1Q23 financial and operational highlights* • Record total revenues of $203.2 million, up 9%; up 11% excluding the impact of foreign currency fluctuations. • Record total revenues include the impact of a 4% decline in total credit average variable transaction fee per million (“FPM”) driven by the lower duration of U.S. high-grade bonds traded. • Record total credit revenue on 14% growth in total credit average daily volume (“ADV”) to a record $13.7 billion. Record Open Trading ADV of $4.5 billion, up 21%, with total trade count up 27%. • Record commission revenue in U.S. high-yield (+16%), emerging markets (+6%) and Eurobonds (+30%); 15% increase in U.S. high-grade ADV to $6.3 billion. • Record information services revenue of $11.0 million, up 12%; up 18% excluding the impact of foreign currency fluctuations. • Strong estimated market share gains across composite corporate bond1 (+100 bps), high-yield (+310 bps), Eurobonds2 (+380 bps) and municipal bonds (+210 bps); strong estimated market share gains in emerging markets with record ADV of $3.1 billion, up 1%, compared to a 21% decline in emerging markets estimated market ADV.3 • 10% increase in total expenses, driven principally by investments to capture the long-term revenue opportunity in the global fixed-income markets. • 8% increase in operating income to $95.4 million; operating margin of 46.9%. • 15% increase in diluted EPS to $1.96 on a 14% increase in net income to $73.6 million; net income margin of 36.2%, up from 34.8%. The prior year period included a net $0.02 per diluted share negative impact from non-operating items. • 5% increase in EBITDA4 to $110.5 million; EBITDA margin4 of 54.4%. • 37% (+210 bps) total credit Open Trading share5, up from 35%. Estimated price improvement6 via Open Trading was approximately $252 million. • Record U.S. high-grade Open Trading share5 of 34% (+350 bps). • Record $31 billion in portfolio trading volume, up 125% from $14 billion. * All comparisons versus first quarter 2022 unless otherwise noted. | | Chris Concannon, CEO of MarketAxess, commented: “We executed very well against our growth strategy in the first quarter and delivered 9% revenue growth to a record $203 million, driven by record total credit revenue on a 14% increase in total credit average daily volume to a record $13.7 billion. Our strong results were broad-based, with record commission revenue across U.S. high-yield, emerging markets and Eurobonds. Our differentiated liquidity pool, Open Trading, and the diversification of our model across products and geographies was a key driver of our results, with our international businesses contributing record levels of commission revenue and average daily volume. We also achieved new volume records across our new growth initiatives, including Portfolio Trading, Dealer RFQ and automated trading. Estimated price improvement6 for our clients was approximately $252 million, well in excess of our total revenue for the quarter. The macro backdrop remains favorable, despite the market dislocation in March, and there was a significant uptick in trading velocity in the quarter compared to the prior year. Our estimated market share gains across most products are strong and total credit average fee per million has been stable. Our focus now is building on the strong momentum we have established in the first quarter.” |