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Gold.com, Inc. (GOLD)

CIK: 0001591588. SIC: 5094 Wholesale-Jewelry, Watches, Precious Stones & Metals. Latest 10-K as of: 2025-09-11.

SIC breadcrumb: Wholesale Trade > SIC Major Group 50 > SIC 5094 Wholesale-Jewelry, Watches, Precious Stones & Metals

SEC company page: https://www.sec.gov/edgar/browse/?CIK=1591588. Latest filing source: 0001193125-25-200462.

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Risk Factors

Read GOLD's verbatim Item 1A Risk Factors from its latest 10-K: Risk Factors.

Selected Fundamentals

MetricValueUnitFYFiled
Revenue10,978,614,000USD20252025-09-11
Net income17,320,000USD20252025-09-11
Assets2,215,431,000USD20252025-09-11

Financials

Annual standardized facts from SEC companyfacts as of latest extracted filing date 2025-09-11. Source: https://data.sec.gov/api/xbrl/companyfacts/CIK0001591588.json. Derived margins, ratios, and free cash flow are computed from the extracted annual SEC facts.

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Flow metrics use full-year FY periods from 10-K/10-K/A filings; balance-sheet metrics use FY-end instants. Free cash flow = operating cash flow - capital expenditures. Missing metrics are omitted rather than fabricated.

Metric20152016201720182019202020212022202320242025
Revenue6,784,039,0006,989,624,0007,606,248,0004,783,157,0005,461,094,0007,613,015,0008,159,254,0009,286,561,0009,699,039,00010,978,614,000
Net income2,225,00030,509,000159,637,000132,536,000156,360,00068,546,00017,320,000
Gross profit34,521,00031,334,00029,443,00031,958,00066,973,000210,198,000261,765,000294,669,000173,255,000210,916,000
Diluted EPS1.301.00-0.480.314.318.905.456.342.840.71
Operating cash flow-56,156,000-9,781,0007,646,000-14,533,00047,935,000-52,654,000-89,166,000-30,323,00060,934,000152,347,000
Capital expenditures1,466,0002,265,0001,317,000490,000836,0002,113,0002,879,0004,783,0007,256,00010,678,000
Dividends paid698,0001,675,0002,110,0001,687,0000.0021,191,00022,645,00037,468,00041,845,00018,804,000
Share buybacks0.000.009,762,00022,307,000
Assets437,147,000478,500,000743,001,000705,362,000758,035,0001,191,581,0001,442,659,0001,545,571,0001,827,820,0002,215,431,000
Liabilities373,838,000405,477,000673,893,000632,796,000653,141,000827,639,000952,188,000945,178,0001,165,964,0001,512,760,000
Stockholders' equity63,309,00069,591,00065,698,00069,658,000101,004,000362,623,000488,609,000599,123,000607,633,000649,516,000
Free cash flow-57,622,000-12,046,0006,329,000-15,023,00047,099,000-54,767,000-92,045,000-35,106,00053,678,000141,669,000

Ratios

ROE and ROA use period-end equity/assets. Liabilities / equity uses total liabilities divided by stockholders' equity. Current ratio uses current assets divided by current liabilities when both are reported.

Metric20152016201720182019202020212022202320242025
Net margin0.05%0.56%2.10%1.62%1.68%0.71%0.16%
Return on equity3.19%30.21%44.02%27.13%26.10%11.28%2.67%
Return on assets0.32%4.02%13.40%9.19%10.12%3.75%0.78%
Liabilities / equity5.905.8310.269.086.472.281.951.581.922.33
Current ratio1.141.111.061.241.281.361.411.371.631.56

Financial Bridges

Waterfall figures reconcile reported SEC companyfacts components. Missing bridges are omitted when required components are not present for the same fiscal year.

Free cash flow = operating cash flow - capital expenditures

GOLD FY2025 free cash flow bridge from reported figures.GOLD FY2025 free cash flow bridge from reported figures.GOLD free cash flow bridgeFY2025: operating cash flow less capital expendituresSource: SEC companyfacts FY2025.Free cash flow bridgeReported amount$0.0B$125.0M$250.0M$152.3MOperating cash flow-$10.7MCapex$141.7MFree cash flow

Figure provenance: SEC companyfacts FY 2025. Operating cash flow: accession 0001193125-25-200462; concept NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities; source concepts us-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities | Capital expenditures: accession 0001193125-25-200462; concept PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment; source concepts us-gaap:PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment | Free cash flow: accession 0001193125-25-200462; concept NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities - PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment; source concepts us-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities; us-gaap:PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment

Financial Charts

GOLD revenue, last 5 periods. Source: SEC companyfacts FY2025.GOLD revenue, last 5 periods. Source: SEC companyfacts FY2025.GOLD RevenueLatest point: FY2025 = $11.0BSource: SEC companyfacts FY2025.Fiscal yearReported revenue$0.0B$10.0B$20.0BFY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025

Figure provenance: SEC companyfacts. Latest point: FY 2025 ended 2025-06-30; accession 0001193125-25-200462; filed 2025-09-11. Concept: Revenues. Source concepts: us-gaap:Revenues.

GOLD net income, last 5 periods. Source: SEC companyfacts FY2025.GOLD net income, last 5 periods. Source: SEC companyfacts FY2025.GOLD Net incomeLatest point: FY2025 = $17.3MSource: SEC companyfacts FY2025.Fiscal yearNet income$0.0B$125.0M$250.0MFY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025

Figure provenance: SEC companyfacts. Latest point: FY 2025 ended 2025-06-30; accession 0001193125-25-200462; filed 2025-09-11. Concept: NetIncomeLoss. Source concepts: us-gaap:NetIncomeLoss.

GOLD gross profit, last 5 periods. Source: SEC companyfacts FY2025.GOLD gross profit, last 5 periods. Source: SEC companyfacts FY2025.GOLD Gross profitLatest point: FY2025 = $210.9MSource: SEC companyfacts FY2025.Fiscal yearGross profit$0.0B$250.0M$500.0MFY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025

Figure provenance: SEC companyfacts. Latest point: FY 2025 ended 2025-06-30; accession 0001193125-25-200462; filed 2025-09-11. Concept: GrossProfit. Source concepts: us-gaap:GrossProfit.

GOLD diluted eps, last 5 periods. Source: SEC companyfacts FY2025.GOLD diluted eps, last 5 periods. Source: SEC companyfacts FY2025.GOLD Diluted EPSLatest point: FY2025 = $0.71/shareSource: SEC companyfacts FY2025.Fiscal yearDiluted EPS (USD/share)$0.00/share$5.00/share$10.00/shareFY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025

Figure provenance: SEC companyfacts. Latest point: FY 2025 ended 2025-06-30; accession 0001193125-25-200462; filed 2025-09-11. Concept: EarningsPerShareDiluted. Source concepts: us-gaap:EarningsPerShareDiluted.

GOLD operating cash flow, last 5 periods. Source: SEC companyfacts FY2025.GOLD operating cash flow, last 5 periods. Source: SEC companyfacts FY2025.GOLD Operating cash flowLatest point: FY2025 = $152.3MSource: SEC companyfacts FY2025.Fiscal yearOperating cash flow-$250.0M$0.0B$250.0MFY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025

Figure provenance: SEC companyfacts. Latest point: FY 2025 ended 2025-06-30; accession 0001193125-25-200462; filed 2025-09-11. Concept: NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities. Source concepts: us-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities.

GOLD capital expenditures, last 5 periods. Source: SEC companyfacts FY2025.GOLD capital expenditures, last 5 periods. Source: SEC companyfacts FY2025.GOLD Capital expendituresLatest point: FY2025 = $10.7MSource: SEC companyfacts FY2025.Fiscal yearCapital expenditures$0.0B$125.0M$250.0MFY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025

Figure provenance: SEC companyfacts. Latest point: FY 2025 ended 2025-06-30; accession 0001193125-25-200462; filed 2025-09-11. Concept: PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment. Source concepts: us-gaap:PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment.

GOLD dividends paid, last 5 periods. Source: SEC companyfacts FY2025.GOLD dividends paid, last 5 periods. Source: SEC companyfacts FY2025.GOLD Dividends paidLatest point: FY2025 = $18.8MSource: SEC companyfacts FY2025.Fiscal yearDividends paid$0.0B$125.0M$250.0MFY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025

Figure provenance: SEC companyfacts. Latest point: FY 2025 ended 2025-06-30; accession 0001193125-25-200462; filed 2025-09-11. Concept: PaymentsOfDividends. Source concepts: us-gaap:PaymentsOfDividends.

GOLD share buybacks, last 4 periods. Source: SEC companyfacts FY2024.GOLD share buybacks, last 4 periods. Source: SEC companyfacts FY2024.GOLD Share buybacksLatest point: FY2024 = $22.3MSource: SEC companyfacts FY2024.Fiscal yearShare buybacks$0.0B$125.0M$250.0MFY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024

Figure provenance: SEC companyfacts. Latest point: FY 2024 ended 2024-06-30; accession 0000950170-24-106317; filed 2024-09-13. Concept: PaymentsForRepurchaseOfCommonStock. Source concepts: us-gaap:PaymentsForRepurchaseOfCommonStock.

GOLD assets, last 5 periods. Source: SEC companyfacts FY2025.GOLD assets, last 5 periods. Source: SEC companyfacts FY2025.GOLD AssetsLatest point: FY2025 = $2.2BSource: SEC companyfacts FY2025.Fiscal yearAssets$0.0B$2.0B$4.0BFY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025

Figure provenance: SEC companyfacts. Latest point: FY 2025 ended 2025-06-30; accession 0001193125-25-200462; filed 2025-09-11. Concept: Assets. Source concepts: us-gaap:Assets.

GOLD liabilities, last 5 periods. Source: SEC companyfacts FY2025.GOLD liabilities, last 5 periods. Source: SEC companyfacts FY2025.GOLD LiabilitiesLatest point: FY2025 = $1.5BSource: SEC companyfacts FY2025.Fiscal yearLiabilities$0.0B$1.0B$2.0BFY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025

Figure provenance: SEC companyfacts. Latest point: FY 2025 ended 2025-06-30; accession 0001193125-25-200462; filed 2025-09-11. Concept: Liabilities. Source concepts: us-gaap:Liabilities.

GOLD stockholders' equity, last 5 periods. Source: SEC companyfacts FY2025.GOLD stockholders' equity, last 5 periods. Source: SEC companyfacts FY2025.GOLD Stockholders' equityLatest point: FY2025 = $649.5MSource: SEC companyfacts FY2025.Fiscal yearStockholders' equity$0.0B$375.0M$750.0MFY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025

Figure provenance: SEC companyfacts. Latest point: FY 2025 ended 2025-06-30; accession 0001193125-25-200462; filed 2025-09-11. Concept: StockholdersEquity. Source concepts: us-gaap:StockholdersEquity.

GOLD free cash flow, last 5 periods. Source: SEC companyfacts FY2025.GOLD free cash flow, last 5 periods. Source: SEC companyfacts FY2025.GOLD Free cash flowLatest point: FY2025 = $141.7MSource: SEC companyfacts FY2025.Fiscal yearFree cash flow-$250.0M$0.0B$250.0MFY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025

Figure provenance: SEC companyfacts. Latest point: FY 2025 ended 2025-06-30; accession 0001193125-25-200462; filed 2025-09-11. Concept: NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities - PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment. Source concepts: us-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities; us-gaap:PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment.

Quarterly

Quarterly standardized facts from SEC companyfacts as of latest extracted filing date 2026-05-11. Source: https://data.sec.gov/api/xbrl/companyfacts/CIK0001591588.json.

Flow metrics use discrete quarter-length periods from 10-Q/10-Q/A filings. Q4 revenue and net income are derived only when annual FY and nine-month YTD facts exist for the same fiscal year; derived Q4 values are labeled. EPS Q4 is not derived.

QuarterEnd DateRevenueNet IncomeDiluted EPSMethod
2022-Q32022-03-313.06reported discrete quarter
2023-Q12022-09-301.83reported discrete quarter
2023-Q22022-12-311.35reported discrete quarter
2023-Q32023-03-312,317,150,00035,920,0001.46reported discrete quarter
2023-Q42023-06-303,119,355,00041,834,000derived Q4 = FY annual - nine-month YTD
2024-Q12023-12-312,078,815,00013,766,0000.57reported discrete quarter
2024-Q32024-03-312,610,651,0005,013,0000.21reported discrete quarter
2024-Q42024-06-302,524,955,00030,940,000derived Q4 = FY annual - nine-month YTD
2025-Q12024-09-302,715,096,0008,984,0000.37reported discrete quarter
2025-Q22024-12-312,742,345,0006,558,0000.27reported discrete quarter
2025-Q32025-03-313,009,125,000-8,546,000-0.36reported discrete quarter
2025-Q42025-06-302,512,048,00010,324,000derived Q4 = FY annual - nine-month YTD
2026-Q12025-09-303,680,766,000-939,000-0.04reported discrete quarter
2026-Q22025-12-316,476,900,00011,636,0000.46reported discrete quarter
2026-Q32026-03-3110,350,729,00059,487,0002.09reported discrete quarter

Quarterly Charts

GOLD quarterly revenue, last 12 periods. Source: SEC companyfacts 2026-Q3.GOLD quarterly revenue, last 12 periods. Source: SEC companyfacts 2026-Q3.GOLD Quarterly RevenueLatest point: 2026-Q3 = $10.4BSource: SEC companyfacts 2026-Q3.Fiscal quarterQuarterly Revenue$0.0B$10.0B$20.0B2023-Q32023-Q42024-Q12024-Q32024-Q42025-Q12025-Q22025-Q32025-Q42026-Q12026-Q22026-Q3

Figure provenance: SEC companyfacts. Latest point: FY 2026 ended 2026-03-31; accession 0001193125-26-215252; filed 2026-05-11. Concept: Revenues. Source concepts: us-gaap:Revenues.

GOLD quarterly net income, last 12 periods. Source: SEC companyfacts 2026-Q3.GOLD quarterly net income, last 12 periods. Source: SEC companyfacts 2026-Q3.GOLD Quarterly Net incomeLatest point: 2026-Q3 = $59.5MSource: SEC companyfacts 2026-Q3.Fiscal quarterQuarterly Net income-$250.0M$0.0B$250.0M2023-Q32023-Q42024-Q12024-Q32024-Q42025-Q12025-Q22025-Q32025-Q42026-Q12026-Q22026-Q3

Figure provenance: SEC companyfacts. Latest point: FY 2026 ended 2026-03-31; accession 0001193125-26-215252; filed 2026-05-11. Concept: NetIncomeLoss. Source concepts: us-gaap:NetIncomeLoss.

GOLD quarterly diluted eps, last 12 periods. Source: SEC companyfacts 2026-Q3.GOLD quarterly diluted eps, last 12 periods. Source: SEC companyfacts 2026-Q3.GOLD Quarterly Diluted EPSLatest point: 2026-Q3 = $2.09/shareSource: SEC companyfacts 2026-Q3.Fiscal quarterQuarterly Diluted EPS (USD/share)-$0.50/share$0.00/share$4.00/share2022-Q32023-Q12023-Q22023-Q32024-Q12024-Q32025-Q12025-Q22025-Q32026-Q12026-Q22026-Q3

Figure provenance: SEC companyfacts. Latest point: FY 2026 ended 2026-03-31; accession 0001193125-26-215252; filed 2026-05-11. Concept: EarningsPerShareDiluted. Source concepts: us-gaap:EarningsPerShareDiluted.

Macro Cross-References

Latest quarter (10-Q)

Latest 10-Q source: 0001193125-26-215252.

Extracted structurally from real Item 2 body heading to real Item 3/4 boundary. Published MD&A gate trimmed front/tail over-capture. Confidence: high. Filing date: 2026-05-11. Report date: 2026-03-31.

ITEM 2. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

CAUTIONARY STATEMENT PURSUANT TO THE PRIVATE SECURITIES LITIGATION REFORM ACT OF 1995

This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q ("Form 10-Q") contains statements that are considered forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements give the Company's current expectations and forecasts of future events. All statements other than statements of current or historical fact contained in this Quarterly Report, including statements regarding the Company's future financial position, business strategy, budgets, projected costs and plans, and objectives of management for future operations, are forward-looking statements. The words “anticipate,” “believe,” “continue,” “estimate,” “expect,” “intend,” “may,” “plan,” and similar expressions, as they relate to the Company, are intended to identify forward-looking statements. These statements are based on the Company's current plans, estimates and beliefs, and the Company's actual future activities and results of operations may be materially different from those set forth in the forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from the statements made. Any or all of the forward-looking statements in this Quarterly Report may turn out to be inaccurate. The Company has based these forward-looking statements largely on its current expectations and projections about future events and financial trends that it believes may affect its financial condition, results of operations, business strategy, and financial needs. The forward-looking statements can be affected by inaccurate assumptions or by known or unknown risks and uncertainties. The Company undertakes no obligation to publicly revise these forward-looking statements to reflect events occurring after the date hereof. All subsequent written and oral forward-looking statements attributable to the Company or persons acting on its behalf are expressly qualified in their entirety by the cautionary statements contained in this Form 10-Q.

The following discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations should be read in conjunction with the condensed consolidated financial statements and notes contained elsewhere in this Form 10-Q, and in the audited consolidated financial statements and notes contained in the Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2025. This discussion contains forward-looking statements that reflect our plans, estimates and beliefs. Our actual results could differ materially from those discussed in these forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause or contribute to these differences include those factors discussed below and elsewhere in this Quarterly Report, particularly in “Risk Factors.”

INTRODUCTION

Management's discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations is provided as a supplement to the accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements and related notes to aid in the understanding of our results of operations and financial condition. Our discussion is organized as follows:


Executive overview. This section provides a general description of our business, as well as significant transactions and events that we believe are important in understanding the results of operations.


Results of operations. This section provides an analysis of our results of operations presented in the accompanying condensed consolidated statements of income by comparing the results for the respective periods presented. Included in our analysis is a discussion of seven performance metrics:

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(i) ounces of gold and silver sold,

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(ii) Wholesale Sales ticket volume,

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(iii) Direct-to-Consumer ticket volume:


(a) Direct-to-Consumer ticket volume from new customers,


(b) Direct-to-Consumer ticket volume from pre-existing customers,


(c) Direct-to-Consumer total ticket volume,

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(iv) Direct-to-Consumer and JMB average order value,

o
(v) number of Direct-to-Consumer customers:


(a) Direct-to-Consumer number of new customers,


(b) Direct-to-Consumer number of active customers,


(c) Direct-to-Consumer total customers,

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(vi) inventory turnover ratio, and

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(vii) number of secured loans at period-end.


Segment results of operations. This section provides an analysis of our results of operations presented for our three segments:

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Wholesale Sales & Ancillary Services,

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Direct-to-Consumer, and

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Secured Lending

comparing results for the periods presented.


Non-GAAP Measures. This section provides an analysis of our non-GAAP measures with a reconciliation to the most directly comparable U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (“U.S. GAAP”) measure reported on the condensed consolidated financial statements. The Company uses the following two non-GAAP measures:

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"adjusted net income before provision for income taxes", and

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"earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization", or "EBITDA".


Liquidity and financial condition. This section provides an analysis of our cash flows, as well as a discussion of our outstanding debt as of March 31, 2026, sources of liquidity and the amount of financial capacity available to fund our future commitments and other financing arrangements.


Critical accounting policies and estimates. This section discusses critical accounting policies that are considered both important to our financial condition and results of operations and require management to make significant judgment and estimates. All of our significant accounting policies, including the critical accounting policies, are summarized in Note 2 to the Company’s condensed consolidated financial statements.


Recent accounting pronouncements. This section discusses new accounting pronouncements, dates of implementation, and their expected impact on our accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements.

EXECUTIVE OVERVIEW

Our Business

Founded in 1965, Gold.com offers comprehensive solutions for all aspects of the precious metals (gold, silver, platinum, and palladium) and collectibles (including rare coins and currency) value chains. Our vertically integrated platform combines market expertise with state-of-the-art logistics, financing, and minting capabilities to serve customers, collectors, and institutional clients globally. We conduct our operations through three complementary segments: Wholesale Sales & Ancillary Services, Direct-to-Consumer, and Secured Lending.

Effective December 2, 2025, the Company changed its name to Gold.com, Inc. and transferred the listing of its common shares from Nasdaq to the New York Stock Exchange ("NYSE"). The shares of the Company are now being traded on the NYSE under the symbol "GOLD" as of December 2, 2025. Prior to December 2025, Gold.com, Inc. was operating as A-Mark Precious Metals, Inc.

Factors Affecting Revenues, Gross Profit, Interest Income, and Interest Expense

Set forth below are the key factors affecting the Company’s revenues, gross profit, interest income, and interest expense. These factors may be attributable to both the Company’s ongoing business activities as well as from Company acquisitions.

Revenues. The Company enters into transactions to sell and deliver gold, silver, platinum, and palladium to industrial and commercial users, coin and bullion dealers, mints, and financial institutions. The metals are investment or industrial grade and are sold in a variety of shapes and sizes.

The Company also sells and delivers gold, silver, platinum, palladium, and copper products directly to customers and the investor community through its Direct-to Consumer segment. Customers may place orders online at one of the Company's websites or over the phone.

The Company sells precious metals on forward contracts at a fixed price based on current prevailing precious metal spot prices with a certain delivery date in the future (up to six months from inception date of the forward contract). The Company also uses other derivative products (primarily futures contracts) or combinations thereof to hedge commodity risks. We enter into these forward and futures contracts as part of our hedging strategy to mitigate our price risk of holding inventory; they are not entered into for speculative purposes.

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Forward sales contracts by their nature are required to be included in revenues, unlike futures contracts which do not impact the Company’s revenue. The decision to use a forward contract versus another derivative type of product (e.g., a futures contract) for hedging purposes is based on the economics of the transaction. Since the volume of hedging can be significant, the movement in and out of forwards can substantially impact revenues, either positively or negatively, from period to period. For this reason, the Company believes ounces sold (excluding ounces sold on forward sales contracts) is a meaningful metric to assess our top line performance.

In addition, the Company earns revenue by providing storage solutions for precious metals and numismatic coins for financial institutions, dealers, investors, and collectors worldwide and by providing storage and order-fulfillment services to our retail customers. The Company also earns fees for facilitating specialized auctions of numismatics, and from advertisements placed on our Direct-to-Consumer websites. These revenue streams represent less than 5% of the Company’s consolidated revenues.

The Company operates in a high volume/low margin industry. Revenues are impacted by three primary factors: product volume, market prices, and market volatility. A material change in any one or more of these factors may result in a significant change in the Company’s revenues. A significant increase or decrease in revenues can occur simply based on changes in the underlying commodity prices and may not be reflective of an increase or decrease in the volume of products sold.

Gross Profit. Gross profit is the difference between our revenues and the cost of our products sold. Since we quote prices based on the current commodity market prices for precious metals, we often enter into a combination of forward and futures contracts to effect a hedge position equal to the underlying precious metal commodity value, which substantially represents inventory subject to price risk. We enter into these derivative transactions solely for the purpose of hedging our inventory, and not for speculative purposes. Our gross profit includes the gains and losses resulting from these derivative instruments. However, the gains and losses on the derivative instruments are substantially offset by the gains and losses on the corresponding changes in the market value of our precious metals inventory. As a result, our results of operations generally are not materially impacted by changes in commodity prices.

Interest Income. The Company enters into secured loans and secured financing structures with its customers under which it charges interest. CFC originates loans and acquires loan portfolios that are secured by precious metal bullion and numismatic material owned by the borrowers and held by the Company for the term of the loan. Also, the Company offers a number of secured financing options to its customers to finance their precious metals purchases including consignments and other structured inventory finance products whereby the Company earns a fee based on the underlying value of the precious metal ("repurchase arrangements with customers").

Interest Expense. The Company incurs interest expense associated with its lines of credit, notes payable, product financing agreements for the transfer and subsequent re-acquisition of gold, silver, and platinum at a fixed price with a third-party finance company ("product financing arrangements"), and short-term precious metal borrowing arrangements with our suppliers ("liabilities on bo

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Latest 10-K MD&A

Extracted structurally from real Item 7 body heading to real Item 7A/8 boundary. Published MD&A gate trimmed front/tail over-capture. Confidence: high. Filing date: 2025-09-11. Report date: 2025-06-30.

ITEM 7. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

CAUTIONARY STATEMENT PURSUANT TO THE PRIVATE SECURITIES LITIGATION REFORM ACT OF 1995

This Annual Report on Form 10-K ("Form 10-K") contains statements that are considered forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements give the Company's current expectations and forecasts of future events. All statements other than statements of current or historical fact contained in this Annual Report, including statements regarding the Company's future financial position, business strategy, budgets, projected costs and plans, and objectives of management for future operations, are forward-looking statements. The words “anticipate,” “believe,” “continue,” “estimate,” “expect,” “intend,” “may,” “plan,” and similar expressions, as they relate to the Company, are intended to identify forward-looking statements. These statements are based on the Company's current plans, estimates and beliefs, and the Company's actual future activities and results of operations may be materially different from those set forth in the forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from the statements made. Any or all of the forward-looking statements in this Annual Report may turn out to be inaccurate. The Company has based these forward-looking statements largely on its current expectations and projections about future events and financial trends that it believes may affect its financial condition, results of operations, business strategy, and financial needs. The forward-looking statements can be affected by inaccurate assumptions or by known or unknown risks and uncertainties. The Company undertakes no obligation to publicly revise these forward-looking statements to reflect events occurring after the date hereof. All subsequent written and oral forward-looking statements attributable to the Company or persons acting on its behalf are expressly qualified in their entirety by the cautionary statements contained in this Form 10-K.

The following discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and notes contained elsewhere in this Form 10-K. This discussion contains forward-looking statements that reflect our plans, estimates and beliefs. Our actual results could differ materially from those discussed in these forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause or contribute to these differences include those factors discussed below and elsewhere in this Annual Report, particularly in “Risk Factors.”

INTRODUCTION

Management's discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations is provided as a supplement to the accompanying consolidated financial statements and related notes to aid in the understanding of our results of operations and financial condition. We have omitted discussion of our fiscal year 2023 results where it would be redundant to the discussion previously included in Item 7 of our fiscal year 2024 Annual Report on Form 10-K. Our discussion is organized as follows:


Executive overview. This section provides a general description of our business, as well as significant transactions and events that we believe are important in understanding the results of operations.


Results of operations. This section provides an analysis of our results of operations presented in the accompanying consolidated statements of income by comparing the results for the respective periods presented. Included in our analysis is a discussion of seven performance metrics:

o
(i) ounces of gold and silver sold,

o
(ii) Wholesale Sales ticket volume,

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o
(iii) Direct-to-Consumer ticket volume:


(a) Direct-to-Consumer ticket volume from new customers,


(b) Direct-to-Consumer ticket volume from pre-existing customers,


(c) Direct-to-Consumer total ticket volume,

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(iv) Direct-to-Consumer and JMB average order value,

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(v) number of Direct-to-Consumer customers:


(a) Direct-to-Consumer number of new customers,


(b) Direct-to-Consumer number of active customers,


(c) Direct-to-Consumer total customers,

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(vi) inventory turnover ratio, and

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(vii) number of secured loans at period-end.


Segment results of operations. This section provides an analysis of our results of operations presented for our three segments:

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Wholesale Sales & Ancillary Services,

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Direct-to-Consumer, and

o
Secured Lending

comparing results for the periods presented.


Non-GAAP Measures. This section provides an analysis of our non-GAAP measures with a reconciliation to the most directly comparable U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (“U.S. GAAP”) measure reported on the consolidated financial statements. The Company uses the following two non-GAAP measures:

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"adjusted net income before provision for income taxes", and

o
"earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization", or "EBITDA".


Liquidity and financial condition. This section provides an analysis of our cash flows, as well as a discussion of our outstanding debt as of June 30, 2025, sources of liquidity and the amount of financial capacity available to fund our future commitments and other financing arrangements.


Critical accounting policies and estimates. This section discusses critical accounting policies that are considered both important to our financial condition and results of operations and require management to make significant judgment and estimates. All of our significant accounting policies, including the critical accounting policies, are summarized in Note 2 to the Company’s consolidated financial statements.


Recent accounting pronouncements. This section discusses new accounting pronouncements, dates of implementation, and their expected impact on our accompanying consolidated financial statements.

EXECUTIVE OVERVIEW

Our Business

The Company conducts its operations in three reportable segments: (i) Wholesale Sales & Ancillary Services, (ii) Direct-to-Consumer, and (iii) Secured Lending.

Wholesale Sales & Ancillary Services Segment

The Company operates its Wholesale Sales & Ancillary Services segment directly and through its consolidated subsidiaries, A-Mark Trading AG (“AMTAG”), Transcontinental Depository Services, LLC ("TDS"), A-M Global Logistics, LLC (“AMGL” or "Logistics"), AM&ST Associates, LLC ("AMST" or the "Silver Towne Mint"), AM/LPM Ventures, LLC, which owns a majority interest in LPM Group Limited ("LPM"), Spectrum Group International, LLC, which was formed in February 2025 to acquire all of the stock of Spectrum Group International, Inc. ("SGI"), Pinehurst Coin Exchange, Inc. ("Pinehurst"), which was acquired in February 2025, and AM Precious Metals Singapore PTE Ltd.

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The Wholesale Sales & Ancillary Services segment operates as a full-service precious metals company. We offer gold, silver, platinum, and palladium in the form of bars, plates, powder, wafers, grain, ingots, and coins. We sell more than 2,000 products in a variety of weights, shapes, and sizes for distribution to dealers and other qualified purchasers. We have a marketing support office in Vienna, Austria, a numismatics showroom in Hong Kong, and a trading center in El Segundo, California. The trading center, for buying and selling precious metals, is available to receive orders 24 hours every day, even when many major world commodity markets are closed. In addition to Wholesale Sales activity, A-Mark offers its customers a variety of ancillary services, including financing, storage, consignment, logistics, and various customized financial programs. As a U.S. Mint-authorized purchaser of gold, silver, platinum, and palladium coins, A-Mark purchases product directly from the U.S. Mint, and it also purchases product from other sovereign mints, for sale to its customers.

Through its wholly-owned subsidiary AMTAG, the Company promotes its products and services to certain international markets.

Through our wholly-owned subsidiary TDS, we offer a variety of managed storage options for precious metals products to financial institutions, dealers, investors, and collectors around the world.

The Company's wholly-owned subsidiary AMGL is based in Las Vegas, Nevada, and provides our customers an array of complementary services, including receiving, handling, inventorying, processing, packing, and shipping of precious metals and custom coins on a secure basis.

Through its wholly-owned subsidiary AMST, the Company designs and produces minted silver products. Our Silver Towne Mint operations allow us to provide greater product selection to our customers and greater pricing stability within the supply chain, as well as to gain increased access to fabricated silver products during volatile market environments, which have historically created higher demand for precious metals products.

In February 2024, the Company acquired LPM, one of Asia's largest precious metals dealers. Headquartered in Hong Kong, LPM extends A-Mark's global reach by offering its full-service precious metals products and services in Asia and internationally.

We expanded our product portfolio in February 2025 through our acquisition of SGI, which is the parent company of Stack's Bowers Galleries, one of the world's largest rare coin and currency auction houses and a leading wholesale and retail dealer specializing in numismatic and bullion products. SGI also is the majority owner of Spectrum Wine, a global auctioneer, retailer, and storage provider of fine and rare wine. SGI's financial results and metrics attributable to its wholesale operations are included in our Wholesale Sales & Ancillary Services segment, and the financial results and metrics attributable to its auction and retail operations are included in our Direct-to-Consumer segment. (As used herein, and as the context may require, the term "SGI" refers to Spectrum Group International, Inc. and its successor company Spectrum Group International, LLC.)

Also in February 2025, A-Mark continued its expansion into the bullion adjacent collectible coin market through the acquisition of the remaining outstanding equity interests in Pinehurst Coin Exchange, Inc. ("Pinehurst") it did not previously own. Pinehurst is a leading precious metals broker that services the wholesale and retail marketplace and is one of the nation’s largest e-commerce retailers of modern and numismatic coins on eBay. Pinehurst markets a broad range of bullion and is a leader in selling coins produced by the U.S. Mint, the Royal Canadian Mint, and other highly regarded sovereign mints that have been evaluated by leading grading agencies. Pinehurst's financial results and metrics attributable to its wholesale operations are included in our Wholesale Sales & Ancillary Services segment, and the financial results and metrics attributable to its retail operations are included in our Direct-to-Consumer segment.

Direct-to-Consumer

The Company operates its Direct-to-Consumer segment through its wholly-owned subsidiaries JM Bullion, Inc. (“JMB”), Goldline, Inc. (“Goldline”), Spectrum Group International, LLC ("SGI"), Pinehurst Coin Exchange, Inc. ("Pinehurst"), AMS Holding, LLC ("AMS"), AM LPM Singapore PTE Ltd., and through its investment in Silver Gold Bull, Inc. ("SGB"). JMB currently has several wholly-owned subsidiaries, including: Buy Gold and Silver Corp. ("BGASC"), BX Corporation ("BullionMax"), Gold Price Group, Inc. (“GPG”), Silver.com, Inc. (“Silver.com”), Provident Metals Corp. (“PMC”), and CyberMetals Corp. ("CyberMetals"). Goldline owns 100% of AM IP Assets, LLC ("AMIP"). SGB and Goldline each have a 50% ownership interest in Precious Metals Purchasing Partners, LLC ("PMPP"). As the context requires, references to JMB may include BGASC, BullionMax, GPG, Silver.com, PMC, and CyberMetals and references to Goldline may include AMIP and PMPP.

JMB is a leading e-commerce retailer providing access to a broad array of gold, silver, copper, platinum, and palladium products through its websites. JMB owns and operates numerous websites targeting specific niches within the precious metals retail market, including JMBullion.com, ProvidentMetals.com, Silver.com, CyberMetals.com, GoldPrice.org, SilverPrice.org, BGASC.com, BullionMax.com, and Gold.com.

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In April 2022, JMB commercially launched the CyberMetals online platform, where customers can purchase and sell fractional shares of digital gold, silver, platinum, and palladium bars in a range of denominations. CyberMetals’ customers have the option to convert their digital holdings to fabricated precious metals products via an integrated redemption flow with JMB. These products may be designated for storage by the Company or shipped directly to the customer.

The Company acquired Goldline in August 2017 through an asset purchase transaction with Goldline, LLC, which had been in operation since 1960. Goldline is a direct retailer of precious metals to the investor community, and markets its precious metal products on television, radio, and the internet, as well as through customer service outreach. AMIP manages Goldline’s intellectual property.

PMPP was formed in fiscal 2019 pursuant to terms of a joint venture agreement between Goldline and SGB, for the purpose of purchasing precious metals from the partners' retail customers, and then reselling the acquired products back to affiliates of the partners. PMPP commenced operations in fiscal 2020.

In 2014, the Company acquired its initial ownership interest in SGB, a leading e-commerce precious metals retailer in Canada, increasing its ownership to 55.4% in June 2024 at which time we obtained a controlling ownership interest in SGB, and SGB became a consolidated subsidiary of the Company. Our investment in SGB expands our direct-to-consumer footprint in the international market. Through its website, SilverGoldBull.com, SGB offers a variety of products from gold, silver, platinum, and palladium bars, coins and rounds, as well as certified coins from mints around the world.

SGI, which we acquired in February 2025, is the parent company of Stack's Bowers Galleries, one of the world's largest rare coin and currency auction houses and a leading wholesale and retail dealer specializing in numismatic and bullion products. Its auction services unit conducts in-person, internet and specialized auctions of consigned and owned items and has sold a wide range of the most important rarities and numismatic collections over its distinguished history. SGI's financial results and metrics attributable to its wholesale operations are included in our Wholesale Sales & Ancillary Services segment and the financial results and metrics attributable to its auction and retail operations are included in our Direct-to-Consumer segment.

In February 2025, the Company acquired Pinehurst Coin Exchange, Inc. ("Pinehurst"). Pinehurst is a leading precious metals broker that services the wholesale and retail marketplace and is one of the nation’s largest e-commerce retailers of modern and numismatic coins on eBay. Pinehurst operates the www.PinehurstCoins.com and www.ModernCoinMart.com websites. Pinehurst's financial results and metrics attributable to wholesale operations are included in our Wholesale Sales & Ancillary Services segment and the financial results and metrics attributable to its retail operations are included in our Direct-to-Consumer segment.

A-Mark, in connection with its acquisition of LPM in February 2024, formed a joint venture with Stack's Bowers Galleries and Pinehurst to acquire a 10% interest in AMS Holding, LLC ("AMS"). In April 2025, A-Mark acquired the remaining 90% of its outstanding equity interests it did not previously own. A-Mark had supplied bullion and related products to AMS for over ten years. The foundation of AMS brings together four decades of collector relationships with modern technology and compelling coin offerings that are sold through the GOVMINT brand and continues the Company's strategy to expand its footprint into the luxury market. AMS has served over 500,000 customers in its history.

Secured Lending

The Company operates its Secured Lending segment through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Collateral Finance Corporation, LLC, including its wholly-owned subsidiary, CFC Alternative Investments (“CAI”) (collectively “CFC”).

CFC is a California licensed finance lender that originates and acquires commercial loans secured primarily by bullion and numismatic coins. CFC's customers include coin and precious metal dealers, investors, and collectors. As of June 30, 2025, CFC had $94.0 million in secured loans outstanding, of which 11% were acquired from third parties (some of which may be customers of A-Mark) and approximately 89% were originated by CFC.

CAI is a holding company that has an equity method interest in Collectible Card Partners, LLC (“CCP”). CCP originates commercial loans secured by graded sports cards. CCP commenced operations in fiscal 2022.

AM Capital Funding, LLC (“AMCF”), previously a wholly-owned subsidiary of CFC, was formed for the purpose of securitizing eligible secured loans of CFC. AMCF issued and administered Secured Senior Term Notes: Series 2018-1, Class A, with an aggregate principal amount of $72.0 million and Secured Subordinated Term Notes, Series 2018-1, Class B in the aggregate principal amount of $28.0 million (collectively referred to as the "AMCF Notes"). The AMCF Notes were repaid in full in December 2023. AMCF was dissolved in June 2024.

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Our Strategy

The Company was formed in 1965 and has grown into a significant participant in the bullion and coin markets, with $11.0 billion in revenues for fiscal year 2025. We have remained active in seeking investment opportunities to strategically enhance our business, and also continue to focus on growth in the volume of our business, our geographic presence, and the scope of complementary products, services, and technological tools that we offer to our customers. In doing so, we seek to leverage off the strengths of our existing integrated operations, which span trading, e-commerce, distribution, logistics, minting, storage, hedging, financing, and consignment products and services, including:


our expertise in e-commerce and marketing;


the depth of our customer relationships and our ability to acquire and retain new customers;


our long-standing relationships with the United States Mint and other sovereign and private mints;


our access to market makers and suppliers;


our global trading systems;


our network of precious metals dealers;


our depository relationships around the world;


our design and production of minted silver products;


our ability to obtain more favorable pricing and financing terms due to our size;


our ability to manage exposure to commodity price risk through our experienced traders;


our distribution, storage and logistics capabilities;


our knowledge of secured lending; and


the quality and experience of our management team.

Our Customers

Our customers include financial institutions, bullion retailers, industrial manufacturers and fabricators, sovereign mints, refiners, coin and metal dealers, investors, collectors, and e-commerce and other retail customers. The Company makes a two-way market in its wholesale operations, which results in many customers also operating as our suppliers in that segment. This diverse base of wholesale customers purchases a variety of products from the Company in a multitude of grades, primarily in the form of coins and bars. Our Direct-to-Consumer segment sells to (and, through JMB and PMPP, buys from) retail customers, with JMB, SGB, Pinehurst, and AMS focusing on e-commerce operations and Goldline marketing through various traditional and e-commerce channels to the investor community. The Direct-to-Consumer segment offers these customers a variety of gold, silver, copper, platinum, and palladium products.

Factors Affecting Revenues, Gross Profit, Interest Income, and Interest Expense

Set forth below are the key factors affecting the Company’s revenues, gross profit, interest income, and interest expense. These factors may be attributable to both the Company’s ongoing business activities as well as from Company acquisitions.

Revenues. The Company enters into transactions to sell and deliver gold, silver, platinum, and palladium to industrial and commercial users, coin and bullion dealers, mints, and financial institutions. The metals are investment or industrial grade and are sold in a variety of shapes and sizes.

The Company also sells and delivers gold, silver, platinum, palladium, and copper products directly to customers and the investor community through its Direct-to Consumer segment. Customers may place orders online at one of the Company's websites or over the phone.

The Company sells precious metals on forward contracts at a fixed price based on current prevailing precious metal spot prices with a certain delivery date in the future (up to six months from inception date of the forward contract). The Company also uses other derivative products (primarily futures contracts) or combinations thereof to hedge commodity risks. We enter into these forward and futures contracts as part of our hedging strategy to mitigate our price risk of holding inventory; they are not entered into for speculative purposes.

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Forward sales contracts by their nature are required to be included in revenues, unlike futures contracts which do not impact the Company’s revenue. The decision to use a forward contract versus another derivative type of product (e.g., a futures contract) for hedging purposes is based on the economics of the transaction. Since the volume of hedging can be significant, the movement in and out of forwards can substantially impact revenues, either positively or negatively, from period to period. For this reason, the Company believes ounces sold (excluding ounces sold on forward sales contracts) is a meaningful metric to assess our top line performance.

In addition, the Company earns revenue by providing storage solutions for precious metals and numismatic coins for financial institutions, dealers, investors, and collectors worldwide and by providing storage and order-fulfillment services to our retail customers. The Company also earns fees for facilitating specialized auctions of numismatics, and from advertisements placed on our Direct-to-Consumer websites. These revenue streams represent approximately 2% of the Company’s consolidated revenues.

The Company operates in a high volume/low margin industry. Revenues are impacted by three primary factors: product volume, market prices, and market volatility. A material change in any one or more of these factors may result in a significant change in the Company’s revenues. A significant increase or decrease in revenues can occur simply based on changes in the underlying commodity prices and may not be reflective of an increase or decrease in the volume of products sold.

Gross Profit. Gross profit is the difference between our revenues and the cost of our products sold. Since we quote prices based on the current commodity market prices for precious metals, we often enter into a combination of forward and futures contracts to effect a hedge position equal to the underlying precious metal commodity value, which substantially represents inventory subject to price risk. We enter into these derivative transactions solely for the purpose of hedging our inventory, and not for speculative purposes. Our gross profit includes the gains and losses resulting from these derivative instruments. However, the gains and losses on the derivative instruments are substantially offset by the gains and losses on the corresponding changes in the market value of our precious metals inventory. As a result, our results of operations generally are not materially impacted by changes in commodity prices.

Interest Income. The Company enters into secured loans and secured financing structures with its customers under which it charges interest. CFC originates loans and acquires loan portfolios that are secured by precious metal bullion and numismatic material owned by the borrowers and held by the Company for the term of the loan. Also, the Company offers a number of secured financing options to its customers to finance their precious metals purchases including consignments and other structured inventory finance products whereby the Company earns a fee based on the underlying value of the precious metal ("repurchase arrangements with customers").

Interest Expense. The Company incurs interest expense associated with its lines of credit, notes payable, product financing agreements for the transfer and subsequent re-acquisition of gold, silver, and platinum at a fixed price with a third-party finance company ("product financing arrangements"), and short-term precious metal borrowing arrangements with our suppliers ("liabilities on borrowed metals").

Performance Metrics

In addition to financial statement indicators, management also utilizes key operational metrics to assess the performance of our business. SGI's and Pinehurst's performance metrics have been included in our consolidated financial results as of February 28, 2025. Since SGI and Pinehurst operate in both the wholesale and retail marketplaces, performance metrics attributable to their respective wholesale operations are included in our Wholesale Sales & Ancillary Services segment, and the performance metrics attributable to their respective retail operations are included in our Direct-to-Consumer segment. AMS's performance metrics have been included in our consolidated and Direct-to-Consumer segment financial results from April 1, 2025.

Gold and Silver Ounces Sold and Delivered to Customers. A key performance metric we utilize is the number of ounces of gold and silver sold and delivered to our customers (excluding ounces recorded on forward contracts). These metrics reflect our business volume without regard to changes in commodity pricing, which also impacts revenue, but can mask actual business trends.

The primary purpose of entering into forward sales transactions is to hedge commodity price risk. Although the revenues realized from these forward sales transactions are often significant, they generally have negligible impact on gross margins. As a result, the Company excludes the ounces recorded on forward contracts from its performance metrics, as the Company does not enter into forward sales transactions for speculative purposes.

Wholesale Sales Ticket Volume. Another measure of our business that is unaffected by changes in commodity pricing is ticket volume (or number of orders processed). Ticket volume for the Wholesale Sales & Ancillary Services segment measures the total number of wholesale orders processed during the period. In periods of higher volatility, there is generally increased trading in the commodity markets, causing increased demand for our products, resulting in higher business volume. During periods of heightened demand, order size per ticket may increase.

Direct-to-Consumer Customers. We are focused on attracting new customers and retaining existing customers to drive revenue growth. We use the following three metrics as revenue growth indicators when assessing our customer base:


New Direct-to-Consumer Customers means the number of customers that have registered or set up a new account, made a purchase for the first time during the period, or acquired through investment activity.

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Active Direct-to-Consumer Customers means the number of customers that have made a purchase during any month during the period.


Total Direct-to-Consumer Customers means the aggregate number of customers that have registered or set up an account or have made a purchase in the past.

Direct-to-Consumer Ticket Volume. Ticket volume for the Direct-to-Consumer segment measures the number of product orders processed during the period. In periods of higher volatility, there is generally increased consumer demand for our products, resulting in higher business volume. We use the following three metrics indicators when assessing our ticket volume:


Ticket Volume from New Direct-to-Consumer Customers means the number of product orders from new Direct-to-Consumer customers (refer to the definition of new customers above) processed during the period.


Ticket Volume from Pre-existing Direct-to-Consumer Customers means the number of product orders from pre-existing Direct-to-Consumer customers processed during the period.


Total Ticket Volume from Direct-to-Consumer Customers means the aggregate number of Direct-to-Consumer product orders processed during the period.

Average Order Value. Average order value for the Direct-to-Consumer segment and JMB measures the average dollar value of product orders (excluding accumulation program orders) delivered to the customer during the period.

Inventory Turnover. Inventory turnover is another performance measure on which we are focused and is calculated as the cost of sales divided by the average inventory during the relevant period. Inventory turnover is a measure of how quickly inventory has moved during the period. A higher inventory turnover ratio, which we typically experience during periods of higher volatility when trading is more robust, typically reflects a more efficient use of our capital.

The period of time that inventory is held by the Company varies depending upon the nature of our inventory commitments with customers and suppliers. See Note 6 to the Company's consolidated financial statements for a description of our classifications of inventory by type. When management analyzes inventory turnover on a period over period basis, consideration is given to each inventory type and its corresponding impact on the inventory turnover calculation. For example:


The Company enters into various structured borrowing arrangements that commit the Company's inventory (such as product financing arrangements or liabilities on borrowed metals) for an unspecified period of time. While the Company is able to obtain access to this inventory on demand, this type of inventory tends not to turn over as quickly as other types of inventory.


The Company enters into repurchase arrangements with customers under which it holds precious metals which are subject to repurchase for an unspecified period of time. While the Company has legal title to this inventory, the Company is required to hold this inventory (or like-kind inventory) for the customer until the arrangement is terminated or the material is repurchased by the customer. As a result, this type of inventory tends not to turn over as quickly as other types of inventory.

Additionally, our inventory turnover ratio can be affected by hedging activity, as the period over period change of the inventory turnover ratio may be significantly impacted by a period over period change in hedging volume. For example, if trading activity were to remain constant over two periods, but there were significantly higher forward sales in the current period compared to a prior period, the calculated inventory turnover ratio would increase notwithstanding the constancy of the trading volume.

Number of Secured Loans. Finally, as a measure of the size of our Secured Lending segment, we utilize the number of outstanding secured loans to customers that are primarily collateralized by precious metals at the end of each quarter.

The Company calculates a loan-to-value ("LTV") ratio for each loan as the principal amount of the loan divided by the liquidation value of the collateral, which is based on daily spot market prices of precious metal bullion. When the market price of the pledged collateral decreases and thereby increases the LTV ratio of a loan above a prescribed maximum ratio, usually 85%, the Company has the option to make a margin call on the loan. As a result, a decline of precious metal market prices may cause a decrease in the number of loans outstanding in a period.

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Non-GAAP Measures

In addition to key operational metrics that are used to assess the performance of our business, management also uses non-GAAP financial performance and liquidity measures. We believe "adjusted net income before provision for income taxes” and "EBITDA" can provide useful information to evaluate our financial performance and liquidity position. Non-GAAP measures do not have standardized definitions and should not be a substitute for measures that are prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP. For a reconciliation of these non-GAAP measures to the most directly comparable U.S. GAAP measure reported in our consolidated statements of income and consolidated statements of cash flows and a discussion of certain limitations inherent in such measures, refer to the “Non-GAAP Measures” section below.

Fiscal Year

Our fiscal year end is June 30 each year.

Macroeconomic Volatility

Macroeconomic uncertainty and the volatility in the financial markets in recent years have positively affected the Company’s trading revenues and gross profit as the volatility of the price of precious metals and numismatics typically results in an increase in the spread between bid and ask prices on these products. Although conditions may fluctuate from period to period, when volatility is high, we historically experience increased demand for products in each of our coin and bar, industrial, and retail businesses. While macroeconomic uncertainty continues to impact our business, its effects have been less pronounced in the current and prior fiscal year. The Company cannot predict the periods during which increased volatility will occur or the level of increased volatility, the effect of volatility and macroeconomic uncertainty on the Company, or whether other effects on the Company and its businesses will materialize in the short or long term.

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RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

Overview of Results of Operations

Consolidated Results of Operations for the Years Ended June 30, 2025 and 2024

The operating results of our business were as follows (in thousands, except per share and performance metrics data):

Year Ended June 30,20252024Change
$% of revenue$% of revenue$%
Revenues$10,978,614100.000%$9,699,039100.000%$1,279,57513.2%
Gross profit210,9161.921%173,2551.786%$37,66121.7%
Selling, general, and administrative expenses(139,193)(1.268%)(89,800)(0.926%)$49,39355.0%
Depreciation and amortization expense(22,920)(0.209%)(11,397)(0.118%)$11,523101.1%
Interest income25,9480.236%27,1680.280%$(1,220)(4.5%)
Interest expense(46,203)(0.421%)(39,531)(0.408%)$6,67216.9%
Earnings (losses) from equity method investments(2,825)(0.026%)4,0440.042%$(6,869)(169.9%)
Other income, net2,0310.018%2,0710.021%$(40)(1.9%)
Remeasurement (loss) gain on pre-existing equity interests(5,143)(0.047%)16,6690.172%$(21,812)(130.9%)
Unrealized (losses) gains on foreign exchange(1,341)(0.012%)2990.003%$(1,640)(548.5%)
Net income before provision for income taxes21,2700.194%82,7780.853%$(61,508)(74.3%)
Income tax expense(5,426)(0.049%)(13,745)(0.142%)$(8,319)(60.5%)
Net income15,8440.144%69,0330.712%$(53,189)(77.0%)
Net (loss) income attributable to noncontrolling interests(1,476)(0.013%)4870.005%$(1,963)(403.1%)
Net income attributable to the Company$17,3200.158%$68,5460.707%$(51,226)(74.7%)
Basic and diluted net income per share attributable to A-Mark Precious Metals, Inc.:
Per Share Data:
Basic$0.73$2.97$(2.24)(75.4%)
Diluted$0.71$2.84$(2.13)(75.0%)
Performance Metrics:(1)
Gold ounces sold(2)1,642,0001,839,000(197,000)(10.7%)
Silver ounces sold(3)73,643,000108,096,000(34,453,000)(31.9%)
Inventory turnover ratio(4)9.19.2(0.1)(1.1%)
Number of secured loans at period end(5)445588(143)(24.3%)

(1)
See "Results of Segments" for a description of additional metrics not listed above.

(2)
Gold ounces sold represents the ounces of gold product sold and delivered to the customer during the period, excluding ounces of gold recorded on forward contracts. SGI's and Pinehurst's performance metrics are included after February 28, 2025. AMS's performance metrics are included after April 1, 2025.

(3)
Silver ounces sold represents the ounces of silver product sold and delivered to the customer during the period, excluding ounces of silver recorded on forward contracts. SGI's and Pinehurst's performance metrics are included after February 28, 2025. AMS's performance metrics are included after April 1, 2025.

(4)
Inventory turnover ratio is the cost of sales divided by average inventory for the period presented above. This calculation excludes precious metals held under financing arrangements, which are not classified as inventory on the consolidated balance sheets.

(5)
Number of outstanding secured loans to customers that are primarily collateralized by precious metals at the end of the period.

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Revenues

in thousands, except performance metrics
Year Ended June 30,20252024Change
$% of revenue$% of revenue$%
Revenues$10,978,614100.000%$9,699,039100.000%$1,279,57513.2%
Performance Metrics
Gold ounces sold1,642,0001,839,000(197,000)(10.7%)
Silver ounces sold73,643,000108,096,000(34,453,000)(31.9%)

Revenues for the year ended June 30, 2025 increased $1.280 billion, or 13.2%, to $10.979 billion from $9.699 billion in 2024. Excluding an increase of $446.7 million of forward sales, our revenues increased $832.9 million, or 14.6%, which was due to higher average selling prices of gold and silver, partially offset by a decrease in gold and silver ounces sold. Revenues also increased due to the acquisition of a controlling interest in SGB in June 2024, the acquisitions of SGI and Pinehurst in February 2025, and the acquisition of AMS in April 2025.

Gold ounces sold for the year ended June 30, 2025 decreased 197,000 ounces, or 10.7%, to 1,642,000 ounces from 1,839,000 ounces in 2024. Silver ounces sold for the year ended June 30, 2025 decreased 34,453,000 ounces, or 31.9%, to 73,643,000 ounces from 108,096,000 ounces in 2024. On average, the selling prices for gold increased by 32.7% and selling prices for silver increased by 28.9% during the year ended June 30, 2025 as compared to the prior year.

JMB's revenue represented 11.2% and 13.6% of the Company's consolidated revenue for the year ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively.

Gross Profit

in thousands, except performance metric
Year Ended June 30,20252024Change
$% of revenue$% of revenue$%
Gross profit$210,9161.921%$173,2551.786%$37,66121.7%
Performance Metric
Inventory turnover ratio9.19.2(0.1)(1.1%)

Gross profit for the year ended June 30, 2025 increased $37.7 million, or 21.7%, to $210.9 million from $173.3 million in 2024. The overall gross profit increase was due to an increase in gross profits earned by the Direct-to-Consumer segment, partially offset by lower gross profits earned from the Wholesale Sales & Ancillary Services segment.

The Company’s overall gross margin percentage for the year ended June 30, 2025 increased by 13.5 basis points to 1.921% from 1.786% in 2024. Excluding forward sales that had a negligible impact to the amount of gross profit, our gross margin percentage for the year ended June 30, 2025 increased by 19.0 basis points to 3.219% from 3.029%, which was primarily due to an increase in our retail market activity and higher premium spreads, partially offset by lower trading profits. JMB’s retail market activity represented 31.1% and 40.6%, respectively, of the Company’s consolidated gross profit for the years ended June 30, 2025 and 2024.

Our inventory turnover ratio for the year ended June 30, 2025 decreased by 1.1% to 9.1 from 9.2 in 2024. The decrease in our inventory turnover ratio was not significant.

Selling, General and Administrative Expense

in thousands
Year Ended June 30,20252024Change
$% of revenue$% of revenue$%
Selling, general, and administrative expenses$(139,193)(1.268%)$(89,800)(0.926%)$49,39355.0%

Selling, general, and administrative expenses for the year ended June 30, 2025 increased $49.4 million, or 55.0%, to $139.2 million from $89.8 million in 2024. The change was primarily due to: (i) an increase in compensation expense of $24.1 million, (ii) an increase in consulting and professional fees of $9.1 million, (iii) an increase in advertising costs of $8.4 million, (iv) an increase in facilities expense of $3.0 million, (v) an increase in bank service and credit card fees of $2.0 million, (vi) an increase in insurance costs of $0.6 million, and (vii) an increase in information technology costs of $0.5 million. Selling, general and administrative expenses for the year ended June 30, 2025 include expenses incurred by LPM, SGB, SGI, and Pinehurst, and AMS which were not included, or only partially included, in the same year-ago period, as these were not consolidated subsidiaries for the full period.

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Depreciation and Amortization Expense

in thousands
Year Ended June 30,20252024Change
$% of revenue$% of revenue$%
Depreciation and amortization expense$(22,920)(0.209%)$(11,397)(0.118%)$11,523101.1%

Depreciation and amortization expense for the year ended June 30, 2025 increased $11.5 million, or 101.1%, to $22.9 million from $11.4 million in 2024 primarily due to (i) an increase in amortization expense of $12.9 million relating to intangible assets acquired through our acquisitions of LPM, SGI, Pinehurst, AMS, and acquisition of a controlling interest in SGB, (ii) an increase of $1.8 million of depreciation expense due to an increase in capital expenditures, partially offset by (iii) a decrease in JMB intangible asset amortization of $3.1 million.

Interest Income

in thousands, except performance metric
Year Ended June 30,20252024Change
$% of revenue$% of revenue$%
Interest income$25,9480.236%$27,1680.280%$(1,220)(4.5%)
Performance Metric
Number of secured loans at period-end445588(143)(24.3%)

Interest income for the year ended June 30, 2025 decreased $1.2 million, or 4.5%, to $25.9 million from $27.2 million in 2024. The aggregate decrease in interest income was due to a decrease in interest income earned by our Secured Lending segment of $0.8 million and a decrease in other finance product income of $0.5 million.

The interest income from our Secured Lending segment decreased by $0.8 million, or 6.7%, compared with the prior year period. The decrease in interest income earned from the segment’s secured loan portfolio was primarily due to lower average monthly loan balances and fewer loans outstanding. The number of secured loans outstanding decreased by 24.3% to 445 as of June 30, 2025, from 588 as of June 30, 2024.

Interest Expense

in thousands
Year Ended June 30,20252024Change
$% of revenue$% of revenue$%
Interest expense$(46,203)(0.421%)$(39,531)(0.408%)$6,67216.9%

Interest expense for the year ended June 30, 2025 increased $6.7 million, or 16.9%, to $46.2 million from $39.5 million in 2024. The increase in interest expense was primarily due to: (i) an increase of $3.7 million related to product financing arrangements, (ii) an increase of $3.2 million related to precious metals leases, and (iii) an increase of $2.3 million associated with our Trading Credit Facility due to increased borrowings as well as an increase in the weighted-average effective interest rate, partially offset by (iv) a decrease of $2.5 million related to the AMCF Notes (including amortization of debt issuance costs) due to their repayment in December 2023.

Earnings (Losses) from Equity Method Investments

in thousands
Year Ended June 30,20252024Change
$% of revenue$% of revenue$%
Earnings (losses) from equity method investments$(2,825)(0.026%)$4,0440.042%$(6,869)(169.9%)

Earnings (losses) from equity method investments for the year ended June 30, 2025 decreased $6.9 million, or 169.9%, to a loss of $2.8 million from earnings of $4.0 million in 2024 due to decreased earnings of our equity method investees.

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Other Income, Net

in thousands
Year Ended June 30,20252024Change
$% of revenue$% of revenue$%
Other income, net$2,0310.018%$2,0710.021%$(40)(1.9%)

Other income, net for the year ended June 30, 2025 decreased $0.0 million, or 1.9%, to $2.0 million from $2.1 million in 2024. The change in other income, net was not significant.

Remeasurement Gain (Loss) on Pre-Existing Equity Interests

in thousands
Year Ended June 30,20252024Change
$% of revenue$% of revenue$%
Remeasurement (loss) gain on pre-existing equity interests$(5,143)(0.047%)$16,6690.172%$(21,812)(130.9%)

The Company incurred remeasurement gains and losses on our pre-existing equity interest in Pinehurst in February 2025, AMS in April 2025, and SGB in June 2024. See further details in Note 1.

