The LGL Group (LGL)
Precision timing instruments and merchant investments for communications and critical infrastructure.
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Designs and manufactures precision timing, synchronization and signal-distribution instruments through PTF while deploying capital through a merchant-investment operation. Revenue comes from product sales, investment income and transaction gains or losses, with the operating business concentrated in one specialized product line.
Operates through Precise Time and Frequency (PTF), its wholly owned designer and manufacturer of high-performance frequency and time-reference standards. PTF's GNSS/GPS and standalone-oscillator references, time standards, network time servers, and signal-distribution equipment support satellite communications, network synchronization, electricity distribution, metrology, broadcasting and test applications. It sells primarily to original-equipment manufacturers, often engineering application-specific configurations, through direct sales and representatives or distributors.
Complements that operating business with Merchant Investment, which makes investments through vehicles and Lynch Capital International and may earn investment income, transaction gains or losses, management fees and performance incentives. Capital allocation centers on undervalued businesses and securities, including minority holdings, control transactions and strategic combinations. Operating results depend on the single PTF product line, a concentrated customer base and the availability of limited-source components; investment activity is structured to avoid investment-company status.
Company facts
No analyst consensus on record.
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Balance sheet, Jun 30, 2026Cash & short-term investments $45.5M · Total debt $0 · Total assets $49.7M · Shareholders' equity $44.3M
- Revenue
- $370.0K
- Operating income
- −$850.0K
- Net income
- −$353.0K
No dividends on record.
| Institutions | 36.95% | 2.09M shares | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 21 holders · as of Jun 30, 2026 | |||
| Insiders | 86.27% | 4.89M shares | |
| 2 holders · as of Jul 28, 2026 | |||
| Strategic holders | 12.59% | 713.3K shares | |
| 1 holder · as of Nov 16, 2017 | |||
| Adds to | 135.81% | ||
5.67M company shares as of Sep 8, 2026 · institutions as of Jun 30, 2026 · holders as of their latest filing
Two share counts disagree (12.61M in the company's Sep 22, 2026 report, 5.67M elsewhere); stakes use the report.
These groups come from separate filings that can overlap, so they add to 135.81%; nothing is left for Other.
Top shareholders13F · 13D/G · Form 4
| Holder | Stake | Shares | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
Gabelli MarcInsider | 77.41% | 4.39M | filed Jul 28, 2026 |
GGCP, Inc. I.D. No.Strategic | 12.59% | 713,325 | filed Nov 16, 2017 |
Gamco Investors, Inc. et alInstitution | 11.83% | 670,781 | as of Jun 30, 2026 |
Mario J. GabelliInsider | 8.86% | 502,207 | filed Apr 4, 2019 |
Bard Associates IncInstitution | 8.63% | 488,923 | as of Jun 30, 2026 |
Insider tradesForm 4
| Date | Insider | Role | Shares | Avg price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 15, 2026 | Tiffany Renee Hayden | officer: Vice President | −10,000 | $6.90 |
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Compare
| Company | Price | Change | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The LGL Group | $7.09 | −0.70% | $40.5M | — | 22.9 | 16.1 | −18.8% |
| Microchip Technology | $75.51 | +0.98% | $40.61B | 103.7 | 19.2 | 7.9 | +38.1% |
| ADTRAN | $7.26 | +0.62% | $584.0M | — | 20.4 | 0.5 | +6.1% |
| Frequency Electronics | $85.85 | −3.54% | $878.4M | 356.0 | 73.7 | 12.1 | +69.8% |
| Median | 229.9 | 20.4 | 7.9 | +38.1% |