MeritValue

Digital Brand Media & Marketing Group, Inc.

DBMMdata completeness 100%23 fiscal years on file

Data notes: no data for concept 'investmentsAtFairValue'; no data for concept 'netInvestmentIncome'; no data for concept 'gainsOnRealEstateSales'; no data for concept 'realEstateImpairment'; no data for concept 'dividendsPaid'; no data for concept 'pretaxIncome'

i. The business — what you’d actually own
FigureFY 2021FY 2022FY 2023FY 2024FY 2025
Revenue$171,7121$225,8422$309,6443$237,8684$137,9984
Net income−$701,6505−$626,4286−$713,0837−$1.05M8−$1.06M8
Operating cash flow−$436,7229−$389,22010−$436,78511−$569,26412−$537,10812
Capital expenditure$013$014$015$016$016
Free cash flow (derived)−$436,7229−$389,22010−$436,78511−$569,26412−$537,10812
Total debt$1.94M17$1.98M18$2.51M19$3.18M20$3.74M21
Cash & equivalents$9,78722$9,36423$44,52124$49,81524$23,10824
Diluted shares757.7M787.7M797.3M825.2M848.3M

Superscripts are receipts. Each links to the SEC filing the number came from (full list at the bottom).

ii. Your slice — ownership made literal
If you owned
shares
Net assets behind them
−$0.1
your share of equity
Profit it earned you last year
−$0.01
Free cash flow it threw off
−$0.01
Debt you’d be carrying
$0.04

10 shares is a claim on −$0.1 of net worth that earned you −$0.01 and generated −$0.01 of cash last year, against $0.04 of debt.

iii. Is this a good business?
Moat signal · return on equity
— avg · 5y

Not enough data in the filings for a return-on-capital reading.

seeing a moat in the numbers →
Management signal · capital allocation
+12% shares · 5y

Share count is up 12% over 5 years — owners have been diluted. Worth asking what they got for it. Total debt has risen 92% over the same window.

reading capital allocation →

Signals, not verdicts — read from the filings above. Numbers don’t prove a moat; they show its footprint. You decide.

iv. What it’s worth — engine v0.5.0
DCF · Growth Exit 10Y
not applicable
3y-median FCF non-positive — growth-exit DCF not applicable (see EPV)
DCF · Growth Exit 5Y
not applicable
3y-median FCF non-positive — growth-exit DCF not applicable (see EPV)
Earnings Power Value
not applicable
normalized (5y-median) earnings non-positive — EPV undefined
Graham Number
not applicable
diluted EPS missing or non-positive — Graham Number undefined

Different models answer different questions — which to trust when →

Sources — the receipts
  1. 10-K · period ending 2021-08-31 · accession 0001185185-22-001360 (RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax)
  2. 10-K · period ending 2022-08-31 · accession 0001185185-23-001264 (RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax)
  3. 10-K · period ending 2023-08-31 · accession 0001185185-24-001176 (RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax)
  4. 10-K · period ending 2024-08-31 · accession 0001185185-25-001887 (RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax)
  5. 10-K · period ending 2021-08-31 · accession 0001185185-22-001360 (NetIncomeLoss)
  6. 10-K · period ending 2022-08-31 · accession 0001185185-23-001264 (NetIncomeLoss)
  7. 10-K · period ending 2023-08-31 · accession 0001185185-24-001176 (NetIncomeLoss)
  8. 10-K · period ending 2024-08-31 · accession 0001185185-25-001887 (NetIncomeLoss)
  9. 10-K · period ending 2021-08-31 · accession 0001185185-22-001360 (NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities)
  10. 10-K · period ending 2022-08-31 · accession 0001185185-23-001264 (NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities)
  11. 10-K · period ending 2023-08-31 · accession 0001185185-24-001176 (NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities)
  12. 10-K · period ending 2024-08-31 · accession 0001185185-25-001887 (NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities)
  13. 10-K · period ending 2021-08-31 · accession 0001185185-22-001360 (PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment)
  14. 10-K · period ending 2022-08-31 · accession 0001185185-23-001264 (PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment)
  15. 10-K · period ending 2023-08-31 · accession 0001185185-24-001176 (PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment)
  16. 10-K · period ending 2024-08-31 · accession 0001185185-25-001887 (PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment)
  17. 10-K · period ending 2021-08-31 · accession 0001185185-21-001609 (LongTermDebt)
  18. 10-K · period ending 2022-08-31 · accession 0001185185-22-001360 (LongTermDebt)
  19. 10-K · period ending 2023-08-31 · accession 0001185185-23-001264 (LongTermDebt)
  20. 10-K · period ending 2024-08-31 · accession 0001185185-24-001176 (LongTermDebt)
  21. 10-K · period ending 2025-08-31 · accession 0001185185-25-001887 (LongTermDebt)
  22. 10-K · period ending 2021-08-31 · accession 0001185185-21-001609 (CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue)
  23. 10-K · period ending 2022-08-31 · accession 0001185185-24-001176 (CashCashEquivalentsRestrictedCashAndRestrictedCashEquivalents)
  24. 10-K · period ending 2023-08-31 · accession 0001185185-25-001887 (CashCashEquivalentsRestrictedCashAndRestrictedCashEquivalents)