Income Tax Expense

in thousands
Year Ended June 30,20252024Change
$% of revenue$% of revenue$%
Income tax expense$(5,426)(0.049%)$(13,745)(0.142%)$(8,319)(60.5%)

Our income tax expense was $5.4 million and $13.7 million for the years ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively. Our effective tax rate was approximately 25.5% and 16.6% for the years ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively. Our effective tax rate varied from the federal statutory rate for the year ended June 30, 2025 primarily due to the excess tax benefit from share-based compensation, foreign derived intangible income deduction, offset by state taxes (net of federal tax benefit), one-time adjustments related to our PCE and AMS step acquisitions, transaction costs, and other normal course non-deductible items. For the year ended June 30, 2024, our effective tax rate differed from the federal statutory rate primarily due to a one-time adjustment related to the SGB step acquisition, the excess tax benefit from share-based compensation, foreign derived intangible income special deduction and partially offset by state taxes (net of federal tax benefit), Section 162(m) executive compensation disallowance, and other normal course non-deductible expenditures.

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SEGMENT RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

The Company conducts its operations in three reportable segments: (i) Wholesale Sales & Ancillary Services, (ii) Direct-to-Consumer, and (iii) Secured Lending.

Results of Operations — Wholesale Sales & Ancillary Services Segment

The Company operates its Wholesale Sales & Ancillary Services segment directly and through its consolidated subsidiaries, A-Mark Trading AG (“AMTAG”), Transcontinental Depository Services ("TDS"), A-M Global Logistics, LLC (“AMGL” or "Logistics"), AM&ST Associates, LLC ("AMST" or the "Silver Towne Mint"), AM/LPM Ventures, LLC, which owns a majority interest in LPM Group Limited ("LPM"), Spectrum Group International, LLC, which was formed in February 2025 to acquire all of the stock of Spectrum Group International, Inc. ("SGI"), Pinehurst Coin Exchange, Inc. ("Pinehurst"), which was acquired in February 2025, and AM Precious Metals Singapore PTE, Ltd. The Wholesale Sales & Ancillary Services segment includes the consolidating eliminations of inter-segment transactions and unallocated segment adjustments.

Overview of Results of Operations for the Years Ended June 30, 2025 and 2024

— Wholesale Sales & Ancillary Services Segment

The operating results of our Wholesale Sales & Ancillary Services segment were as follows (in thousands, except performance metrics data):

Year Ended June 30,20252024Change
$% of revenue$% of revenue$%
Revenues$8,695,357(a)100.000%$8,247,370(b)100.000%$447,9875.4%
Gross profit85,8750.988%(c)90,2091.094%(d)$(4,334)(4.8%)
Selling, general, and administrative expenses(59,019)(0.679%)(45,968)(0.557%)$13,05128.4%
Depreciation and amortization expense(3,909)(0.045%)(1,860)(0.023%)$2,049110.2%
Interest income15,1340.174%15,7300.191%$(596)(3.8%)
Interest expense(37,709)(0.434%)(28,252)(0.343%)$9,45733.5%
Earnings (losses) from equity method investments(2,982)(0.034%)3,9980.048%$(6,980)(174.6%)
Other income, net1,2990.015%1,0640.013%$23522.1%
Remeasurement (loss) gain on pre-existing equity interests(5,143)(0.059%)16,6690.202%$(21,812)(130.9%)
Unrealized (losses) gains on foreign exchange(806)(0.009%)2610.003%$(1,067)(408.8%)
Net (loss) income before provision for income taxes$(7,260)(0.083%)$51,8510.629%$(59,111)(114.0%)
Performance Metrics:
Gold ounces sold(1)1,145,0001,385,000(240,000)(17.3%)
Silver ounces sold(2)56,611,00094,877,000(38,266,000)(40.3%)
Wholesale Sales ticket volume(3)130,606104,83325,77324.6%

(a)
Revenues are presented net of inter-segment transactions with the Direct-to-Consumer segment that totaled $1.564 billion. This segment’s gross sales before eliminations of inter-segment activity totaled $10.259 billion.

(b)
Revenues are presented net of inter-segment transactions with the Direct-to-Consumer segment that totaled $1.006 billion. This segment’s gross sales before eliminations of inter-segment activity totaled $9.253 billion.

(c)
Gross profit percentage before elimination of inter-segment sales to the Direct-to-Consumer segment was 0.828% for the period.

(d)
Gross profit percentage before elimination of inter-segment sales to the Direct-to-Consumer segment was 0.916% for the period.

(1)
Gold ounces sold represents the ounces of gold product sold and delivered to the customer during the period, excluding ounces of gold recorded on forward contracts. SGI's and Pinehurst's metrics are included after February 28, 2025.

(2)
Silver ounces sold represents the ounces of silver product sold and delivered to the customer during the period, excluding ounces of silver recorded on forward contracts. SGI's and Pinehurst's metrics are included after February 28, 2025.

(3)
Wholesales Sales ticket volume represents the total number of product orders processed. SGI's and Pinehurst's metrics are included after February 28, 2025.

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Revenues — Wholesale Sales & Ancillary Services

in thousands, except performance metrics
Year Ended June 30,20252024Change
$% of revenue$% of revenue$%
Revenues$8,695,357(a)100.000%$8,247,370(b)100.000%$447,9875.4%
Performance Metrics
Gold ounces sold1,145,0001,385,000(240,000)(17.3%)
Silver ounces sold56,611,00094,877,000(38,266,000)(40.3%)
Wholesale Sales ticket volume130,606104,83325,77324.6%

(a)
Revenues are presented net of inter-segment transactions with the Direct-to-Consumer segment that totaled $1.564 billion. This segment’s gross sales before eliminations of inter-segment activity totaled $10.259 billion.

(b)
Revenues are presented net of inter-segment transactions with the Direct-to-Consumer segment that totaled $1.006 billion. This segment’s gross sales before eliminations of inter-segment activity totaled $9.253 billion.

Revenues for the year ended June 30, 2025 increased $448.0 million, or 5.4%, to $8.695 billion from $8.247 billion in 2024. Excluding an increase in forward sales of $446.7 million, our revenues increased $1.3 million, which was due to higher average selling prices of gold and silver, partially offset by a decrease in gold and silver ounces sold. Revenues also increased due to the acquisition of LPM in February 2024 and SGI and Pinehurst in February 2025.

Gold ounces sold for the year ended June 30, 2025 decreased 240,000 ounces, or 17.3%, to 1,145,000 ounces from 1,385,000 ounces in 2024. Silver ounces sold for the year ended June 30, 2025 decreased 38,266,000 ounces, or 40.3%, to 56,611,000 ounces from 94,877,000 ounces in 2024. On average, the selling prices for gold increased by 34.1% and selling prices for silver increased by 27.2% during the year ended June 30, 2025 as compared to the prior year.

The Wholesale Sales ticket volume for the year ended June 30, 2025 increased by 25,773 tickets, or 24.6% to 130,606 tickets from 104,833 tickets in 2024.

Gross Profit — Wholesale Sales & Ancillary Services

in thousands
Year Ended June 30,20252024Change
$% of revenue$% of revenue$%
Gross profit$85,8750.988%(c)$90,2091.094%(d)$(4,334)(4.8%)

(c)
Gross profit percentage before elimination of inter-segment sales to the Direct-to-Consumer segment was 0.828% for the period.

(d)
Gross profit percentage before elimination of inter-segment sales to the Direct-to-Consumer segment was 0.916% for the period.

Gross profit for the year ended June 30, 2025 decreased $4.3 million, or 4.8%, to $85.9 million from $90.2 million in 2024. The gross profit decrease was primarily due to lower trading profits, partially offset by higher premium spreads.

This segment’s profit margin percentage decreased by 10.6 basis points to 0.988% from 1.094% in 2024. The decrease in gross margin percentage was mainly attributable to the impact of increased forward sales and lower trading profits, partially offset by higher premium spreads.

Excluding forward sales that had a negligible impact to the amount of gross profit, this segment's gross margin percentage for the year ended June 30, 2025 decreased by 10.2 basis points to 2.012% from 2.114% in the prior year. Forward sales increase revenues but are associated with negligible gross profit. The Company enters into forward contracts to hedge its precious metals price risk exposure and not for speculative purposes.

Selling, General and Administrative Expenses — Wholesale Sales & Ancillary Services

in thousands
Year Ended June 30,20252024Change
$% of revenue$% of revenue$%
Selling, general, and administrative expenses$(59,019)(0.679%)$(45,968)(0.557%)$13,05128.4%

Selling, general, and administrative expenses for the year ended June 30, 2025 increased $13.1 million, or 28.4%, to $59.0 million from $46.0 million in 2024. The change was primarily due to: (i) higher consulting and professional fees of $5.4 million, (ii) an increase in compensation expense of $4.1 million, (iii) an increase in facilities expense of $1.6 million, and (iv) an increase in advertising costs of $1.4 million. Selling, general, and administrative expenses for the year ended June 30, 2025 include expenses incurred by LPM, SGI and Pinehurst which were not included, or only partially included, in the same year-ago period, as these were not consolidated subsidiaries for the full period.

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Depreciation and Amortization Expense — Wholesale Sales & Ancillary Services

in thousands
Year Ended June 30,20252024Change
$% of revenue$% of revenue$%
Depreciation and amortization expense$(3,909)(0.045%)$(1,860)(0.023%)$2,049110.2%

Depreciation and amortization expense for the year ended June 30, 2025 increased $2.0 million, or 110.2%, to $3.9 million from $1.9 million in 2024 primarily due to an increase in amortization expense of $1.0 million related to intangible assets acquired through our acquisitions of LPM, SGI, and Pinehurst as well as an increase in depreciation expense of $1.0 million due to an increase in capital expenditures.

Interest Income — Wholesale Sales & Ancillary Services

in thousands
Year Ended June 30,20252024Change
$% of revenue$% of revenue$%
Interest income$15,1340.174%$15,7300.191%$(596)(3.8%)

Interest income for the year ended June 30, 2025 decreased $0.6 million, or 3.8%, to $15.1 million from $15.7 million in 2024. The overall decrease was primarily due to: (i) a decrease in interest earned from repurchase arrangements with customers of $1.4 million, partially offset by (ii) a $1.2 million increase in interest income earned from spot deferred trade orders.

Interest Expense — Wholesale Sales & Ancillary Services

in thousands
Year Ended June 30,20252024Change
$% of revenue$% of revenue$%
Interest expense$(37,709)(0.434%)$(28,252)(0.343%)$9,45733.5%

Interest expense for the year ended June 30, 2025 increased $9.5 million, or 33.5%, to $37.7 million from $28.3 million in 2024. The overall increase was primarily due to: (i) an increase of $3.3 million in connection with our Trading Credit Facility due to an increase in interest rates and increased borrowings, (ii) an increase of $3.2 million from precious metals leases, (iii) higher interest and fees from product financing arrangements of $3.0 million, (iv) a decrease in inter-segment eliminations related to the DTC segment's product financing activity with A-Mark of $1.5 million, partially offset by (v) a decrease of $1.5 million related to the AMCF Notes (including amortization of debt issuance costs) due to their repayment in December 2023.

Earnings (Losses) from Equity Method Investments— Wholesale Sales & Ancillary Services

in thousands
Year Ended June 30,20252024Change
$% of revenue$% of revenue$%
Earnings (losses) from equity method investments$(2,982)(0.034%)$3,9980.048%$(6,980)(174.6%)

Earnings (losses) from equity method investments for the year ended June 30, 2025 decreased $7.0 million, or 174.6%, to a loss of $3.0 million from earnings of $4.0 million in 2024 due to decreased earnings of our equity method investees.

Remeasurement Gain (Loss) on Pre-Existing Equity Interests— Wholesale Sales & Ancillary Services

in thousands
Year Ended June 30,20252024Change
$% of revenue$% of revenue$%
Remeasurement (loss) gain on pre-existing equity interests$(5,143)(0.059%)$16,6690.202%$(21,812)(130.9%)

The Company incurred remeasurement gains and losses on our pre-existing equity interests in Pinehurst in February 2025, AMS in April 2025, and SGB in June 2024. See further details in Note 1.

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Results of Operations — Direct-to-Consumer Segment

The Company operates its Direct-to-Consumer segment through its wholly-owned subsidiaries JM Bullion, Inc. (“JMB”), Goldline, Inc. (“Goldline”), Spectrum Group International, LLC ("SGI"), Pinehurst Coin Exchange, Inc. ("Pinehurst"), AMS Holding, LLC ("AMS"), through its investment in Silver Gold Bull, Inc. ("SGB"), and through its subsidiaries Precious Metals Purchasing Partners, LLC ("PMPP") and AM LPM Singapore PTE Ltd.

Overview of Results of Operations for the Years Ended June 30, 2025 and 2024

— Direct-to-Consumer Segment

The operating results of our Direct-to-Consumer ("DTC") segment were as follows (in thousands, except performance metrics data):

Year Ended June 30,20252024Change
$% of revenue$% of revenue$%
Revenues$2,283,257(a)100.000%$1,451,669(b)100.000%$831,58857.3%
Gross profit125,0415.476%83,0465.721%$41,99550.6%
Selling, general, and administrative expenses(78,995)(3.460%)(42,456)(2.925%)$36,53986.1%
Depreciation and amortization expense(19,007)(0.832%)(9,273)(0.639%)$9,734105.0%
Interest income1460.006%30.000%$1434,766.7%
Interest expense(2,255)(0.099%)(2,838)(0.195%)$(583)(20.5%)
Earnings from equity method investments%140.001%$(14)(100.0%)
Other income, net%50.001%$(5)(100.0%)
Unrealized (losses) gains on foreign exchange(535)(0.023%)380.003%$(573)(1,507.9%)
Net income before provision for income taxes$24,3951.068%$28,5391.966%$(4,144)(14.5%)
Performance Metrics:
Gold ounces sold(1)497,000454,00043,0009.5%
Silver ounces sold(2)17,032,00013,219,0003,813,00028.8%
Number of new customers(3)1,129,200718,500410,70057.2%
Number of active customers(4)581,300483,40097,90020.3%
Number of total customers(5)4,196,0003,066,8001,129,20036.8%
DTC ticket volume from new customers(6)197,894134,02163,87347.7%
DTC ticket volume from pre-existing customers(7)606,511479,718126,79326.4%
DTC total ticket volume(8)804,405613,739190,66631.1%
DTC average order value(9)$2,866$2,407$45919.1%
JMB average order value(9)$2,156$2,223$(67)(3.0%)

(a)
Includes $138.7 million of inter-segment sales from the Direct-to-Consumer segment to the Wholesale Sales & Ancillary Services segment.

(b)
Includes $14.3 million of inter-segment sales from the Direct-to-Consumer segment to the Wholesale Sales & Ancillary Services segment.

(1)
Gold ounces sold represents the ounces of gold product sold and delivered during the period. Pinehurst's metrics are included after February 28, 2025. AMS's metrics are included after April 1, 2025.

(2)
Silver ounces sold represents the ounces of silver product sold and delivered during the period. Pinehurst's metrics are included after February 28, 2025. AMS's metrics are included after April 1, 2025.

(3)
Number of new customers represents the number of customers that have registered or set up a new account or made a purchase for the first time during the period. SGI's and Pinehurst's metrics are included after February 28, 2025. AMS's metrics are included after April 1, 2025.

(4)
Number of active customers represents the number of customers that have made a purchase during any month during the period. SGI's and Pinehurst's metrics are included after February 28, 2025. AMS's metrics are included after April 1, 2025.

(5)
Number of total customers represents the aggregate number of customers that have registered or set up an account or have made a purchase in the past. SGI's and Pinehurst's metrics are included after February 28, 2025. AMS's metrics are included after April 1, 2025.

(6)
Ticket volume from new customers represents the number of product orders from new customers processed by JMB, Goldline, SGB, AMS, and PMPP during the period. SGB's metrics are included after the Company acquired a controlling interest on June 21, 2024. SGI's and Pinehurst's metrics are included after February 28, 2025. AMS's metrics are included after April 1, 2025.

(7)
Ticket volume from pre-existing customers represents the total number of product orders from pre-existing customers processed by JMB, Goldline, SGB, Pinehurst, AMS, and PMPP during the period. SGI's and Pinehurst's metrics are included after February 28, 2025. AMS's metrics are included after April 1, 2025.

(8)
Total ticket volume represents the total number of product orders processed by JMB, Goldline, SGB, Pinehurst, AMS, and PMPP during the period. SGI's and Pinehurst's metrics are included after February 28, 2025. AMS's metrics are included after April 1, 2025.

(9)
Average Order Value ("AOV") represents the average dollar value of product orders (excluding accumulation program orders) delivered to the customer during the period. SGB's metrics are included after the Company acquired a controlling interest on June 21, 2024. SGI's and Pinehurst's metrics are included after February 28, 2025. AMS's metrics are included after April 1, 2025.

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Revenues — Direct-to-Consumer

in thousands, except performance metrics
Year Ended June 30,20252024Change
$% of revenue$% of revenue$%
Revenues$2,283,257100.000%$1,451,669100.000%$831,58857.3%
Performance Metrics:
Gold ounces sold497,000454,00043,0009.5%
Silver ounces sold17,032,00013,219,0003,813,00028.8%
Number of new customers1,129,200718,500410,70057.2%
Number of active customers581,300483,40097,90020.3%
Number of total customers4,196,0003,066,8001,129,20036.8%
DTC ticket volume from new customers197,894134,02163,87347.7%
DTC ticket volume from pre-existing customers606,511479,718126,79326.4%
DTC total ticket volume804,405613,739190,66631.1%
DTC average order value$2,866$2,407$45919.1%
JMB average order value$2,156$2,223$(67)(3.0%)

Revenues for the year ended June 30, 2025 increased $831.6 million, or 57.3%, to $2.283 billion from $1.452 billion in 2024. The increase in revenue was due to an increase in gold and silver ounces sold as well as by higher average selling prices of gold and silver. For the year ended June 30, 2025, revenue of Goldline, PMPP, SGB, Pinehurst, SGI, and AMS, in the aggregate, was higher by $924.3 million as compared to the prior year, primarily related to acquiring a controlling interest in SGB in June 2024, acquiring SGI and Pinehurst in February 2025, and acquiring AMS in April 2025. For the year ended June 30, 2025, JMB's revenue decreased $92.7 million as compared to the prior year.

Gold ounces sold for the year ended June 30, 2025 increased 43,000 ounces, or 9.5%, to 497,000 ounces from 454,000 ounces in 2024. Silver ounces sold for the year ended June 30, 2025 increased 3,813,000 ounces, or 28.8%, to 17,032,000 ounces from 13,219,000 ounces in 2024.

Gold ounces sold by Goldline, PMPP, SGB, Pinehurst, and AMS, in the aggregate, increased 176,300 ounces compared to 2024, primarily due to the Company acquiring a controlling interest in SGB in June 2024. Gold ounces sold by JMB decreased 133,300 ounces for the year ended June 30, 2025 compared to 2024. Silver ounces sold by Goldline, PMPP, SGB, Pinehurst, and AMS, in the aggregate, increased 6,822,100 ounces compared to 2024, primarily due to the Company acquiring a controlling interest in SGB in June 2024 and the acquisitions of Pinehurst in February 2025 and AMS in April 2025. Silver ounces sold by JMB decreased 3,009,100 ounces for the year ended June 30, 2025 compared to 2024.

On average, selling prices for gold increased by 26.4% and selling prices for silver increased by 26.3% during the year ended June 30, 2025 as compared to the prior year.

The number of new customers for the year ended June 30, 2025 increased 410,700, or 57.2%, to 1,129,200 from 718,500 in 2024. The number of active customers for the year ended June 30, 2025 increased 97,900, or 20.3% to 581,300 from 483,400 in 2024. The number of total customers as of June 30, 2025 increased 1,129,200, or 36.8% to 4,196,000 from 3,066,800 as of June 30, 2024. These changes in customer-based metrics were primarily due to the acquisition of Pinehurst in February 2025, JMB's activity, the acquisition of a controlling interest in SGB in June 2024, and the acquisitions of SGI and AMS in February 2025 and April 2025, respectively.

As of June 30, 2025, the number of total CyberMetals customers was 37,000, and CyberMetals customer assets under management were $10.7 million.

For the year ended June 30, 2025, the Direct-to-Consumer ticket volume related to new customers increased by 63,873 tickets, or 47.7%, to 197,894 tickets from 134,021 tickets in 2024. For the year ended June 30, 2025, Direct-to-Consumer ticket volume related to pre-existing customers increased by 126,793 tickets, or 26.4%, to 606,511 tickets from 479,718 tickets in 2024. For the year ended June 30, 2025, the Direct-to-Consumer total ticket volume increased by 190,666 tickets, or 31.1%, to 804,405 tickets from 613,739 tickets in 2024. These changes in ticket volumes were primarily due to our acquisition of a controlling interest in SGB in June 2024, the acquisitions of SGI and Pinehurst in February 2025, and the acquisition of AMS in April 2025, partially offset by JMB's activity.

For the year ended June 30, 2025, the Direct-to-Consumer average order value increased by $459, or 19.1%, to $2,866 from $2,407 in 2024.

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Gross Profit — Direct-to-Consumer

in thousands
Year Ended June 30,20252024Change
$% of revenue$% of revenue$%
Gross profit$125,0415.476%$83,0465.721%$41,99550.6%

Gross profit for the year ended June 30, 2025 increased by $42.0 million, or 50.6%, to $125.0 million from $83.0 million in 2024. The increase in gross profit was primarily driven by recently acquired subsidiaries, including SGB, SGI, Pinehurst, and AMS, partially offset by lower gross profits from JMB and Goldline.

For the year ended June 30, 2025, the Direct-to-Consumer segment's profit margin percentage decreased by 24.5 basis points to 5.476% from 5.721% in 2024. The decrease in the gross profit margin percentage was primarily due to our acquisition of a controlling interest in SGB and lower gross profit margin percentages of Goldline, partially offset by higher gross profit margin percentages of SGI and AMS.

Selling, General and Administrative Expense — Direct-to-Consumer

in thousands
Year Ended June 30,20252024Change
$% of revenue$% of revenue$%
Selling, general, and administrative expenses$(78,995)(3.460%)$(42,456)(2.925%)$36,53986.1%

Selling, general, and administrative expenses for the year ended June 30, 2025 increased $36.5 million, or 86.1%, to $79.0 million from $42.5 million in 2024. The change was primarily due to: (i) an increase in compensation expense of $19.9 million, (ii) an increase in advertising costs of $7.0 million, (iii) higher consulting and professional fees of $4.0 million, (iv) an increase in bank service and credit card fees of $1.9 million, (v) an increase in facilities expenses of $1.4 million, (vi) an increase in insurance costs of $1.0 million, and (vii) an increase in information technology costs of $0.4 million. Selling, general and administrative expenses for the year ended June 30, 2025 include expenses incurred by SGB, SGI, Pinehurst, and AMS which were not included, or only partially included, in the same year-ago period, as these were not consolidated subsidiaries for the full period.

Depreciation and Amortization Expense — Direct-to-Consumer

in thousands
Year Ended June 30,20252024Change
$% of revenue$% of revenue$%
Depreciation and amortization expense$(19,007)(0.832%)$(9,273)(0.639%)$9,734105.0%

Depreciation and amortization expense for the year ended June 30, 2025, increased $9.7 million, or 105.0%, to $19.0 million from $9.3 million in 2024 primarily due to an increase in amortization expense of $11.8 million relating to intangible assets acquired through our acquisition of a controlling interest in SGB and the acquisitions of SGI and AMS, an increase in depreciation expense of $1.1 million due to an increase in capital expenditures, partially offset by a $3.1 million decrease in JMB’s intangible asset amortization expense.

Interest expense — Direct-to-Consumer

in thousands
Year Ended June 30,20252024Change
$% of revenue$% of revenue$%
Interest expense$(2,255)(0.099%)$(2,838)(0.195%)$(583)(20.5%)

Interest expense for the year ended June 30, 2025 decreased $0.6 million to $2.3 million from $2.8 million in 2024. The decrease is primarily related to the DTC segment's reduced product financing activity with the Wholesale & Ancillary Services segment.

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Results of Operations — Secured Lending Segment

The Company operates its Secured Lending segment through its wholly-owned subsidiaries, Collateral Finance Corporation, LLC ("CFC") and CFC Alternative Investments (“CAI”). AM Capital Funding, LLC (“AMCF”), previously a wholly-owned subsidiary of CFC, was formed for the issuance of certain notes, which were repaid in December 2023. AMCF was dissolved in June 2024.

Overview of Results of Operations for the Years Ended June 30, 2025 and 2024

— Secured Lending Segment

The operating results of our Secured Lending segment were as follows (in thousands, except performance metrics data):

Year Ended June 30,20252024Change
$% of interest income$% of interest income$%
Interest income$10,668100.000%$11,435100.000%$(767)(6.7%)
Interest expense(6,239)(58.483%)(8,441)(73.817%)$(2,202)(26.1%)
Selling, general, and administrative expenses(1,179)(11.052%)(1,376)(12.033%)$(197)(14.3%)
Depreciation and amortization expense(4)(0.037%)(264)(2.309%)$(260)(98.5%)
Earnings from equity method investments1571.472%320.280%$125390.6%
Other income, net7326.862%1,0028.763%$(270)(26.9%)
Net income before provision for income taxes$4,13538.761%$2,38820.883%$1,74773.2%
Performance Metric:
Number of secured loans at period end(1)445588(143)(24.3%)

(1)
Number of outstanding secured loans to customers at the end of the period.

Interest Income — Secured Lending

in thousands, except performance metric
Year Ended June 30,20252024Change
$% of interest income$% of interest income$%
Interest income$10,668100.000%$11,435100.000%$(767)(6.7%)
Performance Metric
Number of secured loans at period-end445588(143)(24.3%)

Interest income for the year ended June 30, 2025 decreased $0.8 million, or 6.7%, to $10.7 million from $11.4 million in 2024. The decrease in interest income earned from the segment’s secured loan portfolio was primarily due to lower average monthly loan balances as well as fewer loans outstanding. The number of secured loans outstanding decreased by 143, or 24.3% to 445 from 588 as of June 30, 2024.

Interest Expense — Secured Lending

in thousands
Year Ended June 30,20252024Change
$% of interest income$% of interest income$%
Interest expense$(6,239)(58.483%)$(8,441)(73.817%)$(2,202)(26.1%)

Interest expense for the year ended June 30, 2025 decreased $2.2 million, or 26.1%, to $6.2 million from $8.4 million in 2024. The change was primarily due to: (i) a decrease of $1.1 million in connection with our Trading Credit Facility and (ii) a decrease of $1.0 million related to the AMCF Notes (including amortization of debt issuance costs) due to their repayment in December 2023.

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Selling, General and Administrative Expenses — Secured Lending

in thousands
Year Ended June 30,20252024Change
$% of interest income$% of interest income$%
Selling, general, and administrative expenses$(1,179)(11.052%)$(1,376)(12.033%)$(197)(14.3%)

Selling, general, and administrative expenses for the year ended June 30, 2025 decreased $0.2 million, or 14.3%, to $1.2 million from $1.4 million in 2024. The change in selling, general, and administrative expenses was not significant.

NON-GAAP MEASURES

Adjusted net income before provision for income taxes

Overview

In addition to our results determined in accordance with U.S. GAAP, we believe the non-GAAP measure of “adjusted net income before provision for income taxes” is useful in evaluating our operating performance. We use this financial measure to present our pre-tax earnings from core business operations. This measure does not have standardized definitions and is not prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP. The items excluded from this financial measure may have a material impact on our financial results. Certain of those items are non-recurring, while others are non-cash in nature. Accordingly, this non-GAAP financial performance measure should be considered in addition to, and not as a substitute for or superior to, the comparable measures prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP.

Reconciliation

We calculate this non-GAAP financial performance measure by eliminating from net income or loss before provision for income taxes the impact of items we do not consider indicative of our core operating performance. We eliminate the impact of the following items: (i) remeasurement gains or losses related to pre-existing equity interests, (ii) contingent consideration fair value adjustments, (iii) acquisition costs, (iv) amortization expenses related to intangible assets acquired, and (v) depreciation expense.

See below for the reconciliation of this non-GAAP financial performance measure to its most closely comparable U.S. GAAP measure on our financial statements (in thousands):

Year Ended June 30,20252024Change
$$$%
Net income before provision for income taxes$21,270$82,778$(61,508)(74.3%)
Adjustments:
Remeasurement loss (gain) on pre-existing equity interests5,143(16,669)$21,812130.9%
Contingent consideration fair value adjustment(1,140)(370)$770208.1%
Acquisition costs4,8663,126$1,74055.7%
Amortization of acquired intangibles18,3168,594$9,722113.1%
Depreciation expense4,6042,803$1,80164.3%
Adjusted net income before provision for income taxes (non-GAAP)$53,059$80,262$(27,203)(33.9%)

Adjustments

Remeasurement gains or losses. When we acquired a controlling interest in SGB in June 2024 and the remaining outstanding equity interests of Pinehurst in February 2025 and AMS in April 2025, we had previously owned a noncontrolling equity interest. We are required to estimate the fair value of our pre-existing equity investment as well as any options to acquire additional equity interests and record the change in the value as a remeasurement gain or loss in our consolidated statements of income. We exclude these remeasurement gains and losses when we evaluate our on-going operational performance and to facilitate comparison of period-to-period operational performance.

Contingent consideration fair value adjustments. Upon our acquisitions of LPM, Pinehurst, and AMS, we recognized contingent consideration liabilities representing the amount we expect to pay in connection with the achievement of certain financial and performance targets. We remeasure these liabilities each reporting period, with the resulting changes recorded as other income and expense in the Company’s consolidated statements of income. We exclude these fair value adjustments when we evaluate our core operating performance and to facilitate comparison of period-to-period operating performance. See Note 3 to the Company's consolidated financial statements for additional information.

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Acquisition costs. We incur expenses for professional services rendered in connection with business combinations, which are included as a component of selling, general, and administrative expenses in the Company’s consolidated statements of income. Acquisition expenses are recorded in the periods in which the costs are incurred, and the services are received. We exclude acquisition expenses when we evaluate our core operating performance and to facilitate comparison of period-to-period operating performance.

Amortization of purchased intangibles. Amortization expense of purchased intangibles varies in amount and frequency and is significantly impacted by the timing and size of our acquisitions. Due to amortization expense being non-cash in nature, management finds it useful to exclude these charges from our operating expenses to assist in the review of a measure that more closely corresponds to cash operating income generated from our business. Amortization of purchased intangible assets will recur in future periods. For additional information about the amortization of our purchased intangibles, see Note 9 to the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

Depreciation expense. Depreciation expense is calculated using a straight-line method based on the estimated useful lives of the related assets, ranging from three years to twenty-five years. Due to depreciation expense being non-cash in nature, management finds it useful to exclude these charges from our operating expenses to assist in the review of a measure that more closely corresponds to cash operating income generated from our business. See Note 8 to the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation, and Amortization

Overview

In addition to the non-GAAP financial performance measure discussed in the section above, we use the non-GAAP liquidity measure “earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization” or "EBITDA" to evaluate our business operations before investing activities, interest, and income taxes. Management and external users of our consolidated financial statements, such as industry analysts and investors, may use EBITDA to compare business operations with other publicly traded companies.

Reconciliation

We calculate EBITDA by eliminating from net income or loss the following items: (i) interest income, (ii) interest expense, (iii) amortization expenses related to intangible assets acquired, (iv) depreciation expense, and (v) income tax expense.

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Management believes the most directly comparable GAAP financial measure is “net cash provided by or used in operating activities” presented in the consolidated statement of cash flows. Below is the reconciliation of net cash provided by or used in operating activities to EBITDA (in thousands):

Year Ended June 30,20252024Change
$$$%
Net income$15,844$69,033$(53,189)(77.0%)
Adjustments:
Interest income(25,948)(27,168)$(1,220)(4.5%)
Interest expense46,20339,531$6,67216.9%
Amortization of acquired intangibles18,3168,594$9,722113.1%
Depreciation expense4,6042,803$1,80164.3%
Income tax expense5,42613,745$(8,319)(60.5%)
48,60137,505$11,09629.6%
Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization (non-GAAP)$64,445$106,538$(42,093)(39.5%)
Reconciliation of Operating Cash Flows to EBITDA:
Net cash provided by operating activities$152,347$60,934$91,413150.0%
Changes in operating working capital(103,889)939$(104,828)(11,163.8%)
Interest expense46,20339,531$6,67216.9%
Interest income(25,948)(27,168)$(1,220)(4.5%)
Income tax expense5,42613,745$(8,319)(60.5%)
Earnings (losses) from equity method investments(2,825)4,044$(6,869)(169.9%)
Remeasurement (loss) gain on pre-existing equity interests(5,143)16,669$(21,812)(130.9%)
Share-based compensation(1,594)(1,923)$(329)(17.1%)
Deferred income taxes3,9182,690$1,22845.7%
Amortization of loan cost(4,092)(2,447)$1,64567.2%
Other42(476)$518108.8%
Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization (non-GAAP)$64,445$106,538$(42,093)(39.5%)
Cash Flow Data:
Net cash provided by operating activities$152,347$60,934$91,413150.0%
Net cash used in investing activities$(104,665)$(63,597)$41,06864.6%
Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities$(18,577)$11,981$(30,558)(255.1%)

LIQUIDITY AND FINANCIAL CONDITION

Primary Sources and Uses of Cash

Overview

Liquidity refers to the availability to the Company of amounts of cash to meet all of our cash needs. Our sources of liquidity principally include cash from operations, Trading Credit Facility (see “Lines of Credit” below), and product financing arrangements.

A substantial portion of our assets are liquid. As of June 30, 2025, approximately 78% of our assets consisted of cash, receivables, derivative assets, secured loans receivables, precious metals held under financing arrangements, and inventories, measured at fair value. Cash generated from the sales or financing of our precious metals products is our primary source of operating liquidity. Among other things, these include our product financing arrangements, liabilities on borrowed metals, and precious metals leases. Typically, the Company acquires its inventory by: (i) purchasing inventory from its suppliers by utilizing our own capital and lines of credit; (ii) borrowing precious metals from its suppliers under short-term arrangements which may bear interest at a designated rate, and (iii) repurchasing inventory at an agreed-upon price based on the spot price on the specified repurchase date.

In addition to selling inventory, the Company generates cash from earning interest income. The Company enters into secured loans and secured financing structures with its customers under which it charges interest. The loans are secured by precious metals and numismatic material, and graded sports cards owned by the borrowers and held by the Company as security for the term of the loan. The Company also offers a number of secured financing options to its customers to finance their precious metals purchases including consignments and other structured inventory finance products. Furthermore, our customers may enter into agreements whereby the customer agrees to repurchase our precious metals at the prevailing spot price for delivery of the product at a specific point in time in the future; interest income is earned from the contract date until the material is delivered and paid for in full.

We may also raise funds through the public or private offering of equity or debt securities, although there is no assurance that we will be able to do so at the times and in the amounts required.

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We continually review our overall credit and capital needs to ensure that our capital base, both stockholders’ equity and available credit facilities, can appropriately support our anticipated financing needs. The Company also continually monitors its current and forecasted cash requirements and draws upon and pays down its lines of credit so as to minimize interest expense. See Note 15 to the Company's consolidated financial statements.

Lines of Credit

in thousands
June 30, 2025June 30, 2024Change
Lines of credit$345,000$245,000$100,000

Effective December 21, 2021, A-Mark entered into a committed borrowing facility (the "Trading Credit Facility") with CIBC Bank USA, as agent and joint lead arranger, and a syndicate of banks. As of June 30, 2025, the Trading Credit Facility provided the Company with access up to $467.0 million and has a maturity date of September 30, 2026. (See Note 15.) In August 2025, we further amended the credit facility; see Note 20 for additional information.

A-Mark routinely uses funds drawn under the Trading Credit Facility to purchase metals from its suppliers and for other operating cash flow purposes. Our CFC subsidiary also uses the funds drawn under the Trading Credit Facility to finance certain of its lending activities.

Notes Payable

in thousands
June 30, 2025June 30, 2024Change
Notes payable — short-term$3,994$8,367$(4,373)
Notes payable — long-term3,3493,994(645)
$7,343$12,361$(5,018)

In April 2021, CCP entered into a loan agreement ("CCP Note") with CFC, which provides CFC with up to $4.0 million to fund commercial loans secured by graded sports cards to its borrowers. All loans to be funded using the proceeds from the CCP Note are subject to CCP’s prior written approval. In March 2024, the expiration date for the CCP Note was amended to expire on April 1, 2026 and may be extended by mutual agreement. As of June 30, 2025 and June 30, 2024 the outstanding principal balance of the CCP Note was $4.0 million and $4.0 million. See Note 14 to the Company's consolidated financial statements.

In June 2024, SGB declared a $15.9 million dividend to existing shareholders based on certain levels of working capital. As of June 30, 2025, the dividend was paid in full, including a dividend paid to the Company from SGB in September 2024 of $7.5 million. The unpaid dividend of $0.0 million and $8.4 million as of June 30, 2025 and June 30, 2024, respectively, was recorded as a note payable by SGB.

In February 2025 in connection with the acquisition of Pinehurst, the Company assumed a promissory note with the former majority owner of Pinehurst for $3.1 million. This promissory note has a maturity date of August 1, 2026 and bears interest at a rate of 5% per annum. As of June 30, 2025, the outstanding principal balance of this promissory note was $3.1 million.

Liabilities on Borrowed Metals and Precious Metals Leases

in thousands
June 30, 2025June 30, 2024Change
Liabilities on borrowed metals$46,051$31,993$14,058

We borrow precious metals from our suppliers and customers under short-term arrangements using other precious metal from our inventory or precious metals held under financing arrangements as collateral. Amounts under these arrangements require repayment either in the form of precious metals or cash. Liabilities also arise from unallocated metal positions held by customers in our inventory. Typically, these positions are due on demand, in a specified physical form, based on the total ounces of metal held in the position.

We also lease precious metals from our suppliers and customers under short-term arrangements, in which the lease terms and interest rates are established at lease inception. Precious metals leases valued at $246.5 million and $99.6 million as of June 30, 2025 and June 30, 2024, respectively, were included in deferred revenue and other advances on the consolidated balance sheet. Amounts under these arrangements may be settled in precious metals or cash.

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Product Financing Arrangements

in thousands
June 30, 2025June 30, 2024Change
Product financing arrangements$484,733$517,744$(33,011)

The Company has agreements with financial institutions and other third parties that allow the Company to transfer its gold and silver inventory to the third-party at an agreed-upon price based on the spot price, which provides alternative sources of liquidity. During the term of the agreement both parties intend for inventory to be returned at an agreed-upon price based on the spot price on the repurchase date. The third parties charge monthly interest as a percentage of the market value of the outstanding obligation; such monthly charges are classified as interest expense. These transactions do not qualify as sales and therefore are accounted for as financing arrangements and reflected in the Company’s consolidated balance sheets as product financing arrangements. The obligation is stated at the amount required to repurchase the outstanding inventory. Both the product financing arrangements and the underlying inventory (which is entirely restricted) are carried at fair value, with changes in fair value included as a component of cost of sales.

Secured Loans Receivable

in thousands
June 30, 2025June 30, 2024Change
Secured loans receivable$94,037$113,067$(19,030)

CFC is a California licensed finance lender that makes and acquires commercial loans secured by bullion and numismatic coins, and graded sports cards that affords our customers a convenient means of financing their inventory or collections. See Note 5 to the Company’s consolidated financial statements. Most of the Company's secured loans are short-term in nature. The renewal of these secured loans is at the discretion of the Company and, as such, provides us with some flexibility in regard to our capital deployment strategies.

Dividends

The Company’s board of directors has adopted a regular quarterly cash dividend policy of $0.20 per common share ($0.80 per share on an annual basis). The declaration of regular cash dividends in the future is subject to the determination each quarter by the board of directors. Below is a summary of dividends paid to stockholders in the year ended June 30, 2025.


On July 5, 2024, the Company's board of directors declared a regular dividend of $0.20 per share of common stock to stockholders of record at the close of business on July 18, 2024. The dividend was paid on July 31, 2024 and totaled $4.6 million.


On August 20, 2024, the Company's board of directors declared a regular cash dividend of $0.20 per share of common stock to stockholders of record at the close of business on October 8, 2024. The dividend was paid on October 22, 2024 and totaled $4.6 million.


On January 2, 2025, the Company's board of directors declared a regular dividend of $0.20 per share of common stock to stockholders of record at the close of business on January 14, 2025. The dividend was paid to stockholders on January 28, 2025 and totaled $4.6 million.


On April 3, 2025, our board of directors declared a regular dividend of $0.20 per share to shareholders of record at the close of business on April 15, 2025. The dividend totaling $4.9 million was paid on April 29, 2025.

See Note 17 and Note 20 to the Company's consolidated financial statements for more information regarding our dividends.

Cash Flows

The majority of the Company’s trading activities involve two-day value trades under which payment is received in advance of delivery or product is received in advance of payment. The combination of sales volume, inventory turnover, and precious metals price volatility can cause material changes in the sources of cash used in or provided by operating activities on a daily basis. The Company manages these variances through its liquidity forecasts and counterparty limits by maintaining a liquidity reserve to meet the Company’s cash needs. The Company uses various short-term financial instruments to manage the cycle of our trading activities from customer purchase order to cash collections and product delivery, which can cause material changes in the amount of cash used in or provided by financing activities on a daily basis.

The following summarizes components of our consolidated statements of cash flows (in thousands):

Year EndedJune 30, 2025June 30, 2024Change
Net cash provided by operating activities$152,347$60,934$91,413
Net cash used in investing activities$(104,665)$(63,597)$41,068
Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities$(18,577)$11,981$(30,558)

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For the periods presented, our principal capital requirements have been to fund (i) working capital and (ii) financing activity. Our working capital requirements fluctuated with market conditions, the availability of precious metals, and the volatility of precious metals commodity pricing.

Net Cash Flows From Operating Activities

Operating activities provided $152.3 million and provided $60.9 million in cash for the years ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively, representing a $91.4 million change compared to the year ended June 30, 2024. The period over period change was primarily due to net changes in working capital, which includes inventories, derivative assets and liabilities, deferred revenue and other advances, liabilities on borrowed metals, accounts payable and other payables, precious metals held under financing arrangements, and receivables, net, as well as a decrease in net income adjusted for noncash items.

Net Cash Flows From Investing Activities

Investing activities used $104.7 million and used $63.6 million in cash for the years ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively, representing a $41.1 million change compared to the year ended June 30, 2024. This period over period change was primarily due to: (i) a $82.7 million increase in cash paid for business acquisitions for SGI, Pinehurst, and AMS in the current year period compared to LPM and SGB in the prior year period and (ii) a $3.4 million increase in capital expenditures for property, plant and equipment, partially offset by (iii) higher inflows of $31.5 million associated with the net repayments of secured loans in the current period, (iv) a decrease in purchases of intangible assets of $8.5 million, (v) a reduction of $2.1 million in purchases of long-term investments, and (vi) net proceeds from the sale of marketable securities of $1.7 million.

Net Cash Flows From Financing Activities

Financing activities used $18.6 million and provided $12.0 million in cash for the years ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively, representing a $30.6 million change compared to the year ended June 30, 2024. This period over period change was primarily due to: (i) a decrease in cash provided of $242.6 million related to our product financing arrangements, (ii) an increase of $8.4 million of net repayments of related party notes, (iii) a reduction of $3.4 million in proceeds from notes payable issued to related parties, (iv) a decrease of $2.0 million related to noncontrolling interest contributions, and (v) a $0.9 million increase in debt issuance costs. These were partially offset by (i) a reduction of $94.9 million in repayments of notes primarily related to our AMCF Notes, (ii) an increase in cash provided from our net borrowings and repayments of $90.0 million under our Trading Credit Facility, (iii) a decrease in cash paid for dividends of $23.0 million, (iv) a decrease of $17.2 million in cash used to repurchase of our common stock under our share repurchase program, and (v) an increase in cash provided of $1.7 million related to the exercise and taxes related to share-based awards.

Capital Resources

We believe that our current cash availability under the Trading Credit Facility, product financing arrangements, financing derived from borrowed metals and the cash we anticipate generating from operating activities will provide us with sufficient liquidity to satisfy our working capital needs, capital expenditures, investment requirements, and commitments through at least the next twelve months.

CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS, CONTINGENT LIABILITIES AND COMMITMENTS

Counterparty Risk

We face counterparty risks in our Wholesale Sales & Ancillary Services segment. We manage these risks by setting credit and position risk limits with our trading counterparties, including gross position limits for counterparties engaged in sales and purchase transactions and inventory consignment transactions with us, as well as collateral limits for different types of sale and purchase transactions that counterparties may engage in from time to time.

Commodities Risk and Derivatives

We use a variety of strategies to manage our risk including fluctuations in commodity prices for precious metals. Our inventory consists of, and our trading activities involve, precious metals and precious metal products, for which prices are linked to the corresponding precious metal commodity prices. The Company's precious metals inventory is subject to fluctuations in market value, resulting from changes in the underlying commodity prices. Inventory purchased or borrowed by us is subject to price changes. Inventory borrowed is a natural hedge since changes in the value of the metal held are offset by the obligation to return the metal to the supplier or deliver metals to the customer.

Open sale and purchase commitments in our trading activities are subject to changes in value between the date the purchase or sale price is fixed (the trade date) and the date the metal is received or delivered (the settlement date). We seek to minimize the effect of price changes of the underlying commodity through the use of forward and futures contracts. Our open sale and purchase commitments generally settle within 2 business days, and for those commitments that do not have stated settlement dates, we have the right to settle the positions upon demand.

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Our policy is to substantially hedge our inventory position, net of open sale and purchase commitments that are subject to price risk. We regularly enter into precious metals commodity forward and futures contracts with financial institutions to hedge against this risk. We use futures contracts, which typically settle within 30 days, for our shorter-term hedge positions, and forward contracts, which may remain open for up to six months, for our longer-term hedge positions. We have access to all of the precious metals markets, allowing us to place hedges. We also maintain relationships with major market makers in every major precious metals dealing center.

The Company enters into these derivative transactions solely for the purpose of hedging our inventory holding risk, and not for speculative market purposes. Due to the nature of our hedging strategy, we are not using hedge accounting as defined under ASC Topic 815 Derivatives and Hedging ("ASC 815"). Unrealized gains or losses resulting from our forward and futures contracts are reported as cost of sales with the related amounts due from or to counterparties reflected as derivative assets or liabilities. The Company adjusts the derivatives to fair value on a daily basis until the transactions are settled. When these contracts are net settled, the unrealized gains and losses are reversed and the realized gains and losses for forward contracts are recorded in revenue and cost of sales, respectively, and the net realized gains and losses for futures are recorded in cost of sales.

The Company’s net gains and losses on derivative instruments totaled losses of $101.0 million and gains of $1.7 million, for the years ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively. These were substantially offset by the changes in fair market value of the underlying precious metals inventory, which is also recorded in cost of sales in the consolidated statements of income.

The purpose of the Company's hedging policy is to substantially match the change in the value of the derivative financial instrument to the change in the value of the underlying hedged item. The following table summarizes the results of our hedging activities, showing the precious metal commodity inventory position, net of open sale and purchase commitments, which is subject to price risk, compared to change in the value of the derivative instruments (in thousands):

June 30, 2025June 30, 2024
Inventories$1,279,545$1,097,144
Precious metals held under financing arrangements22,066
1,279,5451,119,210
Less unhedgeable inventories:
Collectible coin inventory, held at lower of cost or net realizable value(68,193)(3,236)
Premium on metals position(35,295)(34,175)
Precious metal value not hedged(103,488)(37,411)
Commitments at market:
Open inventory purchase commitments1,149,622817,900
Open inventory sales commitments(521,442)(388,184)
Margin sales commitments(27,446)(22,316)
In-transit inventory no longer subject to market risk(18,801)(21,715)
Unhedgeable premiums on open commitment positions10,34510,986
Borrowed precious metals(46,051)(31,993)
Product financing arrangements(484,733)(517,744)
Advances on industrial metals584394
62,078(152,672)
Precious metal subject to price risk1,238,135929,127
Precious metal subject to derivative financial instruments:
Precious metals forward contracts at market values927,990843,439
Precious metals futures contracts at market values310,64583,214
Total market value of derivative financial instruments1,238,635926,653
Net precious metals subject to commodity price risk$(500)$2,474

We are exposed to the risk of default of the counterparties to our derivative contracts. Significant judgment is applied by us when evaluating the fair value implications. We regularly review the creditworthiness of our major counterparties and monitor our exposure to concentrations. As of June 30, 2025, we believe our risk of counterparty default is mitigated based on our evaluation of the creditworthiness of our major counterparties, the strong financial condition of our counterparties, and the short-term duration of these arrangements.

We had the following outstanding sale and purchase commitments and open forward and futures contracts, which are normal and recurring, in nature (in thousands):

June 30, 2025June 30, 2024
Purchase commitments$1,149,622$817,900
Sales commitments$(521,442)$(388,184)
Margin sales commitments$(27,446)$(22,316)
Open forward contracts$927,990$843,439
Open futures contracts$310,645$83,214
Foreign exchange forward contracts$6,618$4,793

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The notional amounts of the commodity forward and futures contracts and the open sales and purchase orders, as shown in the table above, are not reflected at the notional amounts in the consolidated balance sheets. The Company records commodity forward and futures contracts at the fair value, which is the difference between the market price of the underlying metal or contract measured on the reporting date and the trade amount measured on the date the contract was transacted. The fair value of the open derivative contracts is shown as a component of derivative assets or derivative liabilities in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets.

The Company enters into the derivative forward and futures transactions solely for the purpose of hedging its inventory holding risk, and not for speculative market purposes. The Company’s gains and losses on derivative instruments are substantially offset by the changes in fair market value of the underlying precious metals inventory position, including our open sale and purchase commitments. The Company records the derivatives at the trade date, and any corresponding unrealized gains or losses are shown as a component of cost of sales in the consolidated statements of income. We adjust the carrying value of the derivatives to fair value on a daily basis until the transactions are physically settled. See Note 12 to the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

Commitments and Contingencies

Refer to Note 16 to the Company’s consolidated financial statements for information related to the Company's commitments and contingencies.

CRITICAL ACCOUNTING POLICIES AND ESTIMATES

The Company’s consolidated financial statements are prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“U.S. GAAP”). In connection with the preparation of our financial statements, we are required to make estimates and assumptions about future events and apply judgments that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenue, expenses and related disclosures. We base our assumptions, estimates and judgments on historical experience, current trends and other factors that we believe to be relevant at the time the Company’s consolidated financial statements are prepared. On a regular basis, we review our accounting policies, assumptions, estimates and judgments to ensure that the Company’s consolidated financial statements are presented fairly and in accordance with U.S. GAAP. However, because future events and their effects cannot be determined with certainty, actual results could materially differ from our estimates.

Our significant accounting policies are discussed in Note 2 to the Company’s consolidated financial statements. We believe that the following accounting policies are the most critical to aid in fully understanding and evaluating our reported financial results, and they require our most difficult, subjective or complex judgments, resulting from the need to make estimates about the effect of matters that are inherently uncertain. We have reviewed these critical accounting estimates and related disclosures with the Audit Committee of our board of directors.

Revenue Recognition

The Company accounts for a majority of its metals and sales contracts using settlement date accounting. Pursuant to such accounting, the Company recognizes the sale or purchase of the metals at settlement date. During the period between the trade and settlement dates, the Company enters into forward contracts that meet the definition of a derivative in accordance with the Derivatives and Hedging Topic 815 of the ASC (“ASC 815”). The Company records the derivative at the trade date with any corresponding unrealized gain (loss), shown as component of cost of sales in the consolidated statements of income. The Company adjusts the derivatives to fair value on a daily basis until the transactions are settled. When these contracts are settled, the unrealized gains and losses are reversed, and revenue is recognized for contracts that are physically settled. For contracts that are net settled, the realized gains and losses are recorded in cost of sales, with the exception of forward contracts, where their associated realized gains and losses are recorded in revenue and cost of sales, respectively.

Also, the Company recognizes its storage, logistics, licensing, advertising revenue, specialized auction fees, sales of collectible coins, and other services revenues in accordance with ASC 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers, which follows five basic steps to determine whether revenue can be recognized: (i) identify the contract with a customer; (ii) identify the performance obligations in the contract; (iii) determine the transaction price; (iv) allocate the transaction price to the performance obligations in the contract, and (v) recognize revenue when (or as) the entity satisfies a performance obligation.

Inventories

The Company's inventory, which primarily consists of bullion and bullion coins, is acquired and initially recorded at cost and then marked to fair market value. The fair market value of the bullion and bullion coins comprises two components: (i) published market values attributable to the cost of the raw precious metal, and (ii) the market value of the premium, which is attributable to the incremental value of the product in its finished goods form. The market value attributable solely to such premium is readily determinable by reference to multiple sources. The precious metal component of the inventory may be hedged through the use of precious metal commodity positions, while the premium component of our inventory is not a commodity that may be hedged.

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The Company’s inventory, except for certain lower of cost or net realizable value basis products (as described below), is subsequently recorded at their fair market values. The daily changes in the fair market value of our inventory are offset by daily changes in the fair market value of hedging derivatives that are taken with respect to our inventory positions; both the change in the fair market value of the inventory and the change in the fair market value of these derivative instruments are recorded in cost of sales in the consolidated statements of income.

While the premium component included in inventory is marked-to-market, our collectible coin inventory, including its premium component, is held at the lower of cost or net realizable value, because the value of collectible coins is influenced more by supply and demand determinants than by the underlying spot price of the precious metal content of the collectible coins. Unlike our bullion coins, the value of collectible coins is not subject to the same level of volatility as bullion coins because our collectible coins typically carry a substantially higher premium over the spot metal price than bullion coins. Additionally, neither the collectible coin inventory nor the premium component of our inventory is hedged.

Inventory includes amounts borrowed from suppliers and customers arising from various arrangements including unallocated metal positions held by customers in the Company’s inventory, amounts due to suppliers for the use of consigned inventory, metals held by suppliers as collateral on advanced pool metals, as well as shortages in unallocated metal positions held by the Company in the supplier’s inventory. Unallocated or pool metal represents an unsegregated inventory position that is due on demand, in a specified physical form, based on the total ounces of metal held in the position. Amounts under these arrangements require delivery either in the form of precious metals or cash. The Company mitigates market risk of its physical inventory and open commitments through commodity hedge transactions. See Note 12 to the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

The Company enters into product financing agreements with third-party finance companies for the transfer and subsequent option or obligation to reacquire its precious metals inventory at a later date. This inventory is restricted and is held at a custodial storage facility in exchange for a financing fee, charged by the third-party finance company. During the term of the financing agreement, the third-party company holds the inventory as collateral, and both parties intend for the inventory to be returned to the Company at an agreed-upon price based on the spot price on the repurchase date. The third-party charges a monthly fee as a percentage of the market value of the outstanding obligation; such monthly charge is classified as interest expense. These transactions do not qualify as sales and have been accounted for as financing arrangements in accordance with ASC 470-40 Product Financing Arrangements, and are reflected in the Company’s consolidated balance sheets as product financing arrangements. The obligation is stated at the amount required to repurchase the outstanding inventory. Both the product financing and the underlying inventory (which is restricted) are carried at fair value, with changes in fair value included in cost of sales in the Company’s consolidated statements of income.

The Company periodically loans metals to customers on a short-term consignment basis. Such inventory is removed at the time the customer elects to price and purchase the metals, and the Company records a corresponding sale and receivable.

The Company enters into financing arrangements with certain customers under which A-Mark purchases precious metals products that are subject to repurchase by the customer at the fair value of the product on the repurchase date. The Company or the counterparty may typically terminate any such arrangement with 14 days' notice. Upon termination the customer’s rights to repurchase any remaining inventory is forfeited.

Business Combinations

The accounting for a business combination requires tangible and intangible assets acquired and liabilities assumed to be recorded at estimated fair value. We value intangible assets at their estimated fair values at the acquisition date based upon assumptions related to the future cash flows and discount rates utilizing the then currently available information, and in some cases, valuation results from independent valuation specialists. The use of a discounted cash flow analysis requires significant judgment to estimate the future cash flows derived from the asset and the expected period of time over which those cash flows will occur and to determine an appropriate discount rate.

We make certain judgments and estimates when determining the fair value of assets acquired and liabilities assumed in a business combination. Those judgments and estimates also include determining the lives assigned to acquired intangibles, the resulting amortization period, what indicators will trigger an impairment, whether those indicators are other than temporary, what economic or competitive factors affect valuation, valuation methodology, and key assumptions including discount rates and cash flow estimates. In circumstances where an acquisition involves a contingent consideration arrangement, we recognize a liability equal to the fair value of the expected contingent payments as of the acquisition date. We remeasure this liability each reporting period, with the resulting changes recorded in earnings. The assumptions used in estimating fair value of contingent consideration liabilities require significant judgment; the use of different assumptions and judgments could result in a materially different estimate of fair value which may have a material impact on our results from operations and financial position.

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Goodwill and Other Purchased Intangible Assets

We evaluate goodwill and other indefinite-lived intangibles for impairment annually in the fourth quarter of the fiscal year (or more frequently if indicators of potential impairment exist) in accordance with the Intangibles - Goodwill and Other Topic 350 of the ASC (“ASC 350”). Other finite-lived intangible assets are evaluated for impairment when events or changes in business circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of the assets may not be recoverable. We may first qualitatively assess whether relevant events and circumstances make it more likely than not that the fair value of the reporting unit's goodwill is less than its carrying value. If, based on this qualitative assessment, we determine that goodwill is more likely than not to be impaired, a quantitative impairment test is performed. This step requires us to determine the fair value of the business and compare the calculated fair value of a reporting unit with its carrying amount, including goodwill. If through this quantitative analysis the Company determines the fair value of a reporting unit exceeds its carrying amount, the goodwill of the reporting unit is considered not to be impaired. If the Company concludes that the fair value of the reporting unit is less than its carrying value, a goodwill impairment will be recognized for the amount by which the carrying amount exceeds the reporting unit’s fair value.

The Company also performs impairment reviews on its indefinite-lived intangible assets (i.e., trade names, trademarks and domain names). In assessing its indefinite-lived intangible assets for impairment, the Company has the option to first perform a qualitative assessment to determine whether events or circumstances exist that lead to a determination that it is more likely than not that the fair value of the indefinite-lived intangible asset is less than its carrying amount. If the Company determines that it is not more likely than not that the fair value of an indefinite-lived intangible asset is less than its carrying amount, the Company is not required to perform any additional tests in assessing the asset for impairment. However, if the Company concludes otherwise or elects not to perform the qualitative assessment, then it is required to perform a quantitative analysis to determine if the fair value of an indefinite-lived intangible asset is less than its carrying value. If through a quantitative analysis the Company determines the fair value of an indefinite-lived intangible asset exceeds its carrying amount, the indefinite-lived intangible asset is considered not to be impaired. If the Company concludes that the fair value of an indefinite-lived intangible asset is less than its carrying value, an impairment will be recognized for the amount by which the carrying amount exceeds the indefinite-lived intangible asset’s fair value.

In the Company's fiscal 3rd quarter of 2025, the Company experienced a sustained decline in its stock price, which resulted in a market capitalization that was below the Company’s book value. The Company considered this a triggering event for interim impairment testing of the related goodwill, definite-live intangible assets and property for its material reporting units.

The Company performed a quantitative assessment for these reporting units and concluded that the fair value of the reporting units exceeded their carrying value. Therefore, no impairment was recorded. The Company determined the fair value of the reporting unit using a discounted cash flow (DCF) model. The Company also used a market-based approach, which considered economic and comparable company metrics, to corroborate the fair value results. The determination of fair value using the DCF model requires significant judgment including the projection of cash flows and the selection of appropriate discount rates. The cash flows for each reporting unit are based on the Company’s internal forecast. The discount rate used in the DCF model is an estimate of the weighted average cost of capital for the reporting units, which takes into account the relative risk of the cash flows and the time value of money.

If the Company’s future results or the anticipated timing of the recovery do not meet current expectations, it could result in a future impairment charge. There can be no assurance that the Company’s estimates and assumptions regarding the projected cash flows and discount rates made for purposes of the impairment tests will prove to be accurate predictions of the future.

