Virtu Announces First Quarter 2024 Results
NEW YORK, April 24, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Virtu Financial, Inc. (NASDAQ: VIRT), a leading provider of financial services and products that leverages cutting edge technology to deliver innovative, transparent trading solutions to its clients and liquidity to the global markets, today reported results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2024.First Quarter 2024:
· Net income of $111.3 million; Normalized Adjusted Net Income¹ of $124.3 million
· Basic and diluted earnings per share of $0.59; Normalized Adjusted EPS¹ of $0.76
· Total revenues of $642.8 million; Trading income, net, of $408.1 million; Net income Margin of 17.3%²
· Adjusted Net Trading Income¹ of $366.9 million
· Adjusted EBITDA¹ of $202.8 million; Adjusted EBITDA Margin¹ of 55.3%
· Share buybacks of $35.8 million, or 2.0 million shares, under the Share Repurchase Program³
· Board authorizes additional $500 million share repurchase over the next two yearsThe Virtu Financial, Inc. Board of Directors declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.24 per share. This dividend is payable on June 15, 2024 to shareholders of record as of June 1, 2024.
^Note 1: Non-GAAP financial measures. Please see "Non-GAAP Financial Measures and Other Items" for more information.
^Note 2: Calculated by dividing Net income by Total revenue
^Note 3: Shares repurchased calculated on a settlement date basis.
*Financial Results*
First Quarter 2024:
Total revenues increased 3.6% to $642.8 million for this quarter, compared to $620.4 million for the same period in 2023. Trading income, net, decreased 1.1% to $408.1 million for the quarter compared to $412.5 million for the same period in 2023. Net income totaled $111.3 million for this quarter, compared to net income of $110.1 million in the prior year quarter.
Basic and diluted earnings per share for this quarter were $0.59, compared to basic and diluted earnings per share of $0.56, for the same period in 2023.
Adjusted Net Trading Income decreased 1.7% to $366.9 million for this quarter, compared to $373.1 million for the same period in 2023. Adjusted EBITDA decreased 2.2% to $202.8 million for this quarter, compared to $207.5 million for the same period in 2023. Normalized Adjusted Net Income, removing one-time and non-cash items, decreased 2.6% to $124.3 million for this quarter, compared to $127.6 million for the same period in 2023.
Assuming all non-controlling interests had been exchanged for common stock, and the Company’s Normalized Adjusted Net Income before income taxes was subject to corporation taxes, Normalized Adjusted EPS was $0.76 for this quarter, compared to $0.74 for the same period in 2023.
*Operating Segment Information*
The Company has two operating segments: Market Making and Execution Services; and one non-operating segment: Corporate.
Market Making principally consists of market making in the cash, futures and options markets across global equities, fixed income, currencies and commodities. As a market maker, the Company commits capital on a principal basis by offering to buy securities from, or sell securities to, broker dealers, banks and institutions.
Execution Services comprises agency-based trading and trading venues, offering execution services in global equities, options, futures and fixed income on behalf of institutions, banks and broker dealers. The Company also provides proprietary technology and infrastructure, workflow technology, and trading analytics services to select third parties. The segment also includes the results of the Company's capital markets business, in which the Company acts as an agent for issuers in connection with at-the-market offerings and buyback programs.
Corporate contains the Company's investments, principally in strategic trading-related opportunities, and maintains corporate overhead expenses.
The following tables show the trading income, net, total revenues and Adjusted Net Trading Income by segment for the three months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023.
