B. Riley Financial, Inc. (RILY) Key Metrics
RILY valuation today
Trailing 12 months · as of October 18, 2026- Market cap
- $154.5M
- Enterprise value
- $1.42B
- P/E (TTM)
- 0.4 10-yr median 8.5
- Forward P/E
- —
- PEG ratio
- —
- Price / sales
- 0.1 10-yr median 1.0
- Price / book
- 1.7 10-yr median 2.0
- EV / EBITDA
- 2.6 10-yr median 7.0
- Dividend yield
- —
- Beta
- 1.24
RILY key metrics, 2016–2025
Fiscal year ended December 31, 2025 · U.S. dollarsRILY valuation Price multiples at each fiscal year-end price.
RILY returns How much profit the business earns on the capital it uses.
RILY per-share figures Results divided by the shares outstanding at year-end.
RILY financial health Debt, liquidity and how easily interest is covered.
RILY efficiency & capital use Working capital cycle and where the cash goes.
RILY valuation history
RILY returns on capital
Net income (ROE, ROA) or after-tax operating income (ROIC) divided by the average of the opening and closing balance.
RILY debt vs cash
Debt includes short- and long-term borrowings and, where reported, lease liabilities.
RILY cash returned to shareholders
RILY price vs earnings per share
RILY key metrics
2016–2025| 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Valuation | ||||||||||
| Market capitalization | $142.7M | $139.2M | $628.4M | $964.1M | $2.58B | $1.17B | $693.2M | $380.1M | $439.7M | $339.3M |
| Enterprise value | $1.38B | $1.48B | $4.60B | $3.24B | $4.40B | $2.17B | $1.48B | $1.20B | $716.3M | $325.6M |
| P/E ratio | 0.5 | — | — | — | 5.8 | 5.7 | 8.5 | 24.5 | 38.0 | 15.8 |
| Price / sales | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 1.0 | 1.7 | 1.4 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 1.4 | 1.8 |
| Price / book | — | — | 1.7 | 2.2 | 3.9 | 2.2 | 1.8 | 1.5 | 1.7 | 2.3 |
| Price / free cash flow | — | 0.5 | 37.4 | 352.5 | 51.3 | 21.1 | — | — | — | 4.3 |
| Price / operating cash flow | — | 0.5 | 25.6 | 144.9 | 50.6 | 20.3 | — | — | — | 4.2 |
| EV / sales | 1.3 | 2.5 | 2.8 | 3.3 | 2.8 | 2.6 | 2.3 | 2.8 | 2.2 | 1.7 |
| EV / EBITDA | 3.9 | — | 25.9 | — | 6.0 | 6.0 | 8.0 | 17.6 | 17.9 | 6.1 |
| EV / free cash flow | — | 5.8 | 274.0 | — | 87.6 | 39.0 | — | — | — | 4.1 |
| Earnings yield | 215.4% | −548.9% | −15.9% | −16.6% | 17.3% | 17.5% | 11.8% | 4.1% | 2.6% | 6.3% |
| Free cash flow yield | −49.8% | 183.6% | 2.7% | 0.3% | 1.9% | 4.7% | −4.4% | −29.0% | −18.8% | 23.4% |
| Dividend yield | 29.3% | 30.0% | 23.7% | 13.2% | 13.8% | 3.7% | 6.0% | 6.0% | 3.8% | 1.6% |
| Shareholder yield (dividends + buybacks) | 31.5% | 30.0% | 34.8% | 13.9% | 13.9% | 7.8% | 6.6% | 10.9% | 4.6% | 1.6% |
| Share price at fiscal year-end | $4.67 | $4.59 | $20.99 | $34.20 | $88.86 | $44.22 | $25.18 | $14.20 | $18.10 | $18.45 |
| Per share | ||||||||||
