Safeguard Scientifics, Inc.

SFES Financial Asset Management

In the quarter to June 2026, EPS fell 121.7% and free cash flow grew 42.7%, each against the same quarter a year earlier.

0.50 0.03 +6.38%
Market cap
$7.5M
P/E
0.4×
Fwd P/E
—
Dividend yield
0.00%
F-score
n/a
Altman Z
n/a
Beneish M
n/a
Dividend safety
n/a

Insider Decisions trades per month

Dec 25 Mar 26 Jun 26 Sep 26
Buy — — — — — — — — — — — —
Sell — — — — — — — — — — — —
Insider Ownership 26.57%

Capital & Financial Ratios $m

Market Cap 7.54
Revenue —
Net Income 1.73
Free Cash Flow (1.26)
Net Debt (4.84)
Current Ratio 8.07
Debt/Equity 0.00
P/E ratio 0.43
Fwd P/E —
P/S ratio 0.00
P/B ratio 1.34
Past 5Y EPS Growth —
This Y EPS Growth —
Next Y EPS Growth —
Next Y revenue growth —
Next 5Y EPS Growth —

Green and red mark values outside typical ranges. How we judge →

Valuation vs history

P/B against its own 10 years 34.43%
10-year low 10-year high

Dividends

Payout Ratio 0.00
Annual Dividend Rate 0.00
Annual Dividend Yield 0.00%
total individual payouts
2022 Powerpack
2021 Powerpack
2020 Powerpack
2019 0.00
1.00
2018 Powerpack
2017 Powerpack
special payouts not included in total or ratios

Assets vs Liabilities $m

2023 2024 2025 Q'26
Cash 10 7 9 5
Receivables — — — —
Inventory — — — —
Other — — — —
10 7 9 5
2023 2024 2025 Q'26
Payables 0 0 0 0
ST’ Debt — — — —
Other — — — —
2 1 1 1

Compound Annual Growth %

10y 5y 3y
Sales — — —
Cash Flow 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Earnings 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Book Value (24.64%) (28.74%) (30.61%)

Revenue $m

Year
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Operating Cash Flow $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 0 (1) — — —
’25 0 (1) 0 0 (2)
’24 (1) (1) 0 0 (3)
’23 (1) (1) 0 (1) (3)
’22 (1) (1) (1) (1) (3)
’21 (2) (3) (1) (3) (8)
’20 (3) (3) (1) (1) (8)
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Free Cash Flow $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 0 (1) — — —
’25 0 (1) 0 0 (2)
’24 (1) (1) 0 0 (3)
’23 (1) (1) 0 (1) (3)
’22 (1) (1) (1) (1) (3)
’21 (2) (3) (1) (3) (8)
’20 (3) (3) (1) (1) (8)
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

EPS $

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 1.10 (0.02) — — —
’25 (0.05) 0.07 0.10 (0.02) 0.10
’24 (0.12) (0.10) (0.07) (0.33) (0.62)
’23 (0.22) (0.18) 0.06 (0.27) (0.61)
’22 (0.40) 0.03 (0.19) (0.30) (0.87)
’21 0.84 (0.02) 0.88 (0.51) 1.36
’20 (0.77) (0.48) (0.21) (0.35) (1.81)
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Target Price Range

Analyst price targets

Recommendation Rating

2
1Buy 2 3Hold 4 5Sell

Ten years at a glance Fiscal years to December

Group Line 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 Trend 2026e 2027e 2028e
Price, $
Price, $ Low 10.60 10.65 7.98 8.36 4.43 5.95 2.95 0.76 0.40 0.65