Total revenues by segment
(in thousands, unaudited)
*Three Months Ended March 31, 2024* *Three Months Ended March 31, 2023* *Market
Making* *Execution
Services* *Corporate* *Total* *Market
Making* *Execution
Services* *Corporate* *Total*
Trading income, net $ 403,698 $ 4,397 $ — $ 408,095 $ 408,343 $ 4,168 $ — $ 412,511
Commissions, net and technology services 7,202 111,409 — 118,611 9,701 111,743 — 121,444
Interest and dividends income 103,802 2,190 — 105,992 79,687 2,557 — 82,244
Other, net 6,306 (208 ) 4,043 10,141 1,190 10 2,981 4,181
*Total Revenues* *$* *521,008* *$* *117,788* *$* *4,043* *$* *642,839* *$* *498,921* *$* *118,478* *$* *2,981* *$* *620,380* Reconciliation of trading income, net to Adjusted Net Trading Income by operating segment
(in thousands, unaudited)
*Three Months Ended March 31, 2024* *Three Months Ended March 31, 2023* *Market
Making* *Execution
Services* *Corporate* *Total* *Market
Making* *Execution
Services* *Corporate* *Total*
Trading income, net $ 403,698 $ 4,397 $ — $ 408,095 $ 408,343 $ 4,168 $ — $ 412,511
Commissions, net and technology services 7,202 111,409 — 118,611 9,701 111,743 — 121,444
Interest and dividends income 103,802 2,190 — 105,992 79,687 2,557 — 82,244
Brokerage, exchange, clearance fees and payments for order flow, net (115,866 ) (23,933 ) — (139,799 ) (122,950 ) (22,573 ) — (145,523 )
Interest and dividends expense (125,158 ) (870 ) — (126,028 ) (96,924 ) (677 ) — (97,601 )
*Adjusted Net Trading Income* *$* *273,678* *$* *93,193* *$* *—* *$* *366,871* *$* *277,857* *$* *95,218* *$* *—* *$* *373,075*
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Financial Condition*As of March 31, 2024, Virtu had $429.4 million in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash, and total long-term debt outstanding in an aggregate principal amount of $1,750.1 million.
*Share Repurchase Program*
Since inception of the program in November 2020 through settlement date April 19, 2024, the Company repurchased approximately 45.9 million shares of Class A Common Stock and Virtu Financial Units for approximately $1,151.4 million. Including the additional $500 million authorization by its Board, the Company has approximately $568.6 million remaining capacity for future purchases of shares of Class A Common Stock and Virtu Financial Units under the program.
*Virtu Financial Announces Planned CFO Transition*
On August 1, 2024, Cindy Lee, currently Deputy Chief Financial Officer, will become CFO of Virtu Financial. Sean Galvin, currently CFO of Virtu since 2020, will remain with Virtu in a senior capacity and will work with Cindy to ensure a seamless leadership transition. This transition is the result of the Company’s long-term succession planning with respect to the CFO role.
A seasoned professional in the financial services sector, Cindy Lee joined Virtu in 2011 where she has held various roles in global finance and most recently as Deputy CFO has overseen global finance and corporate treasury functions.
As a leader, Cindy spearheaded the automation of financial processes across Virtu’s global offices and helped grow the finance team. Cindy’s contributions were integral to the successful completion of Virtu’s IPO in 2015 and the integration of Virtu's multiple acquisitions including KCG in 2017 and ITG in 2019.
Prior to joining Virtu in 2011, Cindy worked at The Royal Bank of Scotland and was an auditor at Deloitte & Touche. Cindy graduated from the University of Connecticut with a Master’s and Bachelor’s degrees in Accounting.
Douglas A. Cifu, Virtu’s CEO stated, “Cindy has been with Virtu for 13 years and has become a true leader. She has worked incredibly hard and mastered our finance operations which we are very proud of. Her deep institutional knowledge of Virtu and experience will benefit us in all aspects of financial reporting and finance. Cindy’s dedication to Virtu and her performance sets the standard across our firm.”
Mr. Cifu continued, “I want to express my gratitude to Sean Galvin both for his 22 years of service to Virtu and KCG. I’m thrilled Sean has agreed to remain with Virtu in a senior capacity and I will continue to work closely with him in the future. Sean’s professionalism and experience will continue to be a great benefit to Virtu.”
*Earnings Conference Call Information*Virtu Financial will host a conference call to review its first quarter 2024 financial performance today, April 24th, at 7:30 a.m. ET. Members of the public may listen to the conference call through an audio webcast through the Investor Relations section of the firm’s website ir.virtu.com/investor-relations.
*Website Information*
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*Non-GAAP Financial Measures and Other Items*
To supplement our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements presented in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles ("GAAP"), we use the following non-GAAP measures of financial performance:
· “Adjusted Net Trading Income”, which is the amount of revenue we generate from our market making activities, or trading income, net, plus commissions, net and technology services, plus interest and dividends income and expense, net, less direct costs associated with those revenues, including brokerage, exchange, clearance fees and payments for order flow, net. Management believes that this measurement is useful for comparing general operating performance from period to period. Although we use Adjusted Net Trading Income as a financial measure to assess the performance of our business, the use of Adjusted Net Trading Income is limited because it does not include certain material costs that are necessary to operate our business. Our presentation of Adjusted Net Trading Income should not be construed as an indication that our future results will be unaffected by revenues or expenses that are not directly associated with our core business activities.
