Quick Takeaways
- HGBL - Heritage Global Inc. financial facts are built from SEC company filings data.
- Latest metrics period on this page: Q1 2026.
- Headline metric: Return On Equity 5.4%.
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Heritage Global Inc. financial metrics
Professional SEC-based dashboard for profitability, financial health, and growth with transparent scoring logic. Latest period: Q1 2026.
- Symbol
- HGBL on Nasdaq
- Location
- San Diego, CA
- Fiscal year end
- 31 December
- Latest financial report
- 12 Mar 2026
What Changed
- Return On Equity YoY change: <span class="text-red-600">-34%</span>.
- Most recent SEC facts end date: 01 Mar 2026.
Why This Matters
- This gives a beginner-friendly first read before you inspect detailed formulas and metric tables.
- Every metric card links to a deeper SEC-backed history page for verification.
Official SEC Source
Based on latest 10-Q/10-K
Facts and ratios are grounded in SEC company facts linked to the latest 10-Q/10-K cycle.
See Original FilingLatest SEC snapshot (2026-03-01) highlights Return On Equity 5.4%, Return On Assets 4.2%, and Operating Margin 11.2%.
Financial Quality Score
Transparent 0-100 scoring model based on profitability, financial health, and growth factors.
51.0/100
Caution Confidence high
Return On Equity
5.4%
Metric score 0.0/100
Return On Assets
4.2%
Metric score 27.8/100
Financial Health
- Current Ratio
- 2.16x
- Quick Ratio
- 1.44x
- Debt to Equity
- 0.32x
Strengths
Current Ratio, Quick Ratio, and Debt-to-equity
Watchpoints
Return On Equity, Return On Assets, and Operating Margin
Key metrics snapshot
Return On Equity
5.4%
YoY: -34%
Industry median: 3.3% (n=133)
Return On Assets
4.2%
YoY: -33%
Industry median: -0.28% (n=130)
Operating Margin
11%
YoY: -44%
Industry median: 0.34% (n=112)
Current Ratio
2.16x
YoY: -4.7%
Industry median: 1.07x (n=133)
Quick Ratio
1.44x
YoY: -9.8%
Industry median: 0.91x (n=95)
Debt-to-equity
0.32x
YoY: -0.09%
Industry median: 0.61x (n=132)
Revenues YoY
12%
YoY:
Industry median: 4.6% (n=49)
NetIncomeLoss YoY
-31%
YoY:
Industry median: -0.54% (n=122)
Profitability
| Metric | Latest value | YoY change |
|---|---|---|
| Return On Equity | 5.4% | -34% |
| Return On Assets | 4.2% | -33% |
| Operating Margin | 11% | -44% |
Financial Health
| Metric | Latest value | YoY change |
|---|---|---|
| Current Ratio | 2.16x | -4.7% |
| Quick Ratio | 1.44x | -9.8% |
| Debt-to-equity | 0.32x | -0.09% |
Growth
| Metric | Latest value | YoY change |
|---|---|---|
| Revenues YoY | 12% | |
| NetIncomeLoss YoY | -31% |
Share Metrics
| Metric | Latest value | YoY change |
|---|---|---|
| Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding | 34,741,553 | -2.1% |
How we score
This score is transparent and deterministic. We weight profitability, financial health, and growth metrics, then renormalize weights when SEC data is missing.
| Metric | Weight | V1 threshold |
|---|---|---|
| ROIC | 20 | 5% to 20% |
| ROE | 15 | 8% to 25% |
| ROA | 10 | 2% to 10% |
| Operating Margin | 5 | 5% to 25% |
| Current Ratio | 12 | 1.0x to 2.0x |
| Quick Ratio | 8 | 0.8x to 1.5x |
| Debt to Equity | 10 | 0.3x to 2.0x (lower is better) |
| Revenue YoY | 10 | -10% to +20% |
| Net Income YoY | 10 | -10% to +20% |
How Calculated (standard_v1)
Metrics are computed with a market-consensus convention designed for cross-portal comparability.
- TTM Operating Income / TTM Revenues
- Current Assets / Current Liabilities (latest instant quarter)
- (Current Assets - Inventory) / Current Liabilities; fallback: (Cash+Short-Term Investments + Accounts Receivable) / Current Liabilities
- Total Debt / Stockholders Equity (latest instant quarter; shared unit; freshest series)
- TTM Net Income / Average Equity (current quarter + same quarter previous year) / 2
- TTM Net Income / Average Assets (current quarter + same quarter previous year) / 2
- TTM NOPAT / Average Invested Capital, where NOPAT=Operating Income*(1-tax rate), Invested Capital=Equity+Total Debt-Cash & ST Investments
- TTM Revenues YoY
- TTM Net Income YoY