TD Ameritrade Earnings Beat Expectations
July 19 2016 - 10:00AM
Dow Jones News
TD Ameritrade Holding Corp. on Tuesday reported
better-than-expected quarterly results, boosted by increased
commissions and fees and a favorable tax-liability adjustment.
The brokerage reported earnings of $240 million, or 45 cents a
share, for the fiscal third quarter ended June 30, up from $197
million or 36 cents a share a year ago. The latest period included
a boost of $33 million, or 6 cents a share, from the tax-liability
adjustment.
Revenue rose 5.5% to $838 million.
Analysts polled by Thomson Reuters expected a profit of 38 cents
a share on revenue of $830 million.
TD Ameritrade President Tim Hockey said results for the quarter
reflected mixed investor sentiment. "Long-term investors expressed
some reticence to move new money, while traders increased their
equity exposure. Both segments were opportunistic, using events
like the historic Brexit vote, to lean into the market decline," he
said.
The U.K.'s June vote to exit the European Union inspired a flood
of trades that roiled markets, caused trading-volume spikes and
clogged online platforms such as TD Ameritrade and Fidelity
Investments.
Mr. Hockey said he expects such bouts of volatility to
continue.
TD Ameritrade said it realized $14 billion in new client assets
in the third quarter, a 16% rise from a year ago, bringing total
client assets up 5% to $736 billion.
The company said it saw an average of 462,000 client trades a
day, an increase of more than 6%. Revenue from commissions and
transaction fees rose 5.8%.
TD Ameritrade shares, which have fallen 6% over the past three
months, were inactive premarket.
Write to Brittney Laryea at b rittney.laryea@wsj.com
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
July 19, 2016 09:45 ET (13:45 GMT)
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