule, net capital, as defined,
shall not be less than the lower of $1 million or 2% of aggregate debit items arising from customer transactions. As of June 30, 2024,
MSCO’s net capital was $60.9 million, which was approximately $59.2 million in excess of its required net capital of $1.7 million,
and its percentage of aggregate debit balances to net capital was 70.70%.
As of December 31, 2023, MSCO’s
net capital was $56.1 million, which was approximately $54.3 million in excess of its required net capital of $1.8 million, and its percentage
of aggregate debit balances to net capital was 63.42%.
Special Reserve Account
MSCO is subject to Customer
Protection Rule 15c3-3 which requires segregation of funds in a special reserve account for the exclusive benefit of customers. As of
June 30, 2024, MSCO had cash and securities deposits of $213.4 million (cash of $126.8 million, securities with a fair value of $86.6
million) in the special reserve accounts which was $27.2 million in excess of the deposit requirement of $186.2 million. After adjustments
for deposit(s) and / or withdrawal(s) made on July 1, 2024, MSCO had $3.2 million in excess of the deposit requirement.
As
of December 31, 2023, MSCO had cash and securities deposits of $273.1 million (cash of $157.6 million, securities with a fair
value of $115.5 million) in the special reserve accounts which was $26.2 million in excess of the deposit requirement of $246.9
million. After adjustments for deposit(s) and / or withdrawal(s) made on January 2, 2024, MSCO had $3.2 million in excess of the
deposit requirement.
As
of June 30, 2024, the Company was subject to the PAB Account Rule 15c3-3 of the SEC which requires segregation of funds in a special reserve
account for the exclusive benefit of proprietary accounts of introducing broker-dealers. As of June 30, 2024, the Company had $1.3 million
in the special reserve account which was approximately $0.2 million in excess of the deposit requirement of approximately $1.1 million.
The Company made no subsequent deposits or withdrawals on July 1, 2024.
As
of December 31, 2023, the Company had $1.2 million in the special reserve account which was approximately $0.2 million in excess of the
deposit requirement of approximately $1.0 million. The Company made no subsequent deposits or withdrawals on January 2, 2024.
RISE
Net Capital
RISE, as a member of FINRA,
is subject to the SEC Uniform Net Capital Rule 15c3-1. This rule requires the maintenance of minimum net capital and that the ratio of
aggregate indebtedness to net capital, both as defined, shall not exceed 15 to 1 and that equity capital may not be withdrawn, or cash
dividends paid if the resulting net capital ratio would exceed 10 to 1. RISE is also subject to the CFTC’s minimum financial requirements
which require that RISE maintain net capital, as defined, equal to the greater of its requirements under Regulation 1.17 under the Commodity
Exchange Act or Rule 15c3-1.
As of June 30, 2024, RISE’s
regulatory net capital was approximately $1.3 million which was $1.0 million in excess of its minimum requirement of $250,000 under 15c3-1.
As of December 31, 2023, RISE’s regulatory net capital was approximately $1.3 million which was $1.0 million in excess of its minimum
requirement of $250,000 under 15c3-1.
17. Financial Instruments with Off-Balance
Sheet Risk
The Company enters into various
transactions to meet the needs of customers, conduct trading activities, and manage market risks and is, therefore, subject to varying
degrees of market and credit risk. Refer to the below as well as Note 20 – Financial Instruments with Off-Balance Sheet Risk in
the Company’s 2023 Form 10-K for further information.
As
of June 30, 2024, the Company had margin loans extended to its customers of approximately $373.6 million, of which $74.9 million is within
the line item “Receivables from customers” on the statements of financial condition. As of December 31, 2023, the Company
had margin loans extended to its customers of approximately $338.1 million, of which $72.8 million is in the line item “Receivables
from customers” on the statements of financial condition. There were no material losses for unsettled customer transactions for
the three and six months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023.
The following table presents
information about the Company’s securities borrowing and lending activity depicting the potential effect of rights of setoff between
these recognized assets and liabilities.
| |
As of June 30, 2024 | |
| |
Gross
Amounts of
Recognized
Assets and
Liabilities | | |
Gross
Amounts
Offset in the
Consolidated
Statements of
Financial
Condition1 | | |
Net Amounts
Presented in the
Consolidated
Statements of
Financial
Condition | | |
Collateral
Received or
Pledged2 | | |
Net Amount3 | |
Assets | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
| |
Securities borrowed | |
$ | 253,781,000 | | |
| — | | |
$ | 253,781,000 | | |
$ | 242,713,000 | | |
$ | 11,068,000 | |
Liabilities | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | |
Securities loaned | |
$ | 272,515,000 | | |
| — | | |
$ | 272,515,000 | | |
$ | 260,842,000 | | |
$ | 11,673,000 | |
| |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | |
| |
| As of December 31, 2023 | |
| |
| Gross
Amounts of
Recognized
Assets and
Liabilities | | |
| Gross
Amounts
Offset in the
Consolidated
Statements of
Financial
Condition1 | | |
| Net Amounts
Presented in the
Consolidated
Statements of
Financial
Condition | | |
| Collateral
Received or
Pledged2 | | |
| Net Amount3 | |
Assets | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | |
Securities borrowed | |
$ | 394,709,000 | | |
| — | | |
$ | 394,709,000 | | |
$ | 371,076,000 | | |
$ | 23,633,000 | |
Liabilities | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | |
Securities loaned | |
$ | 419,433,000 | | |
| — | | |
$ | 419,433,000 | | |
$ | 404,312,000 | | |
$ | 15,121,000 | |
18. Commitments, Contingencies, and Other
Legal and Regulatory Matters
The
Company is party to certain claims, suits and complaints arising in the ordinary course of business. As of June 30, 2024, the Company
does not expect that these claims, suits and complaints will have a material impact on its results of operations or financial position.
On
April 18, 2024, the Company received a notification from Nasdaq Regulation that the Company no longer complied with Nasdaq’s Listing
Rules (the “Nasdaq Rules”) for continued listing, as a result of the Company’s failure to file its 2023 Form 10-K. The
Company regained compliance with the Nasdaq Rules in connection with the filing of its 2023 Form 10-K on May 10, 2024.
