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Virtu Announces Fourth Quarter 2022 Results

Virtu Financial, LLC
Virtu Financial, LLC

NEW YORK, Jan. 26, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Virtu Financial, Inc. (NASDAQ: VIRT), a leading provider of financial services and products that leverages cutting edge technology to deliver innovative, transparent trading solutions to its clients and liquidity to the global markets, today reported results for the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2022.

Fourth Quarter and Full Year Selected Highlights

Fourth Quarter 2022:

  • Net income of $39.6 million; Normalized Adjusted Net Income1 of $64.1 million

  • Basic and diluted earnings per share of $0.27; Normalized Adjusted EPS1 of $0.37

  • Total revenues of $497.8 million; Trading income, net, of $313.3 million; Adjusted Net Trading Income1 of $274.1 million

  • Adjusted EBITDA1 of $125.4 million; Adjusted EBITDA Margin1 of 45.8%

  • Share buybacks of $45.3 million, or 2.1 million shares, under the Share Repurchase Program2

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Full Year 2022:

  • Net income of $468.3 million; Normalized Adjusted Net Income1 of $532.5 million

  • Basic and diluted earnings per share of $2.45 and $2.44, respectively; Normalized Adjusted EPS1 of $3.00

  • Total revenues of $2,364.8 million; Trading income, net of $1,628.9 million; Adjusted Net Trading Income1 of $1,467.6 million

  • Adjusted EBITDA1 of $859.1 million; Adjusted EBITDA Margin1 of 58.5%

  • Share buybacks of $460.6 million, or 16.2 million shares, under the Share Repurchase Program2

The Virtu Financial, Inc. Board of Directors declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.24 per share. This dividend is payable on March 15, 2023 to shareholders of record as of March 1, 2023.

Note 1: Non-GAAP financial measures. Please see "Non-GAAP Financial Measures and Other Items" for more information.
Note 2: Shares repurchased calculated on a settlement date basis.

Financial Results

Fourth Quarter 2022:

Total revenues decreased 29.5% to $497.8 million for this quarter, compared to $705.6 million for the same period in 2021. Trading income, net, decreased to $313.3 million for the quarter compared to $513.4 million for the same period in 2021. Net income totaled $39.6 million for this quarter, compared to net income of $186.0 million in the prior year quarter.

Basic and diluted earnings per share for this quarter were $0.27, compared to a basic and diluted earnings per share of $0.90, and $0.89, respectively, for the same period in 2021.

Adjusted Net Trading Income decreased 43.6% to $274.1 million for this quarter, compared to $485.6 million for the same period in 2021. Adjusted EBITDA decreased 61.8% to $125.4 million for this quarter, compared to $328.4 million for the same period in 2021.

Normalized Adjusted Net Income, removing one-time and non-cash items, decreased 70.9% to $64.1 million for this quarter, compared to $220.6 million for the same period in 2021.

Assuming all non-controlling interests had been exchanged for common stock, and the Company’s Normalized Adjusted Net Income before income taxes was subject to corporation taxes, Normalized Adjusted EPS was $0.37 for this quarter, compared to $1.19 for the same period in 2021.

Full Year 2022:

Total revenues decreased 15.9% to $2,364.8 million for this year, compared to $2,811.5 million for 2021. Trading income, net, decreased 22.6% to $1,628.9 million for this year, compared to $2,105.2 million for 2021. Net income totaled $468.3 million for this year, compared to net income of $827.2 million for 2021.

Basic and diluted earnings per share were $2.45 and $2.44 for 2022, compared to basic and diluted earnings per share of $3.95 and $3.91, respectively, for the same period in 2021.

Adjusted Net Trading Income decreased 23.2% to $1,467.6 million for this year, compared to $1,909.9 million for 2021. Adjusted EBITDA decreased 34.0% to $859.1 million for this year, compared to $1,301.2 million for 2021. Normalized Adjusted Net Income decreased 39.3% to $532.5 million for this year, compared to $876.6 million for 2021.

Assuming all non-controlling interests had been exchanged for common stock, and the Company’s Normalized Adjusted Net Income before income taxes was subject to corporation taxes, Normalized Adjusted EPS was $3.00 for 2022, compared to $4.57 for 2021.

Operating Segment Information

The Company has two operating segments: Market Making and Execution Services; and one non-operating segment: Corporate.

Market Making principally consists of market making in the cash, futures and options markets across global equities, fixed income, currencies and commodities. As a market maker, the Company commits capital on a principal basis by offering to buy securities from, or sell securities to, broker dealers, banks and institutions.

