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SAFEGUARD SCIENTIFICS INC (SFES)

Safeguard Scientifics, Inc., a former private equity and venture capital firm, is no longer actively seeking new investments. Historically, the firm specialized in a broad range of financing activities, including providing capital for company expansion and growth, facilitating management buyouts, executing recapitalizations, driving industry consolidations, and supporting corporate spin-offs. Their investment scope covered both early and growth-stage companies. Typically, Safeguard Scientifics participated in Series A, B, or C funding rounds, with an opportunistic approach to seed-stage investments. Their primary sector focus spanned technology, financial services, and healthcare. Within the technology sphere, their interests were diverse, encompassing areas such as software-as-a-service (SaaS), adtech, digital media, the Internet of Everything (IoE), advanced security solutions, predictive analytics, machine learning, artificial intelligence, enterprise software, technology-enabled services, internet/new media, financial technology (FinTech), cloud computing, mobile, social platforms, big data, in-memory computing, and select business services. For these tech ventures, they considered companies requiring up to $25 million in capital. In the healthcare sector, the firm directed its investments towards molecular and point-of-care diagnostics, various medical devices, regenerative medicine, broader medical technology, digital health solutions, healthcare technology, specialized pharmaceuticals, and chosen healthcare services. Geographically, Safeguard Scientifics invested across the entire United States, with a particular emphasis on the Mid-Atlantic region, and also extended its reach into Southeastern Canada. Financial commitments for growth equity financing generally ranged from $5 million to $25 million, while early-stage financings typically saw investments between $5 million and $10 million. The firm's investment strategy often targeted a variety of capital structures, including self-funded (bootstrapped) companies, corporate divisions or business units, and venture capital-backed entities seeking a growth partner. Safeguard Scientifics aimed to be the largest stakeholder in its portfolio companies, typically acquiring an ownership stake between 20% and 50%, though they were flexible and might occasionally take either a majority or a smaller interest. A strong preference existed for companies possessing proprietary technology and intellectual property. Furthermore, the firm routinely sought a Board seat in its invested companies. Founded in 1953 as Lancaster Corporation, the company adopted the name Safeguard Scientifics, Inc. in 1981. Its main office is located in Radnor, Pennsylvania, with an additional presence in Weston, Massachusetts.

Sector: Investors, NEC

Industry: Asset Management

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Safeguard Scientifics, Inc.

OTC:SFESFinancial Services
-1.87%$0.5200
Mkt Cap$8.7M
Float13.03M
O/S16.72M
Inst Own0.0%
SI0.3%
Div Yield269.23%
Dilution
