05/07/2026 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 05/07/2026 06:11
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John Abularrage, Co-Chief Executive Officer:
"BGC delivered another record quarter.1 Revenues increased 44 percent to $955 million, with growth across every asset class and geography. Excluding OTC, revenues grew 23 percent to $817 million, also a record. Additionally, pre-tax earnings hit an all-time high, up more than 44 percent.
Our ECS revenues more than doubled to $330 million, reinforcing our position as the world's largest energy broker. FMX posted its best quarter ever, setting ADV records at FMX UST, FMX FX, and FMX Futures. FMX UST ADV grew 51 percent in the first quarter to a record $90 billion, representing 41 percent market share.
We built on last year's $25 million cost reduction plan, which is now expected to result in $35 million of annualized cost savings. We will continue to identify and execute cost savings throughout 2026 to drive further margin expansion."
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Highlights of Consolidated Results
(USD millions)
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1Q26
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1Q25
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Change
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Revenues
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$955.5
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$664.2
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43.8%
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GAAP income from operations before income taxes
|
115.4
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80.0
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44.3%
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GAAP net income for fully diluted shares
|
80.7
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52.8
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52.7%
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Adjusted Earnings before noncontrolling interest in subsidiaries and taxes
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232.1
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160.2
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44.9%
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Post-tax Adjusted Earnings
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201.1
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143.0
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40.6%
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Adjusted EBITDA
|
253.2
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199.8
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26.7%
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Per Share Results
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1Q26
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1Q25
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Change
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GAAP fully diluted earnings per share
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$0.17
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$0.11
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54.5%
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Post-tax Adjusted Earnings per share
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$0.41
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$0.29
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41.4%
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Consolidated Revenues
(USD millions)
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1Q26
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1Q25
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Change
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ECS ("Energy, Commodities, and Shipping")
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$330.0
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$149.9
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120.1%
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Rates
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256.2
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200.9
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27.5%
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Foreign Exchange
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131.0
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110.0
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19.1%
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Credit
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94.1
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86.9
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8.2%
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Equities
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84.5
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62.9
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34.3%
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Total Brokerage Revenues
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$895.8
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$610.8
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46.7%
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Data, Network, and Post-trade
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34.5
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32.5
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6.1%
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Data, Network, and Post-trade (excluding kACE)
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34.5
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28.0
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23.2%
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Interest and dividend income, Fees from related parties and Other revenues
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25.2
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21.0
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20.2%
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Total Revenues
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$955.5
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$664.2