Execution Services comprises agency-based trading and trading venues, offering execution services in global equities, options, futures and fixed income on behalf of institutions, banks and broker dealers. The Company also provides proprietary technology and infrastructure, workflow technology, and trading analytics services to select third parties. The segment also includes the results of the Company's capital markets business, in which the Company acts as an agent for issuers in connection with at-the-market offerings and buyback programs.

Corporate contains the Company's investments, principally in strategic trading-related opportunities, and maintains corporate overhead expenses.

The following tables show the trading income, net, total revenues and Adjusted Net Trading Income by segment for the three months and full years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021.

Total revenues by segment
(in thousands, unaudited)

 

 

Three Months Ended December 31, 2022

 

Three Months Ended December 31, 2021

 

 

Market Making

 

Execution Services

 

Corporate

 

Total

 

Market Making

 

Execution Services

 

Corporate

 

Total

Trading income, net

 

$

308,702

 

$

4,578

 

$

 

$

313,280

 

$

508,306

 

$

5,048

 

$

 

 

$

513,354

 

Commissions, net and technology services

 

 

11,299

 

 

106,565

 

 

 

 

117,864

 

 

8,844

 

 

134,958

 

 

 

 

 

143,802

 

Interest and dividends income

 

 

63,443

 

 

242

 

 

 

 

63,685

 

 

49,137

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

49,138

 

Other, net

 

 

2,352

 

 

516

 

 

71

 

 

2,939

 

 

1,204

 

 

290

 

 

(2,185

)

 

 

(691

)

Total Revenues

 

$

385,796

 

$

111,901

 

$

71

 

$

497,768

 

$

567,491

 

$

140,297

 

$

(2,185

)

 

$

705,603

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Year Ended December 31, 2022

 

Year Ended December 31, 2021

 

 

Market Making

 

Execution Services

 

Corporate

 

Total

 

Market Making

 

Execution Services

 

Corporate

 

Total

Trading income, net

 

$

1,607,819

 

$

21,079

 

$

 

$

1,628,898

 

$

2,079,653

 

$

25,541

 

$

 

$

2,105,194

Commissions, net and technology services

 

 

42,180

 

 

487,665

 

 

 

 

529,845

 

 

40,955

 

 

573,534

 

 

 

 

614,489

Interest and dividends income

 

 

158,664

 

 

456

 

 

 

 

159,120

 

 

75,311

 

 

73

 

 

 

 

75,384

Other, net

 

 

4,176

 

 

5,041

 

 

37,732

 

 

46,949

 

 

7,127

 

 

1,067

 

 

8,224

 

 

16,418

Total Revenues

 

$

1,812,839

 

$

514,241

 

$

37,732

 

$

2,364,812

 

$

2,203,046

 

$

600,215

 

$

8,224

 

$

2,811,485

Reconciliation of trading income, net to Adjusted Net Trading Income by operating segment
(in thousands, unaudited)

 

 

Three Months Ended December 31, 2022

 

Three Months Ended December 31, 2021

 

 

Market Making

 

Execution Services

 

Corporate

 

Total

 

Market Making

 

Execution Services

 

Corporate

 

Total

Trading income, net

 

$

308,702

 

 

$

4,578

 

 

$

 

$

313,280

 

 

$

508,306

 

 

$

5,048

 

 

$

 

$

513,354

 

Commissions, net and technology services

 

 

11,299

 

 

 

106,565

 

 

 

 

 

117,864

 

 

 

8,844

 

 

 

134,958

 

 

 

 

 

143,802

 

Interest and dividends income

 

 

63,443

 

 

 

242

 

 

 

 

 

63,685

 

 

 

49,137

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

49,138

 

Brokerage, exchange, clearance fees and payments for order flow, net

 

 

(122,780

)

 

 

(20,153

)

 

 

 

 

(142,933

)

 

 

(131,955

)

 

 

(24,594

)

 

 

 

 

(156,549

)

Interest and dividends expense

 

 

(76,026

)

 

 

(1,791

)

 

 

 

 

(77,817

)

 

 

(62,679

)

 

 

(1,440

)

 

 

 

 

(64,119

)

Adjusted Net Trading Income

 

$

184,638

 

 

$

89,441

 

 

$

 

$

274,079

 

 

$

371,653

 

 

$

113,973

 

 

$

 

$

485,626

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Year Ended December 31, 2022

 

Year Ended December 31, 2021

 

 

Market Making

 

Execution Services

 

Corporate

 

