Note 2 - Ownership Interests and Advances (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2023

Notes Tables

Schedule of Investments in and Advances to Affiliates, Schedule of Investments [Table Text Block]

	September 30, 2023		December 31, 2022
	(Unaudited - In thousands)
Equity Method:
Companies	$	10,583	$	8,749
Private equity funds		97		97
		10,680		8,846
Other Method:
Companies, fair value		-		860
Companies, fair value measurement alternative		2,555		1,067
Private equity funds, fair value measurement alternative		250		250
		2,805		2,177
Advances to companies		1,354		4,382
	$	14,839	$	15,405

Schedule of Other Ownership Interests [Table Text Block]

Company Name	Safeguard Primary Ownership as of September 30, 2023	Accounting Method
Clutch Holdings, Inc.	41.7%	Equity
InfoBionic, Inc.	5.5%	Other
meQuilibrium	30.2%	Equity
Moxe Health Corporation	19.3%	Equity
Prognos Health Inc.	19.4%	Equity
Syapse, Inc.	11.0%	Equity

Equity Method Investments [Table Text Block]

	Three Months Ended September 30,						Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2023			2022			2023			2022
	(Unaudited - In thousands)
Results of Operations:
Revenue	$	18,713		$	34,170		$	89,110		$	109,460
Gross profit	$	13,525		$	19,741		$	62,130		$	67,314
Net loss	$	(14,643	)	$	(41,071	)	$	(63,971	)	$	(106,258	)