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FRMM

FORUM MARKETS Inc

Next earnings Jul 21, 2026 · consensus $-0.32 EPS, $3.11M rev

Last earnings +9.2% on 2026-05-14

Avoid
$6.02
▲ +4.15%
$6.02▼ -35.13%
over 1Y
L $1.79H $107.00
Earnings Dividend Split Congress buy Congress sellGrouped by date · hover a pin to expand
Today+4.2%
1W+15.8%
1M+26.2%
3M+118.9%
YTD+17.8%
1Y-35.1%
OverviewFinancialsValuationQualityTimelineFilings
Rating
Avoid
Quality
F
Valuation
Fair value
Filings
Flagged
Avoid
Conviction
Horizon
Long (>12mo)
Street · 8 analysts
Buy

A former SPAC shell turned related-party crypto vehicle that lost $451M on $6.5M of revenue — uninvestable on the numbers alone.

Revenue $6.55M · FY2025

FRMM is not an operating business in any conventional sense — it's the KBL SPAC successor that has morphed into a crypto-asset holding vehicle, and the FY2025 numbers are catastrophic. On just $6.55M of revenue the company posted a -$451M net loss and a -$233M operating loss (net margin -6,881%, operating margin -3,566%, EPS -$54.32). Total assets exploded +2,299.7% to $306M alongside $244M of 'capital expenditures' (PaymentsToAcquireProductiveAssets), which — read against the MD&A — is the balance sheet inflating as the company loads up on assets managed under the August/September 2025 Asset Management Agreement with Electric Treasury Edge, LLC, an affiliate of a >5% holder. The custodians under that agreement are explicitly 'cryptocurrency wallet providers,' and the manager collects 2% of NAV per year with a $2.0M annual minimum. So shareholders own a volatile, marked-to-market crypto pool run by a related party for a guaranteed fee — that structure, not any product, is what the $451M loss reflects.

Liquidity and capital allocation are equally alarming. Operating cash flow was -$26.1M against just $8.02M of cash, and current liabilities of $40.9M dwarf current assets of $13.6M (≈0.33x current ratio, deeply negative working capital). Yet the company spent $46.3M on share buybacks while diluting shares +291.7% — repurchasing stock with cash it does not generate, even as the accumulated deficit deepened to -$592M. The reported 0.28x liabilities/equity looks tame only because equity was artificially inflated by the asset-acquisition; it tells you nothing about the underlying cash stress.

Is FRMM a buy? The one-page verdict, explained →

The options angle

model · matches our verdict
Bear put spread (caution)~90d expiry
  • Long put 6 @ ~0.85 est
  • Short put 5.5 @ ~0.60 est
debit $25max +$25max −$25BE 5.75

AVOID means we wouldn't engage at all — if expressing the short side anyway, only with capped risk.

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Educational template, not a trade recommendation. Strikes and premiums are Black-Scholes model estimates from the last close and 30-day realized volatility — real chains, spreads and IV will differ. Options involve substantial risk.

Financials · annual, by fiscal year

Line itemFY21FY22FY23FY24FY25
Revenue————$6.55M
Gross profit—————
Operating income-$15.6M-$17.9M-$13.5M-$4.42M-$233M
Net income-$20.3M-$38.7M-$19.9M-$14.2M-$451M
Diluted EPS-$12.96-$387.18-$52.59-$28.56-$54.32
Net margin————-6881.3%

10-year statements — income, cash flow, balance sheet & CSV export →

Annual figures from SEC 10-K XBRL filings. Open the filing links below for full statement detail.

Key statistics

Valuation

Enterprise value$71.5M
EV / EBITDA—
EV / Sales10.9
EV / FCF—
P / FCF—
PEG (trailing)—
Earnings yield-566.5%
FCF yield-339.9%

Quality & risk

ROIC (est.)-77.0%
Free cash flow-$270M
Total debt$13.0K
Net cash$8.01M
Altman Z-Score-4.59 distress
Piotroski F-Score1/6

Capital returns

Buyback yield58.2%
Dividend yield (est.)—
Shareholder yield58.2%
Shares Δ YoY+291.7%

Computed from SEC XBRL annual figures + the current quote. EV and ROIC use long-term + current debt where filed; estimates, not investment advice.