Overnight Financing
As
of both June 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023, MSCO had an available line of credit for short term overnight demand borrowing with BMO Harris
Bank (“BMO Harris”) of up to $25 million. As of those dates, MSCO had no outstanding loan balance and there were no commitment
fees or other restrictions on the line of credit. The Company utilizes customer or firm securities as a pledge for short-term borrowing
needs. There was $1,000 and $0 in interest expense for this line of credit for the three months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively.
There was $3,000 and $0 in interest expense for this line of credit for the six months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively. There
were no fees related to this line of credit for the three or six months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023.
NFS Contract
Effective
August 1, 2021, MSCO entered into an amendment to its clearing agreement with NFS that, among other things, extends the term of the arrangement
for an additional four-year period commencing on August 1, 2021 and ending July 31, 2025. If the Company chooses to exit this agreement
before the end of the contract term, the Company is under the obligation to pay an early termination fee upon occurrence pursuant to the
table below:
Date of Termination | |
Early Termination Fee | |
Prior to August 1, 2024 | |
$ | 4,500,000 | |
Prior to August 1, 2025 | |
$ | 3,250,000 | |
For the three and six months
ended June 30, 2024 and 2023, there has been no expense recognized for any early termination fees. The Company believes that it is unlikely
it will have to make material payments related to early termination fees and has not recorded any contingent liability in the financial
statements related to this arrangement.
Technology Vendor
The Company has entered into agreements with technology vendors for
certain development projects related to its Retail Platform. As of June 30, 2024, the Company incurred costs of approximately $1.8 million
for these vendors.
General Contingencies
The
Company’s general contingencies are included in Note 21 – Commitments, Contingencies, and Other in the Company’s 2023
Form 10-K. Other than the below, there have been no material updates to the Company’s general contingencies during the three and
six months ended June 30, 2024.
The
Company is self-insured with respect to employee health claims. As part of this plan, the Company recognized expenses of $332,000 and
$266,000 for the three months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively. For the six months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023, the Company
recognized expenses of $726,000 and $446,000, respectively.
The
Company had an accrual of $123,000 as of June 30, 2024, which represents the estimate of future expense to be recognized for claims incurred
during the period.
The
Company believes that its present insurance coverage and reserves are sufficient to cover currently estimated exposures, but there can
be no assurance that the Company will not incur liabilities in excess of recorded reserves or in excess of its insurance limits.
19. Employee Benefit Plans
The Company sponsors a defined-contribution
retirement plan under Section 401(k) of the Internal Revenue Code that covers substantially all employees (“401(k) plan”).
Participant contributions to the 401(k) plan are voluntary and are subject to certain limitations. The Company may also make discretionary
contributions to the plan. For 401(k) employee contribution matching, the Company incurred $28,000 and $109,000 of expense for the three
months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively. For the six months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023, the Company incurred $163,000 and
$109,000 of expenses, respectively.
On
September 17, 2021, the Company’s shareholders approved the Siebert Financial Corp. 2021 Equity Incentive Plan (the “Plan”).
The Plan provides for the grant of stock options, restricted stock, and other equity awards of the Company’s common stock to employees,
officers, consultants, directors, affiliates and other service providers of the Company. There were 3 million shares reserved under the
Plan and 2,384,000 and 2,704,000 and shares remained as of June 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023, respectively.
On
February 22, 2024, the Company granted 150,000 shares of restricted common stock at a price per share valuation of $1.65 to
consultants of the Company, which are vested over the vesting period subject to certain conditions. The Company recognized equity stock
compensation expense of $56,000, which was fully capitalized and included within the line item “Software, net” on the statements
of financial condition for both the three and six months ended June 30, 2024, respectively. As of June 30, 2024, there was approximately
$191,000 of unrecognized compensation costs related to restricted common stock that will be recognized over the remaining period of 1.6
years.
On
May 1, 2024, the Company granted 50,000 shares of restricted common stock at a price per share valuation of $1.97 to a consultant of the
Company. These shares were fully vested upon grant date and the Company recognized equity stock compensation expense of $99,000 in the
line item “Employee compensation and benefits” on the statements of operations for both the three and six months ended June
30, 2024, respectively.
On
May 28, 2024, the Company granted 70,000 shares of restricted common stock at a price per share valuation of $2.07 to a consultant of
the Company. These shares were fully vested upon grant date and the Company recognized equity stock compensation expense of $145,000,
which was fully capitalized and included within the line item “Software, net” on the statements of financial condition for
both the three and six months ended June 30, 2024, respectively.
The
Company did not issue any share-based compensation for the year ended December 31, 2023.
20. Related Party Disclosures
KCA
Gloria E. Gebbia, who is a
director of Siebert, is the managing member of Kennedy Cabot Acquisition, LLC (“KCA”). As a result, KCA is an affiliate of
the Company and is under common ownership with the Company. To gain efficiencies and economies of scale with billing and administrative
functions, during 2023 KCA had an agreement with the Company to serve as a paymaster for the Company for payroll and related functions
including serving as the sponsor for the Company’s 401(k) plan. KCA passed through any expense or revenue related to this function
to the subsidiaries of the Company proportionally. This agreement has been terminated as of January 1, 2024. The Company incurred $0 and
$15,000 of expenses related to these services for the three months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively. The Company incurred $0
and $30,000 of expenses related to these services for the six months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively.
KCA
owns a license from the Muriel Siebert Estate / Foundation to use the names “Muriel Siebert & Co., Inc.” and “Siebert”
within business activities, which expires in 2025. For the use of these names, KCA passed through to the Company its cost of $15,000 in
both the three months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023. For both the six months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023, KCA passed through to the Company
its cost of $30,000.
Other than the above arrangements,
KCA has earned no profit for providing any services to the Company as KCA passed through any revenue or expenses to the Company’s
subsidiaries for the three and six months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023.
PW
PW
brokers the insurance policies for related parties. Revenue for PW from related parties was $45,000 and $69,000 for the three months ended
June 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively. Revenue for PW from related parties was $49,000 and $91,000 for the six months ended June 30, 2024
and 2023, respectively.
Gloria E. Gebbia,
John J. Gebbia, and Gebbia Family Members
The
three sons of Gloria E. Gebbia and John J. Gebbia hold executive positions within the Company’s subsidiaries and their compensation
was in aggregate $746,000 and $606,000 for the three months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively. The compensation for the sons
of Gloria E. Gebbia and John J. Gebbia was in aggregate $1,539,000 and $1,130,000 for the six months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively.
