TD Ameritrade Holding Corporation (NYSE: AMTD) has released operating results for the first quarter of fiscal 2015.
The Company’s results for the quarter ended Dec. 31, 2014 include the following:(1)
- Net income of $211 million, or $0.39 per diluted share
- Record net new client assets of $18.8 billion, an annualized growth rate of 11 percent, up 30 percent year-over-year
- Average client trades per day of 457,000, an activity rate of 7.2 percent, up 11 percent year-over-year
- Record net revenues of $819 million, up 9 percent year-over-year, 55 percent of which were asset-based
- Investment product fee revenues of $83 million, up 15 percent year-over-year
- Pre-tax income of $334 million, or 41 percent of net revenues
- EBITDA(2) of $389 million, or 47 percent of net revenues
- Record interest rate sensitive assets(3) of $101 billion, up 4 percent year-over-year
- Record client assets of $672 billion, up 13 percent year-over-year
“We’re off to a great start for 2015 as we delivered our best asset-gathering quarter in company history adding $18.8 billion in net new assets, up 30 percent year-over-year. We continue to see strong asset gathering in both the retail and institutional channels,” said Fred Tomczyk, president and chief executive officer. “Trading was at strong levels due to market volatility and investors continue to increase their usage of options, futures and mobile technology.”
“TD Ameritrade achieved record net revenues of $819 million, up 9 percent year-over-year due to strong trading and asset-based revenues. Client assets reached a record $672 billion, up 13 percent year-over-year, with interest rate sensitive assets accounting for a record $101 billion, up 4 percent year-over-year,” said Bill Gerber, executive vice president and chief financial officer. “We had a strong start to the fiscal year and we will continue to focus on delivering long-term value to our shareholders.”
Capital Deployment
During the first quarter of fiscal 2015,
TD Ameritrade repurchased 3.7 million shares of its common stock at an
average price of $32.39 per share for $118 million.
The Company has also declared a $0.15 per share quarterly cash dividend, payable on Feb. 18, 2015 to all holders of record of common stock as of Feb. 4, 2015.
Company Hosts Conference Call
TD Ameritrade will host its
December Quarter conference call this morning, Jan. 21, 2015, at 8:30
a.m. EST (7:30 a.m. CST). Participants may listen to the conference call
by dialing 866-270-1533. The Company will webcast the conference call
through www.amtd.com,
via the “Presentations
& Events” page of the web site. A replay of the phone call will
be available by dialing 877-344-7529 and entering the Conference ID
10057542 beginning at 10:30 a.m. EST (9:30 a.m. CST) on Jan. 21, 2015.
The replay will be available until 9:00 a.m. EST (8:00 a.m. CST) on Jan.
29, 2015. A transcript of the call will be available on the Company’s
corporate web site, www.amtd.com,
via either the “Investor
Relations” page or the “Presentations
& Events” page beginning Thursday, Jan. 22, 2015.
Interested parties can visit or subscribe to newsfeeds at www.amtd.com for the most up-to-date corporate financial information, presentation announcements, transcripts and archives. The company also communicates this information via Twitter, @TDAmeritradePR. Web site links, corporate titles and telephone numbers provided in this release, although correct when published, may change in the future.
Source: TD Ameritrade Holding Corporation
About TD Ameritrade Holding Corporation
Millions of
investors and independent registered investment advisors (RIAs) have
turned to TD Ameritrade’s (NYSE: AMTD) technology,
people
and education
to help make investing and trading easier to understand and do. Online
or over the phone. In a branch or with an independent RIA. First-timer
or sophisticated trader. Our clients want to take control, and we help
them decide how - bringing Wall Street to Main Street for more than 39
years. An official
sponsor of the 2016 U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Teams, as well as an official
sponsor of the National Football League for the 2014, 2015 and 2016
seasons, TD Ameritrade has time and again been recognized
as a leader in investment services. Please visit TD Ameritrade's newsroom
or www.amtd.com
for more information.
