EX-99.1 2 a8k_ex991x20190122.htm EXHIBIT 99.1 Exhibit
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Exhibit 99.1                                    
At the Company
 
 
 
Becky Niiya
Jeff Goeser
Director, Communications
Managing Director, Investor Relations
(402) 574-6652
(402) 597-8464
rebecca.niiya@tdameritrade.com

jeffrey.goeser@tdameritrade.com


TD Ameritrade Delivers Pre-tax Margins over 50% and Record NNA
Record Net New Client Assets of $32B
GAAP Diluted EPS $1.07; Non-GAAP Diluted EPS $1.11(1) 
Average Client Trades per Day of 928,000
Pre-tax Margins of 51 percent

OMAHA, Neb., Jan. 22, 2019 TD Ameritrade Holding Corporation (Nasdaq: AMTD) has released results for the first quarter of fiscal 2019. The Company gathered a record $32 billion in net new client assets and reported client trading activity of approximately 928,000 client trades per day, on average.

Financial results for the quarter ended Dec. 31, 2018 include the following:(2)  
Net new client assets of approximately $32 billion, an annualized growth rate of 10 percent
Average client trades per day of approximately 928,000, up 28 percent year over year
Record net revenues of $1.5 billion, up 21 percent year-over-year
$1.07 in GAAP earnings per diluted share, up 106 percent year over year, on net income of $604 million
$1.11 in Non-GAAP earnings per diluted share,(1) up 39 percent year over year
Pre-tax GAAP income of $778 million, or 51 percent of net revenues

“We had a very strong start to fiscal 2019 with record asset gathering in both our retail and institutional channels. After a year of transition, we achieved double-digit net new asset growth rates,” said Tim Hockey, TD Ameritrade president and chief executive officer. “Trading was also strong in the quarter with 14 days eclipsing 1 million trades, and mobile trading reaching new highs, averaging 240,000 mobile trades per day – up more than 50 percent from last year.”

“Investor sentiment shifted in the quarter as anxiety and macroeconomic uncertainty started moving the markets, underscoring the importance of our client-centric value proposition. Times like these are when our clients need us most, and when they’re most likely to turn to our award-winning investor education. It’s little surprise then that the number of clients accessing our education increased by more than 60 percent from last year,” Hockey continued. “We’re focused on building a best-in-class client experience and driving a concentrated effort to further increase our operational agility and efficiency while delivering against our financial targets.”

“The power, scale and diversity of our business model were on display this quarter as we drove strong results, with pre-tax margins of 51 percent, in a volatile market,” said Steve Boyle, executive vice president and chief financial officer. We have a strong balance sheet and profitability that allow us to fund our strong growth while continuing to deliver significant returns to our shareholders. It’s a good way to start the year – with plenty of opportunities to deliver on our goals and drive value for our clients, employees and shareholders. Looking ahead to the remainder of 2019, we will remain focused on those things we can control, particularly maintaining organic growth and building our long-term earnings power.”


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Capital Management
The Company paid $168 million in cash dividends its first fiscal quarter, or $0.30 per share.

The Company has declared a $0.30 per share quarterly cash dividend, payable on Feb. 19, 2019 to all holders of record of common stock as of Feb. 5, 2019.

During the December quarter, the Company paid $145 million in cash to repurchase 2.9 million shares. As of Dec. 31, 2018, the Company has approximately 18 million shares remaining for share repurchases under its stock repurchase program.

Company Hosts Conference Call
TD Ameritrade will hold its first quarter conference call tomorrow morning, January 23, 2019, at 8:30 a.m. EST (7:30 a.m. CST) to take questions from analysts. Participants may listen to the conference call by dialing 866-393-4306. A complete audio recording of management’s remarks, an abridged text version of the remarks and a company overview are now available on the “Financial Reports” page of www.amtd.com under the header “Investor Relations’ Highlights.” Conference call participants are encouraged to reference these materials prior to the call.