Delisting Issues Timeline
Financials Summary
Revenue$0
Net Income$1.73M
Total Assets$12.52M
Free Cash Flow-$2.98M
Debt & Equity
Debt 2%
Equity 98%
Total Debt$202K
Total Equity$11.55M
Shares Outstanding
Short Interest
Split History

No splits on record

Nothing in SFES's public trading history: no forward or reverse split has affected the share count.

Balance Sheet Details
Assets$12.52M
Liabilities$966K
Accounts Receivable$0
Accounts Payable$0
Inventory$0
PP&E (Net)$161K
Goodwill$0
Intangible Assets$0
Income Statement
PeriodFY 2025FY 2024FY 2023FY 2022FY 2021FY 2020FY 2019FY 2018FY 2017FY 2016FY 2015FY 2014FY 2013FY 2012FY 2011FY 2010FY 2009FY 2008FY 2007FY 2006FY 2005FY 2004FY 2003FY 2002FY 2001FY 2000FY 1999FY 1998FY 1997FY 1996FY 1995FY 1994FY 1993FY 1992FY 1991FY 1990FY 1989FY 1988FY 1987FY 1986
CurrencyUSDUSDUSDUSDUSDUSDUSDUSDUSDUSDUSDUSDUSDUSDUSDUSDUSDUSDUSDUSDUSDUSDUSDUSDUSDUSDUSDUSDUSDUSDUSDUSDUSDUSDUSDUSDUSDUSDUSDUSD
Period Ending2025-12-312024-12-312023-12-312022-12-312021-12-312020-12-312019-12-312018-12-312017-12-312016-12-312015-12-312014-12-312013-12-312012-12-312011-12-312010-12-312009-12-312008-12-312007-12-312006-12-312005-12-312004-12-312003-12-312002-12-312001-12-312000-12-311999-12-311998-12-311997-12-311996-12-311995-12-311994-12-311993-12-311992-12-311991-12-311990-12-311989-12-311988-12-311987-12-311986-12-31
Revenue$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$34.84M$73.74M$42.99M$27.72M$103.78M$109.35M$167.44M$114.48M$1.93B$2.77B$2.99B$2.31B$2B$2.06B$1.52B$1.41B$1.17B$845M$644.2M$449.1M$383.5M$284.2M$103.3M$67.5M
YoY Growth-----------------52.8%71.5%55.1%-73.3%-5.1%-34.7%46.3%-94.1%-30.5%-7.4%29.4%16.0%-3.3%35.9%7.5%20.9%38.3%31.2%43.4%17.1%34.9%175.1%53.0%-
Cost of Revenue$436K$374K$319K$271K$229K$311K$1.07M$0$0$328K$190K$74K$92K$108K$124K$121K$13.81M$33.01M$26.91M$19.82M$81.44M$77.41M$100.16M$49.22M$1.62B$2.44B$2.64B$2B$1.7B$1.79B$1.31B$1.17B$940.9M$664.2M$499.3M$345.6M$296.8M$218.4M$65.4M$41M
Gross Profit-$436K-$374K-$319K-$271K-$229K-$311K-$1.07M$0$0-$328K-$190K-$74K-$92K-$108K-$124K-$121K$21.03M$40.73M$16.08M$7.9M$22.34M$31.94M$67.28M$65.25M$308.27M$329.38M$352.97M$315.5M$296.5M$269.8M$206.3M$239.3M$227.4M$180.8M$144.9M$103.5M$86.7M$65.8M$37.9M$26.5M
Gross Margin----------------60.4%55.2%37.4%28.5%21.5%29.2%40.2%57.0%16.0%11.9%11.8%13.6%14.9%13.1%13.6%16.9%19.5%21.4%22.5%23.0%22.6%23.2%36.7%39.3%
Research and Development$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$2.41M$6.98M$125K$4.7M$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0
Selling, General, and Administrative$1.66M$2.25M$5.36M$4.78M$7.15M$9.47M$8.91M$16.87M$17.13M$18.36M$17.36M$18.9M$19.15M$19.36M$20.94M$20.73M$37.21M$60.74M$50.78M$44.92M$66.31M$73.05M$110.81M$118.89M$315.05M$350.4M$317.08M$270.3M$224.1M$212.7M$156.5M$203.5M$180.5M$142.1M$116.5M$96.1M$72.6M$55.8M$29.2M$21.1M
Other$0$0$0-$271K-$229K-$311K$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0-$2.41M-$6.98M$3.07M$2.28M$25.47M$14.23M$40.75M$38.88M$30.91M$21.7M$18.1M$20.6M$16.9M$17.3M$18.4M$15.9M$14.2M$12.6M$7.9M$7.6M$5.6M$4.3M