Safe Harbor
This document contains forward-looking
statements within the meaning of the federal securities laws. We intend
these forward-looking statements to be covered by the safe harbor
provisions of the federal securities laws. In particular, any
projections regarding our future revenues, expenses, earnings, capital
expenditures, effective tax rates, client trading activity, accounts or
stock price, as well as the assumptions on which such expectations are
based, are forward-looking statements. These statements reflect only our
current expectations and are not guarantees of future performance or
results. These statements involve risks, uncertainties and assumptions
that could cause actual results or performance to differ materially from
those contained in the forward-looking statements. These risks,
uncertainties and assumptions include, but are not limited to: general
economic and political conditions and other securities industry risks,
fluctuations in interest rates, stock market fluctuations and changes in
client trading activity, credit risk with clients and counterparties,
increased competition, systems failures, delays and capacity
constraints, network security risks, liquidity risks, new laws and
regulations affecting our business, regulatory and legal matters and
uncertainties and other risk factors described in our latest Annual
Report on Form 10-K, filed with the SEC on Nov. 21, 2014. These
forward-looking statements speak only as of the date on which the
statements were made. We undertake no obligation to update or revise
publicly any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new
information, future events or otherwise, except to the extent required
by the federal securities laws.
1Please see the Glossary of Terms, located in “Investor” section of www.amtd.com for more information on how these metrics are calculated.
2See attached reconciliation of non-GAAP financial measures.
3Interest rate-sensitive assets consist of spread-based assets and money market mutual funds. Ending balances as of December 31, 2014.
Brokerage services provided by TD Ameritrade, Inc., member FINRA (www.FINRA.org) /SIPC (www.SIPC.org).
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| CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME | |||||||||||||||
| In millions, except per share amounts | |||||||||||||||
| (Unaudited) | |||||||||||||||
| Quarter Ended | |||||||||||||||
| Dec. 31, 2014 | Sept. 30, 2014 | Dec. 31, 2013 | |||||||||||||
| Revenues: | |||||||||||||||
| Transaction-based revenues: | |||||||||||||||
| Commissions and transaction fees | $ | 359 | $ | 332 | $ | 328 | |||||||||
| Asset-based revenues: | |||||||||||||||
| Interest revenue | 163 | 161 | 128 | ||||||||||||
| Brokerage interest expense | (2 | ) | (2 | ) | (1 | ) | |||||||||
| Net interest revenue | 161 | 159 | 127 | ||||||||||||
| Insured deposit account fees | 207 | 208 | 208 | ||||||||||||
| Investment product fees | 83 | 83 | 72 | ||||||||||||
| Total asset-based revenues | 451 | 450 | 407 | ||||||||||||
| Other revenues | 9 | 13 | 17 | ||||||||||||
| Net revenues | 819 | 795 | 752 | ||||||||||||
| Operating expenses: | |||||||||||||||
| Employee compensation and benefits | 199 | 195 | 183 | ||||||||||||
| Clearing and execution costs | 35 | 36 | 30 | ||||||||||||
| Communications | 31 | 31 | 28 | ||||||||||||
| Occupancy and equipment costs | 41 | 41 | 37 | ||||||||||||
| Depreciation and amortization | 23 | 23 | 24 | ||||||||||||
| Amortization of acquired intangible assets | 23 | 23 | 23 | ||||||||||||
| Professional services | 37 | 38 | 38 | ||||||||||||
| Advertising | 64 | 45 | 63 | ||||||||||||
| Other | 22 | 25 | 19 | ||||||||||||
| Total operating expenses | 475 | 457 | 445 | ||||||||||||
| Operating income | 344 | 338 | 307 | ||||||||||||
| Other expense (income): | |||||||||||||||
| Interest on borrowings | 9 | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||
| Gain on sale of investments | - | (10 | ) | - | |||||||||||
| Other | 1 | - | - | ||||||||||||
| Total other expense (income) | 10 | (4 | ) | 6 | |||||||||||
| Pre-tax income | 334 | 342 | 301 | ||||||||||||
| Provision for income taxes | 123 | 131 | 109 | ||||||||||||
| Net income | $ | 211 | $ | 211 | $ | 192 | |||||||||
