secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Associated Capital Group, Inc. (ACGP)
CIK:        0001642122
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2024-11-08T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001437749-24-034226
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Associated Capital posts Q3 net income $23.2M, EPS $1.09; AUM drops to $1.34B; declares $2 special dividend
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- Net income $23.2M ($1.09 EPS) vs net loss $16K in Q3 2023; revenue $2.4M, up from $2.2M.
- AUM $1.34B at Sep 30, 2024, down from $1.59B YoY; net outflows $288M partly offset by $41M market gains.
- Investment and other non-operating income surged to $37.2M from $3.8M, aided by $2 special dividend from GAMCO Investors stake.
- Board declared $2.00 special dividend (paid Nov 4) and $0.10 semi-annual dividend (payable Dec 19); $45.9M returned to shareholders in Q3.
- Merger Arbitrage fund gross return 4.88% (net 3.80%) in Q3; YTD gross 4.82% (net 3.23%).

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1642122/000143774924034226/0001437749-24-034226-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1642122/000143774924034226/ac20240809_8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-24-034226

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