Part of their compensation includes payments related to key revenue streams.
On
May 22, 2023, Gloria E. Gebbia issued a warrant to BCW Securities LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, to purchase 403,780 shares
of common stock of the Company held by Gloria E. Gebbia at an exercise price of $2.15 per share. Refer to Note 5 - Kakaopay Transaction
for more information.
Gebbia Sullivan County Land Trust
The Company operates on a month-to-month
lease agreement for its branch office in Omaha, Nebraska with the Gebbia Sullivan County Land Trust, the trustee of which is a member
of the Gebbia Family. For both the three months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023, rent expense was $15,000 for this branch office. For both
the six months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023, rent expense was $30,000 for this branch office.
The Company has completed construction of its branch
office in Omaha, Nebraska. Refer to Note 8 – Property, Office Facilities, and Equipment, net for further detail.
Kakaopay and Affiliates
On
April 27, 2023, the Company entered into the First Tranche Stock Purchase Agreement, pursuant to which the Company agreed to issue to
Kakaopay the First Tranche Shares at a per share price of Two Dollars Fifteen Cents ($2.15). Refer to Note 5 – Kakaopay Transaction
for further details on the transaction. MSCO entered into an agreement whereby it would provide an omnibus trading account for Kakaopay’s
subsidiary, Kakao Pay Securities Corp., and provide trade execution services to Kakao Pay Securities Corp., subject to compliance with
applicable U.S. laws, rules and regulations.
Tigress
The
Company has entered into various agreements and subsequent terminations with Tigress. Refer to Note 3 – Transaction with Tigress
for further detail.
RISE
In
September 2022, MSCO and RISE entered into a clearing arrangement whereby RISE would introduce clients to MSCO. As part of the agreement,
RISE deposited a clearing fund escrow deposit of $50,000 to MSCO, and had excess cash of approximately $1.1 million and $1.0 million in
its brokerage account at MSCO as of June 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023, respectively. The resulting asset of RISE and liability of MSCO
is eliminated in consolidation.
21. Subsequent Events
The Company has evaluated
events that have occurred subsequent to June 30, 2024 and through August 14, 2024, the date of the filing of this Report.
On August 13, 2024, the
Company entered into a Membership Interest Purchase Agreement by and among Siebert Financial Corp., Gebbia Entertainment, LLC, a
Florida limited liability company (“Gebbia Entertainment”), the Members of Gebbia Entertainment, LLC and, solely for the
purposes of Section 5.1 and Article 7 John J. Gebbia and Gloria E. Gebbia (the “Gebbia Entertainment Purchase
Agreement”), pursuant to which the Company acquired all of the outstanding equity of Gebbia Entertainment from the John J. and
Gloria E. Gebbia Family Trust (99%) and David Gebbia (1%) for a purchase price of $1,250,000. Section 5.1 of the Gebbia
Entertainment Purchase Agreement imposes certain restrictions on the sellers ability to compete with the Company for a period
of two years, and Article 7 provides for certain indemnification obligations of the sellers. David Gebbia is the son of John J. and
Gloria E. Gebbia.
Based on the Company’s
assessment, other than the events described above, there have been no material subsequent events that occurred during such period that
would require disclosure in this Report or would be required to be recognized in the financial statements as of June 30, 2024.
ITEM
2. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
The
following discussion provides a narrative of our financial performance and condition that should be read in conjunction with the accompanying
financial statements and related notes included under Part I, Item 1 of this Report. In addition to our historical consolidated financial
information, the following discussion contains forward-looking statements that reflect our plans, estimates, and beliefs. Our actual
results could differ materially from those discussed in the forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause or contribute to these
differences include those discussed below and elsewhere in our 2023 Form 10-K, particularly in Part I, Item 1A – Risk Factors.
Overview
We
are a financial services company and provide a wide variety of financial services to our clients. We operate in business lines such as
retail brokerage, investment advisory, insurance, and technology development through our wholly-owned and majority-owned subsidiaries.
Results
in the businesses in which we operate are highly correlated to general economic conditions and, more specifically, to the direction of
the U.S. equity and fixed-income markets. Market volatility, overall market conditions, interest rates, economic, political, and regulatory
trends, and industry competition are among the factors which could affect us and which are unpredictable and beyond our control. These
factors affect the financial decisions made by market participants who include investors and competitors, impacting their level of participation
in the financial markets. In addition, in periods of reduced financial market activity, profitability is likely to be adversely affected
because certain expenses remain relatively fixed, including salaries and related costs, as well as portions of communications costs and
occupancy expenses. Accordingly, earnings for any period should not be considered representative of earnings to be expected for any other
period.
Financial
Overview
Earnings
per share were $0.10 for the current quarter, compared to earnings per share of $0.07 for the prior-year quarter. For the current quarter,
our net revenues were $20.9 million and operating income before taxes was $5.6 million, compared to net revenues of $17.6 million and
operating income before taxes of $4.7 million in the prior-year quarter.
Financial
highlights for the current quarter (compared to the prior-year quarter):
| ● | Retail
customer net worth increased by 14% to $17.4 billion. |
| ● | Total
retail customer accounts increased by 24% to 157,116. |
| ● | Commissions
and fees increased by 40% to $2.6 million, driven primarily by higher customer trading volumes. |
| ● | Total
equity as of June 30, 2024 was $79.2 million. |
Trends
and Key Factors Affecting our Operations
Market
Risk
Market
risk is our risk of loss resulting from the impact of changes in market prices on our trading inventory, and investment positions. We
have exposure to market risk primarily through our broker-dealer trading operations. Through our broker-dealer subsidiaries, we trade
debt obligations and equity securities and maintain trading inventories to ensure availability of securities to facilitate client transactions.
Inventory levels may fluctuate daily as a result of client demand. Our primary market risks relate to interest rates, and equity prices.
Equity risk results from changes in prices of equity securities, affecting the value of the equity securities and other instruments that
derive their value from a particular stock.
We
may enter into underwriting commitments and, as a result, we may be subject to market risk on any unsold securities issued in the offerings
to which we are committed. Risk exposure is controlled by limiting our participation, the transaction size, or through the syndication
process.