| Earnings per share - basic | $ | 0.39 | $ | 0.39 | $ | 0.35 | |||||||||
| Earnings per share - diluted | $ | 0.39 | $ | 0.38 | $ | 0.35 | |||||||||
| Weighted average shares outstanding - basic | 544 | 547 | 551 | ||||||||||||
| Weighted average shares outstanding - diluted | 548 | 551 | 555 | ||||||||||||
| Dividends declared per share | $ | 0.15 | $ | 0.12 | $ | 0.62 | |||||||||
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| CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS | ||||||||
| In millions | ||||||||
| (Unaudited) | ||||||||
| Dec. 31, 2014 | Sept. 30, 2014 | |||||||
| Assets: | ||||||||
| Cash and cash equivalents | $ | 1,877 | $ | 1,460 | ||||
| Segregated cash and investments | 4,531 | 5,116 | ||||||
| Broker/dealer receivables | 1,196 | 1,108 | ||||||
| Client receivables, net | 11,646 | 11,639 | ||||||
| Goodwill and intangible assets | 3,195 | 3,218 | ||||||
| Other | 1,370 | 1,290 | ||||||
| Total assets | $ | 23,815 | $ | 23,831 | ||||
| Liabilities and stockholders' equity: | ||||||||
| Liabilities: | ||||||||
| Broker/dealer payables | $ | 2,079 | $ | 2,421 | ||||
| Client payables | 14,861 | 14,497 | ||||||
| Notes payable | 113 | 150 | ||||||
| Long-term debt | 1,112 | 1,101 | ||||||
| Other | 890 | 914 | ||||||
| Total liabilities | 19,055 | 19,083 | ||||||
| Stockholders' equity | 4,760 | 4,748 | ||||||
| Total liabilities and stockholders' equity | $ | 23,815 | $ | 23,831 | ||||
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| SELECTED OPERATING DATA | ||||||||||||
| (Unaudited) | ||||||||||||
| Quarter Ended | ||||||||||||
| Dec. 31, 2014 | Sept. 30, 2014 | Dec. 31, 2013 | ||||||||||
Key Metrics: | ||||||||||||
| Net new assets (in billions) | $18.8 | $13.4 | $14.5 | |||||||||
| Net new asset growth rate (annualized) | 11 | % | 8 | % | 10 | % | ||||||
| Average client trades per day | 457,243 | 402,638 | 413,743 | |||||||||
Profitability Metrics: | ||||||||||||
| Operating margin | 42.0 | % | 42.5 | % | 40.8 | % | ||||||
| Pre-tax margin | 40.8 | % | 43.0 | % | 40.0 | % | ||||||
| Return on average stockholders' equity (annualized) | 17.8 | % | 17.8 | % | 16.4 | % | ||||||
| EBITDA(1) as a percentage of net revenues | 47.5 | % | 49.6 | % | 47.1 | % | ||||||
Liquidity Metrics: | ||||||||||||
| Interest on borrowings (in millions) | $9 | $6 | $6 | |||||||||
| Interest coverage ratio (EBITDA(1)/interest on borrowings) | 43.2 | 65.7 | 59.0 | |||||||||
| Liquid assets - management target(1) (in billions) | $0.7 | $0.8 | $0.7 | |||||||||
| Cash and cash equivalents (in billions) | $1.9 | $1.5 | $1.3 | |||||||||
Transaction-Based Revenue Metrics: | ||||||||||||
| Total trades (in millions) | 28.8 | 25.6 | 26.1 | |||||||||
| Average commissions and transaction fees per trade(2) | $12.45 | $12.97 | $12.56 | |||||||||
| Average client trades per funded account (annualized) | 18.1 | 16.1 | 17.2 | |||||||||
| Activity rate - funded accounts | 7.2 | % | 6.4 | % | 6.9 | % | ||||||
| Trading days | 63.0 | 63.5 | 63.0 | |||||||||
| Order routing revenue (in millions) | $77 | $77 | $71 | |||||||||
Spread-Based Asset Metrics: | ||||||||||||
| Average interest-earning assets (in billions) | $19.5 | $19.3 | $17.6 | |||||||||
| Average insured deposit account balances (in billions) | 75.0 | 73.6 | 72.7 | |||||||||
| Average spread-based balance (in billions) | $94.5 | $92.9 | $90.3 | |||||||||
| Net interest revenue (in millions) | $161 | $159 | $127 | |||||||||
| Insured deposit account fee revenue (in millions) | 207 | 208 | 208 | |||||||||
| Spread-based revenue (in millions) | $368 | $367 | $335 | |||||||||
| Avg. annualized yield - interest-earning assets | 3.23 | % | 3.23 | % | 2.81 | % | ||||||
| Avg. annualized yield - insured deposit account fees | 1.08 | % | 1.11 | % | 1.12 | % | ||||||
| Net interest margin (NIM) | 1.53 | % | 1.55 | % | 1.45 | % | ||||||
Fee-Based Investment Metrics: | ||||||||||||
Money market mutual fund fees: | ||||||||||||
| Average balance (in billions) | $5.6 | $5.5 | $5.3 | |||||||||
| Average annualized yield | 0.00 | % | 0.00 | % | 0.00 | % | ||||||
| Fee revenue (in millions) | $0 | $0 | $0 | |||||||||
Market fee-based investment balances: | ||||||||||||
| Average balance (in billions) | $145.1 | $138.5 | $125.2 | |||||||||