A replay of the phone call will be available by dialing 855-859-2056 and entering the Conference ID 5961878
beginning at 1:30 p.m. EST (12:30 p.m. CST) on January 23, 2019. The replay will be available until 11:59 p.m. EST (10:59 p.m. CST) on January 30, 2019. A transcript of the call will be available on the Company’s corporate web site, www.amtd.com, via the “Financial Reports” page beginning Thursday, January 24, 2019.

More information about TD Ameritrade’s upcoming corporate events and management speaking engagements, such as quarterly earnings conference calls, is available on the Company’s Corporate Event Calendar. Look for the link “Where are we?” on the “Investor Relations” page of www.amtd.com.

Interested parties should visit or subscribe to newsfeeds at www.amtd.com for the most up-to-date information on corporate financial reports, press releases, SEC filings and events. The Company also communicates this information via Twitter, @TDAmeritradePR. Website links, corporate titles and telephone numbers provided in this release, although correct when published, may change in the future.

Source: TD Ameritrade Holding Corporation 

About TD Ameritrade Holding Corporation
TD Ameritrade provides investing services
and education to more than 11 million client accounts totaling approximately $1.2 trillion in assets, and custodial services to more than 7,000 registered investment advisors. We are a leader in U.S. retail trading, executing an average of approximately 900,000 trades per day for our clients, more than a quarter of which come from mobile devices. We have a proud history of innovation, dating back to our start in 1975, and today our team of 10,000-strong is committed to carrying it forward. Together, we are leveraging the latest in cutting edge technologies and one-on-one client care to transform lives, and investing, for the better. Learn more by visiting TD Ameritrade’s newsroom at www.amtd.com, or read our stories at Fresh Accounts.






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Safe Harbor
This document contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the federal securities laws. We intend these forward-looking statements to be covered by the safe harbor provisions of the federal securities laws. In particular, forward-looking statements contained in this discussion include our expectations regarding: the effect of client trading activity on our results of operations; the effect of changes in interest rates on our net interest spread; the amount of net revenues; average commissions per trade; the amounts of total operating expenses and advertising expense; our effective income tax rate; our capital and liquidity needs and our plans to finance such needs; and our plans to return capital to stockholders through cash dividends and share repurchases.These statements reflect only our current expectations and are not guarantees of future performance or results. These statements involve risks, uncertainties and assumptions that could cause actual results or performance to differ materially from those contained in the forward-looking statements. These risks, uncertainties and assumptions include, but are not limited to: economic, social and political conditions and other securities industry risks; interest rate risks; liquidity risks; credit risk with clients and counterparties; risk of liability for errors in clearing functions; systemic risk; systems failures, delays and capacity constraints; network security risks; competition; reliance on external service providers; new laws and regulations affecting our business; net capital requirements; extensive regulation, regulatory uncertainties and legal matters; difficulties and delays in integrating the Scottrade Financial Services, Inc. ("Scottrade") business or fully realizing cost savings and other benefits from the acquisition; disruptions from the Scottrade acquisition; or other factors making it more difficult to maintain relationships with employees, customers, other business partners or governmental entities; the inability to achieve synergies or to implement integration plans and other consequences associated with other acquisitions; and the other risks and uncertainties set forth under Item 1A. – Risk Factors of the Company's annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2018. These forward-looking statements speak only as of the date on which the statements were made. We undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise these statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except to the extent required by the federal securities laws.
 
1See attached reconciliation of non-GAAP financial measures.

2 Please see the Glossary of Terms, located in the “Investor relations” section of www.amtd.com under the “Financial Reports” heading for more information on how these metrics are calculated.

Brokerage services provided by TD Ameritrade, Inc., member FINRA (www.FINRA.org) /SIPC (www.SIPC.org).

