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Genie Energy Commo (GNE) Risk Analysis
Risk Overview Q2, 2026
Source: the company's latest filing for the period ended Jun 30, 2026, filed Aug 06, 2026
Risk Change Over Time
- Accounting & Financial Operations - Risk 1The Company has incurred significant costs in connection with the Restatement of previously issued consolidated financial statements and will continue to incur significant costs to remediate its material weaknesses in internal control.
The Company has incurred, and will continue to incur, significant expenses, including audit, legal, consulting and other professional fees, related to the Restatement of its previously issued consolidated financial statements and the ongoing remediation of material weaknesses in its internal control over financial reporting. The Company has taken a number of actions, including adding significant internal resources and implementing a number of additional procedures and controls, in order to strengthen its accounting function and reduce the risk of future material misstatements in its financial statements. To the extent that these actions are not successful, the Company may be forced to incur additional time and expense, which could have a material adverse effect on its results of operations.
- Accounting & Financial Operations - Risk 2We had material weaknesses in our internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2025 and in previous years and cannot be certain that additional material weaknesses will not be identified in the future.
Management identified deficiencies in our internal controls over financial reporting as of December 31, 2025 which aggregated to material weaknesses, specifically related to information technology general controls ("ITGC") within applications, which the Company uses to process a wide variety of functions and evaluation; and accounting for our captive transactions, which resulted in adjustments to our previously issued financial statements. Remediation of these weaknesses had not yet been completed, and therefore these deficiencies continued to exist as of December 31, 2025 (see Item 9A - Control and Procedures in this Annual Report on Form 10-K). We also reported in our Annual Report on Form 10-K, the existence, as of December 31, 2020, of a material weakness in internal control related to management's review of income tax provision. During 2021 and 2022, we implemented certain additional remediation measures related to this material weakness and concluded that our internal control over financial reporting was effective as of December 31, 2022 (see Item 9A Control and Procedures in our Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on March 15, 2023). Completion of remediation does not provide assurance that our remediation or other controls will continue to operate properly. While we aim to work diligently to ensure robust internal control that is devoid of significant deficiencies and material weaknesses, given the complexity of the accounting rules, we may, in the future, identify additional significant deficiencies or material weaknesses in our disclosure controls and procedures or internal control over financial reporting. Any failure to maintain or implement required new or improved controls, or any difficulties we encounter in their implementation, could result in additional significant deficiencies or material weaknesses, cause us to fail to meet our periodic reporting obligations or result in material misstatements in our financial statements. Any such failure could also adversely affect the results of periodic management evaluations and annual auditor attestation reports regarding the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting required under Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and the rules promulgated under Section 404. The existence of a material weakness could result in errors in our financial statements that could result in a restatement of financial statements, cause us to fail to meet our reporting obligations and cause investors to lose confidence in our reported financial information, leading to a decline in our stock price. See Item 9A Controls and Procedures for a further discussion of our assessment of our internal controls over financial reporting.
- Debt & Financing - Risk 3The Company's failure to timely file its annual report with the SEC could materially and adversely affect its prospective results of operations and may limit it from accessing the public or capital markets to raise debt or equity capital, which may limit the Company's ability to access debt capital financing, which in turn may limit its ability to pursue one of its potential strategies.
Any failure by the Company to make timely filings with the SEC or other failure to remain compliant with reporting requirements of the SEC may inhibit its ability to access the public or capital markets to raise debt or equity capital. The inability to access capital may limit the Company's options to finance its business and may substantially limit its ability to finance potential acquisitions or other strategies. As needs arise, the Company may seek additional borrowings or alternative sources of financing; however, difficulties in borrowing capital or raising financing could have a material adverse effect on its operations, planned capital expenditures and ability to fund further growth.
Risk Highlights Q2, 2026
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Risk Factors Full Breakdown - Total Risks 32
- Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 1Holders of our Class B common stock have significantly less voting power than holders of our Class A common stock.
Holders of our Class B common stock are entitled to one- tenth of a vote per share on all matters on which our stockholders are entitled to vote, while holders of our Class A common stock are entitled to three votes per share. As a result, the ability of holders of our Class B common stock to influence our management is limited.
- Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 2We are controlled by our principal stockholder, which limits the ability of other stockholders to affect the management of the Company.
Howard S. Jonas, our Chairman of our Board of Directors controls a majority of the voting power of our capital stock. As of April 27, 2026, Mr. Jonas has voting power over 1,574,326 shares of our Class A common stock (which are convertible into shares of our Class B common stock on a 1-for-1 basis) and 3,106,560 shares of our Class B common stock, representing approximately 69.9% of the combined voting power of our outstanding capital stock. Mr. Jonas will be able to control matters requiring approval by our stockholders, including the election of all of the directors and the approval of significant corporate matters, including any merger, consolidation or sale of all or substantially all of our assets. As a result, the ability of any of our other stockholders to influence our management is limited.
- Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 3The relationships between Howard S. Jonas and IDT Corporation and Rafael Holdings, Inc. could conflict with our stockholders' interests.
Howard S. Jonas, Chairman of our Board of Directors and former Chief Executive Officer, is also the chairman of IDT Corporation and Chief Executive Officer, Executive Chairman and Chairman of the Board of Rafael Holdings, Inc. (Rafael). These relationships may cause a conflict of interest with our stockholders, specifically with regard to demands on Mr. Jonas' time and the attention that he can dedicate to the Company as well as in the unlikely event that the business interests of the Company and other entities controlled by Mr. Jonas were to conflict. Although we, IDT Corporation and Rafael each have implemented policies and procedures (including each of those entity's respective Code of Business Conduct and Ethics, Corporate Governance Guidelines and Statement of Policy with Respect to Related Person Transactions) to (i) specifically address the prohibition, without the express consent of the Board of Directors, for a director to take for themselves personally opportunities that are discovered through the use of Company property, information or position; and (ii) identify and properly address potential and actual conflicts of interest , there can be no assurance that, when such business opportunities arise or conflicts are resolved in accordance with applicable laws, such conflicts of interest will not harm our business, prospects and financial condition and result in the diversion of Company corporate opportunities to IDT and/or Rafael.
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