| Average annualized yield | 0.22 | % | 0.23 | % | 0.22 | % | ||||||
| Fee revenue (in millions) | $83 | $83 | $72 | |||||||||
| Average fee-based investment balances (in billions) | $150.7 | $144.0 | $130.5 | |||||||||
| Average annualized yield | 0.22 | % | 0.23 | % | 0.22 | % | ||||||
| Investment product fee revenue (in millions) | $83 | $83 | $72 | |||||||||
| (1) See attached reconciliation of non-GAAP financial measures. | ||||||||||||
| (2) Average commissions and transaction fees per trade excludes TD Waterhouse UK business. | ||||||||||||
| NOTE: See Glossary of Terms on the Company's web site at www.amtd.com for definitions of the above metrics. | ||||||||||||
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| SELECTED OPERATING DATA | ||||||||||||
| (Unaudited) | ||||||||||||
| Quarter Ended | ||||||||||||
| Dec. 31, 2014 | Sept. 30, 2014 | Dec. 31, 2013 | ||||||||||
Client Account and Client Asset Metrics: | ||||||||||||
| Funded accounts (beginning of period) | 6,301,000 | 6,237,000 | 5,993,000 | |||||||||
| Funded accounts (end of period) | 6,371,000 | 6,301,000 | 6,048,000 | |||||||||
| Percentage change during period | 1 | % | 1 | % | 1 | % | ||||||
| Client assets (beginning of period, in billions) | $653.1 | $650.2 | $555.9 | |||||||||
| Client assets (end of period, in billions) | $672.4 | $653.1 | $596.5 | |||||||||
| Percentage change during period | 3 | % | 0 | % | 7 | % | ||||||
Net Interest Revenue: | ||||||||||||
Segregated cash: | ||||||||||||
| Average balance (in billions) | $5.3 | $5.3 | $5.4 | |||||||||
| Average annualized yield | 0.13 | % | 0.13 | % | 0.11 | % | ||||||
| Interest revenue (in millions) | $2 | $2 | $2 | |||||||||
Client margin balances: | ||||||||||||
| Average balance (in billions) | $11.5 | $11.2 | $9.3 | |||||||||
| Average annualized yield | 3.69 | % | 3.69 | % | 3.92 | % | ||||||
| Interest revenue (in millions) | $108 | $105 | $93 | |||||||||
Securities borrowing/lending: | ||||||||||||
| Average securities borrowing balance (in billions) | $0.9 | $1.1 | $1.2 | |||||||||
| Average securities lending balance (in billions) | $2.3 | $2.4 | $2.2 | |||||||||
| Net interest revenue - securities borrowing/lending (in millions) | $51 | $52 | $32 | |||||||||
Other cash and interest-earning investments: | ||||||||||||
| Average balance (in billions) | $1.8 | $1.7 | $1.7 | |||||||||
| Average annualized yield | 0.05 | % | 0.05 | % | 0.07 | % | ||||||
| Interest revenue - net (in millions) | $0 | $0 | $0 | |||||||||
Client credit balances: | ||||||||||||
| Average balance (in billions) | $12.2 | $11.8 | $10.7 | |||||||||
| Average annualized cost | 0.01 | % | 0.01 | % | 0.01 | % | ||||||
| Interest expense (in millions) | ($0 | ) | ($0 | ) | ($0 | ) | ||||||
| Average interest-earning assets (in billions) | $19.5 | $19.3 | $17.6 | |||||||||
| Average annualized yield | 3.23 | % | 3.23 | % | 2.81 | % | ||||||
| Net interest revenue (in millions) | $161 | $159 | $127 | |||||||||
| NOTE: See Glossary of Terms on the Company's web site at www.amtd.com for definitions of the above metrics. | ||||||||||||
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| RECONCILIATION OF NON-GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURES | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Quarter Ended | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dec. 31, 2014 | Sept. 30, 2014 | Dec. 31, 2013 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| $ | % of Net Rev. | $ | % of Net Rev. | $ | % of Net Rev. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
EBITDA (1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| EBITDA | $ | 389 | 47.5 | % | $ | 394 | 49.6 | % | $ | 354 | 47.1 | % | |||||||||||||||||
| Less: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Depreciation and amortization | (23 | ) | (2.8 | %) | (23 | ) | (2.9 | %) | (24 | ) | (3.2 | %) | |||||||||||||||||
| Amortization of acquired intangible assets | (23 | ) | (2.8 | %) | (23 | ) | (2.9 | %) | (23 | ) | (3.1 | %) | |||||||||||||||||
| Interest on borrowings | (9 | ) | (1.1 | %) | (6 | ) | (0.8 | %) | (6 | ) | (0.8 | %) | |||||||||||||||||
| Provision for income taxes | (123 | ) | (15.0 | %) | (131 | ) | (16.5 | %) | (109 | ) | (14.5 | %) | |||||||||||||||||
