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Interactive Brokers Group, Inc.: Q4 FY2025 earnings call

What management said about Q4 FY2025, from the documents filed with the SEC on 20 January 2026: press release. Guidance figures: 1 kept. The quarter’s numbers.

Key takeaways

  • Diluted EPS rose year over year: Diluted EPS was $0.63 GAAP and $0.65 adjusted, against $0.50 and $0.51 a year earlier, and $0.59 and $0.57 in 3Q2025. Source
  • Net revenues rose year over year: GAAP net revenues were $1.64 billion, up from $1.39 billion; adjusted net revenues were $1.67 billion, up from $1.42 billion. GAAP revenue was $12 million below 3Q2025. Source
  • Commission revenue rose 22%: Commission revenue was $582 million, up from $477 million a year earlier, on higher customer trading volumes; 3Q2025 commission revenue was $537 million. Source
  • Customer accounts reached 4.40 million: Customer accounts rose 32% to 4.40 million, from 4.13 million in 3Q2025, a 7% increase over the quarter. Source
  • Customer DARTs rose 30%: Total customer DARTs were 4.04 million, up 30% from 3.12 million a year earlier and up 12% from 3.62 million in 3Q2025. Source
  • Pretax margin held at 79%: Pretax profit margin was 79% as reported and as adjusted, against 75% and 76% a year earlier; full-year adjusted pretax margin was 77%, against 72%. Source
  • Net interest margin fell to 2.02%: Net interest margin was 2.02%, against 2.23% a year earlier and 2.16% in 3Q2025; the full-year margin was 2.08%, against 2.35%. Source

“Management believes these non-GAAP items are important measures of our financial performance because they exclude certain items that may not be indicative of our core operating results”

Interactive Brokers Group, Inc., press release

Guidance

AreaPeriodFigureAgainst last quarter
Quarterly cash dividend SourcePayable March 13, 2026; record date February 27, 2026$0.08 per shareKept

What changed from last quarter

  • New: Company boilerplate now describes trading on over 170 markets, up from over 160 in the 3Q2025 release. Source

Results and growth drivers

  • Diluted EPS rose year over year: Diluted EPS was $0.63 GAAP and $0.65 adjusted, against $0.50 and $0.51 a year earlier, and $0.59 and $0.57 in 3Q2025. Source
  • Net revenues rose year over year: GAAP net revenues were $1.64 billion, up from $1.39 billion; adjusted net revenues were $1.67 billion, up from $1.42 billion. GAAP revenue was $12 million below 3Q2025. Source
  • Pretax income rose year over year: Income before income taxes was $1.30 billion as reported, against $1.04 billion, and $1.33 billion adjusted, against $1.08 billion a year earlier. Source
  • Full-year revenue and EPS rose: Full-year GAAP net revenues were $6,205 million, against $5,185 million, and full-year diluted EPS was $2.22, against $1.73 a year earlier. Source

Revenue lines

  • Commission revenue rose 22%: Commission revenue was $582 million, up from $477 million a year earlier, on higher customer trading volumes; 3Q2025 commission revenue was $537 million. Source
  • Net interest income rose 20%: Net interest income was $966 million, up from $807 million a year earlier and flat with $967 million in 3Q2025, reflecting higher average margin loans and credit balances. Source
  • Other fees rose 5%: Other fees and services were $85 million, up from $81 million, on higher order-flow payments, FDIC sweep fees and market data fees, partly offset by lower risk exposure fees. Source
  • Other income fell 55%: Other income was $10 million, down from $22 million a year earlier and $85 million in 3Q2025; the release ties $10 million of the decrease to investing activities. Source

“Our currency diversification strategy and our mark-to-market on investments are excluded because management does not believe they are indicative of our underlying core business performance.”

Interactive Brokers Group, Inc., press release

Customers and trading activity

  • Customer accounts reached 4.40 million: Customer accounts rose 32% to 4.40 million, from 4.13 million in 3Q2025, a 7% increase over the quarter. Source
  • Customer equity and credits grew: Customer equity rose 37% to $779.9 billion and customer credits rose 34% to $160.1 billion. Customer margin loans rose 40% to $90.2 billion. Source
  • Customer DARTs rose 30%: Total customer DARTs were 4.04 million, up 30% from 3.12 million a year earlier and up 12% from 3.62 million in 3Q2025. Source
  • DARTs per account fell year over year: Cleared average DARTs per account, annualized, were 203, down from 213 a year earlier and up from 195 in 3Q2025. Source

