Associated Capital Group, Inc.

OTCPK:ACGP Stock Report

Market Cap: US$702.9m

Associated Capital Group Dividends and Buybacks

Dividend criteria checks 4/6

Associated Capital Group is a dividend paying company with a current yield of 1.18% that is well covered by earnings.

Key information

1.2%

Dividend yield

2.4%

Buyback Yield

Total Shareholder Yield3.6%
Future Dividend Yieldn/a
Dividend Growth3.2%
Next dividend pay daten/a
Ex dividend daten/a
Dividend per sharen/a
Payout ratio14%

Recent dividend and buyback updates

Recent updates

Seeking Alpha • Feb 08

Associated Capital Group GAAP EPS of $0.62, revenue of $7.54M

Associated Capital Group press release (NYSE:AC): Q4 GAAP EPS of $0.62. Revenue of $7.54M (-46.1% Y/Y). Book Value was $40.48 per share at year-end 2022 Year-end AUM: $1.84 billion at December 31, 2022 vs. $1.78 billion at December 31, 2021 Net Inflows were $100 million for the year Full year Merger Arbitrage performance1: +4.47% gross, +2.75% net.
Seeking Alpha • Jan 18

Associated Capital's AUM as of Dec. 31 increases Y/Y

Associated Capital Group (NYSE:AC) said its AUM as of Dec. 31, 2022, stood at $1.84B, compared to $1.78B a year ago. The investment advisory services company's book value is estimated to be within the range of $40.37 and $40.57 per share, compared to $39.96 per share at Sep. 30, 2022, and $42.48 at Dec. 31, 2021. The company said it will issue further details on its financial results in February. Source: Press Release
Seeking Alpha • Nov 11

Associated Capital Group GAAP EPS of -$0.75, revenue of $2.56M

Associated Capital Group press release (NYSE:AC): Q3 GAAP EPS of -$0.75. Revenue of $2.56M (+21.3% Y/Y). Book Value per share ended the quarter at $39.96 per share vs $42.24 at September 30, 2021 AUM: $1.75 billion at September 30, 2022 compared to $1.78 billion at December 31, 2021 and $1.68 billion at September 30, 2021.
Seeking Alpha • Oct 14

Associated Capital Group AUM up 4.2% Y/Y

Associated Capital Group (NYSE:AC) announced today a range of its September 30 preliminary book value of $39.81 to $40.01 per share. This compares to $40.30 at June 30, 2022, $42.48 per share at December 31, 2021 and $42.24 at September 30, 2021. AUM were $1.75B at September 30, 2022 vs. $1.68B last year.
Seeking Alpha • Jul 20

Associated Capital Group sees Q2 book value between $40.20-$40.40 per share

Associated Capital Group (NYSE:AC) expects Q2 book value in the range of $40.20 to $40.40 per share. This compares to $41.72 at March 31, 2022, $42.48 per share at Dec. 31, 2021 and $42.21 at June 30, 2021. AUM were $1.80B at June 30, 2022, up from $1.61B at June 30, 2021.
Seeking Alpha • Jul 07

Associated Capital Group: Trading At 0.92x NAV, Lots Of Free Embedded Options And Mario Gabelli Owns 85%

Associated Capital trades for ~0.92x NAV, where the assets are mainly cash and investments. At current prices, the market is overlooking a lot of free options embedded within AC. Mario Gabelli owns ~85% of AC and the company is consistently buying back stock. Investment Thesis Associated Capital Group (AC) is an opportunity to invest alongside Mario Gabelli, who owns ~85% of the company, at 92 cents on the dollar. The current price gives no value to the growing merger arbitrage hedge fund inside AC, the company's own investments that should compound over time, or the free optionality on all of AC's future ventures and products. The company understands that there is a gap between price and value and has been slowly buying back stock. Background Associated Capital Group is an asset manager with $1.8B in assets under management (or AUM) and is primarily involved in merger arbitrage (~$1.6B of AUM). Based on the recent 10-K, the goal of the merger arbitrage fund is to "earn absolute positive returns" and has "compounded net annual returns of 7.4% with 35 of 37 positive years". The breakdown of AUM (as of March 31, 2022) was: Merger Arbitrage: $1.6B Event-Driven Value (excluding merger arbitrage): $191M Other (includes investment vehicles focused on private equity, merchant banking, non-investment-grade credit and capital structure arbitrage): $42M Associated Capital was originally spun off from GAMCO Investors (GBL). As John Huber wrote in his article on AC back in 2016: Why does AC Exist? Well-known investment manager Mario Gabelli of GAMCO Investors ((GBL)) decided that the market wasn't giving his company credit for the value of the sizable excess cash and investments that GBL held on its balance sheet. So he decided to create a new company, stuff it with the excess cash and investments among a few other assets (as well as an operating business), and spin it off from GAMCO. The result is an under-followed, thinly traded company called Associated Capital. Gabelli, who owns a majority stake in GAMCO, has kept his pro rata share of AC and he owns roughly 74% of the outstanding shares (18.9 million shares of the 25.4 million total shares outstanding). AC had an institutional research business (Morgan Group Holding Co.), but it was spun off in August 2020. Valuation With ~3M Class A and ~19M Class B shares outstanding, the total share count is 22M shares (Class B entitled to 10 votes per share, whereas Class A is only entitled to 1 vote per share). At a current price of $36.69, the market cap is ~$809M.

Stability and Growth of Payments

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Stable Dividend: ACGP's dividends per share have been stable in the past 10 years.

Growing Dividend: ACGP's dividend payments have increased over the past 10 years.

Dividend Yield vs Market

Associated Capital Group Dividend Yield vs Market
How does ACGP dividend yield compare to the market?
SegmentDividend Yield
Company (ACGP)1.2%
Market Bottom 25% (US)1.3%
Market Top 25% (US)4.2%
Industry Average (Capital Markets)2.0%
Analyst forecast (ACGP) (up to 3 years)n/a

Notable Dividend: ACGP's dividend (1.18%) isn’t notable compared to the bottom 25% of dividend payers in the US market (1.34%).

High Dividend: ACGP's dividend (1.18%) is low compared to the top 25% of dividend payers in the US market (4.15%).

Earnings Payout to Shareholders

Earnings Coverage: With its low payout ratio (14.3%), ACGP's dividend payments are thoroughly covered by earnings.

Cash Payout to Shareholders

Cash Flow Coverage: With its low cash payout ratio (21.4%), ACGP's dividend payments are well covered by cash flows.

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2026/07/07 02:32
End of Day Share Price 2026/07/07 00:00
Earnings2026/03/31
Annual Earnings2025/12/31

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