Total

 

Market Making

 

Execution Services

 

Corporate

 

Total

Trading income, net

 

$

1,607,819

 

 

$

21,079

 

 

$

 

$

1,628,898

 

 

$

2,079,653

 

 

$

25,541

 

 

$

 

$

2,105,194

 

Commissions, net and technology services

 

 

42,180

 

 

 

487,665

 

 

 

 

 

529,845

 

 

 

40,955

 

 

 

573,534

 

 

 

 

 

614,489

 

Interest and dividends income

 

 

158,664

 

 

 

456

 

 

 

 

 

159,120

 

 

 

75,311

 

 

 

73

 

 

 

 

 

75,384

 

Brokerage, exchange, clearance fees and payments for order flow, net

 

 

(524,762

)

 

 

(94,406

)

 

 

 

 

(619,168

)

 

 

(634,783

)

 

 

(110,651

)

 

 

 

 

(745,434

)

Interest and dividends expense

 

 

(225,427

)

 

 

(5,633

)

 

 

 

 

(231,060

)

 

 

(133,584

)

 

 

(6,120

)

 

 

 

 

(139,704

)

Adjusted Net Trading Income

 

$

1,058,474

 

 

$

409,161

 

 

$

 

$

1,467,635

 

 

$

1,427,552

 

 

$

482,377

 

 

$

 

$

1,909,929

 

Financial Condition

As of December 31, 2022, Virtu had $1,038.2 million in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash, and total long-term debt outstanding in an aggregate principal amount of $1,826.7 million.

Share Repurchase Program

Since inception of the program in November 2020 through settlement date January 17, 2023, the Company repurchased approximately 32.7 million shares of Class A Common Stock and Virtu Financial Units for approximately $908.1 million. The Company has approximately $311.9 million remaining capacity for future purchases of shares of Class A Common Stock and Virtu Financial Units under the program.

Earnings Conference Call Information

Virtu Financial will host a conference call to review its fourth quarter 2022 financial performance today, January 26th, at 7:30 a.m. ET. Members of the public may listen to the conference call through an audio webcast through the Investor Relations section of the firm’s website ir.virtu.com/investor-relations.

Website Information

We routinely post important information for investors on the Investor Relations section of our website, ir.virtu.com/investor-relations and also from time to time may use social media channels, including our Twitter account (twitter.com/virtufinancial) and our LinkedIn account (linkedin.com/company/virtu-financial), as an additional means of disclosing public information to investors, the media and others interested in us. It is possible that certain information we post on our website and on social media could be deemed to be material information, and we encourage investors, the media and others interested in us to review the business and financial information we post on our website and on the social media channels identified above, in addition to following our press releases, SEC filings, public conference calls, presentations and webcasts. The information contained on, or that may be accessed through, our website and our social media channels is not incorporated by reference into, and is not a part of, this document.

Non-GAAP Financial Measures and Other Items

To supplement our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements presented in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles ("GAAP"), we use the following non-GAAP measures of financial performance:

  • "Adjusted Net Trading Income", which is the amount of revenue we generate from our market making activities, or trading income, net, plus commissions, net and technology services, plus interest and dividends income and expense, net, less direct costs associated with those revenues, including brokerage, exchange, clearance fees and payments for order flow, net. Management believes that this measurement is useful for comparing general operating performance from period to period. Although we use Adjusted Net Trading Income as a financial measure to assess the performance of our business, the use of Adjusted Net Trading Income is limited because it does not include certain material costs that are necessary to operate our business. Our presentation of Adjusted Net Trading Income should not be construed as an indication that our future results will be unaffected by revenues or expenses that are not directly associated with our core business activities.

  • "EBITDA", which measures our operating performance by adjusting Net Income to exclude financing interest expense on our long-term borrowings, debt issue cost related to debt refinancing, prepayment, and commitment fees, depreciation and amortization, amortization of purchased intangibles and acquired capitalized software, and income tax expense, and "Adjusted EBITDA", which measures our operating performance by further adjusting EBITDA to exclude severance, transaction advisory fees and expenses, termination of office leases, charges related to share based compensation and other expenses, which includes reserves for legal matters, COVID-19 one-time costs and donations and Other net, and “Adjusted EBITDA Margin”, which compares Adjusted EBITDA to Adjusted Net Trading Income.