| Net income | $ | 211 | 25.8 | % | $ | 211 | 26.5 | % | $ | 192 | 25.5 | % | |||||||||||||||||
| As of | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dec. 31, | Sept. 30, | June 30, | Mar. 31, | Dec. 31, | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2014 | 2014 | 2014 | 2014 | 2013 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Liquid Assets - Management Target (2) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Liquid assets - management target | $ | 732 | $ | 762 | $ | 767 | $ | 706 | $ | 707 | |||||||||||||||||||
Plus: Broker-dealer cash and cash equivalents | 1,434 | 1,090 | 871 | 508 | 926 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Futures commission merchant cash and cash equivalents | 2 | - | - | - | - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Trust company cash and cash equivalents | 55 | 53 | 54 | 64 | 60 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Investment advisory cash and cash equivalents | 28 | 19 | 9 | 14 | 25 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Less:Excess broker-dealer regulatory net capital | (374 | ) | (464 | ) | (441 | ) | (359 | ) | (409 | ) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Cash and cash equivalents | $ | 1,877 | $ | 1,460 | $ | 1,260 | $ | 933 | $ | 1,309 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Note: The term "GAAP" in the following explanation refers to generally accepted accounting principles in the United States. | |||
| (1) | EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization) is considered a non-GAAP financial measure as defined by SEC Regulation G. We consider EBITDA an important measure of our financial performance and of our ability to generate cash flows to service debt, fund capital expenditures and fund other corporate investing and financing activities. EBITDA is used as the denominator in the consolidated leverage ratio calculation for covenant purposes under our holding company's senior revolving credit facility. EBITDA eliminates the non-cash effect of tangible asset depreciation and amortization and intangible asset amortization. EBITDA should be considered in addition to, rather than as a substitute for, pre-tax income, net income and cash flows from operating activities. | ||
| (2) | Liquid assets - management target is considered a non-GAAP financial measure as defined by SEC Regulation G. We include the excess capital of our broker-dealer subsidiaries in the calculation of liquid assets - management target, rather than simply including broker-dealer cash and cash equivalents, because capital requirements may limit the amount of cash available for dividend from the broker-dealer subsidiaries to the parent company. Excess capital, as defined below, is generally available for dividend from the broker-dealer subsidiaries to the parent company. We consider liquid assets - management target to be an important measure of our liquidity and of our ability to fund corporate investing and financing activities. Liquid assets - management target should be considered a supplemental measure of liquidity, rather than a substitute for cash and cash equivalents. | ||
| We define liquid assets - management target as the sum of (a) corporate cash and cash equivalents, (b) corporate short-term investments and (c) regulatory net capital of (i) our clearing broker-dealer subsidiary in excess of 10% of aggregate debit items and (ii) our introducing broker-dealer subsidiaries in excess of a minimum operational target established by management ($50 million in the case of our primary introducing broker-dealer, TD Ameritrade, Inc.). Liquid assets - management target is based on more conservative measures of broker-dealer net capital than regulatory thresholds require because we prefer to maintain significantly more conservative levels of net capital at the broker-dealer subsidiaries. We consider liquid assets - management target to be a measure that reflects our liquidity that would be readily available for corporate investing and financing activities under normal operating circumstances. | |||
Contacts:
Kristin Petrick,
402-574-6569
Director, Communications
kristin.petrick@tdameritrade.com
@TDAmeritradePR
or
Jeff
Goeser, 402-597-8464
Director, Investor Relations and Finance
jeffrey.goeser@tdameritrade.com