Income Taxes

As part of the process of preparing the Company's consolidated financial statements, the Company is required to estimate its provision for income taxes in each of the tax jurisdictions in which it conducts business, in accordance with Income Taxes Topic 740 of the ASC ("ASC 740"). The Company computes its annual tax rate based on the statutory tax rates and tax planning opportunities available to it in the various jurisdictions in which it earns income. Significant judgment is required in determining the Company's annual tax rate and in evaluating uncertainty in its tax positions. The Company has adopted the provisions of ASC 740-10, which clarifies the accounting for uncertain tax positions. ASC 740-10 requires that the Company recognizes the impact of a tax position in the financial statements if the position is not more likely than not to be sustained upon examination based on the technical merits of the position. The Company recognizes interest and penalties related to certain uncertain tax positions as a component of income tax expense, and the accrued interest and penalties are included in deferred and income taxes payable in the Company's consolidated balance sheets. See Note 13 to the Company's consolidated financial statements for more information on the Company’s accounting for income taxes.

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Income taxes are accounted for using an asset and liability approach that requires the recognition of deferred tax assets and liabilities for the expected future tax consequences of events that have been included in the financial statements. Under this method, deferred tax assets and liabilities are determined based on the differences between the financial statement and tax basis of assets and liabilities using enacted tax rates in effect for the year in which the differences are expected to reverse. The effect of a change in tax rates on deferred tax assets and liabilities is recognized in income in the period that includes the enactment date. A valuation allowance is provided when it is more likely than not that some portion or all of the net deferred tax assets will not be realized. The factors used to assess the likelihood of realization include the Company's forecast of the reversal of temporary differences, future taxable income, and available tax planning strategies that could be implemented to realize the net deferred tax assets. Failure to achieve forecasted taxable income in applicable tax jurisdictions could affect the ultimate realization of deferred tax assets and could result in an increase in the Company's effective tax rate on future earnings. Based on our assessment, it appears more likely than not that all of the net deferred tax assets will be realized through future taxable income.

RECENT ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS

For a description of accounting changes and recent accounting standards, including the expected dates of adoption and estimated effects, if any, on our financial position or results of operations, see Note 2 to the Company's consolidated financial statements.

MD&A history

Prior-year 10-K MD&A spans are extracted from SEC filings with the same bounded parser used for the latest filing. The latest 10-K appears above; prior years are below.

FY 2024 10-K MD&A

SEC filing source: 0000950170-24-106317.

Extracted structurally from real Item 7 body heading to real Item 7A/8 boundary. Published MD&A gate trimmed front/tail over-capture. Confidence: high. Filing date: 2024-09-13. Report date: 2024-06-30.

ITEM 7. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

CAUTIONARY STATEMENT PURSUANT TO THE PRIVATE SECURITIES LITIGATION REFORM ACT OF 1995

This Annual Report on Form 10-K ("Form 10-K") contains statements that are considered forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements give the Company's current expectations and forecasts of future events. All statements other than statements of current or historical fact contained in this Annual Report, including statements regarding the Company's future financial position, business strategy, budgets, projected costs and plans, and objectives of management for future operations, are forward-looking statements. The words “anticipate,” “believe,” “continue,” “estimate,” “expect,” “intend,” “may,” “plan,” and similar expressions, as they relate to the Company, are intended to identify forward-looking statements. These statements are based on the Company's current plans, estimates and beliefs, and the Company's actual future activities and results of operations may be materially different from those set forth in the forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from the statements made. Any or all of the forward-looking statements in this Annual Report may turn out to be inaccurate. The Company has based these forward-looking statements largely on its current expectations and projections about future events and financial trends that it believes may affect its financial condition, results of operations, business strategy, and financial needs. The forward-looking statements can be affected by inaccurate assumptions or by known or unknown risks and uncertainties. The Company undertakes no obligation to publicly revise these forward-looking statements to reflect events occurring after the date hereof. All subsequent written and oral forward-looking statements attributable to the Company or persons acting on its behalf are expressly qualified in their entirety by the cautionary statements contained in this Form 10-K.

The following discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and notes contained elsewhere in this Form 10-K. This discussion contains forward-looking statements that reflect our plans, estimates and beliefs. Our actual results could differ materially from those discussed in these forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause or contribute to these differences include those factors discussed below and elsewhere in this Annual Report, particularly in “Risk Factors.”

INTRODUCTION

Management's discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations is provided as a supplement to the accompanying consolidated financial statements and related notes to aid in the understanding of our results of operations and financial condition. We have omitted discussion of our fiscal year 2022 results where it would be redundant to the discussion previously included in Item 7 of our fiscal year 2023 Annual Report on Form 10-K. Our discussion is organized as follows:


Executive overview. This section provides a general description of our business, as well as significant transactions and events that we believe are important in understanding the results of operations.


Results of operations. This section provides an analysis of our results of operations presented in the accompanying consolidated statements of income by comparing the results for the respective periods presented. Included in our analysis is a discussion of seven performance metrics:

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(i) ounces of gold and silver sold,

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(ii) Wholesale Sales ticket volume,

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(iii) Direct-to-Consumer ticket volume:


(a) Direct-to-Consumer ticket volume from new customers,


(b) Direct-to-Consumer ticket volume from pre-existing customers,


(c) Direct-to-Consumer total ticket volume,

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(iv) Direct-to-Consumer and JMB average order value,

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(v) number of Direct-to-Consumer customers:


(a) Direct-to-Consumer number of new customers,


(b) Direct-to-Consumer number of active customers,


(c) Direct-to-Consumer total customers,

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(vi) inventory turnover ratio, and

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(vii) number of secured loans at period-end.

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Segment results of operations. This section provides an analysis of our results of operations presented for our three segments:

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Wholesale Sales & Ancillary Services,

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Direct-to-Consumer, and

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Secured Lending

comparing results for the periods presented.


Non-GAAP Measures. This section provides an analysis of our non-GAAP measures with a reconciliation to the most directly comparable U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (“U.S. GAAP”) measure reported on the consolidated financial statements. The Company uses the following two non-GAAP measures:

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"adjusted net income before provision for income taxes", and

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"earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization", or "EBITDA".


Liquidity and financial condition. This section provides an analysis of our cash flows, as well as a discussion of our outstanding debt as of June 30, 2024, sources of liquidity and the amount of financial capacity available to fund our future commitments and other financing arrangements.


Critical accounting policies and estimates. This section discusses critical accounting policies that are considered both important to our financial condition and results of operations and require management to make significant judgment and estimates. All of our significant accounting policies, including the critical accounting policies, are summarized in Note 2 to the Company’s consolidated financial statements.


Recent accounting pronouncements. This section discusses new accounting pronouncements, dates of implementation, and their expected impact on our accompanying consolidated financial statements.

EXECUTIVE OVERVIEW

Our Business

The Company conducts its operations in three reportable segments: (i) Wholesale Sales & Ancillary Services, (ii) Direct-to-Consumer, and (iii) Secured Lending.

Wholesale Sales & Ancillary Services Segment

The Company operates its Wholesale Sales & Ancillary Services segment directly and through its consolidated subsidiaries, A-Mark Trading AG (“AMTAG”), Transcontinental Depository Services, LLC ("TDS" or “Storage”), A-M Global Logistics, LLC (“AMGL” or "Logistics"), AM&ST Associates, LLC ("AMST" or the “Silver Towne Mint"), and AM/LPM Ventures, LLC, which we formed in February 2024 to acquire LPM Group Limited ("LPM").

The Wholesale Sales & Ancillary Services segment operates as a full-service precious metals company. We offer gold, silver, platinum, and palladium in the form of bars, plates, powder, wafers, grain, ingots, and coins. Our Industrial unit services manufacturers and fabricators of products utilizing or incorporating precious metals. Our Coin and Bar unit deals in approximately 2,100 coin and bar products in a variety of weights, shapes, and sizes for distribution to dealers and other qualified purchasers. We have a marketing support office in Vienna, Austria, a numismatics showroom in Hong Kong, and a trading center in El Segundo, California. The trading center, for buying and selling precious metals, is available to receive orders 24 hours every day, even when many major world commodity markets are closed. In addition to Wholesale Sales activity, A-Mark offers its customers a variety of ancillary services, including financing, storage, consignment, logistics, and various customized financial programs. As a U.S. Mint-authorized purchaser of gold, silver, platinum, and palladium coins, A-Mark purchases product directly from the U.S. Mint, and it also purchases product from other sovereign mints, for sale to its customers.

Through its wholly-owned subsidiary AMTAG, the Company promotes its products and services to certain international markets. Through our wholly-owned subsidiary TDS, we offer a variety of managed storage options for precious metals products to financial institutions, dealers, investors, and collectors around the world.

The Company's wholly-owned subsidiary AMGL is based in Las Vegas, Nevada, and provides our customers an array of complementary services, including receiving, handling, inventorying, processing, packing, and shipping of precious metals and custom coins on a secure basis.

Through its wholly-owned subsidiary AMST, the Company designs and produces minted silver products. Our Silver Towne Mint operations allow us to provide greater product selection to our customers and greater pricing stability within the supply chain, as well as to gain increased access to fabricated silver products during volatile market environments, which have historically created higher demand for precious metals products.

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In February 2024, the Company acquired LPM, one of Asia's largest precious metals dealers. Headquartered in Hong Kong, LPM extends A-Mark's global reach by offering its full-service precious metals products and services in Asia and internationally.

Direct-to-Consumer

The Company operates its Direct-to-Consumer segment through its wholly-owned subsidiaries JM Bullion, Inc. (“JMB”) and Goldline, Inc. (“Goldline”), and through its investment in Silver Gold Bull, Inc. ("SGB"). JMB currently has six wholly-owned subsidiaries: Buy Gold and Silver Corp. ("BGASC"), BX Corporation ("BullionMax"), Gold Price Group, Inc. (“GPG”), Silver.com, Inc. (“Silver.com”), Provident Metals Corp. (“PMC”), and CyberMetals Corp. ("CyberMetals"). Goldline owns 100% of AMIP, LLC ("AMIP"). SGB and Goldline each have a 50% ownership interest in Precious Metals Purchasing Partners, LLC ("PMPP"). As the context requires, references to JMB may include BGASC, BullionMax, GPG, Silver.com, PMC, and CyberMetals and references to Goldline may include AMIP and PMPP.

JMB is a leading e-commerce retailer providing access to a broad array of gold, silver, copper, platinum, and palladium products through its websites. JMB owns and operates numerous websites targeting specific niches within the precious metals retail market, including JMBullion.com, ProvidentMetals.com, Silver.com, CyberMetals.com, GoldPrice.org, SilverPrice.org, BGASC.com, BullionMax.com, and Gold.com.

In April 2022, JMB commercially launched the CyberMetals online platform, where customers can purchase and sell fractional shares of digital gold, silver, platinum, and palladium bars in a range of denominations. CyberMetals’ customers have the option to convert their digital holdings to fabricated precious metals products via an integrated redemption flow with JMB. These products may be designated for storage by the Company or shipped directly to the customer.

The Company acquired Goldline in August 2017 through an asset purchase transaction with Goldline, LLC, which had been in operation since 1960. Goldline is a direct retailer of precious metals to the investor community, and markets its precious metal products on television, radio, and the internet, as well as through customer service outreach. AMIP manages Goldline’s intellectual property.

PMPP was formed in fiscal 2019 pursuant to terms of a joint venture agreement between Goldline and SGB, for the purpose of purchasing precious metals from the partners' retail customers, and then reselling the acquired products back to affiliates of the partners. PMPP commenced operations in fiscal 2020.

In 2014, the Company acquired its initial ownership interest in SGB, a leading e-commerce precious metals retailer in Canada, increasing its ownership to 55.4% in June 2024. Our investment in SGB expands our direct-to-consumer footprint in the international market. SGB's financial results and performance metrics have been included in our consolidated financial results from June 21, 2024, the date we obtained a controlling ownership interest in SGB, and SGB became a consolidated subsidiary of the Company. Through its website, SilverGoldBull.com, SGB offers a variety of products from gold, silver, platinum, and palladium bars, coins and rounds, as well as certified coins from mints around the world.

Secured Lending

The Company operates its Secured Lending segment through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Collateral Finance Corporation, LLC, including its wholly-owned subsidiary, CFC Alternative Investments (“CAI”) (collectively “CFC”).

CFC is a California licensed finance lender that originates and acquires commercial loans secured primarily by bullion and numismatic coins. CFC's customers include coin and precious metal dealers, investors, and collectors. As of June 30, 2024, CFC had approximately $113.1 million in secured loans outstanding, of which approximately 14.6% were acquired from third parties (some of which may be customers of A-Mark) and approximately 85.4% were originated by CFC.

CAI is a holding company that has an equity method interest in Collectible Card Partners, LLC (“CCP”). CCP originates commercial loans secured by graded sports cards. CCP commenced operations in fiscal 2022.

AM Capital Funding, LLC (“AMCF”), previously a wholly-owned subsidiary of CFC, was formed for the purpose of securitizing eligible secured loans of CFC. AMCF issued and administered Secured Senior Term Notes: Series 2018-1, Class A, with an aggregate principal amount of $72.0 million and Secured Subordinated Term Notes, Series 2018-1, Class B in the aggregate principal amount of $28.0 million (collectively referred to as the "AMCF Notes"). The AMCF Notes were repaid in full in December 2023. AMCF was dissolved in June 2024. See Note 15 to the Company’s consolidated financial statements for additional information.

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Our Strategy

The Company was formed in 1965 and has grown into a significant participant in the bullion and coin markets, with $9.7 billion in revenues for fiscal year 2024. We have remained active in seeking investment opportunities to strategically enhance our business, and also continue to focus on growth in the volume of our business, our geographic presence, and the scope of complementary products, services, and technological tools that we offer to our customers. In doing so, we seek to leverage off the strengths of our existing integrated operations, which span trading, distribution, logistics, minting, storage, hedging, financing, and consignment products and services, including:


our expertise in e-commerce and marketing;


the depth of our customer relationships and our ability to acquire and retain new customers;


our long-standing relationships with the United States Mint and other sovereign and private mints;


our access to market makers and suppliers;


our global trading systems;


our network of precious metals dealers;


our depository relationships around the world;


our design and production of minted silver products;


our ability to obtain more favorable pricing and financing terms due to our size;


our ability to manage exposure to commodity price risk through our experienced traders;


our distribution, storage and logistics capabilities;


our knowledge of secured lending; and


the quality and experience of our management team.

Our Customers

Our customers include financial institutions, bullion retailers, industrial manufacturers and fabricators, sovereign mints, refiners, coin and metal dealers, investors, collectors, and e-commerce and other retail customers. The Company makes a two-way market in its wholesale operations, which results in many customers also operating as our suppliers in that segment. This diverse base of wholesale customers purchases a variety of products from the Company in a multitude of grades, primarily in the form of coins and bars. Our Direct-to-Consumer segment sells to (and, through JMB and PMPP, buys from) retail customers, with JMB and SGB focusing on e-commerce operations and Goldline marketing through various traditional and e-commerce channels to the investor community. The Direct-to-Consumer segment offers these customers a variety of gold, silver, copper, platinum, and palladium products.

Factors Affecting Revenues, Gross Profit, Interest Income, and Interest Expense

Set forth below are the key factors affecting the Company’s revenues, gross profit, interest income, and interest expense. These factors may be attributable to both the Company’s ongoing business activities as well as from Company acquisitions.

Revenues. The Company enters into transactions to sell and deliver gold, silver, platinum, and palladium to industrial and commercial users, coin and bullion dealers, mints, and financial institutions. The metals are investment or industrial grade and are sold in a variety of shapes and sizes.

The Company also sells and delivers gold, silver, platinum, palladium, and copper products directly to customers and the investor community through its Direct-to Consumer segment. Customers may place orders online at one of the Company's websites or over the phone.

The Company sells precious metals on forward contracts at a fixed price based on current prevailing precious metal spot prices with a certain delivery date in the future (up to six months from inception date of the forward contract). The Company also uses other derivative products (primarily futures contracts) or combinations thereof to hedge commodity risks. We enter into these forward and futures contracts as part of our hedging strategy to mitigate our price risk of holding inventory; they are not entered into for speculative purposes.

Forward sales contracts by their nature are required to be included in revenues, unlike futures contracts which do not impact the Company’s revenue. The decision to use a forward contract versus another derivative type of product (e.g., a futures contract) for hedging purposes is based on the economics of the transaction. Since the volume of hedging can be significant, the movement in and out of forwards can substantially impact revenues, either positively or negatively, from period to period. For this reason, the Company believes ounces sold (excluding ounces sold on forward sales contracts) is a meaningful metric to assess our top line performance.

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In addition, the Company earns revenue by providing storage solutions for precious metals and numismatic coins for financial institutions, dealers, investors, and collectors worldwide and by providing storage and order-fulfillment services to our retail customers. The Company also earns revenue from advertisements placed on our Direct-to-Consumer websites. These revenue streams represent less than 1% of the Company’s consolidated revenues.

The Company operates in a high volume/low margin industry. Revenues are impacted by three primary factors: product volume, market prices, and market volatility. A material change in any one or more of these factors may result in a significant change in the Company’s revenues. A significant increase or decrease in revenues can occur simply based on changes in the underlying commodity prices and may not be reflective of an increase or decrease in the volume of products sold.

Gross Profit. Gross profit is the difference between our revenues and the cost of our products sold. Since we quote prices based on the current commodity market prices for precious metals, we enter into a combination of forward and futures contracts to effect a hedge position equal to the underlying precious metal commodity value, which substantially represents inventory subject to price risk. We enter into these derivative transactions solely for the purpose of hedging our inventory, and not for speculative purposes. Our gross profit includes the gains and losses resulting from these derivative instruments. However, the gains and losses on the derivative instruments are substantially offset by the gains and losses on the corresponding changes in the market value of our precious metals inventory. As a result, our results of operations generally are not materially impacted by changes in commodity prices.

Interest Income. The Company enters into secured loans and secured financing structures with its customers under which it charges interest. CFC originates loans and acquires loan portfolios that are secured by precious metal bullion and numismatic material owned by the borrowers and held by the Company for the term of the loan. Also, the Company offers a number of secured financing options to its customers to finance their precious metals purchases including consignments and other structured inventory finance products whereby the Company earns a fee based on the underlying value of the precious metal ("repurchase arrangements with customers").

Interest Expense. The Company incurs interest expense associated with its lines of credit, notes payable, product financing agreements for the transfer and subsequent re-acquisition of gold, silver, and platinum at a fixed price with a third-party finance company ("product financing arrangements"), and short-term precious metal borrowing arrangements with our suppliers ("liabilities on borrowed metals").

Performance Metrics

In addition to financial statement indicators, management also utilizes key operational metrics to assess the performance of our business. SGB's performance metrics have been included in our consolidated financial results from June 21, 2024, the date we obtained a controlling ownership interest in SGB, and SGB became a consolidated subsidiary of the Company.

Gold and Silver Ounces Sold and Delivered to Customers. A key performance metric we utilize is the number of ounces of gold and silver sold and delivered to our customers (excluding ounces recorded on forward contracts). These metrics reflect our business volume without regard to changes in commodity pricing, which also impacts revenue, but can mask actual business trends.

The primary purpose of entering into forward sales transactions is to hedge commodity price risk. Although the revenues realized from these forward sales transactions are often significant, they generally have negligible impact on gross margins. As a result, the Company excludes the ounces recorded on forward contracts from its performance metrics, as the Company does not enter into forward sales transactions for speculative purposes.

Wholesale Sales Ticket Volume. Another measure of our business that is unaffected by changes in commodity pricing is ticket volume (or number of orders processed). Ticket volume for the Wholesale Sales & Ancillary Services segment measures the total number of wholesale orders processed during the period. In periods of higher volatility, there is generally increased trading in the commodity markets, causing increased demand for our products, resulting in higher business volume. During periods of heightened demand, order size per ticket may increase.

Direct-to-Consumer Customers. We are focused on attracting new customers and retaining existing customers to drive revenue growth. We use the following three metrics as revenue growth indicators when assessing our customer base:


New Direct-to-Consumer Customers means the number of customers that have registered or set up a new account, made a purchase for the first time during the period, or acquired through investment activity.


Active Direct-to-Consumer Customers means the number of customers that have made a purchase during any month during the period.


Total Direct-to-Consumer Customers means the aggregate number of customers that have registered or set up an account or have made a purchase in the past.

Direct-to-Consumer Ticket Volume. Ticket volume for the Direct-to-Consumer segment measures the number of product orders processed during the period. In periods of higher volatility, there is generally increased consumer demand for our products, resulting in higher business volume. We use the following three metrics indicators when assessing our ticket volume:

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Ticket Volume from New Direct-to-Consumer Customers means the number of product orders from new customers (refer to the definition of new customers above) processed by JMB, Goldline, SGB, and PMPP during the period.


Ticket Volume from Pre-existing Direct-to-Consumer Customers means the number of product orders from pre-existing customers, processed by JMB, Goldline, SGB, and PMPP during the period.


Total Ticket Volume from Direct-to-Consumer Customers means the aggregate number of product orders processed by JMB, Goldline, SGB, and PMPP during the period.

Average Order Value. Average order value for the Direct-to-Consumer segment and JMB measures the average dollar value of product orders (excluding accumulation program orders) delivered to the customer during the period.

Inventory Turnover. Inventory turnover is another performance measure on which we are focused and is calculated as the cost of sales divided by the average inventory during the relevant period. Inventory turnover is a measure of how quickly inventory has moved during the period. A higher inventory turnover ratio, which we typically experience during periods of higher volatility when trading is more robust, typically reflects a more efficient use of our capital.

The period of time that inventory is held by the Company varies depending upon the nature of our inventory commitments with customers and suppliers. See Note 6 to the Company’s consolidated financial statements for a description of our classifications of inventory by type. When management analyzes inventory turnover on a period over period basis, consideration is given to each inventory type and its corresponding impact on the inventory turnover calculation. For example:


The Company enters into various structured borrowing arrangements that commit the Company's inventory (such as product financing arrangements or liabilities on borrowed metals) for an unspecified period of time. While the Company is able to obtain access to this inventory on demand, this type of inventory tends not to turn over as quickly as other types of inventory.


The Company enters into repurchase arrangements with customers under which it holds precious metals which are subject to repurchase for an unspecified period of time. While the Company has legal title to this inventory, the Company is required to hold this inventory (or like-kind inventory) for the customer until the arrangement is terminated or the material is repurchased by the customer. As a result, this type of inventory tends not to turn over as quickly as other types of inventory.

Additionally, our inventory turnover ratio can be affected by hedging activity, as the period over period change of the inventory turnover ratio may be significantly impacted by a period over period change in hedging volume. For example, if trading activity were to remain constant over two periods, but there were significantly higher forward sales in the current period compared to a prior period, the calculated inventory turnover ratio would increase notwithstanding the constancy of the trading volume.

Number of Secured Loans. Finally, as a measure of the size of our Secured Lending segment, we utilize the number of outstanding secured loans to customers that are primarily collateralized by precious metals at the end of each quarter.

The Company calculates a loan-to-value ("LTV") ratio for each loan as the principal amount of the loan divided by the liquidation value of the collateral, which is based on daily spot market prices of precious metal bullion. When the market price of the pledged collateral decreases and thereby increases the LTV ratio of a loan above a prescribed maximum ratio, usually 85%, the Company has the option to make a margin call on the loan. As a result, a decline of precious metal market prices may cause a decrease in the number of loans outstanding in a period.

Non-GAAP Measures

In addition to key operational metrics that are used to assess the performance of our business, management also uses non-GAAP financial performance and liquidity measures. We believe "adjusted net income before provision for income taxes” and "EBITDA" can provide useful information to evaluate our financial performance and liquidity position. Non-GAAP measures do not have standardized definitions and should not be a substitute for measures that are prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP. For a reconciliation of these non-GAAP measures to the most directly comparable U.S. GAAP measure reported in our consolidated statements of income and consolidated statements of cash flows and a discussion of certain limitations inherent in such measures, refer to the “Non-GAAP Measures” section below.

Fiscal Year

Our fiscal year end is June 30 each year.

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Macroeconomic Volatility

Continued macroeconomic uncertainty and the volatility in the financial markets in recent years have positively affected the Company’s trading revenues and gross profit as the volatility of the price of precious metals and numismatics typically results in an increase in the spread between bid and ask prices on these products. Although conditions may fluctuate from period to period, when volatility is high, we historically experience increased demand for products in each of our coin and bar, industrial, and retail businesses. While macroeconomic uncertainty continues to impact our business, its effects have been less pronounced in the current fiscal year. The Company cannot predict the periods during which such increased volatility will occur or the level of such increased volatility, the effect of such volatility and macroeconomic uncertainty on the Company, or whether other effects on the Company and its businesses will materialize in the short or long term.

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RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

Overview of Results of Operations

Consolidated Results of Operations for the Years Ended June 30, 2024 and 2023

The operating results of our business were as follows (in thousands, except per share and performance metrics data):

Year Ended June 30,20242023Change
$% of revenue$% of revenue$%
Revenues$9,699,039100.000%$9,286,561100.000%$412,4784.4%
Gross profit173,2551.786%294,6693.173%$(121,414)(41.2%)
Selling, general, and administrative expenses(89,800)(0.926%)(85,282)(0.918%)$4,5185.3%
Depreciation and amortization expense(11,397)(0.118%)(12,525)(0.135%)$(1,128)(9.0%)
Interest income27,1680.280%22,2310.239%$4,93722.2%
Interest expense(39,531)(0.408%)(31,528)(0.340%)$8,00325.4%
Earnings from equity method investments4,0440.042%12,5760.135%$(8,532)(67.8%)
Other income, net2,0710.021%2,6630.029%$(592)(22.2%)
Remeasurement gain on pre-existing equity interest16,6690.172%%$16,669%
Unrealized gains on foreign exchange2990.003%3660.004%$(67)(18.3%)
Net income before provision for income taxes82,7780.853%203,1702.188%$(120,392)(59.3%)
Income tax expense(13,745)(0.142%)(46,401)(0.500%)$(32,656)(70.4%)
Net income69,0330.712%156,7691.688%$(87,736)(56.0%)
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests4870.005%4090.004%$7819.1%
Net income attributable to the Company$68,5460.707%$156,3601.684%$(87,814)(56.2%)
Basic and diluted net income per share attributable to A-Mark Precious Metals, Inc.:
Per Share Data:
Basic$2.97$6.68$(3.71)(55.5%)
Diluted$2.84$6.34$(3.50)(55.2%)
Performance Metrics:(1)
Gold ounces sold(2)1,839,0002,667,000(828,000)(31.0%)
Silver ounces sold(3)108,096,000156,233,000(48,137,000)(30.8%)
Inventory turnover ratio(4)9.210.5(1.3)(12.4%)
Number of secured loans at period end(5)588882(294)(33.3%)

(1)
See "Results of Segments" for a description of additional metrics not listed above.

(2)
Gold ounces sold represents the ounces of gold product sold and delivered to the customer during the period, excluding ounces of gold recorded on forward contracts.

(3)
Silver ounces sold represents the ounces of silver product sold and delivered to the customer during the period, excluding ounces of silver recorded on forward contracts.

(4)
Inventory turnover ratio is the cost of sales divided by average inventory for the period presented above. This calculation excludes precious metals held under financing arrangements, which are not classified as inventory on the consolidated balance sheets.

(5)
Number of outstanding secured loans to customers that are primarily collateralized by precious metals at the end of the period.

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Revenues

in thousands, except performance metrics
Year Ended June 30,20242023Change
$% of revenue$% of revenue$%
Revenues$9,699,039100.000%$9,286,561100.000%$412,4784.4%
Performance Metrics
Gold ounces sold1,839,0002,667,000(828,000)(31.0%)
Silver ounces sold108,096,000156,233,000(48,137,000)(30.8%)

Revenues for the year ended June 30, 2024 increased $412.5 million, or 4.4%, to $9.699 billion from $9.287 billion in 2023. Excluding an increase of $1.561 billion of forward sales, our revenues decreased $1.148 billion, or 16.7%, which was due to a decrease in gold and silver ounces sold, partially offset by higher average selling prices of gold and silver.

Gold ounces sold for the year ended June 30, 2024 decreased 828,000 ounces, or 31.0%, to 1,839,000 ounces from 2,667,000 ounces in 2023. Silver ounces sold for the year ended June 30, 2024 decreased 48,137,000 ounces, or 30.8%, to 108,096,000 ounces from 156,233,000 ounces in 2023. On average, the selling prices for gold increased by 11.4% and selling prices for silver increased by 11.0% during the year ended June 30, 2024 as compared to the prior year.

JMB's revenue represented 13.6% and 19.4% of the Company's consolidated revenue for the years ended June 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively.

Gross Profit

in thousands, except performance metric
Year Ended June 30,20242023Change
$% of revenue$% of revenue$%
Gross profit$173,2551.786%$294,6693.173%$(121,414)(41.2%)
Performance Metric
Inventory turnover ratio9.210.5(1.3)(12.4%)

Gross profit for the year ended June 30, 2024 decreased $121.4 million, or 41.2%, to $173.3 million from $294.7 million in 2023. The overall gross profit decrease was due to lower gross profits earned from both the Wholesale Sales & Ancillary Services and Direct-to-Consumer segments.

The Company’s overall gross margin percentage for the year ended June 30, 2024 decreased by 138.7 basis points to 1.786% from 3.173% in 2023. Excluding an increase of $1.561 billion of forward sales that had a negligible impact to the amount of gross profit, our gross margin percentage for the year ended June 30, 2024 decreased by 126.2 basis points to 3.029% from 4.291%, which was primarily due to lower premium spreads, partially offset by higher trading profits. JMB’s retail market activity represented 40.6% and 48.5%, respectively, of the Company’s consolidated gross profit for the years ended June 30, 2024 and 2023.

Our inventory turnover ratio for the year ended June 30, 2024 decreased by 12.4% to 9.2 from 10.5 in 2023. The decrease in our inventory turnover ratio was primarily due to higher average inventory balances held under product financing arrangements, partially offset by higher forward sales.

Selling, General, and Administrative Expense

in thousands
Year Ended June 30,20242023Change
$% of revenue$% of revenue$%
Selling, general, and administrative expenses$(89,800)(0.926%)$(85,282)(0.918%)$4,5185.3%

Selling, general, and administrative expenses for the year ended June 30, 2024 increased $4.5 million, or 5.3%, to $89.8 million from $85.3 million in 2023. The change was primarily due to: (i) an increase in consulting and professional fees of $5.3 million and (ii) an increase in information technology costs of $1.0 million, partially offset by (iii) a decrease in insurance costs of $0.9 million, (iv) a decrease in compensation expense (including performance-based accruals) of $0.7 million, and (v) a decrease in advertising costs of $0.7 million.

Depreciation and Amortization Expense

in thousands
Year Ended June 30,20242023Change
$% of revenue$% of revenue$%
Depreciation and amortization expense$(11,397)(0.118%)$(12,525)(0.135%)$(1,128)(9.0%)

Depreciation and amortization expense for the year ended June 30, 2024 decreased $1.1 million, or 9.0%, to $11.4 million from $12.5 million in 2023 primarily due to (i) a $2.2 million decrease in JMB’s intangible asset amortization expense, partially offset by (ii) a $0.6 million increase in depreciation expense related to our property, plant and equipment and (iii) $0.5 million of amortization expense relating to intangible assets acquired through our acquisition of LPM and acquisition of a controlling interest in SGB.

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Interest Income

in thousands, except performance metric
Year Ended June 30,20242023Change
$% of revenue$% of revenue$%
Interest income$27,1680.280%$22,2310.239%$4,93722.2%
Performance Metric
Number of secured loans at period-end588882(294)(33.3%)

Interest income for the year ended June 30, 2024 increased $4.9 million, or 22.2%, to $27.2 million from $22.2 million in 2023. The aggregate increase in interest income was primarily due to an increase in other finance product income of $3.2 million and an increase in interest income earned by our Secured Lending segment of $1.7 million.

The interest income from our Secured Lending segment increased by $1.7 million, or 17.8%, compared with the prior year period. The increase in interest income earned from the segment’s secured loan portfolio was primarily due to an increase in interest rates and higher average monthly loan balances, partially offset by fewer loans outstanding. The number of secured loans outstanding decreased by 33.3% to 588 as of June 30, 2024, from 882 as of June 30, 2023.

Interest Expense

in thousands
Year Ended June 30,20242023Change
$% of revenue$% of revenue$%
Interest expense$(39,531)(0.408%)$(31,528)(0.340%)$8,00325.4%

Interest expense for the year ended June 30, 2024 increased $8.0 million, or 25.4%, to $39.5 million from $31.5 million in 2023. The increase in interest expense was primarily driven by each of the following components: (i) an increase of $8.4 million associated with our Trading Credit Facility due to an increase in interest rates as well as increased borrowings and (ii) an increase of $3.0 million related to product financing arrangements, partially offset by (iii) a decrease of $3.2 million related to the AMCF Notes (including amortization of debt issuance costs) due to the repayment in December 2023 and (iv) a $0.5 million decrease in loan servicing fees.

Earnings from Equity Method Investments

in thousands
Year Ended June 30,20242023Change
$% of revenue$% of revenue$%
Earnings from equity method investments$4,0440.042%$12,5760.135%$(8,532)(67.8%)

Earnings from equity method investments for the year ended June 30, 2024 decreased $8.5 million, or 67.8%, to $4.0 million from $12.6 million in 2023 due to decreased earnings of our equity method investees.

Other Income, Net

in thousands
Year Ended June 30,20242023Change
$% of revenue$% of revenue$%
Other income, net$2,0710.021%$2,6630.029%$(592)(22.2%)

Other income, net for the year ended June 30, 2024 decreased $0.6 million, or 22.2%, to $2.1 million from $2.7 million in 2023. The decrease in other income, net was not significant.

Remeasurement Gain on Pre-Existing Equity Interest

in thousands
Year Ended June 30,20242023Change
$% of revenue$% of revenue$%
Remeasurement gain on pre-existing equity interest$16,6690.172%$%$16,669%

The remeasurement gain on pre-existing equity interest was recognized in connection with the acquisition of a controlling interest in SGB in June 2024. The Company’s estimated fair value of its 47.4% pre-existing equity interest in SGB was determined to be approximately $56.8 million at the acquisition date. Based on the total consideration paid of $128.8 million, as well as adjustments to our option to acquire additional equity interest in SGB and the derecognition of our cumulative translation balances related to SGB, the remeasurement resulted in a gain of $16.7 million. For additional information about our most recent acquisition see Note 1 to the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

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Income Tax Expense

in thousands
Year Ended June 30,20242023Change
$% of revenue$% of revenue$%
Income tax expense$(13,745)(0.142%)$(46,401)(0.500%)$(32,656)(70.4%)

Our income tax expense was $13.7 million and $46.4 million for the years ended June 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively. Our effective tax rate was approximately 16.6% and 22.8% for the years ended June 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively. For the year ended June 30, 2024, our effective tax rate differed from the federal statutory rate primarily due to a one-time adjustment related to the SGB step acquisition, the excess tax benefit from share-based compensation, foreign derived intangible income special deduction and partially offset by state taxes (net of federal tax benefit), Section 162(m) executive compensation disallowance, and other normal course non-deductible expenditures. For the year ended June 30, 2023, our effective tax rate differed from the federal statutory rate primarily due to the excess tax benefit from share-based compensation, foreign derived intangible income special deduction, offset by state taxes (net of federal tax benefit), Section 162(m) executive compensation disallowance, and other normal course non-deductible expenditures.

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SEGMENT RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

The Company conducts its operations in three reportable segments: (i) Wholesale Sales & Ancillary Services, (ii) Direct-to-Consumer, and (iii) Secured Lending.

Results of Operations — Wholesale Sales & Ancillary Services Segment

The Company operates its Wholesale Sales & Ancillary Services segment directly and through its consolidated subsidiaries, A-Mark Trading AG (“AMTAG”), Transcontinental Depository Services ("TDS"), A-M Global Logistics, LLC ("Logistics"), AM&ST Associates, LLC ("AMST" or "Silver Towne" or the "Mint"), and AM/LPM Ventures, LLC, which we formed in February 2024 to acquire LPM Group Limited ("LPM"). The Wholesale Sales & Ancillary Services segment includes the consolidating eliminations of inter-segment transactions and unallocated segment adjustments.

Overview of Results of Operations for the Years Ended June 30, 2024 and 2023

— Wholesale Sales & Ancillary Services Segment

The operating results of our Wholesale Sales & Ancillary Services segment were as follows (in thousands, except performance metrics data):

Year Ended June 30,20242023Change
$% of revenue$% of revenue$%
Revenues$8,247,370(a)100.000%$7,289,139(b)100.000%$958,23113.1%
Gross profit90,2091.094%(c)125,6781.724%(d)$(35,469)(28.2%)
Selling, general, and administrative expenses(45,968)(0.557%)(40,181)(0.551%)$5,78714.4%
Depreciation and amortization expense(1,860)(0.023%)(970)(0.013%)$89091.8%
Interest income15,7300.191%12,5230.172%$3,20725.6%
Interest expense(28,252)(0.343%)(19,660)(0.270%)$8,59243.7%
Earnings from equity method investments3,9980.048%12,5750.173%$(8,577)(68.2%)
Other income, net1,0640.013%1610.002%$903560.9%
Remeasurement gain on pre-existing equity interest16,6690.202%%$16,669%
Unrealized gains on foreign exchange2610.003%3660.005%$(105)(28.7%)
Net income before provision for income taxes$51,8510.629%$90,4921.241%$(38,641)(42.7%)
Performance Metrics:
Gold ounces sold(1)1,385,0002,038,000(653,000)(32.0%)
Silver ounces sold(2)94,877,000132,582,000(37,705,000)(28.4%)
Wholesale Sales ticket volume(3)104,833101,4883,3453.3%

(a)
Revenues are presented net of inter-segment transactions with the Direct-to-Consumer segment that totaled $1.006 billion. This segment’s gross sales before eliminations of inter-segment activity totaled $9.253 billion.

(b)
Revenues are presented net of inter-segment transactions with the Direct-to-Consumer segment that totaled $1.464 billion. This segment’s gross sales before eliminations of inter-segment activity totaled $8.754 billion.

(c)
Gross profit percentage before elimination of inter-segment sales to the Direct-to-Consumer segment was 0.916% for the period.

(d)
Gross profit percentage before elimination of inter-segment sales to the Direct-to-Consumer segment was 1.449% for the period.

(1)
Gold ounces sold represents the ounces of gold product sold and delivered to the customer during the period, excluding ounces of gold recorded on forward contracts.

(2)
Silver ounces sold represents the ounces of silver product sold and delivered to the customer during the period, excluding ounces of silver recorded on forward contracts.

(3)
Wholesales Sales ticket volume represents the total number of product orders processed.

Revenues — Wholesale Sales & Ancillary Services

in thousands, except performance metrics
Year Ended June 30,20242023Change
$% of revenue$% of revenue$%
Revenues$8,247,370(a)100.000%$7,289,139(b)100.000%$958,23113.1%
Performance Metrics
Gold ounces sold1,385,0002,038,000(653,000)(32.0%)
Silver ounces sold94,877,000132,582,000(37,705,000)(28.4%)
Wholesale Sales ticket volume104,833101,4883,3453.3%

(a)
Revenues are presented net of inter-segment transactions with the Direct-to-Consumer segment that totaled $1.006 billion. This segment’s gross sales before eliminations of inter-segment activity totaled $9.253 billion.

(b)
Revenues are presented net of inter-segment transactions with the Direct-to-Consumer segment that totaled $1.464 billion. This segment’s gross sales before eliminations of inter-segment activity totaled $8.754 billion.

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Revenues for the year ended June 30, 2024 increased $958.2 million, or 13.1%, to $8.247 billion from $7.289 billion in 2023. Excluding an increase in forward sales of $1.561 billion, our revenues decreased $602.6 million, which was due to a decrease in gold and silver ounces sold, partially offset by higher average selling prices of gold and silver.

Gold ounces sold for the year ended June 30, 2024 decreased 653,000 ounces, or 32.0%, to 1,385,000 ounces from 2,038,000 ounces in 2023. Silver ounces sold for the year ended June 30, 2024 decreased 37,705,000 ounces, or 28.4%, to 94,877,000 ounces from 132,582,000 ounces in 2023. On average, the selling prices for gold increased by 11.6% and selling prices for silver increased by 11.6% during the year ended June 30, 2024 as compared to the prior year.

The Wholesale Sales ticket volume for the year ended June 30, 2024 increased by 3,345 tickets, or 3.3% to 104,833 tickets from 101,488 tickets in 2023.

Gross Profit — Wholesale Sales & Ancillary Services

in thousands
Year Ended June 30,20242023Change
$% of revenue$% of revenue$%
Gross profit$90,2091.094%(c)$125,6781.724%(d)$(35,469)(28.2%)

(c)
Gross profit percentage before elimination of inter-segment sales to the Direct-to-Consumer segment was 0.916% for the period.

(d)
Gross profit percentage before elimination of inter-segment sales to the Direct-to-Consumer segment was 1.449% for the period.

Gross profit for the year ended June 30, 2024 decreased $35.5 million, or 28.2%, to $90.2 million from $125.7 million in 2023. The gross profit decrease was primarily due to lower premium spreads, partially offset by higher trading profits.

This segment’s profit margin percentage decreased by 63.0 basis points to 1.094% from 1.724% in 2023. The decrease in gross margin percentage was mainly attributable to the impact of increased forward sales and lower premium spreads, partially offset by higher trading profits.

Excluding an increase of $1.561 billion of forward sales that had a negligible impact to the amount of gross profit, this segment's gross margin percentage for the year ended June 30, 2024 decreased by 46.7 basis points to 2.114% from 2.581% in the prior year. Forward sales increase revenues but are associated with negligible gross profit. The Company enters into forward contracts to hedge its precious metals price risk exposure and not for speculative purposes.

Selling, General, and Administrative Expenses — Wholesale Sales & Ancillary Services

in thousands
Year Ended June 30,20242023Change
$% of revenue$% of revenue$%
Selling, general, and administrative expenses$(45,968)(0.557%)$(40,181)(0.551%)$5,78714.4%

Selling, general, and administrative expenses for the year ended June 30, 2024 increased $5.8 million, or 14.4%, to $46.0 million from $40.2 million in 2023. The change was primarily due to: (i) an increase in consulting and professional fees of $5.7 million, (ii) an increase in advertising costs of $0.8 million, and (iii) an increase in information technology costs of $0.4 million, partially offset by (iv) a decrease in insurance costs of $1.0 million.

Interest Income — Wholesale Sales & Ancillary Services

in thousands
Year Ended June 30,20242023Change
$% of revenue$% of revenue$%
Interest income$15,7300.191%$12,5230.172%$3,20725.6%

Interest income for the year ended June 30, 2024 increased $3.2 million, or 25.6%, to $15.7 million from $12.5 million in 2023. The overall increase was primarily due to (i) an increase in interest earned from repurchase arrangements with customers of $2.3 million, (ii) a $0.4 million increase in interest income earned from spot deferred trade orders, and (iii) a $0.4 million increase in interest and fees earned related to margin orders.

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Interest Expense — Wholesale Sales & Ancillary Services

in thousands
Year Ended June 30,20242023Change
$% of revenue$% of revenue$%
Interest expense$(28,252)(0.343%)$(19,660)(0.270%)$8,59243.7%

Interest expense for the year ended June 30, 2024 increased $8.6 million, or 43.7%, to $28.3 million from $19.7 million in 2023. The overall increase was primarily due to (i) an increase of $5.0 million in connection with our Trading Credit Facility due to an increase in interest rates as well as increased borrowings, (ii) higher interest and fees from product financing arrangements of $3.0 million, and (iii) an increase in inter-segment eliminations related to JMB’s product financing activity with A-Mark of $1.3 million, partially offset by (iv) a decrease of $0.8 million related to the AMCF Notes (including amortization of debt issuance costs) due to the repayment in December 2023.

Earnings from Equity Method Investments — Wholesale Sales & Ancillary Services

in thousands
Year Ended June 30,20242023Change
$% of revenue$% of revenue$%
Earnings from equity method investments$3,9980.048%$12,5750.173%$(8,577)(68.2%)

Earnings from equity method investments for the year ended June 30, 2024 decreased $8.6 million, or 68.2%, to $4.0 million from $12.6 million in 2023 due to decreased earnings of our equity method investees.

Other Income, Net — Wholesale Sales & Ancillary Services

in thousands
Year Ended June 30,20242023Change
$% of revenue$% of revenue$%
Other income, net$1,0640.013%$1610.002%$903560.9%

Other income, net for the year ended June 30, 2024 increased by $0.9 million primarily due to an increase in gains on other investments of $0.6 million as well as an increase in gains related to fair value adjustments to our acquisition-related contingent consideration liability of $0.4 million.

Remeasurement Gain on Pre-Existing Equity Interest - Wholesale Sales & Ancillary Services

in thousands
Year Ended June 30,20242023Change
$% of revenue$% of revenue$%
Remeasurement gain on pre-existing equity interest$16,6690.202%$%$16,669%

The remeasurement gain on pre-existing equity interest was recognized in connection with the acquisition of a controlling interest in SGB in June 2024. The Company’s estimated fair value of its 47.4% pre-existing equity interest in SGB was determined to be approximately $56.8 million at the acquisition date. Based on the total consideration paid of $128.8 million, as well as adjustments to our option to acquire additional equity interest in SGB and the derecognition of our cumulative translation balances related to SGB, the remeasurement resulted in a gain of $16.7 million. For additional information about our most recent acquisition see Note 1 to the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

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Results of Operations — Direct-to-Consumer Segment

The Company operates its Direct-to-Consumer segment through our wholly-owned subsidiaries: JM Bullion, Inc. (“JMB”), Goldline, Inc. (“Goldline”), through our investment in Silver Gold Bull, Inc. ("SGB"), and through our subsidiary Precious Metals Purchasing Partners, LLC ("PMPP").

Overview of Results of Operations for the Years Ended June 30, 2024 and 2023

— Direct-to-Consumer Segment

The operating results of our Direct-to-Consumer ("DTC") segment were as follows (in thousands, except performance metrics data):

Year Ended June 30,20242023Change
$% of revenue$% of revenue$%
Revenues$1,451,669(a)100.000%$1,997,422(b)100.000%$(545,753)(27.3%)
Gross profit83,0465.721%(c)168,9918.460%(d)$(85,945)(50.9%)
Selling, general, and administrative expenses(42,456)(2.925%)(42,976)(2.152%)$(520)(1.2%)
Depreciation and amortization expense(9,273)(0.639%)(11,204)(0.561%)$(1,931)(17.2%)
Interest income30.000%%$3%
Interest expense(2,838)(0.195%)(4,098)(0.205%)$(1,260)(30.7%)
Earnings from equity method investments140.001%%$14%
Other income, net50.000%1420.007%$(137)(96.5%)
Unrealized gains on foreign exchange380.003%%$38%
Net income before provision for income taxes$28,5391.966%$110,8555.550%$(82,316)(74.3%)
Performance Metrics:
Gold ounces sold(1)454,000629,000(175,000)(27.8%)
Silver ounces sold(2)13,219,00023,651,000(10,432,000)(44.1%)
Number of new customers(3)718,500335,300383,200114.3%
Number of active customers(4)483,400476,3007,1001.5%
Number of total customers(5)3,066,8002,348,300718,50030.6%
DTC ticket volume from new customers(6)134,021152,592(18,571)(12.2%)
DTC ticket volume from pre-existing customers(7)479,718626,248(146,530)(23.4%)
DTC total ticket volume(8)613,739778,840(165,101)(21.2%)
DTC average order value(9)$2,407$2,606$(199)(7.6%)
JMB average order value(9)$2,223$2,390$(167)(7.0%)

(a)
Includes $14.3 million of inter-segment sales from the Direct-to-Consumer segment to the Wholesale Sales & Ancillary Services segment.

(b)
Includes $3.5 million of inter-segment sales from the Direct-to-Consumer segment to the Wholesale Sales & Ancillary Services segment.

(c)
Gross profit percentage, excluding inter-segment sales from the Direct-to-Consumer segment to the Wholesale Sales & Ancillary Services segment, was 5.758% for the period.

(d)
Gross profit percentage, excluding inter-segment company sales from the Direct-to-Consumer segment to the Wholesale Sales & Ancillary Services segment, was 8.468% for the period.

(1)
Gold ounces sold represents the ounces of gold product sold and delivered during the period. SGB's metrics are included after the Company acquired a controlling interest on June 21, 2024.

(2)
Silver ounces sold represents the ounces of silver product sold and delivered during the period. SGB's metrics are included after the Company acquired a controlling interest on June 21, 2024.

(3)
Number of new customers represents the number of customers that have registered or set up a new account or made a purchase for the first time during the period. SGB's metrics are included after the Company acquired a controlling interest on June 21, 2024.

(4)
Number of active customers represents the number of customers that have made a purchase during any month during the period. SGB's metrics are included after the Company acquired a controlling interest on June 21, 2024.

(5)
Number of total customers represents the aggregate number of customers that have registered or set up an account or have made a purchase in the past. SGB's metrics are included after the Company acquired a controlling interest on June 21, 2024.

(6)
Ticket volume from new customers represents the number of product orders from new customers processed by JMB, Goldline, SGB, and PMPP during the period. SGB's metrics are included after the Company acquired a controlling interest on June 21, 2024.

(7)
Ticket volume from pre-existing customers represents the total number of product orders from pre-existing customers processed by JMB, Goldline, SGB, and PMPP during the period. SGB's metrics are included after the Company acquired a controlling interest on June 21, 2024.

(8)
Total ticket volume represents the total number of product orders processed by JMB, Goldline, SGB, and PMPP during the period. SGB's metrics are included after the Company acquired a controlling interest on June 21, 2024.

(9)
Average Order Value ("AOV") represents the average dollar value of product orders (excluding accumulation program orders) delivered to the customer during the period.
SGB's metrics are included after the Company acquired a controlling interest on June 21, 2024.

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Revenues — Direct-to-Consumer

in thousands, except performance metrics
Year Ended June 30,20242023Change
$% of revenue$% of revenue$%
Revenues$1,451,669100.000%$1,997,422100.000%$(545,753)(27.3%)
Performance Metrics:
Gold ounces sold454,000629,000(175,000)(27.8%)
Silver ounces sold13,219,00023,651,000(10,432,000)(44.1%)
Number of new customers718,500335,300383,200114.3%
Number of active customers483,400476,3007,1001.5%
Number of total customers3,066,8002,348,300718,50030.6%
DTC ticket volume from new customers134,021152,592(18,571)(12.2%)
DTC ticket volume from pre-existing customers479,718626,248(146,530)(23.4%)
DTC total ticket volume613,739778,840(165,101)(21.2%)
DTC average order value$2,407$2,606$(199)(7.6%)
JMB average order value$2,223$2,390$(167)(7.0%)

Revenues for the year ended June 30, 2024 decreased $545.8 million, or 27.3%, to $1.452 billion from $1.997 billion in 2023. The decrease in revenue was due to a decrease in gold and silver ounces sold, partially offset by higher average selling prices of gold and silver. For the year ended June 30, 2024, JMB's revenue decreased $487.1 million and revenue of Goldline, SGB and PMPP, in the aggregate, decreased by $58.7 million as compared to the prior year.

Gold ounces sold for the year ended June 30, 2024 decreased 175,000 ounces, or 27.8%, to 454,000 ounces from 629,000 ounces in 2023. Silver ounces sold for the year ended June 30, 2024 decreased 10,432,000 ounces, or 44.1%, to 13,219,000 ounces from 23,651,000 ounces in 2023.

Gold ounces sold by JMB decreased 159,000 ounces for the year ended June 30, 2024 compared to 2023. Gold ounces sold by Goldline, SGB and PMPP, in the aggregate, decreased 16,000 ounces compared to 2023. Silver ounces sold by JMB decreased 9,586,000 ounces for the year ended June 30, 2024 compared to 2023. Silver ounces sold by Goldline, SGB and PMPP, in the aggregate, decreased 846,000 ounces compared to 2023.

On average, selling prices for gold increased by 9.9% and selling prices for silver increased by 10.5% during the year ended June 30, 2024 as compared to the prior year.

The number of new customers for the year ended June 30, 2024 increased 383,200, or 114.3%, to 718,500 from 335,300 in 2023. The number of active customers for the year ended June 30, 2024 increased 7,100, or 1.5% to 483,400 from 476,300 in 2023. The number of total customers as of June 30, 2024 increased 718,500, or 30.6% to 3,066,800 from 2,348,300 as of June 30, 2023. These changes in customer-based metrics were primarily due the acquisition of SGB's 523,000 total customers as of June 30, 2024, as well as JMB's activity.

As of June 30, 2024, the number of total CyberMetals customers was 29,600, and CyberMetals customer assets under management were $7.3 million.

For the year ended June 30, 2024, the Direct-to-Consumer ticket volume related to new customers decreased by 18,571 tickets, or 12.2%, to 134,021 tickets from 152,592 tickets in 2023. For the year ended June 30, 2024, Direct-to-Consumer ticket volume related to pre-existing customers decreased by 146,530 tickets, or 23.4%, to 479,718 tickets from 626,248 tickets in 2023. For the year ended June 30, 2024, the Direct-to-Consumer total ticket volume decreased by 165,101 tickets, or 21.2%, to 613,739 tickets from 778,840 tickets in 2023.

For the year ended June 30, 2024, the Direct-to-Consumer average order value decreased by $199, or 7.6%, to $2,407 from $2,606 in 2023.

Gross Profit — Direct-to-Consumer

in thousands
Year Ended June 30,20242023Change
$% of revenue$% of revenue$%
Gross profit$83,0465.721%$168,9918.460%$(85,945)(50.9%)

Gross profit for the year ended June 30, 2024 decreased by $85.9 million, or 50.9%, to $83.0 million from $169.0 million in 2023. The decrease in gross profit was mainly due to a decreased gross profit margin percentage as well as a lower ticket volume during the period.

For the year ended June 30, 2024, the Direct-to-Consumer segment's profit margin percentage decreased by 273.9 basis points to 5.721% from 8.460% in 2023. The decrease in the gross profit margin percentage was primarily due to the lower gross profit percentages of JMB, but also to lower gross profit percentages of Goldline and PMPP.

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Selling, General, and Administrative Expense — Direct-to-Consumer

in thousands
Year Ended June 30,20242023Change
$% of revenue$% of revenue$%
Selling, general, and administrative expenses$(42,456)(2.925%)$(42,976)(2.152%)$(520)(1.2%)

Selling, general, and administrative expenses for the year ended June 30, 2024 decreased $0.5 million, or 1.2%, to $42.5 million from $43.0 million in 2023. The change in selling, general, and administrative expense was not significant.

Depreciation and Amortization Expense — Direct-to-Consumer

in thousands
Year Ended June 30,20242023Change
$% of revenue$% of revenue$%
Depreciation and amortization expense$(9,273)(0.639%)$(11,204)(0.561%)$(1,931)(17.2%)

Depreciation and amortization expense for the year ended June 30, 2024, decreased $1.9 million, or 17.2%, to $9.3 million from $11.2 million in 2023 primarily due to a $2.2 million decrease in JMB’s intangible asset amortization expense.

Interest expense — Direct-to-Consumer

in thousands
Year Ended June 30,20242023Change
$% of revenue$% of revenue$%
Interest expense$(2,838)(0.195%)$(4,098)(0.205%)$(1,260)(30.7%)

Interest expense for the year ended June 30, 2024 decreased $1.3 million to $2.8 million from $4.1 million in 2023. The decrease is related to JMB’s reduced product financing activity with A-Mark.

Results of Operations — Secured Lending Segment

The Company operates its Secured Lending segment through its wholly-owned subsidiaries, Collateral Finance Corporation, LLC ("CFC") and CFC Alternative Investments (“CAI”). AM Capital Funding, LLC (“AMCF”), previously a wholly-owned subsidiary of CFC, was formed for the issuance of certain notes, which were repaid in December 2023. AMCF was dissolved in June 2024.

Overview of Results of Operations for the Years Ended June 30, 2024 and 2023

— Secured Lending Segment

The operating results of our Secured Lending segment were as follows (in thousands, except performance metrics data):

Year Ended June 30,20242023Change
$% of interest income$% of interest income$%
Interest income$11,435100.000%$9,708100.000%$1,72717.8%
Interest expense(8,441)(73.817%)(7,770)(80.037%)$6718.6%
Selling, general, and administrative expenses(1,376)(12.033%)(2,125)(21.889%)$(749)(35.2%)
Depreciation and amortization expense(264)(2.309%)(351)(3.616%)$(87)(24.8%)
Earnings from equity method investments320.280%10.010%$313,100.0%
Other income, net1,0028.763%2,36024.310%$(1,358)(57.5%)
Net income before provision for income taxes$2,38820.883%$1,82318.778%$56531.0%
Performance Metric:
Number of secured loans at period end(1)588882(294)(33.3%)

(1)
Number of outstanding secured loans to customers at the end of the period.

Interest Income — Secured Lending

in thousands, except performance metric
Year Ended June 30,20242023Change
$% of interest income$% of interest income$%
Interest income$11,435100.000%$9,708100.000%$1,72717.8%
Performance Metric
Number of secured loans at period-end588882(294)(33.3%)

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Interest income for the year ended June 30, 2024 increased $1.7 million, or 17.8%, to $11.4 million from $9.7 million in 2023. The increase in interest income earned from the segment’s secured loan portfolio was primarily due to an increase in interest rates and higher average monthly loan balances, partially offset by fewer loans outstanding. The number of secured loans outstanding decreased by 294, or 33.3% to 588 from 882 as of June 30, 2023.

Interest Expense — Secured Lending

in thousands
Year Ended June 30,20242023Change
$% of interest income$% of interest income$%
Interest expense$(8,441)(73.817%)$(7,770)(80.037%)$6718.6%

Interest expense for the year ended June 30, 2024 increased $0.7 million, or 8.6%, to $8.4 million from $7.8 million in 2023. The increase in interest expense was primarily due to (i) an increase of $3.4 million associated with our Trading Credit Facility due to an increase in interest rates as well as increased borrowings, partially offset by (ii) a decrease of $2.3 million related to the AMCF Notes (including amortization of debt issuance costs) due to the repayment in December 2023 and (iii) a $0.5 million decrease in loan servicing fees.

Selling, General, and Administrative Expenses — Secured Lending

in thousands
Year Ended June 30,20242023Change
$% of interest income$% of interest income$%
Selling, general, and administrative expenses$(1,376)(12.033%)$(2,125)(21.889%)$(749)(35.2%)

Selling, general, and administrative expenses for the year ended June 30, 2024 decreased $0.7 million, or 35.2%, to $1.4 million from $2.1 million in 2023. The change was primarily due to a decrease in consulting and professional fees of $0.3 million and a decrease in compensation expense (including performance-based accruals) of $0.2 million.

Other Income, Net — Secured Lending

in thousands
Year Ended June 30,20242023Change
$% of interest income$% of interest income$%
Other income, net$1,0028.763%$2,36024.310%$(1,358)(57.5%)

Other income, net for the year ended June 30, 2024 decreased $1.4 million, or 57.5%, to $1.0 million from $2.4 million in 2023 primarily due to lower royalties earned.

NON-GAAP MEASURES

Adjusted net income before provision for income taxes

Overview

In addition to our results determined in accordance with U.S. GAAP, we believe the non-GAAP measure of “adjusted net income before provision for income taxes” is useful in evaluating our operating performance. We use this financial measure to present our pre-tax earnings from core business operations. This measure does not have standardized definitions and is not prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP. The items excluded from this financial measure may have a material impact on our financial results. Certain of those items are non-recurring, while others are non-cash in nature. Accordingly, this non-GAAP financial performance measure should be considered in addition to, and not as a substitute for or superior to, the comparable measures prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP.

Reconciliation

We calculate this non-GAAP financial performance measure by eliminating from net income before provision for income taxes the impact of items we do not consider indicative of our core operating performance. We eliminate the impact of the following items: (i) remeasurement gains or losses related to pre-existing equity interests, (ii) contingent consideration fair value adjustments, (iii) acquisition costs, (iv) amortization expenses related to intangible assets acquired, and (v) depreciation expense.