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43.8%
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Fenics Revenues
(USD millions)
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1Q26
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1Q25
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Change
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Fenics Markets
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$176.7
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$146.9
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20.3%
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Fenics Markets (excluding kACE)
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176.7
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142.4
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24.1%
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Fenics Growth Platforms
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30.2
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25.7
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17.4%
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Fenics Revenues
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$206.9
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$172.7
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19.8%
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Fenics Revenues (excluding kACE)
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$206.9
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$168.1
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23.1%
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Consolidated Expenses
(USD millions)
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1Q26
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1Q25
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Change
|
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Compensation and employee benefits under GAAP
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$537.3
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$341.6
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57.3%
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Equity-based compensation and allocations of net income to limited partnership units
|
83.4
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75.3
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10.8%
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|||||||||||||||||
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Non-compensation expenses under GAAP
|
226.2
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169.6
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33.4%
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|||||||||||||||||
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Total expenses under GAAP
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$847.0
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$586.5
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44.4%
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Compensation and employee benefits for Adjusted Earnings
|
$517.4
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$341.6
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51.5%
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Non-compensation expenses for Adjusted Earnings
|
207.6
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162.9
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27.4%
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Total expenses for Adjusted Earnings
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$725.0
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$504.6
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43.7%
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Taxes
(USD millions)
|
1Q26
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1Q25
|
Change
|
|||||||||||||||||
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GAAP provision for income taxes
|
$32.0
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$26.5
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20.5%
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|||||||||||||||||
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Provision for income taxes for Adjusted Earnings
|
31.8
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19.0
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67.1%
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Consolidated Share Count
(Millions)
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1Q26
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1Q25
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Change
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4Q25
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Change
(QoQ)
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Fully diluted weighted-average share count under GAAP
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479.2
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485.5
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(1.3)%
|
475.3
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0.8%
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Fully diluted weighted-average share count for Adjusted Earnings
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495.2
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501.5
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(1.3)%
|
490.4
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1.0%
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Metric
(USD millions)
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Guidance
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Actual
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2Q 2026
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2Q 2025
|
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Revenues
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$785 - $845
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$784.0
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Pre-tax Adjusted Earnings
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$178 - $196
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$173.6
