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Dec 31, 2020
Tradeweb Q4 2020 Earnings Report
Tradeweb reported strong financial results for Q4 2020, marked by record average daily volumes and revenue growth across various asset classes.
Key Takeaways
Tradeweb Markets Inc. reported an 18.1% increase in quarterly gross revenues, reaching $233.1 million. The company also saw a 30.9% increase in record average daily volume (ADV) for the quarter, driven by growth in U.S. High Yield bonds, Chinese bonds, and Repos. Net income was $66.4 million, and adjusted net income was $80.5 million, representing increases of 16.0% and 33.1%, respectively.
Quarterly gross revenues increased by 18.1% year over year, reaching $233.1 million.
Record average daily volume (ADV) for the quarter increased by 30.9% year over year, totaling $897.9 billion.
Net income increased by 16.0% to $66.4 million, and adjusted net income increased by 33.1% to $80.5 million.
Adjusted EBITDA margin was 49.2%, resulting in $114.6 million adjusted EBITDA for the quarter.
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Forward Guidance
Tradeweb provided full-year 2021 guidance, including adjusted expenses, acquisition and Refinitiv Transaction related depreciation and amortization expense, assumed non-GAAP tax rate, and capital expenditures and capitalization of software development.
Positive Outlook
- Adjusted Expenses: $530 - $560 million
- Acquisition and Refinitiv Transaction related depreciation and amortization expense: $120 million
- Assumed non-GAAP tax rate: 22.0%
- Capital expenditures and capitalization of software development: $45 - $50 million
- Volumes off to a strong start
Challenges Ahead
- Non-GAAP adjusted expense guidance does not include any expenses tied to our recently announced acquisition of Nasdaq’s U.S. fixed income electronic trading platform.
- GAAP operating expenses and tax rate guidance are not provided due to the inherent difficulty in quantifying certain amounts due to a variety of factors including the unpredictability in the movement of foreign currency rates.
- The potential impacts of COVID-19 remain inherently uncertain
- General market conditions
- Prevailing price and trading volumes of our Class A common stock