Record Quarterly Revenues and Profitability
Net revenues of $3.86 billion were a record for the quarter, up 13% year-over-year and 3% sequentially. Pretax income was $735 million, up 10% year-over-year and 1% sequentially. Net income available to common shareholders was $542 million with diluted EPS of $2.72; adjusted net income was $564 million with adjusted EPS of $2.83. Adjusted pretax margin was 19.7%.
Private Client Group Asset Growth and Net New Assets
Private Client Group ended the quarter with $1.7 trillion of client assets under administration (up 15% year-over-year, down slightly vs prior quarter). Quarterly domestic net new assets were $23 billion, representing a 5.8% annualized growth rate.
Strong Fee-Based Asset and Asset Management Growth
Record PCG fee-based assets were $1.04 trillion (up 20% year-over-year). Asset management and related administrative fees totaled $2.02 billion, up 17% year-over-year and 1% sequentially; Asset Management segment net revenues were a record $327 million with pretax income of $137 million driven by higher AUM and positive net inflows.
Record Bank Loan Growth and SBL Momentum
Bank loans reached a record $54.8 billion, up 14% year-over-year and 3% sequentially. Securities-based lending balances increased by more than $5 billion (about +31% year-over-year and +6% sequentially), supporting strong lending growth tied to PCG activity.
Capital Deployment and Strong Capital Position
Repurchased $400 million of common stock in the quarter at an average price of $155; repurchases totaled $1.6 billion over the past 12 months. Including dividends, the firm returned over $2 billion to common shareholders in the last 12 months (≈94% of earnings). Tier 1 leverage ratio was 12.4% and total capital ratio 24%, with roughly $2.1 billion of excess capital capacity before reaching their conservative 10% Tier 1 leverage target.
Recruiting and Adviser Retention Momentum
Recruiting remained strong: trailing 12-month recruited production totaled $141 million with nearly $21 billion of client assets at recruits' previous firms. The quarter represented the second-highest result historically for recruited production and assets, and management reported robust recruiting pipeline and high retention.
Capital Markets and Investment Banking Momentum
Capital Markets segment net revenues were $464 million with pretax income of $51 million, growing year-over-year and sequentially driven by higher debt/equity underwriting and M&A/advisory activity; March was especially strong and management described a robust pipeline. Strategic acquisitions (GreensLedge closed; Clark Capital expected to close this quarter) were highlighted.
Technology and AI Investments Showing Early Wins
Annual technology spend exceeds $1.1 billion. Management rolled out a proprietary AI operations agent to a few hundred advisers and home-office groups with strong initial feedback and emphasized ongoing investment in automation, process improvement and AI to drive adviser efficiency and client experience.