  • “Normalized Adjusted Net Income”, “Normalized Adjusted Net Income before income taxes”, “Normalized provision for income taxes”, and “Normalized Adjusted EPS”, which we calculate by adjusting Net Income to exclude certain items including gains and losses from strategic investments and the sales of businesses, and other non-cash items, assuming that all vested and unvested non-voting common interest units in Virtu Financial LLC have been exchanged for shares of our Class A common stock, and applying an effective tax rate, which was approximately 24%.

  • “Adjusted Operating Expenses”, which we calculate by adjusting total operating expenses to exclude severance, share based compensation, reserves for legal matters, termination of office leases, connectivity early termination and write-down of assets.

Adjusted Net Trading Income, EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA Margin, Normalized Adjusted Net Income, Normalized Adjusted Net Income before income taxes, Normalized provision for income taxes, and Normalized Adjusted EPS and Adjusted Operating Expenses are non-GAAP financial measures used by management in evaluating operating performance and in making strategic decisions. Additional information provided regarding the breakdown of Total Adjusted Net Trading Income by category is also a non-GAAP financial measure but is not used by the Company in evaluating operating performance and in making strategic decisions. In addition, these non-GAAP financial measures or similar non-GAAP measures are used by research analysts, investment bankers and lenders to assess our operating performance. Management believes that the presentation of Adjusted Net Trading Income, EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA Margin, Normalized Adjusted Net Income, Normalized Adjusted Net Income before income taxes, Normalized provision for income taxes and Normalized Adjusted EPS provide useful information to investors regarding our results of operations because they assist both investors and management in analyzing and benchmarking the performance and value of our business. Adjusted Net Trading Income, EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA Margin, Normalized Adjusted Net Income, Normalized Adjusted Net Income before income taxes, Normalized provision for income taxes and Normalized Adjusted EPS provide indicators of general economic performance that are not affected by fluctuations in certain costs or other items. Accordingly, management believes that these measurements are useful for comparing general operating performance from period to period. Furthermore, our credit agreement contains tests based on metrics similar to Adjusted EBITDA. Other companies may define Adjusted Net Trading Income, Adjusted EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA Margin, Normalized Adjusted Net Income, Normalized Adjusted Net Income before income taxes, Normalized provision for income taxes and Normalized Adjusted EPS differently, and as a result our measures of Adjusted Net Trading Income, Adjusted EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA Margin, Normalized Adjusted Net Income, Normalized Adjusted Net Income before income taxes, Normalized provision for income taxes and Normalized Adjusted EPS may not be directly comparable to those of other companies. Although we use these non-GAAP financial measures as financial measures to assess the performance of our business, such use is limited because they do not include certain material costs necessary to operate our business.

Adjusted Net Trading Income, EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA, Normalized Adjusted Net Income before income taxes, Normalized provision for income taxes, Normalized Adjusted Net Income and Normalized Adjusted EPS should be considered in addition to, and not as a substitute for, Net Income in accordance with U.S. GAAP as a measure of performance. Our presentation of Adjusted Net Trading Income, EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA Margin, Normalized Adjusted Net Income, Normalized Adjusted Net Income before income taxes, Normalized provision for income taxes and Normalized Adjusted EPS should not be construed as an indication that our future results will be unaffected by unusual or nonrecurring items. Adjusted Net Trading Income, Normalized Adjusted Net Income, Normalized Adjusted Net Income before income taxes, Normalized provision for income taxes, Normalized Adjusted EPS and our EBITDA-based measures have limitations as analytical tools, and you should not consider them in isolation or as substitutes for analysis of our results as reported under U.S. GAAP. Some of these limitations are:

  • they do not reflect every cash expenditure, future requirements for capital expenditures or contractual commitments;

  • our EBITDA-based measures do not reflect the significant interest expense or the cash requirements necessary to service interest or principal payment on our debt;

  • although depreciation and amortization are non-cash charges, the assets being depreciated and amortized will often have to be replaced or require improvements in the future, and our EBITDA-based measures do not reflect any cash requirement for such replacements or improvements;

  • they are not adjusted for all non-cash income or expense items that are reflected in our statements of cash flows;

  • they do not reflect the impact of earnings or charges resulting from matters we consider not to be indicative of our ongoing operations; and

  • they do not reflect limitations on our costs related to transferring earnings from our subsidiaries to us.