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See below for the reconciliation of this non-GAAP financial performance measure to its most closely comparable U.S. GAAP measure on our financial statements (in thousands):

Year Ended June 30,20242023Change
$$$%
Net income before provision for income taxes$82,778$203,170$(120,392)(59.3%)
Adjustments:
Remeasurement gain on pre-existing equity interest(16,669)$16,669%
Contingent consideration fair value adjustment(370)$370%
Acquisition costs3,126285$2,841996.8%
Amortization of acquired intangibles8,59410,343$(1,749)(16.9%)
Depreciation expense2,8032,182$62128.5%
Adjusted net income before provision for income taxes (non-GAAP)$80,262$215,980$(135,718)(62.8%)

Adjustments

Remeasurement gains or losses. When we acquired a controlling interest in SGB in June 2024, we had previously owned a noncontrolling equity interest. We are required to estimate the fair value of our pre-existing equity investment as well as our option to acquire additional equity interests in SGB and record the change in the value as a remeasurement gain or loss in our consolidated statements of income. We exclude these remeasurement gains and losses when we evaluate our on-going operational performance and to facilitate comparison of period-to-period operational performance. For additional information, see Note 1 to the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

Contingent consideration fair value adjustments. Upon our acquisition of LPM, we recognized a contingent consideration liability representing the amount we expect to pay in connection with the achievement of certain EBITDA targets. We remeasure this liability each reporting period, with the resulting changes recorded as other income and expense in the Company’s condensed consolidated statements of income. We exclude these fair value adjustments when we evaluate our core operating performance and to facilitate comparison of period-to-period operating performance. See Note 1 to the Company’s consolidated financial statements for additional information about our acquisition of LPM.

Acquisition costs. We incur expenses for professional services rendered in connection with business combinations, which are included as a component of selling, general, and administrative expenses in the Company’s consolidated statements of income. Acquisition expenses are recorded in the periods in which the costs are incurred, and the services are received. We exclude acquisition expenses when we evaluate our core operating performance and to facilitate comparison of period-to-period operating performance.

Amortization of purchased intangibles. Amortization expense of purchased intangibles varies in amount and frequency and is significantly impacted by the timing and size of our acquisitions. Due to amortization expense being non-cash in nature, management finds it useful to exclude these charges from our operating expenses to assist in the review of a measure that more closely corresponds to cash operating income generated from our business. Amortization of purchased intangible assets will recur in future periods. For additional information about the amortization of our purchased intangibles. See Note 9 to the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

Depreciation expense. Depreciation expense is calculated using a straight-line method based on the estimated useful lives of the related assets, ranging from three years to twenty-five years. Due to depreciation expense being non-cash in nature, management finds it useful to exclude these charges from our operating expenses to assist in the review of a measure that more closely corresponds to cash operating income generated from our business. See Note 8 to the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation, and Amortization

Overview

In addition to the non-GAAP financial performance measure discussed in the section above, we use the non-GAAP liquidity measure “earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization” or "EBITDA" to evaluate our business operations before investing activities, interest, and income taxes. Management and external users of our consolidated financial statements, such as industry analysts and investors, may use EBITDA to compare business operations with other publicly traded companies.

Reconciliation

We calculate EBITDA by eliminating from net income the following five items: (i) interest income, (ii) interest expense, (iii) amortization expenses related to intangible assets acquired, (iv) depreciation expense, and (v) income tax expense.

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Management believes the most directly comparable GAAP financial measure is “net cash provided by or used in operating activities” presented in the consolidated statement of cash flows. Below is the reconciliation of net cash provided by or used in operating activities to EBITDA (in thousands):

Year Ended June 30,20242023Change
$$$%
Net income$69,033$156,769$(87,736)(56.0%)
Adjustments:
Interest income(27,168)(22,231)$4,93722.2%
Interest expense39,53131,528$8,00325.4%
Amortization of acquired intangibles8,59410,343$(1,749)(16.9%)
Depreciation expense2,8032,182$62128.5%
Income tax expense13,74546,401$(32,656)(70.4%)
37,50568,223$(30,718)(45.0%)
Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization (non-GAAP)$106,538$224,992$(118,454)(52.6%)
Reconciliation of Operating Cash Flows to EBITDA:
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities$60,934$(30,323)$91,257300.9%
Changes in operating working capital939193,738$(192,799)(99.5%)
Interest expense39,53131,528$8,00325.4%
Interest income(27,168)(22,231)$4,93722.2%
Income tax expense13,74546,401$(32,656)(70.4%)
Dividends and distributions received from equity method investees(642)(978)$(336)(34.4%)
Earnings from equity method investments4,04412,576$(8,532)(67.8%)
Remeasurement gain on pre-existing equity interest16,669$16,669%
Share-based compensation(1,923)(2,176)$(253)(11.6%)
Deferred income taxes2,690(1,585)$4,275269.7%
Amortization of loan cost(2,447)(2,113)$33415.8%
Other166155$117.1%
Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization (non-GAAP)$106,538$224,992$(118,454)(52.6%)
Cash Flow Data:
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities$60,934$(30,323)$91,257300.9%
Net cash (used in) provided by investing activities$(63,597)$6,839$(70,436)(1,029.9%)
Net cash provided by financing activities$11,981$25,019$(13,038)(52.1%)

LIQUIDITY AND FINANCIAL CONDITION

Primary Sources and Uses of Cash

Overview

Liquidity refers to the availability to the Company of amounts of cash to meet all of our cash needs. Our sources of liquidity principally include cash from operations, Trading Credit Facility (see “Lines of Credit” below), and product financing arrangements.

A substantial portion of our assets are liquid. As of June 30, 2024, approximately 78.4% of our assets consisted of cash, receivables, derivative assets, secured loans receivables, precious metals held under financing arrangements, and inventories, measured at fair value. Cash generated from the sales or financing of our precious metals products is our primary source of operating liquidity. Among other things, these include our product financing arrangements and liabilities on borrowed metals. Typically, the Company acquires its inventory by: (i) purchasing inventory from its suppliers by utilizing our own capital and lines of credit; (ii) borrowing precious metals from its suppliers under short-term arrangements which may bear interest at a designated rate, and (iii) repurchasing inventory at an agreed-upon price based on the spot price on the specified repurchase date.

In addition to selling inventory, the Company generates cash from earning interest income. The Company enters into secured loans and secured financing structures with its customers under which it charges interest. The loans are secured by precious metals and numismatic material, and graded sports cards owned by the borrowers and held by the Company as security for the term of the loan. The Company also offers a number of secured financing options to its customers to finance their precious metals purchases including consignments and other structured inventory finance products. Furthermore, our customers may enter into agreements whereby the customer agrees to repurchase our precious metals at the prevailing spot price for delivery of the product at a specific point in time in the future; interest income is earned from the contract date until the material is delivered and paid for in full.

We may also raise funds through the public or private offering of equity or debt securities, although there is no assurance that we will be able to do so at the times and in the amounts required.

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We continually review our overall credit and capital needs to ensure that our capital base, both stockholders’ equity and available credit facilities, can appropriately support our anticipated financing needs. The Company also continually monitors its current and forecasted cash requirements and draws upon and pays down its lines of credit so as to minimize interest expense. See Note 15 to the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

Lines of Credit

in thousands
June 30, 2024June 30, 2023Change
Lines of credit - short term$$235,000$(235,000)
Lines of credit - long-term245,000245,000
$245,000$235,000$10,000

Effective December 21, 2021, A-Mark entered into a committed borrowing facility (the "Trading Credit Facility") with CIBC Bank USA, as agent and joint lead arranger, and a syndicate of banks. As of June 30, 2024, the Trading Credit Facility provided the Company with access up to $422.5 million and has a maturity date of September 20, 2025. The Trading Credit Facility was reclassified to long-term during the three months ended September 30, 2023 due to the elimination of provisions whereby lenders under certain conditions could require repayment of all obligations outstanding under the Trading Credit Facility within 10 days on demand. (See Note 15.)

A-Mark routinely uses funds drawn under the Trading Credit Facility to purchase metals from its suppliers and for other operating cash flow purposes. Our CFC subsidiary also uses the funds drawn under the Trading Credit Facility to finance certain of its lending activities.

Notes Payable

in thousands
June 30, 2024June 30, 2023Change
Notes payable — short-term$8,367$95,308$(86,941)
Notes payable — long-term3,9943,994
$12,361$95,308$(82,947)

In September 2018, AMCF, previously a wholly-owned subsidiary of CFC, completed an issuance of Secured Senior Term Notes, Series 2018-1, Class A in the aggregate principal amount of $72.0 million and Secured Subordinated Term Notes, Series 2018-1, Class B in the aggregate principal amount of $28.0 million (collectively, the "AMCF Notes".) The AMCF Notes were repaid in full in December 2023 and AMCF was dissolved in June 2024.

In April 2021, CCP entered into a loan agreement ("CCP Note") with CFC, which provides CFC with up to $4.0 million to fund commercial loans secured by graded sports cards to its borrowers. All loans to be funded using the proceeds from the CCP Note are subject to CCP’s prior written approval. In March 2024, the expiration date for the CCP Note was amended to expire on April 1, 2026 and may be extended by mutual agreement. As of June 30, 2024 and June 30, 2023 the outstanding principal balance of the CCP Note was $4.0 million and $0.5 million. See Note 14 to the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

In June 2024, SGB declared a $15.9 million dividend to existing shareholders based on certain levels of working capital. The dividend was paid on September 9, 2024. The dividend paid to the Company from SGB was $7.5 million which was recorded as a dividend receivable to A-Mark from SGB as of June 30, 2024 and has been eliminated upon consolidation. The remaining $8.4 million due to the other shareholders was recorded as a note payable by SGB as of June 30, 2024.

Liabilities on Borrowed Metals

in thousands
June 30, 2024June 30, 2023Change
Liabilities on borrowed metals$31,993$21,642$10,351

We borrow precious metals from our suppliers and customers under short-term arrangements using other precious metal from our inventory or precious metals held under financing arrangements as collateral. Amounts under these arrangements require repayment either in the form of precious metals or cash. Liabilities also arise from unallocated metal positions held by customers in our inventory. Typically, these positions are due on demand, in a specified physical form, based on the total ounces of metal held in the position.

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Product Financing Arrangements

in thousands
June 30, 2024June 30, 2023Change
Product financing arrangements$517,744$335,831$181,913

The Company has agreements with financial institutions and other third parties that allow the Company to transfer its gold and silver inventory to the third-party at an agreed-upon price based on the spot price, which provides alternative sources of liquidity. During the term of the agreement both parties intend for inventory to be returned at an agreed-upon price based on the spot price on the repurchase date. The third parties charge monthly interest as a percentage of the market value of the outstanding obligation; such monthly charges are classified as interest expense. These transactions do not qualify as sales and therefore are accounted for as financing arrangements and reflected in the Company’s consolidated balance sheets as product financing arrangements. The obligation is stated at the amount required to repurchase the outstanding inventory. Both the product financing arrangements and the underlying inventory (which is entirely restricted) are carried at fair value, with changes in fair value included as a component of cost of sales.

Secured Loans Receivable

in thousands
June 30, 2024June 30, 2023Change
Secured loans receivable$113,067$100,620$12,447

CFC is a California licensed finance lender that makes and acquires commercial loans secured by bullion and numismatic coins, and graded sports cards that affords our customers a convenient means of financing their inventory or collections. See Note 5 to the Company’s consolidated financial statements. Prior to the repayment of the AMCF Notes, AMCF also purchased and held secured loans from CFC to meet its collateral requirements related to the AMCF Notes. See Note 15 to Company’s consolidated financial statements. Most of the Company's secured loans are short-term in nature. The renewal of these secured loans is at the discretion of the Company and, as such, provides us with some flexibility in regard to our capital deployment strategies.

Dividends

The Company’s board of directors has adopted a regular quarterly cash dividend policy of $0.20 per common share ($0.80 per share on an annual basis). The declaration of regular cash dividends in the future is subject to the determination each quarter by the board of directors. Below is a summary of dividends paid to stockholders in the year ended June 30, 2024.


On July 5, 2023, the Company's board of directors declared a regular dividend of $0.20 per share of common stock to stockholders of record at the close of business on July 17, 2023. The dividend was paid to stockholders on July 28, 2023 and totaled $4.7 million.


On August 17, 2023, the Company's board of directors declared a non-recurring special dividend of $1.00 per share of common stock to share to stockholders of record at the close of business on September 12, 2023. The dividend to stockholders was paid on September 26, 2023 and totaled $23.4 million. On the same date, the Company's board of directors declared a regular dividend of $0.20 per share of common stock to stockholders of record at the close of business on October 10, 2023. The dividend was paid to stockholders on October 24, 2023 and totaled $4.6 million.


On January 4, 2024, the Company's board of directors declared a regular dividend of $0.20 per share of common stock to stockholders of record at the close of business on January 16, 2024. The dividend was paid to stockholders on January 29, 2024 and totaled $4.6 million.


On April 4, 2024, the Company's board of directors declared a regular dividend of $0.20 per share of common stock to stockholders of record at the close of business on April 16, 2024. The dividend was paid on April 29, 2024 and totaled $4.6 million.

See Note 20 to the Company's consolidated financial statements for more information regarding our dividends.

Cash Flows

The majority of the Company’s trading activities involve two-day value trades under which payment is received in advance of delivery or product is received in advance of payment. The combination of sales volume, inventory turnover, and precious metals price volatility can cause material changes in the sources of cash used in or provided by operating activities on a daily basis. The Company manages these variances through its liquidity forecasts and counterparty limits by maintaining a liquidity reserve to meet the Company’s cash needs. The Company uses various short-term financial instruments to manage the cycle of our trading activities from customer purchase order to cash collections and product delivery, which can cause material changes in the amount of cash used in or provided by financing activities on a daily basis.

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The following summarizes components of our consolidated statements of cash flows (in thousands):

Year EndedJune 30, 2024June 30, 2023Change
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities$60,934$(30,323)$91,257
Net cash (used in) provided by investing activities$(63,597)$6,839$(70,436)
Net cash provided by financing activities$11,981$25,019$(13,038)

For the periods presented, our principal capital requirements have been to fund (i) working capital and (ii) financing activity. Our working capital requirements fluctuated with market conditions, the availability of precious metals, and the volatility of precious metals commodity pricing.

Net Cash Flows From Operating Activities

Operating activities provided $60.9 million and used $30.3 million in cash for the years ended June 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively, representing a $91.3 million change compared to the year ended June 30, 2023. The period over period change was primarily due to net changes in working capital, which includes inventories, derivative liabilities, deferred revenue and other advances, liabilities on borrowed metals, accounts payable and other payables, precious metals held under financing arrangements, and receivables, net, as well as a decrease in net income adjusted for noncash items, which includes a remeasurement gain of $16.7 million related to our acquisition of a controlling interest in SGB in June 2024.

Net Cash Flows From Investing Activities

Investing activities used $63.6 million and provided $6.8 million in cash for the years ended June 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively, representing a $70.4 million change compared to the year ended June 30, 2023. This period over period change was primarily due to (i) higher outflows of $37.1 million associated with the net originations of secured loans in the current period and (ii) $32.2 million of net cash paid to acquire LPM in February 2024 and SGB in June 2024, (iii) an increase in purchases of intangible assets of $3.5 million, and (iv) a $2.5 million increase in capital expenditures for property, plant and equipment, partially offset by (v) a decrease in purchases of long-term investments of $5.8 million.

Net Cash Flows From Financing Activities

Financing activities provided $12.0 million and provided $25.0 million in cash for the years ended June 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively, representing a $13.0 million change compared to the year ended June 30, 2023. This period over period change was primarily due to (i) the $95.0 million repayment of our AMCF Notes in December 2023, (ii) an increase of $12.5 million cash used to repurchase of our common stock under our share repurchase program, (iii) a decrease in cash provided from our net borrowings and repayments of $10.0 million under our Trading Credit Facility, (iv) an increase in cash paid for dividends of $4.4 million, and (v) an increase in debt issuance costs paid in the current year of $2.8 million primarily related to our Trading Credit Facility. These were partially offset by (i) an increase in cash provided of $104.4 million related to our product financing arrangements, (ii) an increase of $2.9 million on net borrowings on related party notes, (iii) an increase in cash provided of $1.4 million related to the exercise and taxes related to share-based awards, and (iv) a $1.0 million decrease in distributions paid to PMPP's noncontrolling interest holder.

Capital Resources

We believe that our current cash availability under the Trading Credit Facility, product financing arrangements, financing derived from borrowed metals and the cash we anticipate generating from operating activities will provide us with sufficient liquidity to satisfy our working capital needs, capital expenditures, investment requirements, and commitments through at least the next twelve months.

CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS, CONTINGENT LIABILITIES AND COMMITMENTS

Counterparty Risk

We face counterparty risks in our Wholesale Sales and Ancillary Services segment. We manage these risks by setting credit and position risk limits with our trading counterparties, including gross position limits for counterparties engaged in sales and purchase transactions and inventory consignment transactions with us, as well as collateral limits for different types of sale and purchase transactions that counterparties may engage in from time to time.

Commodities Risk and Derivatives

We use a variety of strategies to manage our risk including fluctuations in commodity prices for precious metals. Our inventory consists of, and our trading activities involve, precious metals and precious metal products, for which prices are linked to the corresponding precious metal commodity prices. The Company's precious metals inventory is subject to fluctuations in market value, resulting from changes in the underlying commodity prices. Inventory purchased or borrowed by us is subject to price changes. Inventory borrowed is a natural hedge, since changes in value of the metal held are offset by the obligation to return the metal to the supplier or deliver metals to the customer.

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Open sale and purchase commitments in our trading activities are subject to changes in value between the date the purchase or sale price is fixed (the trade date) and the date the metal is received or delivered (the settlement date). We seek to minimize the effect of price changes of the underlying commodity through the use of forward and futures contracts. Our open sale and purchase commitments generally settle within 2 business days, and for those commitments that do not have stated settlement dates, we have the right to settle the positions upon demand.

Our policy is to substantially hedge our inventory position, net of open sale and purchase commitments that are subject to price risk. We regularly enter into precious metals commodity forward and futures contracts with financial institutions to hedge against this risk. We use futures contracts, which typically settle within 30 days, for our shorter-term hedge positions, and forward contracts, which may remain open for up to six months, for our longer-term hedge positions. We have access to all of the precious metals markets, allowing us to place hedges. We also maintain relationships with major market makers in every major precious metals dealing center.

The Company enters into these derivative transactions solely for the purpose of hedging our inventory holding risk, and not for speculative market purposes. Due to the nature of our hedging strategy, we are not using hedge accounting as defined under Derivatives and Hedging Topic 815 of the ASC ("ASC 815"). Unrealized gains or losses resulting from our forward and futures contracts are reported as cost of sales with the related amounts due from or to counterparties reflected as derivative assets or liabilities. The Company adjusts the derivatives to fair value on a daily basis until the transactions are settled. When these contracts are net settled, the unrealized gains and losses are reversed and the realized gains and losses for forward contracts are recorded in revenue and cost of sales and the net realized gains and losses for futures are recorded in cost of sales.

The Company’s net gains and losses on derivative instruments totaled gains of $1.7 million and gains of $97.1 million for the years ended June 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively. These were substantially offset by the changes in fair market value of the underlying precious metals inventory and open sale and purchase commitments, which is also recorded in cost of sales in the consolidated statements of income.

The purpose of the Company's hedging policy is to substantially match the change in the value of the derivative financial instrument to the change in the value of the underlying hedged item. The following table summarizes the results of our hedging activities, showing the precious metal commodity inventory position, net of open sale and purchase commitments, which is subject to price risk, compared to change in the value of the derivative instruments (in thousands):

June 30, 2024June 30, 2023
Inventories$1,097,144$981,643
Precious metals held under financing arrangements22,06625,530
1,119,2101,007,173
Less unhedgeable inventories:
Commemorative coin inventory, held at lower of cost or net realizable value(3,236)(948)
Premium on metals position(34,175)(29,358)
Precious metal value not hedged(37,411)(30,306)
Commitments at market:
Open inventory purchase commitments817,900921,108
Open inventory sales commitments(388,184)(587,392)
Margin sale commitments(22,316)(17,682)
In-transit inventory no longer subject to market risk(21,715)(5,505)
Unhedgeable premiums on open commitment positions10,98611,224
Borrowed precious metals(31,993)(21,642)
Product financing arrangements(517,744)(335,831)
Advances on industrial metals394698
(152,672)(35,022)
Precious metal subject to price risk929,127941,845
Precious metal subject to derivative financial instruments:
Precious metals forward contracts at market values843,439767,767
Precious metals futures contracts at market values83,214170,466
Total market value of derivative financial instruments926,653938,233
Net precious metals subject to commodity price risk$2,474$3,612

We are exposed to the risk of default of the counterparties to our derivative contracts. Significant judgment is applied by us when evaluating the fair value implications. We regularly review the creditworthiness of our major counterparties and monitor our exposure to concentrations. As of June 30, 2024, we believe our risk of counterparty default is mitigated based on our evaluation of the creditworthiness of our major counterparties, the strong financial condition of our counterparties, and the short-term duration of these arrangements.

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We had the following outstanding sale and purchase commitments and open forward and futures contracts, which are normal and recurring, in nature (in thousands):

June 30, 2024June 30, 2023
Purchase commitments$817,900$921,108
Sales commitments$(388,184)$(587,392)
Margin sales commitments$(22,316)$(17,682)
Open forward contracts$843,439$767,767
Open futures contracts$83,214$170,466
Foreign exchange forward contracts$4,793$7,101

The notional amounts of the commodity forward and futures contracts and the open sales and purchase orders, as shown in the table above, are not reflected at the notional amounts in the consolidated balance sheets. The Company records commodity forward and futures contracts at the fair value, which is the difference between the market price of the underlying metal or contract measured on the reporting date and the trade amount measured on the date the contract was transacted. The fair value of the open derivative contracts is shown as a component of derivative assets or derivative liabilities in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets.

The Company enters into the derivative forward and future transactions solely for the purpose of hedging its inventory holding risk, and not for speculative market purposes. The Company’s gains and losses on derivative instruments are substantially offset by the changes in fair market value of the underlying precious metals inventory position, including our open sale and purchase commitments. The Company records the derivatives at the trade date, and any corresponding unrealized gains or losses are shown as a component of cost of sales in the consolidated statements of income. We adjust the carrying value of the derivatives to fair value on a daily basis until the transactions are physically settled. See Note 12 to the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

Commitments and Contingencies

Refer to Note 16 to the Company’s consolidated financial statements for information relating Company's commitments and contingencies.

CRITICAL ACCOUNTING POLICIES AND ESTIMATES

The Company’s consolidated financial statements are prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“U.S. GAAP”). In connection with the preparation of our financial statements, we are required to make estimates and assumptions about future events and apply judgments that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenue, expenses and related disclosures. We base our assumptions, estimates and judgments on historical experience, current trends and other factors that we believe to be relevant at the time the Company’s consolidated financial statements are prepared. On a regular basis, we review our accounting policies, assumptions, estimates and judgments to ensure that the Company’s consolidated financial statements are presented fairly and in accordance with U.S. GAAP. However, because future events and their effects cannot be determined with certainty, actual results could materially differ from our estimates.

Our significant accounting policies are discussed in Note 2 to the Company’s consolidated financial statements. We believe that the following accounting policies are the most critical to aid in fully understanding and evaluating our reported financial results, and they require our most difficult, subjective or complex judgments, resulting from the need to make estimates about the effect of matters that are inherently uncertain. We have reviewed these critical accounting estimates and related disclosures with the Audit Committee of our board of directors.

Revenue Recognition

The Company accounts for its metals and sales contracts using settlement date accounting. Pursuant to such accounting, the Company recognizes the sale or purchase of the metals at settlement date. During the period between the trade and settlement dates, the Company enters into forward contracts that meet the definition of a derivative in accordance with the Derivatives and Hedging Topic 815 of the ASC (“ASC 815”). The Company records the derivative at the trade date with any corresponding unrealized gain (loss), shown as component of cost of sales in the consolidated statements of income. The Company adjusts the derivatives to fair value on a daily basis until the transactions are settled. When these contracts are settled, the unrealized gains and losses are reversed, and revenue is recognized for contracts that are physically settled. For contracts that are net settled, the realized gains and losses are recorded in cost of sales, with the exception of forward contracts, where their associated realized gains and losses are recorded in revenue and cost of sales, respectively.

Also, the Company recognizes its storage, logistics, licensing, advertising revenue, and other services revenues in accordance with ASC 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers, which follows five basic steps to determine whether revenue can be recognized: (i) identify the contract with a customer; (ii) identify the performance obligations in the contract; (iii) determine the transaction price; (iv) allocate the transaction price to the performance obligations in the contract, and (v) recognize revenue when (or as) the entity satisfies a performance obligation.

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Inventories

The Company's inventory, which primarily consists of bullion and bullion coins, is acquired and initially recorded at cost and then marked to fair market value. The fair market value of the bullion and bullion coins comprises two components: (i) published market values attributable to the cost of the raw precious metal, and (ii) the market value of the premium, which is attributable to the incremental value of the product in its finished goods form. The market value attributable solely to such premium is readily determinable by reference to multiple sources. The precious metal component of the inventory may be hedged through the use of precious metal commodity positions, while the premium component of our inventory is not a commodity that may be hedged.

The Company’s inventory, except for certain lower of cost or net realizable value basis products (as described below), is subsequently recorded at their fair market values. The daily changes in the fair market value of our inventory are offset by daily changes in the fair market value of hedging derivatives that are taken with respect to our inventory positions; both the change in the fair market value of the inventory and the change in the fair market value of these derivative instruments are recorded in cost of sales in the consolidated statements of income.

While the premium component included in inventory is marked-to-market, our commemorative coin inventory, including its premium component, is held at the lower of cost or net realizable value, because the value of commemorative coins is influenced more by supply and demand determinants than on the underlying spot price of the precious metal content of the commemorative coins. Unlike our bullion coins, the value of commemorative coins is not subject to the same level of volatility as bullion coins because our commemorative coins typically carry a substantially higher premium over the spot metal price than bullion coins. Additionally, neither the commemorative coin inventory nor the premium component of our inventory is hedged.

Inventory includes amounts borrowed from suppliers and customers arising from various arrangements including unallocated metal positions held by customers in the Company’s inventory, amounts due to suppliers for the use of consigned inventory, metals held by suppliers as collateral on advanced pool metals, as well as shortages in unallocated metal positions held by the Company in the supplier’s inventory. Unallocated or pool metal represents an unsegregated inventory position that is due on demand, in a specified physical form, based on the total ounces of metal held in the position. Amounts under these arrangements require delivery either in the form of precious metals or cash. The Company mitigates market risk of its physical inventory and open commitments through commodity hedge transactions. See Note 12 to the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

The Company enters into product financing agreements for the transfer and subsequent option or obligation to reacquire its gold and silver inventory at an agreed-upon price based on the spot price with a third-party finance company. This inventory is restricted and is held at a custodial storage facility in exchange for a financing fee, charged by the third-party finance company. During the term of the financing agreement, the third-party company holds the inventory as collateral, and both parties intend for the inventory to be returned to the Company at an agreed-upon price based on the spot price on the repurchase date. The third-party charges a monthly fee as a percentage of the market value of the outstanding obligation; such monthly charge is classified as interest expense. These transactions do not qualify as sales and have been accounted for as financing arrangements in accordance with ASC 470-40 Product Financing Arrangements, and are reflected in the Company’s consolidated balance sheets as product financing arrangements. The obligation is stated at the amount required to repurchase the outstanding inventory. Both the product financing and the underlying inventory (which is restricted) are carried at fair value, with changes in fair value included in cost of sales in the Company’s consolidated statements of income.

The Company periodically loans metals to customers on a short-term consignment basis. Such inventory is removed at the time the customer elects to price and purchase the metals, and the Company records a corresponding sale and receivable.

The Company enters into financing arrangements with certain customers under which A-Mark purchases precious metals products that are subject to repurchase by the customer at the fair value of the product on the repurchase date. The Company or the counterparty may typically terminate any such arrangement with 14 days' notice. Upon termination the customer’s rights to repurchase any remaining inventory is forfeited.

Business Combinations

The accounting for a business combination requires tangible and intangible assets acquired and liabilities assumed to be recorded at estimated fair value. We value intangible assets at their estimated fair values at the acquisition date based upon assumptions related to the future cash flows and discount rates utilizing the then currently available information, and in some cases, valuation results from independent valuation specialists. The use of a discounted cash flow analysis requires significant judgment to estimate the future cash flows derived from the asset and the expected period of time over which those cash flows will occur and to determine an appropriate discount rate.

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We make certain judgments and estimates when determining the fair value of assets acquired and liabilities assumed in a business combination. Those judgments and estimates also include determining the lives assigned to acquired intangibles, the resulting amortization period, what indicators will trigger an impairment, whether those indicators are other than temporary, what economic or competitive factors affect valuation, valuation methodology, and key assumptions including discount rates and cash flow estimates. In circumstances where an acquisition involves a contingent consideration arrangement, we recognize a liability equal to the fair value of the expected contingent payments as of the acquisition date. We remeasure this liability each reporting period, with the resulting changes recorded in earnings. The assumptions used in estimating fair value of contingent consideration liabilities require significant judgment; the use of different assumptions and judgments could result in a materially different estimate of fair value which may have a material impact on our results from operations and financial position.

Goodwill and Other Purchased Intangible Assets

We evaluate goodwill and other indefinite-lived intangibles for impairment annually in the fourth quarter of the fiscal year (or more frequently if indicators of potential impairment exist) in accordance with the Intangibles - Goodwill and Other Topic 350 of the ASC (“ASC 350”). Other finite-lived intangible assets are evaluated for impairment when events or changes in business circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of the assets may not be recoverable. We may first qualitatively assess whether relevant events and circumstances make it more likely than not that the fair value of the reporting unit's goodwill is less than its carrying value. If, based on this qualitative assessment, we determine that goodwill is more likely than not to be impaired, a quantitative impairment test is performed. This step requires us to determine the fair value of the business and compare the calculated fair value of a reporting unit with its carrying amount, including goodwill. If through this quantitative analysis the Company determines the fair value of a reporting unit exceeds its carrying amount, the goodwill of the reporting unit is considered not to be impaired. If the Company concludes that the fair value of the reporting unit is less than its carrying value, a goodwill impairment will be recognized for the amount by which the carrying amount exceeds the reporting unit’s fair value.

The Company also performs impairment reviews on its indefinite-lived intangible assets (i.e., trade names, trademarks and domain names). In assessing its indefinite-lived intangible assets for impairment, the Company has the option to first perform a qualitative assessment to determine whether events or circumstances exist that lead to a determination that it is more likely than not that the fair value of the indefinite-lived intangible asset is less than its carrying amount. If the Company determines that it is not more likely than not that the fair value of an indefinite-lived intangible asset is less than its carrying amount, the Company is not required to perform any additional tests in assessing the asset for impairment. However, if the Company concludes otherwise or elects not to perform the qualitative assessment, then it is required to perform a quantitative analysis to determine if the fair value of an indefinite-lived intangible asset is less than its carrying value. If through a quantitative analysis the Company determines the fair value of an indefinite-lived intangible asset exceeds its carrying amount, the indefinite-lived intangible asset is considered not to be impaired. If the Company concludes that the fair value of an indefinite-lived intangible asset is less than its carrying value, an impairment will be recognized for the amount by which the carrying amount exceeds the indefinite-lived intangible asset’s fair value.

Income Taxes

As part of the process of preparing the Company’s consolidated financial statements, the Company is required to estimate its provision for income taxes in each of the tax jurisdictions in which it conducts business, in accordance with Income Taxes Topic 740 of the ASC ("ASC 740"). The Company computes its annual tax rate based on the statutory tax rates and tax planning opportunities available to it in the various jurisdictions in which it earns income. Significant judgment is required in determining the Company's annual tax rate and in evaluating uncertainty in its tax positions. The Company has adopted the provisions of ASC 740-10, which clarifies the accounting for uncertain tax positions. ASC 740-10 requires that the Company recognizes the impact of a tax position in the financial statements if the position is not more likely than not to be sustained upon examination based on the technical merits of the position. The Company recognizes interest and penalties related to certain uncertain tax positions as a component of income tax expense and the accrued interest and penalties are included in deferred and income taxes payable in the Company’s consolidated balance sheets. See Note 13 to the Company’s consolidated financial statements for more information on the Company’s accounting for income taxes.

Income taxes are accounted for using an asset and liability approach that requires the recognition of deferred tax assets and liabilities for the expected future tax consequences of events that have been included in the financial statements. Under this method, deferred tax assets and liabilities are determined based on the differences between the financial statement and tax basis of assets and liabilities using enacted tax rates in effect for the year in which the differences are expected to reverse. The effect of a change in tax rates on deferred tax assets and liabilities is recognized in income in the period that includes the enactment date. A valuation allowance is provided when it is more likely than not that some portion or all of the net deferred tax assets will not be realized. The factors used to assess the likelihood of realization include the Company's forecast of the reversal of temporary differences, future taxable income, and available tax planning strategies that could be implemented to realize the net deferred tax assets. Failure to achieve forecasted taxable income in applicable tax jurisdictions could affect the ultimate realization of deferred tax assets and could result in an increase in the Company's effective tax rate on future earnings. Based on our assessment, it appears more likely than not that all of the net deferred tax assets will be realized through future taxable income.

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RECENT ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS

For a description of accounting changes and recent accounting standards, including the expected dates of adoption and estimated effects, if any, on our financial position or results of operations, see Note 2 to the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

FY 2023 10-K MD&A

SEC filing source: 0000950170-23-047575.

Extracted structurally from real Item 7 body heading to real Item 7A/8 boundary. Published MD&A gate trimmed front/tail over-capture. Confidence: high. Filing date: 2023-09-12. Report date: 2023-06-30.

ITEM 7. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

CAUTIONARY STATEMENT PURSUANT TO THE PRIVATE SECURITIES LITIGATION REFORM ACT OF 1995

This Annual Report on Form 10-K ("Form 10-K") contains statements that are considered forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements give the Company's current expectations and forecasts of future events. All statements other than statements of current or historical fact contained in this Annual Report, including statements regarding the Company's future financial position, business strategy, budgets, projected costs and plans, and objectives of management for future operations, are forward-looking statements. The words “anticipate,” “believe,” “continue,” “estimate,” “expect,” “intend,” “may,” “plan,” and similar expressions, as they relate to the Company, are intended to identify forward-looking statements. These statements are based on the Company's current plans, estimates and beliefs, and the Company's actual future activities and results of operations may be materially different from those set forth in the forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from the statements made. Any or all of the forward-looking statements in this Annual Report may turn out to be inaccurate. The Company has based these forward-looking statements largely on its current expectations and projections about future events and financial trends that it believes may affect its financial condition, results of operations, business strategy, and financial needs. The forward-looking statements can be affected by inaccurate assumptions or by known or unknown risks, uncertainties, and assumptions. The Company undertakes no obligation to publicly revise these forward-looking statements to reflect events occurring after the date hereof. All subsequent written and oral forward-looking statements attributable to the Company or persons acting on its behalf are expressly qualified in their entirety by the cautionary statements contained in this Form 10-K.

In addition to the risks and uncertainties that may ordinarily influence our business, continued macroeconomic uncertainty and volatility in the financial markets have contributed to an increase in the business conducted by the Company, but also pose certain risks and uncertainties for the Company. The Company does not know how long these conditions will continue, the extent to which the effects that the Company has experienced from these conditions will persist, or whether other effects on the Company and its businesses will materialize in the short or long term.

The following discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and notes contained elsewhere in this Form 10-K. This discussion contains forward-looking statements that reflect our plans, estimates and beliefs. Our actual results could differ materially from those discussed in these forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause or contribute to these differences include those factors discussed below and elsewhere in this Annual Report, particularly in “Risk Factors.”

INTRODUCTION

Management's discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations is provided as a supplement to the accompanying consolidated financial statements and related notes to aid in the understanding of our results of operations and financial condition. We have omitted discussion of our fiscal year 2021 results where it would be redundant to the discussion previously included in Item 7 of our fiscal year 2022 Annual Report on Form 10-K. Our discussion is organized as follows:


Executive overview. This section provides a general description of our business, as well as significant transactions and events that we believe are important in understanding the results of operations.


Results of operations. This section provides an analysis of our results of operations presented in the accompanying consolidated statements of income by comparing the results for the respective periods presented. Included in our analysis is a discussion of seven performance metrics:

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(i) ounces of gold and silver sold,

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(ii) Wholesale Sales ticket volume,

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(iii) Direct-to-Consumer ticket volume:


(a) Direct-to-Consumer ticket volume from new customers,


(b) Direct-to-Consumer ticket volume from pre-existing customers,


(c) Direct-to-Consumer total ticket volume,

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(iv) Direct-to-Consumer and JMB average order value,

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(v) number of Direct-to-Consumer customers:

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(a) Direct-to-Consumer number of new customers,


(b) Direct-to-Consumer number of active customers,


(c) Direct-to-Consumer total customers,

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(vi) inventory turnover ratio, and

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(vii) number of secured loans at period-end.


Segment results of operations. This section provides an analysis of our results of operations presented for our three segments:

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Wholesale Sales & Ancillary Services,

o
Direct-to-Consumer, and

o
Secured Lending

for the comparable periods.


Non-GAAP Measures. This section provides an analysis of our non-GAAP measures with a reconciliation to the most directly comparable U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (“U.S. GAAP”) measure reported on the consolidated financial statements. The Company uses the following two non-GAAP measures:

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"adjusted net income before provision for income taxes", and

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"earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization", or "EBITDA".


Liquidity and financial condition. This section provides an analysis of our cash flows, as well as a discussion of our outstanding debt as of June 30, 2023, sources of liquidity and the amount of financial capacity available to fund our future commitments and other financing arrangements.


Critical accounting policies. This section discusses critical accounting policies that are considered both important to our financial condition and results of operations and require management to make significant judgment and estimates. All of our significant accounting policies, including the critical accounting policies, are also summarized in Note 2 to the Company’s consolidated financial statements.


Recent accounting pronouncements. This section discusses new accounting pronouncements, dates of implementation, and their expected impact on our accompanying consolidated financial statements.

EXECUTIVE OVERVIEW

Our Business

We conduct our operations in three reportable segments: (i) Wholesale Sales & Ancillary Services, (ii) Direct-to-Consumer, and (iii) Secured Lending.

Wholesale Sales & Ancillary Services Segment

The Company operates its Wholesale Sales & Ancillary Services segment directly and through its wholly-owned subsidiaries, A-Mark Trading AG (“AMTAG”), Transcontinental Depository Services, LLC ("TDS" or “Storage”), A-M Global Logistics, LLC (“AMGL” or "Logistics"), and AM&ST Associates, LLC ("AMST" or the “Silver Towne Mint").

The Wholesale Sales & Ancillary Services segment operates as a full-service precious metals company. We offer gold, silver, platinum, and palladium in the form of bars, plates, powder, wafers, grain, ingots, and coins. Our Industrial unit services manufacturers and fabricators of products utilizing or incorporating precious metals. Our Coin and Bar unit deals in over 1,800 coin and bar products in a variety of weights, shapes, and sizes for distribution to dealers and other qualified purchasers. We have a marketing support office in Vienna, Austria, and a trading center in El Segundo, California. The trading center, for buying and selling precious metals, is available to receive orders 24 hours every day, even when many major world commodity markets are closed. In addition to Wholesale Sales activity, A-Mark offers its customers a variety of ancillary services, including financing, storage, consignment, logistics, and various customized financial programs. As a U.S. Mint-authorized purchaser of gold, silver, platinum, and palladium coins, A-Mark purchases product directly from the U.S. Mint, and it also purchases product from other sovereign mints, for sale to its customers.

Through its wholly-owned subsidiary AMTAG, the Company promotes its products and services to the international market. Through our wholly-owned subsidiary TDS, we offer a variety of managed storage options for precious metals products to financial institutions, dealers, investors, and collectors around the world.

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The Company's wholly-owned subsidiary AMGL is based in Las Vegas, Nevada, and provides our customers an array of complementary services, including receiving, handling, inventorying, processing, packing, and shipping of precious metals and custom coins on a secure basis.

Through its wholly-owned subsidiary AMST, the Company designs and produces minted silver products. Our Silver Towne Mint operations allow us to provide greater product selection to our customers and greater pricing stability within the supply chain, as well as to gain increased access to silver during volatile market environments, which have historically created higher demand for precious metals products.

Direct-to-Consumer

The Company operates its Direct-to-Consumer segment through its wholly-owned subsidiaries JM Bullion, Inc. (“JMB”) and Goldline, Inc. (“Goldline”). JMB currently has six wholly-owned subsidiaries: Buy Gold and Silver Corp. ("BGASC"), BX Corporation ("BullionMax"), Gold Price Group, Inc. (“GPG”), Silver.com, Inc. (“Silver.com”), Provident Metals Corp. (“PMC”), and CyberMetals Corp. ("CyberMetals"). Goldline, Inc. owns 100% of AMIP, LLC ("AMIP"), and has a 50% ownership interest in Precious Metals Purchasing Partners, LLC ("PMPP"). As the context requires, references in this Form 10-K to JMB may include BGASC, BullionMax, GPG, Silver.com, PMC, and CyberMetals, and references to Goldline may include AMIP and PMPP.

JMB is a leading e-commerce retailer providing access to a broad array of gold, silver, copper, platinum, and palladium products through its websites. JMB currently operates eight separately branded, company-owned websites targeting specific niches within the precious metals retail market, including JMBullion.com, ProvidentMetals.com, Silver.com, BGASC.com, CyberMetals.com, BullionMax.com, GoldPrice.org, and SilverPrice.org.

The Company acquired the 79.5% interest in JMB that it did not previously own in March 2021. With this acquisition, we substantially expanded our e-commerce channel for precious metals product sales and increased the diversification of our business between wholesale and retail distribution.

In April 2022, JMB commercially launched the CyberMetals online platform, where customers can purchase and sell fractional shares of digital gold, silver, platinum, and palladium bars in a range of denominations. CyberMetals’ customers have the option to convert their digital holdings to fabricated precious metals products via an integrated redemption flow with JMB. These products may be designated for storage by the Company or shipped directly to the customer.

The Company acquired Goldline in August 2017 through an asset purchase transaction with Goldline, LLC, which had been in operation since 1960. Goldline is a direct retailer of precious metals to the investor community, and markets its precious metal products on television, radio, and the internet, as well as through customer service outreach. AMIP manages Goldline’s intellectual property.

PMPP was formed in fiscal 2019 pursuant to terms of a joint venture agreement, for the purpose of purchasing precious metals from the partners' retail customers, and then reselling the acquired products back to affiliates of the partners. PMPP commenced operations in fiscal 2020.

Secured Lending

The Company operates its Secured Lending segment through its wholly-owned subsidiary Collateral Finance Corporation, LLC ("CFC"). CFC has two wholly-owned subsidiaries: AM Capital Funding, LLC (“AMCF”), and CFC Alternative Investments (“CAI”).

CFC is a California licensed finance lender that originates and acquires commercial loans secured primarily by bullion and numismatic coins. CFC's customers include coin and precious metal dealers, investors, and collectors. As of June 30, 2023, CFC and AMCF had, in the aggregate, approximately $100.6 million in secured loans outstanding, of which approximately 31.8% were acquired from third parties (some of which may be customers of A-Mark) and approximately 68.2% were originated by CFC.

AMCF was formed for the purpose of securitizing eligible secured loans of CFC. AMCF issued and administers Secured Senior Term Notes: Series 2018-1, Class A, with an aggregate principal amount of $72.0 million and Secured Subordinated Term Notes, Series 2018-1, Class B in the aggregate principal amount of $28.0 million (collectively referred to as the "AMCF Notes"). The Class A Notes bear interest at a rate of 4.98%, and the Class B Notes bear interest at a rate of 5.98%. The AMCF Notes have a maturity date of December 15, 2023. See Note 15 to the Company’s consolidated financial statements for additional information.

CAI is a holding company that has an equity method interest in Collectible Card Partners, LLC (“CCP”). CCP provides capital to fund commercial loans secured by graded sports cards and sports memorabilia. CCP commenced operations in fiscal 2022.

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Our Strategy

The Company was formed in 1965 and has grown into a significant participant in the bullion and coin markets, with $9.3 billion in revenues for fiscal year 2023. We have remained active in seeking investment opportunities to strategically enhance our business, and also continue to focus on growth in the volume of our business, our geographic presence, and the scope of complementary products, services, and technological tools that we offer to our customers. In doing so, we seek to leverage off the strengths of our existing integrated operations, which span trading, distribution, logistics, minting, storage, hedging, financing, and consignment products and services:


our expertise in e-commerce and marketing;


the depth of our customer relationships and our ability to acquire and retain new customers;


our long-standing relationships with the United States Mint and other sovereign and private mints;


our access to market makers and suppliers;


our global trading systems;


our network of precious metals dealers;


our depository relationships around the world;


our knowledge of secured lending;


our design and production of minted silver products;


our ability to obtain more favorable pricing and financing terms due to our size;


our ability to manage exposure to commodity price risk through our experienced traders;


our distribution, storage and logistics capabilities; and


the quality and experience of our management team.

Our Customers

Our customers include financial institutions, bullion retailers, industrial manufacturers and fabricators, sovereign mints, refiners, coin and metal dealers, investors, collectors, and e-commerce and other retail customers. The Company makes a two-way market in its wholesale operations, which results in many customers also operating as our suppliers in that segment. This diverse base of wholesale customers purchases a variety of products from the Company in a multitude of grades, primarily in the form of coins and bars. Our Direct-to-Consumer segment sells to (and, through JMB and PMPP, buys from) retail customers, with JMB focusing on e-commerce operations and Goldline marketing through various traditional and e-commerce channels to the investor community. The Direct-to-Consumer segment offers these customers a variety of gold, silver, copper, platinum, and palladium products.

Factors Affecting Revenues, Gross Profit, Interest Income, and Interest Expense

Set forth below are the key factors affecting the Company’s revenues, gross profit, interest income, and interest expense. These factors can result from both the Company’s ongoing business activities as well as from Company acquisitions.

Revenues. The Company enters into transactions to sell and deliver gold, silver, platinum, and palladium to industrial and commercial users, coin and bullion dealers, mints, and financial institutions. The metals are investment or industrial grade and are sold in a variety of shapes and sizes.

The Company also sells and delivers gold, silver, platinum, palladium, and copper products directly to customers and the investor community through its Direct-to Consumer segment. Customers may place orders online at one of the Company's websites or over the phone.

The Company sells precious metals on forward contracts at a fixed price based on current prevailing precious metal spot prices with a certain delivery date in the future (up to six months from inception date of the forward contract). The Company also uses other derivative products (primarily futures contracts) or combinations thereof to hedge commodity risks. We enter into these forward and future contracts as part of our hedging strategy to mitigate our price risk of holding inventory; they are not entered into for speculative purposes.

Forward sales contracts by their nature are required to be included in revenues, unlike futures contracts which do not impact the Company’s revenue. The decision to use a forward contract versus another derivative type of product (e.g., a futures contract) for hedging purposes is based on the economics of the transaction. Since the volume of hedging can be significant, the movement in and out of forwards can substantially impact revenues, either positively or negatively, from period to period. For this reason, the Company believes ounces sold (excluding ounces sold on forward sales contracts) is a meaningful metric to assess our top line performance.

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In addition, the Company earns revenue by providing storage solutions for precious metals and numismatic coins for financial institutions, dealers, investors, and collectors worldwide and by providing storage and order-fulfillment services to our retail customers. The Company also earns revenue from advertisements placed on our Direct-to-Consumer websites. These revenue streams represent less than 1% of the Company’s consolidated revenues.

The Company operates in a high volume/low margin industry. Revenues are impacted by three primary factors: product volume, market prices, and market volatility. A material changes in any one or more of these factors may result in a significant change in the Company’s revenues. A significant increase or decrease in revenues can occur simply based on changes in the underlying commodity prices and may not be reflective of an increase or decrease in the volume of products sold.

Gross Profit. Gross profit is the difference between our revenues and the cost of our products sold. Since we quote prices based on the current commodity market prices for precious metals, we enter into a combination of forward and futures contracts to effect a hedge position equal to the underlying precious metal commodity value, which substantially represents inventory subject to price risk. We enter into these derivative transactions solely for the purpose of hedging our inventory, and not for speculative purposes. Our gross profit includes the gains and losses resulting from these derivative instruments. However, the gains and losses on the derivative instruments are substantially offset by the gains and losses on the corresponding changes in the market value of our precious metals inventory. As a result, our results of operations generally are not materially impacted by changes in commodity prices.

Volatility also affects our gross profit. Greater volatility typically causes the premium spreads to widen resulting in an increase in the gross profit. Product supply constraints during extended periods of higher volatility have historically resulted in a heightening of wider premium spreads resulting in further improvement in the gross profit.

Interest Income. The Company enters into secured loans and secured financing structures with its customers under which it charges interest. CFC acquires loan portfolios and originates loans that are secured by precious metal bullion and numismatic material owned by the borrowers and held by the Company for the term of the loan. Additionally, AMCF acquires certain loans from CFC that are secured by precious metal bullion to meet the collateral requirements of the AMCF Notes. Also, the Company offers a number of secured financing options to its customers to finance their precious metals purchases including consignments and other structured inventory finance products whereby the Company earns a fee based on the underlying value of the precious metal ("repurchase arrangements with customers").

Interest Expense. The Company incurs interest expense associated with its lines of credit, notes payable, product financing agreements for the transfer and subsequent re-acquisition of gold, silver, and platinum at a fixed price with a third-party finance company ("product financing arrangements"), and short-term precious metal borrowing arrangements with our suppliers ("liabilities on borrowed metals").

Performance Metrics

In addition to financial statement indicators, management also utilizes key operational metrics to assess the performance of our business.

Gold and Silver Ounces Sold and Delivered to Customers. A key performance metric we utilize is the number of ounces of gold and silver sold and delivered to our customers (excluding ounces recorded on forward contracts). These metrics reflect our business volume without regard to changes in commodity pricing, which also impacts revenue, but can mask actual business trends.

The primary purpose of entering into forward sales transactions is to hedge commodity price risk. Although the revenues realized from these forward sales transactions are often significant, they generally have negligible impact on gross margins. As a result, the Company excludes the ounces recorded on forward contracts from its performance metrics as the Company does not enter into forward sales transactions for speculative purposes.

Wholesale Sales Ticket Volume. Another measure of our business that is unaffected by changes in commodity pricing is ticket volume (or number of orders processed). Ticket volume for the Wholesale Sales & Ancillary Services segment measures the total number of wholesale orders processed during the period. In periods of higher volatility, there is generally increased trading in the commodity markets, causing increased demand for our products, resulting in higher business volume. During periods of heightened demand, order size per ticket may increase.

Direct-to-Consumer Customers. We are focused on attracting new customers and retaining existing customers to drive revenue growth. We use the following three metrics as revenue growth indicators when assessing our customer base:


New Direct-to-Consumer Customers means the number of customers that have registered or setup a new account or made a purchase for the first time during the period.


Active Direct-to-Consumer Customers means the number of customers that have made a purchase during any month during the period.


Total Direct-to-Consumer Customers means the aggregate number of customers that have registered or set up an account or have made a purchase in the past.

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Direct-to-Consumer Ticket Volume. Ticket volume for the Direct-to-Consumer segment measures the number of product orders processed during the period. In periods of higher volatility, there is generally increased consumer demand for our products, resulting in higher business volume. We use the following three metrics indicators when assessing our ticket volume:


Ticket Volume from New Direct-to-Consumer Customers means the number of product orders from new customers (refer to the definition of new customers above) processed by JMB, Goldline, and PMPP during the period.


Ticket Volume from Pre-existing Direct-to-Consumer Customers means the number of product orders from pre-existing customers, processed by JMB, Goldline, and PMPP during the period.


Total Ticket Volume from Direct-to-Consumer Customers means the aggregate number of product orders processed by JMB, Goldline, and PMPP during the period.

Average Order Value. Average order value for the Direct-to-Consumer segment and JMB measures the average dollar value of product orders (excluding accumulation program orders) delivered to the customer during the period.

Inventory Turnover. Inventory turnover is another performance measure on which we are focused and is calculated as the cost of sales divided by the average inventory during the relevant period. Inventory turnover is a measure of how quickly inventory has moved during the period. A higher inventory turnover ratio, which we typically experience during periods of higher volatility when trading is more robust, typically reflects a more efficient use of our capital.

The period of time that inventory is held by the Company varies depending upon the nature of our inventory commitments with customers and suppliers. See Note 6 to the Company’s consolidated financial statements for a description of our classifications of inventory by type. When management analyzes inventory turnover on a period over period basis, consideration is given to each inventory type and its corresponding impact on the inventory turnover calculation. For example:


The Company enters into various structured borrowing arrangements that commit the Company's inventory (such as product financing arrangements or liabilities on borrowed metals) for an unspecified period of time. While the Company is able to obtain access to this inventory on demand, this type of inventory tends not to turn over as quickly as other types of inventory.


The Company enters into repurchase arrangements with customers under which it holds precious metals which are subject to repurchase for an unspecified period of time. While the Company has legal title to this inventory, the Company is required to hold this inventory (or like-kind inventory) for the customer until the arrangement is terminated or the material is repurchased by the customer. As a result, this type of inventory tends not to turn over as quickly as other types of inventory.

Additionally, our inventory turnover ratio can be affected by hedging activity, as the period over period change of the inventory turnover ratio may be significantly impacted by a period over period change in hedging volume. For example, if trading activity were to remain constant over two periods, but there were significantly higher forward sales in the current period compared to a prior period, the calculated inventory turnover ratio would increase notwithstanding the constancy of the trading volume.

Number of Secured Loans. Finally, as a measure of the size of our Secured Lending segment, we utilize the number of outstanding secured loans to customers that are primarily collateralized by precious metals at the end of each quarter.

The Company calculates a loan-to-value ("LTV") ratio for each loan as the principal amount of the loan divided by the liquidation value of the collateral, which is based on daily spot market prices of precious metal bullion. When the market price of the pledged collateral decreases and thereby increases the LTV ratio of a loan above a prescribed maximum ratio, usually 85%, the Company has the option to make a margin call on the loan. As a result, a decline of precious metal market prices may cause a decrease in the number of loans outstanding in a period.

Non-GAAP Measures

In addition to key operational metrics that are used to assess the performance of our business, management also uses non-GAAP financial performance and liquidity measures. We believe "adjusted net income before provision for income taxes” and "EBITDA" can provide useful information to evaluate our financial performance and liquidity position. Non-GAAP measures do not have standardized definitions and should not be a substitute for measures that are prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP. For a reconciliation of these non-GAAP measures to the most directly comparable U.S. GAAP measure reported in our consolidated statements of income and consolidated statements of cash flows and a discussion of certain limitations inherent in such measures, refer to the “Non-GAAP Measures” section below.

Fiscal Year

Our fiscal year end is June 30 each year.

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Macroeconomic Volatility

Continued macroeconomic uncertainty and the volatility in the financial markets have positively affected the Company’s trading revenues and gross profit as the volatility of the price of precious metals and numismatics resulted in a material increase in the spread between bid and ask prices on these products. We also experienced substantially increased demand for products in each of our coin and bar, industrial and retail businesses. We attribute this to certain customers seeking to assure a supply of precious metals necessary for the operation of their businesses, and other customers, particularly in Goldline and our JMB retail units, seeking the safety of investments in precious metals. In response to the heightened demand, in certain cases prices for the products we sell have also risen. We are uncertain of the duration of these conditions.

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RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

Overview of Results of Operations for the Years Ended June 30, 2023 and 2022

Consolidated Results of Operations

The operating results of our business were as follows (in thousands, except per share and performance metrics data):

Year Ended June 30,20232022Change
$% of revenue$% of revenue$%
Revenues$9,286,561100.000%$8,159,254100.000%$1,127,30713.8%
Gross profit294,6693.173%261,7653.208%$32,90412.6%
Selling, general, and administrative expenses(85,282)(0.918%)(76,618)(0.939%)$8,66411.3%
Depreciation and amortization expense(12,525)(0.135%)(27,300)(0.335%)$(14,775)(54.1%)
Interest income22,2310.239%21,8000.267%$4312.0%
Interest expense(31,528)(0.340%)(21,992)(0.270%)$9,53643.4%
Earnings from equity method investments12,5760.135%6,9070.085%$5,66982.1%
Other income, net2,6630.029%1,9530.024%$71036.4%
Unrealized gains (losses) on foreign exchange3660.004%(98)(0.001%)$464473.5%
Net income before provision for income taxes203,1702.188%166,4172.040%$36,75322.1%
Income tax expense(46,401)(0.500%)(33,338)(0.409%)$13,06339.2%
Net income156,7691.688%133,0791.631%$23,69017.8%
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interest4090.004%5430.007%$(134)(24.7%)
Net income attributable to the Company$156,3601.684%$132,5361.624%$23,82418.0%
Basic and diluted net income per share attributable to A-Mark Precious Metals, Inc.:
Per Share Data:
Basic$6.68$5.81$0.8715.0%
Diluted$6.34$5.45$0.8916.3%
Performance Metrics:(1)
Gold ounces sold(2)2,667,0002,668,000(1,000)(0.0%)
Silver ounces sold(3)156,233,000132,209,00024,024,00018.2%
Inventory turnover ratio(4)10.513.2(2.7)(20.5%)
Number of secured loans at period end(5)8822,271(1,389)(61.2%)

(1)
See "Results of Segments" for a description of additional metrics not listed above.

(2)
Gold ounces sold represents the ounces of gold product sold and delivered to the customer during the period, excluding ounces of gold recorded on forward contracts.

(3)
Silver ounces sold represents the ounces of silver product sold and delivered to the customer during the period, excluding ounces of silver recorded on forward contracts.

(4)
Inventory turnover ratio is the cost of sales divided by average inventory for the period presented above. This calculation excludes precious metals held under financing arrangements, which are not classified as inventory on the consolidated balance sheets.

(5)
Number of outstanding secured loans to customers that are primarily collateralized by precious metals at the end of the period.

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Revenues

in thousands, except performance metrics
Year Ended June 30,20232022Change
$% of revenue$% of revenue$%
Revenues$9,286,561100.000%$8,159,254100.000%$1,127,30713.8%
Performance Metrics
Gold ounces sold2,667,0002,668,000(1,000)(0.0%)
Silver ounces sold156,233,000132,209,00024,024,00018.2%

Revenues for the year ended June 30, 2023 increased $1.1 billion, or 13.8% to $9.287 billion from $8.159 billion in 2022. Excluding an increase of $1.2 billion of forward sales, our revenues decreased $33.3 million or 0.5%, which was due to a decrease in gold ounces sold and lower average selling prices of silver, partially offset by an increase in silver ounces sold and higher average selling prices of gold.

Gold ounces sold for the year ended June 30, 2023 decreased 1,000 ounces, or 0.0%, to 2,667,000 ounces from 2,668,000 ounces in 2022. Silver ounces sold for the year ended June 30, 2023 increased 24,024,000 ounces, or 18.2%, to 156,233,000 ounces from 132,209,000 ounces in 2022. On average, the selling prices for gold increased by 1.0% and selling prices for silver decreased by 9.5% during the year ended June 30, 2023 as compared to the prior year.

JMB's revenue represented 19.4% and 23.8% of the Company's consolidated revenue for the years ended June 30, 2023 and 2022, respectively.

Gross Profit

in thousands, except performance metric
Year Ended June 30,20232022Change
$% of revenue$% of revenue$%
Gross profit$294,6693.173%$261,7653.208%$32,90412.6%
Performance Metric
Inventory turnover ratio10.513.2(2.7)(20.5%)

Gross profit for the year ended June 30, 2023 increased $32.9 million, or 12.6%, to $294.7 million from $261.8 million in 2022. The overall gross profit increase was due to higher gross profits earned from both the Wholesale Sales & Ancillary Services and Direct-to-Consumer segments.

