Logo

AENTW

Alliance Entertainment Holding Corporation

AENTW

Alliance Entertainment Holding Corporation • NASDAQ
$0.79 ▲ 29.51% (+0.18)
Market Cap $40.26 M
52w High $0.79
52w Low $0.60
Dividend Yield 0%
P/E 0
Volume 28.75K
Outstanding Shares 50.96M

Income Statement

Period Revenue Operating Expense Net Income Net Profit Margin Earnings Per Share EBITDA
Q1-2026 $253.974M ▲ $24.998M ▼ $4.88M ▼ 1.921% ▼ $0.096 ▼ $10.371M ▼
Q4-2025 $227.75M ▲ $26.276M ▲ $5.759M ▲ 2.529% ▲ $0.11 ▲ $12.116M ▲
Q3-2025 $213.045M ▼ $25.532M ▼ $1.851M ▼ 0.869% ▼ $0.036 ▼ $6.557M ▼
Q2-2025 $393.672M ▲ $27.493M ▲ $7.071M ▲ 1.796% ▲ $0.14 ▲ $13.507M ▲
Q1-2025 $228.99M $23.456M $397K 0.173% $0.008 $3.337M

Balance Statement

Period Cash & Short-term Total Assets Total Liabilities Total Equity
Q1-2026 $3.223M ▲ $382.991M ▲ $274.864M ▲ $108.127M ▲
Q4-2025 $1.236M ▼ $361.228M ▲ $258.006M ▲ $103.222M ▲
Q3-2025 $2.03M ▼ $349.396M ▼ $251.994M ▼ $97.402M ▲
Q2-2025 $2.49M ▼ $401.723M ▲ $306.172M ▼ $95.551M ▲
Q1-2025 $4.29M $395.66M $307.634M $88.026M

Cash Flow Statement

Period Net Income Cash From Operations Cash From Investing Cash From Financing Net Change Free Cash Flow
Q1-2026 $1.851M ▼ $2.463M ▼ $-42K ▲ $-2.881M ▲ $-460.001K ▲ $2.421M ▼
Q4-2025 $7.071M ▲ $25.24M ▲ $-7.536M ▼ $-19.504M ▼ $-1.8M ▼ $25.24M ▲
Q3-2025 $1.851M ▲ $2.463M ▼ $-42K ▼ $-2.881M ▲ $-460K ▲ $2.421M ▼
Q2-2025 $-3.377M ▼ $21.395M ▲ $-12K ▼ $-22.396M ▼ $-1.013M ▼ $21.34M ▲
Q1-2025 $397K $-11.622M $-10K $14.793M $3.161M $-11.632M

Five-Year Company Overview

Income Statement

Income Statement Alliance’s revenue has come down from its peak a few years ago but appears to have stabilized more recently. Profitability has been choppy: the company moved from solid profits, to a loss, and then back to modest profits. Margins are thin, which is typical for distribution-heavy businesses, but the recent trend is toward improvement, helped by cost efficiencies. Overall, the income statement shows a business that is profitable but sensitive to shifts in demand and execution, with earnings that can swing meaningfully from year to year.

Balance Sheet

Balance Sheet The balance sheet looks compact and fairly lean. Total assets have drifted down over time, and equity remains relatively small, which means the financial cushion is not especially deep. Debt increased earlier in the period and has since been brought down, which reduces financial risk but still leaves the company reliant on external financing, including its credit facility. Reported cash balances are very low, so liquidity depends heavily on ongoing cash generation and access to credit rather than on a large cash reserve.

Cash Flow

Cash Flow Cash generation from operations has generally been positive over the five-year period, with one notable year of outflows when working capital moved against the company. In recent years, operating and free cash flow have been solidly positive, suggesting the core business can fund itself under normal conditions. Capital spending appears light, implying that major investments, such as automation, are either already in place or financed differently. The key watchpoint is that strong cash flow needs to be sustained, because the company does not seem to carry much of a cash safety net.

Competitive Edge

Competitive Edge Alliance occupies a specialized, hard-to-replicate niche in physical media, collectibles, and entertainment distribution. Its strength comes from long-standing relationships with major studios and content owners, deep ties to large retailers and many independents, and a logistics network tailored to handling a vast catalog of titles and products. Exclusive distribution agreements for well-known brands and studios give it products competitors cannot easily match and make Alliance an important partner to retailers. The flip side is exposure to the gradual decline of traditional physical media and reliance on a concentrated set of key partners and categories, which could pressure volumes if industry trends turn more negative.

Innovation and R&D

Innovation and R&D Rather than classic R&D, Alliance’s innovation focus is on operations, technology, and business model. It has invested heavily in warehouse automation and robotics, which cut labor needs and improve accuracy and speed—key advantages in a low-margin distribution business. The company is also moving beyond pure distribution by building its own collectible brands and ramping up direct-to-consumer websites, which can offer better margins and more control over customer relationships. The new Alliance Home Entertainment division, combining content services and premium physical releases, shows an effort to capture more of the value chain. Future growth plans lean on further automation, acquisitions in collectibles and content, and expanding exclusive and owned brands—all promising, but execution-intensive and dependent on continued access to financing.

Summary

Alliance Entertainment is a mature distributor in a changing entertainment landscape, working to reinvent itself while managing a thin-margin, operationally complex business. Financially, it has returned to modest profitability with improving cash flow, but its earnings history is volatile and its balance sheet is not especially cushioned, with low cash and a reliance on credit. Strategically, its entrenched distribution network, exclusive content and collectible rights, and investments in automation give it a real competitive edge against new entrants. At the same time, it faces structural headwinds from the long-term decline in physical media, concentration in a handful of major partners and categories, and the need to keep executing well on technology, acquisitions, and brand building. The story is one of a company using efficiency and exclusivity to defend and extend its role in a niche market that is evolving rather than rapidly growing.