Interactive Brokers Group Announces 2Q2016 Results

GREENWICH, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Interactive Brokers Group, Inc. (NASDAQ GS: IBKR) an automated global electronic broker and market maker, today reported diluted earnings per share on a comprehensive basis of $0.36 for the quarter ended June 30, 2016, compared to diluted earnings per share on a comprehensive basis of $0.44 for the same period in 2015.

Excluding other comprehensive income, the Company reported diluted earnings per share of $0.40 for the quarter ended June 30, 2016, compared to diluted earnings per share of $0.37 for same period in 2015.

Net revenues were $369 million and income before income taxes was $213 million this quarter, compared to net revenues of $387 million and income before income taxes of $240 million for the same period in 2015.

The results for the quarter were positively impacted by strong growth in net interest income, which increased 17% from the same period in 2015.

In addition, the results for the quarter include a $2 million loss on our currency diversification strategy due to the strengthening of the U.S. dollar against other major currencies, compared to a $53 million gain recognized in the same period in 2015.

The Interactive Brokers Group, Inc. Board of Directors declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.10 per share. This dividend is payable on September 14, 2016 to shareholders of record as of September 1, 2016.

Business Highlights

• 62% Electronic Brokerage pretax profit margin for this quarter, down from 65% in the year-ago quarter.
• 12% Market Making pretax profit margin for this quarter, down from 42% in the year-ago quarter.
• Customer equity grew 12% from the year-ago quarter to $73.7 billion while customer debits decreased by 21% to $15.0 billion.
• Customer accounts increased 15% from the year-ago quarter to 357 thousand.
• Total DARTs increased 5% from the year-ago quarter to 648 thousand.
• Brokerage segment equity was $3.8 billion. Total equity was $5.7 billion.

Segment Overview

Electronic Brokerage

Electronic Brokerage segment income before income taxes increased 2%, to $191 million in the quarter ended June 30, 2016, compared to the same period last year. Net revenues increased 8% to $310 million on higher net interest income and marked-to-market gains on our U.S. government securities portfolio.

Net interest income increased 11% from the year-ago quarter and other income grew 56% over the same period driven higher by marked-to-market gains on investments of customer funds. Commission and execution fees decreased 3% from the year-ago quarter driven by lower customer option contracts and stock shares volume, which decreased 8% and 40%, respectively, from the same period last year. Pretax profit margin was 62% in the quarter ended June 30, 2016, down from 65% in the same period last year.

Customer accounts grew 15% to 357 thousand and customer equity increased 12% to $73.7 billion from the year-ago quarter. Total DARTs¹ for cleared and execution-only customers increased 5% to 648 thousand from the year-ago quarter. Cleared DARTs were 597 thousand, 6% higher than the same period last year.

Market Making

Market Making segment income before income taxes decreased 83% to $5 million in the quarter ended June 30, 2016, compared to the same period last year, on mixed trading volumes despite modest increases in volatility and in the actual-to-implied volatility ratio. Pretax profit margin decreased to 12% in the current quarter from 42% in the same period last year.

Effects of Foreign Currency Diversification

In connection with our currency diversification strategy, we have determined to base our net worth in GLOBALs, a basket of 16 major currencies in which we hold our equity. In this quarter, our currency diversification strategy decreased our comprehensive earnings by $2 million, as the U.S. dollar value of the GLOBAL decreased by approximately 0.03%. The effects of the currency diversification strategy are reported as components of (1) Other Income in the Corporate segment and (2) Other Comprehensive Income (“OCI”).

As a result of a periodic assessment, and in light of the increasing importance of China to our business, we added the Chinese renminbi (CNH), removed the South Korean won (KRW) and Brazilian real (BRL) components, and realigned the relative weights of the U.S. dollar (USD) and Japanese yen (JPY) components to better reflect the global diversification of our businesses.

The new composition contains 15 currencies, one fewer than the prior composition. The new composition was effective as of the close of business on June 30, 2016 and the conversion to the new targeted currency holdings took place shortly thereafter. The detailed component changes were disclosed with the June Monthly Brokerage Metrics on July 1, 2016. A copy of that press release is available through the Investor Relations section of the Interactive Brokers website, www.interactivebrokers.com/ir.

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¹ Daily average revenue trades (DARTs) are based on customer orders.

Conference Call Information:

Interactive Brokers Group will hold a conference call with investors today, July 19, 2016, at 4:30 p.m. ET to discuss its quarterly results. Investors who would like to listen to the conference call live should dial 877-324-1965 (U.S. domestic) and 631-291-4512 (international). The number should be dialed approximately ten minutes prior to the start of the conference call. Ask for the “Interactive Brokers Conference Call.”

The conference call will also be accessible simultaneously, and through replays, as an audio webcast through the Investor Relations section of the Interactive Brokers web site, www.interactivebrokers.com/ir.

About Interactive Brokers Group, Inc.:

Interactive Brokers Group, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, is an automated global electronic broker that specializes in catering to financial professionals by offering state-of-the-art trading technology, superior execution capabilities, worldwide electronic access, and sophisticated risk management tools at exceptionally low costs. The brokerage trading platform utilizes the same innovative technology as the Company’s market making business, which specializes in routing orders and executing and processing trades in securities, futures, foreign exchange instruments, bonds and funds on more than 100 electronic exchanges and trading venues around the world. As a market maker, we provide liquidity at these marketplaces and, as a broker, we provide professional traders and investors with electronic access to stocks, options, futures, forex, bonds and mutual funds from a single IB Universal Account^SM. Employing proprietary software on a global communications network, Interactive Brokers is continuously integrating its software with a growing number of exchanges and trading venues into one automatically functioning, computerized platform that requires minimal human intervention.

Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements:

The foregoing information contains certain forward-looking statements that reflect the Company’s current views with respect to certain current and future events and financial performance. These forward-looking statements are and will be, as the case may be, subject to many risks, uncertainties and factors relating to the Company’s operations and business environment which may cause the Company’s actual results to be materially different from any future results, expressed or implied, in these forward-looking statements. Any forward-looking statements in this release are based upon information available to the company on the date of this release. The company does not undertake to publicly update or revise its forward-looking statements even if experience or future changes make it clear that any statements expressed or implied therein will not be realized. Additional information on risk factors that could potentially affect the Company’s financial results may be found in the Company’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.