Company type | Public |
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Nasdaq: AMRK Russell Microcap Index component | |
Industry | Metals |
Predecessor | Spectrum Group International (2005-2014)(as subsidiary)[1] |
Founded | 1965[2] 2014 (as public company) |
Founder | Steven Markoff |
Headquarters | 2121 Rosecrans Avenue, Suite 6300, El Segundo, CA 90245[2] |
Key people | Gregory Roberts (CEO) Thor Gjerdrum (President) |
Revenue | US$7.6 billion (2021) |
US$193 million (2021) | |
US$160 million (2021) | |
Owners | Publicly held |
Number of employees | 218 (2021) |
Subsidiaries | Collateral Finance Corporation (CFC) Goldline International JM Bullion |
Website | www |
A-Mark Precious Metals (founded in 1965 as A Mark Coin Company)[1] is a precious metals trading company. It was the first company allowed to make and sell coins from the metals recovered in the shipwreck of SS Gairsoppa.[1] A-Mark is traded on Nasdaq and is a Fortune 500 company as of 2021.[3]
Greg Manning Auctions Inc. bought a majority stake in A-Mark for $16 million in 2005.[4] Thereafter, the firm changed its name to Escala Group,[5] then to Spectrum Group International Inc.[6] In 2009, it purchased the remainder of A-Mark.[1] In 2014, Spectrum spun off A-Mark so that it could be publicly traded.[1] A-Mark acquired Goldline International in 2017.[citation needed]
As of 2021, A-Mark stock is in held by institutional investors (43%), the general public (29%) and private companies (7%). Individual insiders hold about 21%.[7]
Following its initial public offering A-Mark has grown its revenue from US$5.9 billion in 2015 to US7.6 billion in 2021. The following list is an overview of the main financial results from recent years:[8]
Data | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
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Net revenue (in million) | $6,989 | $7,606 | $4,783 | $5,416 | $7,613 |
Gross profit (in million) | $31.33 | $29.44 | $31.96 | $66.97 | $210.20 |