· “EBITDA”, which measures our operating performance by adjusting Net Income to exclude Financing interest expense on long-term borrowings, Debt issue cost related to debt refinancing, prepayment, and commitment fees, Depreciation and amortization, Amortization of purchased intangibles and acquired capitalized software, and Income tax expense, and “Adjusted EBITDA”, which measures our operating performance by further adjusting EBITDA to exclude severance, transaction advisory fees and expenses, termination of office leases, charges related to share-based compensation and other expenses, which includes reserves for legal matters, and Other, net, which includes gains and losses from strategic investments and the sales of businesses.
· “Normalized Adjusted Net Income”, “Normalized Adjusted Net Income before income taxes”, “Normalized provision for income taxes”, and “Normalized Adjusted EPS”, which we calculate by adjusting Net Income to exclude certain items, and other non-cash items, assuming that all vested and unvested Virtu Financial Units have been exchanged for Class A Common Stock, and applying an effective tax rate, which was approximately 24%.
· “Adjusted Operating Expenses”, which we calculate by adjusting total operating expenses to exclude severance, share based compensation, reserves for legal matters, termination of office leases, connectivity early termination and write-down of assets.Adjusted Net Trading Income, EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA Margin, Normalized Adjusted Net Income, Normalized Adjusted Net Income before income taxes, Normalized provision for income taxes, and Normalized Adjusted EPS and Adjusted Operating Expenses are non-GAAP financial measures used by management in evaluating operating performance and in making strategic decisions. Additional information provided regarding the breakdown of Total Adjusted Net Trading Income by category is also a non-GAAP financial measure but is not used by the Company in evaluating operating performance and in making strategic decisions. In addition, these non-GAAP financial measures or similar non-GAAP measures are used by research analysts, investment bankers and lenders to assess our operating performance. Management believes that the presentation of Adjusted Net Trading Income, EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA Margin, Normalized Adjusted Net Income, Normalized Adjusted Net Income before income taxes, Normalized provision for income taxes and Normalized Adjusted EPS provide useful information to investors regarding our results of operations because they assist both investors and management in analyzing and benchmarking the performance and value of our business. Adjusted Net Trading Income, EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA Margin, Normalized Adjusted Net Income, Normalized Adjusted Net Income before income taxes, Normalized provision for income taxes and Normalized Adjusted EPS provide indicators of general economic performance that are not affected by fluctuations in certain costs or other items. Accordingly, management believes that these measurements are useful for comparing general operating performance from period to period. Furthermore, our credit agreement contains tests based on metrics similar to Adjusted EBITDA. Other companies may define Adjusted Net Trading Income, Adjusted EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA Margin, Normalized Adjusted Net Income, Normalized Adjusted Net Income before income taxes, Normalized provision for income taxes and Normalized Adjusted EPS differently, and as a result our measures of Adjusted Net Trading Income, Adjusted EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA Margin, Normalized Adjusted Net Income, Normalized Adjusted Net Income before income taxes, Normalized provision for income taxes and Normalized Adjusted EPS may not be directly comparable to those of other companies. Although we use these non-GAAP financial measures as financial measures to assess the performance of our business, such use is limited because they do not include certain material costs necessary to operate our business.
Adjusted Net Trading Income, EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA, Normalized Adjusted Net Income before income taxes, Normalized provision for income taxes, Normalized Adjusted Net Income and Normalized Adjusted EPS should be considered in addition to, and not as a substitute for, Net Income in accordance with U.S. GAAP as a measure of performance. Our presentation of Adjusted Net Trading Income, EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA Margin, Normalized Adjusted Net Income, Normalized Adjusted Net Income before income taxes, Normalized provision for income taxes and Normalized Adjusted EPS should not be construed as an indication that our future results will be unaffected by unusual or nonrecurring items. Adjusted Net Trading Income, Normalized Adjusted Net Income, Normalized Adjusted Net Income before income taxes, Normalized provision for income taxes, Normalized Adjusted EPS and our EBITDA-based measures have limitations as analytical tools, and you should not consider them in isolation or as substitutes for analysis of our results as reported under U.S. GAAP. Some of these limitations are:
· they do not reflect every cash expenditure, future requirements for capital expenditures or contractual commitments;
· our EBITDA-based measures do not reflect the significant interest expense or the cash requirements necessary to service interest or principal payment on our debt;
· although depreciation and amortization are non-cash charges, the assets being depreciated and amortized will often have to be replaced or require improvements in the future, and our EBITDA-based measures do not reflect any cash requirement for such replacements or improvements;
· they are not adjusted for all non-cash income or expense items that are reflected in our statements of cash flows;
· they do not reflect the impact of earnings or charges resulting from matters we consider not to be indicative of our ongoing operations; and
· they do not reflect limitations on our costs related to transferring earnings from our subsidiaries to us.