The Company’s overall gross margin percentage for the year ended June 30, 2023 decreased by 3.5 basis points to 3.173% from 3.208% in 2022. Excluding an increase of $1.2 billion of forward sales that had a negligible impact to the amount of gross profit, our gross margin percentage for the year ended June 30, 2023 increased by 49.8 basis points to 4.291% from 3.793%, which was primarily due to higher trading profits and wider premium spreads. JMB’s retail market activity represented 48.5% and 46.0%, respectively, of the Company’s consolidated gross profit for the years ended June 30, 2023 and 2022.

Our inventory turnover ratio for the year ended June 30, 2023 decreased by 20.5%, to 10.5 from 13.2 in 2022. The decrease in our inventory turnover ratio was primarily due to higher average inventory balances held under product financing arrangements, partially offset by higher forward sales.

Selling, General and Administrative Expense

in thousands
Year Ended June 30,20232022Change
$% of revenue$% of revenue$%
Selling, general, and administrative expenses$(85,282)(0.918%)$(76,618)(0.939%)$8,66411.3%

Selling, general and administrative expenses for the year ended June 30, 2023 increased $8.7 million, or 11.3%, to $85.3 million from $76.6 million in 2022. The change was primarily due to: (i) an increase in compensation expense (including performance-based accruals) of $6.4 million, (ii) higher advertising costs of $3.5 million, (iii) an increase in information technology costs of $1.7 million, partially offset by (iv) a decrease in insurance costs of $1.7 million and (v) lower consulting and professional fees of $2.0 million.

Depreciation and Amortization Expense

in thousands
Year Ended June 30,20232022Change
$% of revenue$% of revenue$%
Depreciation and amortization expense$(12,525)(0.135%)$(27,300)(0.335%)$(14,775)(54.1%)

Depreciation and amortization expense for the year ended June 30, 2023 decreased $14.8 million, or 54.1%, to $12.5 million from $27.3 million in 2022 primarily due to a $14.9 million decrease in JMB’s intangible asset amortization expense.

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Interest Income

in thousands, except performance metric
Year Ended June 30,20232022Change
$% of revenue$% of revenue$%
Interest income$22,2310.239%$21,8000.267%$4312.0%
Performance Metric
Number of secured loans at period-end8822,271(1,389)(61.2%)

Interest income for the year ended June 30, 2023 increased $0.4 million, or 2.0%, to $22.2 million from $21.8 million in 2022. The aggregate increase in interest income was primarily due to an increase in other finance product income of $1.8 million partially offset by lower interest income earned by our Secured Lending segment.

The interest income from our Secured Lending segment decreased by $1.4 million or by 12.5% compared with the prior year. The decrease in interest income earned from the segment’s secured loan portfolio was primarily due to fewer loans outstanding and lower average monthly loan balances during the current year as compared to the prior year, partially offset by an increase in interest rates. The number of secured loans outstanding decreased by 61.2% to 882 as of June 30, 2023, from 2,271 as of June 30, 2022.

Interest Expense

in thousands
Year Ended June 30,20232022Change
$% of revenue$% of revenue$%
Interest expense$(31,528)(0.340%)$(21,992)(0.270%)$9,53643.4%

Interest expense for the year ended June 30, 2023 increased $9.5 million, or 43.4% to $31.5 million from $22.0 million in 2022. The increase in interest expense was primarily driven by each of the following components: (i) $7.2 million associated with our Trading Credit Facility (primarily due to an increase in interest rates) and the AMCF Notes (including amortization of debt issuance costs), (ii) $2.6 million related to product financing arrangements, (iii) $0.6 million in interest associated with liabilities on borrowed metals, partially offset by (iv) a decrease of $0.9 million of loan servicing fees.

Earnings from Equity Method Investments

in thousands
Year Ended June 30,20232022Change
$% of revenue$% of revenue$%
Earnings from equity method investments$12,5760.135%$6,9070.085%$5,66982.1%

Earnings from equity method investments for the year ended June 30, 2023 increased $5.7 million or 82.1% to $12.6 million from $6.9 million in 2022. The increase of $5.7 million was primarily due to our additional 40% ownership interest in Silver Gold Bull, Inc., which was acquired in June 2022, as well as earnings from our other equity method investments.

Other Income, Net

in thousands
Year Ended June 30,20232022Change
$% of revenue$% of revenue$%
Other income, net$2,6630.029%$1,9530.024%$71036.4%

Other income, net for the year ended June 30, 2023 increased $0.7 million, or 36.4% to $2.7 million from $2.0 million in 2022. The increase was primarily due to higher royalties earned by our Secured Lending segment of $0.2 million and related-party consulting income of $0.2 million.

Income Tax Expense

in thousands
Year Ended June 30,20232022Change
$% of revenue$% of revenue$%
Income tax expense$(46,401)(0.500%)$(33,338)(0.409%)$13,06339.2%

Our income tax expense was $46.4 million and $33.3 million for the years ended June 30, 2023 and 2022, respectively. Our effective tax rate was approximately 22.8% and 20.0% for the years ended June 30, 2023 and 2022, respectively. For the years ended June 30, 2023 and 2022, our effective tax rate differs from the federal statutory rate primarily due to state taxes (net of federal tax benefit) and other normal course non-deductible expenditures, partially offset by the excess tax benefit from share-based compensation and the foreign derived intangible income special deduction.

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SEGMENT RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

The Company conducts its operations in three reportable segments: (i) Wholesale Sales & Ancillary Services, (ii) Direct-to-Consumer, and (iii) Secured Lending.

Results of Operations — Wholesale Sales & Ancillary Services Segment

The Company operates its Wholesale Sales & Ancillary Services segment directly and through its wholly-owned subsidiaries, A-Mark Trading AG (“AMTAG”), Transcontinental Depository Services ("TDS"), A-M Global Logistics, LLC ("Logistics"), and AM&ST Associates, LLC ("AMST" or "Silver Towne" or the "Mint"). Also, the Wholesale Sales & Ancillary Services segment includes the consolidating eliminations of inter-segment transactions and unallocated segment adjustments.

Overview of Results of Operations for the Years Ended June 30, 2023 and 2022

— Wholesale Sales & Ancillary Services Segment

The operating results of our Wholesale Sales & Ancillary Services segment were as follows (in thousands, except performance metrics data):

Year Ended June 30,20232022Change
$% of revenue$% of revenue$%
Revenues$7,289,139(a)100.000%$6,024,742(b)100.000%$1,264,39721.0%
Gross profit125,6781.724%(c)114,0931.894%(d)$11,58510.2%
Selling, general, and administrative expenses(40,181)(0.551%)(40,844)(0.678%)$(663)(1.6%)
Depreciation and amortization expense(970)(0.013%)(891)(0.015%)$798.9%
Interest income12,5230.172%10,7060.178%$1,81717.0%
Interest expense(19,660)(0.270%)(10,034)(0.167%)$9,62695.9%
Earnings from equity method investments12,5750.173%6,9030.115%$5,67282.2%
Other income, net1610.002%%$161%
Unrealized gains (losses) on foreign exchange3660.005%(98)(0.002%)$464473.5%
Net income before provision for income taxes$90,4921.241%$79,8351.325%$10,65713.3%
Performance Metrics:
Gold ounces sold(1)2,038,0002,059,000(21,000)(1.0%)
Silver ounces sold(2)132,582,000104,598,00027,984,00026.8%
Wholesale Sales ticket volume(3)101,488107,594(6,106)(5.7%)

(a)
Revenues are presented net of inter-segment transactions with the Direct-to-Consumer segment that totaled $1.464 billion. This segment’s gross sales before eliminations of inter-segment activity totaled $8.754 billion.

(b)
Revenues are presented net of inter-segment transactions with the Direct-to-Consumer segment that totaled $1.623 billion. This segment’s gross sales before eliminations of inter-segment activity totaled $7.648 billion.

(c)
Gross profit percentage before elimination of inter-segment sales to the Direct-to-Consumer segment was 1.449% for the period.

(d)
Gross profit percentage before elimination of inter-segment sales to the Direct-to-Consumer segment was 1.482% for the period.

(1)
Gold ounces sold represents the ounces of gold product sold and delivered to the customer during the period, excluding ounces of gold recorded on forward contracts.

(2)
Silver ounces sold represents the ounces of silver product sold and delivered to the customer during the period, excluding ounces of silver recorded on forward contracts.

(3)
Wholesales Sales ticket volume represents the total number of product orders processed.

Revenues — Wholesale Sales & Ancillary Services

in thousands, except performance metrics
Year Ended June 30,20232022Change
$% of revenue$% of revenue$%
Revenues$7,289,139(a)100.000%$6,024,742(b)100.000%$1,264,39721.0%
Performance Metrics
Gold ounces sold2,038,0002,059,000(21,000)(1.0%)
Silver ounces sold132,582,000104,598,00027,984,00026.8%
Wholesale Sales ticket volume101,488107,594(6,106)(5.7%)

(a)
Revenues are presented net of inter-segment transactions with the Direct-to-Consumer segment that totaled $1.464 billion. This segment’s gross sales before eliminations of inter-segment activity totaled $8.754 billion.

(b)
Revenues are presented net of inter-segment transactions with the Direct-to-Consumer segment that totaled $1.623 billion. This segment’s gross sales before eliminations of inter-segment activity totaled $7.648 billion.

Revenues for the year ended June 30, 2023 increased $1.3 billion, or 21.0%, to $7.289 billion from $6.025 billion in 2022. Excluding an increase in forward sales of $1.2 billion, our revenues increased $103.8 million, which was due to an increase in silver ounces sold and higher average selling prices of gold, partially offset by a decrease in gold ounces sold and lower average selling prices of silver.

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Gold ounces sold for the year ended June 30, 2023 decreased 21,000 ounces, or 1.0%, to 2,038,000 ounces from 2,059,000 ounces in 2022. Silver ounces sold for the year ended June 30, 2023 increased 27,984,000 ounces, or 26.8%, to 132,582,000 ounces from 104,598,000 ounces in 2022. On average, the selling prices for gold increased by 0.4% and selling prices for silver decreased by 9.5% during the year ended June 30, 2023 as compared to the prior year.

The Wholesale Sales ticket volume for the year ended June 30, 2023 decreased by 6,106 tickets, or 5.7% to 101,488 tickets from 107,594 tickets in 2022.

Gross Profit — Wholesale Sales & Ancillary Services

in thousands
Year Ended June 30,20232022Change
$% of revenue$% of revenue$%
Gross profit$125,6781.724%(c)$114,0931.894%(d)$11,58510.2%

(c)
Gross profit percentage before elimination of inter-segment sales to the Direct-to-Consumer segment was 1.449% for the period.

(d)
Gross profit percentage before elimination of inter-segment sales to the Direct-to-Consumer segment was 1.482% for the period.

Gross profit for the year ended June 30, 2023 increased $11.6 million, or 10.2%, to $125.7 million from $114.1 million in 2022. The gross profit increase was primarily due to higher trading profit and wider premium spreads.

This segment’s profit margin percentage decreased by 17.0 basis points to 1.724% from 1.894% in 2022. The decrease in gross margin percentage was mainly attributable to the impact of increased forward sales partially offset by higher trading profits and wider premium spreads.

Excluding an increase of $1.2 billion of forward sales that had a negligible impact to the amount of gross profit, this segment's gross margin percentage for the year ended June 30, 2023 increased by 18.7 basis points to 2.581% from 2.394%. Forward sales increase revenues but are associated with negligible gross profit. The Company enters into forward contracts to hedge its precious metals price risk exposure and not for speculative purposes.

Selling, General and Administrative Expenses — Wholesale Sales & Ancillary Services

in thousands
Year Ended June 30,20232022Change
$% of revenue$% of revenue$%
Selling, general, and administrative expenses$(40,181)(0.551%)$(40,844)(0.678%)$(663)(1.6%)

Selling, general and administrative expenses for the year ended June 30, 2023 decreased $0.7 million, or 1.6%, to $40.2 million from $40.8 million in 2022. The change was primarily due to: (i) a decrease in consulting and professional fees of $2.4 million and (ii) a decrease in insurance costs of $1.9 million, partially offset by (iii) an increase in compensation expense (including performance-based accruals) of $1.7 million, (iv) an increase in advertising costs of $0.8 million, and (v) an increase in information technology costs of $0.6 million.

Interest Income — Wholesale Sales & Ancillary Services

in thousands
Year Ended June 30,20232022Change
$% of revenue$% of revenue$%
Interest income$12,5230.172%$10,7060.178%$1,81717.0%

Interest income for the year ended June 30, 2023 increased $1.8 million, or 17.0%, to $12.5 million from $10.7 million in 2022. The overall increase was primarily due to higher interest and fees earned related to margin orders of $1.4 million.

Interest Expense — Wholesale Sales & Ancillary Services

in thousands
Year Ended June 30,20232022Change
$% of revenue$% of revenue$%
Interest expense$(19,660)(0.270%)$(10,034)(0.167%)$9,62695.9%

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Interest expense for the year ended June 30, 2023 increased $9.6 million, or 95.9% to $19.7 million from $10.0 million in 2022. The overall increase was primarily due to an increase of $7.6 million in connection with our Trading Credit Facility (primarily due to an increase in interest rates) and the AMCF Notes, higher interest and fees from product financing arrangements of $2.6 million, and higher interest expense related to liabilities on borrowed metals of $0.6 million, partially offset by inter-segment eliminations related to JMB’s product financing activity with A-Mark of $1.1 million.

Earnings from Equity Method Investments— Wholesale Sales & Ancillary Services

Year Ended June 30, 2023 Compared to Year Ended June 30, 2022

in thousands
Year Ended June 30,20232022Change
$% of revenue$% of revenue$%
Earnings from equity method investments$12,5750.173%$6,9030.115%$5,67282.2%

Earnings from equity method investments for the year ended June 30, 2023 increased $5.7 million, or 82.2% to $12.6 million from $6.9 million in 2022. The net increase of $5.7 million was primarily due to our additional 40% ownership interest in Silver Gold Bull, Inc., which was acquired in June 2022, as well as earnings from our other equity method investments.

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Results of Operations — Direct-to-Consumer Segment

The Company operates its Direct-to-Consumer segment through our wholly-owned subsidiaries: JM Bullion, Inc. (“JMB”), Goldline, Inc. (“Goldline”), and through our 50%-owned subsidiary Precious Metals Purchasing Partners, LLC ("PMPP").

Overview of Results of Operations for the Years Ended June 30, 2023 and 2022

— Direct-to-Consumer Segment

The operating results of our Direct-to-Consumer ("DTC") segment were as follows (in thousands, except performance metrics data):

Year Ended June 30,20232022Change
$% of revenue$% of revenue$%
Revenues$1,997,422(a)100.000%$2,134,512(b)100.000%$(137,090)(6.4%)
Gross profit168,9918.460%(c)147,6726.918%(d)$21,31914.4%
Selling, general and administrative expenses(42,976)(2.152%)(34,152)(1.600%)$8,82425.8%
Depreciation and amortization expense(11,204)(0.561%)(26,057)(1.221%)$(14,853)(57.0%)
Interest expense(4,098)(0.205%)(2,958)(0.139%)$1,14038.5%
Other income (expense), net1420.007%(229)(0.011%)$371162.0%
Net income before provision for income taxes$110,8555.550%$84,2763.948%$26,57931.5%
Performance Metrics:
Gold ounces sold(1)629,000609,00020,0003.3%
Silver ounces sold(2)23,651,00027,611,000(3,960,000)(14.3%)
Number of new customers(3)335,300230,400104,90045.5%
Number of active customers(4)476,300623,700(147,400)(23.6%)
Number of total customers(5)2,348,3002,013,000335,30016.7%
DTC ticket volume from new customers(6)152,592178,086(25,494)(14.3%)
DTC ticket volume from pre-existing customers(7)626,248680,544(54,296)(8.0%)
DTC total ticket volume(8)778,840858,630(79,790)(9.3%)
DTC average order value(9)$2,606$2,520$863.4%
JMB average order value(9)$2,390$2,328$622.7%

(a)
Includes $3.5 million of inter-segment sales from the Direct-to-Consumer segment to the Wholesale Sales & Ancillary Services segment.

(b)
Includes $2.4 million of inter-segment sales from the Direct-to-Consumer segment to the Wholesale Sales & Ancillary Services segment.

(c)
Gross profit percentage, excluding inter-segment sales from the Direct-to-Consumer segment to the Wholesale Sales & Ancillary Services segment, was 8.468% for the period.

(d)
Gross profit percentage, excluding inter-segment company sales from the Direct-to-Consumer segment to the Wholesale Sales & Ancillary Services segment, was 6.911% for the period.

(1)
Gold ounces sold represents the ounces of gold product sold and delivered during the period.

(2)
Silver ounces sold represents the ounces of silver product sold and delivered during the period.

(3)
Number of new customers represents the number of customers that have registered or setup a new account or made a purchase for the first time during the period.

(4)
Number of active customers represents the number of customers that have made a purchase during any month during the period.

(5)
Number of total customers represents the aggregate number of customers that have registered or set up an account or have made a purchase in the past.

(6)
Ticket volume from new customers represents the number of product orders from new customers processed by JMB, Goldline, and PMPP during the period.

(7)
Ticket volume from pre-existing customers represents the total number of product orders from pre-existing customers processed by JMB, Goldline, and PMPP during the period.

(8)
Total ticket volume represents the total number of product orders processed by JMB, Goldline, and PMPP during the period.

(9)
Average Order Value ("AOV") represents the average dollar value of product orders (excluding accumulation program orders) delivered to the customer during the period.

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Revenues — Direct-to-Consumer

in thousands, except performance metrics
Year Ended June 30,20232022Change
$% of revenue$% of revenue$%
Revenues$1,997,422100.000%$2,134,512100.000%$(137,090)(6.4%)
Performance Metrics:
Gold ounces sold629,000609,00020,0003.3%
Silver ounces sold23,651,00027,611,000(3,960,000)(14.3%)
Number of new customers335,300230,400104,90045.5%
Number of active customers476,300623,700(147,400)(23.6%)
Number of total customers2,348,3002,013,000335,30016.7%
DTC ticket volume from new customers152,592178,086(25,494)(14.3%)
DTC ticket volume from pre-existing customers626,248680,544(54,296)(8.0%)
DTC total ticket volume778,840858,630(79,790)(9.3%)
DTC average order value$2,606$2,520$863.4%
JMB average order value$2,390$2,328$622.7%

Revenues for the year ended June 30, 2023 decreased $137.1 million, or 6.4%, to $1.997 billion from $2.135 billion in 2022. The decrease in revenue was due to a decrease in silver ounces sold and lower average selling prices of silver, partially offset by an increase in gold ounces sold and higher average selling prices of gold. For the year ended June 30, 2023, JMB's revenue decreased $139.4 million, while revenue of Goldline and PMPP, in the aggregate, increased by $2.3 million as compared to the prior year.

Gold ounces sold for the year ended June 30, 2023 increased 20,000 ounces, or 3.3%, to 629,000 ounces from 609,000 ounces in 2022. Silver ounces sold for the year ended June 30, 2023 decreased 3,960,000 ounces, or 14.3%, to 23,651,000 ounces from 27,611,000 ounces in 2022.

Gold ounces sold by JMB increased 14,000 ounces for the year ended June 30, 2023 compared to 2022. Gold ounces sold by Goldline and PMPP, in the aggregate, increased 6,000 ounces compared to 2022. Silver ounces sold by JMB decreased 3,931,000 ounces for the year ended June 30, 2023 compared to 2022. Silver ounces sold by Goldline and PMPP, in the aggregate, decreased 28,000 ounces compared to 2022.

On average, selling prices for gold increased by 2.4% and selling prices for silver decreased by 6.0% during the year ended June 30, 2023 as compared to the prior year.

The number of new customers for the year ended June 30, 2023 increased 104,900, or 45.5% to 335,300 from 230,400 in 2022. For the year ended June 30, 2023, approximately 31% of the new customers were attributable to the acquired customer lists of BGASC and BullionMax in October 2022 and June 2023, respectively. The number of active customers for the year ended June 30, 2023 decreased 147,400, or 23.6% to 476,300 from 623,700 in 2022. The number of total customers as of June 30, 2023 increased 335,300, or 16.7% to 2,348,300 from 2,013,000 as of June 30, 2022. The changes in the customer-based metrics were primarily due to JMB's activity.

As of June 30, 2023, the number of total CyberMetals customers was 22,400 and CyberMetals customer assets under management were $6.5 million.

For the year ended June 30, 2023, the Direct-to-Consumer ticket volume related to new customers decreased by 25,494 tickets, or 14.3%, to 152,592 tickets from 178,086 tickets in 2022. For the year ended June 30, 2023, Direct-to-Consumer ticket volume related to pre-existing customers decreased by 54,296 tickets, or 8.0%, to 626,248 tickets from 680,544 tickets in 2022. For the year ended June 30, 2023, the Direct-to-Consumer total ticket volume decreased by 79,790 tickets, or 9.3%, to 778,840 tickets from 858,630 tickets in 2022.

For the year ended June 30, 2023, the Direct-to-Consumer average order value increased by $86, or 3.4%, to $2,606 from $2,520 in 2022.

Gross Profit — Direct-to-Consumer

in thousands
Year Ended June 30,20232022Change
$% of revenue$% of revenue$%
Gross profit$168,9918.460%$147,6726.918%$21,31914.4%

Gross profit for the year ended June 30, 2023 increased by $21.3 million, or 14.4%, to $169.0 million from $147.7 million in 2022. The increase in gross profit was mainly due to an increased gross profit margin percentage, partially offset by a lower ticket volume.

For the year ended June 30, 2023, the Direct-to-Consumer segment's profit margin percentage increased by 154.2 basis points to 8.460% from 6.918% in 2022. The increase in the gross profit margin percentage was mainly due to the improved gross profit percentages of JMB, partially offset by the lower gross profit percentages of Goldline and PMPP.

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Selling, General and Administrative Expense — Direct-to-Consumer

in thousands
Year Ended June 30,20232022Change
$% of revenue$% of revenue$%
Selling, general and administrative expenses$(42,976)(2.152%)$(34,152)(1.600%)$8,82425.8%

Selling, general and administrative expenses for the year ended June 30, 2023 increased $8.8 million, or 25.8%, to $43.0 million from $34.2 million in 2022. The change was primarily due to (i) an increase in compensation expense (including performance-based accruals) of $4.7 million, (ii) higher advertising costs of $2.6 million, (iii) an increase in information technology costs of $1.1 million, and (iv) an increase in insurance costs of $0.2 million.

Depreciation and Amortization Expense — Direct-to-Consumer

in thousands
Year Ended June 30,20232022Change
$% of revenue$% of revenue$%
Depreciation and amortization expense$(11,204)(0.561%)$(26,057)(1.221%)$(14,853)(57.0%)

Depreciation and amortization expense for the year ended June 30, 2023, decreased $14.9 million, or 57.0%, to $11.2 million from $26.1 million in 2022. The change was primarily due to a $14.9 million decrease in JMB’s intangible asset amortization expense.

Interest expense — Direct-to-Consumer

in thousands
Year Ended June 30,20232022Change
$% of revenue$% of revenue$%
Interest expense$(4,098)(0.205%)$(2,958)(0.139%)$1,14038.5%

Interest expense for the year ended June 30, 2023 increased $1.1 million to $4.1 million from $3.0 million in 2022. The increase is related to JMB’s increased product financing activity with A-Mark and higher interest rates.

Results of Operations — Secured Lending Segment

The Company operates its Secured Lending segment through its wholly-owned subsidiaries, Collateral Finance Corporation, LLC ("CFC"), AM Capital Funding, LLC (“AMCF”), and CFC Alternative Investments (“CAI”).

Overview of Results of Operations for the Years Ended June 30, 2023 and 2022

— Secured Lending Segment

The operating results of our Secured Lending segment were as follows (in thousands, except performance metrics data):

Year Ended June 30,20232022Change
$% of interest income$% of interest income$%
Interest income$9,708100.000%$11,094100.000%$(1,386)(12.5%)
Interest expense(7,770)(80.037%)(9,000)(81.125%)$(1,230)(13.7%)
Selling, general and administrative expenses(2,125)(21.889%)(1,622)(14.621%)$50331.0%
Depreciation and amortization expense(351)(3.616%)(352)(3.173%)$(1)(0.3%)
Earnings from equity method investments10.010%40.036%$(3)(75.0%)
Other income, net2,36024.310%2,18219.668%$1788.2%
Net income before provision for income taxes$1,82318.778%$2,30620.786%$(483)(20.9%)
Performance Metric:
Number of secured loans at period end(1)8822,271(1,389)(61.2%)

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(1)
Number of outstanding secured loans to customers at the end of the period.

Interest Income — Secured Lending

in thousands, except performance metric
Year Ended June 30,20232022Change
$% of interest income$% of interest income$%
Interest income$9,708100.000%$11,094100.000%$(1,386)(12.5%)
Performance Metric
Number of secured loans at period-end8822,271(1,389)(61.2%)

Interest income for the year ended June 30, 2023 decreased $1.4 million, or 12.5%, to $9.7 million from $11.1 million in 2022. The decrease in interest income earned from the segment’s secured loan portfolio was primarily due to fewer loans outstanding and lower average monthly loan balances during the current year as compared to the prior year, partially offset by an increase in interest rates. The number of secured loans outstanding decreased by 1,389, or 61.2% to 882 from 2,271 as of June 30, 2022.

Interest Expense — Secured Lending

in thousands
Year Ended June 30,20232022Change
$% of interest income$% of interest income$%
Interest expense$(7,770)(80.037%)$(9,000)(81.125%)$(1,230)(13.7%)

Interest expense for the year ended June 30, 2023 decreased $1.2 million, or 13.7%, to $7.8 million from $9.0 million in 2022. The change in interest expense was primarily due to lower loan servicing costs of $0.9 million and lower interest expense of $0.4 million associated with our Trading Credit Facility and the AMCF Notes (including amortization of debt issuance costs).

Selling, General and Administrative Expenses — Secured Lending

in thousands
Year Ended June 30,20232022Change
$% of interest income$% of interest income$%
Selling, general, and administrative expenses$(2,125)(21.889%)$(1,622)(14.621%)$50331.0%

Selling, general, and administrative expenses for the year ended June 30, 2023 increased $0.5 million, or 31.0%, to $2.1 million from $1.6 million in 2022. The change in selling, general, and administrative expenses was not significant.

Other Income, Net — Secured Lending

in thousands
Year Ended June 30,20232022Change
$% of interest income$% of interest income$%
Other income, net$2,36024.310%$2,18219.668%$1788.2%

Other income, net for the year ended June 30, 2023 increased $0.2 million, or 8.2%, to $2.4 million from $2.2 million in 2022. The change in other income, net was not significant.

NON-GAAP MEASURES

Adjusted net income before provision for income taxes

Overview

In addition to our results determined in accordance with U.S. GAAP, we believe the below non-GAAP measure is useful in evaluating our operating performance. We use the financial measure “adjusted net income before provision for income taxes” to present our pre-tax earnings from core business operations. This measure does not have standardized definitions and is not prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP. The items excluded from this financial measure may have a material impact on our financial results. Certain of those items are non-recurring, while others are non-cash in nature. Accordingly, this non-GAAP financial performance measure should be considered in addition to, and not as a substitute for or superior to, the comparable measures prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP.

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Reconciliation

We calculate this non-GAAP financial performance measure by eliminating from net income before provision for income taxes the impact of items we do not consider indicative of our core operating performance. We eliminate the impact of the following three items: (i) acquisition expenses; (ii) amortization expenses related to intangible assets acquired; and (iii) depreciation expense.

The following table reconciles this non-GAAP financial performance measure to its most closely comparable U.S. GAAP measure on our financial statements (in thousands):

Year Ended June 30,20232022Change
$$$%
Net income before provision for income taxes$203,170$166,417$36,75322.1%
Adjustments:
Acquisition costs2851,283$(998)(77.8%)
Amortization of acquired intangibles10,34325,668$(15,325)(59.7%)
Depreciation expense2,1821,632$55033.7%
Adjusted net income before provision for income taxes (non-GAAP)$215,980$195,000$20,98010.8%

Adjustments

Acquisition expenses. We incur expenses for professional services rendered in connection with business combinations, which are included as a component of selling, general, and administrative expenses in the Company’s consolidated statements of income. Acquisition expenses are recorded in the periods in which the costs are incurred, and the services are received. We exclude acquisition expenses when we evaluate our core operating performance and to facilitate comparison of period-to-period operating performance.

Amortization of purchased intangibles. Amortization expense of purchased intangibles varies in amount and frequency and is significantly impacted by the timing and size of our acquisitions. Due to amortization expense being non-cash in nature, management finds it useful to exclude these charges from our operating expenses to assist in the review of a measure that more closely corresponds to cash operating income generated from our business. Amortization of purchased intangible assets will recur in future periods. For additional information about the amortization of our purchased intangibles. See Note 9 to the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

Depreciation expense. Depreciation expense is calculated using a straight-line method based on the estimated useful lives of the related assets, ranging from three years to twenty-five years. Due to depreciation expense being non-cash in nature, management finds it useful to exclude these charges from our operating expenses to assist in the review of a measure that more closely corresponds to cash operating income generated from our business. See Note 8 to the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation, and Amortization

Overview

In addition to the non-GAAP financial performance measure discussed in the section above, we use the non-GAAP liquidity measure “earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization” or "EBITDA" to evaluate our business operations before investing activities, interest, and income taxes. Management and external users of our consolidated financial statements, such as industry analysts and investors, may use EBITDA to compare business operations with other publicly traded companies.

Reconciliation

We calculate EBITDA by eliminating from net income the following five items: (i) interest income; (ii) interest expense; (iii) amortization expenses related to intangible assets acquired; (iv) depreciation expense; and (v) income tax expense.

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Management believes the most directly comparable GAAP financial measure is “net cash provided by or used in operating activities” presented in the consolidated statement of cash flows. Below is the reconciliation of net cash provided by or used in operating activities to EBITDA (in thousands):

Year Ended June 30,20232022Change
$$$%
Net income$156,769$133,079$23,69017.8%
Adjustments:
Interest income(22,231)(21,800)$4312.0%
Interest expense31,52821,992$9,53643.4%
Amortization of acquired intangibles10,34325,668$(15,325)(59.7%)
Depreciation expense2,1821,632$55033.7%
Income tax expense46,40133,338$13,06339.2%
68,22360,830$7,39312.2%
Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization (non-GAAP)$224,992$193,909$31,08316.0%
Reconciliation of Operating Cash Flows to EBITDA:
Net cash used in operating activities$(30,323)$(89,166)$(58,843)(66.0%)
Changes in operating working capital193,738245,216$(51,478)(21.0%)
Interest expense31,52821,992$9,53643.4%
Interest income(22,231)(21,800)$4312.0%
Income tax expense46,40133,338$13,06339.2%
Dividends and distributions received from equity method investees(978)(1,678)$(700)(41.7%)
Earnings from equity method investments12,5766,907$5,66982.1%
Share-based compensation(2,176)(2,140)$361.7%
Deferred income taxes(1,585)4,106$(5,691)(138.6%)
Amortization of loan cost(2,113)(2,651)$(538)(20.3%)
Other155(215)$370172.1%
Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization (non-GAAP)$224,992$193,909$31,08316.0%
Cash Flow Data:
Net cash used in operating activities$(30,323)$(89,166)$(58,843)(66.0%)
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities$6,839$(60,563)$67,402111.3%
Net cash provided by financing activities$25,019$86,107$(61,088)(70.9%)

LIQUIDITY AND FINANCIAL CONDITION

Primary Sources and Uses of Cash

Overview

Liquidity refers to the availability to the Company of amounts of cash to meet all of our cash needs. Our sources of liquidity principally include cash from operations, Trading Credit Facility (see “Lines of Credit” below), and product financing arrangements.

A substantial portion of our assets are liquid. As of June 30, 2023, approximately 81.5% of our assets consisted of cash, receivables, derivative assets, secured loans receivables, precious metals held under financing arrangements, and inventories, measured at fair value. Cash generated from the sales or financing of our precious metals products is our primary source of operating liquidity. Among other things, these include our product financing arrangements and liabilities on borrowed metals. Typically, the Company acquires its inventory by: (i) purchasing inventory from its suppliers by utilizing our own capital and lines of credit; (ii) borrowing precious metals from its suppliers under short-term arrangements which may bear interest at a designated rate, and (iii) repurchasing inventory at an agreed-upon price based on the spot price on the specified repurchase date.

In addition to selling inventory, the Company generates cash from earning interest income. The Company enters into secured loans and secured financing structures with its customers under which it charges interest. The loans are secured by precious metals and numismatic material, and graded sports cards and sports memorabilia owned by the borrowers and held by the Company as security for the term of the loan. The Company also offers a number of secured financing options to its customers to finance their precious metals purchases including consignments and other structured inventory finance products. Furthermore, our customers may enter into agreements whereby the customer agrees to repurchase our precious metals at the prevailing spot price for delivery of the product at a specific point in time in the future; interest income is earned from the contract date until the material is delivered and paid for in full.

We may also raise funds through the public or private offering of equity or debt securities, although there is no assurance that we will be able to do so at the times and in the amounts required. We have an effective universal shelf registration statement on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission, under which we may issue approximately $69.5 million worth of securities at this time through March 2024.

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We continually review our overall credit and capital needs to ensure that our capital base, both stockholders’ equity and available credit facilities, can appropriately support our anticipated financing needs. The Company also continually monitors its current and forecasted cash requirements and draws upon and pays down its lines of credit so as to minimize interest expense. See Note 15 to the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

Lines of Credit

in thousands
June 30, 2023June 30, 2022Change
Lines of credit$235,000$215,000$20,000

Effective December 21, 2021, A-Mark entered into a three-year committed borrowing facility (the "Trading Credit Facility") with CIBC Bank USA, as agent and joint lead arranger, and a syndicate of banks. As of June 30, 2023, the Trading Credit Facility provided the Company with access up to $350.0 million. The credit facility has a termination date of December 21, 2024.

A-Mark routinely uses funds drawn under the Trading Credit Facility to purchase metals from its suppliers and for other operating cash flow purposes. Our CFC subsidiary also uses the funds drawn under the Trading Credit Facility to finance certain of its lending activities.

Notes Payable

in thousands
June 30, 2023June 30, 2022Change
Notes payable — short-term$95,308$$95,308
Notes payable — long-term94,073(94,073)
$95,308$94,073$1,235

In September 2018, AMCF, a wholly-owned subsidiary of CFC, completed an issuance of Secured Senior Term Notes, Series 2018-1, Class A in the aggregate principal amount of $72.0 million and Secured Subordinated Term Notes, Series 2018-1, Class B in the aggregate principal amount of $28.0 million (collectively, the "AMCF Notes".) The Class A Notes bear interest at a rate of 4.98% and the Class B Notes bear interest at a rate of 5.98%. The AMCF Notes have a maturity date of December 15, 2023. The holders of the AMCF Notes have a first priority security interest in the AMCF's cash, secured loan receivable, precious metals held under financing arrangements, and inventory, which are in excess of the AMCF Notes' aggregate principal amount.

As of June 30, 2023, the consolidated aggregate carrying balance of the AMCF Notes was $94.8 million (which excludes the $5.0 million portion of the Class B Notes that the Company retained), and the remaining unamortized loan cost balance was approximately $0.2 million, which is amortized using the effective interest method through the maturity date. See Note 15 to the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

The Company is in discussions with its Trading Credit Facility lenders to refinance the AMCF Notes under this facility. If the Company is unable to refinance the AMCF Notes through the Trading Credit Facility or other alternative financing, the Company intends to generate funds to repay the AMCF Notes through the sale of inventory and/or product financing arrangements.

In April 2021, CCP entered into a loan agreement with CFC, which provides CFC with up to $4.0 million to fund commercial loans secured by graded sports cards and sports memorabilia to its borrowers. All loans to be funded using the proceeds from the CCP Note are subject to CCP’s prior written approval. The term of the CCP Note expires on April 1, 2024 and may be extended by mutual agreement. As of June 30, 2023 and June 30, 2022 the outstanding principal balance of the CCP Note was $0.5 million and $0.0 million. See Note 14 to the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

Liabilities on Borrowed Metals

in thousands
June 30, 2023June 30, 2022Change
Liabilities on borrowed metals$21,642$59,417$(37,775)

We borrow precious metals from our suppliers and customers under short-term arrangements using other precious metal from our inventory or precious metals held under financing arrangements as collateral. Amounts under these arrangements require repayment either in the form of precious metals or cash. Liabilities also arise from unallocated metal positions held by customers in our inventory. Typically, these positions are due on demand, in a specified physical form, based on the total ounces of metal held in the position.

Product Financing Arrangements

in thousands
June 30, 2023June 30, 2022Change
Product financing arrangements$335,831$282,671$53,160

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The Company has agreements with financial institutions and other third parties that allow the Company to transfer its gold and silver inventory to the third-party at an agreed-upon price based on the spot price, which provides alternative sources of liquidity. During the term of the agreement both parties intend for inventory to be returned at an agreed-upon price based on the spot price on the repurchase date. The third parties charge monthly interest as a percentage of the market value of the outstanding obligation; such monthly charges are classified as interest expense. These transactions do not qualify as sales and therefore are accounted for as financing arrangements and reflected in the Company’s consolidated balance sheets as product financing arrangements. The obligation is stated at the amount required to repurchase the outstanding inventory. Both the product financing arrangements and the underlying inventory (which is entirely restricted) are carried at fair value, with changes in fair value included as a component of cost of sales.

Secured Loans Receivable

in thousands
June 30, 2023June 30, 2022Change
Secured loans receivable$100,620$126,217$(25,597)

CFC is a California licensed finance lender that makes and acquires commercial loans secured by bullion and numismatic coins, and graded sports cards and sports memorabilia that affords our customers a convenient means of financing their inventory or collections. See Note 5 to the Company’s consolidated financial statements. AMCF also purchases and holds secured loans from CFC to meet its collateral requirements related to the AMCF Notes. See Note 15 to Company’s consolidated financial statements. Most of the Company's secured loans are short-term in nature. The renewal of these secured loans is at the discretion of the Company and, as such, provides us with some flexibility in regard to our capital deployment strategies.

Dividends

The Company’s board of directors has adopted a regular quarterly cash dividend policy of $0.20 per common share ($0.80 per share on an annual basis). The declaration of regular cash dividends in the future is subject to the determination each quarter by the board of directors.

On August 18, 2022, the Company's board of directors declared a non-recurring special dividend of $1.00 per common share to stockholders of record at the close of business on September 12, 2022. The dividend was paid on September 26, 2022 and totaled $23.4 million. On August 18, 2022, the Company's board of directors also declared the initial quarterly regular cash dividend under its new dividend policy, of $0.20 per common share to stockholders of record at the close of business on October 10, 2022. The dividend was paid on October 24, 2022 and totaled $4.7 million.

On January 4, 2023, the Company's board of directors declared a quarterly regular cash dividend of $0.20 per common share to stockholders of record at the close of business on January 16, 2023. The dividend totaling $4.7 million was paid on January 27, 2023.

On April 5, 2023, the Company's board of directors declared a quarterly regular cash dividend of $0.20 per common share to shareholders of record at the close of business on April 17, 2023. The dividend totaling $4.7 million was paid on April 28, 2023.

See Note 20 to the Company's consolidated financial statements for more information regarding our dividends.

Cash Flows

The majority of the Company’s trading activities involve two-day value trades under which payment is received in advance of delivery or product is received in advance of payment. The combination of sales volume, inventory turnover, and precious metals price volatility can cause material changes in the sources of cash used in or provided by operating activities on a daily basis. The Company manages these variances through its liquidity forecasts and counterparty limits by maintaining a liquidity reserve to meet the Company’s cash needs. The Company uses various short-term financial instruments to manage the cycle of our trading activities from customer purchase order to cash collections and product delivery, which can cause material changes in the amount of cash used in or provided by financing activities on a daily basis.

The following summarizes components of our consolidated statements of cash flows (in thousands):

Year EndedJune 30, 2023June 30, 2022Change
Net cash used in operating activities$(30,323)$(89,166)$(58,843)
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities$6,839$(60,563)$67,402
Net cash provided by financing activities$25,019$86,107$(61,088)

For the periods presented, our principal capital requirements have been to fund (i) working capital and (ii) financing activity. Our working capital requirements fluctuated with market conditions, the availability of precious metals, and the volatility of precious metals commodity pricing.

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Net Cash Flows From Operating Activities

Operating activities used $30.3 million and used $89.2 million in cash for the years ended June 30, 2023 and 2022, respectively, representing a $58.8 million decrease in cash used compared to the year ended June 30, 2022. The decrease in cash used was primarily due to net changes in working capital, which includes the balances of inventories, precious metals held under financing arrangements, receivables, and derivative liabilities, partially offset by increased net income adjusted for noncash items.

Net Cash Flows From Investing Activities

Investing activities provided $6.8 million and used $60.6 million in cash for the years ended June 30, 2023 and 2022, respectively, representing a $67.4 million change in cash provided or used compared to the year ended June 30, 2022. This period over period change was primarily due to higher cash inflows of $41.6 million associated with the net liquidations of secured loans in the current period, a decrease in purchases of long-term investments primarily related to our equity method investees of $32.0 million, and $0.7 million from digital asset activity. These increases in cash inflows were partially offset by higher investing cash outflows in the current year of $5.0 million related to the acquisition of intangible assets from BGASC and BullionMax, and $1.9 million of capital expenditures for property, plant and equipment.

Net Cash Flows From Financing Activities

Financing activities provided $25.0 million and provided $86.1 million in cash for the years ended June 30, 2023 and 2022, respectively, representing a $61.1 million decrease in cash provided compared to the year ended June 30, 2022. This period over period decrease in cash provided by financing activities was primarily due to decreases in cash provided of $28.5 million related to our product financing arrangements, an increase in cash paid for dividends of $14.8 million, decreased net borrowings of $10.0 million under our lines of credit, an increase of $9.8 million of cash used to repurchase our common stock under our share repurchase program, an increase of $3.0 million on repayments on notes payable to related parties, a decrease in cash provided of $2.3 million related to the exercise and taxes related to share-based awards, and an increase of $1.0 million in distributions paid to PMPP's noncontrolling interest holder. These increases in cash outflows were partially offset by lower debt issuance costs paid in the current year of $4.7 million and increased proceeds of $3.5 million from the issuance of related party notes.

Capital Resources

We believe that our current cash availability under the Trading Credit Facility, product financing arrangements, financing derived from borrowed metals and the cash we anticipate generating from operating activities will provide us with sufficient liquidity to satisfy our working capital needs, capital expenditures, investment requirements, and commitments through at least the next twelve months.

The Company is in discussions with its Trading Credit Facility lenders to refinance the AMCF Notes, which mature on December 15, 2023, under this facility. If the Company is unable to refinance the AMCF Notes through the Trading Credit Facility or other alternative financing, the Company intends to generate funds to repay the AMCF Notes through the sale of inventory and/or product financing arrangements, which will reduce the Company's liquidity.

CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS, CONTINGENT LIABILITIES AND COMMITMENTS

Counterparty Risk

We face counterparty risks in our Wholesale Sales and Ancillary Services segment. We manage these risks by setting credit and position risk limits with our trading counterparties, including gross position limits for counterparties engaged in sales and purchase transactions and inventory consignment transactions with us, as well as collateral limits for different types of sale and purchase transactions that counterparties may engage in from time to time.

Commodities Risk and Derivatives

We use a variety of strategies to manage our risk including fluctuations in commodity prices for precious metals. Our inventory consists of, and our trading activities involve, precious metals and precious metal products, for which prices are linked to the corresponding precious metal commodity prices. The Company's precious metals inventory is subject to fluctuations in market value, resulting from changes in the underlying commodity prices. Inventory purchased or borrowed by us is subject to price changes. Inventory borrowed is a natural hedge, since changes in value of the metal held are offset by the obligation to return the metal to the supplier or deliver metals to the customer.

Open sale and purchase commitments in our trading activities are subject to changes in value between the date the purchase or sale price is fixed (the trade date) and the date the metal is received or delivered (the settlement date). We seek to minimize the effect of price changes of the underlying commodity through the use of forward and futures contracts. Our open sale and purchase commitments generally settle within 2 business days, and for those commitments that do not have stated settlement dates, we have the right to settle the positions upon demand.

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Our policy is to substantially hedge our inventory position, net of open sale and purchase commitments that are subject to price risk. We regularly enter into precious metals commodity forward and futures contracts with financial institutions to hedge against this risk. We use futures contracts, which typically settle within 30 days, for our shorter-term hedge positions, and forward contracts, which may remain open for up to six months, for our longer-term hedge positions. We have access to all of the precious metals markets, allowing us to place hedges. We also maintain relationships with major market makers in every major precious metals dealing center.

The Company enters into these derivative transactions solely for the purpose of hedging our inventory holding risk, and not for speculative market purposes. Due to the nature of our hedging strategy, we are not using hedge accounting as defined under Derivatives and Hedging Topic 815 of the ASC ("ASC 815"). Unrealized gains or losses resulting from our futures and forward contracts are reported as cost of sales with the related amounts due from or to counterparties reflected as derivative assets or liabilities. The Company adjusts the derivatives to fair value on a daily basis until the transactions are settled. When these contracts are net settled, the unrealized gains and losses are reversed and the realized gains and losses for forward contracts are recorded in revenue and cost of sales and the net realized gains and losses for futures are recorded in cost of sales.

The Company’s net gains and losses on derivative instruments for the years ended June 30, 2023 and 2022 totaled gains of $97.1 million and gains of $47.8 million, respectively. These net gains and losses on derivative instruments were substantially offset by the changes in fair market value of the underlying precious metals inventory and open sale and purchase commitments, which is also recorded in cost of sales in the consolidated statements of income.

The purpose of the Company's hedging policy is to substantially match the change in the value of the derivative financial instrument to the change in the value of the underlying hedged item. The following table summarizes the results of our hedging activities, showing the precious metal commodity inventory position, net of open sale and purchase commitments, which is subject to price risk, compared to change in the value of the derivative instruments (in thousands):

June 30, 2023June 30, 2022
Inventories$981,643$741,018
Precious metals held under financing arrangements25,53079,766
1,007,173820,784
Less unhedgeable inventories:
Commemorative coin inventory, held at lower of cost or net realizable value(948)(1,434)
Premium on metals position(29,358)(27,059)
Precious metal value not hedged(30,306)(28,493)
Commitments at market:
Open inventory purchase commitments921,108681,835
Open inventory sales commitments(587,392)(497,949)
Margin sale commitments(17,682)(26,984)
In-transit inventory no longer subject to market risk(5,505)(13,164)
Unhedgeable premiums on open commitment positions11,22412,933
Borrowed precious metals(21,642)(59,417)
Product financing arrangements(335,831)(282,671)
Advances on industrial metals698768
(35,022)(184,649)
Precious metal subject to price risk941,845607,642
Precious metal subject to derivative financial instruments:
Precious metals forward contracts at market values767,767278,326
Precious metals futures contracts at market values170,466326,713
Total market value of derivative financial instruments938,233605,039
Net precious metals subject to commodity price risk$3,612$2,603

We are exposed to the risk of default of the counterparties to our derivative contracts. Significant judgment is applied by us when evaluating the fair value implications. We regularly review the creditworthiness of our major counterparties and monitor our exposure to concentrations. As of June 30, 2023, we believe our risk of counterparty default is mitigated based on our evaluation of the creditworthiness of our major counterparties, the strong financial condition of our counterparties, and the short-term duration of these arrangements.

We had the following outstanding sale and purchase commitments and open forward and future contracts, which are normal and recurring, in nature (in thousands):

June 30, 2023June 30, 2022
Purchase commitments$921,108$681,835
Sales commitments$(587,392)$(497,949)
Margin sales commitments$(17,682)$(26,984)
Open forward contracts$767,767$278,326
Open futures contracts$170,466$326,713
Foreign exchange forward contracts$7,101$9,738

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The notional amounts of the commodity forward and futures contracts and the open sales and purchase orders, as shown in the table above, are not reflected at the notional amounts in the consolidated balance sheets. The Company records commodity forward and futures contracts at the fair value, which is the difference between the market price of the underlying metal or contract measured on the reporting date and the trade amount measured on the date the contract was transacted. The fair value of the open derivative contracts are shown as a component of derivative assets or derivative liabilities in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets.

The Company enters into the derivative forward and future transactions solely for the purpose of hedging its inventory holding risk, and not for speculative market purposes. The Company’s gains and losses on derivative instruments are substantially offset by the changes in fair market value of the underlying precious metals inventory position, including our open sale and purchase commitments. The Company records the derivatives at the trade date, and any corresponding unrealized gains or losses are shown as a component of cost of sales in the consolidated statements of income. We adjust the carrying value of the derivatives to fair value on a daily basis until the transactions are physically settled. See Note 12 to the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

Commitments and Contingencies

Refer to Note 16 to the Company’s consolidated financial statements for information relating Company's commitments and contingencies.

CRITICAL ACCOUNTING POLICIES AND ESTIMATES

The Company’s consolidated financial statements are prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“U.S. GAAP”). In connection with the preparation of our financial statements, we are required to make estimates and assumptions about future events and apply judgments that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenue, expenses and related disclosures. We base our assumptions, estimates and judgments on historical experience, current trends and other factors that we believe to be relevant at the time the Company’s consolidated financial statements are prepared. On a regular basis, we review our accounting policies, assumptions, estimates and judgments to ensure that the Company’s consolidated financial statements are presented fairly and in accordance with U.S. GAAP. However, because future events and their effects cannot be determined with certainty, actual results could materially differ from our estimates.

Our significant accounting policies are discussed in Note 2 to the Company’s consolidated financial statements. We believe that the following accounting policies are the most critical to aid in fully understanding and evaluating our reported financial results, and they require our most difficult, subjective or complex judgments, resulting from the need to make estimates about the effect of matters that are inherently uncertain. We have reviewed these critical accounting estimates and related disclosures with the Audit Committee of our board of directors.

Revenue Recognition

The Company accounts for its metals and sales contracts using settlement date accounting. Pursuant to such accounting, the Company recognizes the sale or purchase of the metals at settlement date. During the period between the trade and settlement dates, the Company enters into forward contracts that meet the definition of a derivative in accordance with the Derivatives and Hedging Topic 815 of the ASC (“ASC 815”). The Company records the derivative at the trade date with any corresponding unrealized gain (loss), shown as component of cost of sales in the consolidated statements of income. The Company adjusts the derivatives to fair value on a daily basis until the transactions are settled. When these contracts are settled, the unrealized gains and losses are reversed, and revenue is recognized for contracts that are physically settled. For contracts that are net settled, the realized gains and losses are recorded in cost of sales, with the exception of forward contracts, where their associated realized gains and losses are recorded in revenue and cost of sales, respectively.

Also, the Company recognizes its storage, logistics, licensing, advertising revenue, and other services revenues in accordance with the FASB's release ASU 2014-09 Revenue From Contracts With Customers Topic 606 of the ASC and subsequent related amendments ("ASC 606"), which follows five basic steps to determine whether revenue can be recognized: (i) identify the contract with a customer; (ii) identify the performance obligations in the contract; (iii) determine the transaction price; (iv) allocate the transaction price to the performance obligations in the contract, and (v) recognize revenue when (or as) the entity satisfies a performance obligation.

Inventories

The Company's inventory, which primarily consists of bullion and bullion coins, is acquired and initially recorded at cost and then marked to fair market value. The fair market value of the bullion and bullion coins comprises two components: (i) published market values attributable to the cost of the raw precious metal, and (ii) the premium paid at acquisition of the metal, which is attributable to the incremental value of the product in its finished goods form. The market value attributable solely to such premium is readily determinable by reference to multiple sources. The precious metal component of the inventory may be hedged through the use of precious metal commodity positions, while the premium component of our inventory is not a commodity that may be hedged.

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The Company’s inventory, except for certain lower of cost or net realizable value basis products (as described below), is subsequently recorded at their fair market values. The daily changes in the fair market value of our inventory are offset by daily changes in the fair market value of hedging derivatives that are taken with respect to our inventory positions; both the change in the fair market value of the inventory and the change in the fair market value of these derivative instruments are recorded in cost of sales in the consolidated statements of income.

While the premium component included in inventory is marked-to-market, our commemorative coin inventory, including its premium component, is held at the lower of cost or net realizable value, because the value of commemorative coins is influenced more by supply and demand determinants than on the underlying spot price of the precious metal content of the commemorative coins. Unlike our bullion coins, the value of commemorative coins is not subject to the same level of volatility as bullion coins because our commemorative coins typically carry a substantially higher premium over the spot metal price than bullion coins. Additionally, neither the commemorative coin inventory nor the premium component of our inventory is hedged.

Inventory includes amounts borrowed from suppliers and customers arising from various arrangements including unallocated metal positions held by customers in the Company’s inventory, amounts due to suppliers for the use of consigned inventory, metals held by suppliers as collateral on advanced pool metals, as well as shortages in unallocated metal positions held by the Company in the supplier’s inventory. Unallocated or pool metal represents an unsegregated inventory position that is due on demand, in a specified physical form, based on the total ounces of metal held in the position. Amounts under these arrangements require delivery either in the form of precious metals or cash. The Company mitigates market risk of its physical inventory and open commitments through commodity hedge transactions. See Note 12 to the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

The Company enters into product financing agreements for the transfer and subsequent option or obligation to reacquire its gold and silver inventory at an agreed-upon price based on the spot price with a third-party finance company. This inventory is restricted and is held at a custodial storage facility in exchange for a financing fee, charged by the third-party finance company. During the term of the financing agreement, the third-party company holds the inventory as collateral, and both parties intend for the inventory to be returned to the Company at an agreed-upon price based on the spot price on the repurchase date. The third-party charges a monthly fee as percentage of the market value of the outstanding obligation; such monthly charge is classified as interest expense. These transactions do not qualify as sales and have been accounted for as financing arrangements in accordance with ASC 470-40 Product Financing Arrangements, and are reflected in the Company’s consolidated balance sheets as product financing arrangements. The obligation is stated at the amount required to repurchase the outstanding inventory. Both the product financing and the underlying inventory (which is restricted) are carried at fair value, with changes in fair value included in cost of sales in the Company’s consolidated statements of income.

The Company periodically loans metals to customers on a short-term consignment basis. Such inventory is removed at the time the customer elects to price and purchase the metals, and the Company records a corresponding sale and receivable.

The Company enters into financing arrangements with certain customers under which A-Mark purchases precious metals products that are subject to repurchase by the customer at the fair value of the product on the repurchase date. The Company or the counterparty may typically terminate any such arrangement with 14 days' notice. Upon termination the customer’s rights to repurchase any remaining inventory is forfeited.

Business Combinations

The accounting for a business combination requires tangible and intangible assets acquired and liabilities assumed to be recorded at estimated fair value. We valued intangible assets at their estimated fair values at the acquisition date based upon assumptions related to the future cash flows and discount rates utilizing the then currently available information, and in some cases, valuation results from independent valuation specialists. The use of a discounted cash flow analysis requires significant judgment to estimate the future cash flows derived from the asset and the expected period of time over which those cash flows will occur and to determine an appropriate discount rate.

We make certain judgments and estimates when determining the fair value of assets acquired and liabilities assumed in a business combination. Those judgments and estimates also include determining the lives assigned to acquired intangibles, the resulting amortization period, what indicators will trigger an impairment, whether those indicators are other than temporary, what economic or competitive factors affect valuation, valuation methodology, and key assumptions including discount rates and cash flow estimates.

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Goodwill and Other Purchased Intangible Assets

We evaluate goodwill and other indefinite-lived intangibles for impairment annually in the fourth quarter of the fiscal year (or more frequently if indicators of potential impairment exist) in accordance with the Intangibles - Goodwill and Other Topic 350 of the ASC (“ASC 350”). Other finite-lived intangible assets are evaluated for impairment when events or changes in business circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of the assets may not be recoverable. We may first qualitatively assess whether relevant events and circumstances make it more likely than not that the fair value of the reporting unit's goodwill is less than its carrying value. If, based on this qualitative assessment, we determine that goodwill is more likely than not to be impaired, a quantitative impairment test is performed. This step requires us to determine the fair value of the business and compare the calculated fair value of a reporting unit with its carrying amount, including goodwill. If through this quantitative analysis the Company determines the fair value of a reporting unit exceeds its carrying amount, the goodwill of the reporting unit is considered not to be impaired. If the Company concludes that the fair value of the reporting unit is less than its carrying value, a goodwill impairment will be recognized for the amount by which the carrying amount exceeds the reporting unit’s fair value.

The Company also performs impairment reviews on its indefinite-lived intangible assets (i.e., trade names and trademarks). In assessing its indefinite-lived intangible assets for impairment, the Company has the option to first perform a qualitative assessment to determine whether events or circumstances exist that lead to a determination that it is more likely than not that the fair value of the indefinite-lived intangible asset is less than its carrying amount. If the Company determines that it is not more likely than not that the fair value of an indefinite-lived intangible asset is less than its carrying amount, the Company is not required to perform any additional tests in assessing the asset for impairment. However, if the Company concludes otherwise or elects not to perform the qualitative assessment, then it is required to perform a quantitative analysis to determine if the fair value of an indefinite-lived intangible asset is less than its carrying value. If through a quantitative analysis the Company determines the fair value of an indefinite-lived intangible asset exceeds its carrying amount, the indefinite-lived intangible asset is considered not to be impaired. If the Company concludes that the fair value of an indefinite-lived intangible asset is less than its carrying value, an impairment will be recognized for the amount by which the carrying amount exceeds the indefinite-lived intangible asset’s fair value.

Income Taxes

As part of the process of preparing the Company’s consolidated financial statements, the Company is required to estimate its provision for income taxes in each of the tax jurisdictions in which it conducts business, in accordance with Income Taxes Topic 740 of the ASC ("ASC 740"). The Company computes its annual tax rate based on the statutory tax rates and tax planning opportunities available to it in the various jurisdictions in which it earns income. Significant judgment is required in determining the Company's annual tax rate and in evaluating uncertainty in its tax positions. The Company has adopted the provisions of ASC 740-10, which clarifies the accounting for uncertain tax positions. ASC 740-10 requires that the Company recognizes the impact of a tax position in the financial statements if the position is not more likely than not to be sustained upon examination based on the technical merits of the position. The Company recognizes interest and penalties related to certain uncertain tax positions as a component of income tax expense and the accrued interest and penalties are included in deferred and income taxes payable in the Company’s consolidated balance sheets. See Note 13 to the Company’s consolidated financial statements for more information on the Company’s accounting for income taxes.

Income taxes are accounted for using an asset and liability approach that requires the recognition of deferred tax assets and liabilities for the expected future tax consequences of events that have been included in the financial statements. Under this method, deferred tax assets and liabilities are determined based on the differences between the financial statement and tax basis of assets and liabilities using enacted tax rates in effect for the year in which the differences are expected to reverse. The effect of a change in tax rates on deferred tax assets and liabilities is recognized in income in the period that includes the enactment date. A valuation allowance is provided when it is more likely than not that some portion or all of the net deferred tax assets will not be realized. The factors used to assess the likelihood of realization include the Company's forecast of the reversal of temporary differences, future taxable income, and available tax planning strategies that could be implemented to realize the net deferred tax assets. Failure to achieve forecasted taxable income in applicable tax jurisdictions could affect the ultimate realization of deferred tax assets and could result in an increase in the Company's effective tax rate on future earnings. Based on our assessment, it appears more likely than not that all of the net deferred tax assets will be realized through future taxable income.

RECENT ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS

For a description of accounting changes and recent accounting standards, including the expected dates of adoption and estimated effects, if any, on our financial position or results of operations. See Note 2 to the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

FY 2022 10-K MD&A

SEC filing source: 0000950170-22-018068.

Extracted structurally from real Item 7 body heading to real Item 7A/8 boundary. Published MD&A gate trimmed front/tail over-capture. Confidence: high. Filing date: 2022-09-02. Report date: 2022-06-30.