Disclosure timeline

SEC · 8-Ks + reports
Recent disclosure tone has skewed negative — read the flagged items.
  1. 8-K Material agreement2026-07-01
  2. 8-K Other event2026-06-30

    Item 8.01 general other-event disclosure; no financial impact specified

  3. 10-Q Quarterly report2026-05-15

    Q1 2026 (3/31) report; ongoing losses, crypto-asset and Zippy loan exposure

  4. 8-K Earnings results2026-05-14

    Q1 2026 results release; company remains deeply unprofitable post crypto/Zippy pivot

  5. 8-K Reg FD disclosure2026-04-29

    Reg FD investor disclosure/presentation furnished; no new financial commitment

  6. 8-K Material event2026-04-24

    Charter/bylaw amendment modifying shareholder rights — dilution/structure risk

  7. 8-K Reg FD disclosure2026-04-17

    Reg FD plus other-event disclosure with exhibits; informational

  8. 10-K Annual report2026-04-01

    Late-filing notice for FY2025 10-K signals reporting delay

  9. NT 10-K Late filing notice2026-04-01

    Late-filing notice for FY2025 10-K signals reporting delay

Recent filings

all on EDGAR ↗
8-KPeriod ending 2026-06-302026-07-01open ↗8-KPeriod ending 2026-06-292026-06-30open ↗10-QPeriod ending 2026-03-312026-05-15open ↗8-KPeriod ending 2026-05-142026-05-14open ↗3Period ending 2026-04-282026-05-12open ↗8-KPeriod ending 2026-04-292026-04-29open ↗8-KPeriod ending 2026-04-232026-04-24open ↗RWFiling2026-04-22open ↗8-KPeriod ending 2026-04-152026-04-17open ↗EFFECTFiling2026-04-09open ↗8-KPeriod ending 2026-04-082026-04-08open ↗424B3Filing2026-04-08open ↗

Quality score

F
ValueGrowthProfitHealthMom.
ValueF
GrowthF
ProfitabilityF
Financial healthB-
MomentumF
  • ✗Profitable (positive net income)
  • ✗Net margin above 10%
  • ✗Return on equity above 15%
  • ✓Liabilities below 2× equity
1.7952-week107.00
Revenue
$6.55M
Net margin
-6881.3%
ROE
-188.2%
P/E
—

SEC fundamentals · FY 2025

'21'22'23'24'25

■ revenue · ■ net income, by fiscal year

Revenue$6.55M
Net income-$451M-3077.2%
Operating income-$233M-5182.9%
Diluted EPS-$54.32-90.2%
Cash & equivalents$8.02M+280.3%
Total assets$306M+2299.7%
Total liabilities$66.9M+1804.3%
Stockholders' equity$239M+2487.7%
Op.: -3565.8%L/E: 0.28x

Frequently asked

Is FORUM MARKETS Inc (FRMM) a buy?
FRMM currently carries a Avoid rating with 5/5 conviction, derived from its latest SEC filings. A former SPAC shell turned related-party crypto vehicle that lost $451M on $6.5M of revenue — uninvestable on the numbers alone.
What is FORUM MARKETS Inc's quality score?
FRMM scores 33.99499305886497/100 (grade F) on a SEC-grounded quality model spanning value, growth, profitability, financial health and momentum.

Sources: SEC EDGAR (CIK 0001690080, latest 10-Q filed 2026-05-15) · EODHD · Proprietary analysis · as of 6/30/2026, 12:34:56 PM.

›About this recommendation — produced by TENK/calls (tenkcalls.com), Luxembourg · not investment advice

AI-generated analysis, produced by our proprietary engine from SEC filing data.

Investment recommendation produced by TENK/calls (tenkcalls.com), Luxembourg. Completed Jun 30, 2026, 8:34 AM ET. Ratings & methodology: definitions · All recommendations to date: track record · Conflicts: disclosures. Not investment advice.

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Insider activity

Form 4 · SEC
2026-04-02
Dalton Angela
Director
Award204K
2026-04-02
Edwards Michael A
Director
Award204K
2026-04-02
SUCKLING ANDREW P
Director
Award242K
2026-04-02
Smith Ryan Lewis
Director
Award242K
2026-04-02
Saunders John Tazewell
Chief Financial Officer
Award359K
2026-04-02
Rudisill McAndrew
Chief Executive Officer
Award1.88M
2026-04-02
New Jason Griffin
Director
Award242K
2026-04-02
Heter Crystal Jane
Director
Award242K

Earnings history

beat/miss · move
2026-05-14Beat +10.9% est▲ +9.19%8-K ↗
2026-03-31Beat +10.9% est▲ +4.71%8-K ↗
2025-11-14—▼ -8.16%8-K ↗

Dates from 8-K (Item 2.02); beat/miss = reported EPS vs consensus (Finnhub, recent quarters); move = prior close → close on/after.

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Vs tracked universe

compare →

1195 tracked peers · median

TENK Score34 vs 67
Revenue growth— vs 7.5%
Net margin-6881.3% vs 10.0%
Return on equity-188.2% vs 12.0%
P/E— vs 26.2

News sentiment

EODHD · 8d
Bearish
-0.15
vs typical · 12 articles
↓ cooling

Recent news tone vs the market's typical (which skews positive). A soft signal, not a recommendation.