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March 31,
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December 31,
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2026
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2025
|
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Assets
|
|||||||||||
|
Cash and cash equivalents
|
$
|
780,984
|
$
|
851,502
|
|||||||
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Cash segregated under regulatory requirements
|
22,120
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22,171
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|||||||||
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Financial instruments owned, at fair value
|
97,406
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127,614
|
|||||||||
|
Receivables from broker-dealers, clearing organizations, customers and related broker-dealers
|
1,832,901
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468,035
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|||||||||
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Accrued commissions and other receivables, net
|
612,506
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482,013
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Loans, forgivable loans and other receivables from employees and partners, net
|
470,048
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436,082
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Fixed assets, net
|
181,034
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182,080
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Investments
|
48,376
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37,765
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Goodwill
|
646,569
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648,616
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|||||||||
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Other intangible assets, net
|
420,432
|
427,950
|
|||||||||
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Receivables from related parties
|
5,108
|
5,006
|
|||||||||
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Other assets
|
741,326
|
723,155
|
|||||||||
|
Total assets
|
$
|
5,858,810
|
$
|
4,411,989
|
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Liabilities and Equity
|
|||||||||||
|
Short-term borrowings from related parties
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
20,000
|
|||||||
|
Accrued compensation
|
352,814
|
364,016
|
|||||||||
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Payables to broker-dealers, clearing organizations, customers and related broker-dealers
|
1,634,704
|
306,364
|
|||||||||
|
Payables to related parties
|
32,334
|
28,599
|
|||||||||
|
Accounts payable, accrued and other liabilities
|
790,047
|
771,963
|
|||||||||
|
Notes payable and other borrowings
|
1,776,913
|
1,775,705
|
|||||||||
|
Total liabilities
|
4,586,812
|
3,266,647
|
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|
Equity
|
|||||||||||
|
Stockholders' equity:
|
|||||||||||
|
Class A common stock, par value $0.01 per share; 1,500,000,000 shares authorized at both
|
|||||||||||
|
March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025; 451,281,915 and 444,920,841 shares issued at
|
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|
March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025, respectively; and 369,430,136 and 363,175,091
|
|||||||||||
|
shares outstanding at March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025, respectively
|
4,513
|
4,449
|
|||||||||
|
Class B common stock, par value $0.01 per share; 300,000,000 shares authorized at both
|
|||||||||||
|
March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025; 109,452,953 shares issued and outstanding at both
|
|||||||||||
|
March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025, convertible into Class A common stock
|
1,095
|
1,095
|
|||||||||
|
Additional paid-in capital
|
2,587,661
|
2,532,497
|
|||||||||
|
Treasury stock, at cost: 81,851,779 and 81,745,750 shares of Class A common stock at
|
|||||||||||
|
March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025, respectively
|
(617,013)
|
(614,526)
|
|||||||||
|
Retained deficit
|
(835,965)
|
(910,391)
|
|||||||||
|
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)
|
(40,418)
|
(40,641)
|
|||||||||
|
Total stockholders' equity
|
1,099,873
|
972,483
|
|||||||||
|
Noncontrolling interest in subsidiaries
|
172,125
|
172,859
|
|||||||||
|
Total equity
|
1,271,998
|
1,145,342
|
|||||||||
|
Total liabilities and equity
|
$
|
5,858,810
|
$
|
4,411,989
|
|||||||
|
Three Months Ended March 31,
|
|||||||||||
|
Revenues:
|
2026
|
2025
|
|||||||||
|
Commissions
|
$
|
752,935
|
$
|
494,711
|
|||||||
|
Principal transactions
|
142,892
|
116,078
|
|||||||||
|
Total brokerage revenues
|
895,827
|
610,789
|
|||||||||
|
Fees from related parties
|
4,296
|
4,422
|
|||||||||
|
Data, network and post-trade
|
34,468
|
32,500
|
|||||||||
|
Interest and dividend income
|
10,579
|
11,629
|
|||||||||
|
Other revenues
|
10,311
|
4,900
|
|||||||||
|
Total revenues
|
955,481
|
664,240
|
|||||||||
|
Expenses:
|
|||||||||||
|
Compensation and employee benefits
|
537,339
|
341,648
|
|||||||||
|
Equity-based compensation and allocations of net
|
|||||||||||
|
income to limited partnership units
|
83,441
|
75,323
|
|||||||||
|
Total compensation and employee benefits
|
620,780
|
416,971
|
|||||||||
|
Occupancy and equipment
|
47,731
|
42,569
|
|||||||||
|
Fees to related parties
|
8,073
|
8,350
|
|||||||||
|
Professional and consulting fees
|
16,920
|
15,669
|
|||||||||
|
Communications
|
38,689
|
30,629
|
|||||||||
|
Selling and promotion
|
29,131
|
19,441
|
|||||||||
|
Commissions and floor brokerage
|
21,656
|
17,492
|
|||||||||
|
Interest expense
|
32,452
|
24,654
|
|||||||||
|
Other expenses
|
31,550
|
10,747
|
|||||||||
|
Total non-compensation expenses
|
226,202
|
169,551
|
|||||||||
|
Total expenses
|
846,982
|
586,522
|
|||||||||
|
Other income (losses), net:
|
|||||||||||
|
Gains (losses) on equity method investments
|
4,585
|
2,358
|
|||||||||
|
Other income (loss)
|
2,363
|
(98)
|
|||||||||
|
Total other income (losses), net
|
6,948
|
2,260
|
|||||||||
|
Income (loss) from operations before income taxes