ITEM 7. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

CAUTIONARY STATEMENT PURSUANT TO THE PRIVATE SECURITIES LITIGATION REFORM ACT OF 1995

This Annual Report on Form 10-K ("Form 10-K") contains statements that are considered forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements give the Company's current expectations and forecasts of future events. All statements other than statements of current or historical fact contained in this Annual Report, including statements regarding the Company's future financial position, business strategy, budgets, projected costs and plans, and objectives of management for future operations, are forward-looking statements. The words “anticipate,” “believe,” “continue,” “estimate,” “expect,” “intend,” “may,” “plan,” and similar expressions, as they relate to the Company, are intended to identify forward-looking statements. These statements are based on the Company's current plans, and the Company's actual future activities and results of operations may be materially different from those set forth in the forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from the statements made. Any or all of the forward-looking statements in this Annual Report may turn out to be inaccurate. The Company has based these forward-looking statements largely on its current expectations and projections about future events and financial trends that it believes may affect its financial condition, results of operations, business strategy, and financial needs. The forward-looking statements can be affected by inaccurate assumptions or by known or unknown risks, uncertainties and assumptions. The Company undertakes no obligation to publicly revise these forward-looking statements to reflect events occurring after the date hereof. All subsequent written and oral forward-looking statements attributable to the Company or persons acting on its behalf are expressly qualified in their entirety by the cautionary statements contained in this Form 10-K.

In addition to the risks and uncertainties that may ordinarily influence our business, the Company remains exposed to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. The pandemic has caused significant disruption in the financial markets both globally and in the United States. The resulting macroeconomic events have contributed to an increase in the business conducted by the Company, but also pose certain risks and uncertainties for the Company. The Company does not know how long the COVID-19 pandemic will continue, the extent to which the effects that the Company has experienced from the pandemic thus far will persist, or whether other effects on the Company and its businesses will materialize in the short or long term.

The following discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and notes contained elsewhere in this Form 10-K. This discussion contains forward-looking statements that reflect our plans, estimates and beliefs. Our actual results could differ materially from those discussed in these forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause or contribute to these differences include those factors discussed below and elsewhere in this Annual Report, particularly in “Risk Factors.”

INTRODUCTION

Management's discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations is provided as a supplement to the accompanying consolidated financial statements and related notes to aid in the understanding of our results of operations and financial condition. Our discussion is organized as follows:


Executive overview. This section provides a general description of our business, as well as significant transactions and events that we believe are important in understanding the results of operations.


Results of operations. This section provides an analysis of our results of operations presented in the accompanying consolidated statements of income by comparing the results for the respective periods presented. Included in our analysis is a discussion of seven performance metrics:

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(i) ounces of gold and silver sold,

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(ii) Wholesale Sales ticket volume,

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(iii) Direct-to-Consumer ticket volume:


(a) Direct-to-Consumer ticket volume from new customer,


(b) Direct-to-Consumer ticket volume from pre-existing customers,


(c) Direct-to-Consumer total ticket volume,

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(iv) Direct-to-Consumer average order value,

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(v) number of Direct-to-Consumer customers,

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(vi) inventory turnover ratio, and

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(vii) number of secured loans at period-end.


Segment results of operations. This section provides an analysis of our results of operations presented for our three segments:

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Wholesale Sales & Ancillary Services

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Direct-to-Consumer, and

o
Secured Lending

for the comparable periods.


Non-GAAP Measures. This section provides an analysis of our non-GAAP measures with a reconciliation to the most directly comparable U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (“U.S. GAAP”) measure reported on the consolidated financial statements. The Company uses the following two non-GAAP measures:

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“adjusted net income before provision for income taxes”, and

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“'earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization", or "EBITDA”.


Liquidity and financial condition. This section provides an analysis of our cash flows, as well as a discussion of our outstanding debt as of June 30, 2022, sources of liquidity and the amount of financial capacity available to fund our future commitments and other financing arrangements.


Critical accounting policies. This section discusses critical accounting policies that are considered both important to our financial condition and results of operations and require management to make significant judgment and estimates. All of our significant accounting policies, including the critical accounting policies, are also summarized in Note 2 to the Company’s consolidated financial statements.


Recent accounting pronouncements. This section discusses new accounting pronouncements, dates of implementation and their expected impact on our accompanying consolidated financial statements.

EXECUTIVE OVERVIEW

Our Business

We conduct our operations in three reportable segments: (i) Wholesale Sales & Ancillary Services, (ii) Direct-to-Consumer and (iii) Secured Lending.

Wholesale Sales & Ancillary Services Segment

The Company operates its Wholesale Sales & Ancillary Services segment directly and through its wholly-owned subsidiaries, A-Mark Trading AG (“AMTAG”), Transcontinental Depository Services, LLC ("TDS" or “Storage”), A-M Global Logistics, LLC (“AMGL” or "Logistics"), and AM&ST Associates, LLC ("AMST" or the “SilverTowne Mint").

The Wholesale Sales & Ancillary Services segment operates as a full-service precious metals company. We offer gold, silver, platinum, and palladium in the form of bars, plates, powder, wafers, grain, ingots, and coins. Our Industrial unit services manufacturers and fabricators of products utilizing or incorporating precious metals. Our Coin and Bar unit deals in over 1,800 coin and bar products in a variety of weights, shapes, and sizes for distribution to dealers and other qualified purchasers. We have a marketing support office in Vienna, Austria, and a trading center in El Segundo, California. The trading center, for buying and selling precious metals, is available to receive orders 24 hours every day, even when many major world commodity markets are closed. In addition to Wholesale Sales activity, A-Mark offers its customers a variety of ancillary services, including financing, storage, consignment, logistics, and various customized financial programs. As a U.S. Mint-authorized purchaser of gold, silver, platinum, and palladium coins, A-Mark purchases product directly from the U.S. Mint and other sovereign mints for sale to its customers.

Through its wholly-owned subsidiary AMTAG, the Company promotes A-Mark's products and services to the international market. Through our wholly-owned subsidiary TDS, we offer a variety of managed storage options for precious metals products to financial institutions, dealers, investors, and collectors around the world.

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The Company's wholly-owned subsidiary AMGL is based in Las Vegas, Nevada, and provides our customers an array of complementary services, including receiving, handling, inventorying, processing, packing, and shipping of precious metals and custom coins on a secure basis.

Through its wholly-owned subsidiary AMST, the Company designs and produces minted silver products. Our SilverTowne Mint operations allow us to provide greater product selection to our customers and greater pricing stability within the supply chain, as well as to gain increased access to silver during volatile market environments, which have historically created higher demand for precious metals products.

Direct-to-Consumer

The Company operates its Direct-to-Consumer segment through its wholly-owned subsidiaries JM Bullion, Inc. (“JMB”) and Goldline, Inc. (“Goldline”). JMB has five wholly-owned subsidiaries: Gold Price Group, Inc. (“GPG”), Silver.com, Inc. (“Silver.com”), Goldline Metal Buying Corp. (“GMBC”), Provident Metals Corp. (“PMC”), and Cybermetals Corp. ("CyberMetals"). Goldline, Inc. owns 100% of AMIP, LLC ("AMIP"), and has a 50% ownership interest in Precious Metals Purchasing Partners, LLC ("PMPP".) As the context requires, references in this Form 10-K to “JMB” may include GPG, Silver.com, GMBC, PMC, and CyberMetals, and references to “Goldline” may include AMIP and PMPP.

JMB is a leading e-commerce retailer providing access to a broad array of gold, silver, copper, platinum, and palladium products through its websites and marketplaces. JMB operates six separately branded, company-owned websites targeting specific niches within the precious metals retail market, including JMBullion.com, ProvidentMetals.com, Silver.com, Cybermetals.com, GoldPrice.org, and SilverPrice.org.

The Company acquired the 79.5% interest in JMB that it did not previously own in March 2021. With this acquisition, we substantially expanded our e-commerce channel for precious metals product sales and increased the diversification of our business between wholesale and retail distribution.

In April 2022, JMB commercially launched the CyberMetals online platform, where customers can purchase and sell fractional shares of digital gold, silver, platinum, and palladium bars in a range of denominations. CyberMetals’ customers have the option to convert their digital holdings to fabricated precious metals products via an integrated redemption flow with JMB. These products may be designated for storage by the Company or shipped directly to the customer.

The Company acquired Goldline in August 2017 through an asset purchase transaction with Goldline, LLC, which had been in operation since 1960. Goldline is a direct retailer of precious metals to the investor community, and markets its precious metal products on television, radio, and the internet, as well as through customer service outreach. AMIP manages Goldline’s intellectual property.

PMPP was formed in in fiscal 2019 pursuant to terms of a joint venture agreement, for the purpose of purchasing precious metals from the partners' retail customers, and then reselling the acquired products back to affiliates of the partners. PMPP commenced operations in fiscal 2020.

Secured Lending

The Company operates its Secured Lending segment through its wholly-owned subsidiary Collateral Finance Corporation, LLC ("CFC"). CFC has two wholly-owned subsidiaries: AM Capital Funding, LLC (“AMCF”), and CFC Alternative Investments (“CAI”).

CFC is a California licensed finance lender that originates and acquires commercial loans secured by bullion and numismatic coins. CFC's customers include coin and precious metal dealers, investors, and collectors. As of June 30, 2022, CFC and AMCF had, in the aggregate, approximately $126.2 million in secured loans outstanding, of which approximately 64.7% were acquired from third parties (some of which may be customers of A-Mark) and approximately 35.3% were originated by CFC.

AMCF was formed for the purpose of securitizing eligible secured loans of CFC. AMCF issued, administers, and owns Secured Senior Term Notes: Series 2018-1, Class A, with an aggregate principal amount of $72.0 million and Secured Subordinated Term Notes, Series 2018-1, Class B in the aggregate principal amount of $28.0 million (collectively referred to as the "Notes"). The Class A Notes bear interest at a rate of 4.98%, and the Class B Notes bear interest at a rate of 5.98%. The Notes have a maturity date of December 15, 2023. (See Note 5 to the Company’s consolidated financial statements for additional information.)

CAI is a holding company that has an equity method interest in Collectible Card Partners, LLC (“CCP”). CCP provides capital to fund commercial loans secured by graded sport cards and sports memorabilia. CCP commenced operations in fiscal 2022.

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Our Strategy

The Company was formed in 1965 and has grown into a significant participant in the bullion and coin markets, with approximately $8.2 billion in revenues for fiscal year 2022. Our strategy continues to focus on growth, including the volume of our business, our geographic presence, and the scope of complementary products, services, and technological tools that we offer to our customers.

We intend to continue to grow by leveraging off the strengths of our existing integrated operations:


our expertise in e-commerce and marketing;


our retail distribution network;


the depth of our customer relationships;


our access to market makers, suppliers, and sovereign and private mints;


our trading systems in the U.S. and Europe;


our network of precious metals dealers;


our depository relationships around the world;


our knowledge of secured lending;


our design and production of minted silver products;


our ability to obtain more favorable pricing and financing terms due to our size;


our distribution, storage and logistics capabilities; and


the quality and experience of our management team.

Our Customers

Our customers include financial institutions, bullion retailers, industrial manufacturers and fabricators, sovereign mints, refiners, coin and metal dealers, investors, collectors, and e-commerce and other retail customers. The Company makes a two-way market in its wholesale operations, which results in many customers also operating as our suppliers in that segment. This diverse base of wholesale customers purchases a variety of products from the Company in a multitude of grades, primarily in the form of coins and bars. Our Direct-to-Consumer segment sells to (and, through JMB and PMPP, buys from) retail customers, with JMB focusing on e-commerce operations and Goldline marketing through various traditional channels to the investor community. The Direct-to-Consumer segment offers these customers a variety of gold, silver, copper, platinum, and palladium products.

Factors Affecting Revenues, Gross Profit, Interest Income, and Interest Expense

Set forth below are the key factors affecting the Company’s revenues, gross profit, interest income, and interest expense. These factors can result from both the Company’s ongoing business activities as well as from Company acquisitions. For the years ended June 30, 2022 and 2021, the Company’s results were significantly impacted by the acquisition of JMB in March 2021.

Revenues. The Company enters into transactions to sell and deliver gold, silver, platinum and palladium to industrial and commercial users, coin and bullion dealers, mints, and financial institutions. The metals are investment or industrial grade and are sold in a variety of shapes and sizes.

The Company also sells and delivers gold, silver, platinum, palladium, and copper products directly to customers and the investor community through its Direct-to Consumer segment. Customers may place orders online at one of the Company's websites or over the phone.

The Company also sells precious metals on forward contracts at a fixed price based on current prevailing precious metal spot prices with a certain delivery date in the future (up to six months from inception date of the forward contract). The Company also uses other derivative products (primarily futures contracts) or combinations thereof to hedge commodity risks. We enter into these forward and future contracts as part of our hedging strategy to mitigate our price risk of holding inventory; they are not entered into for speculative purposes.

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Forward sales contracts by their nature are required to be included in revenues, unlike futures contracts which do not impact the Company’s revenue. The decision to use a forward contract versus another derivative type of product (e.g., a futures contract) for hedging purposes is based on the economics of the transaction. Since the volume of hedging can be significant, the movement in and out of forwards can substantially impact revenues, either positively or negatively, from period to period. For this reason, the Company believes ounces sold (excluding ounces sold on forward sales contracts) is a meaningful metric to assess our top line performance.

In addition, the Company earns revenue by providing storage solutions for precious metals and numismatic coins for financial institutions, dealers, investors, and collectors worldwide and by providing storage and order-fulfillment services to our retail customers. The Company also earns revenue from advertisements placed on our Direct-to-Consumer websites. These revenue streams represent less than 1% of the Company’s consolidated revenues.

The Company operates in a high volume/low margin industry. Revenues are impacted by three primary factors: product volume, market prices, and market volatility. A material changes in any one or more of these factors may result in a significant change in the Company’s revenues. A significant increase or decrease in revenues can occur simply based on changes in the underlying commodity prices and may not be reflective of an increase or decrease in the volume of products sold.

Gross Profit. Gross profit is the difference between our revenues and the cost of our products sold. Since we quote prices based on the current commodity market prices for precious metals, we enter into a combination of forward and futures contracts to effect a hedge position equal to the underlying precious metal commodity value, which substantially represents inventory subject to price risk. We enter into these derivative transactions solely for the purpose of hedging our inventory, and not for speculative purposes. Our gross profit includes the gains and losses resulting from these derivative instruments. However, the gains and losses on the derivative instruments are substantially offset by the gains and losses on the corresponding changes in the market value of our precious metals inventory. As a result, our results of operations generally are not materially impacted by changes in commodity prices.

Volatility also affects our gross profit. Greater volatility typically causes the premium spreads to widen resulting in an increase in the gross profit. Product supply constraints during extended periods of higher volatility have historically resulted in a heightening of wider premium spreads resulting in further improvement in the gross profit.

Interest Income. The Company enters into secured loans and secured financing structures with its customers under which it charges interest. CFC acquires loan portfolios and originates loans that are secured by precious metal bullion and numismatic material owned by the borrowers and held by the Company for the term of the loan. Additionally, AMCF acquires certain loans from CFC that are secured by precious metal bullion to meet the collateral requirements of the Notes. Also, the Company offers a number of secured financing options to its customers to finance their precious metals purchases including consignments and other structured inventory finance products whereby the Company earns a fee based on the underlying value of the precious metal ("repurchase arrangements with customers").

Interest Expense. The Company incurs interest expense associated with its lines of credit, Notes, product financing agreements for the transfer and subsequent re-acquisition of gold, silver, and platinum at a fixed price with a third-party finance company ("product financing arrangements"), and short-term precious metal borrowing arrangements with our suppliers ("liabilities on borrowed metals").

Performance Metrics

In addition to financial statement indicators, management also utilizes key operational metrics to assess the performance of our business.

Gold and Silver Ounces Sold and Delivered to Customers. We look at the number of ounces of gold and silver sold and delivered to our customers (excluding ounces recorded on forward contracts). These metrics reflect our business volume without regard to changes in commodity pricing, which also impacts revenue, but can mask actual business trends.

The primary purpose of entering into forward sales transactions is to hedge commodity price risk. Although the revenues realized from these forward sales transactions are often significant, they generally have negligible impact on gross margins. As a result, the Company excludes the ounces recorded on forward contracts from its performance metrics, as the Company does not enter into forward sales transactions for speculative purposes.

Wholesale Sales Ticket Volume. Another measure of our business that is unaffected by changes in commodity pricing is ticket volume (or number of orders processed). Ticket volume for the Wholesale Sales & Ancillary Services segment measures the total number of wholesale orders processed during the period. In periods of higher volatility, there is generally increased trading in the commodity markets, causing increased demand for our products, resulting in higher business volume. During periods of heightened demand order size per ticket may increase.

Direct-to-Consumer Customers. We are focused on attracting new customers and retaining existing customers to drive revenue growth. We use the following three metrics as revenue growth indicators when assessing our customer base:


New Direct-to-Consumer Customers means the number of customers that have registered or setup a new account or made a purchase for the first time during the period.

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Active Direct-to-Consumer Customers means the number of customers that have made a purchase during the period.


Total Direct-to-Consumer Customers means the aggregate number of customers that have registered or set up an account or have made a purchase in the past.

Direct-to-Consumer Ticket Volume. Ticket volume for the Direct-to-Consumer segment measures the number of third-party product orders processed during the period. In periods of higher volatility, there is generally increased consumer demand for our products, resulting in higher business volume. We use the following three metrics indicators when assessing our ticket volume:


Ticket Volume from new Direct-to-Consumer Customers means the number of third-party product orders from new customers (refer to the definition of new customers above) processed by JMB, Goldline, and PMPP during the period.


Ticket Volume from Pre-existing Direct-to-Consumer Customers means the number of third-party product orders from pre-existing customers, processed by JMB, Goldline, and PMPP during the period.


Total Ticket Volume from Direct-to-Consumer Customers means the aggregate number of third-party product orders processed by JMB, Goldline, and PMPP during the period.

Direct-to-Consumer Average Order Value. Average order value for the Direct-to-Consumer segment measures the average dollar value of third-party product orders (excluding accumulation program orders) delivered to the customer during the period.

Inventory Turnover. Inventory turnover is another performance measure on which we are focused and is calculated as the cost of sales divided by the average inventory during the relevant period. Inventory turnover is a measure of how quickly inventory has moved during the period. A higher inventory turnover ratio, which we typically experience during periods of higher volatility when trading is more robust, typically reflects a more efficient use of our capital.

The period of time that inventory is held by the Company varies depending upon the nature of our inventory commitments with customers and suppliers. (See Note 6 to the Company’s consolidated financial statements for a description of our classifications of inventory by type.) When management analyzes inventory turnover on a period over period basis, consideration is given to each inventory type and its corresponding impact on the inventory turnover calculation. For example:


The Company enters into various structured borrowing arrangements that commit the Company's inventory (such as product financing arrangements or liabilities on borrowed metals) for an unspecified period of time. While the Company is able to obtain access to this inventory on demand, this type of inventory tends not to turn over as quickly as other types of inventory.


The Company enters into repurchase arrangements with customers under which A-Mark holds precious metals which are subject to repurchase for an unspecified period of time. While the Company has legal title to this inventory, the Company is required to hold this inventory (or like-kind inventory) for the customer until the arrangement is terminated or the material is repurchased by the customer. As a result, this type of inventory tends not to turn over as quickly as other types of inventory.

Additionally, our inventory turnover ratio can be affected by hedging activity, as the period over period change of the inventory turnover ratio may be significantly impacted by a period over period change in hedging volume. For example, if trading activity were to remain constant over two periods, but there were significantly higher forward sales in the current period compared to a prior period, the calculated inventory turnover ratio would increase notwithstanding the constancy of the trading volume.

Number of Secured Loans. Finally, as a measure of the size of our Secured Lending segment, we look at the number of outstanding secured loans to customers that are primarily collateralized by precious metals at the end of each quarter. Typically, the number of loans increases during periods of increasing precious metal pricing and decreases during periods of declining precious metal prices.

The Company calculates a loan-to-value ("LTV") ratio for each loan as the principal amount of the loan divided by the liquidation value of the collateral, which is based on daily spot market prices of precious metal bullion. When the market price of the pledged collateral decreases and thereby increases the LTV ratio of a loan above a prescribed maximum ratio, usually 85%, the Company has the option to make a margin call on the loan. As a result, a decline of precious metal market prices may cause a decrease in the number of loans outstanding in a period.

Non-GAAP Financial Measures

In addition to key operational metrics that are used to assess the performance of our business, management also uses non-GAAP financial performance and liquidity measures. We believe "adjusted net income before provision for income taxes” and "EBITDA", can provide useful information to evaluate our financial performance and liquidity position. Non-GAAP measures do not have standardized definitions and should not be a substitute for measures that are prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP. For a reconciliation of these non-GAAP measures to the most directly comparable U.S. GAAP measure reported in our consolidated statements of income and consolidated statements of cash flows for the years ended June 30, 2022 and 2021, and certain limitations inherent in such measures, refer to the “Non-GAAP Measures” section below.

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Fiscal Year

Our fiscal year end is June 30 each year.

Recent Developments

Recent events impacting our business are as follows:


COVID-19

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused significant disruption in the financial markets both globally and in the United States. The resulting macroeconomic events contributed to an increase in the business conducted by the Company, but also pose certain risks and uncertainties for the Company. It is challenging to predict how long the COVID-19 pandemic will continue, the extent to which the effects that the Company has experienced from the pandemic thus far will persist, or whether other effects on the Company and its businesses will materialize in the short or long term.

Macroeconomic events have positively affected the Company’s trading revenues and gross profit as the volatility of the price of precious metals and numismatics resulted in a material increase in the spread between bid and ask prices on these products. We also experienced substantially increased demand for products in each of our coin and bar, industrial and retail businesses. We attribute this to certain customers seeking to assure a supply of precious metals necessary for the operation of their businesses, and other customers, particularly in Goldline and our recently acquired JMB retail units, seeking the safety of investments in precious metals. In response to the heightened demand, in certain cases prices for the products we sell have also risen. We are uncertain of the duration of these conditions.


Increased Investment In Pinehurst Coin Exchange, Inc.

On August 27, 2021, the Company increased its ownership of Pinehurst Coin Exchange, Inc. ("Pinehurst") from 10.0% to 49.0% for a purchase price of $9.8 million, consisting of $6.8 million in cash and 123,180 shares of the Company’s common stock. A-Mark acquired its initial ownership interest of 10.0% in Pinehurst in 2019. Founded in 2005, Pinehurst services the wholesale and retail marketplace and is one of the nation's largest e-commerce retailers of modern and numismatic certified coins on eBay. The Company has appointed two representatives on Pinehurst's board of directors.


New Credit Facility

During the second quarter of fiscal 2022, the Company closed a new three-year, committed $350 million credit facility provided by a syndicate of financial institutions, replacing its existing $280 million credit facility. The new credit facility became effective on December 21, 2021 and matures on December 20, 2024.


Launch of the CyberMetals Online Platform

During the third quarter of fiscal 2022, JMB beta tested the CyberMetals online platform, where customers can purchase and sell fractional shares of digital gold, silver, platinum, and palladium bars in a range of denominations. CyberMetals’ customers have the option to convert their digital holdings to fabricated precious metals products via an integrated redemption flow with JMB. These products may be designated for storage by the Company or shipped directly to the customer. The CyberMetals platform was commercially launched in April 2022.


Stock Split in the Form of a Dividend

On April 28, 2022, the Company’s board of directors declared a two-for-one split of A-Mark’s common stock in the form of a stock dividend. Each stockholder of record at the close of business on May 23, 2022 received a dividend of one additional share of common stock for every share held on the record date that was distributed after the close of trading on June 6, 2022.


Increased Investment In Silver Gold Bull, Inc.

On June 27, 2022, the Company executed an agreement to increase its ownership interest in Silver Gold Bull, Inc. ("Silver Gold Bull") from 7.4% to 47.4% for a purchase price of approximately $42.7 million, consisting of $34.0 million in cash and 253,928 shares of the Company’s common stock. A-Mark acquired its initial 2.5% ownership interest in Silver Gold Bull in 2014, increasing its investment to 7.4% in 2018. Founded in 2009, Silver Gold Bull is a leading e-commerce precious metals retailer in Canada. The Company has appointed two representatives on Silver Gold Bull's board of directors.

Under the terms of the agreement, A-Mark extended its existing exclusive supplier agreement with Silver Gold Bull for an additional four years, to December 2026. The Company also has the option, exercisable between months 18 and 27 following the closing, to purchase an additional 27.6% of the outstanding equity of Silver Gold Bull to bring its ownership interest to 75.0%.

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RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

Overview of Results of Operations for the Years Ended June 30, 2022 and 2021

Consolidated Results of Operations

The operating results of our business for the years ended June 30, 2022 and 2021 are as follows:

in thousands, except for share, per share, and performance metrics data
Years Ended June 30,20222021$%
$% of revenue$% of revenueIncrease/ (decrease)Increase/ (decrease)
Revenues$8,159,254100.000%$7,613,015100.000%$546,2397.2%
Gross profit261,7653.208%210,1982.761%$51,56724.5%
Selling, general, and administrative expenses(76,618)(0.939%)(48,020)(0.631%)$28,59859.6%
Depreciation and amortization expense(27,300)(0.335%)(10,789)(0.142%)$16,511153.0%
Interest income21,8000.267%18,4740.243%$3,32618.0%
Interest expense(21,992)(0.270%)(19,865)(0.261%)$2,12710.7%
Earnings from equity method investments6,9070.085%15,5470.204%$(8,640)(55.6%)
Other income, net1,9530.024%1,0790.014%$87481.0%
Remeasurement gain on pre-existing equity interest26,3060.346%$(26,306)(100.0%)
Unrealized losses on foreign exchange(98)(0.001%)(129)(0.002%)$(31)(24.0%)
Net income before provision for income taxes166,4172.040%192,8012.533%$(26,384)(13.7%)
Income tax expense(33,338)(0.409%)(31,877)(0.419%)$1,4614.6%
Net income133,0791.631%160,9242.114%$(27,845)(17.3%)
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests5430.007%1,2870.017%$(744)(57.8%)
Net income attributable to the Company$132,5361.624%$159,6372.097%$(27,101)(17.0%)
Basic and diluted net income per share attributable to A-Mark Precious Metals, Inc.:
Per Share Data:
Basic$5.81$9.57$(3.76)(39.3%)
Diluted$5.45$8.90$(3.45)(38.8%)
Performance Metrics:(1)
Gold ounces sold(2)2,668,0002,743,000(75,000)(2.7%)
Silver ounces sold(3)132,209,000114,275,00017,934,00015.7%
Inventory turnover ratio(4)13.219.0(5.8)(30.5%)
Number of secured loans at period end(5)2,2711,88139020.7%

(1)
See "Results of Segments" for a description of additional metrics not listed above.

(2)
Gold ounces sold represents the ounces of gold product sold and delivered to the customer during the period, excluding ounces of gold recorded on forward contracts.

(3)
Silver ounces sold represents the ounces of silver product sold and delivered to the customer during the period, excluding ounces of silver recorded on forward contracts.

(4)
Inventory turnover ratio is the cost of sales divided by average inventory for the period presented above. This calculation excludes precious metals held under financing arrangements, which are not classified as inventory on the consolidated balance sheets.

(5)
Number of outstanding secured loans to customers that are primarily collateralized by precious metals at the end of the period.

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Revenues

in thousands, except performance metrics
Years Ended June 30,20222021$%
$% of revenue$% of revenueIncrease/ (decrease)Increase/ (decrease)
Revenues$8,159,254100.000%$7,613,015100.000%$546,2397.2%
Performance Metrics
Gold ounces sold2,668,0002,743,000(75,000)(2.7%)
Silver ounces sold132,209,000114,275,00017,934,00015.7%

Revenues for the year ended June 30, 2022 increased $546.2 million, or 7.2% to $8.159 billion from $7.613 billion in 2021. Excluding an increase of $664.5 million of forward sales, our revenues decreased $118.3 million or 1.7%, which was due to a decrease in gold ounces sold and lower average selling prices of silver, partially offset by an increase in silver ounces sold and higher average selling prices of gold.

Gold ounces sold for the year ended June 30, 2022 decreased 75,000 ounces, or 2.7%, to 2,668,000 ounces from 2,743,000 ounces in 2021. Silver ounces sold for the year ended June 30, 2022 increased 17,934,000 ounces, or 15.7%, to 132,209,000 ounces from 114,275,000 ounces in 2021. On average, the selling prices for gold increased by 2.3% and selling prices for silver decreased by 4.9% during the year ended June 30, 2022 as compared to the prior year.

JMB’s revenue represented 23.8% of the Company’s consolidated revenue for the year ended June 30, 2022. JMB’s gold and silver ounces sold represented 20.9% and 19.4%, respectively, of the Company’s consolidated total gold and silver ounces sold for the year ended June 30, 2022. As JMB was acquired in March 2021, its revenue represented 8.8% of the Company's consolidated revenue for the year ended June 30, 2021. JMB's gold and silver ounces sold represented 7.1% and 7.8%, respectively, of the Company's consolidated total gold and silver ounces sold for the year ended June 30, 2021.

Gross Profit

in thousands, except performance metric
Years Ended June 30,20222021$%
$% of revenue$% of revenueIncrease/ (decrease)Increase/ (decrease)
Gross profit$261,7653.208%$210,1982.761%$51,56724.5%
Performance Metric
Inventory turnover ratio13.219.0(5.8)(30.5%)

Gross profit for the year ended June 30, 2022 increased $51.6 million, or 24.5%, to $261.8 million from $210.2 million in 2021. The overall gross profit increase was due to higher gross profits earned from the Direct-to-Consumer segment, offset by lower gross profit earned from the Wholesale Sales & Ancillary Services Segment.

The Company’s overall gross margin percentage for the year ended June 30, 2022 increased by 44.7 basis points to 3.208% from 2.761% in 2021. Excluding an increase of $664.5 million of forward sales that had a negligible impact to the amount of gross profit, our gross margin percentage for the year ended June 30, 2022 increased by 79.9 basis points to 3.793% from 2.995%, which was partially offset by lower trading profits.

The increase in gross margin percentage was mainly attributable to JMB’s retail market activity, which represented 46.0% and 22.0%, respectively, of the Company’s consolidated gross profit for the years ended June 30, 2022 and 2021.

Our inventory turnover rate for the year ended June 30, 2022 decreased by 30.5%, to 13.2 from 19.0 in 2021. The decrease in our inventory turnover ratio was primarily due to higher average inventory balances partially offset by higher forward sales.

Selling, General and Administrative Expense

in thousands
Years Ended June 30,20222021$%
$% of revenue$% of revenueIncrease/ (decrease)Increase/ (decrease)
Selling, general, and administrative expenses$(76,618)(0.939%)$(48,020)(0.631%)$28,59859.6%

Selling, general and administrative expenses for the year ended June 30, 2022 increased $28.6 million, or 59.6%, to $76.6 million from $48.0 million in 2021. The change was primarily due to: (i) an increase of $21.6 million of expenses incurred by JMB, (ii) increased

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compensation expense (including performance-based accruals) of $3.7 million, (iii) higher insurance costs of $2.6 million, and (iv) increased consulting and professional fees of $1.5 million, partially offset by (v) lower computer-related expense of $0.6 million.

JMB’s selling, general, and administrative expenses represented 35.6% and 11.9%, respectively, of the Company’s consolidated selling, general, and administrative expenses for the year ended years ended June 30, 2022 and 2021.

Depreciation and Amortization Expense

in thousands
Years Ended June 30,20222021$%
$% of revenue$% of revenueIncrease/ (decrease)Increase/ (decrease)
Depreciation and amortization expense$(27,300)(0.335%)$(10,789)(0.142%)$16,511153.0%

Depreciation and amortization expense for the year ended June 30, 2022 increased $16.5 million, or 153.0%, to $27.3 million from $10.8 million in 2021. The change was primarily due to $16.4 million of JMB’s intangible asset amortization expense.

JMB’s depreciation and amortization expense represented 93.0% and 81.3%, respectively, of the Company’s consolidated depreciation and amortization expense for the years ended June 30, 2022 and 2021.

Interest Income

in thousands, except performance metric
Years Ended June 30,20222021$%
$% of revenue$% of revenueIncrease/ (decrease)Increase/ (decrease)
Interest income$21,8000.267%$18,4740.243%$3,32618.0%
Performance Metric
Number of secured loans at period-end2,2711,88139020.7%

Interest income for the year ended June 30, 2022 increased $3.3 million, or 18.0%, to $21.8 million from $18.5 million in 2021. The aggregate increase in interest income was primarily due to higher interest income earned by our Secured Lending segment and higher other finance product income.

The interest income from our Secured Lending segment increased by $2.9 million or by 36.0% compared with the prior year. The increase in interest income earned from the segment’s secured loan portfolio was primarily due to higher average monthly loan balances during the current year as compared to the average monthly loan balances for the prior year. The number of secured loans outstanding increased by 20.7% to 2,271 as of June 30, 2022, from 1,881 as of June 30, 2021.

The interest income from our other finance product income increased by $0.4 million in comparison to the prior year.

Interest Expense

in thousands
Years Ended June 30,20222021$%
$% of revenue$% of revenueIncrease/ (decrease)Increase/ (decrease)
Interest expense$(21,992)(0.270%)$(19,865)(0.261%)$2,12710.7%

Interest expense for the year ended June 30, 2022 increased $2.1 million, or 10.7% to $22.0 million from $19.9 million in 2021. The increase in interest expense was primarily driven by each of the following components: (i) $1.3 million associated with our Trading Credit Facility and the Notes (including amortization of debt issuance costs), (ii) $1.2 million related to product financing arrangements, (iii) $0.5 million of loan servicing fees, offset by a decrease of (iv) $0.9 million in interest associated with liabilities on borrowed metals.

Earnings from equity method investments

in thousands
Years Ended June 30,20222021$%
$% of revenue$% of revenueIncrease/ (decrease)Increase/ (decrease)
Earnings from equity method investments$6,9070.085%$15,5470.204%$(8,640)(55.6%)

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Earnings from equity method investments for the year ended June 30, 2022 decreased $8.6 million or 55.6% to $6.9 million from $15.5 million in 2021. The net decrease of $8.6 million includes a $11.7 million decrease related to JMB, a former equity method investment which is now reported by the Company as a wholly owned subsidiary, offset by increased earnings of $3.1 million from our other equity method investments.

Other income, net

in thousands
Years Ended June 30,20222021$%
$% of revenue$% of revenueIncrease/ (decrease)Increase/ (decrease)
Other income, net$1,9530.024%$1,0790.014%$87481.0%

Other income, net for the year ended June 30, 2022 increased $0.9 million, or 81.0% to $2.0 million from $1.1 million in 2021. The increase was primarily due to higher royalties earned by our Secured Lending segment of $1.1 million, offset by unrealized losses from crypto currency investments of $0.2 million.

Remeasurement gain on pre-existing equity interest

in thousands
Years Ended June 30,20222021$%
$% of revenue$% of revenueIncrease/ (decrease)Increase/ (decrease)
Remeasurement gain on pre-existing equity interest$%$26,3060.346%$(26,306)(100.0%)

The remeasurement gain on pre-existing equity interest recognized during the Company’s prior year fiscal year was in connection with the acquisition of JMB. The Company’s fair value of its 20.5% pre-existing equity interest in JMB was determined to be approximately $33.9 million at the acquisition date. Based on the total consideration paid of $207.4 million, the remeasurement resulted in the recognition of a pretax gain of $26.3 million.

Income tax expense

in thousands
Years Ended June 30,20222021$%
$% of revenue$% of revenueIncrease/ (decrease)Increase/ (decrease)
Income tax expense$(33,338)(0.409%)$(31,877)(0.419%)$1,4614.6%

Our income tax expense was $33.3 million and $31.9 million for the years ended June 30, 2022 and 2021, respectively. Our effective tax rate was approximately 20.0% and 16.5% for the years ended June 30, 2022 and 2021, respectively. For the year ended June 30, 2022, our effective tax rate differs from the federal statutory rate primarily due to the excess tax benefit from share-based compensation, foreign derived intangible income special deduction, partially offset by state taxes (net of federal tax benefit). For the year ended June 30, 2021, our effective tax rate differs from the federal statutory rate primarily due to adjustments related to our acquisition of JMB, foreign derived intangible income special deduction, partially offset by state taxes (net of federal tax benefit).

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SEGMENT RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

The Company conducts its operations in three reportable segments: (i) Wholesale Sales & Ancillary Services, (ii) Direct-to-Consumer, and (iii) Secured Lending. Each of these reportable segments represents an aggregation of operating segments that meets the aggregation criteria set forth in the Segment Reporting Topic 280 of the Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC 280”).

Results of Operations — Wholesale Sales & Ancillary Services Segment

The Company operates its Wholesale Sales & Ancillary Services segment directly and through its wholly-owned subsidiaries, A-Mark Trading AG (“AMTAG”), Transcontinental Depository Services ("TDS"), A-M Global Logistics, LLC ("Logistics"), and AM&ST Associates, LLC ("AMST" or "SilverTowne" or the "Mint"). Also, the Wholesale Sales & Ancillary Services segment includes the consolidating eliminations of inter-segment transactions and unallocated segment adjustments.

Overview of Results of Operations for the Years Ended June 30, 2022 and 2021

— Wholesale Sales & Ancillary Services Segment

The operating results of our Wholesale Sales & Ancillary Services segment for the years ended June 30, 2022 and 2021 are as follows:

in thousands, except performance metrics
Years Ended June 30,20222021$%
$% of revenue$% of revenueIncrease/ (decrease)Increase/ (decrease)
Revenues$6,024,742(a)100.000%$6,738,707(c)100.000%$(713,965)(10.6%)
Gross profit114,0931.894%(b)138,8132.060%(d)$(24,720)(17.8%)
Selling, general, and administrative expenses(40,844)(0.678%)(32,992)(0.490%)$7,85223.8%
Depreciation and amortization expense(891)(0.015%)(877)(0.013%)$141.6%
Interest income10,7060.178%10,3150.153%$3913.8%
Interest expense(10,034)(0.167%)(11,666)(0.173%)$(1,632)(14.0%)
Earnings from equity method investments6,9030.115%15,5470.231%$(8,644)(55.6%)
Remeasurement gain on pre-existing equity interest26,3060.390%$(26,306)(100.0%)
Unrealized losses on foreign exchange(98)(0.002%)(129)(0.002%)$(31)(24.0%)
Net income before provision for income taxes$79,8351.325%$145,3172.156%$(65,482)(45.1%)
Performance Metrics:
Gold ounces sold(1)2,059,0002,486,000(427,000)(17.2%)
Silver ounces sold(2)104,598,000103,812,000786,0000.8%
Wholesale Sales ticket volume(3)107,594143,439(35,845)(25.0%)

(a)
Revenues are presented net of inter-segment transactions with the Direct-to-Consumer segment that totaled $1.623 billion. This segment’s gross sales before eliminations of inter-segment activity totaled $7.648 billion.

(b)
Gross profit percentage before elimination of inter-segment sales to the Direct-to-Consumer segment was 1.482% for the period.

(c)
Revenues are presented net of inter-segment transactions with the Direct-to-Consumer segment that totaled $781.4 million. This segment’s gross sales before eliminations of inter-segment activity totaled $7.520 billion.

(d)
Gross profit percentage before elimination of inter-segment sales to the Direct-to-Consumer segment was 1.909% for the period.

(1)
Gold ounces sold represents the ounces of gold product sold and delivered to the customer during the period, excluding ounces of gold recorded on forward contracts.

(2)
Silver ounces sold represents the ounces of silver product sold and delivered to the customer during the period, excluding ounces of silver recorded on forward contracts.

(3)
Wholesales Sales ticket volume represents the total number of product orders processed.

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Revenues — Wholesale Sales & Ancillary Services

in thousands, except performance metrics
Years Ended June 30,20222021$%
$% of revenue$% of revenueIncrease/ (decrease)Increase/ (decrease)
Revenues$6,024,742(a)100.000%$6,738,707(c)100.000%$(713,965)(10.6%)
Performance Metrics
Gold ounces sold2,059,0002,486,000(427,000)(17.2%)
Silver ounces sold104,598,000103,812,000786,0000.8%
Wholesale Sales ticket volume107,594143,439(35,845)(25.0%)

(a)
Revenues are presented net of inter-segment transactions with the Direct-to-Consumer segment that totaled $1.623 billion. This segment’s gross sales before eliminations of inter-segment activity totaled $7.648 billion.

(c)
Revenues are presented net of inter-segment transactions with the Direct-to-Consumer segment that totaled $781.4 million. This segment’s gross sales before eliminations of inter-segment activity totaled $7.520 billion.

Revenues for the year ended June 30, 2022 decreased $714.0 million, or 10.6%, to $6.025 billion from $6.739 billion in 2021. Excluding an increase in forward sales of $664.5 million, our revenues decreased $1.379 billion, which was due to a decrease in gold ounces sold and lower average selling prices of gold and silver, partially offset by an increase in silver ounces sold.

Gold ounces sold for the year ended June 30, 2022 decreased 427,000 ounces, or 17.2%, to 2,059,000 ounces from 2,486,000 ounces in 2021. Silver ounces sold for the year ended June 30, 2022 increased 786,000 ounces, or 0.8%, to 104,598,000 ounces from 103,812,000 ounces in 2021. On average, the selling prices for gold and silver decreased by 0.7% and 5.7%, respectively, during the year ended June 30, 2022 as compared to the prior year.

For the year ended June 30, 2022, the Wholesale Sales & Ancillary Services segment's revenue and product volumes sold exclude transactions with JMB, since they were eliminated as inter-segment transactions. For the year ended June 30, 2021, Wholesale Sales & Ancillary Services segment's revenue and product volumes sold include JMB's transactions through the acquisition date (i.e., in March 2021). Since the acquisition date, JMB's results are included in the Direct-to-Consumer segment. The Wholesale Sales & Ancillary Services segment’s gross sales before elimination of inter-segment activity for the year ended June 30, 2022 increased $127.8 million, or 1.7%, to $7.648 billion from $7.520 billion in 2021, which was due to an increase in silver ounces sold, partially offset by a decrease in gold ounces sold, and by lower average selling prices of gold and silver.

Gold ounces sold before eliminations of inter-segment activity for the year ended June 30, 2022 decreased 145,000 ounces, or 5.4%, to 2,546,000 ounces from 2,691,000 ounces in 2021. Silver ounces sold before eliminations of inter-segment activity for the year ended June 30, 2022 increased 17,453,000 ounces, or 15.5%, to 129,745,000 ounces from 112,292,000 ounces in 2021.

The Wholesale Sales ticket volume for the year ended June 30, 2022 decreased by 35,845 tickets, or 25.0% to 107,594 tickets from 143,439 tickets in 2021. The decrease in the ticket volume reflects the exclusion of transactions with JMB in the current year due to inter-segment eliminations, which were included in the prior year through the acquisition date of JMB.

Gross Profit — Wholesale Sales & Ancillary Services

in thousands, except performance metric
Years Ended June 30,20222021$%
$% of revenue$% of revenueIncrease/ (decrease)Increase/ (decrease)
Gross profit$114,0931.894%(b)$138,8132.060%(d)$(24,720)(17.8%)

(b)
Gross profit percentage before elimination of inter-segment sales to the Direct-to-Consumer segment was 1.482% for the period.

(d)
Gross profit percentage before elimination of inter-segment sales to the Direct-to-Consumer segment was 1.909% for the period.

Gross profit for the year ended June 30, 2022 decreased $24.7 million, or 17.8%, to $114.1 million from $138.8 million in 2021. The overall gross profit decrease was primarily due to narrower premium spreads, lower trading profit, and the elimination of inter-segment transactions with JMB, as discussed in the preceding Revenues section.

This segment’s profit margin percentage decreased by 16.6 basis points to 1.894% from 2.060% in 2021. Excluding an increase of $664.5 million of forward sales that had a negligible impact to the amount of gross profit, this segment's gross margin percentage for the year ended June 30, 2022 increased by 13.5 basis points to 2.394% from 2.259%.

The decrease in gross margin percentage was mainly attributable to narrower premium spreads, lower trading profits, and the impact of increased forward sales. Forward sales increase revenues, but are associated with negligible gross profit. The Company enters into forward contracts to hedge its precious metals price risk exposure and not for speculative purposes.

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Selling, General and Administrative Expenses — Wholesale Sales & Ancillary Services

in thousands
Years Ended June 30,20222021$%
$% of revenue$% of revenueIncrease/ (decrease)Increase/ (decrease)
Selling, general, and administrative expenses$(40,844)(0.678%)$(32,992)(0.490%)$7,85223.8%

Selling, general and administrative expenses for the year ended June 30, 2022 increased $7.9 million, or 23.8%, to $40.8 million from $33.0 million in 2021. The change was primarily due to: (i) increased compensation expense (including performance-based accruals) of $4.0 million, (ii) higher insurance costs of $2.6 million, and (iii) increased consulting and professional fees of $0.5 million, and (iv) higher computer-related expense of $0.2 million.

Interest Income — Wholesale Sales & Ancillary Services

in thousands
Years Ended June 30,20222021$%
$% of revenue$% of revenueIncrease/ (decrease)Increase/ (decrease)
Interest income$10,7060.178%$10,3150.153%$3913.8%

Interest income for the year ended June 30, 2022 increased $0.4 million, or 3.8%, to $10.7 million from $10.3 million in 2021. The overall increase is primarily due to higher interest earned from spot deferred orders of $0.7 million and higher margin fees of $0.2 million, partially offset by lower interest and fees earned related to a financing arrangements with an affiliated company of $0.4 million and repurchase arrangements with customers of $0.1 million.

Interest Expense — Wholesale Sales & Ancillary Services

in thousands
Years Ended June 30,20222021$%
$% of revenue$% of revenueIncrease/ (decrease)Increase/ (decrease)
Interest expense$(10,034)(0.167%)$(11,666)(0.173%)$(1,632)(14.0%)

Interest expense for the year ended June 30, 2022 decreased $1.6 million, or 14.0% to $10.0 million from $11.7 million in 2021. The overall decrease was primarily driven by inter-segment eliminations related to JMB’s product financing activity with A-Mark of $2.1 million, lower interest expense related to liabilities on borrowed metals of $0.9 million, and an increase of $0.1 million in connection with our Trading Credit Facility and the Notes, offset by higher interest and fees from product financing arrangements of $1.2 million.

Earnings from equity method investments— Wholesale Sales & Ancillary Services

in thousands
Years Ended June 30,20222021$%
$% of revenue$% of revenueIncrease/ (decrease)Increase/ (decrease)
Earnings from equity method investments$6,9030.115%$15,5470.231%$(8,644)(55.6%)

Earnings from equity method investments for the year ended June 30, 2022 decreased $8.6 million, or 55.6% to $6.9 million from $15.5 million in 2021. The net decrease of $8.6 million includes an $11.7 million decrease related to JMB, a former equity method investment which is now reported by the Company as a wholly owned subsidiary, offset by increased earnings of $3.1 million from our other equity method investments.

Remeasurement gain on pre-existing equity interest— Wholesale Sales & Ancillary Services

in thousands
Years Ended June 30,20222021$%
$% of revenue$% of revenueIncrease/ (decrease)Increase/ (decrease)
Remeasurement gain on pre-existing equity interest$(—%)$26,3060.390%$(26,306)(100.0%)

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The remeasurement gain on pre-existing equity interest recognized during the Company’s prior year was in connection with the acquisition of JMB. The Company’s fair value of its 20.5% pre-existing equity interest in JMB was determined to be approximately $33.9 million at the acquisition date. Based on the total consideration paid of $207.4 million, the remeasurement resulted in the recognition of a pretax gain of $26.3 million.

Results of Operations — Direct-to-Consumer Segment

The Company operates its Direct-to-Consumer segment through our wholly-owned subsidiaries: JM Bullion, Inc. (“JMB”), Goldline, Inc. (“Goldline”), and through our 50%-owned subsidiary Precious Metals Purchasing Partners, LLC ("PMPP"). As a result of the completion of our acquisition of JMB in March 2021, JMB’s financial activity, including performance data, is included in the Direct-to-Consumer segment's fiscal year annual results beginning from that date in fiscal 2021.

Overview of Results of Operations for the Years Ended June 30, 2022 and 2021

— Direct-to-Consumer Segment

The operating results of our Direct-to-Consumer ("DTC") segment for the years ended June 30, 2022 and 2021 are as follows:

in thousands, except performance metrics
Years Ended June 30,20222021$%
$% of revenue$% of revenueIncrease/ (decrease)Increase/ (decrease)
Revenues$2,134,512(a)100.000%$874,308(c)100.000%$1,260,204144.1%
Gross profit147,6726.918%(b)71,3858.165%(d)$76,287106.9%
Selling, general and administrative expenses(34,152)(1.600%)(12,830)(1.467%)$21,322166.2%
Depreciation and amortization expense(26,057)(1.221%)(9,561)(1.094%)$16,496172.5%
Interest expense(2,958)(0.139%)(898)(0.103%)$2,060229.4%
Other expense, net(229)(0.011%)(—%)$229
Net income before provision for income taxes$84,2763.948%48,0965.501%$36,18075.2%
Performance Metrics:
Gold ounces sold(1)609,000257,000352,000137.0%
Silver ounces sold(2)27,611,00010,463,00017,148,000163.9%
Number of new customers(3)230,40084,300146,100173.3%
Number of active customers(4)623,700167,700456,000271.9%
Number of total customers(5)2,013,0001,782,600230,40012.9%
DTC ticket volume from new customers(6)178,08684,30093,786111.3%
DTC ticket volume from pre-existing customers(7)680,544247,364433,180175.1%
DTC total ticket volume(8)858,630331,664526,966158.9%
DTC average order value(9)$2,520$2,773$(253)(9.1%)

(a)
Includes $2.4 million of inter-segment sales from the Direct-to-Consumer segment to the Wholesale Sales & Ancillary Services segment.

(b)
Gross profit percentage, excluding inter-segment sales from the Direct-to-Consumer segment to the Wholesale Sales & Ancillary Services segment, is 6.911% for the period.

(c)
Includes $8.5 million of inter-segment sales from the Direct-to-Consumer segment to the Wholesale Sales & Ancillary Services segment.

(d)
Gross profit percentage, excluding inter-segment company sales from the Direct-to-Consumer segment to the Wholesale Sales & Ancillary Services segment, is 8.226% for the period.

(1)
Gold ounces sold represents the ounces of gold product sold and delivered during the period.

(2)
Silver ounces sold represents the ounces of silver product sold and delivered during the period.

(3)
Number of new customers represents the number of customers that have registered or setup a new account or made a purchase for the first time during the period.

(4)
Number of active customers represents the number of customers that have made a purchase during the period.

(5)
Number of total customers represents the aggregate number of customers that have registered or set up an account or have made a purchase in the past.

(6)
Ticket volume from new customers represents the number of third-party product orders from new customers processed by JMB, Goldline, and PMPP during the period.

(7)
Ticket volume from pre-existing customers represents the total number of third-party product orders from pre-existing customers processed by JMB, Goldline, and PMPP during the period.

(8)
Total ticket volume represents the total number of third-party product orders processed by JMB, Goldline, and PMPP during the period.

(9)
Average Order Value ("AOV") represents the average dollar value of third-party product orders (excluding accumulation program orders) delivered to the customer during the period.

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Segment Results — Direct-to-Consumer

Revenues — Direct-to-Consumer

in thousands, except performance metrics
Years Ended June 30,20222021$%
$% of revenue$% of revenueIncrease/ (decrease)Increase/ (decrease)
Revenues$2,134,512100.000%$874,308100.000%$1,260,204144.1%
Performance Metrics:
Gold ounces sold609,000257,000352,000137.0%
Silver ounces sold27,611,00010,463,00017,148,000163.9%
Number of new customers230,40084,300146,100173.3%
Number of active customers623,700167,700456,000271.9%
Number of total customers2,013,0001,782,600230,40012.9%
DTC ticket volume from new customers178,08684,30093,786111.3%
DTC ticket volume from existing customers680,544247,364433,180175.1%
DTC total ticket volume858,630331,664526,966158.9%
DTC average order value$2,520$2,773$(253)(9.1%)

Revenues for the year ended June 30, 2022 increased $1.260 billion, or 144.1%, to $2.135 billion from $874.3 million in 2021. Excluding inter-segment sales from the Direct-to-Consumer segment to the Wholesale Sales & Ancillary Services segment, revenues for the year ended June 30, 2022 increased $1.266 billion or 146.3% to $2.132 billion from $865.8 million in 2021. The increase in revenue was primarily due to transactions generated by JMB, for which a full year of activity is included in the current year compared to the prior year that only included activity for the post acquisition period. For the year ended June 30, 2022 JMB's revenue increased $1.270 billion to $1.943 billion from $673.3 million, while revenue of Goldline and PMPP, in the aggregate, decreased by $9.8 million as compared to the prior year.

Gold ounces sold for the year ended June 30, 2022 increased 352,000 ounces, or 137.0%, to 609,000 ounces from 257,000 ounces in 2021. Silver ounces sold for the year ended June 30, 2022 increased 17,148,000 ounces, or 163.9%, to 27,611,000 ounces from 10,463,000 ounces in 2021. The increase in the segment’s precious metals ounces sold was primarily due to JMB activity, which accounted for 103.1% and 97.5% of total change in gold and silver ounces sold, respectively, for the year ended June 30, 2022 (which included a full year of activity) compared to 2021 (which included only activity for the post acquisition period.). The gold ounces sold by Goldline and PMPP in the aggregate decreased 17.7% compared to the prior year. The silver ounces sold by Goldline and PMPP in the aggregate increased 28.4% compared to the prior year.

On average, the selling prices for gold increased by 8.5% and selling prices for silver decreased by 8.9% during the year ended June 30, 2022 as compared to the prior year.

The number of new customers for the year ended June 30, 2022 increased 146,100, or 173.3% to 230,400 from 84,300 in 2021. The number of active customers for the year ended June 30, 2022 increased 456,000, or 271.9% to 623,700 from 167,700 in 2021. The number of total customers as of June 30, 2022 increased 230,400, or 12.9% to 2,013,000 from 1,782,600 as of June 30, 2021. The increases in the customer-based metrics were primarily due to our acquisition of JMB in March 2021.

For the year ended June 30, 2022, the Direct-to-Consumer ticket volume related to new customers increased by 93,786 tickets, or 111.3%, to 178,086 tickets from 84,300 tickets in 2021. For the year ended June 30, 2022, Direct-to-Consumer ticket volume related to pre-existing customers increased by 433,180 tickets, or 175.1%, to 680,544 tickets from 247,364 tickets in 2021. For the year ended June 30, 2022, the Direct-to-Consumer ticket volume increased by 526,966 tickets, or 158.9%, to 858,630 tickets from 331,664 tickets in 2021. The increase in ticket volume was primarily due to transactions generated by JMB, for which a full year of activity is included in the current year compared to the prior year that only included activity for the post acquisition period.

For the year ended June 30, 2022, the Direct-to-Consumer average order value decreased by $253, or 9.1%, to $2,520 from $2,773 in 2021. For the year ended June 30, 2022, average order value of JMB, Goldline, and PMPP increased by 3.8%, 9.4%, and 5.3%, respectively, compared to 2021. For the year ended June 30, 2022, JMB's average order value was $2,328.

Gross Profit — Direct-to-Consumer

in thousands, except performance metric
Years Ended June 30,20222021$%
$% of revenue$% of revenueIncrease/ (decrease)Increase/ (decrease)
Gross profit$147,6726.918%$71,3858.165%$76,287106.9%

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Gross profit for the year ended June 30, 2022 increased by $76.3 million, or 106.9%, to $147.7 million from $71.4 million in 2021. The increase in gross profit was mainly due to JMB’s contribution, which accounted for $74.2 million or 97.2% of the increase.

For the year ended June 30, 2022, the Direct-to-Consumer segment's profit margin percentage decreased by 124.7 basis points to 6.918% from 8.165% in 2021. Excluding the impact of inter-segment sales from the Direct-to-Consumer segment to the Wholesale Sales & Ancillary Services segment, the Direct-to-Consumer segment's gross profit margin percentage decreased by 131.5 basis points to 6.911% from 8.226% in 2021. The decrease in the gross profit margin percentage was mainly driven by the addition of JMB which has lower Direct-to-Consumer margins than Goldline and PMPP, partially offset by improved gross profit percentages at Goldline and PMPP.

Selling, General and Administrative Expense — Direct-to-Consumer

in thousands
Years Ended June 30,20222021$%
$% of revenue$% of revenueIncrease/ (decrease)Increase/ (decrease)
Selling, general and administrative expenses$(34,152)(1.600%)$(12,830)(1.467%)$21,322166.2%

Selling, general and administrative expenses for the year ended June 30, 2022 increased $21.3 million, or 166.2%, to $34.2 million from $12.8 million in 2021. The change was primarily due to an increase in JMB’s selling, general, and administrative expenses of $21.6 million.

Depreciation and amortization expense — Direct-to-Consumer

in thousands
Years Ended June 30,20222021$%
$% of revenue$% of revenueIncrease/ (decrease)Increase/ (decrease)
Depreciation and amortization expense$(26,057)(1.221%)$(9,561)(1.094%)$16,496172.5%

Depreciation and amortization expense for the year ended June 30, 2022, increased $16.5 million, or 172.5%, to $26.1 million from $9.6 million in 2021. The change was primarily due to an increase in JMB’s depreciation and amortization expense of $16.6 million.

Interest expense — Direct-to-Consumer

in thousands
Years Ended June 30,20222021$%
$% of revenue$% of revenueIncrease/ (decrease)Increase/ (decrease)
Interest expense$(2,958)(0.139%)$(898)(0.103%)$2,060229.4%

Interest expense for the year ended June 30, 2022 increased $2.1 million to $3.0 million from $0.9 million in 2021. The increase is related to JMB’s product financing activity with A-Mark.

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Results of Operations — Secured Lending Segment

The Company operates its Secured Lending segment through its wholly-owned subsidiaries, Collateral Finance Corporation, LLC ("CFC"), AM Capital Funding, LLC (“AMCF”), and CFC Alternative Investments (“CAI”).

Overview of Results of Operations for the Years Ended June 30, 2022 and 2021

— Secured Lending Segment

The operating results of our Secured Lending segment for the years ended June 30, 2022 and 2021 are as follows:

in thousands, except performance metrics
Years Ended June 30,20222021$%
$% of interest income$% of interest incomeIncrease/ (decrease)Increase/ (decrease)
Interest income$11,094100.000%$8,159100.000%$2,93536.0%
Interest expense(9,000)(81.125%)(7,301)(89.484%)$1,69923.3%
Selling, general and administrative expenses(1,622)(14.621%)(2,198)(26.940%)$(576)(26.2%)
Depreciation and amortization expense(352)(3.173%)(351)(4.302%)$10.3%
Earnings from equity method investments40.036%(—%)$4(—%)
Other income, net2,18219.668%1,07913.225%$1,103102.2%
Net income (loss) before provision for income taxes$2,30620.786%$(612)(7.501%)$2,918476.8%
Performance Metric:
Number of secured loans at period end(1)2,2711,88139020.7%

(1)
Number of outstanding secured loans to customers at the end of the period.

Interest Income — Secured Lending

in thousands, except performance metric
Years Ended June 30,20222021$%
$% of interest income$% of interest incomeIncrease/ (decrease)Increase/ (decrease)
Interest income$11,094100.000%$8,159100.000%$2,93536.0%
Performance Metric
Number of secured loans at period-end2,2711,88139020.7%

Interest income for the year ended June 30, 2022 increased $2.9 million, or 36.0%, to $11.1 million from $8.2 million in 2021. The increase in interest income earned from the segment’s secured loan portfolio was primarily due to higher average monthly loan balances during the current year as compared to the average monthly loan balances for the prior year. The number of secured loans outstanding increased by 390 or 20.7% to 2,271 from 1,881 as of June 30, 2021.

Interest Expense — Secured Lending

in thousands
Years Ended June 30,20222021$%
$% of interest income$% of interest incomeIncrease/ (decrease)Increase/ (decrease)
Interest expense$(9,000)(81.125%)$(7,301)(89.484%)$1,69923.3%

Interest expense for the year ended June 30, 2022 increased $1.7 million, or 23.3% to $9.0 million from $7.3 million in 2021. The change in interest expense is driven by the value of our secured loan portfolio, which is primarily financed through the Notes and our Trading Credit Facility. As compared to the prior year, interest expense related to the Notes and our Trading Credit Facility increased $1.2 million and loan servicing costs increased $0.5 million.

