THE LGL GROUP, INC. REPORTS Third QUARTER 2026 RESULTS
LGL GROUP INC (LGL) filed an SEC Form 8-K — Results of Operations and Financial Condition. Exhibit 99.1 THE LGL GROUP, INC. REPORT S Third Q UARTER 2026 RESULTS • Total revenues were $1,464,000 in Q3 2026 compared to $1,108,000 in Q3 2025 • Net income (loss) attributable to LGL Group common stockholders was ($45,000) in Q3 2026 compared to $772,000 in Q3 2025 • Backlog
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Why it matters
The earnings miss and margin decline are likely to trigger short‑term price weakness, though the expanding backlog and cash position may mitigate longer‑term concerns.
Market read
Micro‑cap earnings miss with significant margin compression; traders may consider short positions or watch for price reaction.
What to watch
Higher investment income and cash balance may provide runway for strategic initiatives.
LGL Group Q3 2026: total revenues up 32.1% to $1,464,000, gross margin down 2,100 bps to 31.8%, net loss attributable to common stockholders of ($45,000) versus $772,000 income a year earlier
Revenues grew 32.1% year on year and backlog rose to $6,463,000, but gross margin fell 2,100 bps to 31.8%, Engineering, selling and administrative expense rose 40.3% in the quarter per the printed lines, and the company reported a net loss attributable to common stockholders in Q3 2026 against income in Q3 2025. The filing attributes the prior-year profit partly to a reversal of an uncertain tax position in 2025.
Key metrics
shortened, hover for the filing’s print| Metric | Value | q/q | y/y |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total revenues, Q3 2026 (three months ended Sept 30)GAAP | $1.46M | – | 32.1% |
| Net sales, Q3 2026GAAP | $720K | – | – |
| Net investment income, Q3 2026GAAP | $744K | – | – |
| Net gains, Q3 2026GAAP | — (nil) | – | – |
| Gross margin, Q3 2026GAAP | 31.8% | – | (2,100) bps |
| Manufacturing cost of sales, Q3 2026GAAP | $491K | – | – |
| Engineering, selling and administrative expenses, Q3 2026GAAP | $948K | – | – |
| Total expenses, Q3 2026GAAP | $1.44M | – | 45.6% |
| Income (loss) before income taxes, Q3 2026GAAP | $25K | – | (79.2%) |
| Income tax expense (benefit), Q3 2026GAAP | $25K | – | – |
| Net income (loss), Q3 2026 before non-controlling interestsGAAP | — (nil) | – | n/m |
| Net income attributable to non-controlling interests, Q3 2026GAAP | $45K | – | 104.5% |
| Net (loss) income attributable to LGL Group common stockholders, Q3 2026GAAP | −$45K | – | n/m |
| Diluted EPS attributable to LGL Group common stockholders, Q3 2026GAAP | $(0.00) per diluted share | – | n/m |
| Basic EPS attributable to LGL Group common stockholders, Q3 2026GAAP | $(0.00) | – | n/m |
| Total revenues, nine months 2026 (nine months ended Sept 30)GAAP | $3.70M | – | 25.5% |
| Net sales, nine months 2026GAAP | $2.15M | – | – |
| Net investment income, nine months 2026GAAP | $1.54M | – | – |
| Net gains, nine months 2026GAAP | $5K | – | – |
| Gross margin, nine months 2026GAAP | 44.0% | – | (990) bps |
| Manufacturing cost of sales, nine months 2026GAAP | $1.21M | – | – |
| Engineering, selling and administrative expenses, nine months 2026GAAP | $3.70M | – | – |
| Total expenses, nine months 2026GAAP | $4.91M | – | 74.1% |
| Income (loss) before income taxes, nine months 2026GAAP | −$1.21M | – | n/m |
| Income tax benefit, nine months 2026GAAP | −$250K | – | 60.4% |
| Net (loss) income, nine months 2026 before non-controlling interestsGAAP | −$957K | – | n/m |
| Net income attributable to non-controlling interests, nine months 2026GAAP | $63K | – | 34.0% |
| Net (loss) income attributable to LGL Group common stockholders, nine months 2026GAAP | −$1.02M | – | n/m |
| Diluted EPS attributable to LGL Group common stockholders, nine months 2026GAAP | $(0.13) per diluted share | – | n/m |
| Basic EPS attributable to LGL Group common stockholders, nine months 2026GAAP | $(0.13) | – | n/m |
| Cash and cash equivalents and marketable securities, Sept 30, 2026GAAP | $87M | – | – |
| Book value attributable to LGL Group common stockholders, Sept 30, 2026GAAP | $85.93M | – | – |
| Book value attributable to LGL Group common stockholders per share, Sept 30, 2026GAAP | $6.81 | – | – |
| Total assets, Sept 30, 2026GAAP | $91.97M | – | – |
| Electronic Instruments backlog, Sept 30, 2026other | $6,463,000 | – | – |
Segments
| Segment | Revenue | q/q | y/y |
|---|---|---|---|
| Electronic Instruments, Q3 2026Company explanation: income (loss) before income taxes was $(64) thousand in Q3 2026 against $104 thousand in Q3 2025. The company attributes the change primarily to higher Manufacturing cost of sales driven by revenue growth and changes in product and pricing mix, and higher Engineering, selling and administrative expenses from higher engineering-related costs and professional services fees, partially offset by higher net sales from higher product shipments. | $720K | – | 8.9% |