Because of these limitations, Adjusted Net Trading Income, EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA, Normalized Adjusted Net Income before income taxes, Normalized provision for income taxes, Normalized Adjusted Net Income and Normalized Adjusted EPS are not intended as alternatives to Net Income as indicators of our operating performance and should not be considered as measures of discretionary cash available to us to invest in the growth of our business or as measures of cash that will be available to us to meet our obligations. We compensate for these limitations by using Adjusted Net Trading Income, EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA, Normalized Adjusted Net Income before income taxes, Normalized provision for income taxes, Normalized Adjusted Net Income and Normalized Adjusted EPS along with other comparative tools, together with U.S. GAAP measurements, to assist in the evaluation of operating performance. These U.S. GAAP measurements include Net Income, cash flows from operations and cash flow data. See below a reconciliation of each non-GAAP measure to the most directly comparable GAAP measure.

Virtu Financial, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income (Unaudited)

 

 

Three Months Ended
December 31,

 

Year Ended
December 31,

(in thousands, except share and per share data)

 

 

2022

 

 

 

2021

 

 

 

2022

 

 

 

2021

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Revenues:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Trading income, net

 

$

313,280

 

 

$

513,354

 

 

$

1,628,898

 

 

$

2,105,194

 

Interest and dividends income

 

 

63,685

 

 

 

49,138

 

 

 

159,120

 

 

 

75,384

 

Commissions, net and technology services

 

 

117,864

 

 

 

143,802

 

 

 

529,845

 

 

 

614,489

 

Other, net

 

 

2,939

 

 

 

(691

)

 

 

46,949

 

 

 

16,418

 

Total revenues

 

 

497,768

 

 

 

705,603

 

 

 

2,364,812

 

 

 

2,811,485

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating Expenses:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Brokerage, exchange, clearance fees and payments for order flow, net

 

 

142,933

 

 

 

156,549

 

 

 

619,168

 

 

 

745,434

 

Communication and data processing

 

 

55,064

 

 

 

52,164

 

 

 

219,505

 

 

 

211,988

 

Employee compensation and payroll taxes

 

 

85,608

 

 

 

103,110

 

 

 

390,947

 

 

 

376,282

 

Interest and dividends expense

 

 

77,817

 

 

 

64,119

 

 

 

231,060

 

 

 

139,704

 

Operations and administrative

 

 

32,958

 

 

 

22,513

 

 

 

86,069

 

 

 

88,149

 

Depreciation and amortization

 

 

15,907

 

 

 

18,052

 

 

 

66,377

 

 

 

67,816

 

Amortization of purchased intangibles and acquired capitalized software

 

 

16,020

 

 

 

16,580

 

 

 

64,837

 

 

 

69,668

 

Termination of office leases

 

 

5,237

 

 

 

23,011

 

 

 

6,982

 

 

 

28,138

 

Debt issue cost related to debt refinancing, prepayment and commitment fees

 

 

1,385

 

 

 

1,609

 

 

 

29,910

 

 

 

6,590

 

Transaction advisory fees and expenses

 

 

11

 

 

 

694

 

 

 

1,124

 

 

 

843

 

Financing interest expense on long-term borrowings

 

 

25,130

 

 

 

20,185

 

 

 

92,035

 

 

 

79,969

 

Total operating expenses

 

 

458,070

 

 

 

478,586

 

 

 

1,808,014

 

 

 

1,814,581

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Income before income taxes and noncontrolling interest

 

 

39,698

 

 

 

227,017

 

 

 

556,798

 

 

 

996,904

 

Provision for income taxes

 

 

61

 

 

 

41,059

 

 

 

88,466

 

 

 

169,670

 

Net income

 

$

39,637

 

 

$

185,958

 

 

$

468,332

 

 

$

827,234

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Noncontrolling interest

 

 

(12,042

)

 

 

(81,902

)

 

 

(203,306

)

 

 

(350,356

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net income available for common stockholders

 

$

27,595

 

 

$

104,056

 

 

$

265,026

 

 

$

476,878

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Earnings per share:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic

 

$

0.27

 

 

$

0.90

 

 

$

2.45

 

 

$

3.95

 

Diluted

 

$

0.27

 

 

$

0.89

 

 

$

2.44

 

 

$

3.91

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weighted average common shares outstanding

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic

 

 

99,537,975

 

 

 

111,971,432

 

 

 

103,997,767

 

 

 

117,339,539

 

Diluted

 

 

99,728,178

 

 

 

112,639,792

 

 

 

104,422,443

 

 

 

118,423,928

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Comprehensive income:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net income

 

$

39,637

 

 

$

185,958

 

 

$

468,332

 

 

$

827,234

 

Other comprehensive income

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Foreign exchange translation adjustment, net of taxes

 

 

19,251

 

 

 

(1,018

)

 

 

(24,254

)

 

 

(12,470

)