|
115,447
|
79,978
|
|||||||||
|
Provision (benefit) for income taxes
|
31,983
|
26,549
|
|||||||||
|
Consolidated net income (loss)
|
$
|
83,464
|
$
|
53,429
|
|||||||
|
Less: Net income (loss) attributable to noncontrolling
|
|||||||||||
|
interest in subsidiaries
|
(684)
|
(1,735)
|
|||||||||
|
Net income (loss) available to common stockholders
|
$
|
84,148
|
$
|
55,164
|
|||||||
|
Three Months Ended March 31,
|
|||||||||||
|
2026
|
2025
|
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|
Per share data:
|
|||||||||||
|
Basic earnings (loss) per share
|
|||||||||||
|
Net income (loss) attributable to common stockholders
|
$
|
80,627
|
$
|
52,780
|
|||||||
|
Basic earnings (loss) per share
|
$
|
0.17
|
$
|
0.11
|
|||||||
|
Basic weighted-average shares of common stock outstanding
|
474,199
|
479,166
|
|||||||||
|
Fully diluted earnings (loss) per share
|
|||||||||||
|
Net income (loss) for fully diluted shares
|
$
|
80,659
|
$
|
52,806
|
|||||||
|
Fully diluted earnings (loss) per share
|
$
|
0.17
|
$
|
0.11
|
|||||||
|
Fully diluted weighted-average shares of common stock outstanding
|
479,217
|
485,549
|
|||||||||
|
Q1 2026
|
Q1 2025
|
||||||||||
|
GAAP income (loss) from operations before income taxes
|
$
|
115,447
|
$
|
79,978
|
|||||||
|
Pre-tax adjustments:
|
|||||||||||
|
Compensation adjustments:
|
|||||||||||
|
Equity-based compensation and allocations of net income to limited partnership units (1)
|
83,441
|
75,323
|
|||||||||
|
Other Compensation charges (2)
|
19,893
|
-
|
|||||||||
|
Total Compensation adjustments
|
103,334
|
75,323
|
|||||||||
|
Non-Compensation adjustments:
|
|||||||||||
|
Amortization of intangibles (3)
|
10,015
|
5,461
|
|||||||||
|
Impairment charges
|
101
|
372
|
|||||||||
|
Other (4)
|
8,512
|
773
|
|||||||||
|
Total Non-Compensation adjustments
|
18,628
|
6,606
|
|||||||||
|
Other income (losses), net adjustments:
|
|||||||||||
|
Fair value adjustment of investments (5)
|
(2,710)
|
(580)
|
|||||||||
|
Other net (gains) losses (6)
|
(2,557)
|
(1,080)
|
|||||||||
|
Total other income (losses), net adjustments
|
(5,267)
|
(1,660)
|
|||||||||
|
Total pre-tax adjustments
|
116,695
|
80,269
|
|||||||||
|
Adjusted Earnings before noncontrolling interest in subsidiaries and taxes
|
$
|
232,142
|
$
|
160,247
|
|||||||
|
GAAP net income (loss) available to common stockholders
|
$
|
84,148
|
$
|
55,164
|
|||||||
|
Total pre-tax adjustments (from above)
|
116,695
|
80,269
|
|||||||||
|
Income tax adjustment to reflect adjusted earnings taxes (7)
|
226
|
7,546
|
|||||||||
|
Post-tax adjusted earnings
|
$
|
201,069
|
$
|
142,979
|
|||||||
|
Per Share Data
|
|||||||||||
|
GAAP fully diluted earnings (loss) per share
|
$
|
0.17
|
$
|
0.11
|
|||||||
|
Total pre-tax adjustments (from above)
|
0.24
|
0.16
|
|||||||||
|
Income tax adjustment to reflect adjusted earnings taxes
|
-
|
0.02
|
|||||||||
|
Post-tax adjusted earnings per share
|
$
|
0.41
|
$
|
0.29
|
|||||||
|
Fully diluted weighted-average shares of common stock outstanding
|
495,155
|
501,512
|
|||||||||
|
Dividends declared per share of common stock
|
$
|
0.02
|
$
|
0.02
|
|||||||
|
Dividends declared and paid per share of common stock
|
$
|
0.02
|
$
|
0.02
|
|||||||
|
Q1 2026
|
Q1 2025
|
||||||||||
|
Issuance of common stock and grants of exchangeability
|
$
|
31,196
|
$
|
26,641
|
|||||||
|
Allocations of net income and dividend equivalents
|
916
|
551
|
|||||||||
|
RSU, RSU Tax Account, and restricted stock amortization
|
51,329
|
48,131
|
|||||||||
|
Equity-based compensation and allocations of net income to limited partnership units
|
$
|
83,441
|
$
|
75,323
|
|||||||
|
Q1 2026
|
Q1 2025
|
||||||||||
|
Common stock outstanding
|
474,199
|
479,166
|
|||||||||
|
Other (1)
|
5,018
|
6,383
|
|||||||||
|
Fully diluted weighted-average share count under GAAP
|
479,217
|
485,549
|
|||||||||
|
Non-GAAP Adjustments:
|
|||||||||||
|
RSUs
|
15,800
|
15,595
|
|||||||||
|
Restricted Stock
|
138
|
368
|
|||||||||
|
Fully diluted weighted-average share count for Adjusted Earnings
|
495,155
|
501,512
|
|||||||||
|
March 31,
2026
|
December 31,
2025
|
||||||||||
|
Cash and cash equivalents
|
$
|
780,984
|
$
|
851,502
|
|||||||
|
Financial instruments owned, at fair value
|
97,406
|
127,614
|
|||||||||
|
Total Liquidity
|
$
|
878,390
|
$
|
979,116
|
|||||||
|
Q1 2026
|
Q1 2025
|
||||||||||
|
GAAP net income (loss) available to common stockholders
|
$
|
84,148
|
$
|
55,164
|
|||||||
|
Add back:
|
|||||||||||
|
Provision for income taxes
|
31,983
|
26,549
|
|||||||||
|
Net income (loss) attributable to noncontrolling interest in subsidiaries
|
(684)
|
(1,735)
|
|||||||||
|
Interest expense
|
32,452
|
24,654
|
|||||||||
|
Fixed asset depreciation and intangible asset amortization
|
25,756
|
21,870
|
|||||||||
|
Impairment of long-lived assets
|
101
|
372
|
|||||||||
|
Equity-based compensation and allocations of net income to limited partnership units (1)
|
83,441
|
75,323
|
|||||||||
|
(Gains) losses on equity method investments (2)
|
(4,585)
|
(2,358)
|
|||||||||
|
Other non-cash GAAP expenses (3)
|
572
|
-
|
|||||||||
|
Adjusted EBITDA
|
$
|
253,184
|
$
|
199,839
|
|||||||
|
1Q26
|
1Q25
|
Change
|
Constant Currency Change
|
||||||||||||||||||||
|
ECS ("Energy, Commodities, and Shipping")
|
$
|
330
|
$
|
150
|
120.1
|
%
|
117.2
|
%
|
|||||||||||||||
|
Rates
|
256
|
201
|
27.5
|
%
|
21.4
|
%
|
|||||||||||||||||
|
Foreign Exchange
|
131
|
110
|
19.1
|
%
|
18.0
|
%
|
|||||||||||||||||
|
Credit
|
94
|
87
|
8.2
|
%
|
2.5
|
%
|
|||||||||||||||||
|
Equities
|
85
|
63
|
34.3
|
%
|
29.1
|
%
|
|||||||||||||||||
|
Total Brokerage Revenues
|
$
|
896
|
$
|
611
|
46.7
|
%
|
42.4
|
%
|
|||||||||||||||
|
Data, Network, and Post-trade
|
34
|
33
|
6.1
|
%
|
6.0
|
%
|
|||||||||||||||||
|
Interest and dividend income, Fees from related parties and Other revenues
|
25
|
21
|
20.2
|
%
|
18.7
|
%
|
|||||||||||||||||
|
Total Revenues
|
$
|
955
|
$
|
664
|
43.8
|
%
|
39.9
|
%
|
|||||||||||||||
|
1Q26
|
1Q25
|
Change
|
Constant Currency Change
|
||||||||||||||||||||
|
Fenics Markets
|
$
|
177
|
$
|
147
|
20.3
|
%
|
15.2
|
%
|
|||||||||||||||
|
Fenics Growth Platforms
|
30
|
26
|
17.4
|
%
|
17.4
|
%
|
|||||||||||||||||
|
Fenics Revenues
|
$
|
207
|
$
|
173
|
19.8
|
%
|
15.5
|
%
|
|||||||||||||||