DJCODaily Journal Corporation
Is the business good?
A genuinely good business: earnings fully cash-backed (1.7×) and margins widening.
Operating profit is fully backed by cash. Conversion is worsening vs a year ago.
Positive operating leverage, operating profit is growing faster than sales, so margins widen as the business scales.
Where this answer is blind. The F-score rewards improvement, so an already-elite company can score mid-pack.
How good a business is DJCO?
Daily Journal Corporation keeps 14% of every revenue dollar as operating profit, against 6.4% for the median Software - Application name.
Operating margin · Software - Application median 6.4% · 12 months to Q3 2026
- Cash conversion
- 1.66×
Cash conversion · 2.42× a year ago · operating cash flow covers the operating profit after tax
- Share count, year on year
- +0.02%
Share count, year on year · flat: no meaningful dilution
| Year | Operating margin |
|---|---|
| FY2020 | −2.6% |
| FY2021 | 4.3% |
| FY2022 | 3.7% |
| FY2023 | 9.8% |
| FY2024 | 5.8% |
| FY2025 | 11% |
Details›
- Operating margin12 months to Q3 2026
- 14%
- Net margin12 months to Q3 2026
- −12%
- Free cash flow margin
- 18%
- Revenue, trailing twelve months
- $98M
- Free cash flow, trailing twelve months
- $17M
- Net income, trailing twelve months
- −$11M
Margins, capital and share counts from the statements as filed with the SEC; cash conversion is operating cash flow over operating profit after tax.
Software, Application
Ranks #50 of 96 by RyuScore