Net change in unrealized cash flow hedges gains, net of taxes

 

 

(1,801

)

 

 

19,596

 

 

 

90,865

 

 

 

37,794

 

Comprehensive income

 

$

57,087

 

 

$

204,536

 

 

$

534,943

 

 

$

852,558

 

Less: Comprehensive income attributable to noncontrolling interest

 

 

(19,067

)

 

 

(88,836

)

 

 

(228,117

)

 

 

(360,389

)

Comprehensive income available for common stockholders

 

$

38,020

 

 

$

115,700

 

 

$

306,826

 

 

$

492,169

 


Virtu Financial, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Reconciliation to Non-GAAP Operating Data (Unaudited)

The following tables reconcile Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income to arrive at Adjusted Net Trading Income, EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA, and selected Operating Margins.

 

 

Three Months Ended
December 31,

 

Year Ended
December 31,

(in thousands, except percentages)

 

 

2022

 

 

 

2021

 

 

 

2022

 

 

 

2021

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reconciliation of Trading income, net to Adjusted Net Trading Income

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Trading income, net

 

$

313,280

 

 

$

513,354

 

 

$

1,628,898

 

 

$

2,105,194

 

Commissions, net and technology services

 

 

117,864

 

 

 

143,802

 

 

 

529,845

 

 

 

614,489

 

Interest and dividends income

 

 

63,685

 

 

 

49,138

 

 

 

159,120

 

 

 

75,384

 

Brokerage, exchange, clearance fees and payments for order flow, net

 

 

(142,933

)

 

 

(156,549

)

 

 

(619,168

)

 

 

(745,434

)

Interest and dividends expense

 

 

(77,817

)

 

 

(64,119

)

 

 

(231,060

)

 

 

(139,704

)

Adjusted Net Trading Income

 

$

274,079

 

 

$

485,626

 

 

$

1,467,635

 

 

$

1,909,929

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reconciliation of Net Income to EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net income

 

 

39,637

 

 

 

185,958

 

 

 

468,332

 

 

 

827,234

 

Financing interest expense on long-term borrowings

 

 

25,130

 

 

 

20,185

 

 

 

92,035

 

 

 

79,969

 

Debt issue cost related to debt refinancing, prepayment and commitment fees

 

 

1,385

 

 

 

1,609

 

 

 

29,910

 

 

 

6,590

 

Depreciation and amortization

 

 

15,907

 

 

 

18,052

 

 

 

66,377

 

 

 

67,816

 

Amortization of purchased intangibles and acquired capitalized software

 

 

16,020

 

 

 

16,580

 

 

 

64,837

 

 

 

69,668

 

Provision for income taxes

 

 

61

 

 

 

41,059

 

 

 

88,466

 

 

 

169,670

 

EBITDA

 

$

98,140

 

 

$

283,443

 

 

$

809,957

 

 

$

1,220,947

 

Severance

 

 

4,061

 

 

 

1,535

 

 

 

8,070

 

 

 

6,112

 

Transaction advisory fees and expenses

 

 

11

 

 

 

694

 

 

 

1,124

 

 

 

843

 

Termination of office leases

 

 

5,237

 

 

 

23,011

 

 

 

6,982

 

 

 

28,138

 

Other

 

 

1,584

 

 

 

2,270

 

 

 

(34,229

)

 

 

(10,558

)

Share based compensation

 

 

16,378

 

 

 

17,491

 

 

 

67,219

 

 

 

55,751

 

Adjusted EBITDA

 

$

125,411

 

 

$

328,444

 

 

$

859,123

 

 

$

1,301,233

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Selected Operating Margins

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Income Margin (1)

 

 

14.5

%

 

 

38.3

%

 

 

31.9

%

 

 

43.3

%

EBITDA Margin (2)

 

 

35.8

%

 

 

58.4

%

 

 

55.2

%

 

 

63.9

%

Adjusted EBITDA Margin (3)

 

 

45.8

%

 

 

67.6

%

 

 

58.5

%

 

 

68.1

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1 Calculated by dividing net income by Adjusted Net Trading Income.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2 Calculated by dividing EBITDA by Adjusted Net Trading Income.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3 Calculated by dividing Adjusted EBITDA by Adjusted Net Trading Income.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Virtu Financial, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Reconciliation to Non-GAAP Operating Data (Unaudited)
(Continued)

The following tables reconcile Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income to arrive at Normalized Adjusted Net Income before income taxes, Normalized provision for income taxes, Normalized Adjusted Net Income and Normalized Adjusted EPS.