Advisory services are provided by TD Ameritrade Investment Management, LLC (“TD Ameritrade Investment Management”), a registered investment advisor. Brokerage services provided by TD Ameritrade, Inc. TD Ameritrade Investment Management provides discretionary advisory services for a fee. Risks applicable to any portfolio are those associated with its underlying securities. For more information, please see the Disclosure Brochure (Form ADV Part 2A) http://www.tdameritrade.com/forms/TDA4855.pdf










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TD AMERITRADE HOLDING CORPORATION
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME
In millions, except per share amounts
(Unaudited)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Quarter Ended
 
Dec. 31, 2018
 
Sept. 30, 2018
 
Dec. 31, 2017
Revenues:
 
 
 
 
 
   Transaction-based revenues:
 
 
 
 
 
      Commissions and transaction fees
$
537

 
$
482

 
$
440

      
   Asset-based revenues:
 
 
 
 
 
      Bank deposit account fees
428

 
392

 
381

      Net interest revenue
376

 
356

 
276

      Investment product fees
143

 
142

 
133

         Total asset-based revenues
947

 
890

 
790

   
   Other revenues
32

 
26

 
27

      Net revenues
1,516

 
1,398

 
1,257


Operating expenses:
 
 
 
 
 
   Employee compensation and benefits
317

 
327

 
415

   Clearing and execution costs
49

 
40

 
47

   Communications
42

 
38

 
53

   Occupancy and equipment costs
68

 
76

 
80

   Depreciation and amortization
35

 
37

 
34

   Amortization of acquired intangible assets
31

 
34

 
38

   Professional services
74

 
73

 
74

   Advertising
58

 
75

 
64

   Other
46

 
63

 
116

      Total operating expenses
720

 
763

 
921

Operating income
796

 
635

 
336


Other expense (income):
 
 
 
 
 
   Interest on borrowings
32

 
26

 
20

   Loss on sale of investments

 

 
11

   Other
(14
)
 

 
2

      Total other expense (income)
18

 
26

 
33

Pre-tax income
778

 
609

 
303

Provision for income taxes(1)
174

 
155

 
6

Net income
$
604

 
$
454

 
$
297


Earnings per share - basic
$
1.07

 
$
0.80

 
$
0.52

Earnings per share - diluted
$
1.07

 
$
0.80

 
$
0.52


Weighted average shares outstanding - basic
562

 
567

 
567

Weighted average shares outstanding - diluted
564

 
569

 
569


Dividends declared per share
$
0.30

 
$
0.21

 
$
0.21

 
 
 
 
 
 
(1) The provision for income taxes was lower for the quarter ended December 31, 2017 due to the realization of approximately $78 million of after-tax benefits primarily attributable to the enactment of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.

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TD AMERITRADE HOLDING CORPORATION
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
In millions
(Unaudited)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Dec. 31, 2018
 
Sept. 30, 2018
Assets:
 
 
 
 
Cash and cash equivalents
$
5,117

 
$
2,690

 
Segregated cash and investments
3,185

 
3,185

 
Broker/dealer receivables
1,398

 
1,374

 
Client receivables, net
19,439

 
22,616

 
Investments available-for-sale, at fair value
884

 
484

 
Goodwill and intangible assets
5,525

 
5,556

 
Other
1,643

 
1,615

 
 
Total assets
$
37,191

 
$
37,520


Liabilities and stockholders' equity:
 
 
 
Liabilities:
 
 
 
 
Broker/dealer payables
$
2,298

 
$
2,980

 
Client payables
22,099

 
22,884

 
Long-term debt and other borrowings
3,484

 
2,535

 
Other
953

 
1,118

 
 
Total liabilities
28,834

 
29,517

Stockholders' equity
8,357

 
8,003

 
 
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity
$
37,191

 
$
37,520

 
 
 
 
 
 
 


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TD AMERITRADE HOLDING CORPORATION
SELECTED OPERATING DATA
(Unaudited)

 
Quarter Ended
 
Dec. 31, 2018
 
Sept. 30, 2018
 
Dec. 31, 2017
Key Metrics:
 