Total Operating Expenses$1.66M$2.25M$5.36M$4.5M$6.92M$9.15M$8.91M$16.87M$17.13M$18.36M$17.36M$18.9M$19.15M$19.36M$20.94M$20.73M$37.21M$60.74M$50.78M$44.92M$69.5M$80.03M$136.28M$133.13M$355.8M$389.28M$348M$292M$242.2M$233.3M$173.4M$220.8M$198.9M$158M$130.7M$108.7M$80.5M$63.4M$34.8M$25.4M
Operating Income (EBIT)-$2.1M-$2.63M-$5.68M-$4.78M-$7.15M-$9.47M-$9.98M-$16.87M-$17.13M-$18.69M-$17.55M-$18.97M-$19.24M-$19.47M-$21.07M-$20.85M-$16.19M-$20.02M-$34.7M-$37.02M-$47.16M-$48.09M-$69M-$67.88M-$47.53M-$59.9M$4.97M$23.5M$54.3M$36.5M$32.9M$18.5M$28.5M$22.8M$14.2M-$5.2M$6.2M$2.4M$3.1M$1.1M
Operating Margin-----------------46.5%-27.1%-80.7%-133.6%-45.4%-44.0%-41.2%-59.3%-2.5%-2.2%0.2%1.0%2.7%1.8%2.2%1.3%2.4%2.7%2.2%-1.2%1.6%0.8%3.0%1.6%
Interest Expense$0$0$0$0$0$0$14.02M$16.07M$8.62M$4.63M$4.52M$4.4M$4.3M$5.64M$5.97M$5.74M$3.16M$4.73M$7.66M$6.82M$6.51M$9.76M$13.57M$24.09M$30.13M$41.9M$0$29.7M$0$23.9M$19.5M$17.5M$13.7M$13.1M$13.1M$13.6M$12.9M$11.4M$0$6.5M
Interest Income$298K$409K$903K$794K$276K$261K$0$2.81M$3.88M$2.08M$1.94M$1.9M$2.65M$2.93M$1.42M$718K$480K$3.1M$7.54M$6.91M$5.04M$2.63M$3.31M$8.26M$12.34M$18.1M$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0
Other Income (Expense)$3.82M-$7.76M-$4.14M-$9.49M$34.16M-$28.15M$64.54M$1.24M-$71.44M-$3.57M-$41.97M$13.82M-$16.28M-$19.89M$131.66M$47.96M$82.97M-$26.05M-$12.47M$9.35M$6.03M$22.63M$27.87M-$72.76M-$59.13M$69.31M$267.1M$148M-$18.5M-$3.3M-$2.5M$5.1M-$15.1M-$5.8M$5.6M$33.2M$5.9M$10.1M$13.9M$7.7M
Income Before Tax (EBT)$1.73M-$10.38M-$9.83M-$14.26M$27M-$37.62M$54.56M-$15.63M-$88.57M-$22.26M-$59.52M-$5.15M-$35.52M-$39.36M$110.6M$27.11M$66.78M-$46.07M-$47.18M-$27.67M-$41.13M-$25.46M-$41.13M-$140.64M-$106.66M$9.41M$272.07M$171.5M$35.8M$33.2M$30.4M$23.6M$13.4M$17M$19.8M$28M$12.1M$12.5M$17M$8.8M
Income Tax Expense$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0-$14K-$24K-$696K-$1.27M-$230K-$120K$209K$46K-$6.84M-$100.32M$66.51M$61.4M$14.3M$13.3M$12.1M$7.9M$9.5M$7.1M$8.3M$12.4M$4.8M$5.3M$4.1M$3.1M
Net Income$1.73M-$10.38M-$9.83M-$14.26M$27M-$37.62M$54.56M-$15.63M-$88.57M-$22.26M-$59.52M-$5.15M-$35.52M-$39.36M$110.6M$27.11M$67.61M-$52.01M-$65.87M$45.44M-$32.07M-$54.82M-$33.33M-$150.48M-$499.1M-$212.4M$123.53M$110.1M$21.5M$19.9M$18.3M$15.7M$3.9M$9.9M$11.5M$15.6M$7.3M$7.2M$12.9M$5.7M
Net Income Margin----------------194.1%-70.5%-153.2%163.9%-30.9%-50.1%-19.9%-131.5%-25.9%-7.7%4.1%4.8%1.1%1.0%1.2%1.1%0.3%1.2%1.8%3.5%1.9%2.5%12.5%8.4%
Supplementary Data
EPS0.10-0.62-0.61-0.871.36-1.812.64-0.76-4.34-1.09-2.85-0.25-1.66-1.885.331.323.33-2.56-3.242.28-1.62-2.76-1.68-7.68-25.56-11.162.442.300.681.221.141.030.000.010.010.020.010.010.020.01
Diluted EPS0.10-0.62-0.61-0.871.36-1.812.64-0.76-4.34-1.09-2.85-0.25-1.66-1.884.741.263.14-2.56-3.242.28-1.62-2.76-1.68-7.80-25.62-11.222.322.140.631.221.070.940.000.010.010.020.010.010.020.01
Weighted Average OS16.72M16.63M16.22M16.34M19.83M20.75M20.64M20.54M20.43M20.34M20.87M20.98M21.36M20.97M20.76M20.54M20.31M20.33M20.39M20.25M20.14M19.86M19.84M19.59M19.53M19.03M50.57M47.75M31.73M15.67M15.37M14.72M42.11M44.83M45.90M46.12M46.21M48.88M45.46M40.39M
EBITDA-$1.66M-$10.01M-$9.51M-$13.99M$27.23M-$37.3M$69.65M$1.13M-$79.63M-$17.3M-$54.81M-$673K-$31.13M-$33.62M$116.69M$32.97M$71.37M-$37.78M-$31.04M-$33.79M-$38.75M-$38.56M-$51.7M-$53.23M-$6.79M-$21.02M$35.88M$45.2M$72.4M$57.1M$49.8M$35.8M$46.9M$38.7M$28.4M$7.4M$14.1M$10M$8.7M$5.4M
