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KBW Inc. Reports Operating Results (10-Q)
Posted by: gurufocus (IP Logged)
Date: May 8, 2012 06:29PM
KBW Inc. (KBW) filed Quarterly Report for the period ended 2012-03-31. Highlight of Business Operations:Total revenues were $69.2 million for the three months ended March 31, 2012 compared with $95.2 million for the same period in 2011, a decrease of $25.9 million, or 27.3%. This decrease was primarily due to decreases in investment banking revenues of $10.6 million and principal transactions, net revenue of $6.8 million.Investment banking revenue was $27.0 million for the three months ended March 31, 2012 compared with $37.6 million for the same period in 2011, a decrease of $10.6 million, or 28.2%. M&A and advisory revenue increased $11.0 million, or 115.8%, to $20.5 million for the three months ended March 31, 2012 compared with $9.5 million for the same period in 2011, primarily due to the completion of several larger than average advisory engagements completed in 2012. Capital markets revenue was $6.5 million for the three months ended March 31, 2012 compared with $28.2 million for the same period in 2011, a decrease of $21.7 million, primarily due to a lower number of equity capital market transactions for the three months ended March 31, 2012 compared with the same period in 2011. Commissions revenue was $29.2 million for the three months ended March 31, 2012 compared with $34.4 million for the same period in 2011, a decrease of $5.2 million, or 15.1%. U.S. equity commissions were $20.9 million for the three months ended March 31, 2012 compared with $23.8 million for the same 2011 period, a decrease of $2.9 million, or 12.2%, and non-U.S. equity commissions were $8.3 million for the three months ended March 31, 2012 compared with $10.6 million for the same period in 2011, a decrease of $2.3 million, or 21.7%, reflecting lower market volumes in financial services companies’ stocks in 2012. Principal transactions, net revenue was $10.5 million for the three months ended March 31, 2012 compared with $17.3 million for the same period in 2011, a decrease of $6.8 million, or 39.4%. Fixed income revenue was $8.8 million for the three months ended March 31, 2012 compared with $12.3 million for the same period in 2011, a decrease of $3.5 million, or 28.4%, primarily due to reduced client activity. Trading for our own account, including firm investments, resulted in revenue of $3.4 million for the three months ended March 31, 2012 compared with revenue of $5.5 million for the same period in 2011, a decrease of $2.1 million and equity market making resulted in negative revenue of $1.8 million for the three months ended March 31, 2012 compared with negative revenue of $1.2 million for the same period in 2011. The realized gains and change in the fair value of our trust preferred backed collateralized debt obligations and related securities owned remained relatively unchanged for the three months ended March 31, 2012 compared with a gain of $0.8 million for the same period in 2011.
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