This picture illustration exhibits a picture of former President Donald Trump mirrored in a cellphone display screen that’s displaying the Fact Social app, in Washington, DC, on February 21, 2022.
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Trump Media, the social media firm whose majority shareholder is former President Donald Trump, on Friday reported a web lack of greater than $16 million for the newest monetary quarter, as its already meager income fell 30% to simply $836,900.
Trump Media owns the Fact Social app, which is usually utilized by the former president.
The inventory worth of Trump Media, which trades below the DJT ticker, has fallen sharply from a excessive of greater than $71 per share shortly after started publicly buying and selling in late March following a merger with a so-called particular function acquisition company.
Trump Media inventory closed at $26.21 per share Friday afternoon, a lower of .49%.
The corporate has a market capitalization of almost $5 billion, an awfully excessive valuation given its very modest gross sales.
In a 10-Q submitting Friday afternoon, Trump Media reported a lack of $16.37 million for the second quarter ending June 30, in comparison with a $22.8 million loss for the second quarter in 2023.
About half of the loss for the previous quarter was because of authorized bills associated to Trump Media’s merger with Digital World Acquisition Corp., the corporate stated.
“Moreover, the Firm incurred $3.1 million of IT consulting and software program licensing bills, primarily associated to its software program licensing settlement to energy its new TV streaming service,” Trump Media stated in a press launch.
Income for the newest quarter of $839,000 in comparison with $1.2 million for a similar quarter final yr.
“A good portion of the lower was attributable to a change within the income share with certainly one of our promoting companions, in reference to an settlement meant to enhance the Firm’s short-term, pre-Enterprise Mixture monetary place,” Trump Media stated in its 10-Q submitting.
“Moreover, income has various as we selectively check a nascent promoting initiative on the Firm’s Fact Social platform,” the corporate stated.
Trump Media stated it ended the quarter with $344 million in money and money equivalents, with no debt.
“The Firm believes its sturdy stability sheet will allow the enlargement and refinement of its new TV streaming platform, Fact+, which was launched in August 2024 on the Firm’s custom-built content material supply community (‘CDN’),” Trump Media stated in a press launch.
“With its sturdy stability sheet and nil debt load, the Firm believes it has enough working capital to fund operations for the foreseeable future,” the corporate stated.
Donald Trump, who’s the Republican presidential nominee, and his operating mate Sen. JD Vance of Ohio are set to face the Democratic nominee, Vice President Kamala Harris, and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz in November’s election.