 
 
 
 
Net new assets (in billions)
$
31.8

 
$
23.9

 
$
26.5

Net new asset growth rate (annualized)
10
%
 
8
%
 
9
%
Average client trades per day
927,849

 
795,104

 
726,438

Profitability Metrics:
 
 
 
 
 
Operating margin
52.5
%
 
45.4
%
 
26.7
%
Pre-tax margin
51.3
%
 
43.6
%
 
24.1
%
Return on average stockholders' equity (annualized)
29.5
%
 
22.6
%
 
16.2
%
Net profit margin
39.8
%
 
32.5
%
 
23.6
%
EBITDA(1) as a percentage of net revenues
57.8
%
 
50.5
%
 
31.4
%
Liquidity Metrics:
 
 
 
 
 
Interest on borrowings (in millions)
$
32

 
$
26

 
$
20

Interest coverage ratio (EBITDA(1)/interest on borrowings)
27.4

 
27.2

 
19.8

Cash and cash equivalents (in billions)
$
5.1

 
$
2.7

 
$
1.6

Liquid assets (1)(2) (in billions)
$
2.6

 
$
1.1

 
$
0.9

Transaction-Based Revenue Metrics:
 
 
 
 
 
Total trades (in millions)
57.5

 
49.7

 
45.4

Average commissions per trade
$
7.09

 
$
7.35

 
$
7.54

Trading days
62.0

 
62.5

 
62.5

Order routing revenue (in millions)
$
129

 
$
117

 
$
98

Spread-Based Asset Metrics:
 
 
 
 
 
Average bank deposit account balances (in billions)
$
114.3

 
$
113.1

 
$
119.1

Average interest-earning assets (in billions)
30.0

 
29.6

 
31.6

   Average spread-based balance (in billions)
$
144.3

 
$
142.7

 
$
150.7

Bank deposit account fee revenue (in millions)
$
428

 
$
392

 
$
381

Net interest revenue (in millions)
376

 
356

 
276

   Spread-based revenue (in millions)
$
804

 
$
748

 
$
657

Avg. annualized yield - bank deposit account fees
1.47
%
 
1.36
%
 
1.25
%
Avg. annualized yield - interest-earning assets
4.90
%
 
4.70
%
 
3.42
%
   Net interest margin (NIM)
2.18
%
 
2.05
%
 
1.71
%
(1) See attached reconciliation of non-GAAP financial measures.
(2) In June 2018, the presentation of the liquid assets metric was revised in order to provide a consolidated view of our liquidity. Liquid assets may be utilized, as necessary, to meet corporate cash flow needs, fund operational needs, satisfy applicable regulatory requirements and support our business strategies.  The prior period, which provided a view of our liquidity net of operational contingencies and other obligations, has been updated to conform to the current presentation.
NOTE: See Glossary of Terms on the Company's website at www.amtd.com for definitions of the above metrics.

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TD AMERITRADE HOLDING CORPORATION
SELECTED OPERATING DATA
(Unaudited)

 
Quarter Ended
 
Dec. 31, 2018
 
Sept. 30, 2018
 
Dec. 31, 2017
Client Account and Client Asset Metrics:
 
 
 
 
 
Funded accounts (beginning of period)
11,514,000

 
11,399,000

 
11,004,000

Funded accounts (end of period)
11,630,000

 
11,514,000

 
11,129,000

Percentage change during period
1
 %
 
1
%
 
1
%

Client assets (beginning of period, in billions)
$
1,297.5

 
$
1,229.6

 
$
1,118.5

Client assets (end of period, in billions)
$
1,161.6

 
$
1,297.5

 
$
1,178.8

Percentage change during period
(10
)%
 
6
%
 
5
%

Net Interest Revenue:
 
 
 
 
 
Segregated cash:
 
 
 
 
 