| Merchant Investment, Q3 2026Company explanation: income before income taxes was $122 thousand in Q3 2026 against $129 thousand in Q3 2025. The company attributes the change primarily to higher Net investment income from accrued interest on the Skyline Note, partially offset by lower yields on United States Treasury money market funds and higher Engineering, selling and administrative expenses from higher corporate-level expenses allocated to the segment. | $291K | – | 6.2% |
| Corporate, Q3 2026Company explanation: loss before income taxes was $(33) thousand in Q3 2026 against $(113) thousand in Q3 2025. The company attributes the change primarily to higher Net investment income from higher balances invested in United States Treasury money market funds, partially offset by higher Engineering, selling and administrative expenses related to stock-based compensation, salaries and wages and benefits, and professional services fees. | $453K | – | 161.8% |
| Electronic Instruments, nine months 2026Company explanation: loss before income taxes was $(19) thousand for the first nine months of 2026 against $191 thousand for the first nine months of 2025. The company attributes the change primarily to higher Manufacturing cost of sales from revenue growth and product and pricing mix changes, and higher Engineering, selling and administrative expenses from engineering-related costs and professional services fees, partially offset by higher net sales from higher product shipments. | $2.15M | – | 30.4% |
| Merchant Investment, nine months 2026Company explanation: income before income taxes was $257 thousand for the first nine months of 2026 against $430 thousand for the first nine months of 2025. The company attributes the change primarily to lower Net investment income from lower yields on United States Treasury money market funds, partially offset by accrued interest on the Skyline Note, and higher Engineering, selling and administrative expenses including formation costs related to Skyline SPV. | $753K | – | (3.8%) |
| Corporate, nine months 2026Company explanation: loss before income taxes was $(1,445) thousand for the first nine months of 2026 against $(491) thousand for the first nine months of 2025. The company attributes the change primarily to higher Engineering, selling and administrative expenses from stock-based compensation, salaries and wages and benefits, and professional services fees, partially offset by higher Net investment income from higher balances invested in United States Treasury money market funds. | $797K | – | 54.2% |
Capital returns
- Rights offering: the filing states the company completed a transferable subscription rights offering in July 2026 with $41.5 million in net proceeds. The Rights Offering commenced on June 8, 2026 and expired at 5:00 p.m., Eastern time, on Wednesday, July 15, 2026. The Company issued 6,062,714 shares of Common Stock, representing approximately 92.6% of the 6,550,435 shares offered. Highlights state the rights offering was completed on July 24, 2026.
- Rights offering participation: Marc Gabelli, Executive Chairman, purchased 3,331,675 shares, increasing his total share ownership to 4,387,727 shares.
- Warrant dividend program: completed in January 2026 with approximately $5.0 million in gross proceeds; 1,051,664 shares of common stock were issued, representing 100% of the shares issuable. The company reports $4.6 million of net proceeds from this program in its liquidity discussion.
- No share repurchases or cash dividends are reported in this filing.
What drove it
- Company explanation for revenue growth: Revenues increased 32.1% from Q3 2025, driven by higher net sales and increased net investment income on larger invested balances.
- Net sales were $720 thousand in Q3 2026 against $661 thousand, reflecting higher product shipments per the company.
- Net investment income was $744 thousand in Q3 2026 against $442 thousand, reflecting higher balances invested in United States Treasury money market funds and accrued interest earned on the Skyline Note, per the company.
- Company explanation for gross margin decline: gross margin was 31.8% in Q3 2026 against 52.8%, a decrease of 2,100 basis points, primarily due to changes in product and pricing mix associated with volume-based pricing extended to a single customer in connection with increased order volume, as well as higher inventory reserves associated with increased inventory levels.