 

 

Three Months Ended
December 31,

 

Year Ended
December 31,

(in thousands, except share and per share data)

 

 

2022

 

 

2021

 

 

2022

 

 

 

2021

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reconciliation of Net Income to Normalized Adjusted Net Income

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net income

 

$

39,637

 

$

185,958

 

$

468,332

 

 

$

827,234

 

Provision for income taxes

 

 

61

 

 

41,059

 

 

88,466

 

 

 

169,670

 

Income before income taxes and noncontrolling interest

 

$

39,698

 

$

227,017

 

$

556,798

 

 

$

996,904

 

Amortization of purchased intangibles and acquired capitalized software

 

 

16,020

 

 

16,580

 

 

64,837

 

 

 

69,668

 

Debt issue cost related to debt refinancing, prepayment and commitment fees

 

 

1,385

 

 

1,609

 

 

29,910

 

 

 

6,590

 

Severance

 

 

4,061

 

 

1,535

 

 

8,070

 

 

 

6,112

 

Transaction advisory fees and expenses

 

 

11

 

 

694

 

 

1,124

 

 

 

843

 

Termination of office leases

 

 

5,237

 

 

23,011

 

 

6,982

 

 

 

28,138

 

Other

 

 

1,584

 

 

2,270

 

 

(34,229

)

 

 

(10,558

)

Share based compensation

 

 

16,378

 

 

17,491

 

 

67,219

 

 

 

55,751

 

Normalized Adjusted Net Income before income taxes

 

$

84,374

 

$

290,207

 

$

700,711

 

 

$

1,153,448

 

Normalized provision for income taxes (1)

 

 

20,249

 

 

69,649

 

 

168,171

 

 

 

276,827

 

Normalized Adjusted Net Income

 

$

64,125

 

$

220,558

 

$

532,540

 

 

$

876,621

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weighted Average Adjusted shares outstanding (2)

 

 

172,932,785

 

 

186,110,956

 

 

177,688,188

 

 

 

191,958,870

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Normalized Adjusted EPS

 

$

0.37

 

$

1.19

 

$

3.00

 

 

$

4.57

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(1) Reflects U.S. federal, state, and local income tax rate applicable to corporations of approximately 24% for all periods presented.

(2) Assumes that (1) holders of all vested and unvested non-vesting Virtu Financial Units (together with corresponding shares of the Company's Class C common stock, par value $0.00001 per share (the “Class C Common Stock”)) have exercised their right to exchange such Virtu Financial Units for shares of Class A Common Stock on a one-for-one basis, (2) holders of all Virtu Financial Units (together with corresponding shares of the Company's Class D common stock, par value $0.00001 per share (the “Class D Common Stock”)) have exercised their right to exchange such Virtu Financial Units for shares of the Company's Class B common stock, par value $0.00001 per share (the “Class B Common Stock”) on a one-for-one basis, and subsequently exercised their right to convert the shares of Class B Common Stock into shares of Class A Common Stock on a one-for-one basis. Includes additional shares from dilutive impact of options, restricted stock units and restricted stock awards outstanding under the Amended and Restated 2015 Management Incentive Plan and the Amended and Restated ITG 2007 Equity Plan during the three months and full years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021 as well as warrants issued in connection with the Founder Member Loan during the three monthls and full year ended December 31, 2021.

Virtu Financial, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Financial Condition (Unaudited)

(in thousands, except share data)

 

December 31,
2022

 

December 31,
2021

 

 

 

 

 

Assets

 

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents

 

$

981,580

 

$

1,071,463

 

Cash and securities segregated under regulations and other

 

 

56,662

 

 

49,490

 

Securities borrowed

 

 

1,187,674

 

 

1,349,322

 

Securities purchased under agreements to resell

 

 

336,999

 

 

119,453

 

Receivables from broker-dealers and clearing organizations

 

 

1,115,185

 

 

1,026,807

 

Receivables from customers

 

 

80,830

 

 

146,476

 

Trading assets, at fair value

 

 

4,630,552

 

 

4,256,955

 

Property, equipment and capitalized software, net

 

 

85,194

 

 

89,595

 

Operating lease right-of-use assets

 

 

187,442

 

 

225,328

 

Goodwill

 

 

1,148,926

 

 

1,148,926

 

Intangibles (net of accumulated amortization)

 

 

321,480

 

 

386,332

 

Deferred taxes

 

 

146,801

 

 

158,518

 

Other assets

 

 

303,916

 

 

291,307

 

Total assets

 

 

10,583,241

 