EBITDA Margin----------------204.9%-51.2%-72.2%-121.9%-37.3%-35.3%-30.9%-46.5%-0.4%-0.8%1.2%2.0%3.6%2.8%3.3%2.5%4.0%4.6%4.4%1.6%3.7%3.5%8.4%8.0%
Balance Sheet
PeriodFY 2025FY 2024FY 2023FY 2022FY 2021FY 2020FY 2019FY 2018FY 2017FY 2016
CurrencyUSDUSDUSDUSDUSDUSDUSDUSDUSDUSD
Period Ending2025-12-312024-12-312023-12-312022-12-312021-12-312020-12-312019-12-312018-12-312017-12-312016-12-31
Assets
Current Assets
Cash and Cash Equivalents$8.98M$6.82M$9.5M$13.33M$24.74M$15.6M$25.05M$7.7M$20.75M$22.06M
Short-Term Investments$0$0$0$6.82M$4.55M$0$0$37.95M$8.21M$8.38M
Cash and Short-Term Investments$8.98M$6.82M$9.5M$20.15M$29.29M$15.6M$25.05M$45.66M$28.96M$30.44M
Accounts Receivable$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0
Inventory$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0
Other Current Assets$235K$329K$413K$1.28M$25K$0$0$500K$0$0
Total Current Assets$9.21M$7.14M$9.91M$21.42M$30.28M$16.06M$26.35M$46.73M$33.61M$32.55M
Long-Term Assets
Property, Plant & Equipment Net$161K$597K$971K$1.29M$1.56M$1.79M$2.1M$808K$1.51M$1.87M
Goodwill$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0
Intangible Assets$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0
Long-Term Investments$3.04M$3.43M$11.69M$14.54M$21.97M$50.4M$77.13M$95.58M$141.03M$197.11M
Deferred Tax Assets$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0
Other Long-Term Assets$105K$133K$263K$434K$217K$784K$2M$2.61M$316K$296K
Total Long-Term Assets$3.3M$4.16M$12.93M$16.27M$23.75M$52.97M$81.23M$99M$142.86M$199.28M
Other Assets$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0
Total Assets$12.52M$11.3M$22.84M$37.69M$54.03M$69.03M$107.58M$145.74M$176.46M$231.83M
Liabilities
Current Liabilities
Accounts Payable$0$0$107K$16K$41K$56K$39K$165K$155K$140K
Short-Term Debt$202K$558K$0$0$0$0$0$27.16M$40.48M$0
Current Income Tax Payable$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0
Current Unearned Revenue$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0
Other Current Liabilities$577K$543K$854K$507K$794K$2.68M$627K$3.43M$1.05M$2.22M
Total Current Liabilities$916K$1.23M$2.05M$1.82M$1.73M$3.47M$2.43M$32.94M$45.81M$5.86M
Long-Term Liabilities
Long-Term Debt$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$43.01M$45.32M$52.56M
Long-Term Unearned Revenue$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0
Long-Term Deferred Tax Liabilities$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0
Other Long-Term Liabilities$50K$50K$50K$50K$50K$637K$1.03M$2.8M$3.54M$3.63M
Total Long-Term Liabilities$50K$252K$810K$1.3M$1.73M$2.69M$3.41M$45.82M$48.86M$56.19M
Other Liabilities$1$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0
Total Liabilities$966K$1.48M$2.86M$3.12M$3.46M$6.16M$5.84M$78.76M$94.67M$62.05M
Stockholders' Equity
Preferred Stock$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0
Common Stock$2.16M$2.16M$2.16M$2.16M$2.16M$2.16M$2.16M$2.16M$2.16M$2.16M
Retained Earnings-$742.39M-$744.11M-$733.73M-$723.9M-$709.63M-$736.64M-$697.22M-$731.11M-$715.48M-$626.9M