Because of these limitations, Adjusted Net Trading Income, EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA, Normalized Adjusted Net Income before income taxes, Normalized provision for income taxes, Normalized Adjusted Net Income and Normalized Adjusted EPS are not intended as alternatives to Net Income as indicators of our operating performance and should not be considered as measures of discretionary cash available to us to invest in the growth of our business or as measures of cash that will be available to us to meet our obligations. We compensate for these limitations by using Adjusted Net Trading Income, EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA, Normalized Adjusted Net Income before income taxes, Normalized provision for income taxes, Normalized Adjusted Net Income and Normalized Adjusted EPS along with other comparative tools, together with U.S. GAAP measurements, to assist in the evaluation of operating performance. These U.S. GAAP measurements include Net Income, cash flows from operations and cash flow data. See below a reconciliation of each non-GAAP measure to the most directly comparable GAAP measure.
*Virtu Financial, Inc. and Subsidiaries*
*Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income (Unaudited)* *Three Months Ended*
*March 31,*
*(in thousands, except share and per share data)* *2024* *2023*
*Revenues:*
Trading income, net $ 408,095 $ 412,511
Interest and dividends income 105,992 82,244
Commissions, net and technology services 118,611 121,444
Other, net 10,141 4,181
Total revenues 642,839 620,380
*Operating Expenses:*
Brokerage, exchange, clearance fees and payments for order flow, net 139,799 145,523
Communication and data processing 58,182 56,812
Employee compensation and payroll taxes 100,823 103,437
Interest and dividends expense 126,028 97,601
Operations and administrative 22,346 24,299
Depreciation and amortization 16,076 15,348
Amortization of purchased intangibles and acquired capitalized software 14,687 16,020
Termination of office leases 17 96
Debt issue cost related to debt refinancing, prepayment and commitment fees 1,694 2,176
Transaction advisory fees and expenses 135 15
Financing interest expense on long-term borrowings 23,232 24,288
Total operating expenses 503,019 485,615
Income before income taxes and noncontrolling interest 139,820 134,765
Provision for income taxes 28,512 24,682
Net income $ 111,308 $ 110,083
Noncontrolling interest (55,491 ) (52,202 )
Net income available for common stockholders $ 55,817 $ 57,881
*Earnings per share:*
Basic $ 0.59 $ 0.56
Diluted $ 0.59 $ 0.56
*Weighted average common shares outstanding*
Basic 88,999,122 97,795,957
Diluted 88,999,122 97,813,691
Comprehensive income:
Net income $ 111,308 $ 110,083
Other comprehensive income
Foreign exchange translation adjustment, net of taxes (3,526 ) 1,648
Net change in unrealized cash flow hedges gains, net of taxes 1,547 (13,168 )
Comprehensive income $ 109,329 $ 98,563
Less: Comprehensive income attributable to noncontrolling interest (54,655 ) (47,535 )
Comprehensive income available for common stockholders $ 54,674 $ 51,028
*Virtu Financial, Inc. and Subsidiaries*
*Reconciliation to Non-GAAP Operating Data (Unaudited)*
The following tables reconcile Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income to arrive at Adjusted Net Trading Income, EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA, and selected Operating Margins. *Three Months Ended*
*March 31,*
*(in thousands, except percentages)* *2024* *2023*
*Reconciliation of Trading income, net to Adjusted Net Trading Income*
Trading income, net $ 408,095 $ 412,511
Commissions, net and technology services 118,611 121,444
Interest and dividends income 105,992 82,244
Brokerage, exchange, clearance fees and payments for order flow, net (139,799 ) (145,523 )
Interest and dividends expense (126,028 ) (97,601 )
*Adjusted Net Trading Income* $ 366,871 $ 373,075
*Reconciliation of Net Income to EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA*
Net income 111,308 110,083
Financing interest expense on long-term borrowings 23,232 24,288
Debt issue cost related to debt refinancing, prepayment and commitment fees 1,694 2,176
Depreciation and amortization 16,076 15,348
Amortization of purchased intangibles and acquired capitalized software 14,687 16,020
Provision for income taxes 28,512 24,682
*EBITDA* $ 195,509 $ 192,597
Severance 1,485 2,646
Transaction advisory fees and expenses 135 15
Termination of office leases 17 96
Other (9,347 ) (3,468 )
Share based compensation 15,033 15,583
*Adjusted EBITDA* $ 202,832 $ 207,469
*Selected Operating Margins*
GAAP Net income Margin (1) 17.3 % 17.7 %
Non-GAAP Net income Margin (2) 30.3 % 29.5 %
EBITDA Margin (3) 53.3 % 51.6 %
Adjusted EBITDA Margin (4) 55.3 % 55.6 %
^1 Calculated by dividing Net income by Total revenue.
