2Q23 select financial and operational highlights* • $179.8 million in total revenues, down 1.3%, reflects impact of low credit spread volatility. • 4.0% growth in total revenues year-to-date to $383.0 million compared to the prior year. • 6.9% increase in total expenses, driven principally by investments to capture the long-term revenue opportunity in the global fixed-income markets; $75.7 million in operating income. • Diluted EPS of $1.59 on net income of $59.9 million. Foreign currency transaction losses and unrealized losses on investments had a $0.04 per diluted share negative impact in the current quarter. The prior year quarter included a net $0.11 per diluted share positive impact from foreign currency transaction gains. • Record emerging markets estimated market share1; 10.7% increase in emerging markets local markets trading volume in the quarter driven by a record $31.2 billion in the month of June. • Record Eurobonds average daily volume (“ADV”) of $1.9 billion, record estimated market share2 of 18.4% (+330 bps); Municipal bonds estimated market share of 5.8% (+190 bps). • Record information services revenue of $11.7 million, up 24.0%, reflecting increasing adoption of Composite+™, our algorithmic pricing engine. • Record 2,083 (+7.6%) active client firms, record 1,606 (+11.1%) active U.S. credit client firms; record 1,054 (+7.3%) international active client firms and record 1,127 (+6.7%) active client firms trading three or more products. • 39.5% growth in hedge fund client trading volume and 29.0% growth in private bank client trading volume reflecting increasing contribution from new client segments. • Record automation trading volume (+26.8%), trade count (+38.1%) and active client firms (+20.7%); record level of algorithmic responses on the platform (+30.7%). Record U.S. high-grade automation trading volume of $41.3 billion in the quarter, up 11.8% versus the prior year. • 34% total credit Open Trading® share3 in line with the prior year. Estimated price improvement4 via Open Trading was approximately $157 million and was $409 million year-to-date. * All comparisons versus second quarter 2022 unless otherwise noted. Table 1: 2Q23 select financial results | | Chris Concannon, CEO of MarketAxess, commented: “In the second quarter we continued to innovate, integrate and execute across our product areas with strong share gains in emerging markets, Eurobonds and municipals, and a significant expansion of our active global client network, especially in U.S. credit. We significantly enhanced our franchise in the quarter despite dramatically lower credit spread volatility which dampened trading activity by ETF market makers, especially in high-yield. In terms of innovation, we are leveraging our leadership position in the credit markets by delivering new, innovative proprietary data to our clients to help them make better trading decisions. We are integrating the full potential of our data, protocols and liquidity for clients through our new trading platform. And we are expanding our automated solutions with the first client algo, Adaptive Auto-X. We are also continuing to drive growth with the expansion of our international franchise in Eurobonds and emerging markets, as well as domestically in municipal bonds. In summary, we made significant progress in the second quarter in establishing the next generation of trading tools for clients to engage our integrated markets and drive future growth.” |