Trading volumes and order flow

  • Product volumes rose year over year: Total options contracts were 462,656 thousand, up 24%; futures 63,258 thousand, up 21%; stock shares 112,072,352 thousand, up 15% year over year and down 6% from 3Q2025. Source
  • Principal contracts and shares fell: Principal options contracts were 9,787 thousand, down 37%; principal futures 374 thousand, down 40%; principal stock shares 962,756 thousand, down 43% year over year. Source
  • Executed orders rose 32%: Executed orders were 289,238 thousand, up 32%: customer orders 254,690 thousand, up 30%, and principal orders 34,548 thousand, up 49%. 3Q2025 total was 260,294 thousand. Source

Costs and expenses

  • Total expenses flat year over year: Total non-interest expenses were $343 million, against $347 million a year earlier and $343 million in 3Q2025; income before income taxes was $1,300 million. Source
  • Employee pay rose 11%: Employee compensation and benefits were $153 million, up from $138 million a year earlier and down from $156 million in 3Q2025. Source
  • Execution fees fell on regulatory fees: Execution, clearing and distribution fees were $91 million, down 21%, driven by lower regulatory fees after the SEC Section 31 transaction fee rate was reduced to zero on May 14, 2025. Source
  • G&A flat; tax expense rose: General and administrative expense was $62 million, against $59 million a year earlier and $62 million in 3Q2025. Income tax expense was $99 million, up from $71 million. Source

Margins, pricing and interest income

  • Pretax margin held at 79%: Pretax profit margin was 79% as reported and as adjusted, against 75% and 76% a year earlier; full-year adjusted pretax margin was 77%, against 72%. Source
  • Net interest margin fell to 2.02%: Net interest margin was 2.02%, against 2.23% a year earlier and 2.16% in 3Q2025; the full-year margin was 2.08%, against 2.35%. Source
  • Segregated cash yields fell: Annualized yield on segregated cash and securities was 3.54%, against 4.54% a year earlier and 3.81% in 3Q2025. Source
  • Commission per order eased: Commission per cleared commissionable order was $2.64, down 3% from $2.72 a year earlier and down 2% from $2.70 in 3Q2025. Source

Balance sheet and capital

  • Total equity reached $20.5 billion: Total equity was $20,472 million, against $16,597 million a year earlier and $19.5 billion in 3Q2025; stockholders' equity was $5,363 million and noncontrolling interests $15,109 million. Source
  • Total assets reached $203.2 billion: Total assets were $203,240 million, against $150,142 million at December 31, 2024; receivables from customers were $90,475 million, against $64,432 million. Source
  • IBG Inc. ownership rose to 26.3%: IBG, Inc. held 445,612,825 IBG LLC membership interests, or 26.3%, against 25.8% at December 31, 2024; noncontrolling interests held 73.7%. Source
  • Dividend payment date moved later: The 3Q2025 dividend was payable December 12, 2025, to holders of record December 1, 2025; the 4Q2025 dividend is payable March 13, 2026.

Currency and adjusted measures

  • Currency strategy reduced comprehensive earnings: The currency diversification strategy reduced comprehensive earnings by $7 million, as the U.S. dollar value of the GLOBAL fell about 0.07%; in 3Q2025 the reduction was $33 million. Source
  • Currency effect split across two lines: The currency effect was reported as a $23 million loss within other income and a $16 million gain within other comprehensive income. Source
  • Adjusted revenue excluded $27 million: Adjusted net revenues removed $27 million of net non-GAAP adjustments, including currency strategy and investment mark-to-market, giving $1,670 million against GAAP $1,643 million. Source

Coming up, as management said on 20 January 2026

  • Dividend payable March 13, 2026: The quarterly dividend of $0.08 per share is payable March 13, 2026, to shareholders of record as of February 27, 2026. Source

Figures management reported

FigureReported
Total accounts (thousands) Source4,399, up 32% year over year
Total customer DARTs (thousands) Source4,043, up 30% year over year
Executed orders (thousands) Source289,238 total; customer 254,690, up 30%
Options contracts (thousands) Source462,656, up 24% year over year
Futures contracts (thousands) Source63,258, up 21% year over year
Stock shares traded (thousands) Source112,072,352, up 15% year over year

Risks management discussed

  • External: Currency diversification results move with the U.S. dollar value of the GLOBAL basket, affecting comprehensive earnings and other income in the quarter. Source

Other quarters

Summarised with AI from the documents the company filed with the SEC. Every point is checked against the filing before it is shown: management’s own words word for word, figures against the line or table row they come from. A point that fails the check is left out. Source opens the filing at that line.