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5/5FLANIGANS ENTERPRISES INC (BDL): Auditor change

Filed 2025-05-13 路 Form 8-K 路 Accession 0001174947-25-000763 nano

Market data

Price before filing: $22.97 (2025-05-12 close, split/dividend-adjusted)
Market cap at flag: $43.7M (2025-05-13) 路 Latest: $88.5M (2026-10-16)

What happened next

WindowBDLSPYvs SPY
30 days+33.0%+3.6%+29.4%2025-06-12
90 days+33.4%+9.4%+24.0%2025-08-11
180 days+37.0%+17.6%+19.5%2025-11-10

Return from the last close before the filing date to the first close on/after the window end. Pending windows have not fully elapsed. Past performance says nothing certain about the future.

Insider trading around this filing

90 days before the flag: no open-market insider sales or purchases reported.
30 days after: 2 insiders bought $331K (9 purchases)

DateInsiderTypeSharesPriceValue10b5-1 planSource
2025-05-13: red flag filed
2025-05-21BUCCI AUGUST
Chief Operating Off., Director
Purchase2,000$26.73$53KnoForm 4
2025-05-21FLANIGAN JAMES II
COO, President, Director
Purchase3,000$24.63$74KnoForm 4
2025-05-21FLANIGAN JAMES II
COO, President, Director
Purchase997$24.51$24KnoForm 4
2025-05-21FLANIGAN JAMES II
COO, President, Director
Purchase3,000$24.51$74KnoForm 4
2025-05-21FLANIGAN JAMES II
COO, President, Director
Purchase3$23.75$71noForm 4
2025-05-21FLANIGAN JAMES II
COO, President, Director
Purchase2,840$26.93$76KnoForm 4
2025-05-21FLANIGAN JAMES II
COO, President, Director
Purchase100$27.00$3KnoForm 4
2025-05-21FLANIGAN JAMES II
COO, President, Director
Purchase840$27.00$23KnoForm 4
2025-05-21FLANIGAN JAMES II
COO, President, Director
Purchase160$24.92$4KnoForm 4

Open-market purchases and sales (Form 4 codes P and S) by officers, directors and 10% owners, by transaction date, from 2025-02-12 to 2025-06-12. Excludes option exercises, grants, gifts and tax withholding. Amended filings replace the originals; joint filings count once. Foreign private issuers do not file Form 4. Many insider sales are pre-scheduled (10b5-1 plans) and are not by themselves a sign of wrongdoing.

Verified excerpt

"Changes in Registrant's Certifying Accountant On May 9, 2025, Flanigan's Enterprises, Inc., (the "Company") was notified by Marcum LLP ("Marcum") that Marcum resigned as the independent registered accounting firm of the Company."

Quoted from the filing. Source

What this means

The company changed its outside auditor (8-K Item 4.01). A dismissal or resignation, especially near an annual report or with reported disagreements, is a warning sign. Changes caused by audit firms merging are usually routine.

Type: resigned
Disagreements reported: no
Former auditor: Marcum LLP · New auditor: CBIZ CPAs P.C.

Why this score: auditor resigned; also within 90 days: Late quarterly report (NT 10-Q)

Read the original filing on SEC.gov →

Not investment advice. Automated summary; verify against the filing.

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