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MRLN

Merlin, Inc.

Last earnings -9.4% on 2026-05-14

Hold
$5.28
▲ +7.76%
$5.28▼ -48.74%
over 1Y
L $4.90H $16.09
Earnings Dividend Split Congress buy Congress sellGrouped by date · hover a pin to expand
Today+7.8%
1W+0.0%
1M-30.6%
3M-36.2%
YTD-50.8%
1Y-48.7%
OverviewFinancialsValuationQualityTimelineFilings
Rating
Hold
Quality
F
Valuation
Fair value
Filings
Watch
Hold
Conviction
Horizon
Medium (3–12mo)
Street · 7 analysts
Buy

Conservative balance sheet (liabilities/equity -1.08x).

Liabilities / equity -1.08x · latest

Merlin, Inc. shows limited reported revenue.

Supporting the case: conservative balance sheet (liabilities/equity -1.08x).

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

The options angle

model · matches our verdict
Covered call~60d expiry
  • Long 100 shares @ ~5.28
  • Short call 5.5 @ ~1.26 est
debit $402max +$148max −$401BE 4.02

HOLD means own it, don't chase it — harvesting premium against the position matches the verdict.

Open in the calculator →

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 itemFY25
Revenue—
Gross profit—
Operating income-$3.86M
Net income$6.01M
Diluted EPS—
Net margin—

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$509M
EV / EBITDA—
EV / Sales—
EV / FCF—
P / FCF—
PEG (trailing)—
Earnings yield1.2%
FCF yield—

Quality & risk

ROIC (est.)—
Free cash flow—
Total debt—
Net cash$704K

Capital returns

Buyback yield—
Dividend yield (est.)—
Shareholder yield—

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
Some governance/structural items recently, but no outright red flags.
  1. 10-Q Quarterly report2026-05-15
  2. 8-K Earnings results2026-05-14
  3. S-1 Securities registration2026-05-06
  4. 8-K Material agreement2026-04-29
  5. S-1 Securities registration2026-04-15
  6. 8-K Auditor change2026-03-20
  7. 8-K Shareholder vote2026-03-12
  8. 10-K Annual report2026-03-12
  9. 8-K Reg FD disclosure2026-02-20

Recent filings

all on EDGAR ↗
424B3Filing2026-06-02open ↗424B3Filing2026-06-02open ↗4Period ending 2026-05-202026-05-22open ↗4Period ending 2026-05-202026-05-22open ↗4Period ending 2026-05-202026-05-22open ↗4Period ending 2026-05-202026-05-22open ↗4Period ending 2026-05-202026-05-22open ↗4Period ending 2026-05-202026-05-22open ↗4Period ending 2026-05-202026-05-22open ↗4Period ending 2026-05-202026-05-22open ↗4Period ending 2026-05-202026-05-22open ↗4Period ending 2026-05-202026-05-22open ↗

Quality score

F
ValueGrowthProfitHealthMom.
Value—
Growth—
Profitability—
Financial healthF
MomentumF
  • ✓Profitable (positive net income)
  • ✓Liabilities below 2× equity
4.9052-week16.09
Revenue
—
Net margin
—
ROE
—
P/E
—

SEC fundamentals · FY 2025

Net income$6.01M
Operating income-$3.86M
Cash & equivalents$704K-66.6%
Total assets$263M+3.5%
Total liabilities$12.1M+22.9%
Stockholders' equity-$11.2M-51.6%
L/E: -1.08x

Frequently asked

Is Merlin, Inc. (MRLN) a buy?
MRLN currently carries a Hold rating with 2/5 conviction, derived from its latest SEC filings. Conservative balance sheet (liabilities/equity -1.08x).
What is Merlin, Inc.'s quality score?
MRLN scores 33.86619144019155/100 (grade F) on a SEC-grounded quality model spanning value, growth, profitability, financial health and momentum.

Sources: SEC EDGAR (CIK 0002028707, latest 10-Q filed 2026-05-15) · EODHD · as of 7/5/2026, 7:10:55 AM.

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

Rule-based analysis, generated automatically from SEC filing data.

Investment recommendation produced by TENK/calls (tenkcalls.com), Luxembourg. Completed Jul 5, 2026, 3:10 AM ET. Ratings & methodology: definitions · All recommendations to date: track record · Conflicts: disclosures. Not investment advice.

Research and education only — not financial advice. TENKis not a registered investment adviser or broker-dealer and gives no personalized advice. Every call is impersonal — identical for all users, generated on a schedule from SEC filings plus a delayed/third-party price feed — may be wrong or out of date, and is not a recommendation to buy or sell any security. The operator and an affiliated trading operation may hold or trade the securities TENK rates; see Disclosures. Past performance does not guarantee future results. Do your own research.

Insider activity

Form 4 · SEC
2026-05-20
Carrithers Ryan Michael
CFO & Treasurer
Award256K
2026-05-20
Braithwaite Kenneth John
Director
Award37.5K
2026-05-20
Smith Robert Hanson
Director
Award37.5K
2026-05-20
BRANNON KELYN
Director
Award37.5K
2026-05-20
BLITZER MICHAEL
Director
Award37.5K
2026-05-20
Montelongo Michael
Director
Award37.5K
2026-05-20
Brunner Mark Rawlins
Chief Revenue Officer
Award226K
2026-05-20
Trabuco Carolyn
Director
Award37.5K

Earnings history

beat/miss · move
2026-05-14Miss -66.7% est▼ -9.37%8-K ↗

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

Recent news

market news →
ROTH to Host Its 16th Annual London Conference, June 16-18, 2026Bullish
globenewswire.com· 2026-06-08
Merlin Successfully Completes Critical Design Review for C-130J Autonomy Program with USSOCOMBullish
finance.yahoo.com· 2026-06-04
Merlin, Inc. To Participate in Upcoming Investor ConferencesBullish
globenewswire.com· 2026-06-01
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finance.yahoo.com· 2026-05-27
Market Insights on Merlin Labs (MRLN)Bullish
finance.yahoo.com· 2026-05-25
Merlin, Inc. to Report First Quarter 2026 Results on May 14, 2026Bullish
globenewswire.com· 2026-05-07

Vs tracked universe

compare →

1195 tracked peers · median

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

News sentiment

EODHD · 6d
Neutral
-0.03
vs typical · 6 articles
↑ improving

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