- Company explanation for the Q3 net result: the change to a net loss from net income in Q3 2025 was primarily due to the reversal of a previously recorded uncertain tax position in 2025 that did not occur in 2026.
- Company explanation for nine-month net result: higher Engineering, selling and administrative expenses driven by an $874,000 increase in stock-based compensation due to grants made to key employees in January and May 2026, a $451,000 increase in professional service fees, a $140,000 increase in salaries, wages and benefits, and a $178,000 increase in other corporate expenses, partially offset by higher revenues.
- Electronic Instruments backlog was $6,463,000 at Sept 30, 2026, compared to $625,000 at Dec 31, 2025 and $776,000 at Sept 30, 2025. The filing states backlog consists of amounts under signed contracts not yet fulfilled and is adjusted quarterly for cancellations, deferrals and revisions.
Concerns
- Gross margin fell to 31.8% in Q3 2026 from 52.8%, and to 44.0% for the nine months from 53.9%. The company names volume-based pricing for a single customer, higher inventory reserves and changes in product and pricing mix as causes.
- Net (loss) income attributable to LGL Group common stockholders was $(45) thousand in Q3 2026 against $772 thousand, and $(1,020) thousand for the nine months against $715 thousand.
- Engineering, selling and administrative expenses were $948 thousand in Q3 2026 against $676 thousand, and $3,703 thousand for the nine months against $2,060 thousand.
- Corporate loss before income taxes widened to $(1,445) thousand for the nine months from $(491) thousand, and the company cites stock-based compensation grants made in January and May 2026.
- Electronic Instruments income (loss) before income taxes was $(64) thousand in Q3 2026 against $104 thousand, and $(19) thousand for the nine months against $191 thousand.
- Merchant Investment nine-month income before income taxes fell to $257 thousand from $430 thousand, and nine-month segment revenue declined 3.8%.
What to watch
- Gross margin trajectory after the company cites volume-based pricing for a single customer, higher inventory reserves and changes in product and pricing mix.
- Conversion of the $6,463,000 Electronic Instruments backlog into revenue, which the filing describes as providing visibility into the fourth quarter.
- Engineering, selling and administrative expense levels, including stock-based compensation and professional services fees, given their stated increases.
- Net investment income trend as the company attributes it to higher balances in United States Treasury money market funds and accrued interest on the Skyline Note, with lower yields on those funds noted for Merchant Investment.
- Deployment of the approximately $87.0 million of cash and marketable securities, and the Skyline Note and convertible promissory note investments.
Balance sheet and cash flow
- Cash and cash equivalents and marketable securities were $87.0 million at Sept 30, 2026, compared to $41.6 million at Dec 31, 2025. The company attributes the change primarily to $41.5 million of net proceeds from the rights offering, $4.6 million from the warrant dividend program, and $1.7 million of capital contributions from non-controlling interests into Skyline Instruments in May 2026, partially offset by the $2.5 million investment in the convertible promissory note issued by Skyline Instruments Corporation.
- Total assets were $91,972 thousand at Sept 30, 2026, compared to $46,776 thousand at Dec 31, 2025. Total liabilities were $2,245 thousand compared to $1,211 thousand.
- Convertible promissory note, at fair value, was $2,464 thousand at Sept 30, 2026, compared to nil at Dec 31, 2025.
- Total LGL Group stockholders' equity was $85,932 thousand at Sept 30, 2026, compared to $43,488 thousand at Dec 31, 2025. Non-controlling interests were $3,795 thousand compared to $2,077 thousand.
- Book value attributable to LGL Group common stockholders was $85.9 million, or $6.81 per share, at Sept 30, 2026, compared to $43.5 million, or $7.04 per share, at Dec 31, 2025. The company attributes the change primarily to the net loss attributable to LGL Group common stockholders and to warrant dividend and rights offering proceeds issued at a discount to book value.
- Working capital was $86,786 thousand at Sept 30, 2026, compared to $45,409 thousand at Dec 31, 2025.
- No operating cash flow, investing cash flow or free cash flow figures are presented in the release.
Analysis
LGL Group reported Q3 2026 total revenues of $1,464,000, up 32.1% from $1,108,000 in Q3 2025, and nine-month revenues of $3,702,000, up 25.5%. The company attributes the Q3 growth to higher net sales from higher product shipments and to higher net investment income on larger invested balances. Net sales were $720 thousand against $661 thousand, while net investment income was $744 thousand against $442 thousand. Net investment income is the larger contributor to the quarter's revenue growth in the printed figures, and the filing links it to Treasury money market fund balances and accrued interest on the Skyline Note.