| Revenue per share | $33.73 | $19.10 | $54.90 | $35.26 | $53.60 | $31.47 | $23.69 | $15.80 | $13.26 | $10.35 |
| Earnings per share | $10.06 | −$25.19 | −$3.34 | −$5.67 | $15.34 | $7.74 | $2.96 | $0.58 | $0.48 | $1.17 |
| Operating cash flow per share | −$1.95 | $8.69 | $0.82 | $0.24 | $1.75 | $2.18 | −$0.99 | −$3.92 | −$3.37 | $4.36 |
| Free cash flow per share | −$2.32 | $8.43 | $0.56 | $0.10 | $1.73 | $2.10 | −$1.11 | −$4.12 | −$3.40 | $4.33 |
| Cash per share | $7.42 | $17.72 | $45.14 | $9.53 | $9.62 | $3.91 | $3.79 | $6.70 | $5.47 | $6.10 |
| Book value per share | −$5.61 | −$15.03 | $12.01 | $15.84 | $22.80 | $20.33 | $14.18 | $9.66 | $10.94 | $8.18 |
| Tangible book value per share | −$22.34 | −$33.82 | −$14.52 | −$15.62 | $7.00 | $4.57 | −$1.96 | −$2.09 | $4.53 | $3.28 |
| Dividends per share | $1.37 | $1.38 | $4.98 | $4.52 | $12.22 | $1.64 | $1.50 | $0.85 | $0.69 | $0.29 |
| Capex per share | $0.37 | $0.26 | $0.26 | $0.14 | $0.02 | $0.08 | $0.13 | $0.20 | $0.03 | $0.04 |
| Debt per share | $48.06 | $61.81 | $177.80 | $90.32 | $72.48 | $41.45 | $32.55 | $37.43 | $16.86 | $5.35 |
| Shares outstanding | 30.6M | 30.3M | 29.9M | 28.2M | 29.0M | 26.5M | 27.5M | 26.8M | 24.3M | 18.4M |
| Change in shares outstanding | +0.7% | +1.3% | +6.2% | −2.8% | +9.4% | −3.7% | +2.9% | +10.2% | +32.1% | +13.1% |
| Returns & profitability | ||||||||||
| Return on equity (ROE) | — | — | −24.8% | −28.9% | 74.2% | 44.2% | 25.2% | 5.9% | 5.6% | 16.6% |
| Return on invested capital (ROIC) | 15.4% | −18.9% | 4.8% | 0.9% | 18.8% | 14.9% | 10.4% | 4.3% | 5.0% | 31.3% |
| Return on assets (ROA) | 17.6% | −19.5% | −1.6% | −2.7% | 10.5% | 8.2% | 3.8% | 0.9% | 1.4% | 10.8% |
| Return on tangible assets | 25.7% | −63.0% | −1.9% | −3.1% | 8.3% | 9.1% | 4.4% | 0.9% | 0.9% | 12.3% |
| Free cash flow margin | −6.9% | 44.1% | 1.0% | 0.3% | 3.2% | 6.7% | −4.7% | −26.1% | −25.6% | 41.8% |
| Income quality (OCF / net income) | −0.19 | — | — | — | 0.11 | 0.28 | −0.33 | −6.76 | −7.08 | 3.73 |
| Financial health | ||||||||||
| Total debt | $1.47B | $1.87B | $5.32B | $2.55B | $2.10B | $1.10B | $896.1M | $1.00B | $409.5M | $98.4M |
| Cash & short-term investments | $226.6M | $537.7M | $1.35B | $268.6M | $278.9M | $103.6M | $104.3M | $179.4M | $132.8M | $112.1M |
| Net debt | $1.24B | $1.34B | $3.97B | $2.28B | $1.82B | $995.2M | $791.8M | $822.3M | $276.7M | −$13.7M |
| Debt / equity | — | — | 14.80 | 5.70 | 3.18 | 2.04 | 2.30 | 3.87 | 1.54 | 0.65 |
| Debt / assets | 0.86 | 1.05 | 0.88 | 0.42 | 0.36 | 0.41 | 0.39 | 0.51 | 0.30 | 0.37 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 3.47 | — | 22.35 | — | 2.49 | 2.73 | 4.26 | 12.00 | 6.92 | −0.26 |
| Current ratio | 1.27 | 2.17 | 3.33 | 2.85 | 3.19 | 2.51 | 2.53 | 2.05 | 3.00 | 1.79 |
| Quick ratio | 0.92 | 1.93 | 3.00 | 2.66 | 3.18 | 2.51 | 2.39 | 2.04 | 2.69 | 1.75 |