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Selling, General and Administrative Expenses — Secured Lending

in thousands
Years Ended June 30,20222021$%
$% of interest income$% of interest incomeIncrease/ (decrease)Increase/ (decrease)
Selling, general, and administrative expenses$(1,622)(14.621%)$(2,198)(26.940%)$(576)(26.2%)

Selling, general, and administrative expenses for the year ended June 30, 2022 decreased $0.6 million, or 26.2%, to $1.6 million from $2.2 million in 2021. The decrease was mainly driven by lower compensation expense.

Other Income, net — Secured Lending

in thousands
Years Ended June 30,20222021$%
$% of interest income$% of interest incomeIncrease/ (decrease)Increase/ (decrease)
Other income, net$2,18219.668%$1,07913.225%$1,103102.2%

Other income, net for the year ended June 30, 2022 increased $1.1 million, or 102.2% to $2.2 million from $1.1 million in 2021. The increase was due to higher royalty income earned.

NON-GAAP MEASURES

Adjusted net income before provision for income taxes

Overview

In addition to our results determined in accordance with U.S. GAAP, we believe the below non-GAAP measure is useful in evaluating our operating performance. We use the financial measure “adjusted net income before provision for income taxes” to present our pre-tax earnings from on-going business operations. This measure does not have standardized definitions and is not prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP. The items excluded from this financial measure may have a material impact on our financial results. Certain of those items are non-recurring, while others are non-cash in nature. Accordingly, this non-GAAP financial measure should be considered in addition to, and not as a substitute for or superior to, the comparable measures prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP.

Reconciliation

We calculate this non-GAAP performance measure by eliminating from net income before provision for income taxes the impact of items we do not consider indicative of our ongoing operations. We eliminate the impact of the following four items: (i) remeasurement gains or losses; (ii) acquisition expenses; (iii) amortization expenses related to intangible assets acquired; and (iv) depreciation expense. The following tables reconcile this non-GAAP financial measure to its most closely comparable U.S. GAAP measure on our financial statements for the years ended June 30, 2022 and 2021.

Year Ended June 30, 2022 Compared to Year Ended June 30, 2021

in thousands
Years Ended June 30,20222021$%
Net income before provision for income taxes$166,417$192,801$(26,384)(13.7%)
Adjustments:
Remeasurement gain on pre-existing equity interest(26,306)$(26,306)(100.0%)
Acquisition costs1,2832,576$(1,293)(50.2%)
Amortization of acquired intangibles25,6689,342$16,326174.8%
Depreciation expense1,6321,447$18512.8%
Adjusted net income before provision for income taxes (non-GAAP)$195,000$179,860$15,1408.4%

Adjustments

Remeasurement gains or losses. This adjustment relates to our acquisition in March 2021 of the 79.5% of the equity interest in JMB that was not previously owned by us. When we acquire control of a business for which we had previously owned a noncontrolling equity interest, we are required to estimate the fair value of our pre-existing equity investment and record the change in its value as a remeasurement gain or loss, which we present on the face of our consolidated statements of income. Remeasurement gains and losses

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are recorded upon the completion of an acquisition. We exclude these types of remeasurement gains and losses when we evaluate our on-going operational performance and to facilitate comparison of period-to-period operational performance.

Acquisition expenses. We incur expenses for professional services rendered in connection with business combinations, which are included as a component of selling, general, and administrative expenses in the Company’s consolidated statements of income. Acquisition expenses are recorded in the periods in which the costs are incurred, and the services are received. We exclude acquisition expenses when we evaluate our on-going operational performance and to facilitate comparison of period-to-period operational performance.

Amortization of purchased intangibles. Amortization expense of purchased intangibles varies in amount and frequency and is significantly impacted by the timing and size of our acquisitions. Management finds it useful to exclude these charges from our operating expenses to assist in the review of a measure that more closely corresponds to cash operating income generated from our business. Amortization of purchased intangible assets will recur in future periods. For additional information about the amortization of our purchased intangibles. (See Note 9 to the Company’s consolidated financial statements.)

Depreciation expense. Depreciation expense is calculated using a straight-line method based on the estimated useful lives of the related assets, ranging from three years to twenty-five years. Due to depreciation expense being non-cash in nature, management finds it useful to exclude these charges from our operating expenses to assist in the review of a measure that more closely corresponds to cash operating income generated from our business. (See Note 8 to the Company’s consolidated financial statements.)

Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization

Overview

In addition to the performance non-GAAP measure discussed in the section above, we use the non-GAAP liquidity measure “earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization” or "EBITDA" to evaluate our business operations unburdened by our capital structure, before investing activities, interest, and income taxes. Management and external users of our consolidated financial statements, such as industry analysts and investors, may use EBITDA to compare business operations with other publicly traded companies.

Reconciliation

We calculate EBITDA by eliminating from net income the following five items: (i) interest income; (ii) interest expense; (iii) amortization expenses related to intangible assets acquired; (iv) depreciation expense; and (v) income tax expense.

Management believes the most directly comparable GAAP financial measure is “net cash used in operating activities” presented in the consolidated statement of cash flows. EBITDA is reconciled directly to "net cash used in operating activities" below:

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in thousands
Years Ended June 30,20222021$%
Net income$133,079$160,924$(27,845)(17.3%)
Adjustments:
Interest income(21,800)(18,474)$3,32618.0%
Interest expense21,99219,865$2,12710.7%
Amortization of acquired intangibles25,6689,342$16,326174.8%
Depreciation expense1,6321,447$18512.8%
Income tax expense33,33831,877$1,4614.6%
60,83044,057$16,77338.1%
Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization (EBITDA)$193,909$204,981$(11,072)(5.4%)
Reconciliation of EBITDA to Operating Cash Flows:
Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization (EBITDA)$193,909$204,981$(11,072)(5.4%)
Amortization of loan cost2,6512,162$48922.6%
Deferred income taxes(4,106)(2,034)$2,072101.9%
Interest added to principal of secured loans(14)(13)$17.7%
Share-based compensation2,1401,173$96782.4%
Write-down of digital assets229$229(—%)
Remeasurement gain on pre-existing equity method investment(26,306)$(26,306)(100.0%)
Earnings from equity method investments(6,907)(15,547)$(8,640)(55.6%)
Dividends received from equity method investees1,678343$1,335389.2%
Income tax expense(33,338)(31,877)$1,4614.6%
Interest income21,80018,474$3,32618.0%
Interest expense(21,992)(19,865)$2,12710.7%
Changes in operating working capital(245,216)(184,145)$61,07133.2%
Net cash used in operating activities$(89,166)$(52,654)$36,51269.3%
Cash Flow Data:
Net cash used in operating activities$(89,166)$(52,654)$36,51269.3%
Net cash used in investing activities$(60,563)$(130,393)$(69,830)(53.6%)
Net cash provided by financing activities$86,107$232,127$(146,020)(62.9%)

LIQUIDITY AND FINANCIAL CONDITION

Primary Sources and Uses of Cash

Overview

Liquidity refers to the availability to the Company of amounts of cash to meet all of our cash needs. Our sources of liquidity principally include cash from operations, Trading Credit Facility (see “Lines of Credit” below), and product financing arrangements.

A substantial portion of our assets are liquid. As of June 30, 2022, approximately 81.2% of our assets consisted of cash, receivables, derivative assets, secured loans receivables, precious metals held under financing arrangements and inventories, measured at fair value. Cash generated from the sales or financing of our precious metals products is our primary source of operating liquidity. Among other things, these include our product financing arrangements and liabilities on borrowed metals. Typically, the Company acquires its inventory by: (i) purchasing inventory from its suppliers by utilizing our own capital and lines of credit; (ii) borrowing precious metals from its suppliers under short-term arrangements which may bear interest at a designated rate, and (iii) repurchasing inventory at an agreed-upon price based on the spot price on the specified repurchase date.

In addition to selling inventory, the Company generates cash from earning interest income. The Company enters into secured loans and secured financing structures with its customers under which it charges interest. The loans are secured by precious metals and numismatic material owned by the borrowers and held by the Company as security for the term of the loan. The Company also offers a number of secured financing options to its customers to finance their precious metals purchases including consignments and other structured inventory finance products. Furthermore, our customers may enter into agreements whereby the customer agrees to repurchase our precious metals at the prevailing spot price for delivery of the product at a specific point in time in the future; interest income is earned from the contract date until the material is delivered and paid for in full.

We may also raise funds through the public or private offering of equity or debt securities, although there is no assurance that we will be able to do so at the times and in the amounts required. We have an effective universal shelf registration statement, on file with

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the Securities and Exchange Commission for this purpose, under which we may issue approximately $69.5 million worth of securities at this time through March 2024.

We continually review our overall credit and capital needs to ensure that our capital base, both stockholders’ equity and available credit facilities, can appropriately support our anticipated financing needs. The Company also continually monitors its current and forecasted cash requirements and draws upon and pays down its lines of credit so as to minimize interest expense. (See Note 15 to the Company’s consolidated financial statements.)

Lines of Credit

in thousands
June 30, 2022June 30, 2021June 30, 2022 Compared to June 30, 2021
Lines of credit$215,000$185,000$30,000

Effective December 21, 2021, A-Mark entered into a three-year committed borrowing facility (the "Trading Credit Facility") with CIBC Bank USA, as agent and joint lead arranger, and a syndicate of banks. As of June 30, 2022, the Trading Credit Facility provided the Company with access up to $350.0 million. The credit facility has a termination date of December 21, 2024.

A-Mark routinely uses funds drawn under the Trading Credit Facility to purchase metals from its suppliers and for other operating cash flow purposes. Our CFC subsidiary also uses the funds drawn under the Trading Credit Facility to finance certain of its lending activities.

Notes Payable

in thousands
June 30, 2022June 30, 2021June 30, 2022 Compared to June 30, 2021
Notes payable$94,073$93,249$824

In September 2018, AM Capital Funding, LLC (“AMCF”), a wholly owned subsidiary of CFC, completed an issuance of Secured Senior Term Notes, Series 2018-1, Class A in the aggregate principal amount of $72.0 million and Secured Subordinated Term Notes, Series 2018-1, Class B in the aggregate principal amount of $28.0 million (collectively, the "Notes".) The Class A Notes bear interest at a rate of 4.98% and the Class B Notes bear interest at a rate of 5.98%. The Notes have a maturity date of December 15, 2023.

As of June 30, 2022, the consolidated aggregate carrying balance of the Notes was $94.1 million (which excludes the $5.0 million portion of the Class B Notes that the Company retained), and the remaining unamortized loan cost balance was approximately $0.9 million, which is amortized using the effective interest method through the maturity date. (See Note 15 to the Company’s consolidated financial statements.)

Liabilities on Borrowed Metals

in thousands
June 30, 2022June 30, 2021June 30, 2022 Compared to June 30, 2021
Liabilities on borrowed metals$59,417$91,866$(32,449)

We borrow precious metals from our suppliers and customers under short-term arrangements using other precious metal from our inventory or precious metals held under financing arrangements as collateral. Amounts under these arrangements require repayment either in the form of precious metals or cash. Liabilities also arise from unallocated metal positions held by customers in our inventory. Typically, these positions are due on demand, in a specified physical form, based on the total ounces of metal held in the position.

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Product Financing Arrangements

in thousands
June 30, 2022June 30, 2021June 30, 2022 Compared to June 30, 2021
Product financing arrangements$282,671$201,028$81,643

The Company has agreements with financial institutions and other third parties that allow the Company to transfer its gold and silver inventory to the third party at an agreed-upon price based on the spot price, which provides alternative sources of liquidity. During the term of the agreement both parties intend for inventory to be returned at an agreed-upon price based on the spot price on the termination (repurchase) date. The third parties charge monthly interest as a percentage of the market value of the outstanding obligation; such monthly charges are classified as interest expense. These transactions do not qualify as sales and therefore are accounted for as financing arrangements and reflected in the Company’s consolidated balance sheets as product financing arrangements. The obligation is stated at the amount required to repurchase the outstanding inventory. Both the product financing arrangements and the underlying inventory (which is entirely restricted) are carried at fair value, with changes in fair value included as a component of cost of sales.

Secured Loans Receivable

in thousands
June 30, 2022June 30, 2021June 30, 2022 Compared to June 30, 2021
Secured loans receivable$126,217$112,968$13,249

CFC is a California licensed finance lender that makes and acquires commercial loans secured by bullion and numismatic coins that affords our customers a convenient means of financing their inventory or collections. (See Note 5 to the Company’s consolidated financial statements.) AMCF also purchases and holds secured loans from CFC to meet its collateral requirements related to the Notes. (See Note 15 to Company’s consolidated financial statements.) Most of the Company's secured loans are short-term in nature. The renewal of these instruments is at the discretion of the Company and, as such, provides us with some flexibility in regard to our capital deployment strategies.

Dividends

On August 30, 2021, the Company's board of directors declared a non-recurring special dividend of $1.00 per common share (as adjusted for the two-for-one split of A-Mark’s common stock in the form of a stock dividend in fiscal 2022) to stockholders of record at the close of business on September 20, 2021. The dividend was paid on September 24, 2021 and totaled $22.6 million.

On April 28, 2022, the Company’s board of directors declared a two-for-one split of A-Mark’s common stock in the form of a stock dividend. Each stockholder of record at the close of business on May 23, 2022 received a dividend of one additional share of common stock for every share held on the record date that was distributed after the close of trading on June 6, 2022. This was a non cash transaction. All share and per share amounts (except par value) have been retroactively adjusted to reflect the stock split in the form of a dividend for all periods presented.

The Company recently announced that its board of directors has adopted a regular quarterly cash dividend policy of $0.20 per common share. The initial quarterly cash dividend under the policy will be paid on October 24, 2022 to stockholders of record as of October 10, 2022.

The Company has also announced its board of directors has declared a non-recurring special cash dividend of $1.00 per common share, payable on September 26, 2022 to holders of record on September 12, 2022. (See Note 20 to the consolidated financial statements.)

Cash Flows

The majority of the Company’s trading activities involve two-day value trades under which payment is received in advance of delivery or product is received in advance of payment. The combination of sales volume, inventory turnover, and precious metals price volatility can cause material changes in the sources of cash used in or provided by operating activities on a daily basis. The Company manages these variances through its liquidity forecasts and counterparty limits by maintaining a liquidity reserve to meet the Company’s cash needs. The Company uses various short-term financial instruments to manage the cycle of our trading activities from customer purchase order to cash collections and product delivery, which can cause material changes in the amount of cash used in or provided by financing activities on a daily basis.

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The following summarizes components of our consolidated statements of cash flows for the years ended June 30, 2022 and 2021:

in thousands
Year EndedJune 30, 2022June 30, 2021June 30, 2022 Compared to June 30, 2021
Net cash used in operating activities$(89,166)$(52,654)$(36,512)
Net cash used in investing activities$(60,563)$(130,393)$69,830
Net cash provided by financing activities$86,107$232,127$(146,020)

For the periods presented, our principal capital requirements have been to fund (i) working capital and (ii) investing activity. Our working capital requirements fluctuated with market conditions, the availability of precious metals, and the volatility of precious metals commodity pricing. The primary reason for the increase in net cash used by operating activities was due to changes in working capital, partially offset by increased cash generated from net income, adjusted for noncash items Net cash used in investing activities decreased as a result of lower acquisition activity and loan originations. Net cash used in financing activities increased as a result of a decrease in the use of short-term debt financing, as well as the absence of proceeds from a public offering of common stock, partially offset by increased borrowings from our Trading Credit Facility.

Net cash used in operating activities

Operating activities used $89.2 million and $52.7 million in cash for the years ended June 30, 2022 and 2021, respectively, representing a $36.5 million decrease in cash used compared to the year ended June 30, 2021. The increase in cash used was primarily driven by changes in the balances of inventories, deferred revenue and other advances, and derivative assets, partially offset by increased net income adjusted for noncash items and changes in working capital, which includes the balances of derivative liabilities, accounts payable, liabilities on borrowed metals, and precious metals held under financing arrangements.

Net cash used in investing activities

Investing activities used $60.6 million and $130.4 million in cash for the years ended June 30, 2022 and 2021, respectively, representing a $69.8 million decrease in the use of cash compared to the year ended June 30, 2021. This period over period decrease in cash used was primarily due to lower investing cash outflows associated with acquisitions, in which the prior year activity included the Company's $61.4 million incremental acquisition of JMB, and lower cash flows of $39.9 million associated with the acquisition and origination of secured loans in the current period, partially offset by higher cash used for the purchases long-term investments of $26.9 million, and the current year purchase an option to acquire a long-term investment valued at $5.3 million.

Net cash provided by financing activities

Financing activities provided $86.1 million and $232.1 million in cash for the years ended June 30, 2022 and 2021, respectively, representing a $146.0 million decrease in cash provided compared to the year ended June 30, 2021. This period over period decrease was primarily due to the change in cash used by product financing arrangements of $44.7 million, the absence of proceeds from a public offering of common stock of $75.3 million, and lower cash inflows of $20.0 million associated with borrowings under lines of credit.

Capital Resources

We believe that our current cash availability under the Trading Credit Facility, product financing arrangements, financing derived from borrowed metals and the cash we anticipate generating from operating activities will provide us with sufficient liquidity to satisfy our working capital needs, capital expenditures, investment requirements, and commitments through at least the next twelve months.

CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS, CONTINGENT LIABILITIES AND COMMITMENTS

Counterparty Risk

We face counterparty risks in our Wholesale Sales and Ancillary Services segment. We manage these risks by setting credit and position risk limits with our trading counterparties, including gross position limits for counterparties engaged in sales and purchase transactions and inventory consignment transactions with us, as well as collateral limits for different types of sale and purchase transactions that counterparties may engage in from time to time.

Commodities Risk and Derivatives

We use a variety of strategies to manage our risk including fluctuations in commodity prices for precious metals. Our inventory consists of, and our trading activities involve, precious metals and precious metal products, for which prices are linked to the corresponding precious metal commodity prices. Inventory purchased or borrowed by us is subject to price changes. Inventory borrowed

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is a natural hedge, since changes in value of the metal held are offset by the obligation to return the metal to the supplier or deliver metals to the customer.

Open sale and purchase commitments in our trading activities are subject to changes in value between the date the purchase or sale price is fixed (the trade date) and the date the metal is received or delivered (the settlement date). We seek to minimize the effect of price changes of the underlying commodity through the use of forward and futures contracts. Our open sale and purchase commitments generally settle within 2 business days, and for those commitments that do not have stated settlement dates, we have the right to settle the positions upon demand.

Our policy is to substantially hedge our inventory position, net of open sale and purchase commitments that are subject to price risk. We regularly enter into precious metals commodity forward and futures contracts with financial institutions to hedge against this risk. We use futures contracts, which typically settle within 30 days, for our shorter-term hedge positions, and forward contracts, which may remain open for up to six months, for our longer-term hedge positions. We have access to all of the precious metals markets, allowing us to place hedges. We also maintain relationships with major market makers in every major precious metals dealing center.

The Company enters into these derivative transactions solely for the purpose of hedging our inventory holding risk, and not for speculative market purposes. Due to the nature of our hedging strategy, we are not using hedge accounting as defined under, Derivatives and Hedging Topic 815 of the Accounting Standards Codification ("ASC 815".) Unrealized gains or losses resulting from our futures and forward contracts are reported as cost of sales with the related amounts due from or to counterparties reflected as derivative assets or liabilities. The Company adjusts the derivatives to fair value on a daily basis until the transactions are settled. When these contracts are net settled, the unrealized gains and losses are reversed and the realized gains and losses for forward contracts are recorded in revenue and cost of sales and the net realized gains and losses for futures are recorded in cost of sales.

The Company’s net gains (losses) on derivative instruments for the years ended June 30, 2022 and 2021, totaled $47.8 million and $(125.6) million, respectively. These net gains and losses on derivative instruments were substantially offset by the changes in fair market value of the underlying precious metals inventory and open sale and purchase commitments, which is also recorded in cost of sales in the consolidated statements of income.

The purpose of the Company's hedging policy is to substantially match the change in the value of the derivative financial instrument to the change in the value of the underlying hedged item. The following table summarizes the results of our hedging activities, showing the precious metal commodity inventory position, net of open sale and purchase commitments, which is subject to price risk, compared to change in the value of the derivative instruments as of June 30, 2022 and June 30, 2021:

in thousands
June 30, 2022June 30, 2021
Inventories$741,018$458,019
Precious metals held under financing arrangements79,766154,742
820,784612,761
Less unhedgeable inventories:
Commemorative coin inventory, held at lower of cost or net realizable value(1,434)(406)
Premium on metals position(27,059)(11,017)
Precious metal value not hedged(28,493)(11,423)
792,291601,338
Commitments at market:
Open inventory purchase commitments681,835987,926
Open inventory sales commitments(497,949)(590,156)
Margin sale commitments(26,984)(7,322)
In-transit inventory no longer subject to market risk(13,164)(16,707)
Unhedgeable premiums on open commitment positions12,9338,638
Borrowed precious metals(59,417)(91,866)
Product financing arrangements(282,671)(201,028)
Advances on industrial metals768287
(184,649)89,772
Precious metal subject to price risk607,642691,110
Precious metal subject to derivative financial instruments:
Precious metals forward contracts at market values278,326175,352
Precious metals futures contracts at market values326,713514,240
Total market value of derivative financial instruments605,039689,592
Net precious metals subject to commodity price risk$2,603$1,518

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We are exposed to the risk of default of the counterparties to our derivative contracts. Significant judgment is applied by us when evaluating the fair value implications. We regularly review the creditworthiness of our major counterparties and monitor our exposure to concentrations. At June 30, 2022, we believe our risk of counterparty default is mitigated based on our evaluation of the creditworthiness of our major counterparties, the strong financial condition of our counterparties, and the short-term duration of these arrangements.

Commitments and Contingencies

Refer to Note 16 to the Company’s consolidated financial statements for information relating Company's commitments and contingencies.

OFF-BALANCE SHEET ARRANGEMENTS

As of June 30, 2022 and June 30, 2021, we had the following outstanding sale and purchase commitments and open forward and future contracts, which are normal and recurring, in nature:

in thousands
June 30, 2022June 30, 2021
Purchase commitments$681,835$987,926
Sales commitments$(497,949)$(590,156)
Margin sales commitments$(26,984)$(7,322)
Open forward contracts$278,326$175,352
Open futures contracts$326,713$514,240
Foreign exchange forward contracts$9,738$6,541

The notional amounts of the commodity forward and futures contracts and the open sales and purchase orders, as shown in the table above, are not reflected at the notional amounts in the consolidated balance sheets. The Company records commodity forward and futures contracts at the fair value, which is the difference between the market price of the underlying metal or contract measured on the reporting date and the trade amount measured on the date the contract was transacted. The fair value of the open derivative contracts are shown as a component of derivative assets or derivative liabilities in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets.

The Company enters into the derivative forward and future transactions solely for the purpose of hedging its inventory holding risk, and not for speculative market purposes. The Company’s gains (losses) on derivative instruments are substantially offset by the changes in fair market value of the underlying precious metals inventory position, including our open sale and purchase commitments. The Company records the derivatives at the trade date, and any corresponding unrealized gains or losses are shown as a component of cost of sales in the consolidated statements of income. We adjust the carrying value of the derivatives to fair value on a daily basis until the transactions are physically settled. (See Note 12 to the Company’s consolidated financial statements.)

CRITICAL ACCOUNTING POLICIES

The Company’s consolidated financial statements are prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“U.S. GAAP”). In connection with the preparation of our financial statements, we are required to make estimates and assumptions about future events and apply judgments that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenue, expenses and related disclosures. We base our assumptions, estimates and judgments on historical experience, current trends and other factors that we believe to be relevant at the time the Company’s consolidated financial statements are prepared. On a regular basis, we review our accounting policies, assumptions, estimates and judgments to ensure that the Company’s consolidated financial statements are presented fairly and in accordance with U.S. GAAP. However, because future events and their effects cannot be determined with certainty, actual results could materially differ from our estimates.

Our significant accounting policies are discussed in Note 2 to the Company’s consolidated financial statements. We believe that the following accounting policies are the most critical to aid in fully understanding and evaluating our reported financial results, and they require our most difficult, subjective or complex judgments, resulting from the need to make estimates about the effect of matters that are inherently uncertain. We have reviewed these critical accounting estimates and related disclosures with the Audit Committee of our board of directors.

Revenue Recognition

The Company accounts for its metals and sales contracts using settlement date accounting. Pursuant to such accounting, the Company recognizes the sale or purchase of the metals at settlement date. During the period between the trade and settlement dates, the Company has entered into a forward contract that meets the definition of a derivative in accordance with the Derivatives and Hedging Topic 815 of the ASC. The Company records the derivative at the trade date with any corresponding unrealized gain (loss), shown as component of cost of sales in the consolidated statements of income. The Company adjusts the derivatives to fair value on a daily basis until the transactions are settled. When these contracts are settled, the unrealized gains and losses are reversed, and revenue is recognized

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for contracts that are physically settled. For contracts that are net settled, the realized gains and losses are recorded in cost of sales, with the exception of forward contracts, where their associated realized gains and losses are recorded in revenue and cost of sales, respectively.

Also, the Company recognizes its storage, logistics, licensing, advertising revenue, and other services revenues in accordance with the FASB's release ASU 2014-09 Revenue From Contracts With Customers Topic 606 and subsequent related amendments ("ASC 606"), which follows five basic steps to determine whether revenue can be recognized: (i) identify the contract with a customer; (ii) identify the performance obligations in the contract; (iii) determine the transaction price; (iv) allocate the transaction price to the performance obligations in the contract, and (v) recognize revenue when (or as) the entity satisfies a performance obligation.

Inventories

The Company's inventory, which primarily consists of bullion and bullion coins, is acquired and initially recorded at cost and then marked to fair market value. The fair market value of the bullion and bullion coins comprises two components: (i) published market values attributable to the cost of the raw precious metal, and (ii) the published market values attributable to the premium, which is attributable to the incremental value of the product in its finished goods form. The market value attributable solely to such premium is readily determinable by reference to multiple reputable published sources. The precious metal component of the inventory may be hedged through the use of precious metal commodity positions, while the premium component of our inventory is not a commodity that may be hedged.

The Company’s inventory, except for certain lower of cost or net realizable value basis products (as described below), is subsequently recorded at their fair market values. The daily changes in the fair market value of our inventory are offset by daily changes in the fair market value of hedging derivatives that are taken with respect to our inventory positions; both the change in the fair market value of the inventory and the change in the fair market value of these derivative instruments are recorded in cost of sales in the consolidated statements of income.

While the premium component included in inventory is marked-to-market, our commemorative coin inventory, including its premium component, is held at the lower of cost or net realizable value, because the value of commemorative coins is influenced more by supply and demand determinants than on the underlying spot price of the precious metal content of the commemorative coins. Unlike our bullion coins, the value of commemorative coins is not subject to the same level of volatility as bullion coins because our commemorative coins typically carry a substantially higher premium over the spot metal price than bullion coins. Additionally, neither the commemorative coin inventory nor the premium component of our inventory is hedged.

Inventory includes amounts borrowed from suppliers and customers arising from various arrangements including unallocated metal positions held by customers in the Company’s inventory, amounts due to suppliers for the use of consigned inventory, metals held by suppliers as collateral on advanced pool metals, as well as shortages in unallocated metal positions held by the Company in the supplier’s inventory. Unallocated or pool metal represents an unsegregated inventory position that is due on demand, in a specified physical form, based on the total ounces of metal held in the position. Amounts under these arrangements require delivery either in the form of precious metals or cash. The Company mitigates market risk of its physical inventory and open commitments through commodity hedge transactions. (See Note 12 to the Company’s consolidated financial statements.)

The Company enters into product financing agreements for the transfer and subsequent option or obligation to reacquire its gold and silver inventory at an agreed-upon price based on the spot price with a third party finance company. This inventory is restricted and is held at a custodial storage facility in exchange for a financing fee, charged by the third party finance company. During the term of the financing agreement, the third party company holds the inventory as collateral, and both parties intend for the inventory to be returned to the Company at an agreed-upon price based on the spot price on the termination (repurchase) date. The third party charges a monthly fee as percentage of the market value of the outstanding obligation; such monthly charge is classified as interest expense. These transactions do not qualify as sales and have been accounted for as financing arrangements in accordance with ASC 470-40 Product Financing Arrangements, and are reflected in the Company’s consolidated balance sheets as product financing arrangements. The obligation is stated at the amount required to repurchase the outstanding inventory. Both the product financing and the underlying inventory (which is restricted) are carried at fair value, with changes in fair value included in cost of sales in the Company’s consolidated statements of income.

The Company periodically loans metals to customers on a short-term consignment basis. Such inventory is removed at the time the customer elects to price and purchase the metals, and the Company records a corresponding sale and receivable.

The Company enters into financing arrangements with certain customers under which A-Mark purchases precious metals products that are subject to repurchase by the customer at the fair value of the product on the repurchase date. The Company or the counterparty may typically terminate any such arrangement with 14 days' notice. Upon termination the customer’s rights to repurchase any remaining inventory is forfeited.

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Business Combinations

We completed the acquisition of JMB during the third quarter of fiscal year 2021. The accounting for a business combination requires tangible and intangible assets acquired and liabilities assumed to be recorded at estimated fair value. We valued intangible assets at their estimated fair values at the acquisition date based upon assumptions related to the future cash flows and discount rates utilizing the then currently available information, and in some cases, valuation results from independent valuation specialists. The use of a discounted cash flow analysis requires significant judgment to estimate the future cash flows derived from the asset and the expected period of time over which those cash flows will occur and to determine an appropriate discount rate.

We make certain judgments and estimates when determining the fair value of assets acquired and liabilities assumed in a business combination. Those judgments and estimates also include determining the lives assigned to acquired intangibles, the resulting amortization period, what indicators will trigger an impairment, whether those indicators are other than temporary, what economic or competitive factors affect valuation, valuation methodology, and key assumptions including discount rates and cash flow estimates.

Goodwill and Other Purchased Intangible Assets

We evaluate goodwill and other indefinite-lived intangibles for impairment annually in the fourth quarter of the fiscal year (or more frequently if indicators of potential impairment exist) in accordance with the Intangibles - Goodwill and Other Topic 350 of the ASC. Other finite-lived intangible assets are evaluated for impairment when events or changes in business circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of the assets may not be recoverable. We may first qualitatively assess whether relevant events and circumstances make it more likely than not that the fair value of the reporting unit's goodwill is less than its carrying value. If, based on this qualitative assessment, we determine that goodwill is more likely than not to be impaired, a quantitative impairment test is performed. This step requires us to determine the fair value of the business and compare the calculated fair value of a reporting unit with its carrying amount, including goodwill. If through this quantitative analysis the Company determines the fair value of a reporting unit exceeds its carrying amount, the goodwill of the reporting unit is considered not to be impaired. If the Company concludes that the fair value of the reporting unit is less than its carrying value, a goodwill impairment will be recognized for the amount by which the carrying amount exceeds the reporting unit’s fair value.

The Company also performs impairment reviews on its indefinite-lived intangible assets (i.e., trade names and trademarks). In assessing its indefinite-lived intangible assets for impairment, the Company has the option to first perform a qualitative assessment to determine whether events or circumstances exist that lead to a determination that it is more likely than not that the fair value of the indefinite-lived intangible asset is less than its carrying amount. If the Company determines that it is not more likely than not that the fair value of an indefinite-lived intangible asset is less than its carrying amount, the Company is not required to perform any additional tests in assessing the asset for impairment. However, if the Company concludes otherwise or elects not to perform the qualitative assessment, then it is required to perform a quantitative analysis to determine if the fair value of an indefinite-lived intangible asset is less than its carrying value. If through a quantitative analysis the Company determines the fair value of an indefinite-lived intangible asset exceeds its carrying amount, the indefinite-lived intangible asset is considered not to be impaired. If the Company concludes that the fair value of an indefinite-lived intangible asset is less than its carrying value, an impairment will be recognized for the amount by which the carrying amount exceeds the indefinite-lived intangible asset’s fair value.

Income Taxes

As part of the process of preparing the Company’s consolidated financial statements, the Company is required to estimate its provision for income taxes in each of the tax jurisdictions in which it conducts business, in accordance with the Income Taxes Topic 740 of the ASC ("ASC 740"). The Company computes its annual tax rate based on the statutory tax rates and tax planning opportunities available to it in the various jurisdictions in which it earns income. Significant judgment is required in determining the Company's annual tax rate and in evaluating uncertainty in its tax positions. The Company has adopted the provisions of ASC 740-10, which clarifies the accounting for uncertain tax positions. ASC 740-10 requires that the Company recognizes the impact of a tax position in the financial statements if the position is not more likely than not to be sustained upon examination based on the technical merits of the position. The Company recognizes interest and penalties related to certain uncertain tax positions as a component of income tax expense and the accrued interest and penalties are included in deferred and income taxes payable in the Company’s consolidated balance sheets. (See Note 13 to the Company’s consolidated financial statements for more information on the Company’s accounting for income taxes.)

Income taxes are accounted for using an asset and liability approach that requires the recognition of deferred tax assets and liabilities for the expected future tax consequences of events that have been included in the financial statements. Under this method, deferred tax assets and liabilities are determined based on the differences between the financial statement and tax basis of assets and liabilities using enacted tax rates in effect for the year in which the differences are expected to reverse. The effect of a change in tax rates on deferred tax assets and liabilities is recognized in income in the period that includes the enactment date. A valuation allowance is provided when it is more likely than not that some portion or all of the net deferred tax assets will not be realized. The factors used to assess the likelihood of realization include the Company's forecast of the reversal of temporary differences, future taxable income, and available tax planning strategies that could be implemented to realize the net deferred tax assets. Failure to achieve forecasted taxable income in applicable tax jurisdictions could affect the ultimate realization of deferred tax assets and could result in an increase in the

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Company's effective tax rate on future earnings. Based on our assessment, it appears more likely than not that all of the net deferred tax assets will be realized through future taxable income.

RECENT ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS

For a description of accounting changes and recent accounting standards, including the expected dates of adoption and estimated effects, if any, on our financial position or results of operations. (See Note 2 to the Company’s consolidated financial statements.)

FY 2021 10-K MD&A

SEC filing source: 0001564590-21-047760.

Extracted structurally from real Item 7 body heading to real Item 7A/8 boundary. Published MD&A gate trimmed front/tail over-capture. Confidence: high. Filing date: 2021-09-13. Report date: 2021-06-30.

ITEM 7. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

CAUTIONARY STATEMENT PURSUANT TO THE PRIVATE SECURITIES LITIGATION REFORM ACT OF 1995

This Annual Report on Form 10-K ("Form 10-K") contains statements that are considered forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements give the Company's current expectations and forecasts of future events. All statements other than statements of current or historical fact contained in this Annual Report, including statements regarding the Company's future financial position, business strategy, budgets, projected costs and plans, and objectives of management for future operations, are forward-looking statements. The words “anticipate,” “believe,” “continue,” “estimate,” “expect,” “intend,” “may,” “plan,” and similar expressions, as they relate to the Company, are intended to identify forward-looking statements. These statements are based on the Company's current plans, and the Company's actual future activities and results of operations may be materially different from those set forth in the forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from the statements made. Any or all of the forward-looking statements in this Annual Report may turn out to be inaccurate. The Company has based these forward-looking statements largely on its current expectations and projections about future events and financial trends that it believes may affect its financial condition, results of operations, business strategy, and financial needs. The forward-looking statements can be affected by inaccurate assumptions or by known or unknown risks, uncertainties and assumptions. The Company undertakes no obligation to publicly revise these forward-looking statements to reflect events occurring after the date hereof. All subsequent written and oral forward-looking statements attributable to the Company or persons acting on its behalf are expressly qualified in their entirety by the cautionary statements contained in this Form 10-K.

In addition to the risks and uncertainties that may ordinarily influence our business, the Company remains exposed to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.  The pandemic has caused significant disruption in the financial markets both globally and in the United States. The resulting macroeconomic events have contributed to an increase in the business conducted by the Company, but also pose certain risks and uncertainties for the Company. The Company does not know how long the COVID-19 pandemic will continue, the extent to which the effects that the Company has experienced from the pandemic thus far will persist, or whether other effects on the Company and its businesses will materialize in the short or long term.

The following discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and notes contained elsewhere in this Form 10-K. This discussion contains forward-looking statements that reflect our plans, estimates and beliefs. Our actual results could differ materially from those discussed in these forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause or contribute to these differences include those factors discussed below and elsewhere in this Annual Report, particularly in “Risk Factors.”

INTRODUCTION

Management's discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations is provided as a supplement to the accompanying consolidated financial statements and related notes to aid in the understanding of our results of operations and financial condition. Our discussion is organized as follows:

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Executive overview. This section provides a general description of our business, as well as significant transactions and events that we believe are important in understanding the results of operations.
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Results of operations. This section provides an analysis of our results of operations presented in the accompanying consolidated statements of income by comparing the results for the respective periods presented. Included in our analysis is a discussion of six performance metrics: (i) ounces of gold and silver sold, (ii) Wholesale Sales ticket volume, (iii) Direct-to-Consumer ticket volume, (iv) number of Direct-to-Consumer customers, (v) inventory turnover ratio, and (vi) number of secured loans at period-end.
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oDirect-to-Consumer, and
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Non GAAP Measures. In addition to certain key operational metrics to assess the performance of our business, management uses the financial performance measure “adjusted net income before provision for taxes” that is not prepared in accordance with U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (“GAAP”)

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Liquidity and financial condition. This section provides an analysis of our cash flows, as well as a discussion of our outstanding debt as of June 30, 2021, sources of liquidity and the amount of financial capacity available to fund our future commitments and other financing arrangements.
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Critical accounting policies. This section discusses critical accounting policies that are considered both important to our financial condition and results of operations and require management to make significant judgment and estimates. All of our significant accounting policies, including the critical accounting policies are also summarized in Note 2 to the Company’s consolidated financial statements.
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Recent accounting pronouncements. This section discusses new accounting pronouncements, dates of implementation and their expected impact on our accompanying consolidated financial statements.

EXECUTIVE OVERVIEW

Our Business

We conduct our operations in three reportable segments: (i) Wholesale Sales & Ancillary Services (formerly known as Wholesale Trading & Ancillary Services), (ii) Direct-to-Consumer (formerly known as Direct Sales) and (iii) Secured Lending.

Wholesale Sales & Ancillary Services Segment

The Company operates its Wholesale Sales & Ancillary Services segment through A-Mark Precious Metals, Inc., and its wholly-owned subsidiaries, A-Mark Trading AG (“AMTAG”), Transcontinental Depository Services, LLC ("TDS" or “Storage”), A-M Global Logistics, LLC (“AMGL” or "Logistics"), and AM&ST Associates, LLC ("AMST" or "SilverTowne" or the "Mint").

The Wholesale Sales & Ancillary Services segment operates as a full-service precious metals company. We offer gold, silver, platinum, and palladium in the form of bars, plates, powder, wafers, grain, ingots, and coins. Our Industrial unit services manufacturers and fabricators of products utilizing or incorporating precious metals. Our Coin and Bar unit deals in over 1,000 coin and bar products in a variety of weights, shapes, and sizes for distribution to dealers and other qualified purchasers. We have a marketing support office in Vienna, Austria, and a trading center in El Segundo, California.  The trading center, for buying and selling precious metals, is available to receive orders 24 hours every day, even when many major world commodity markets are closed. In addition to Wholesale Sales activity, A-Mark offers its customers a variety of ancillary services, including financing, storage, consignment, logistics, and various customized financial programs.  As a U.S. Mint-authorized purchaser of gold, silver, platinum, and palladium coins, A-Mark purchases product directly from the U.S. Mint and other sovereign mints for sale to its customers.

Through its wholly-owned subsidiary, AMTAG, the Company promotes A-Mark's products and services to the international market. Through our wholly-owned subsidiary TDS, we offer a variety of managed storage options for precious metals products to financial institutions, dealers, investors, and collectors around the world.

The Company's wholly-owned subsidiary AMGL is based in Las Vegas, Nevada, and provides our customers an array of complementary services, including receiving, handling, inventorying, processing, packing, and shipping of precious metals and custom coins on a secure basis.

Through its wholly-owned subsidiary, AMST, the Company designs and produces minted silver products. Our mint operations allow us to provide greater product selection to our customers and greater pricing stability within the supply chain, as well as to gain increased access to silver during volatile market environments, which have historically created higher demand for precious metals products.

Direct-to-Consumer

The Company operates its Direct-to-Consumer segment through its wholly-owned subsidiaries JM Bullion, Inc. (“JMB”), Goldline, Inc. (“Goldline”), AMIP, LLC ("AMIP"), and through its 50%-owned subsidiary Precious Metals Purchasing Partners, LLC ("PMPP").

JMB is a leading e-commerce retailer providing access to a broad array of gold, silver, copper, platinum, and palladium products through its websites and marketplaces. Currently, JMB operates five separately branded, company-owned websites targeting specific niches within the precious metals retail market.  The Company acquired the 79.5% interest in JMB that it did not previously own in March 2021.  See Note 1 to the Company’s consolidated financial statements for additional information regarding the acquisition of JMB.

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The Company acquired Goldline in August 2017 through an asset purchase transaction with Goldline, LLC, which had been in operation since 1960. Goldline is a direct retailer of precious metals to the investor community, and markets its precious metal products on television, radio, and the internet, as well as through customer service outreach.

AMIP, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Goldline, manages its intellectual property.

The Company formed and capitalized PMPP in fiscal 2019, a 50%-owned subsidiary of Goldline, pursuant to terms of a joint venture agreement, for the purpose of purchasing precious metals from the partners' retail customers, and then reselling the acquired products back to affiliates of the partners.  PMPP commenced its operations in fiscal 2020.

Acquisition of JMB

On March 19, 2021, we completed the acquisition of the 79.5% of the stockholder interest in JM Bullion, Inc. (“JMB”) that we did not previously own.  JMB is a leading e-commerce retailer providing access to a broad array of gold, silver, copper, platinum, and palladium products through its own websites and marketplaces. JMB owns and operates five separately branded websites, including JMBullion.com, ProvidentMetals.com, Silver.com, GoldPrice.org, and SilverPrice.org.

By acquiring JMB, we have substantially both expanded our e-commerce channel for precious coin and metals sales and increased the diversification of our business between wholesale and retail distribution.  We believe that the acquisition will enable us to:

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apply JMB’s proven online marketing strategies to other aspects of our direct-to-consumer business;
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more effectively tailor our merchandising and pricing strategies to target multiple customer demographics across our combined six (including Goldline) unique consumer-facing brands;
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enhance our program under which we repurchase product from our customers;
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expand our logistics footprint by adding JMB’s centrally located distribution hub in Dallas, Texas;
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offer JMB’s customers proprietary precious metal products developed by us, as well as additional services, including distribution, storage, and logistics;
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leverage the increased size of the combined businesses to achieve more favorable pricing and financing terms; and
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provide JMB with opportunities for geographic expansion through our international presence.

For the year ended June 30, 2021, JMB had revenues of approximately $673.3 million.  This compares with the Company’s total revenues of approximately $7,613.0 million, and the revenues of the Company’s direct-to-consumer segment of approximately $874.3 million.  The aforementioned results include JMB’s activity from March 20, 2021 through June 30, 2021.

The following table compares the number of JMB’s new customers, active customers, and total customers to the corresponding number of customers associated with the other subsidiary in our Direct-to-Consumer segment for the year ended June 30, 2021.

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June 30, 2021June 30, 2021
New CustomersActive CustomersTotal Customers
JMB80,500(1)158,800(1)1,540,500
All-other Direct-to Consumer3,8008,900162,600
84,300167,7001,703,100
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In the following table we estimate, on a pro forma basis, the revenue and net income of the Company had the acquisition of JMB, and certain other transactions occurred on July 1, 2019.

in thousands, except for per share and share dataYears Ended
June 30, 2021June 30, 2020
Revenue$8,152,982$5,746,116
Net income$180,508$53,964

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of operations would have been had the acquisition of JMB been completed as of July 1, 2019, nor is it meant to be indicative of any anticipated future results of operations that the combined company will experience.

Secured Lending

The Company operates its Secured Lending segment through its wholly-owned subsidiaries, Collateral Finance Corporation, LLC. ("CFC"), AM Capital Funding, LLC (“AMCF”), and CFC Alternative Investments (“CAI”).

CFC is a California licensed finance lender that originates and acquires commercial loans secured by bullion and numismatic coins. CFC's customers include coin and precious metal dealers, investors, and collectors. As of June 30, 2021, CFC and AMCF had, in the aggregate, approximately $113.0 million in secured loans outstanding, of which approximately 65.4% were acquired from third-parties (some of which may be customers of A-Mark) and approximately 34.6% were originated by CFC.

AMCF, a wholly-owned subsidiary of CFC, was formed for the purpose of securitizing eligible secured loans of CFC.  AMCF issued, administers, and owns Secured Senior Term Notes: Series 2018-1, Class A, with an aggregate principal amount of $72.0 million and Secured Subordinated Term Notes, Series 2018-1, Class B in the aggregate principal amount of $28.0 million.  The Class A Notes bear interest at a rate of 4.98%, and the Class B Notes bear interest at a rate of 5.98% (collectively referred to as the "Notes").  The Notes have a maturity date of December 15, 2023. See Note 14 to the Company’s consolidated financial statements for additional information

CAI is a holding company that has an equity method interest in Collectible Card Partners, LLC (“CCP”). The purpose of CCP is to provide capital to fund commercial loans secured by graded sport cards and sports memorabilia.  Formed in April 2021, CCP had no operations in fiscal 2021.

Our Strategy

The Company was formed in 1965 and has grown into a significant participant in the bullion and coin markets, with approximately $7.6 billion in revenues for fiscal year 2021. Our strategy continues to focus on growth, including the volume of our business, our geographic presence, and the scope of complementary products, services, and technological tools that we offer to our customers.  With our recent acquisition of JMB, we have substantially expanded our e-commerce channel for precious coin and metals sales and increased the diversification of our business between wholesale and retail distribution.

We intend to continue to grow by leveraging off the strengths of our existing integrated operations:

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our expertise in e-commerce and marketing;
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our access to market makers, suppliers, and sovereign and private mints;
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our depository relationships around the world;
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our design and production of minted silver products;
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the quality and experience of our management team.

Our Customers

Our customers include financial institutions, bullion retailers, industrial manufacturers and fabricators, sovereign mints, refiners, coin and metal dealers, investors, collectors, and e-commerce and other retail customers. The Company makes a two-way market in its wholesale operations, which results in many customers also operating as our suppliers in that segment.  This diverse base of wholesale customers purchases a variety of products from the Company in a multitude of grades, primarily in the form of coins and bars. Our Direct-to-Consumer segment sells to (and, through JMB and PMPP, buys from) retail customers, with JMB focusing on e-commerce operations and Goldline marketing through various traditional channels to the investor community.  The Direct-to-Consumer segment offers these customers a variety of gold, silver, copper, platinum, and palladium products.

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Factors Affecting Revenues, Gross Profit, Interest Income, and Interest Expense

Revenues.  The Company enters into transactions to sell and deliver gold, silver, platinum, palladium, and rhodium to industrial and commercial users, coin and bullion dealers, mints, and financial institutions. The metals are investment or industrial grade and are sold in a variety of shapes and sizes.

The Company also sells and delivers gold, silver, platinum, palladium, and copper products directly to customers and the investor community through its Direct-to Consumer segment.  Customers may place orders over the phone or online at one of the Company’s websites.

The Company also sells precious metals on forward contracts at a fixed price based on current prevailing precious metal spot prices with a certain delivery date in the future (up to six months from inception date of the forward contract).  The Company also uses other derivative products (primarily futures contracts) or combinations thereof to hedge commodity risks. We enter into these forward and future contracts as part of our hedging strategy to mitigate our price risk of holding inventory; they are not entered into for speculative purposes.

Forward sales contracts by their nature are required to be included in revenues, unlike futures contracts which do not impact the Company’s revenue. The decision to use a forward contract versus another derivative type of product (e.g., a futures contract) for hedging purposes is based on the economics of the transaction.  Since the volume of hedging can be significant, the movement in and out of forwards can substantially impact revenues, either positively or negatively, from period to period.  For this reason, the Company believes ounces sold (excluding ounces sold on forward sales contracts) is a meaningful metric to assess our top line performance.

In addition, the Company earns revenue by providing storage solutions for precious metals and numismatic coins for financial institutions, dealers, investors and collectors worldwide and by providing storage and order-fulfillment services to our retail customers.  The Company also earns revenue from advertisements placed on our Direct-to-Consumer websites. These revenue streams represent less than 1% of the Company’s consolidated revenues.

The Company operates in a high volume/low margin industry.  Revenues are impacted by three primary factors: product volume, market prices, and market volatility. A material changes in any one or more of these factors may result in a significant change in the Company’s revenues.  A significant increase or decrease in revenues can occur simply based on changes in the underlying commodity prices and may not be reflective of an increase or decrease in the volume of products sold.

Gross Profit.  Gross profit is the difference between our revenues and the cost of our products sold.  Since we quote prices based on the current commodity market prices for precious metals, we enter into a combination of forward and futures contracts to affect a hedge position equal to the underlying precious metal commodity value, which substantially represents inventory subject to price risk.  We enter into these derivative transactions solely for the purpose of hedging our inventory, and not for speculative purposes.  Our gross profit includes the gains and losses resulting from these derivative instruments.  However, the gains and losses on the derivative instruments are substantially offset by the gains and losses on the corresponding changes in the market value of our precious metals inventory.  As a result, our results of operations generally are not materially impacted by changes in commodity prices.

Volatility also affects our gross profit.  Greater volatility typically causes the premium spreads to widen resulting in an increase in the gross profit. Product supply constraints during extended periods of higher volatility have historically resulted in a heightening of wider premium spreads resulting in further improvement in the gross profit.

Interest Income.  The Company enters into secured loans and secured financing structures with its customers under which it charges interest. CFC acquires loan portfolios and originates loans that are secured by precious metal bullion and numismatic material owned by the borrowers and held by the Company for the term of the loan.  Additionally, AMCF acquires certain loans from CFC that are secured by precious metal bullion to meet the collateral requirements of the Notes.  Also, the Company offers a number of secured financing options to its customers to finance their precious metals purchases including consignments and other structured inventory finance products whereby the Company earns a fee based on the underlying value of the precious metal ("repurchase arrangements with customers").

Interest Expense.  The Company incurs interest expense associated with its: lines of credit, notes, product financing agreements for the transfer and subsequent re-acquisition of gold, silver, and platinum at a fixed price with a third-party finance company ("product financing arrangements"), and short-term precious metal borrowing arrangements with our suppliers ("liabilities on borrowed metals").

Performance Metrics

In addition to financial statement indicators, management also utilizes certain key operational metrics to assess the performance of our business.

Gold and Silver Ounces Sold and Delivered to Customers.  We look at the number of ounces of gold and silver sold and delivered to our customers (excluding ounces recorded on forward contracts).  These metrics reflect our business volume without regard to changes in commodity pricing, which also impacts revenue, but can mask actual business trends.

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Company excludes the ounces recorded on forward contracts from its performance metrics, as the Company does not enter into forward sales transactions for speculative purposes.

Wholesale Sales Ticket Volume.  Another measure of our business that is unaffected by changes in commodity pricing, is ticket volume (or number of orders processed). Ticket volume for the Wholesale Sales & Ancillary Services segment measures the total number of wholesale orders processed during the period.  In periods of higher volatility, there is generally increased trading in the commodity markets, causing increased demand for our products, resulting in higher business volume. Generally, the ounces sold on a per-ticket basis is substantially higher for orders placed telephonically compared to those placed on our online portal platform.  During periods of heightened demand order size per ticket may increase.

Direct-to-Consumer Ticket Volume.  Ticket volume for the Direct-to-Consumer segment measures the total number of retail orders processed during the period. In periods of higher volatility, there is generally increased consumer demand for our products, resulting in higher business volume.

Direct-to-Consumer Customers.  We are focused on attracting new customers and retaining existing customers to drive revenue growth.  We use the following three metrics as revenue growth indicators when assessing our customer base:

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Total Direct-to-Consumer Customers means the aggregate number of customers that have registered or set up an account or have made a purchase in the past.

Inventory Turnover.  Inventory turnover is another performance measure on which we are focused and is calculated as the cost of sales divided by the average inventory during the relevant period.  Inventory turnover is a measure of how quickly inventory has moved during the period.  A higher inventory turnover ratio, which we typically experience during periods of higher volatility when trading is more robust, typically reflects a more efficient use of our capital.

The period of time that inventory is held by the Company varies depending upon the nature of our inventory commitments with customers and suppliers.  (See Note 6 to the Company’s consolidated financial statements for a description of our classifications of inventory by type.)  When management analyzes inventory turnover on a period over period basis, consideration is given to each inventory type and its corresponding impact on the inventory turnover calculation.  For example:

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The Company enters into various structured borrowing arrangements that commit the Company's inventory (such as product financing arrangements or liabilities on borrowed metals) for an unspecified period of time. While the Company is able to obtain access to this inventory on demand, this type of inventory tends not to turn over as quickly as other types of inventory.
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The Company enters into repurchase arrangements with customers under which A-Mark holds precious metals which are subject to repurchase for an unspecified period of time. While the Company has legal title to this inventory, the Company is required to hold this inventory (or like-kind inventory) for the customer until the arrangement is terminated or the material is repurchased by the customer. As a result, this type of inventory tends not to turn over as quickly as other types of inventory.

Additionally, our inventory turnover ratio can be affected by hedging activity, as the period over period change of the inventory turnover ratio may be significantly impacted by a period over period change in hedging volume.  For example, if trading activity were to remain constant over two periods, but there were significantly higher forward sales in the current period compared to a prior period, the calculated inventory turnover ratio would increase notwithstanding the constancy of the trading volume.

Number of Secured Loans.  Finally, as a measure of the size of our Secured Lending segment, we look at the number of outstanding secured loans to customers that are primarily collateralized by precious metals at the end of each quarter. Typically, the number of loans increases during periods of increasing precious metal pricing and decreases during periods of declining precious metal prices.

The Company calculates a loan-to-value ("LTV") ratio for each loan as the principal amount of the loan divided by the liquidation value of the collateral, which is based on daily spot market prices of precious metal bullion. When the market price of the pledged collateral decreases and thereby increases the LTV ratio of a loan above a prescribed maximum ratio, usually 85%, the Company has the option to make a margin call on the loan.  As a result, a decline of precious metal market prices may cause a decrease in the number of loans outstanding in a period.

Non-GAAP Financial Measures

In addition to certain key operational metrics to assess the performance of our business, management uses financial performance measures that are not prepared in accordance with GAAP. One of these non-GAAP measures is “Adjusted net income before provision for income taxes”. We believe this non-GAAP measure provides useful information that can be used to evaluate our performance. Non-GAAP measures do not have standardized definitions and should not be relied upon in isolation or as a substitute for measures prepared

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in accordance with GAAP.  For a reconciliation of this non-GAAP measure to the amounts included in our Statements of Income for the years ended June 30, 2021 and 2020, and certain limitations inherent in such measures, refer to the “Non-GAAP Measures” section below.

COVID-19

The COVID-19 outbreak has caused significant disruption in the financial markets both globally and in the United States. The resulting macroeconomic events contributed to an increase in the business conducted by the Company, but also pose certain risks and uncertainties for the Company. It is challenging to predict how long the COVID-19 pandemic will continue, the extent to which the effects that the Company has experienced from the pandemic thus far will persist, or whether other effects on the Company and its businesses will materialize in the short or long term.

Macroeconomic events have positively affected the Company’s trading revenues and gross profit as the volatility of the price of precious metals and numismatics resulted in a material increase in the spread between bid and ask prices on these products. We also experienced substantially increased demand for products in each of our coin and bar, industrial and retail businesses. We attribute this to certain customers, particularly in Goldline and our recently acquired JMB retail units, seeking to assure a supply of precious metals necessary for the operation of their businesses, and other customers’ seeking the safety of investments in precious metals.  In response to the heightened demand, in certain cases prices for the products we sell have also risen.

We also experienced certain negative effects in the precious metals market during fiscal year 2020.  Through our CFC finance subsidiary, we make loans to our customers secured by coins and precious metals.  Numerous CFC loans were paid off in March 2020 when the market experienced a temporary drop in precious metal prices, which reduced collateral coverage.  This had the effect of decreasing the size of our loan portfolio and the interest earned on the portfolio.  It also required us to substitute cash and our own precious metals inventory as collateral under our AMCF securitization program, as the pool of loans securing the program declined.  While we did not experience any related losses, there is no assurance that this might not occur in the future.  In the year that followed, precious metal prices increased and the Company experienced growth in its loan portfolio, which continued through the end of fiscal year 2021.

Fiscal Year

Our fiscal year end is June 30 each year.  Unless otherwise stated, references to years in this report relate to fiscal years rather than to calendar years.

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RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

Overview of Results of Operations for the Years Ended June 30, 2021 and 2020

Consolidated Results of Operations

The operating results of our business for the years ended June 30, 2021 and 2020 are as follows:

in thousands, except per share data and performance metrics
Years Ended June 30,20212020$%
$% of revenue$% of revenueIncrease/ (decrease)Increase/ (decrease)
Revenues$7,613,015100.000%$5,461,094100.000%$2,151,92139.4%
Gross profit210,1982.761%66,9731.226%$143,225213.9%
Selling, general, and administrative expenses(58,809)(0.772)%(36,756)(0.673)%$22,05360.0%
Interest income18,4740.243%21,2370.389%$(2,763)(13.0%)
Interest expense(19,865)(0.261)%(18,859)(0.345)%$1,0065.3%
Earnings from equity method investments15,5470.204%4,8780.089%$10,669218.7%
Other income, net1,0790.014%3480.006%$731210.1%
Remeasurement gain on pre-existing equity interest26,3060.346%0.0%$26,3060.0%
Unrealized (losses) gains on foreign exchange(129)(0.002)%570.001%$186326.3%
Net income before provision for income taxes192,8012.533%37,8780.694%$154,923409.0%
Income tax expense(31,877)(0.419)%(6,387)(0.117)%$25,490399.1%
Net income160,9242.114%31,4910.577%$129,433411.0%
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests1,2870.017%9820.018%$30531.1%
Net income attributable to the Company$159,6372.097%$30,5090.559%$129,128423.2%
Basic and diluted net income per share attributable to A-Mark Precious Metals, Inc.:
Per Share Data:
Basic$19.13$4.34$14.79340.8%
Diluted$17.79$4.31$13.48312.8%
Performance Metrics:(1)
Gold ounces sold(2)2,743,0002,181,000562,00025.8%
Silver ounces sold(3)114,275,00090,385,00023,890,00026.4%
Inventory turnover ratio(4)19.017.61.48.0%
Number of secured loans at period end(5)1,8817171,164162.3%
Column 1Column 2
(1)See "Results of Segments" for a description of additional metrics not listed above.
Column 1Column 2
(2)Gold ounces sold represents the ounces of gold product sold and delivered to the customer during the period, excluding ounces of gold recorded on forward contracts.
Column 1Column 2
(3)Silver ounces sold represents the ounces of silver product sold and delivered to the customer during the period, excluding ounces of silver recorded on forward contracts.
Column 1Column 2
(4)Inventory turnover ratio is the cost of sales divided by average inventory for the period presented above. This calculation excludes precious metals held under financing arrangements, which are not classified as inventory on the consolidated balance sheets.
Column 1Column 2
(5)Number of outstanding secured loans to customers that are primarily collateralized by precious metals at the end of the period.

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Revenues

in thousands, except performance metrics
Years Ended June 30,20212020$%
$% of revenue$% of revenueIncrease/ (decrease)Increase/ (decrease)
Revenues$7,613,015100.000%$5,461,094100.000%$2,151,92139.4%
Performance Metrics
Gold ounces sold2,743,0002,181,000562,00025.8%
Silver ounces sold114,275,00090,385,00023,890,00026.4%

Revenues for the year ended June 30, 2021 increased $2,151.9 million, or 39.4% to $7.613 billion from $5.461 billion in 2020. Excluding a decrease of $169.4 million of forward sales, our revenues increased $2.321 billion, which was due to an increase in the total amount of gold and silver ounces sold and higher selling prices of gold and silver.