Interest
Rate Risk
We
are exposed to market risk from changes in interest rates. Such changes in interest rates primarily impact revenue from interest, marketing,
and distribution fees. We primarily earn interest, marketing and distribution fees from margin interest charged on clients’ margin
balances, interest on cash and securities segregated for regulatory purposes, and distribution fees from money market mutual funds in
clients’ accounts. Securities segregated for regulatory purposes consist solely of U.S. government securities. If prices of U.S.
government securities within our portfolio decline, we anticipate the impact to be temporary as we intend to hold these securities to
maturity. We seek to mitigate this risk by managing the average maturities of our U.S. government securities portfolio and setting risk
parameters for securities owned, at fair value.
Technology
Initiatives
At
the end of 2023, we reassessed our technology needs and strategic direction and hired new technology personnel, changed our primary software
development vendor, and made investments in technology development.
Some
of these technology investments include the development of a Siebert mobile retail trading application, online platform for our retail
customer base and corporate services clients, as well as upgrades to our technological and operational infrastructure to support these
platforms and future growth. We believe that this technology will be key in meeting the needs of our retail customers, correspondent
clearing, corporate services as well as our expansion into new markets and demographics.
Client
Account and Activity Metrics
The
following tables set forth metrics we use in analyzing our client account and activity trends for the periods indicated.
Client
Account Metrics
| |
As of | |
| |
June 30,
2024 | | |
December 31,
2023 | |
Retail customer net worth (in billions) | |
$ | 17.4 | | |
$ | 15.9 | |
Retail customer margin debit balances (in billions) | |
$ | 0.4 | | |
$ | 0.3 | |
Retail customer credit balances (in billions) | |
$ | 0.4 | | |
$ | 0.5 | |
Retail customer money market fund value (in billions) | |
$ | 0.8 | | |
$ | 0.7 | |
Retail customer accounts | |
| 157,116 | | |
| 153,727 | |
| ● | Retail
customer net worth represents the total value of securities and cash in the retail customer accounts after deducting margin debits |
| ● | Retail
customer margin debit balances represent credit extended to our customers to finance their purchases against current positions |
| ● | Retail
customer credit balances represent client cash held in brokerage accounts |
| ● | Retail
customer money market fund value represents all retail customers accounts invested in money market funds |
| ● | Retail
customer accounts represent the number of retail customers |
Statements
of Operations and Financial Condition
Statements
of Operations for the Three Months Ended June 30, 2024 and 2023
Revenue
Commissions
and fees for the three months ended June 30, 2024 were $2,603,000 and increased by $745,000 from the corresponding period in the prior
year, primarily due to an increase in market volatility leading to increased trading volumes.
Interest,
marketing and distribution fees for the three months ended June 30, 2024 were $7,835,000 and increased by $419,000 from the corresponding
period in the prior year primarily due to an increase in interest income received on U.S. government securities and cash deposits.
Principal
transactions and proprietary trading for the three months ended June 30, 2024 were $3,574,000 and increased by $920,000 from the corresponding
period in the prior year, primarily due to the factors discussed below.
The
increase in realized and unrealized gain on primarily riskless principal transactions was primarily due to market volatility. The increase
in unrealized gain on our portfolio of U.S. government securities was due to the following. We invested in 1-year treasury bills and
2-year treasury notes in order to enhance our yield on excess 15c3-3 deposits. During 2022, there was an increase in U.S. government
securities yields, which created an unrealized loss on our U.S. government securities portfolio. In 2023, we began to record substantially
all of the reversal of the unrealized loss resulting in an unrealized gain due to the securities coming closer to maturity. We continually
invest in US government securities based on market yields and cash needs.
Below
is a summary of the change in the principal transactions and proprietary trading line item for the periods presented.
| |
Three Months Ended June 30, 2024 | |
| |
2024 | | |
2023 | | |
Increase
(Decrease) | |
Principal transactions and proprietary trading | |
| | |
| | |
| |
Realized and unrealized gain on primarily riskless principal transactions | |
$ | 3,480,000 | | |
$ | 2,186,000 | | |
$ | 1,294,000 | |
Realized and unrealized gain on portfolio of U.S. government securities | |
| 94,000 | | |
| 468,000 | | |
| (374,000 | ) |
Total Principal transactions and proprietary trading | |
$ | 3,574,000 | | |
$ | 2,654,000 | | |
$ | 920,000 | |
Market
making for the three months ended June 30, 2024 was $437,000 and increased by $169,000 from the corresponding period in the prior year,
primarily due to an increase in market volatility.
Stock
borrow / stock loan for the three months ended June 30, 2024 was $4,696,000 and increased by $183,000 from the corresponding period in
the prior year.
Advisory
fees for the three months ended June 30, 2024 were $551,000 and increased by $80,000 from the corresponding period in the prior year,
primarily due to growth in platform assets.
Other
income for the three months ended June 30, 2024 was $1,167,000 and increased by $755,000 from the corresponding period in the prior year,
primarily due to fees related to administrative services.
Operating
Expenses
Employee
compensation and benefits for the three months ended June 30, 2024 were $10,307,000 and increased by $2,227,000 from the corresponding
period in the prior year, primarily due to an increase in commission payouts, executive compensation, as well as additional personnel
related to technology initiatives.
Clearing
fees, including execution costs for the three months ended June 30, 2024 were $238,000 and decreased by $91,000 from the corresponding
period in the prior year, primarily due to a reduction in volume.
Technology
and communications expenses for the three months ended June 30, 2024 were $880,000 and increased by $87,000 from the corresponding period
in the prior year, primarily due to an increase in costs related to a technology partner.
Other
general and administrative expenses for the three months ended June 30, 2024 were $1,070,000 and decreased by $49,000 from the corresponding
period in the prior year, primarily due to a decrease in office expenses.
Data
processing expenses for the three months ended June 30, 2024 were $732,000 and decreased by $9,000 from the corresponding period in the
prior year.
Rent
and occupancy expenses for the three months ended June 30, 2024 were $378,000 and decreased by $113,000 from the corresponding period
in the prior year, primarily due to a discontinued rent expense in the second quarter of 2023 related to the Miami office.