| Interest coverage | 1.6 | -4.7 | 1.1 | 0.2 | 5.6 | 4.2 | 3.3 | 1.4 | 3.4 | 24.4 |
| Working capital | $59.8M | $376.9M | $784.3M | $1.00B | $1.13B | $383.7M | $312.0M | $194.3M | $158.5M | $62.6M |
| Invested capital | $1.07B | $881.3M | $4.33B | $2.72B | $2.48B | $1.53B | $1.18B | $1.08B | $542.5M | $136.7M |
| Tangible asset value | −$631.2M | −$1.03B | −$434.8M | −$202.2M | $592.0M | $121.2M | −$54.0M | −$56.1M | $110.1M | $60.3M |
| Net current asset value | −$1.54B | −$1.54B | −$4.59B | −$3.88B | −$3.15B | −$1.49B | −$1.41B | −$1.32B | −$883.5M | $27.2M |
| Graham number | — | — | — | — | $88.72 | $59.50 | $30.75 | $11.22 | $10.82 | $14.67 |
| Graham net-net per share | −$49.73 | −$51.86 | −$141.02 | −$155.07 | −$129.81 | −$63.58 | −$57.51 | −$53.39 | −$38.40 | $0.88 |
| Capital allocation | ||||||||||
| Dividends paid | $41.8M | $41.8M | $149.2M | $127.5M | $354.6M | $43.5M | $41.4M | $22.7M | $16.8M | $5.3M |
| Share buybacks (net) | $3.2M | $0 | $69.5M | $6.5M | $2.7M | $48.2M | $4.3M | $18.7M | $3.5M | $0 |
| Dividend payout ratio | 13.6% | — | — | — | 79.7% | 21.2% | 50.7% | 146.3% | 145.0% | 24.8% |
| Dividends + buybacks / free cash flow | — | 16.4% | — | — | 711.4% | 164.9% | — | — | — | 6.7% |
| Capex / revenue | 1.1% | 1.4% | 0.5% | 0.4% | 0.0% | 0.2% | 0.5% | 1.3% | 0.3% | 0.4% |
| Capex / operating cash flow | — | 3.0% | 31.5% | 58.9% | 1.3% | 3.5% | — | — | — | 0.9% |
| Capex / depreciation | 0.32 | 0.18 | 0.16 | 0.10 | 0.03 | 0.11 | 0.18 | 0.39 | 0.07 | 0.17 |
| Stock-based compensation / revenue | 1.4% | 3.3% | 2.7% | 6.2% | 2.3% | 2.2% | 2.4% | 3.1% | 3.2% | 1.5% |
| R&D / revenue | — | — | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| SG&A / revenue | 3.3% | 131.1% | 51.1% | 2.8% | 1.2% | 2.0% | 59.1% | 70.1% | 2.8% | 2.4% |
| Efficiency | ||||||||||
| Days sales outstanding | 30.9 | 73.9 | 121.8 | 365.2 | 170.5 | 163.5 | 118.2 | 76.6 | 44.9 | 30.6 |
| Days of inventory on hand | 79.0 | 76.9 | 64.8 | 78.5 | 7.4 | 46.3 | 53.1 | 80.2 | 98.5 | 20.1 |
| Days payables outstanding | 47.5 | 39.6 | 38.5 | 65.1 | 12.3 | 11.4 | 18.7 | 25.8 | 18.4 | 12.6 |
| Cash conversion cycle (days) | 62.4 | 111.2 | 148.1 | 378.5 | 165.6 | 198.4 | 152.6 | 131.0 | 124.9 | 38.1 |
| Receivables turnover | 11.80 | 4.94 | 3.00 | 1.00 | 2.14 | 2.23 | 3.09 | 4.76 | 8.14 | 11.94 |
| Payables turnover | 7.68 | 9.22 | 9.49 | 5.60 | 29.61 | 32.05 | 19.47 | 14.13 | 19.83 | 29.07 |
| Inventory turnover | 4.62 | 4.75 | 5.63 | 4.65 | 49.47 | 7.89 | 6.88 | 4.55 | 3.71 | 18.13 |
| Asset turnover | 0.59 | 0.15 | 0.27 | 0.17 | 0.37 | 0.33 | 0.31 | 0.25 | 0.39 | 0.96 |
| Average receivables | $87.4M | $117.4M | $548.3M | $994.3M | $726.3M | $373.7M | $211.3M | $88.8M | $39.6M | $15.9M |
| Average payables | $47.0M | $48.6M | $63.0M | $43.9M | $4.5M | $3.6M | $5.1M | $4.1M | $2.7M | $1.9M |
