B. Riley Financial Provides Updated Second Quarter 2018 Guidance

Increases Q2 guidance to reflect better-than-expected results from brokerage and liquidation businesses
Net income projected range raised to $14.3 to $15.3 million, from $5.4 to $10.0 million
Adjusted EBITDA projected range raised to $38 to $40 million, from $22 to $30 million

LOS ANGELES, June 28, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- B. Riley Financial, Inc. (NASDAQ:RILY), a diversified provider of financial and business advisory services, today announced it has increased its guidance for net income and adjusted EBITDA for the second quarter of 2018. B. Riley Financial expects to report net income in the range of $14.3 to $15.3 million and adjusted EBITDA in the range of $38 to $40 million, exceeding its prior guidance for the second quarter of 2018.

“Our updated guidance reflects strength in both our B. Riley FBR brokerage and our Great American retail asset disposition divisions. In addition to the current momentum in each of these businesses, our appraisal and principal investment segments continue to generate steady results and predictable cash flow, helping contribute to a strong quarter for the firm overall,” said Bryant Riley, Chairman and CEO, B. Riley Financial. “While we don’t regularly provide guidance, we are committed to providing updates on the business to the extent we have adequate visibility. Our team has worked diligently to integrate the acquisitions of FBR & Co. and Wunderlich Securities, Inc. over the last 12 months, and towards driving our profitability in every quarter since these acquisitions. It has been exciting and gratifying to see the realization of our strategy and to capitalize on the operating leverage of our diversified platform, and we look forward to continuing to build on this momentum.”

B. Riley Financial has increased its previously reported guidance to reflect recent activity and better-than-expected results from its Capital Markets and Auction and Liquidation segments and the impact of fee-based engagements in its second quarter results. The Company previously released guidance for net income in the range of $5.4 to $10.0 million and adjusted EBITDA in the range of $22 to $30 million on May 7, 2018. Actual results for the second quarter of 2018 may differ from these estimates.

Net income for the second quarter of 2017 totaled $3.3 million. Adjusted EBITDA for the second quarter of 2017 totaled $17.6 million, as reported on August 7, 2017. (See “Note Regarding Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures” below for further discussion of this non-GAAP term.)

B. Riley Financial plans to report its complete second quarter 2018 financial results in August. For more information, visit the investor sector of B. Riley Financial’s website at ir.brileyfin.com.

About B. Riley Financial, Inc.
B. Riley Financial, Inc., through its subsidiaries, provides collaborative financial services and solutions to the capital raising and financial advisory needs of public and private companies and high net worth individuals. The company operates through several wholly-owned subsidiaries, including B. Riley FBR, Inc., Wunderlich Securities, Inc., Great American Group, LLC, B. Riley Capital Management, LLC (which includes B. Riley Asset Management, B. Riley Wealth Management, and Great American Capital Partners, LLC) and B. Riley Principal Investments, a group that makes proprietary investments in other businesses, such as the acquisition of United Online, Inc.

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Note Regarding Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures
Certain of the information set forth herein, including adjusted net income and adjusted EBITDA, may be considered non-GAAP financial measures. B. Riley Financial believes this information is useful to investors because it provides a basis for measuring the company's available capital resources, the operating performance of its business and its cash flow, excluding net interest expense, provisions for or benefit from income taxes, depreciation, amortization, transaction expenses, restructuring costs, and stock-based compensation that would normally be included in the most directly comparable measures calculated and presented in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles ("GAAP"). In addition, the company's management uses these non-GAAP financial measures along with the most directly comparable GAAP financial measures in evaluating the company's operating performance, capital resources and cash flow. Non-GAAP financial measures should not be considered in isolation from, or as a substitute for, financial information presented in compliance with GAAP, and non-financial measures as reported by the company may not be comparable to similarly titled amounts reported by other companies.

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