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Precious metals trading company
A-Mark Precious Metals, Inc.
Company typePublic
Traded asNasdaq: AMRK
Russell Microcap Index component
IndustryMetals
PredecessorSpectrum Group International (2005-2014)(as subsidiary)
Founded1965
2014 (as public company)
FounderSteven Markoff
Headquarters2121 Rosecrans Avenue, Suite 6300, El Segundo, CA 90245
Key peopleGregory Roberts (CEO) Thor Gjerdrum (President)
RevenueIncrease US$7.6 billion (2021)
Operating incomeIncrease US$193 million (2021)
Net incomeIncrease US$160 million (2021)
OwnersPublicly held
Number of employeesSteady 218 (2021)
SubsidiariesCollateral Finance Corporation (CFC)
Goldline International
JM Bullion
Websitewww.amark.com

A-Mark Precious Metals (founded in 1965 as A Mark Coin Company) 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. A-Mark is traded on Nasdaq and is a Fortune 500 company as of 2021.

History

Greg Manning Auctions Inc. bought a majority stake in A-Mark for $16 million in 2005. Thereafter, the firm changed its name to Escala Group, then to Spectrum Group International Inc. In 2009, it purchased the remainder of A-Mark. In 2014, Spectrum spun off A-Mark so that it could be publicly traded. A-Mark acquired Goldline International in 2017.

Corporate affairs

Shareholder structure

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%.

Financial results

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:

Data 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
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

References

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  7. "What Is The Ownership Structure Like For A-Mark Precious Metals, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMRK)?". finance.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2022-04-02.
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