Gold ounces sold for the year ended June 30, 2021 increased 562,000 ounces, or 25.8%, to 2,743,000 ounces from 2,181,000 ounces in 2020.  Silver ounces sold for the year ended June 30, 2021 increased 23,890,000 ounces, or 26.4%, to 114,275,000 ounces from 90,385,000 ounces in 2020. On average, the selling prices for gold increased by 19.0% and selling prices for silver increased by 57.5% during the year ended June 30, 2021 as compared to the prior year period.

JMB’s revenue activity represented 8.8% of the Company’s consolidated revenue for the year ended June 30, 2021. JMB’s gold and silver ounces sold represented 7.1% and 7.8%, respectively, of the Company’s consolidated total of gold and silver ounces sold for the year ended June 30, 2021.

A key factor that contributed to the increase in demand for precious metals was the volatility in precious metal prices caused by macroeconomic and other events.  A combination of price volatility, increased demand, and supply constraints led to a significant expansion in premium spreads in the precious metals market, having an onset during the second half of fiscal year 2020 and sustaining through the current fiscal year. We are uncertain of the duration of these conditions.

Gross Profit

in thousands, except performance metric
Years Ended June 30,20212020$%
$% of revenue$% of revenueIncrease/ (decrease)Increase/ (decrease)
Gross profit$210,1982.761%$66,9731.226%$143,225213.9%
Performance Metric
Inventory turnover ratio19.017.61.48.0%

Gross profit for the year ended June 30, 2021 increased by $143.2 million, or 213.9%, to $210.2 million from $67.0 million in 2020.  The overall gross profit increase was due to higher gross profits from the Wholesale Sales & Ancillary Services and Direct-to-Consumer segments.

The Company’s overall gross margin percentage year ended June 30, 2021 increased by 153.5 basis points to 2.761% from 1.226% in 2020. The increase in gross margin percentage was mainly attributable to significantly wider premium spreads due to increased demand, higher trading profits due to increased volatility; and lower forward sales.  Forward sales increase revenues but are associated with negligible gross margins that can significantly affect the gross margin percentage. The Company enters into forward contracts to hedge its precious metals price risk exposure and not for speculative purposes.

JMB’s gross profit represented 22.0% of the Company’s consolidated gross profit for the year ended June 30, 2021.

Our inventory turnover rate for the year ended June 30, 2021 increased by 8.0%, to 19.0 from 17.6 in 2020.  The increase in our inventory turnover ratio was primarily due to higher volume of ounces sold of precious metals, partially offset by lower volume of ounces sold on forward contracts as well as higher average inventory balances related to product financing arrangements, which is a type of inventory that is typically held for longer periods.

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Selling, General and Administrative Expense

in thousands
Years Ended June 30,20212020$%
$% of revenue$% of revenueIncrease/ (decrease)Increase/ (decrease)
Selling, general, and administrative expenses$(58,809)(0.772)%$(36,756)(0.673)%$22,05360.0%

Selling, general and administrative expenses for the year ended June 30, 2021 increased $22.1 million, or 60.0%, to $58.8 million from $36.8 million in 2020. The change was primarily due to $14.5 million of expenses incurred by JMB, acquisition costs of $2.6 million associated with our recent incremental acquisition of JMB, increased compensation expense (including performance-based accruals) of $2.4 million, and higher insurance costs of $1.4 million.

JMB’s selling, general, and administrative expenses represented 24.6% of the Company’s consolidated selling, general, and administrative expenses for the year ended June 30, 2021.

Interest Income

in thousands, except performance metric
Years Ended June 30,20212020$%
$% of revenue$% of revenueIncrease/ (decrease)Increase/ (decrease)
Interest income$18,4740.243%$21,2370.389%$(2,763)(13.0%)
Performance Metric
Number of secured loans at period-end1,8817171,164162.3%

Interest income for the year ended June 30, 2021 decreased $2.8 million, or 13.0%, to $18.5 million from $21.2 million in 2020.  The aggregate decrease in interest income was primarily due to lower interest income earned by our Secured Lending Segment, partially offset by higher other finance product income.

The interest income from our Secured Lending segment decreased by $4.1 million or by 33.2% compared with the prior year.  The decrease in interest income earned from the segment’s secured loan portfolio was primarily due to lower average monthly loan balances during the current period as compared to the average monthly loan balances for the prior year period.

The number of secured loans outstanding increased by 162.3% to 1,881 as of June 30, 2021, from 717 as of June 30, 2020.  Typically, the number of loans increases during periods of increasing precious metal prices and decreases during periods of declining precious metal prices.  Silver prices declined significantly in the quarter ended March 31, 2020, resulting in an increase in margin calls and borrower loan liquidations due to a decline in the value of the precious metals collateral. Through the current fiscal year, silver prices increased and the Company experienced growth in the number of loans. The Company did not incur loan losses related to the margin calls or borrower loan liquidations during either the current or the prior year period.

The interest income from our other finance product income increased by $1.2 million in comparison to the same year-ago period.

Interest Expense

in thousands
Years Ended June 30,20212020$%
$% of revenue$% of revenueIncrease/ (decrease)Increase/ (decrease)
Interest expense$(19,865)(0.261)%$(18,859)(0.345)%$1,0065.3%

Interest expense for the year ended June 30, 2021 increased $1.0 million, or 5.3% to $19.9 million from $18.9 million in 2020.  The increase was primarily driven by higher interest expense associated with product financing arrangements, higher interest and fees from liability on borrowed metals, partially offset by a reduction in loan servicing fees, and less interest expense related to our Trading Credit Facility. As compared to the same year-ago period, the amount of interest expense that increased by component included: (i) $1.4 million related to product financing arrangements, (ii) $0.5 million from liability on borrowed metals, offset by decreased interest expense of (iii) $0.5 million of loan servicing fees, and (iv) $0.5 million of Trading Credit Facility interest expense (including amortization of debt issuance costs).

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Earnings from equity method investments

in thousands
Years Ended June 30,20212020$%
$% of revenue$% of revenueIncrease/ (decrease)Increase/ (decrease)
Earnings from equity method investments$15,5470.204%$4,8780.089%$10,669218.7%

Earnings from equity method investments for the year ended June 30, 2021 increased $10.7 million or 218.7% to $15.5 million from $4.9 million in 2020.  The aggregate increase was due to increased net income recognized by each of our unconsolidated equity-method subsidiaries.

The Company’s share of JMB’s earnings in fiscal 2021(through the Acquisition Date) and fiscal 2020 totaled $11.7 million and $4.2 million, respectively.

Other income, net

in thousands
Years Ended June 30,20212020$%
$% of revenue$% of revenueIncrease/ (decrease)Increase/ (decrease)
Other income, net$1,0790.014%$3480.006%$731210.1%

Other income, net for the year ended June 30, 2021 increased $0.7 million, or 210.1% to $1.1 million from $0.3 million in 2020.  The aggregate increase was primarily due to an increase of $0.5 million in royalties earned, combined with the impact of $0.2 million of costs recorded as other expense associated with the settlement of our purchase of Goldline that was recognized during 2020.

Remeasurement gain on pre-existing equity interest

in thousands
Years Ended June 30,20212020$%
$% of revenue$% of revenueIncrease/ (decrease)Increase/ (decrease)
Remeasurement gain on pre-existing equity interest$26,3060.346%$0.0%$26,3060.0%

The remeasurement gain on pre-existing equity interest was recognized during the Company’s fiscal third quarter in connection with the acquisition of JMB. The Company’s estimated fair value of its 20.5% pre-existing equity interest in JMB was determined to be approximately $33.9 million at the acquisition date. Based on the total consideration paid of $207.4 million, the remeasurement resulted in the recognition of a pretax gain of $26.3 million. For additional information about our most recent acquisition see Note 1 to the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

Provision for Income Taxes

in thousands
Years Ended June 30,20212020$%
$% of revenue$% of revenueIncrease/ (decrease)Increase/ (decrease)
Income tax expense$(31,877)(0.419)%$(6,387)(0.117)%$25,490399.1%

Our income tax expense was $31.9 million and $6.4 million for the years ended June 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively.  Our effective tax rate was approximately 16.5% and 16.9% for the years ended June 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively.  For the year ended June 30, 2021, our effective tax rate differs from the federal statutory rate primarily due to the exclusion of the fair value remeasurement gain of our pre-existing equity investment in JMB, a one-time benefit from the reversal of the previously established deferred tax liability related to our equity investment in JMB, an exclusion of the fiscal 2021 pre-acquisition period JMB equity earnings, the foreign derived intangible income special deduction, and an adjustment made to pre-acquisition deferred taxes related to our investment in AMST, offset by state taxes (net of federal tax benefit), state tax rate change, and other normal course non-deductible expenditures.

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SEGMENT RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

The Company conducts its operations in three reportable segments: (i) Wholesale Sales & Ancillary Services (formerly known as Wholesale Trading & Ancillary Services), (ii) Direct-to-Consumer (formerly known as Direct Sales), and (iii) Secured Lending. Each of these reportable segments represents an aggregation of operating segments that meets the aggregation criteria set forth in the Segment Reporting Topic 280 of the FASB Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”).

The segment name changes of Wholesale Sales & Ancillary Services and Direct-to-Consumer had no impact on the Company's historical financial position, results of operations, cash flow or segment level results previously reported.

Results of Operations  — Wholesale Sales & Ancillary Services Segment

The Company operates its Wholesale Sales & Ancillary Services segment through A-Mark Precious Metals, Inc., and its wholly-owned subsidiaries, A-Mark Trading AG (“AMTAG”), Transcontinental Depository Services ("TDS"), and A-M Global Logistics, LLC ("Logistics"), and AM&ST Associates, LLC ("AMST" or "Silver Towne" or the "Mint"). Also, the Wholesale Sales & Ancillary Services segment includes the consolidating eliminations of inter-segment transactions and unallocated segment adjustments.

Overview of Results of Operations for the Years Ended June 30, 2021 and 2020

— Wholesale Sales & Ancillary Services Segment

The operating results of our Wholesale Sales & Ancillary Services segment for the years ended June 30, 2021 and 2020 are as follows:

in thousands, except performance metrics
Years Ended June 30,20212020$%
$% of revenue$% of revenueIncrease/ (decrease)Increase/ (decrease)
Revenues$6,738,707100.000%$5,360,899100.000%$1,377,80825.7%
Gross profit138,8132.060%56,9081.062%$81,905143.9%
Selling, general, and administrative expenses(33,869)(0.503)%(27,150)(0.506)%$6,71924.7%
Interest income10,3150.153%9,0240.168%$1,29114.3%
Interest expense(11,666)(0.173)%(10,527)(0.196)%$1,13910.8%
Earnings from equity method investments15,5470.231%4,8780.091%$10,669218.7%
Other income (expense), net(10)(0.000)%$10100.0%
Remeasurement gain on pre-existing equity interest26,3060.390%0.0%$26,3060.0%
Unrealized (losses) gains on foreign exchange(129)(0.002)%570.001%$186326.3%
Net income before provision for income taxes$145,3172.156%$33,1800.619%$112,137338.0%
Performance Metrics:
Gold ounces sold(1)2,486,0002,136,000350,00016.4%
Silver ounces sold(2)103,812,00089,612,00014,200,00015.8%
Wholesale Sales ticket volume(3)143,439142,6907490.5%
Column 1Column 2
(1)Gold ounces sold represents the ounces of gold product sold and delivered to the customer during the period, excluding ounces of gold recorded on forward contracts.
Column 1Column 2
(2)Silver ounces sold represents the ounces of silver product sold and delivered to the customer during the period, excluding ounces of silver recorded on forward contracts.
Column 1Column 2
(3)Trading ticket volume represents the total number of product orders processed by A-Mark.

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Revenues — Wholesale Sales & Ancillary Services

in thousands, except performance metrics
Years Ended June 30,20212020$%
$% of revenue$% of revenueIncrease/ (decrease)Increase/ (decrease)
Revenues$6,738,707100.000%$5,360,899100.000%$1,377,80825.7%
Performance Metrics
Gold ounces sold2,486,0002,136,000350,00016.4%
Silver ounces sold103,812,00089,612,00014,200,00015.8%
Wholesale Sales ticket volume143,439142,6907490.5%

Revenues for the year ended June 30, 2021 increased $1.378 billion, or 25.7%, to $6.739 billion from $5.361 billion in 2020.  Excluding a decrease of $169.4 million of forward sales, our revenues increased $1.547 billion mainly due to an increase in the total amount of gold and silver ounces sold and higher selling prices of gold and silver.

Gold ounces sold for the year ended June 30, 2021 increased 350,000 ounces, or 16.4%, to 2,486,000 ounces from 2,136,000 ounces in 2020.  Silver ounces sold for the year ended June 30, 2021 increased 14,200,000 ounces, or 15.8%, to 103,812,000 ounces from 89,612,000 ounces in 2020. On average, the selling prices for gold increased by 18.7% and selling prices for silver increased by 55.7% during the year ended June 30, 2021 as compared to the prior year period.

The Wholesale Sales ticket volume for the year ended June 30, 2021 increased by 749 tickets, or 0.5%, to 143,439 tickets from 142,690 tickets in 2020.  The current year ticket volume also reflects a higher dollar order size compared with the prior year as customers purchased in larger quantities during fiscal 2021 due to supply constraints.

A key factor that contributed to the increase in demand for precious metals was the volatility in precious metal prices caused by macroeconomic and other events.  A combination of price volatility, increased demand, and supply constraints led to a significant expansion in premium spreads in the precious metals market, having an onset during the second half of fiscal year 2020 and sustaining through the current fiscal year. We are uncertain of the duration of these conditions.

Gross Profit — Wholesale Sales & Ancillary Services

in thousands, except performance metric
Years Ended June 30,20212020$%
$% of revenue$% of revenueIncrease/ (decrease)Increase/ (decrease)
Gross profit$138,8132.060%$56,9081.062%$81,905143.9%

Gross profit for the year ended June 30, 2021 increased by $81.9 million, or 143.9%, to $138.8 million from $56.9 million in 2020.  The overall gross profit increase was primarily due to higher sales volumes and increased spreads.

This segment’s profit margin percentage increased by 99.8 basis points to 2.060% from 1.062% in 2020. The increase in gross margin percentage was mainly attributable to significantly wider premium spreads due to increased demand, higher trading profits due to increased volatility, and the impact of decreased forward sales. Forward sales increase revenues but are associated with negligible gross margins. The Company enters into forward contracts to hedge its precious metals price risk exposure and not for speculative purposes.

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Selling, General and Administrative Expenses — Wholesale Sales & Ancillary Services

in thousands
Years Ended June 30,20212020$%
$% of revenue$% of revenueIncrease/ (decrease)Increase/ (decrease)
Selling, general, and administrative expenses$(33,869)(0.503)%$(27,150)(0.506)%$6,71924.7%

Selling, general and administrative expenses for the year ended June 30, 2021 increased $6.7 million, or 24.7%, to $33.9 million from $27.2 million in 2020. The change was primarily due to the acquisition costs of $2.6 million associated with the Company’s recent acquisition of JMB, increased compensation expense (including performance-based accruals) of $2.4 million, and higher insurance costs of $1.4 million.

Interest Income — Wholesale Sales & Ancillary Services

in thousands
Years Ended June 30,20212020$%
$% of revenue$% of revenueIncrease/ (decrease)Increase/ (decrease)
Interest income$10,3150.153%$9,0240.168%$1,29114.3%

Interest income for the year ended June 30, 2021 increased $1.3 million, or 14.3%, to $10.3 million from $9.0 million in 2020.  The overall increase is primarily due to $1.2 million interest earned from repurchase agreements and $0.2 million of interest income earned from spot deferred trade orders.

Interest Expense — Wholesale Sales & Ancillary Services

in thousands
Years Ended June 30,20212020$%
$% of revenue$% of revenueIncrease/ (decrease)Increase/ (decrease)
Interest expense$(11,666)(0.173)%$(10,527)(0.196)%$1,13910.8%

Interest expense for the year ended June 30, 2021 increased $1.1 million, or 10.8% to $11.7 million from $10.5 million in 2020. The increase was primarily driven by higher interest expense associated with product financing arrangements of $0.5 million, higher interest and fees from liability on borrowed metals of $0.5 million, and higher interest expense of $0.1 million related to the Trading Credit Facility.

Earnings from equity method investments— Wholesale Sales & Ancillary Services

in thousands
Years Ended June 30,20212020$%
$% of revenue$% of revenueIncrease/ (decrease)Increase/ (decrease)
Earnings from equity method investments$15,5470.231%$4,8780.091%$10,669218.7%

Earnings from equity method investments for the year ended June 30, 2021 increased $10.7 million, or 218.7% to $15.5 million from $4.9 million in 2020. The increase was due to increased net income recognized by each of our unconsolidated equity-method subsidiaries.

The Company’s share of JMB’s earnings in fiscal 2021(through the Acquisition Date) and fiscal 2020 totaled $11.7 million and $4.2 million, respectively.

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Remeasurement gain on pre-existing equity interest — Wholesale Sales & Ancillary Services

in thousands
Years Ended June 30,20212020$%
$% of revenue$% of revenueIncrease/ (decrease)Increase/ (decrease)
Remeasurement gain on pre-existing equity interest$26,3060.390%$0.0%$26,3060.0%

The remeasurement gain on pre-existing equity interest was recognized during the Company’s fiscal third quarter in connection with the acquisition of JMB. The Company’s estimated fair value of its 20.5% pre-existing equity interest in JMB was determined to be approximately $33.9 million at the acquisition date. Based on the total consideration paid of $207.4 million, the remeasurement resulted in the recognition of a pretax gain of $26.3 million. For additional information about our most recent acquisition see Note 1 to the Company’s the consolidated financial statements.

Results of Operations  — Direct-to-Consumer Segment

The Company operates its Direct-to-Consumer segment through our wholly-owned subsidiaries: JM Bullion, Inc. (“JMB”), Goldline, Inc. (“Goldline”), and AMIP, LLC ("AMIP"), and through our 50%-owned subsidiary Precious Metals Purchasing Partners, LLC ("PMPP").  As a result of the completion of our acquisition of JMB on March 19, 2021 (see Note 1 of the Company’s consolidated financial statements) we have included JMB’s financial activity, including performance data, since March 20, 2021 in the Direct-to-Consumer segment's fiscal 2021 results.

Overview of Results of Operations for the Years Ended June 30, 2021 and 2020

— Direct-to-Consumer Segment

The operating results of our Direct-to-Consumer segment for the years ended June 30, 2021 and 2020 are as follows:

in thousands, except performance metrics
Years Ended June 30,20212020$%
$% of revenue$% of revenueIncrease/ (decrease)Increase/ (decrease)
Revenues$874,308(a)100.000%$100,195(c)100.000%$774,113772.6%
Gross profit71,3858.165%(b)10,06510.045%(d)$61,320609.2%
Selling, general and administrative expenses(22,391)(2.561)%(7,713)(7.698)%$14,678190.3%
Interest expense(898)(0.103)%$898
Other expense, net(219)(0.219)%$(219)(100.0)%
Net income before provision for income taxes$48,0965.501%2,1332.129%$45,9632154.9%
Performance Metrics:
Gold ounces sold(1)257,00045,000212,000471.1%
Silver ounces sold(2)10,463,000773,0009,690,0001253.6%
Number of new customers(3)84,3001,90082,4004336.8%
Number of active customers(4)167,7006,200161,5002604.8%
Number of total customers(5)1,703,100158,0001,545,100977.9%
DTC ticket volume(6)331,66418,541313,1231688.8%
Column 1Column 2
(a)Includes $8.5 million of inter-segment sales from the Direct-to-Consumer segment to the Wholesale Sales & Ancillary Services segment.
Column 1Column 2
(b)Gross profit percentage, excluding inter-segment sales from the Direct-to-Consumer segment to the Wholesale Sales & Ancillary Services segment, is 8.226% for the period.
Column 1Column 2
(c)Includes $26.4 million of inter-segment sales from the Direct-to-Consumer segment to the Wholesale Sales & Ancillary Services segment.
Column 1Column 2
(d)Gross profit percentage, excluding inter-segment company sales from the Direct-to-Consumer segment to the Wholesale Sales & Ancillary Services segment, is 12.549% for the period.
Column 1Column 2
(1)Gold ounces sold represents the ounces of gold product sold during the period.
Column 1Column 2
(2)Silver ounces sold represents the ounces of silver product sold during the period.
Column 1Column 2
(3)Number of new customers represents the number of customers that have registered or setup a new account or made a purchase for the first time during the period.
Column 1Column 2
(4)Number of active customers represents the number of customers that have made a purchase during the period.
Column 1Column 2
(5)Number of total customers represents the aggregate number of customers that have registered or set up an account or have made a purchase in the past.
Column 1Column 2
(6)Ticket volume represents the total number of product orders processed by JMB, Goldline, and PMPP during the period.

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Segment Results — Direct-to-Consumer

Revenues — Direct-to-Consumer

in thousands, except performance metrics
Years Ended June 30,20212020$%
$% of revenue$% of revenueIncrease/ (decrease)Increase/ (decrease)
Revenues$874,308100.000%$100,195100.000%$774,113772.6%
Performance Metrics:
Gold ounces sold257,00045,000212,000471.1%
Silver ounces sold10,463,000773,0009,690,0001253.6%
Number of new customers84,3001,90082,4004336.8%
Number of active customers167,7006,200161,5002604.8%
Number of total customers1,703,100158,0001,545,100977.9%
DTC ticket volume331,66418,541313,1231688.8%

Revenues for the year ended June 30, 2021 increased $774.1 million, or 772.6%, to $874.3 million from $100.2 million in 2020. Excluding inter-segment sales from the Direct-to-Consumer segment to the Wholesale Sales & Ancillary Services segment, revenues for the year ended June 30, 2021 increased $792.0 million or 1073.2% to $865.8 million from $73.8 million in 2020.

Gold ounces sold for the year ended June 30, 2021 increased 212,000 ounces, or 471.1%, to 257,000 ounces from 45,000 ounces in 2020.  Silver ounces sold for the year ended June 30, 2021 increased 9,690,000 ounces, or 1253.6%, to 10,463,000 ounces from 773,000 ounces in 2020. On average, the selling prices for gold increased by 9.9% and selling prices for silver increased by 49.5% during the year ended June 30, 2021 as compared to the prior year period.

The number of new customers for the year ended June 30, 2021 increased 82,400, or 4,336.8% to 84,300 from 1,900 in 2020. The number of active customers for the  year ended June 30, 2021 increased 161,500, or 2,604.8% to 167,700 from 6,200 in 2020.  The number of total customers as of June 30, 2021 increased 1,545,100, or 977.9% to 1,703,100 from 158,000 as of June 30, 2020.  The increases in the customer-based metrics were primarily due to our acquisition of JMB in 2021, inclusive of its customer base.

The Direct-to-Consumer ticket volume for the year ended June 30, 2021 increased by 313,123 tickets, or 1688.8%, to 331,664 tickets from 18,541 tickets in 2020.  The increase in ticket volume was primarily due to transactions generated by our newly acquired subsidiary, JMB.

A key factor that contributed to the increase in demand for precious metals was the volatility in precious metal prices caused by macroeconomic and other events.  A combination of price volatility, increased demand, and supply constraints led to a significant expansion in premium spreads in the precious metals market, having an onset during the second half of fiscal year 2020 and sustaining through the current fiscal year. We are uncertain of the duration of these conditions.

Gross Profit — Direct-to-Consumer

in thousands, except performance metric
Years Ended June 30,20212020$%
$% of revenue$% of revenueIncrease/ (decrease)Increase/ (decrease)
Gross profit$71,3858.165%$10,06510.045%$61,320609.2%

Gross profit for the year ended June 30, 2021 increased by $61.3 million, or 609.2%, to $71.4 million from $10.1 million in 2020.  For the year ended June 30, 2021, the Company’s profit margin percentage decreased by 188.1 basis points to 8.165% from 10.045% in 2020. Excluding the impact of inter-segment sales from the Direct-to-Consumer segment to the Wholesale Sales & Ancillary Services segment, the Direct-to-Consumer segment's gross profit margin percentage decreased by 432.3 basis points to 8.226% from 12.549% in 2020.

Selling, General and Administrative Expense — Direct-to-Consumer

in thousands
Years Ended June 30,20212020$%
$% of revenue$% of revenueIncrease/ (decrease)Increase/ (decrease)
Selling, general and administrative expenses$(22,391)(2.561)%$(7,713)(7.698)%$14,678190.3%

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Selling, general and administrative expenses for the year ended June 30, 2021 increased $14.7 million, or 190.3%, to $22.4 million from $7.7 million in 2020.  The change was primarily due to increased amortization and depreciation costs of $8.6 million, increased advertising expenses of $2.7 million and higher compensation expense (including performance-based accruals) of $2.5 million. JMB’s activity, a company that we recently acquired, accounted for approximately 98.0% of the aggregate change for this segment.

Interest expense — Direct-to-Consumer

in thousands
Years Ended June 30,20212020$%
$% of revenue$% of revenueIncrease/ (decrease)Increase/ (decrease)
Interest expense$(898)(0.103)%$$898

Interest expense for the year ended June 30, 2021 increased $0.9 million to $0.9 million from $0.0 million in 2020.  The increase related to JMB’s product financing activity with A-Mark.

Other income (expense) — Direct-to-Consumer

in thousands
Years Ended June 30,20212020$%
$% of revenue$% of revenueIncrease/ (decrease)Increase/ (decrease)
Other expense, net$$(219)(0.219)%$(219)(100.0)%

There was no activity for the current period. For the year ended June 30, 2020, the other expense activity of $0.2 million related to a one-time charge in connection with the settlement of the purchase price related to the acquisition of Goldline.

Results of Operations — Secured Lending Segment

The Company operates its Secured Lending segment through its wholly-owned subsidiaries, Collateral Finance Corporation, LLC. ("CFC"), AM Capital Funding, LLC (“AMCF”), and CFC Alternative Investments (“CAI”).

Overview of Results of Operations for the Years Ended June 30, 2021 and 2020

—  Secured Lending Segment

The operating results of our Secured Lending segment for the years ended June 30, 2021 and 2020 are as follows:

in thousands, except performance metrics
Years Ended June 30,20212020$%
$% of interest income$% of interest incomeIncrease/ (decrease)Increase/ (decrease)
Interest income$8,159100.000%$12,213100.000%$(4,054)(33.2%)
Interest expense(7,301)(89.484)%(8,332)(68.222)%$(1,031)(12.4%)
Selling, general and administrative expenses(2,549)(31.242)%(1,893)(15.500)%$65634.7%
Other income, net1,07913.225%5774.724%$50287.0%
Net (loss) income before provision for income taxes$(612)(7.501)%$2,56521.002%$3,177123.9%
Performance Metric:
Number of secured loans at period end(1)1,8817171,164162.3%
Column 1Column 2
(1)Number of outstanding secured loans to customers at the end of the period.

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Interest Income — Secured Lending

in thousands, except performance metric
Years Ended June 30,20212020$%
$% of interest income$% of interest incomeIncrease/ (decrease)Increase/ (decrease)
Interest income$8,159100.000%$12,213100.000%$(4,054)(33.2%)
Performance Metric
Number of secured loans at period-end1,8817171,164162.3%

Interest income for the year ended June 30, 2021 decreased $4.1 million, or 33.2%, to $8.2 million from $12.2 million in 2020. The decrease in interest income earned from the segment’s secured loan portfolio was primarily due to lower average monthly loan balances during the current period as compared to the average monthly loan balances for the prior year period.

The number of secured loans outstanding increased by 162.3% to 1,881 as of June 30, 2021, from 717 as of June 30, 2020.  Typically, the number of loans increases during periods of increasing precious metal prices and decreases during periods of declining precious metal prices.  Silver prices declined significantly in the quarter ended March 31, 2020, resulting in an increase in margin calls and borrower loan liquidations due to a decline in the value of the precious metals collateral. Through the current fiscal year, silver prices increased and the Company experienced growth in the number of loans.

The Company did not incur loan losses related to the margin calls or borrower loan liquidations during either the current or the prior year period.

Interest Expense — Secured Lending

in thousands
Years Ended June 30,20212020$%
$% of interest income$% of interest incomeIncrease/ (decrease)Increase/ (decrease)
Interest expense$(7,301)(89.484)%$(8,332)(68.222)%$(1,031)(12.4%)

Interest expense for the year ended June 30, 2021 decreased $1.0 million, or 12.4% to $7.3 million from $8.3 million in 2020.  The change in interest expense is driven by the value of our secured loan portfolio, which is primarily financed through our notes payable and Trading Credit Facility. As compared to the same year-ago period, loan servicing costs decreased $0.5 million and interest expense related to our notes payable and Trading Credit Facility decreased $0.5 million.

Selling, General and Administrative Expenses — Secured Lending

in thousands
Years Ended June 30,20212020$%
$% of interest income$% of interest incomeIncrease/ (decrease)Increase/ (decrease)
Selling, general, and administrative expenses$(2,549)(31.242)%$(1,893)(15.500)%$65634.7%

Selling, general and administrative expenses for the year ended June 30, 2021 increased $0.7 million, or 34.7%, to $2.5 million from $1.9 million in 2020.  The increase was mainly driven by higher professional fees of $0.3 million, increased marketing expenses of $0.2 million, and higher storage costs of $0.1 million.

Other Income, net — Secured Lending

in thousands
Years Ended June 30,20212020$%
$% of interest income$% of interest incomeIncrease/ (decrease)Increase/ (decrease)
Other income, net$1,07913.225%$5774.724%$50287.0%

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Other income, net for the year ended June 30, 2021 increased $0.5 million, or 87.0% to $1.1 million from $0.6 million in 2020. The increase was primarily due to an increase of $0.5 million in royalty income.

NON-GAAP MEASURES

Adjusted net income before provision for income taxes

Overview

In addition to our results determined in accordance with GAAP, we believe the below non-GAAP measure is useful in evaluating our operating performance.  We use the financial measure “adjusted net income before provision for income taxes” to present our pre-tax earnings from on-going business operations.  This measure is not prepared in accordance with GAAP.  The items excluded from this financial measure may have a material impact on our financial results. Certain of those items are non-recurring, while others are non-cash in nature. Accordingly, this non-GAAP financial measure should be considered in addition to, and not as a substitute for or superior to, the comparable measures prepared in accordance with GAAP.

Reconciliation

In our reconciliation from our reported GAAP “net income before provision for taxes” to our non-GAAP “adjusted net income before provision for taxes,” we eliminate the impact of the following four amounts: (i) remeasurement gains; (ii) acquisition expenses; (iii) amortization expenses related to intangible assets acquired; and (iv) depreciation expense. The following tables reconcile this non-GAAP financial measure to its most closely comparable GAAP measure on our financial statements for the years ended June 30, 2021 and 2020.

in thousands
Years Ended June 30,20212020$%
$% of revenue$% of revenueIncrease/ (decrease)Increase/ (decrease)
Revenues$7,613,015100.000%$5,461,094100.000%$2,151,92139.4%
Net income before provision for income taxes$192,8012.533%$37,8780.694%$154,923409.0%
Adjustments:
Remeasurement gain on pre-existing equity interest(26,306)(0.346)%$26,306(—%)
Acquisition costs2,5760.034%$2,576(—%)
Amortization of acquired intangibles9,3410.123%1,0280.019%$8,313808.8%
Depreciation expense1,4470.019%1,8720.034%$(425)(22.7%)
Adjusted net income before provision for income taxes (Non-GAAP)$179,8592.363%$40,7780.747%$139,081341.1%

Adjustments

Remeasurement gains or losses.  This adjustment relates to our acquisition in March 2021 of the 79.5% of the equity interest in JMB that was not previously owned by us.  When we acquire control of a business for which we had previously owned a noncontrolling equity interest, we are required to estimate the fair value of our pre-existing equity investment and record the change in its value as a remeasurement gain or loss, which we present on the face of our consolidated statements of income.  Remeasurement gains and losses are recorded upon the completion of an acquisition. We exclude these types of remeasurement gains and losses when we evaluate our on-going operational performance and to facilitate comparison of period-to-period operational performance. For additional information about our acquisition of JMB, see Note 1 to the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

Acquisition expenses. This adjustment relates as well to the JMB acquisition. We incur expenses for professional services rendered in connection with business combinations, which are included as a component of selling, general, and administrative expenses in the Company’s consolidated statements of income. Acquisition expenses are recorded in the periods in which the costs are incurred, and the services are received. We exclude acquisition expenses when we evaluate our on-going operational performance and to facilitate comparison of period-to-period operational performance.

Amortization of purchased intangibles. Amortization expense of purchased intangibles is included as a component of selling, general, and administrative expenses in the Company’s consolidated statements of income.  Such amortization expense varies in amount and frequency and is significantly impacted by the timing and size of our acquisitions.  Management finds it useful to exclude these charges from our operating expenses to assist in the review of a measure that more closely corresponds to cash operating income generated from our business.  The use of intangible assets such as our existing customer relationships and developed technology contributed to our revenues earned during the periods presented and is expected to contribute to our revenues in future periods. Amortization of purchased intangible assets will recur in future periods. For additional information about the amortization of our purchased intangibles, see Note 8 to the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

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Depreciation expense.  Depreciation expense is included as a component of selling, general, and administrative expenses in the Company’s consolidated statements of income.  Depreciation expense is calculated using a straight-line method based on the estimated useful lives of the related assets, ranging from three years to twenty-five years. Due to depreciation expense being non-cash in nature, management finds it useful to exclude these charges from our operating expenses to assist in the review of a measure that more closely corresponds to cash operating income generated from our business.

LIQUIDITY AND FINANCIAL CONDITION

Primary Sources and Uses of Cash

Overview

Liquidity refers to the availability to the Company of amounts of cash to meet all of our cash needs. Our sources of liquidity principally include cash from operations, Trading Credit Facility (see “Lines of Credit” below), and product financing arrangements.

A substantial portion of our assets are liquid. As of June 30, 2021, approximately 80.6% of our assets consisted of cash, receivables, derivative assets, secured loans receivables, precious metals held under financing arrangements and inventories, measured at fair value. Cash generated from the sales or financing of our precious metals products is our primary source of operating liquidity.  Among other things, these include our product financing arrangements and liabilities on borrowed metals. Typically, the Company acquires its inventory by: (i) purchasing inventory from its suppliers by utilizing our own capital and lines of credit; (ii) borrowing precious metals from its suppliers under short-term arrangements which may bear interest at a designated rate, and (iii) repurchasing inventory at an agreed-upon price based on the spot price on the specified repurchase date.

In addition to selling inventory, the Company generates cash from earning interest income. The Company enters into secured loans and secured financing structures with its customers under which it charges interest.  The loans are secured by precious metals and numismatic material owned by the borrowers and held by the Company as security for the term of the loan. The Company also offers a number of secured financing options to its customers to finance their precious metals purchases including consignments and other structured inventory finance products.  Furthermore, our customers may enter into agreements whereby the customer agrees to repurchase our precious metals at the prevailing spot price for delivery of the product at a specific point in time in the future; interest income is earned from the contract date until the material is delivered and paid for in full.

We may also raise funds through the public or private offering of equity or debt securities, although there is no assurance that we will be able to do so at the times and in the amounts required.  We have an effective universal shelf registration statement, on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission for this purpose, under which we may issue approximately $66.5 million worth of securities at this time.

We continually review our overall credit and capital needs to ensure that our capital base, both stockholders’ equity and available credit facilities, can appropriately support our anticipated financing needs. The Company also continually monitors its current and forecasted cash requirements and draws upon and pays down its lines of credit so as to minimize interest expense. (See Note 14 to the Company’s consolidated financial statements.)

Lines of Credit

in thousands
June 30, 2021June 30, 2020June 30, 2021 Compared to June 30, 2020
Lines of credit$185,000$135,000$50,000

Effective March 26, 2021, through an amendment and restatement of the applicable credit documents, A-Mark renewed its uncommitted demand borrowing facility ("Trading Credit Facility") with a syndicate of banks. Under the agreements, Coöperatieve Rabobank U.A. acts as lead lender and administrative agent and Macquarie Bank Limited acts as syndication agent.  As of June 30, 2021, the Trading Credit Facility provided the Company with access up to $270.0 million, featuring a $220.0 million base, with a $50.0 million accordion option. The maturity date of the credit facility is March 25, 2022. The Trading Credit Facility was initially entered into on March 31, 2016, and the Company has successfully amended and extended the terms of the Trading Credit Facility each year since its inception. The Trading Credit Facility was amended effective July 16, 2021, and now provides for a $330 million credit facility, consisting of a $280 million base and a $50 million accordion feature. (See Note 19 to the Company’s consolidated financial statements.)

A-Mark routinely uses funds drawn under the Trading Credit Facility to purchase metals from its suppliers and for other operating cash flow purposes. Our CFC subsidiary also uses the funds drawn under the Trading Credit Facility to finance its lending activities.

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Notes Payable

in thousands
June 30, 2021June 30, 2020June 30, 2021 Compared to June 30, 2020
Notes payable$93,249$92,517$732

On September 14, 2018, AM Capital Funding, LLC. (“AMCF”), a wholly owned subsidiary of CFC, completed an issuance of Secured Senior Term Notes, Series 2018-1, Class A in the aggregate principal amount of $72.0 million and Secured Subordinated Term Notes, Series 2018-1, Class B in the aggregate principal amount of $28.0 million.  The Class A Notes bear interest at a rate of 4.98% and the Class B Notes bear interest at a rate of 5.98%. The Notes have a maturity date of December 15, 2023.

As of June 30, 2021, the consolidated aggregate carrying balance of the Notes was $93.2 million (which excludes the $5.0 million Note that the Company retained), and the remaining unamortized loan cost balance was approximately $1.8 million, which is amortized using the effective interest method through the maturity date. (See Note 14 to the Company’s consolidated financial statements.)

Liabilities on Borrowed Metals

in thousands
June 30, 2021June 30, 2020June 30, 2021 Compared to June 30, 2020
Liabilities on borrowed metals$91,866$168,206$(76,340)

We borrow precious metals from our suppliers and customers under short-term arrangements using other precious metal from our inventory or precious metals held under financing arrangements as collateral. Amounts under these arrangements require repayment either in the form of precious metals or cash. Liabilities also arise from unallocated metal positions held by customers in our inventory.  Typically, these positions are due on demand, in a specified physical form, based on the total ounces of metal held in the position.

Product Financing Arrangements

in thousands
June 30, 2021June 30, 2020June 30, 2021 Compared to June 30, 2020
Product financing arrangements$201,028$74,678$126,350

The Company has agreements with financial institutions and other third parties that allow the Company to transfer its gold and silver inventory to the third party at an agreed-upon price based on the spot price, which provides alternative sources of liquidity. During the term of the agreement both parties intend for inventory to be returned at an agreed-upon price based on the spot price on the termination (repurchase) date. The third parties charge monthly interest as a percentage of the market value of the outstanding obligation; such monthly charges are classified as interest expense. These transactions do not qualify as sales and therefore are accounted for as financing arrangements and reflected in the Company’s consolidated balance sheets as product financing arrangements. The obligation is stated at the amount required to repurchase the outstanding inventory. Both the product financing arrangements and the underlying inventory (which is entirely restricted) are carried at fair value, with changes in fair value included as a component of cost of sales.

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Secured Loans Receivable

in thousands
June 30, 2021June 30, 2020June 30, 2021 Compared to June 30, 2020
Secured loans receivable$112,968$63,710$49,258

CFC is a California licensed finance lender that makes and acquires commercial loans secured by bullion and numismatic coins that affords our customers a convenient means of financing their inventory or collections. (See Note 5 to the Company’s consolidated financial statements.) AMCF also purchases and holds secured loans from CFC to meet its collateral requirements related to the Notes (See Note 14 to Company’s consolidated financial statements.)  Most of the Company's secured loans are short-term in nature. The renewal of these instruments is at the discretion of the Company and, as such, provides us with some flexibility in regard to our capital deployment strategies.

Dividends

On September 3, 2020, the Company's Board of Directors declared a non-recurring special dividend of $1.50 per share to common stock shareholders of record at the close of business on September 21, 2020.  On October 29, 2020, the Company's Board of Directors declared a non-recurring special dividend of $1.50 per share to common stock shareholders of record at the close of business on November 23, 2020.  In the aggregate, the Company paid $21.2 million in dividends during the year ended June 30, 2021.

Cash Flows

The majority of the Company’s trading activities involve two-day value trades under which payment is received in advance of delivery or product is received in advance of payment.  The combination of sales volume, inventory turnover, and precious metals price volatility can cause material changes in the sources of cash used in or provided by operating activities on a daily basis. The Company manages these variances through its liquidity forecasts and counterparty limits by maintaining a liquidity reserve to meet the Company’s cash needs.  The Company uses various short-term financial instruments to manage the cycle of our trading activities from customer purchase order to cash collections and product delivery, which can cause material changes in the amount of cash used in or provided by financing activities on a daily basis.

The following summarizes components of our consolidated statements of cash flows for the years ended June 30, 2021 and 2020:

in thousands
Year EndedJune 30, 2021June 30, 2020June 30, 2021 Compared to June 30, 2020
Net cash (used in) provided by operating activities$(52,654)$47,935$(100,589)
Net cash (used in) provided by investing activities$(130,393)$48,774$(179,167)
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities$232,127$(52,704)$284,831

For the years presented, our principal capital requirements have been to fund (i) working capital and (ii) investing activity. Our working capital requirements fluctuated with market conditions, the availability of precious metals, and the volatility of precious metals commodity pricing.  The primary reason for the increase in net cash used in operating activities was due to increased inventory purchases during a period of increased demand and rising precious metal prices. Net cash used in investing activities increased as a result of increased loan origination and acquisition activity, which was driven by higher precious metal spot prices, as well as our acquisition of JMB.  The primary reason for the increase in net cash provided by financing activities was due to an increased use of short term debt financing to accommodate a period of high demand for precious metal products, as well as proceeds received in connection with the Company’s public offering of its common stock.

Net cash (used in) provided by operating activities

Operating activities used $52.7 million and provided $47.9 million in cash for the years ended June 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively, representing a $100.6 million increase in cash used compared to the year ended June 30, 2020.   The increase in cash used was primarily due to changes in working capital, which includes the balances of accounts payable and other current liabilities, inventories, liabilities on borrowed metals, and derivative liabilities, partially offset by increased net income as a result of increased demand, adjusted for noncash items, and by changes in the balances of derivative assets.

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Net cash (used in) provided by investing activities

Investing activities used $130.4 million and provided $48.8 million in cash for the years ended June 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively, representing a $179.2 million increase in cash used compared to the year ended June 30, 2020.  This period over period increase in cash used was primarily due to the higher investing cash outflows of $110.2 million associated with the acquisition and origination of secured loans during the period, the incremental acquisition of a pre-existing equity method investment of $78.9 million, and an increase of cash outflows of $8.0 million in connection with the purchase of long term investments, partially offset by $17.5 million redemption amount upon acquisition of a pre-existing equity method investment.

Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities

Financing activities provided $232.1 million and used $52.7 million in cash for the years ended June 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively, representing a $284.8 million increase in the source of cash compared to the year ended June 30, 2020.  This period over period increase was primarily due to the change in cash provided by product financing arrangements of $146.2 million, the change in the cash provided by the Trading Credit Facility of $82.0 million, the net proceeds of $75.3 million the Company received in connection with its public offering of common stock, and cash received from employee stock option exercises of $3.6 million, partially offset by the payment of two non-recurring special dividends in the aggregate amount of $21.2 million, and the change in balance of debt issuance costs of $1.1 million.

Capital Resources

We believe that our current cash availability under the Trading Credit Facility, product financing arrangements, financing derived from borrowed metals and the cash we anticipate generating from operating activities will provide us with sufficient liquidity to satisfy our working capital needs, capital expenditures, investment requirements, and commitments through at least the next twelve months.

CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS, CONTINGENT LIABILITIES AND COMMITMENTS

Counterparty Risk

We manage our counterparty risk by setting credit and position risk limits with our trading counterparties. These limits include gross position limits for counterparties engaged in sales and purchase transactions and inventory consignment transactions with us. They also include collateral limits for different types of sale and purchase transactions that counterparties may engage in from time to time.

Commodities Risk and Derivatives

We use a variety of strategies to manage our risk including fluctuations in commodity prices for precious metals. Our inventory consists of, and our trading activities involve, precious metals and precious metal products, for which prices are linked to the corresponding precious metal commodity prices. Inventory purchased or borrowed by us is subject to price changes. Inventory borrowed is a natural hedge, since changes in value of the metal held are offset by the obligation to return the metal to the supplier or deliver metals to the customer.

Open sale and purchase commitments in our trading activities are subject to changes in value between the date the purchase or sale price is fixed (the trade date) and the date the metal is received or delivered (the settlement date). We seek to minimize the effect of price changes of the underlying commodity through the use of forward and futures contracts. Our open sale and purchase commitments generally settle within 2 business days, and for those commitments that do not have stated settlement dates, we have the right to settle the positions upon demand.

Our policy is to substantially hedge our underlying precious metal commodity inventory position. We regularly enter into metals commodity forward and futures contracts with financial institutions to hedge price changes that would cause changes in the value of our physical metals positions and purchase commitments and sale commitments. We have access to all of the precious metals markets, allowing us to place hedges. We also maintain relationships with major market makers in every major precious metals dealing center, which allows us to enter into contracts with market makers.  Our forwards contracts open at June 30, 2021 are scheduled to settle within 60 days. Futures positions do not have settlement dates. The Company typically uses futures contracts for its shorter-term hedge positions and forward contracts for longer term hedge positions.

The Company enters into these derivative transactions solely for the purpose of hedging our inventory holding risk, and not for speculative market purposes. Due to the nature of our hedging strategy, we are not using hedge accounting as defined under, Derivatives and Hedging Topic 815 of the Accounting Standards Codification ("ASC".) Unrealized gains or losses resulting from our futures and forward contracts are reported as cost of sales with the related amounts due from or to counterparties reflected as derivative assets or liabilities. The Company adjusts the derivatives to fair value on a daily basis until the transactions are settled. When these contracts are net settled, the unrealized gains and losses are reversed and the realized gains and losses for forward contracts are recorded in revenue and cost of sales and the net realized gains and losses for futures are recorded in cost of sales.

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The Company’s net (losses) gains on derivative instruments for the years ended June 30, 2021 and 2020, totaled ($125.6) million and $8.1 million, respectively.  These net (losses) gains on derivative instruments were substantially offset by the changes in fair market value of the underlying precious metals inventory and open sale and purchase commitments, which is also recorded in cost of sales in the consolidated statements of income.

The purpose of the Company's hedging policy is to substantially match the change in the value of the derivative financial instrument to the change in the value of the underlying hedged item. The following table summarizes the results of our hedging activities, showing the precious metal commodity inventory position, net of open sale and purchase commitments, which is subject to price risk, compared to change in the value of the derivative instruments as of June 30, 2021 and June 30, 2020:

in thousands
June 30, 2021June 30, 2020
Inventories$458,019$321,281
Precious metals held under financing arrangements154,742178,577
612,761499,858
Less unhedgeable inventories:
Commemorative coin inventory, held at lower of cost or net realizable value(406)(17)
Premium on metals position(11,017)(3,684)
Precious metal value not hedged(11,423)(3,701)
601,338496,157
Commitments at market:
Open inventory purchase commitments987,926514,553
Open inventory sales commitments(590,156)(309,134)
Margin sale commitments(7,322)(14,652)
In-transit inventory no longer subject to market risk(16,707)(3,605)
Unhedgeable premiums on open commitment positions8,6382,779
Borrowed precious metals(91,866)(168,206)
Product financing arrangements(201,028)(74,678)
Advances on industrial metals287318
89,772(52,625)
Precious metal subject to price risk691,110443,532
Precious metal subject to derivative financial instruments:
Precious metals forward contracts at market values175,35273,948
Precious metals futures contracts at market values514,240369,842
Total market value of derivative financial instruments689,592443,790
Net precious metals subject to commodity price risk$1,518$(258)

We are exposed to the risk of default of the counterparties to our derivative contracts. Significant judgment is applied by us when evaluating the fair value implications. We regularly review the creditworthiness of our major counterparties and monitor our exposure to concentrations. At June 30, 2021, we believe our risk of counterparty default is mitigated based on our evaluation of the creditworthiness of our major counterparties, the strong financial condition of our counterparties, and the short-term duration of these arrangements.

Commitments and Contingencies

Refer to Note 15 to the Company’s consolidated financial statements for information relating Company's commitments and contingencies.

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OFF-BALANCE SHEET ARRANGEMENTS

As of June 30, 2021 and June 30, 2020, we had the following outstanding sale and purchase commitments and open forward and future contracts, which are normal and recurring, in nature:

in thousands
June 30, 2021June 30, 2020
Purchase commitments$987,926$514,553
Sales commitments$(590,156)$(309,134)
Margin sale commitments$(7,322)$(14,652)
Open forward contracts$175,352$73,948
Open futures contracts$514,240$369,842
Foreign exchange forward contracts$6,541$4,599

The notional amounts of the commodity forward and futures contracts and the open sales and purchase orders, as shown in the table above, are not reflected at the notional amounts in the consolidated balance sheets. The Company records commodity forward and futures contracts at the fair value, which is the difference between the market price of the underlying metal or contract measured on the reporting date and the trade amount measured on the date the contract was transacted.  The fair value of the open derivative contracts are shown as a component of derivative assets or derivative liabilities in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets.

The Company enters into the derivative forward and future transactions solely for the purpose of hedging its inventory holding risk, and not for speculative market purposes. The Company’s gains (losses) on derivative instruments are substantially offset by the changes in fair market value of the underlying precious metals inventory position, including our open sale and purchase commitments. The Company records the derivatives at the trade date, and any corresponding unrealized gains or losses are shown as a component of cost of sales in the consolidated statements of income. We adjust the carrying value of the derivatives to fair value on a daily basis until the transactions are physically settled. (See Note 11 to the Company’s consolidated financial statements.)

CRITICAL ACCOUNTING POLICIES

The Company’s consolidated financial statements are prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“U.S. GAAP”). In connection with the preparation of our financial statements, we are required to make estimates and assumptions about future events and apply judgments that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenue, expenses and related disclosures. We base our assumptions, estimates and judgments on historical experience, current trends and other factors that we believe to be relevant at the time the Company’s consolidated financial statements are prepared. On a regular basis, we review our accounting policies, assumptions, estimates and judgments to ensure that the Company’s consolidated financial statements are presented fairly and in accordance with U.S. GAAP. However, because future events and their effects cannot be determined with certainty, actual results could materially differ from our estimates.

Our significant accounting policies are discussed in Note 2 to the Company’s consolidated financial statements. We believe that the following accounting policies are the most critical to aid in fully understanding and evaluating our reported financial results, and they require our most difficult, subjective or complex judgments, resulting from the need to make estimates about the effect of matters that are inherently uncertain. We have reviewed these critical accounting estimates and related disclosures with the Audit Committee of our Board of Directors.

Revenue Recognition

The Company accounts for its metals and sales contracts using settlement date accounting. Pursuant to such accounting, the Company recognizes the sale or purchase of the metals at settlement date. During the period between the trade and settlement dates, the Company has entered into a forward contract that meets the definition of a derivative in accordance with the Derivatives and Hedging Topic 815 of the ASC. The Company records the derivative at the trade date with any corresponding unrealized gain (loss), shown as component of cost of sales in the consolidated statements of income. The Company adjusts the derivatives to fair value on a daily basis until the transactions are settled. When these contracts are settled, the unrealized gains and losses are reversed, and revenue is recognized for contracts that are physically settled.  For contracts that are net settled, the realized gains and losses are recorded in cost of sales, with the exception of forward contracts, where their associated realized gains and losses are recorded in revenue and cost of sales, respectively.

Also, the Company recognizes its storage, logistics, licensing, advertising revenue, and other services revenues in accordance with the FASB's release ASU 2014-09  Revenue From Contracts With Customers Topic 606 and subsequent related amendments ("ASC 606"),  which follows five basic  steps to determine whether revenue can be recognized: (i) identify the contract with a customer; (ii) identify the performance obligations in the contract; (iii) determine the transaction price; (iv) allocate the transaction price to the performance obligations in the contract, and (v) recognize revenue when (or as) the entity satisfies a performance obligation.

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Inventories

The Company's inventory, which primarily consists of bullion and bullion coins, is acquired and initially recorded at cost and then marked to fair market value.  The fair market value of the bullion and bullion coins comprises two components: (i) published market values attributable to the cost of the raw precious metal, and (ii) the premium paid at acquisition of the metal, which is attributable to the incremental value of the product in its finished goods form. The market value attributable solely to such premium is readily determinable by reference to multiple reputable published sources. The precious metal component of the inventory may be hedged through the use of precious metal commodity positions, while the premium component of our inventory is not a commodity that may be hedged.

The Company’s inventory, except for certain lower of cost or net realizable value basis products (as described below), is subsequently recorded at their fair market values.  The daily changes in the fair market value of our inventory are offset by daily changes in the fair market value of hedging derivatives that are taken with respect to our inventory positions; both the change in the fair market value of the inventory and the change in the fair market value of these derivative instruments are recorded in cost of sales in the consolidated statements of income.

While the premium component included in inventory is marked-to-market, our commemorative coin inventory, including its premium component, is held at the lower of cost or net realizable value, because the value of commemorative coins is influenced more by supply and demand determinants than on the underlying spot price of the precious metal content of the commemorative coins. Unlike our bullion coins, the value of commemorative coins is not subject to the same level of volatility as bullion coins because our commemorative coins typically carry a substantially higher premium over the spot metal price than bullion coins. Additionally, neither the commemorative coin inventory nor the premium component of our inventory is hedged.

Inventory includes amounts borrowed from suppliers and customers arising from various arrangements including unallocated metal positions held by customers in the Company’s inventory, amounts due to suppliers for the use of consigned inventory, metals held by suppliers as collateral on advanced pool metals, as well as shortages in unallocated metal positions held by the Company in the supplier’s inventory.  Unallocated or pool metal represents an unsegregated inventory position that is due on demand, in a specified physical form, based on the total ounces of metal held in the position.  Amounts under these arrangements require delivery either in the form of precious metals or cash.  The Company mitigates market risk of its physical inventory and open commitments through commodity hedge transactions. (See Note 11 to the Company’s consolidated financial statements.)

The Company enters into product financing agreements for the transfer and subsequent option or obligation to reacquire its gold and silver inventory at an agreed-upon price based on the spot price with a third party finance company. This inventory is restricted and is held at a custodial storage facility in exchange for a financing fee, charged by the third party finance company.  During the term of the financing agreement, the third party company holds the inventory as collateral, and both parties intend for the inventory to be returned to the Company at an agreed-upon price based on the spot price on the termination (repurchase) date. The third party charges a monthly fee as percentage of the market value of the outstanding obligation; such monthly charge is classified as interest expense.   These transactions do not qualify as sales and have been accounted for as financing arrangements in accordance with ASC 470-40 Product Financing Arrangements, and are reflected in the Company’s consolidated balance sheets as product financing arrangements. The obligation is stated at the amount required to repurchase the outstanding inventory. Both the product financing and the underlying inventory (which is restricted) are carried at fair value, with changes in fair value included in cost of sales in the Company’s consolidated statements of income.

The Company periodically loans metals to customers on a short-term consignment basis. Such inventory is removed at the time the customer elects to price and purchase the metals, and the Company records a corresponding sale and receivable.

The Company enters into financing arrangements with certain customers under which A-Mark purchases precious metals products that are subject to repurchase by the customer at the fair value of the product on the repurchase date. The Company or the counterparty may typically terminate any such arrangement with 14 days' notice.  Upon termination the customer’s rights to repurchase any remaining inventory is forfeited.

Business Combinations

We make certain judgments and estimates when determining the fair value of assets acquired and liabilities assumed in a business combination. Those judgments and estimates also include determining the lives assigned to acquired intangibles, the resulting amortization period, what indicators will trigger an impairment, whether those indicators are other than temporary, what economic or competitive factors affect valuation, valuation methodology, and key assumptions including discount rates and cash flow estimates.

Goodwill and Other Purchased Intangible Assets

We evaluate goodwill and other indefinite-lived intangibles for impairment annually in the fourth quarter of the fiscal year (or more frequently if indicators of potential impairment exist) in accordance with the Intangibles - Goodwill and Other Topic 350 of the ASC. Other finite-lived intangible assets are evaluated for impairment when events or changes in business circumstances indicate that

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the carrying amount of the assets may not be recoverable. We may first qualitatively assess whether relevant events and circumstances make it more likely than not that the fair value of the reporting unit's goodwill is less than its carrying value. If, based on this qualitative assessment, we determine that goodwill is more likely than not to be impaired, a quantitative impairment test is performed. This step requires us to determine the fair value of the business and compare the calculated fair value of a reporting unit with its carrying amount, including goodwill. If through this quantitative analysis the Company determines the fair value of a reporting unit exceeds its carrying amount, the goodwill of the reporting unit is considered not to be impaired. If the Company concludes that the fair value of the reporting unit is less than its carrying value, a goodwill impairment will be recognized for the amount by which the carrying amount exceeds the reporting unit’s fair value.

The Company also performs impairment reviews on its indefinite-lived intangible assets (i.e., trade names and trademarks). In assessing its indefinite-lived intangible assets for impairment, the Company has the option to first perform a qualitative assessment to determine whether events or circumstances exist that lead to a determination that it is more likely than not that the fair value of the indefinite-lived intangible asset is less than its carrying amount. If the Company determines that it is not more likely than not that the fair value of an indefinite-lived intangible asset is less than its carrying amount, the Company is not required to perform any additional tests in assessing the asset for impairment. However, if the Company concludes otherwise or elects not to perform the qualitative assessment, then it is required to perform a quantitative analysis to determine if the fair value of an indefinite-lived intangible asset is less than its carrying value. If through a quantitative analysis the Company determines the fair value of an indefinite-lived intangible asset exceeds its carrying amount, the indefinite-lived intangible asset is considered not to be impaired. If the Company concludes that the fair value of an indefinite-lived intangible asset is less than its carrying value, an impairment will be recognized for the amount by which the carrying amount exceeds the indefinite-lived intangible asset’s fair value.

Income Taxes

As part of the process of preparing the Company’s consolidated financial statements, the Company is required to estimate its provision for income taxes in each of the tax jurisdictions in which it conducts business, in accordance with the Income Taxes Topic 740 of the ASC ("ASC 740"). The Company computes its annual tax rate based on the statutory tax rates and tax planning opportunities available to it in the various jurisdictions in which it earns income. Significant judgment is required in determining the Company's annual tax rate and in evaluating uncertainty in its tax positions. The Company has adopted the provisions of ASC 740-10, which clarifies the accounting for uncertain tax positions. ASC 740-10 requires that the Company recognizes the impact of a tax position in the financial statements if the position is not more likely than not to be sustained upon examination based on the technical merits of the position. The Company recognizes interest and penalties related to certain uncertain tax positions as a component of income tax expense and the accrued interest and penalties are included in deferred and income taxes payable in the Company’s consolidated balance sheets. See Note 12 to the Company’s consolidated financial statements for more information on the Company’s accounting for income taxes.

Income taxes are accounted for using an asset and liability approach that requires the recognition of deferred tax assets and liabilities for the expected future tax consequences of events that have been included in the financial statements. Under this method, deferred tax assets and liabilities are determined based on the differences between the financial statement and tax basis of assets and liabilities using enacted tax rates in effect for the year in which the differences are expected to reverse. The effect of a change in tax rates on deferred tax assets and liabilities is recognized in income in the period that includes the enactment date. A valuation allowance is provided when it is more likely than not that some portion or all of the net deferred tax assets will not be realized. The factors used to assess the likelihood of realization include the Company's forecast of the reversal of temporary differences, future taxable income, and available tax planning strategies that could be implemented to realize the net deferred tax assets. Failure to achieve forecasted taxable income in applicable tax jurisdictions could affect the ultimate realization of deferred tax assets and could result in an increase in the Company's effective tax rate on future earnings. Based on our assessment, it appears more likely than not that all of the net deferred tax assets will be realized through future taxable income.

RECENT ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS

For a description of accounting changes and recent accounting standards, including the expected dates of adoption and estimated effects, if any, on our financial position or results of operations, see Note 2 to the Company’s consolidated financial statements.