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Kartoon Studios, Inc.

Media & Entertainment
Ticker TOONBEVERLY HILLS, CAFiscal year ends DecemberBook value per share $0.77Diluted shares 68.2M

Kartoon Studios, Inc. (NYSE: TOON) creates, produces, licenses, and distributes animated multimedia content for children and families, and provides animation production services and children’s media marketing. Its revenue comes from production services, content distribution licenses, advertising, and merchandising and… From the company’s description.

Over the twelve months to Jun 30, 2026, Kartoon Studios, Inc. reported revenue of $32.63M, down 13.9% from a year earlier, and net income of $8.70M. Its operating margin was −39.3%, and operations generated $26.32M in cash. In fiscal 2025, it reported revenue of $39.35M, up 20.7% from fiscal 2024, and a net loss of $24.70M.

Fiscal year 2025 · ends 12-31Changes are against fiscal 2024The amber dot is the latest twelve months, to 2026-06-30
Sales & profitability
$39.35MFY2025
+20.7% year over year
Last 12 mo $32.63M
-32.82%FY2025
+19.3 percentage points
Last 12 mo -39.34%
$-24.70MFY2025
−17.9% year over year
Last 12 mo $8.70M
-90.66%FY2025
−31.4 percentage points
Last 12 mo 16.76%
Cash & financing
$-11.41MFY2025
−226.9% year over year
Last 12 mo $26.32M
$-11.56MFY2025
−220.5% year over year
Last 12 mo $26.17M
0.01FY2025
Was 0.03× a year earlier
Last 12 mo 0.00
50.2MFY2025
+30.8% year over year
Last 12 mo 68.2M

Margins and return on equity change in ; everything else in percent. Fewer shares and less debt are shown plainly, not as bad news — it depends what you make of buybacks. Dotted labels explain each measure. is shown separately from the annual figures.

What Kartoon Studios, Inc. does

In the company’s own words

Kartoon Studios, Inc. (NYSE: TOON) creates, produces, licenses, and distributes animated multimedia content for children and families, and provides animation production services and children’s media marketing. Its revenue comes from production services, content distribution licenses, advertising, and merchandising and licensing. Through Mainframe Studios, it produces commissioned animation for entertainment companies and platforms; through Frederator, it operates an animation-focused creator network and develops original programming. Other activities include operating the Kartoon Channel! and Ameba TV streaming services, licensing its content and characters, and providing media and advertising services through Beacon to toy, gaming, and consumer-products clients. The company’s properties include Rainbow Rangers, Llama Llama, Stan Lee’s Superhero Kindergarten, Shaq’s Garage, and Hundred Acre Wood’s Winnie and Friends; its production work includes SuperKitties and Unicorn Academy. In 2025, it reported $39.4 million in revenue and employed 294 full-time employees at year-end. The company was formerly Genius Brands International and adopted the Kartoon Studios name in 2023. Its website is www.kartoonstudios.com.

Company details
Sector
Not classified
Industry (SIC)
Media & Entertainment
Headquarters
BEVERLY HILLS, CA
Fiscal year end
December
CIK
1355848
SIC
7812

Financial performance, year by year

Fiscal 2011–2025 · USD
$-448.07M$-308.88M$-169.69M$-30.49M$108.70M201120122013201420152016201720182019202020212022202320242025Last 12 moLast 12 monthsLast 12 months

The full income statement, balance sheet and cash flow for each of these years — every figure traceable to its filing — is on the Financials tab with a free account.

Ownership

Who owns Kartoon Studios, Inc. — and what changed

Funds as of 2026Q2 · superinvestors as of 2026-06-30

7
funds hold it
0 of 35
superinvestors hold it
$2.00M
held by funds, at market
4.5%
of shares held by funds

Largest fund holders · Kartoon Studios, Inc.’s weight in each

VANGUARD TOTAL STOCK MARKET INDEX FUND
VTI · VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS
0.00%of fund net assets
VANGUARD EXTENDED MARKET INDEX FUND
VXF · VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS
0.00%of fund net assets
Fidelity Extended Market Index Fund
FSMAX · Fidelity Concord Street Trust
—of fund net assets
Fidelity Series Total Market Index Fund
FCFMX · Fidelity Concord Street Trust
—of fund net assets
Fidelity Total Market Index Fund
FSKAX · Fidelity Concord Street Trust
—of fund net assets

Fund ownership is a floor, not a census — pensions, insurers and people holding shares directly are not visible here.

Fund ownership counts N-PORT filers only, so it is a floor rather than a census — pensions, insurers and direct holders are not visible here, and the remainder is not “held by individuals”.

Every fund and institutional holder, quarter by quarter, is on the Ownership tab with a free account.

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