Professional
fees for the three months ended June 30, 2024 were $1,240,000 and increased by $233,000 from the corresponding period in the prior year
primarily due to a decrease in legal and other consulting fees offset by an increase in accounting services.
Depreciation
and amortization expenses for the three months ended June 30, 2024 were $336,000 and increased by $75,000 from the corresponding period
in the prior year, primarily due to an increase in depreciation related to technology and software.
Interest
expense for the three months ended June 30, 2024 was $60,000 and decreased by $34,000 from the corresponding period in the prior year,
primarily due to the repayment of a loan with East West Bank in the second quarter of 2023.
Advertising
and promotion expense for the three months ended June 30, 2024 was $43,000 and increased by $25,000 from the corresponding period in
the prior year, primarily due to a reversal related to advertising expenses in 2023 as well as an increase in marketing initiatives in
2024.
Non-Operating
Income (Loss)
The
earnings of equity method investment in related party for the three months ended June 30, 2024 was $0 and decreased by $73,000 from the
corresponding period in the prior year, primarily due to the exit of our investment in Tigress in the third quarter of 2023.
The
impairment of investments for the three months ended June 30, 2024 was $0 and decreased by $1,035,000 from the corresponding period in
the prior year, primarily due to the impairment of our investment in a technology provider of a trading platform (“Trading Technology
Provider”) and the impairment of our investment in Tigress occurring in 2023.
Provision
For (Benefit From) Income Taxes
The
provision from income taxes for the three months ended June 30, 2024 was $1,532,000 and increased by $563,000 from the corresponding
period in the prior year. The change from the corresponding period in the prior year is primarily due to an increase in pre-tax earnings
in the second quarter of 2024. Refer to Note 15 – Income Taxes for additional detail.
Net
Income (Loss) Attributable to Noncontrolling Interests
As
further discussed in Note 1 – Organization and Basis of Presentation, we consolidate RISE’s financial results into our financial
statements and reflect the portion of RISE not held by Siebert as a noncontrolling interest in our financial statements. The net income
attributable to noncontrolling interests for the three months ended June 30, 2024 was $7,000, and decreased by $18,000 from the corresponding
period in the prior year, due to less activity in RISE in 2024.
Statements
of Operations for the Six Months Ended June 30, 2024 and 2023
Revenue
Commissions
and fees for the six months ended June 30, 2024 were $4,903,000 and increased by $1,198,000 from the corresponding period in the prior
year, primarily due to an increase in market volatility leading to increased trading volumes.
Interest,
marketing and distribution fees for the six months ended June 30, 2024 were $16,598,000 and increased by $2,209,000 from the corresponding
period in the prior year primarily due to an increase in interest income received on U.S. government securities and cash deposits.
Principal
transactions and proprietary trading for the six months ended June 30, 2024 were $7,080,000 and increased by $1,626,000 from the corresponding
period in the prior year, primarily due to the factors discussed below.
The
increase in realized and unrealized gain on primarily riskless principal transactions was primarily due to market volatility. The increase
in unrealized gain on our portfolio of U.S. government securities was due to the following. We invested in 1-year treasury bills and
2-year treasury notes in order to enhance our yield on excess 15c3-3 deposits. During 2022, there was an increase in U.S. government
securities yields, which created an unrealized loss on our U.S. government securities portfolio. In 2023, we began to record substantially
all of the reversal of the unrealized loss resulting in an unrealized gain due to the securities coming closer to maturity. We continually
invest in US government securities based on market yields and cash needs.
Below
is a summary of the change in the principal transactions and proprietary trading line item for the periods presented.
| |
Six Months Ended June 30, 2024 | |
| |
2024 | | |
2023 | | |
Increase
(Decrease) | |
Principal transactions and proprietary trading | |
| | |
| | |
| |
Realized and unrealized gain on primarily riskless principal transactions | |
$ | 6,923,000 | | |
$ | 3,985,000 | | |
$ | 2,938,000 | |
Realized and unrealized gain on portfolio of U.S. government securities | |
| 157,000 | | |
| 1,469,000 | | |
| (1,312,000 | ) |
Total Principal transactions and proprietary trading | |
$ | 7,080,000 | | |
$ | 5,454,000 | | |
$ | 1,626,000 | |
Market
making for the six months ended June 30, 2024 was $1,109,000 and increased by $496,000 from the corresponding period in the prior year,
primarily due to an increase in market volatility.
Stock
borrow / stock loan for the six months ended June 30, 2024 was $8,794,000 and increased by $839,000 from the corresponding period in
the prior year.
Advisory
fees for the six months ended June 30, 2024 were $1,041,000 and increased by $126,000 from the corresponding period in the prior year,
primarily due to growth in platform assets.
Other
income for the six months ended June 30, 2024 was $1,794,000 and increased by $1,063,000 from the corresponding period in the prior year,
primarily due to fees related to administrative services.
Operating
Expenses
Employee
compensation and benefits for the six months ended June 30, 2024 were $20,683,000 and increased by $5,636,000 from the corresponding
period in the prior year, primarily due to an increase in commission payouts, executive compensation, as well as additional personnel
related to technology initiatives.
Clearing
fees, including execution costs for the six months ended June 30, 2024 were $666,000 and decreased by $18,000 from the corresponding
period in the prior year.
Technology
and communications expenses for the six months ended June 30, 2024 were $1,756,000 and increased by $174,000 from the corresponding period
in the prior year, primarily due to an increase in costs related to a technology partner.
Other
general and administrative expenses for the six months ended June 30, 2024 were $2,099,000 and decreased by $113,000 from the corresponding
period in the prior year, primarily due to a decrease in office expenses.
Data
processing expenses for the six months ended June 30, 2024 were $1,483,000 and decreased by $109,000 from the corresponding period in
the prior year, primarily due to a decrease in service bureau fees.
Rent
and occupancy expenses for the six months ended June 30, 2024 were $875,000 and decreased by $94,000 from the corresponding period in
the prior year, primarily due to a discontinued rent expense in the second quarter of 2023 related to the Miami office.
Professional
fees for the six months ended June 30, 2024 were $2,277,000 and increased by $196,000 from the corresponding period in the prior year
primarily due to a decrease in legal fees offset by an increase in accounting and other consulting services.