Comprehensive Income & Other$0$0-$25K-$25K-$25K-$25K-$25K$0-$113K-$431K
Other Stockholders' Equity$751.78M$751.78M$751.55M$756.32M$758.04M$797.36M$796.81M$795.93M$795.12M$794.52M
Total Equity$11.55M$9.83M$19.98M$34.58M$50.57M$62.88M$101.74M$66.98M$81.8M$169.78M
Minority Interest$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0
Total Liabilities and Equity$12.52M$11.3M$22.84M$37.69M$54.03M$69.03M$107.58M$145.74M$176.46M$231.83M
Supplementary Data
Total Debt$202K$760K$1.25M$1.68M$2.05M$2.38M$2.78M$70.17M$85.81M$52.56M
Net Debt-$8.78M-$6.06M-$8.25M-$11.65M-$22.69M-$13.22M-$22.27M$62.47M$65.06M$30.5M
Cash Flow Statement
PeriodFY 2024FY 2023FY 2022FY 2021FY 2020FY 2019FY 2018FY 2017FY 2016
CurrencyUSDUSDUSDUSDUSDUSDUSDUSDUSD
Period Ending2024-12-312023-12-312022-12-312021-12-312020-12-312019-12-312018-12-312017-12-312016-12-31
Operating Activities
Net Income-$10.38M-$9.83M-$14.26M$27M-$37.62M$54.56M-$15.63M-$88.57M-$22.26M
Depreciation & Amortization$374K$319K$271K$229K$311K$1.07M$692K$322K$328K
Deferred Income Tax$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0
Stock-Based Compensation$0$1.12M$1.45M$1.78M$965K$1.24M$966K$1.14M$2.39M
Changes in Working Capital:
  Accounts Receivable$0$0$0$0$0$0$0-$3.56M-$1.52M
  Inventory$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0
  Accounts Payable$0$178K-$374K-$3.04M-$77K-$3.35M-$21K$628K-$215K
  Other Working Capital-$1.27M-$146K-$534K-$238K-$137K-$823K-$2.06M$0$0
Total Working Capital Change-$1.27M$32K-$908K-$3.28M-$214K-$4.17M-$2.09M-$2.93M-$1.74M
Other Non-Cash Items$8.31M$5.05M$10.2M-$33.88M$28.41M-$72.67M-$9.98M$69.24M$2.62M
Net Cash from Operating-$2.98M-$3.31M-$3.26M-$8.15M-$8.14M-$19.97M-$26.04M-$20.8M-$18.66M
Investing Activities
Capital Expenditures$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0-$432K
Acquisitions$0-$149K$6.88M$60.83M$369K$0$64.14M$1.5M$21.53M
Purchases of Investments$0-$8.53M-$17.54M-$2.72M$0-$73.94M-$37.81M$0-$21.19M
Sales of Investments$0$14.65M$6M$0$0$95.94M$8.15M$11.24M$46.31M
Other Investing Activities$285K-$250K$0$0-$1.64M$104.3M-$2.37M-$22.87M-$26.16M
Net Cash from Investing$285K$5.72M-$4.66M$58.11M-$1.27M$126.3M$32.1M-$10.13M$20.06M
Financing Activities
Debt Repaid-----$68.57M$22.43M-$35.55M-
Common Stock Issuance$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$5K
Common Stock Repurchases-$9K-$75K-$2.94M-$40.66M$0$0$0-$1K-$5.39M
Dividends Paid$0-$5.82M$0$0$0-$20.68M$0$0$0
Other Financing Activities$0-$358K-$549K-$144K-$40K-$236K-$2.52M-$5.92M-$460K
Net Cash from Financing-$9K-$6.25M-$3.49M-$40.8M-$40K-$89.48M-$24.95M$29.63M-$5.84M
Forex Effect$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0
Net Change in Cash-$2.7M-$3.84M-$11.41M$9.16M-$9.45M$16.85M-$18.88M-$1.31M-$4.44M
Supplementary Data
Operating Cash Flow-$2.98M-$3.31M-$3.26M-$8.15M-$8.14M-$19.97M-$26.04M-$20.8M-$18.66M
Capital Expenditure$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0-$432K
Free Cash Flow-$2.98M-$3.31M-$3.26M-$8.15M-$8.14M-$19.97M-$26.04M-$20.8M-$19.09M
Cash at Beginning$9.52M$13.36M$24.76M$15.6M$25.05M$8.2M$27.09M$28.39M$32.84M
Cash at End$6.82M$9.52M$13.36M$24.76M$15.6M$25.05M$8.2M$27.09M$28.39M