B. Riley Financial, Inc. (RILYP)

B. Riley Financial, Inc. (NASDAQ:RILY ) Business Update Call August 13, 2025 4:30 PM ET Company Participants Bryant Richard Riley - Co-Founder, Chairman & Co-CEO Scott Yessner - Executive Vice President & CFO Thomas J. Kelleher - Co-Founder, Co-CEO & Director Conference Call Participants Operator Good day, and welcome to the Fiscal Year 2024 Preliminary Results (sic) [ Fiscal Year 2024 Results ] and a Preliminary Financial and Business Update for First Half 2025.

We take a look at the action in preferreds and baby bonds through the fourth week of January and highlight some of the key themes we are watching. Preferred stocks had a strong week with a 1% return, while Treasury yields remained stable and credit spreads tightened near multi-year lows. B. Riley suspended its preferred dividends, causing significant share price drops; dividends are cumulative and will continue to accrue.

After the close of Wednesday's regular session, beleaguered investment bank and financial services provider B. Riley Financial, Inc. filed a well-anticipated notification of late filing with the SEC. The company will require more time to assess the impact of the Franchise Group bankruptcy and recent asset monetizations on its financial statements. B. Riley also disclosed selected preliminary Q3 results. The company finished the quarter with $159 million in cash and $2.06 billion in debt.

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LOS ANGELES, Oct. 10, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- B. Riley Financial, Inc. (NASDAQ: RILY) ("B. Riley" or the "Company") has declared cash dividends on its 6.875% Series A Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock (NASDAQ: RILYP) and its 7.375% Series B Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock (NASDAQ: RILYL) (collectively, the "Preferred Stock"), each series of which is represented by depositary shares. Each depositary share represents 1/1000th fractional interest in a share of the respective Preferred Stock with a liquidation preference equivalent to $25.00 per depositary share.

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LOS ANGELES, July 11, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- B. Riley Financial, Inc. (NASDAQ: RILY) ("B. Riley" or the "Company") has declared cash dividends on its 6.875% Series A Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock (NASDAQ: RILYP) and its 7.375% Series B Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock (NASDAQ: RILYL) (collectively, the "Preferred Stock"), each series of which is represented by depositary shares. Each depositary share represents 1/1000th fractional interest in a share of the respective Preferred Stock with a liquidation preference equivalent to $25.00 per depositary share.

We take a look at the action in preferreds and baby bonds through the third week of June and highlight some of the key themes we are watching. Preferreds were roughly flat as higher Treasury yields were offset by tighter credit spreads. We take a look at a couple of pricing discrepancies in the B. Riley Financial senior security suite, which are indicative of broader market inefficiencies.

Higher insider ownership indicates stronger shareholder alignment. We value our dividend income and like it more when management demonstrates that they care about it. Two safe yields where insiders are your ally; Enterprise Products and B. Riley Financial.