Depreciation
and amortization expenses for the six months ended June 30, 2024 were $591,000 and increased by $140,000 from the corresponding period
in the prior year, primarily due to an increase in depreciation related to technology and software.
Interest
expense for the six months ended June 30, 2024 was $111,000 and decreased by $71,000 from the corresponding period in the prior year,
primarily due to the repayment of a loan with East West Bank in the second quarter of 2023.
Advertising
and promotion expense for the six months ended June 30, 2024 was $97,000 and increased by $107,000 from the corresponding period in the
prior year, primarily due to a reversal related to advertising expenses in 2023 as well as an increase in marketing initiatives in 2024.
Non-Operating
Income (Loss)
The
earnings of equity method investment in related party for the six months ended June 30, 2024 was $0 and decreased by $111,000 from the
corresponding period in the prior year, primarily due to the exit of our investment in Tigress in the third quarter of 2023.
The
impairment of investment for the three months ended June 30, 2024 was $0 and decreased by $1,035,000 from the corresponding period in
the prior year, primarily due to the impairment of our investment in a Trading Technology Provider and the impairment of our investment
in Tigress occurring in 2023.
Provision
For (Benefit From) Income Taxes
The
provision from income taxes for the six months ended June 30, 2024 was $2,947,000 and increased by $842,000 from the corresponding period
in the prior year. The change from the corresponding period in the prior year is primarily due to increased pre-tax earnings in the six
months ending June 30, 2024. Refer to Note 15 – Income Taxes for additional detail.
Net
Income (Loss) Attributable to Noncontrolling Interests
As
further discussed in Note 1 – Organization and Basis of Presentation, we consolidate RISE’s financial results into our financial
statements and reflect the portion of RISE not held by Siebert as a noncontrolling interest in our financial statements. The net income
attributable to noncontrolling interests for the six months ended June 30, 2024 was $6,000, and decreased by $38,000 from the corresponding
period in the prior year, due to less activity in RISE in 2024.
Statements
of Financial Condition As of June 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023
Assets
Assets
as of June 30, 2024 were $609,110,000 and decreased by $192,690,000 from December 31, 2023, primarily due to a decrease in cash and securities
segregated for regulatory purposes and securities borrowed.
Liabilities
Liabilities
as of June 30, 2024 were $592,932,000 and decreased by $201,159,000 from December 31, 2023, primarily due to a decrease in payables to
customers and securities loaned.
Liquidity
and Capital Resources
Overview
As
of June 30, 2024, a significant portion of our assets were liquid in nature, providing us with flexibility in financing our business.
A significant portion of our assets not held by customers or used for stock borrow / stock loan consisted primarily of cash and cash
equivalents, securities owned, at fair value, which are marked-to-market daily, and receivables from and deposits with broker-dealers
and clearing organizations.
We
expect to use our available cash, cash equivalents, and potential future borrowings under our debt agreements and potential issuance
of new debt or equity, to support and invest in our core business, including investing in new ways to serve our customers, potentially
seeking strategic acquisitions to leverage existing capabilities, and for general capital needs (including capital, deposit, and collateral
requirements imposed by regulators and SROs).
Based
on our current level of operations, we believe our available cash, available lines of credit, overall access to capital markets, and
cash provided by operations will be adequate to meet our current liquidity needs for the foreseeable future. As of the date of this Report,
other than the items detailed in the section below, there are no known or material events that would require us to use large amounts
of our liquid assets to cover expenses.
Kakaopay
On
April 27, 2023, we entered into the First Tranche Stock Purchase Agreement with Kakaopay pursuant to which we issued to Kakaopay 8,075,607
shares of our common stock at a per share price of Two Dollars Fifteen Cents ($2.15), which represented at the time of issuance 19.9%
of our outstanding equity securities on a fully diluted basis (the “First Tranche”). The First Tranche closed on May 18,
2023. Refer to Note 5 – Kakaopay Transaction in our 2023 Form 10-K for further detail.
The
net capital infusion from Kakaopay to Siebert from the First Tranche was approximately $14.8 million after the issuance cost. This capital
is currently being used to enhance our regulatory capital, and is primarily invested in U.S. government securities and is in the line
item “Securities owned, at fair value” on the statements of financial condition.
Cash
and Cash Equivalents
Our
cash and cash equivalents were $5.2 million and $5.7 million as of June 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023, respectively.
Debt
Agreements
We
have $4.3 million outstanding on our mortgage with East West Bank and an unutilized line of credit for short term overnight demand borrowing
of up to $25 million with BMO Harris as of June 30, 2024. As of June 30, 2024, we were in compliance with all covenants related to our
mortgage agreement.
Cash
Requirements
The
following table summarizes our short- and long-term material cash requirements as of June 30, 2024.
| |
Payments Due By Period | |
| |
2024 | | |
2025 | | |
2026 | | |
2027 | | |
2028 | | |
Thereafter | | |
Total | |
Operating lease commitments | |
$ | 402,000 | | |
$ | 861,000 | | |
$ | 694,000 | | |
$ | 520,000 | | |
$ | 443,000 | | |
$ | — | | |
$ | 2,920,000 | |
Kakaopay fee (1) | |
| 1,000,000 | | |
| 2,000,000 | | |
| 1,000,000 | | |
| — | | |
| — | | |
| — | | |
| 4,000,000 | |
Mortgage with East West Bank (2) | |
| 43,000 | | |
| 88,000 | | |
| 91,000 | | |
| 95,000 | | |
| 98,000 | | |
| 3,855,000 | | |
| 4,270,000 | |
Technology vendors (3) | |
| 1,409,000 | | |
| 144,000 | | |
| — | | |
| — | | |
| — | | |
| — | | |
| 1,553,000 | |
Total | |
$ | 2,854,000 | | |
$ | 3,093,000 | | |
$ | 1,785,000 | | |
$ | 615,000 | | |
$ | 541,000 | | |
$ | 3,836,000 | | |
$ | 12,743,000 | |
| (1) | Pursuant
to the Settlement Agreement with Kakaopay, we will pay Kakaopay a fee of $5 million payable in ten quarterly installments beginning in
the first quarter of 2024. Refer to Note 5 – Kakaopay Transaction in our 2023 Form 10-K for further detail. |
| (2) | On
December 30, 2021, we purchased the Miami office building and financed part of the purchase price with a mortgage with East West Bank. |
| (3) | We
have entered into agreements with technology vendors for certain development projects related to our Retail Platform. As of June 30,
2024, we have incurred approximately $1.8 million out of the $3.4 million total budget for these vendors. |
Shelf
Registration Statement
On
February 18, 2022, we filed a shelf registration statement on Form S-3 that was declared effective on March 2, 2022 by the SEC for the
potential offering, issuance and sale by Siebert of up to $100.0 million of our common stock, preferred stock, warrants to purchase our
common stock and/or preferred stock, units consisting of all or some of these securities and subscription rights to purchase all or some
of these securities. However, since we filed the 2023 Form 10-K after its scheduled due date, we no longer satisfy the eligibility requirements
for use of registration statements on Form S-3, which requires that we file in a timely manner all reports required to be filed during
the prior twelve calendar months. As a result, we have suspended use of the shelf registration statement.