| Average inventory | $78.1M | $94.3M | $106.1M | $52.8M | $2.7M | $14.6M | $14.3M | $12.9M | $14.3M | $3.1M |
| Intangibles / total assets | 29.9% | 32.0% | 13.1% | 14.5% | 7.8% | 15.7% | 19.2% | 16.1% | 11.2% | 34.0% |
Computed from RILY's annual financial statements (latest annual report filed March 31, 2026) and the closing share price on each fiscal year-end, adjusted for stock splits. Figures in U.S. dollars; data from EODHD. Averages use the opening and closing balance of each year.
RILY valuation and financial ratios
At the end of fiscal 2025 (December 31, 2025), B. Riley Financial traded at 0.5 times earnings, against a 10-year median of 8.5. Based on the latest twelve months, the trailing P/E is 0.4. B. Riley Financial earned a return on invested capital of 15.4% in fiscal 2025. It ended the year with $1.5 billion of debt and $226.6 million in cash and short-term investments, net debt of $1.2 billion. It returned $45.0 million to shareholders: $41.8 million in dividends and $3.2 million in share buybacks. The share count rose 66.1% from 18.4M to 30.6M over 9 years.
See the RILY income statement, the RILY chart for price history, or the RILY stock overview for the latest quote and news.
RILY key metrics FAQ
What is B. Riley Financial's P/E ratio?
B. Riley Financial's trailing P/E ratio is 0.4 based on the last twelve months of earnings (as of October 18, 2026). At the end of fiscal 2025 it was 0.5, compared with a 10-year median of 8.5.
What is B. Riley Financial's EV/EBITDA?
B. Riley Financial's enterprise value was 3.9 times EBITDA at the end of fiscal 2025 (enterprise value $1.4 billion, EBITDA $357.5 million); the current EV/EBITDA is 2.6.
What is B. Riley Financial's ROIC?
B. Riley Financial's return on invested capital was 15.4% in fiscal 2025, using after-tax operating income divided by average debt plus equity minus cash.
How much debt does B. Riley Financial have?
B. Riley Financial had total debt of $1.5 billion at the end of fiscal 2025 and $1.2 billion of net debt (3.47 times EBITDA).
What is B. Riley Financial's dividend yield?
B. Riley Financial paid $41.8 million in dividends in fiscal 2025 ($1.37 per share), a payout ratio of 13.6%.
Does B. Riley Financial buy back its shares?
Yes. B. Riley Financial spent $3.2 million on net share repurchases in fiscal 2025 Shares outstanding changed +0.7% over the year, to 30.6M..
What is B. Riley Financial's free cash flow yield?
B. Riley Financial generated -$71.0 million of free cash flow in fiscal 2025, a free cash flow yield of −49.8% on its market value at year-end ($142.7 million).
What is B. Riley Financial's current ratio?
B. Riley Financial's current ratio was 1.27 at the end of fiscal 2025: current assets were 1.27 times current liabilities.