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Heritage Global Inc.

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Heritage Global Inc.

HGBL·NASDAQ·Trade & Services·CIK 0000849145

Heritage Global Inc. is an asset services company specializing in financial and industrial asset transactions. The company provides a full suite of services including market making, acquisitions, refurbishment, dispositions, valuations, and secured lending. It focuses on identifying, valuing, acquiring, and monetizing underlying tangible assets across more than twenty-five global sectors. Heritage Global Inc. acts as both an advisor and a principal, acquiring or brokering turnkey manufacturing facilities, surplus industrial machinery and equipment, industrial inventories, and charged-off receivable portfolios. The company's operations are organized into two divisions: Industrial Assets and Financial Assets. Within these divisions, business activities are grouped into four operating segments. The Industrial Assets Division includes: Auction and Liquidation, operated through Heritage Global Partners, Inc. ("HGP"), which is a global full-service auction, appraisal, and asset advisory firm, including the acquisition of turnkey manufacturing facilities and used industrial machinery and equipment; and Refurbishment & Resale, operated through Heritage ALT LLC ("ALT"), which acquires, refurbishes, and supplies specialized laboratory equipment. The Financial Assets Division includes: Brokerage, operated through National Loan Exchange, Inc. ("NLEX"), which brokers charged-off receivables in the United States and Canada on behalf of lenders including banks, mortgage companies, and auto and alternative lending sources; and Specialty Lending, operated through Heritage Global Capital LLC ("HGC"), which provides specialty financing solutions to investors in charged-off and nonperforming asset portfolios. Heritage Global Inc. was incorporated in Florida in 1983.

Heritage Global Inc. (NASDAQ:HGBL) is a publicly traded company in the Trade & Services sector. Wiseek has independently scored 11 items for HGBL at importance 7 or higher on its 1–10 market-impact scale. Its most recent item scored 7 or higher is dated 2026-09-29, rated 8/10. Across its 11 most recent items scored 7 or higher, the top rating is 8/10, with 7 rated 8 or above. Recent SEC coverage for HGBL spans 4, 10-Q, 8-K, 10-K.

Recent high-impact activity:

  • CEO Ross Dove Sells $399K of Stock to Director-Controlled Entity
  • Director Burnham Buys $399K of Heritage Global Stock from CEO at Market Price
  • Heritage Global Posts $15.9M Q2 Loss Amid Specialty Lending Wind-Down
  • Heritage Global Books $15.9M Q2 Loss on $21.7M Specialty Lending Wind-Down Charge
  • Heritage Global Acquires Boston Note Company, Expanding into Seller Financing

Financial Snapshot

Fiscal year ended December 31, 2025
Revenue
$50.98M
Net Income
$3.59M
Diluted EPS
$0.10
Op. Cash Flow
$6.14M
Free Cash Flow
-$2.33M
Gross Profit
$13.98M
Operating Income
$5.71M
Cash & Equivalents
$20.52M
Debt / Equity
0.00×
Net Margin
7.0%
Shares Outstanding
34.74M sh
Source: 10-K · filed 2026-03-12 · accession 0001193125-26-104062

Short Interest & Short Volume

1.00 days to cover

FINRA reported short interest of 70,831 shares in HGBL as of the September 15, 2026 settlement, a 28.8% increase from the prior period — about 1.0 days to cover at its recent average daily volume. On October 2, 2026, 66.0% of HGBL volume reported to FINRA trade-reporting facilities was marked short.

Short interest (bi-monthly positions)70,831 shares as of September 15, 2026
Change vs prior period▲ 28.8%
Days to cover1.00 at avg daily volume of 138,300
Daily short volume (FINRA facilities)66.0% of 91,300 shares on October 2, 2026
5-day average short volume57.5%

Daily short sale volume covers trades reported to FINRA trade-reporting facilities and is not the same as short interest (bi-monthly reported positions). Source: FINRA — FINRA is the owner and source of this short interest and short sale volume data; it may not be redistributed.

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$1.29
52-week range · as of 2026-09-29 $1.01 – $1.72
Market cap
$44.68M
Volume
166.8K (1.0× avg)
3-mo avg 175.1K
Live data · 2026-10-05 02:50 UTC · Market closed

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HGBL
Sep 29, 2026, 4:00 PM EDT
Filing Type: 4
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $1.31
Real-time Price: $1.29 info
Change: -$0.015 (-1%) info
Market Cap: $44.685M info
HGBL
Sep 29, 2026, 4:00 PM EDT
Filing Type: 4
Importance Score:
7
Price at Filing: $1.31
Real-time Price: $1.29 info
Change: -$0.015 (-1%) info
Market Cap: $44.685M info
HGBL
Aug 13, 2026, 4:05 PM EDT
Source: Dow Jones Newswires
Importance Score:
7
Price at Filing: $1.00
Real-time Price: $1.29 info
Change: +$0.290 (+29%) info
Market Cap: $44.685M info
HGBL
Aug 13, 2026, 4:00 PM EDT
Filing Type: 10-Q
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $0.9807
Real-time Price: $1.29 info
Change: +$0.3093 (+32%) info
Market Cap: $44.685M info
HGBL
Aug 03, 2026, 9:00 AM EDT
Source: Dow Jones Newswires
Importance Score:
7
Price at Filing: $1.18
Real-time Price: $1.29 info
Change: +$0.110 (+9%) info
Market Cap: $44.685M info
HGBL
Jul 31, 2026, 4:06 PM EDT
Source: Dow Jones Newswires
Importance Score:
7
Price at Filing: $1.16
Real-time Price: $1.29 info
Change: +$0.130 (+11%) info
Market Cap: $44.685M info
HGBL
Jul 31, 2026, 4:00 PM EDT
Filing Type: 8-K
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $1.16
Real-time Price: $1.29 info
Change: +$0.130 (+11%) info
Market Cap: $44.685M info
HGBL
May 07, 2026, 4:11 PM EDT
Source: Wiseek News
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $1.29
Real-time Price: $1.29 info
Change: $0 (0%) info
Market Cap: $44.685M info
HGBL
May 07, 2026, 4:00 PM EDT
Filing Type: 10-Q
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $1.29
Real-time Price: $1.29 info
Change: $0 (0%) info
Market Cap: $44.685M info
HGBL
Mar 12, 2026, 4:01 PM EDT
Filing Type: 10-K
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $1.21
Real-time Price: $1.29 info
Change: +$0.080 (+7%) info
Market Cap: $44.685M info
HGBL
Jan 12, 2026, 4:00 PM EST
Filing Type: 8-K
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $1.36
Real-time Price: $1.29 info
Change: -$0.065 (-5%) info
Market Cap: $44.685M info
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