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DJCO · NASDAQ

Daily Journal Corp

Technology · Software - Application

$628.67

+2.62%

Close on Oct 29, 2026

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Quality

69

of 100 · stored research reading

Stored Quality research reads 69 of 100, an above-average reading in the covered universe. Some underlying measurements are stronger than others.

Quality research measures durability of the business itself from stored fundamentals: balance-sheet strength, profitability consistency and cash generation. It is a research reading, not a prediction of future returns.

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Fundamental Momentum

Middle

43

of 100 · stored research reading

Stored Fundamental Momentum research reads 43 of 100. Stored measurements classify recent reported fundamentals as middle. This describes reported financial change already disclosed, with no forward-looking claim.

Fundamental Momentum research measures the direction of recently reported company fundamentals compared with the company's own history. It describes reported change, not future price movement.

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Capital Returns

Weak

36

of 100 · stored research reading

Stored Capital Returns research reads 36 of 100, recorded as weak. No dividend is recorded for this company, so the reading rests on buybacks and dilution control. Share count has been reduced at about 0.0% a year in the stored window.

Capital Returns research measures how a company has actually returned cash to shareholders: dividend record, buyback effectiveness, dilution control and how those payments were funded.

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What this company does

Daily Journal Corporation ("Daily Journal" or "the Company") publishes newspapers and websites covering California and Arizona news and produces several specialized information publications. It also serves as a newspaper representative specializing in public notice advertising. This is sometimes referred to as the Company’s "Traditional Business".

Journal Technologies, Inc. ("Journal Technologies"), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, supplies case management software systems and related products to courts, prosecutor and public defender offices, probation departments and other justice agencies, including administrative law organizations, city and county governments and bar associations. These organizations use the Journal Technologies family of products to help manage cases and information electronically, to interface with other critical justice partners and to extend electronic services to the public, including e-filing and a website to pay traffic citations and fees online. These products are licensed or subscribed to in approximately 37 states, and internationally.

Essentially all of the Company’s U.S. operations are based in California and Utah. The Company also has a presence in Australia where Journal Technologies is working on four software installation projects and in British Columbia, Canada, where the Company has operated a wholly-owned subsidiary, Journal Technologies (Canada), Inc. since August 2022. Financial information of the Company, including information about each of the Company’s reportable segments, is set forth in Item 8 ("Financial Statements and Supplementary Data").

Newspapers and related online publications. The Company publishes 10 newspapers of general circulation. Each newspaper, in addition to news of interest to the general public, has a particular area of in-depth focus for its news coverage, attracting readers interested in obtaining specific information through a newspaper format.

Quoted from the business section of this company’s 10-K filed December 29, 2025. Read the filing

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