Organization and Basis of Presentation |
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| Organization and Basis of Presentation | 1. Organization and Basis of Presentation
Organization
Siebert Financial Corp., a New York corporation, incorporated in 1934, is a holding company that conducts the following lines of business through its wholly-owned subsidiaries:
For purposes of this Report on Form 10-Q, the terms “Siebert,” “Company,” “we,” “us,” and “our” refer to Siebert Financial Corp., MSCO, SNXT, PW, STCH, RISE, STXD, GH, and SCRYP collectively, unless the context otherwise requires.
The Company is headquartered in Miami Beach, FL with primary operations in Florida, New York, and California. The Company has 14 branch offices throughout the U.S. and clients around the world. The Company’s SEC filings are available through the Company’s website at www.siebert.com, where investors can obtain copies of the Company’s public filings free of charge. The Company’s common stock, par value $0.01 per share, trades on the Nasdaq Capital Market under the symbol “SIEB.”
The Company operates two reportable segments, Financial Services, and Media, Sports and Entertainment. Financial Services is the Company’s primary segment and includes the Company’s broker-dealer and related financial services operations. Media, Sports and Entertainment includes the Company’s entertainment and sports management and related marketing, advertising, and production activities. All of the Company’s revenues for the three and six months ended June 30, 2026 and 2025 were derived from its operations in the U.S.
Basis of Presentation
The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements (“financial statements”) of the Company have been prepared on the accrual basis of accounting in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the U.S. (“GAAP”) for interim financial information with the instructions for Form 10-Q and Article 10 of Regulation S-X. Accordingly, they do not include all the information and footnotes required by GAAP for complete annual financial statements. The U.S. dollar is the functional currency of the Company and numbers are rounded for presentation purposes.
In the opinion of management, the financial statements contain all adjustments (consisting of normal recurring entries) necessary to fairly present such interim results. Interim results are not necessarily indicative of the results of operations which may be expected for a full year or any subsequent period. These financial statements should be read in conjunction with the financial statements and notes thereto in the Company’s 2025 Form 10-K.
Reclassification
Certain prior year amounts have been reclassified to conform with current year presentation. The reclassification had no impact on previously reported assets or liabilities and did not result in a change in revenue or net income for the periods presented.
Principles of Consolidation
The financial statements include the accounts of Siebert and its wholly-owned consolidated subsidiaries. Upon consolidation, all intercompany balances and transactions are eliminated.
For consolidated subsidiaries that are not wholly-owned, the third-party holdings of equity interests are referred to as noncontrolling interests. The net income or loss attributable to noncontrolling interests for such subsidiaries is presented as net income or loss attributable to noncontrolling interests in the consolidated statements of operations. The portion of total equity that is attributable to noncontrolling interests for such subsidiaries is presented as noncontrolling interests in the consolidated statements of financial condition. As of June 30, 2026, all of the Company’s subsidiaries were wholly owned and, accordingly, there were no noncontrolling interests.
Significant Accounting Policies
The Company’s significant accounting policies are included in Note 2 – Summary of Significant Accounting Policies in the Company’s 2025 Form 10-K. During the three and six months ended June 30, 2026, except as set forth below, those policies were unchanged during the three and six months ended June 30, 2026.
Clearing Agreement and Warrant Agreement
During the first quarter of 2026, RISE entered into a clearing arrangement with Green Pier Fintech LLC (“Green Pier”), an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Fidelity Management and Research LLC (“FMR”). In connection with the arrangement, on March 2, 2026, RISE issued FMR a warrant to purchase up to 700 LLC units, subject to vesting over three years, and entered into a related side letter. The Company concluded that the warrant, as modified by the side letter, is an equity-classified share-based payment award. Accordingly, the warrant is measured at fair value on the grant date and the warrant is not subject to subsequent remeasurements so long as they continue to meet criteria for equity classification over the requisite service period. The clearing arrangement is accounted for separately as an executory service arrangement, and related fees are recognized as incurred. The Company recognizes share-based compensation expense over the nonemployee’s vesting period as services are received. For the three and six months ended June 30, 2026, the Company recognized $300,000 and $400,000, respectively, of share-based compensation expense related to the warrant, which is included in the line item “Clearing fees, including execution costs” on the statements of operations.
Investment in Equity Security
In the first quarter of 2025, the Company participated in a private placement and acquired restricted shares of a privately held U.S. company (the “Investment in Equity Security”). These shares were subject to restrictions on transferability and did not have a readily determinable fair value at the time of acquisition. On March 31, 2025, the issuer completed its initial public offering (“IPO”), and restricted shares owned by the Company converted into restricted publicly traded shares as part of the IPO process. These shares remained subject to resale restrictions and could not be sold unless a registration statement was filed with SEC or an applicable exemption from registration became available.
There was significant volatility in the price of the shares, and in the three months ended March 31, 2025, the Company recorded an unrealized gain of approximately $9.2 million as the per share price closed at $85.31 on March 31, 2025. In June 2025, after the lifting of contractual sale restrictions, the Company sold the majority of its Investment in Equity Security for an average price of $19.00 per share. The Company recognized a total loss of $6.8 million and a total gain of $2.4 million for three and the six months ended June 30, 2025, respectively. |