Net
Capital, Reserve Accounts, Segregation of Funds, and Other Regulatory Requirements
MSCO
is subject to the Uniform Net Capital Rules of the SEC (Rule 15c3-1) and the Customer Protection Rule (15c3-3) of the Exchange Act and
maintains capital and segregated cash reserves in excess of regulatory requirements. Requirements under these regulations may vary; however,
MSCO has adequate reserves and contingency funding plans in place to sufficiently meet any regulatory requirements. In addition to net
capital requirements, as a self-clearing broker-dealer, MSCO is subject to cash deposit and collateral requirements with clearing houses,
such as the DTCC and OCC, which may fluctuate significantly from time to time based upon the nature and size of clients’ trading
activity and market volatility. RISE, as a member of FINRA, is subject to the SEC Uniform Net Capital Rule 15c3-1 and the corresponding
regulatory capital requirements.
MSCO
can transfer funds to Siebert as long as MSCO maintains its liquidity and regulatory capital requirements. RISE can transfer funds to
its shareholders, of which Siebert is entitled to its proportional ownership interest, as long as RISE maintains its liquidity and regulatory
capital requirements. For the three and six months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023, MSCO and RISE had sufficient net capital to meet their
respective liquidity and regulatory capital requirements. Refer to Note 16 – Capital Requirements for more detail about our capital
requirements.
Cash
Flows
Cash
used in operating activities consisted of net income adjusted for certain non-cash items. Net operating assets and liabilities at any
specific point in time are subject to many variables, including variability in customer activity, the timing of cash receipts and payments,
and vendor payment terms. The total changes in our statements of cash flows, especially our operating cash flow, are not necessarily
indicative of the ongoing results of our business as we have customer assets and liabilities on our statements of financial condition.
For
the six months ended June 30, 2024, cash used in operating activities increased by $7.8 million compared to the prior year period, which
was primarily driven by the net change in securities borrowed and securities loaned, receivables from and deposits with broker-dealers
and clearing organizations, and securities owned, at fair value.
For
the six months ended June 30, 2024, cash used in investing activities increased by $1.7 million compared to the prior year period, which
was primarily driven by the build out of the New York office as well as the development of the new Retail Platform in 2024, partially
offset by the build out of the Miami office building occurring in 2023.
For
the six months ended June 30, 2024, cash flows provided by financing activities decreased by $13.1 million compared to 2023, which was
primarily driven by the issuance of shares related to the transaction with Kakaopay in 2023.
Long
Term Contracts
Effective
August 1, 2021, MSCO entered into an amendment to its clearing agreement with NFS that, among other things, extends the term of their
arrangement for an additional four-year period commencing on August 1, 2021 and ending July 31, 2025. As part of this agreement, we received
a one-time business development credit of $3 million, and NFS will pay us four annual credits of $100,000 over the term of the agreement.
The amendment also provides for an early termination fee; however, as of June 30, 2024, we do not expect to terminate the contract with
NFS before the end of the contract term. Refer to Note 13 – Deferred Contract Incentive and Note 18 – Commitments, Contingencies
and Other for additional detail.
Effective
June 2023, MSCO entered into an amendment to its service agreement with Broadridge Securities Processing Solutions, LLC that, among other
things, extends the term of their arrangement for a five-year period ending June 2028, with an option to terminate after three years.
The total minimum expense for this arrangement is estimated at approximately $1.2 million over the duration of the contract.
Off-Balance
Sheet Arrangements
We
enter into various transactions to meet the needs of customers, conduct trading activities, and manage market risks and are, therefore,
subject to varying degrees of market and credit risk. In the normal course of business, our customer activities involve the execution,
settlement, and financing of various customer securities transactions. These activities may expose us to off-balance sheet risk in the
event the customer or other broker is unable to fulfill their contracted obligations and we are forced to purchase or sell the financial
instrument underlying the contract at a loss. There were no material losses for unsettled customer transactions for the three and six
months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023. Refer to Note 17 – Financial Instruments with Off-Balance Sheet Risk for additional detail.
Uncertain
Tax Positions
We
account for uncertain tax positions in accordance with the authoritative guidance issued under ASC 740-10, which addresses the determination
of whether tax benefits claimed or expected to be claimed on a tax return should be recorded in the financial statements. We may recognize
the tax benefit from an uncertain tax position only if it is more likely than not that the tax position will be sustained on examination
by the taxing authorities based on the technical merits of the position. The tax benefits recognized in the financial statements from
such position should be measured based on the largest benefit that has a greater than fifty percent likelihood of being realized upon
ultimate settlement. ASC 740-10 also provides guidance on derecognition, classification, interest and penalties, accounting in interim
periods and disclosure requirements.
We
recognize interest and penalties related to unrecognized tax benefits on the provision for income taxes line on the statements of operations.
Accrued interest and penalties would be included on the related tax liability line on the statements of financial condition.
As
of both June 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023, the Company recorded an uncertain tax position of $1,405,000 related to various tax matters,
which is included in the line item “Taxes payable” in the statements of financial condition.
Critical
Accounting Policies and Estimates
Certain
of our accounting policies that involve a higher degree of judgment and complexity are discussed in Part I, Item 2 – Management’s
Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations in our 2023 Form 10-K. As of June 30, 2024, there
have been no changes to our critical accounting policies or estimates.