Analyst estimates 2026–2028

Powerpack
High 14.75 14.40 13.95 12.91 11.11 8.98 7.53 3.25 1.14 0.99
People
People Employees 33 33 — — — — — — — —
Revenue/emp, $m 0.00 0.00 — — — — — — — —
Income, $m
Income, $m Revenue — — — — — — — — — —
Gross margin, % 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 — — —
EBT (22) (89) (16) 55 (38) 27 (14) (10) (10) 2
EBT margin, % 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Net income (22) (89) (16) 55 (38) 27 (14) (10) (10) 2
Depreciation 2 3 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0
Per share, $
Per share, $ Revenue 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Earnings (1.09) (4.34) (0.76) 2.64 (1.81) 1.36 (0.87) (0.61) (0.62) 0.10
Cash flow (0.92) (1.02) (1.27) (0.97) (0.39) (0.41) (0.20) (0.20) (0.18) (0.11)
Capex (0.02) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.00
Free cash flow (0.94) (1.02) (1.27) (0.97) (0.39) (0.41) (0.20) (0.20) (0.17) (0.11)
Book value 8.35 4.00 3.26 4.93 3.03 2.55 2.12 1.23 0.59 0.69
Shares, m 20 20 21 21 21 20 16 16 17 17
Valuation, ×
Valuation, × P/E — — — — — — — — — —
P/S — — — — — — — — — —
P/B — — — — — — — — — —
EV/Sales — — — — — — — — — —
EV/FCF — — — — — — — — — —
Cash, $m
Cash, $m Operating cash flow (19) (21) (26) (20) (8) (8) (3) (3) (3) (2)
Capex 0 — 0 — — — — — 0 —
Free cash flow (19) (21) (26) (20) (8) (8) (3) (3) (3) (2)
Balance, $m
Balance, $m Working capital 27 (12) 14 24 13 29 20 8 6 8
Total debt 53 86 70 3 2 2 2 — — —
Net debt 22 57 24 (25) (16) (25) (19) (10) (7) (9)
Shareholders’ equity 170 82 67 102 63 51 35 20 10 12
Returns, %
Returns, % ROA (9.11) (43.39) (9.70) 43.08 (42.60) 43.89 (31.10) (32.47) (60.84) 14.48
ROIC (6.09) (7.72) (11.59) (8.14) (12.51) (17.33) (19.55) (33.95) (54.53) (50.98)
ROE (12.19) (70.41) (21.01) 64.68 (45.70) 47.61 (33.50) (36.03) (69.68) 16.14
Negative figures in brackets.

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Charts ten years each

Safeguard Scientifics, Inc. vs peers in Asset Management (Q) = latest quarter vs a year earlier

Company Market cap P/E Fwd P/E Revenue growth (Q) EPS growth (Q) FCF growth (Q) Gross margin (Q) EBIT margin (Q) Compare
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JP Jupai Holdings Limited $12.1M — (loss-making) 0.2× −59.78% (below 0%: shrinking) n/m −172.56% (below 0%: shrinking) 33.94% (132.18%) Compare
ICMB Investcorp Credit Management BDC, Inc. $9.9M — (loss-making) 20.5× −31.05% (below 0%: shrinking) n/m +238.07% (above 0%: growing) 100.00% 59.40% Compare
BNKK Bonk, Inc. $9.6M — (loss-making) — +2,491.09% (above 0%: growing) n/m −158.27% (below 0%: shrinking) 33.61% (174.80%) Compare
SFES Safeguard Scientifics, Inc. $7.5M 0.4× — — n/m +42.68% (above 0%: growing) 0.00% 0.00%
TWAV TaoWeave, Inc. $5.7M — (loss-making) 12.4× −11.82% (below 0%: shrinking) n/m +107.53% (above 0%: growing) 52.49% (161.11%) Compare
ALP Alpha Compute Corp $5.6M — (loss-making) — — n/m +66.68% (above 0%: growing) 0.00% 0.00% Compare
CWD CaliberCos Inc. $4.5M — (loss-making) — (loss-making) −17.33% (below 0%: shrinking) n/m −126.92% (below 0%: shrinking) 100.00% (98.97%) Compare
Median of peers $9.7M — 20.5× −11.82% — +87.10% 76.25% (115.57%)

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Safeguard Scientifics, Inc. (SFES) key facts

  • Safeguard Scientifics, Inc. (SFES) is an Asset Management company in the Financial sector.
  • As of October 16, 2026, SFES traded at $0.50, a market capitalization of $7.5 million.
  • Return on equity was 16.1% and debt-to-equity 0.00.

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