^2 Calculated by dividing Net income by Adjusted Net Trading Income.
^3 Calculated by dividing EBITDA by Adjusted Net Trading Income.
^4 Calculated by dividing Adjusted EBITDA by Adjusted Net Trading Income.*Virtu Financial, Inc. and Subsidiaries*
*Reconciliation to Non-GAAP Operating Data (Unaudited)*
*(Continued)*
The following tables reconcile Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income to arrive at Normalized Adjusted Net Income before income taxes, Normalized provision for income taxes, Normalized Adjusted Net Income and Normalized Adjusted EPS. *Three Months Ended*
*March 31,*
*(in thousands, except share and per share data)* *2024* *2023*
*Reconciliation of Net Income to Normalized Adjusted Net Income*
Net income $ 111,308 $ 110,083
Provision for income taxes 28,512 24,682
Income before income taxes and noncontrolling interest $ 139,820 $ 134,765
Amortization of purchased intangibles and acquired capitalized software 14,687 16,020
Debt issue cost related to debt refinancing, prepayment and commitment fees 1,694 2,176
Severance 1,485 2,646
Transaction advisory fees and expenses 135 15
Termination of office leases 17 96
Other (9,347 ) (3,468 )
Share based compensation 15,033 15,583
Normalized Adjusted Net Income before income taxes $ 163,524 $ 167,833
Normalized provision for income taxes (1) 39,246 40,281
*Normalized Adjusted Net Income* $ 124,278 $ 127,552
Weighted Average Adjusted shares outstanding (2) 162,842,086 171,353,224
*Normalized Adjusted EPS* $ 0.76 $ 0.74
^(1) Reflects U.S. federal, state, and local income tax rate applicable to corporations of approximately 24% for all periods presented.
^(2) Assumes that (1) holders of all vested and unvested non-vesting Virtu Financial Units (together with corresponding shares of the Company's Class C common stock, par value $0.00001 per share (the “Class C Common Stock”)) have exercised their right to exchange such Virtu Financial Units for shares of Class A Common Stock on a one-for-one basis, (2) holders of all Virtu Financial Units (together with corresponding shares of the Company's Class D common stock, par value $0.00001 per share (the “Class D Common Stock”)) have exercised their right to exchange such Virtu Financial Units for shares of the Company's Class B common stock, par value $0.00001 per share (the “Class B Common Stock”) on a one-for-one basis, and subsequently exercised their right to convert the shares of Class B Common Stock into shares of Class A Common Stock on a one-for-one basis. Includes additional shares from the dilutive impact of options, restricted stock units and restricted stock awards outstanding under the Amended and Restated 2015 Management Incentive Plan during the three months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023.*Virtu Financial, Inc. and Subsidiaries*
*Condensed Consolidated Statements of Financial Condition (Unaudited)*
*(in thousands, except share data)* *March 31,*
*2024* *December 31,*
*2023*
*Assets*
Cash and cash equivalents $ 399,585 $ 820,436
Cash and securities segregated under regulations and other 29,821 35,024
Securities borrowed 1,782,982 1,722,440
Securities purchased under agreements to resell 502,470 1,512,114
Receivables from broker-dealers and clearing organizations 1,270,404 737,724
Receivables from customers 118,680 106,245
Trading assets, at fair value 6,447,132 7,358,611
Property, equipment and capitalized software, net 97,436 100,365
Operating lease right-of-use assets 212,689 229,499
Goodwill 1,148,926 1,148,926
Intangibles (net of accumulated amortization) 242,833 257,520
Deferred taxes 128,171 133,760
Other assets 408,586 303,720
Total assets 12,789,715 14,466,384
*Liabilities and equity*
Liabilities
Short-term borrowings, net 138,202 —
Securities loaned 1,640,521 1,329,446
Securities sold under agreements to repurchase 836,433 1,795,994
Payables to broker-dealers and clearing organizations 472,895 1,167,712
Payables to customers 33,485 23,229
Trading liabilities, at fair value 5,694,997 6,071,352
Tax receivable agreement obligations 196,254 216,480
Accounts payable and accrued expenses and other liabilities 365,711 451,293
Operating lease liabilities 260,483 278,317
Long-term borrowings, net 1,726,657 1,727,205
Total liabilities 11,365,638 13,061,028
Total equity 1,424,077 1,405,356
Total liabilities and equity $ 12,789,715 $ 14,466,384 *As of March 31, 2024*
*Ownership of Virtu Financial LLC Interests:* *Interests* *%*
Virtu Financial, Inc. – Class A Common Stock and Restricted Stock Units 94,002,420 57.8 %
Non-controlling Interests (Virtu Financial LLC) 68,699,738 42.2 %
Total Virtu Financial LLC Interests 162,702,158 100.0 %