 

10,319,971

 

 

 

 

 

 

Liabilities and equity

 

 

 

 

Liabilities

 

 

 

 

Short-term borrowings, net

 

 

3,944

 

 

61,510

 

Securities loaned

 

 

1,060,432

 

 

1,142,048

 

Securities sold under agreements to repurchase

 

 

627,549

 

 

514,325

 

Payables to broker-dealers and clearing organizations

 

 

273,843

 

 

571,526

 

Payables to customers

 

 

46,525

 

 

54,999

 

Trading liabilities, at fair value

 

 

4,196,974

 

 

3,510,779

 

Tax receivable agreement obligations

 

 

238,758

 

 

259,282

 

Accounts payable and accrued expenses and other liabilities

 

 

465,135

 

 

457,942

 

Deferred tax liabilities

 

 

343

 

 

65

 

Operating lease liabilities

 

 

239,202

 

 

278,745

 

Long-term borrowings, net

 

 

1,795,952

 

 

1,605,132

 

Total liabilities

 

 

8,948,657

 

 

8,456,352

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total equity

 

 

1,634,584

 

 

1,863,619

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total liabilities and equity

 

$

10,583,241

 

$

10,319,971

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

As of December 31, 2022

Ownership of Virtu Financial LLC Interests:

 

Interests

 

%

Virtu Financial, Inc. - Class A Common Stock and Restricted Stock Units

 

 

102,579,297

 

 

59.7

%

Non-controlling Interests (Virtu Financial LLC)

 

 

69,121,806

 

 

40.3

%

Total Virtu Financial LLC Interests

 

 

171,701,103

 

 

100.0

%

About Virtu Financial, Inc.

Virtu is a leading financial services firm that leverages cutting-edge technology to provide execution services and data, analytics and connectivity products to its clients and deliver liquidity to the global markets. Leveraging its global market making expertise and infrastructure, Virtu provides a robust product suite including offerings in execution, liquidity sourcing, analytics and broker-neutral, multi-dealer platforms in workflow technology. Virtu’s product offerings allow clients to trade on hundreds of venues across 50+ countries and in multiple asset classes, including global equities, ETFs, foreign exchange, futures, fixed income and myriad other commodities. In addition, Virtu’s integrated, multi-asset analytics platform provides a range of pre and post-trade services, data products and compliance tools that clients rely upon to invest, trade and manage risk across global markets.

Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

This press release may contain “forward-looking statements” made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Statements regarding Virtu Financial, Inc.’s (“Virtu’s”, the “Company’s” or “our”) business that are not historical facts are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements should not be read as a guarantee of future performance or results, and will not necessarily be accurate indications of the times at, or by which, such performance or results will be achieved. The Company assumes no obligation to update forward-looking statements to reflect actual results, changes in assumptions or changes in other factors affecting forward-looking information, and if the Company does update one or more forward-looking statements, no inference should be drawn that the Company will make additional updates with respect thereto or with respect to other forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are based on information available at the time and/or management’s good faith belief with respect to future events, and is subject to risks and uncertainties, some or all of which are not predictable or within Virtu’s control, that could cause actual performance or results to differ materially from those expressed in the statements. Those risks and uncertainties include, without limitation: risks relating to the COVID-19 pandemic, including the possible effects of the economic conditions worldwide resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic and governmental and other responses thereto; fluctuations in trading volume and volatilities in the markets in which we operate; the ability of our trading counterparties and various clearing houses to perform their obligations to us; the performance and reliability of our customized trading platform; the risk of material trading losses from our market making activities; swings in valuations in securities or other instruments in which we hold positions; increasing competition and consolidation in our industry; the risk that cash flow from our operations and other available sources of liquidity will not be sufficient to fund our various ongoing obligations, including operating expenses, short-term funding requirements, margin requirements, capital expenditures, debt service and dividend payments; regulatory and legal uncertainties and potential changes associated with our industry, particularly in light of increased attention from media, regulators and lawmakers to market structure and related issues including but not limited to the retail trading environment, wholesale market making and off exchange trading more generally and payment for order flow arrangements; potential adverse results from legal or regulatory proceedings; our ability to remain technologically competitive and to ensure that the technology we utilize is not vulnerable to security risks, hacking and cyber-attacks; risks associated with third party software and technology infrastructure. For a discussion of the risks and uncertainties which could cause actual results to differ from those contained in forward-looking statements, see Virtu’s Securities and Exchange Commission filings, including but not limited to Virtu’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the SEC.

CONTACT

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