  Average balance (in billions)
$
2.9

 
$
3.1

 
$
9.9

  Average annualized yield
2.01
 %
 
2.00
%
 
1.09
%
  Interest revenue (in millions)
$
15

 
$
16

 
$
28


Client margin balances:
 
 
 
 
 
  Average balance (in billions)
$
22.1

 
$
22.0

 
$
17.6

  Average annualized yield
5.10
 %
 
4.85
%
 
4.25
%
  Interest revenue (in millions)
$
289

 
$
273

 
$
191


Securities borrowing/lending:
 
 
 
 
 
  Average securities borrowing balance (in billions)
$
0.6

 
$
0.9

 
$
1.1

  Average securities lending balance (in billions)
$
2.7

 
$
3.0

 
$
2.6

  Net interest revenue - securities borrowing/lending (in millions)
$
54

 
$
54

 
$
53


Other cash and interest-earning investments:
 
 
 
 
 
  Average balance (in billions)
$
4.4

 
$
3.6

 
$
3.0

  Average annualized yield
1.83
 %
 
1.63
%
 
0.82
%
  Interest revenue - net (in millions)
$
20

 
$
15

 
$
6


Client credit balances:
 
 
 
 
 
  Average balance (in billions)
$
19.3

 
$
19.2

 
$
21.4

  Average annualized cost
0.04
 %
 
0.04
%
 
0.03
%
  Interest expense (in millions)
$
(2
)
 
$
(2
)
 
$
(2
)

Average interest-earning assets (in billions)
$
30.0

 
$
29.6

 
$
31.6

Average annualized yield
4.90
 %
 
4.70
%
 
3.42
%
Net interest revenue (in millions)
$
376

 
$
356

 
$
276

Investment Product Fee Revenue:
 
 
 
 
 
Fee-based investment balances:
 
 
 
 
 
Average balance (in billions)
$
263.6

 
$
271.6

 
$
230.0

Average annualized yield
0.21
 %
 
0.21
%
 
0.23
%
Investment product fee revenue (in millions)
$
143

 
$
142

 
$
133

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
NOTE: See Glossary of Terms on the Company's website at www.amtd.com for definitions of the above metrics.

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TD AMERITRADE HOLDING CORPORATION
RECONCILIATION OF NON-GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURES
In millions, except per share amounts
(Unaudited)

 
Quarter Ended
 
Dec. 31, 2018
 
Sept. 30, 2018
 
Dec. 31, 2017
 
Amount
 
Diluted EPS
 
Amount
 
Diluted EPS
 
Amount
 
Diluted EPS
Non-GAAP Net Income and Non-GAAP Diluted EPS (1)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net income and diluted EPS (GAAP)
$
604

 
$
1.07

 
$
454

 
$
0.80

 
$
297

 
$
0.52

Non-GAAP adjustments:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Amortization of acquired intangible assets
31

 
0.05

 
34

 
0.06

 
38

 
0.07

Acquisition-related expenses

 

 
61

 
0.11

 
179

 
0.31

Income tax effect of above adjustments
(8
)
 
(0.01
)
 
(26
)
 
(0.05
)
 
(59
)
 
(0.10
)
Non-GAAP net income and non-GAAP diluted EPS
$
627

 
$
1.11

 
$
523

 
$
0.92

 
$
455

 
$
0.80

 
Quarter Ended
 
Dec. 31, 2018
 
Sept. 30, 2018
 
Dec. 31, 2017
 
$
 
% of Net Rev.
 
$
 
% of Net Rev.
 