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About Virtu Financial, Inc.*
Virtu is a leading financial services firm that leverages cutting-edge technology to provide execution services and data, analytics and connectivity products to its clients and deliver liquidity to the global markets. Leveraging its global market making expertise and infrastructure, Virtu provides a robust product suite including offerings in execution, liquidity sourcing, analytics and broker-neutral, multi-dealer platforms in workflow technology. Virtu’s product offerings allow clients to trade on hundreds of venues across 50+ countries and in multiple asset classes, including global equities, ETFs, foreign exchange, futures, fixed income and myriad other commodities. In addition, Virtu’s integrated, multi-asset analytics platform provides a range of pre and post-trade services, data products and compliance tools that clients rely upon to invest, trade and manage risk across global markets.
*Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements*
This press release may contain “forward-looking statements” made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Statements regarding Virtu Financial, Inc.’s (“Virtu’s”, the “Company’s” or “our”) business that are not historical facts are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements should not be read as a guarantee of future performance or results, and will not necessarily be accurate indications of the times at, or by which, such performance or results will be achieved. The Company assumes no obligation to update forward-looking statements to reflect actual results, changes in assumptions or changes in other factors affecting forward-looking information, and if the Company does update one or more forward-looking statements, no inference should be drawn that the Company will make additional updates with respect thereto or with respect to other forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are based on information available at the time and/or management’s good faith belief with respect to future events, and is subject to risks and uncertainties, some or all of which are not predictable or within Virtu’s control, that could cause actual performance or results to differ materially from those expressed in the statements. Those risks and uncertainties include, without limitation: risks relating to fluctuations in trading volume and volatilities in the markets in which we operate; the ability of our trading counterparties, clients, and various clearing houses to perform their obligations to us; the performance and reliability of our customized trading platform; the risk of material trading losses from our market making activities; swings in valuations in securities or other instruments in which we hold positions; increasing competition and consolidation in our industry; the risk that cash flow from our operations and other available sources of liquidity will not be sufficient to fund our various ongoing obligations, including operating expenses, short-term funding requirements, margin requirements, capital expenditures, debt service and dividend payments; potential consequences of recent SEC proposals focused on equity markets which may, if adopted, result in reduced overall and off-exchange trading volumes and market making opportunities, impose additional or heightened regulatory obligations on market makers and other market participants, and generally increase the implicit and explicit cost as well as the complexity of the U.S. equities eco-system for all participants; regulatory and legal uncertainties and potential changes associated with our industry, particularly in light of increased attention from media, regulators and lawmakers to market structure and related issues including but not limited to the retail trading environment, wholesale market making and off exchange trading more generally and payment for order flow arrangements; potential adverse results from legal or regulatory proceedings; our ability to remain technologically competitive and to ensure that the technology we utilize is not vulnerable to security risks, hacking and cyber-attacks; risks associated with third party software and technology infrastructure. For a discussion of the risks and uncertainties which could cause actual results to differ from those contained in forward-looking statements, see Virtu’s Securities and Exchange Commission filings, including but not limited to Virtu’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the SEC.
*CONTACT*
*Investor & Media Relations*
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investor_relations@virtu.com
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