New
Accounting Standards
In
November 2023, the FASB issued ASU 2023-07, “Segment Reporting (Topic 280): Improvements to Reportable Segment Disclosures.” This
ASU updates reportable segment disclosure requirements primarily through enhanced disclosures about significant segment expenses. This
ASU is effective for all entities for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2023, and for interim periods within fiscal years beginning
after December 15, 2024. Early adoption is permitted. The amendments should be applied retrospectively to all prior periods presented
in the financial statements. We are currently evaluating this ASU to determine its impact on the Company’s disclosures.
In
December 2023, the FASB issued ASU 2023-09, “Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures” (“ASU 2023-09”). The ASU
is intended to enhance the transparency and decision usefulness of income tax disclosures. The amendments in the ASU address investor
requests for enhanced income tax information primarily through changes to the rate reconciliation and income taxes paid information.
ASU 2023-09 will be effective for us for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2024, though early adoption is permitted. We are
still evaluating the presentational effect that ASU 2023-09 will have on our consolidated financial statements, but we expect considerable
changes to our income tax footnote.
Refer
to Note 2 – New Accounting Standards for additional information regarding new ASU’s issued by the FASB.
ITEM
3. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK
Financial
Instruments Held For Trading Purposes
We
do not directly engage in derivative transactions, have no interest in any special purpose entity and have no liabilities, contingent
or otherwise, for the debt of another entity.
Financial
Instruments Held For Purposes Other Than Trading
We
generally invest our cash and cash equivalents temporarily in dollar denominated bank account(s). These investments are not subject to
material changes in value due to interest rate movements.
We
invest cash and securities segregated for regulatory purposes in dollar denominated bank accounts which are not subject to material changes
in value due to interest rate movements. We also invest cash and securities segregated for regulatory purposes and securities owned,
at fair value in U.S. government securities which may be subject to material changes in value due to interest rate movements. Securities
owned, at fair value invested in U.S. government securities are generally purchased to enhance yields on required regulatory deposits.
While the value of the government securities may be subject to material changes in value, we believe any reduction in value would be
temporary since the securities would mature at par value.
Customer
transactions are cleared through clearing brokers on a fully disclosed basis and are also self-cleared by MSCO. If customers do not fulfill
their contractual obligations any loss incurred in connection with the purchase or sale of securities at prevailing market prices to
satisfy customer obligations may be incurred by Siebert. We regularly monitor the activity in customer accounts for compliance with margin
requirements. We are exposed to the risk of loss on unsettled customer transactions if customers and other counterparties are unable
to fulfill their contractual obligations. There were no material losses for unsettled customer transactions in the last five years.
See
“Item 2 – Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations - Trends and Key Factors
Affecting our Operations” of this Form 10Q for our quantitative and qualitative disclosures about market risk.
ITEM
4. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES
Disclosure Controls and Procedures
We
carried out an evaluation, under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including our Chief Executive Officer
and our Executive Vice President / Chief Financial Officer, of the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls
and procedures as of the end of the period covered by this Report pursuant to Rule 13a-15(e) or Rule 15d-15(e) of the Exchange Act. Based
on its evaluation, our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and our Executive Vice President / Chief Financial Officer,
concluded that as of the end of the period covered by this quarterly report, our disclosure controls and procedures were ineffective,
based on the material weaknesses in internal control over financial reporting as previously disclosed in our 2023 Form 10-K.
Ongoing
Remediation of Previously Identified Material Weakness
Management
is in the process of implementing the following measures to ensure that the control deficiencies contributing to the material weakness
are remediated: (i) designing and implementing controls related to provisioning, privileged access, and user access reviews, (ii) developing
an enhanced risk assessment process to evaluate logical access, and (iii) improving the existing training program associated with control
design and implementation. The material weakness will not be considered remediated until the applicable controls operate for a sufficient
period of time and management has concluded, through testing, that these controls are operating effectively. We expect that the remediation
will be completed prior to the end of 2024.
Changes
in Internal Control over Financial Reporting
There
were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting during the most recently completed fiscal quarter that materially affected,
or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.
PART
II - OTHER INFORMATION
ITEM
1. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
We
are party to certain claims, suits and complaints arising in the ordinary course of business.
As
of the date of this Report, we do not expect that these claims, suits and complaints will have a material impact on our results of operations
or financial position.
ITEM
1A. RISK FACTORS
In
addition to the other information set forth in this Report, investors should carefully consider the risk factors discussed in Part I,
Item 1A - Risk Factors in our 2023 Form 10-K and under Part II, Item 1A. of our Form 10-Qs. Each of such risk factors could materially
affect our business, financial position, and results of operations. As of the date of this Report, there have been no material changes
from the risk factors disclosed in our 2023 Form 10-K.
ITEM
2. UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS
On
February 22, 2024, the Company granted 150,000 shares of restricted common stock, subject to vesting over the vesting period,
as compensation to consultants of the Company. The common stock was issued pursuant to Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933
(the “Securities Act”). Refer to Note 19 – Employee Benefit Plans for more detail.
On
May 1, 2024, the Company granted 50,000 shares of restricted common stock that were fully vested upon grant date as compensation to a
consultant of the Company. The common stock was issued pursuant to Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act. Refer to Note 19 – Employee
Benefit Plans for more detail.
On
May 28, 2024, the Company granted 70,000 shares of restricted common stock that were fully vested upon grant date as compensation to
a consultant of the Company. The common stock was issued pursuant to Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act. Refer to Note 19 –
Employee Benefit Plans for more detail.
ITEM
5. OTHER INFORMATION
None
of our directors or officers adopted, modified or terminated a Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangement or a non-Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangement
during the three and six months ended June 30, 2024, as such terms are defined under Item 408(a) of Regulation S-K.
ITEM
6. EXHIBITS
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certification is deemed not filed for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (Exchange Act),
or otherwise subject to the liability of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference into any filing under the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act. |
SIGNATURES
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this Report to be signed on its behalf by
the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
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SIEBERT FINANCIAL CORP. |
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By: |
/s/
John J. Gebbia |
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John
J. Gebbia |
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Chief
Executive Officer |
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(Principal executive officer) |
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By: |
/s/
Andrew H. Reich |
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Andrew
H. Reich |
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Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer,
Chief Financial Officer, and Secretary |
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(Principal
financial and accounting officer) |
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Dated:
August 14, 2024 |
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