Profitability moved the other way. Gross margin fell 2,100 basis points to 31.8% in Q3 2026 from 52.8%, and fell 990 basis points to 44.0% for the nine months. The company attributes this primarily to volume-based pricing extended to a single customer alongside higher order volume, and to higher inventory reserves tied to higher inventory levels. Manufacturing cost of sales rose to $491 thousand from $312 thousand in the quarter. Engineering, selling and administrative expenses rose to $948 thousand from $676 thousand, and total expenses rose 45.6% to $1,439 thousand. Income before income taxes was $25 thousand in Q3 2026 against $120 thousand, and the company reports a net loss attributable to LGL Group common stockholders of $(45) thousand, or $(0.00) per diluted share, against $772 thousand, or $0.14 per diluted share. The company attributes the swing mainly to a reversal of an uncertain tax position recorded in 2025 that did not recur in 2026.
By segment, Electronic Instruments revenue was $720 thousand in Q3 2026, up 8.9%, but its income before income taxes moved to $(64) thousand from $104 thousand, which the company ties to higher manufacturing cost of sales and higher engineering and professional services costs. Merchant Investment revenue rose 6.2% to $291 thousand in the quarter but was $753 thousand for the nine months, down 3.8%. Corporate revenue rose 161.8% to $453 thousand, driven by investment income on Treasury fund balances, while its loss narrowed to $(33) thousand from $(113) thousand in the quarter. Over nine months the Corporate loss widened to $(1,445) thousand from $(491) thousand, and the company cites $874,000 of stock-based compensation tied to grants made in January and May 2026.
Capital allocation changed materially in 2026. The filing reports $41.5 million of net proceeds from the July 2026 rights offering, $4.6 million from the warrant dividend program, and $1.7 million of capital contributions from non-controlling interests, partly offset by a $2.5 million investment in a convertible promissory note issued by Skyline Instruments Corporation. Cash and cash equivalents and marketable securities rose to $87.0 million from $41.6 million at Dec 31, 2025. Book value attributable to LGL Group common stockholders was $85.9 million, or $6.81 per share, against $7.04 per share at Dec 31, 2025, and the company attributes the per-share decline partly to proceeds issued at a discount to book value. Electronic Instruments backlog was $6,463,000 at Sept 30, 2026, against $776,000 a year earlier. The release gives no guidance for the fourth quarter or full year, so the backlog and the cited growth in product shipments are the only forward indicators in the filing.
Management, verbatim
Our third quarter results reflect continued demand in our Electronic Instruments segment. Revenues increased 32.1% from Q3 2025, driven by higher net sales and increased net investment income on larger invested balances,
Jason Lamb, Chief Executive Officer
While volume discounts and costs associated with scaling production weighed on gross margin, we remain focused on disciplined pricing and cost management.
Jason Lamb, Chief Executive Officer
Not in the filing
stated, not guessed- No forward guidance for Q4 2026 or full-year 2026 is provided in the release, and no prior outlook was supplied for comparison.
- Balance sheet comparisons (cash and marketable securities, book value, book value per share, total assets, backlog comparison to Dec 31, 2025) are against Dec 31, 2025, not against the same period of the prior year, so prior-year fields are null.
- No prior-quarter (Q2 2026) figures are printed, so sequential changes are null.
- Sequential and prior-year percentage changes are not printed for net sales, net investment income, manufacturing cost of sales and Engineering, selling and administrative expenses at the line level, so those change fields are null.
- Operating income, operating cash flow, investing cash flow and free cash flow are not presented in the release.
- Share repurchases and cash dividends are not reported in this filing.
- No consensus estimates, analyst expectations or share-price reaction are in the documents.
- Electronic Instruments backlog has no prior-quarter (June 30, 2026) comparison printed, so prior_quarter is null.
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Background
LGL Group, Inc. (NYSE American: LGL) filed a Form 8‑K reporting its third‑quarter 2026 financial results.
Ticker impact
LGL reported Q3 2026 results showing a $45k loss versus a $772k profit a year earlier, with revenue up 32% and a widened backlog.
likely pressure as the market prices in the loss and lower gross margin
The surprise loss and 2,100 bps margin decline are material for a micro‑cap, prompting short‑term sell pressure.
Market effects
Electronic Instruments segment shows mixed results, but the loss may weigh on similar small‑cap defense suppliers.
Limited to U.S. over‑the‑counter micro‑cap market.
Low
Counterpoint
The backlog growth and revenue increase could support a rebound if cost controls improve.
Key entities
- companyLGL Group, Inc.
Issuer of the earnings report.
- personJason Lamb
CEO of LGL who commented on the results.