$
 
% of Net Rev.
EBITDA (2)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net income (GAAP)
$
604

 
39.8
%
 
$
454

 
32.5
%
 
$
297

 
23.6
%
Add:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Depreciation and amortization
35

 
2.3
%
 
37

 
2.6
%
 
34

 
2.7
%
Amortization of acquired intangible assets
31

 
2.0
%
 
34

 
2.4
%
 
38

 
3.0
%
Interest on borrowings
32

 
2.1
%
 
26

 
1.9
%
 
20

 
1.6
%
Provision for income taxes
174

 
11.5
%
 
155

 
11.1
%
 
6

 
0.5
%
EBITDA (non-GAAP)
$
876

 
57.8
%
 
$
706

 
50.5
%
 
$
395

 
31.4
%

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As of
 
Dec. 31, 2018
 
Sept. 30, 2018
 
June 30, 2018
 
Mar. 31, 2018
 
Dec. 31, 2017
Liquid Assets (3)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Cash and cash equivalents (GAAP)
$
5,117

 
$
2,690

 
$
1,343

 
$
1,373

 
$
1,644

Less: Non-corporate cash and cash equivalents
(4,247
)
 
(2,307
)
 
(1,044
)
 
(1,013
)
 
(844
)
Corporate cash and cash equivalents
870

 
383

 
299

 
360

 
800

Corporate investments
884

 
386

 
388

 
292

 

Excess regulatory net capital over management targets
862

 
296

 
166

 
119

 
85

Liquid assets (non-GAAP)
$
2,616

 
$
1,065

 
$
853

 
$
771

 
$
885


Note: The term "GAAP" in the following explanation refers to generally accepted accounting principles in the United States.

(1)
Non-GAAP net income and non-GAAP diluted earnings per share (EPS) are non-GAAP financial measures as defined by SEC Regulation G. We define non-GAAP net income as net income adjusted to remove the after-tax effect of amortization of acquired intangible assets and acquisition-related expenses. We consider non-GAAP net income and non-GAAP diluted EPS as important measures of our financial performance because they exclude certain items that may not be indicative of our core operating results and business outlook and may be useful in evaluating the operating performance of the business and facilitating a meaningful comparison of our results in the current period to those in prior and future periods. Amortization of acquired intangible assets is excluded because management does not believe it is indicative of our underlying business performance. Acquisition-related expenses are excluded as these costs are not representative of the costs of running the Company’s on-going business. Non-GAAP net income and non-GAAP diluted EPS should be considered in addition to, rather than as a substitute for, GAAP net income and diluted EPS.

(2)
EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization) is considered a non-GAAP financial measure as defined by SEC Regulation G. We consider EBITDA to be an important measure of our financial performance and of our ability to generate cash flows to service debt, fund capital expenditures and fund other corporate investing and financing activities. EBITDA is used as the denominator in the consolidated leverage ratio calculation for covenant purposes under our senior revolving credit facility. EBITDA eliminates the non-cash effect of tangible asset depreciation and amortization and intangible asset amortization. EBITDA should be considered in addition to, rather than as a substitute for, GAAP pre-tax income, net income and cash flows from operating activities.
(3)
Liquid assets is considered a non-GAAP financial measure as defined by SEC Regulation G. Liquid assets represents available capital, including any capital from our regulated subsidiaries in excess of established management operational targets. We include the excess capital of our regulated subsidiaries in the calculation of liquid assets, rather than simply including regulated subsidiaries' cash and cash equivalents, because capital requirements may limit the amount of cash available for dividend from the regulated subsidiaries to the parent company. Excess capital, as defined below, is generally available for dividend from the regulated subsidiaries to the parent company. Liquid assets should be considered as a supplemental measure of liquidity, rather than as a substitute for GAAP cash and cash equivalents.

 
Liquid assets may be utilized for general corporate purposes and is defined as the sum of (a) corporate cash and cash equivalents, (b) corporate investments, less securities sold under agreements to repurchase, and (c) our regulated subsidiaries' net capital in excess of minimum operational targets established by management. Corporate cash and cash equivalents includes cash and cash equivalents from our investment advisory subsidiaries. Liquid assets is based on more conservative measures of net capital than regulatory requirements because we generally manage to higher levels of net capital at our regulated subsidiaries than the regulatory thresholds require. Please see footnote (2) within the selected operating data metrics regarding the change in presentation from prior periods.















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