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SEI Investments Co.: Q3 FY2025 earnings call

What management said about Q3 FY2025, from the documents filed with the SEC on 22 October 2025: press release. The quarter’s numbers.

Key takeaways

  • Revenue and operating income grew: Revenue rose 8% to $578,511 thousand and operating income rose 11% to $159,961 thousand, compared with the third quarter 2024. Source
  • Investment Managers profit up 15%: Operating profit rose 15% to $81,116 thousand on a 39% margin, against $70,489 thousand a year earlier. Source
  • Investment Advisors profit up 21%: Operating profit rose 21% to $68,337 thousand, against $56,684 thousand a year earlier, with a 46% margin. Source
  • Assets under administration up 7%: Ending administration and management balances both rose from Q2 to Q3, per the company's percentage figures. Source
  • Net sales events reached $30.5 million: Sales events table totals are $30,540 thousand for the quarter, against $46,412 thousand in the third quarter 2024. Source
  • Operating margin reached 28%: Margin was 28%, against 27% a year earlier and in the prior quarter, which the company attributed to operating leverage and cost discipline. Source
  • Buybacks of $141.6 million in quarter: Shares repurchased totaled 9.3 million over the trailing 12 months, the company said. Source

“Our growth is underscored by the disciplined execution of our clear enterprise strategy, and we have confidence in our healthy sales pipelines,”

CEO Ryan Hicke

Results and growth drivers

  • Revenue and operating income grew: Revenue rose 8% to $578,511 thousand and operating income rose 11% to $159,961 thousand, compared with the third quarter 2024. Source
  • Diluted EPS up 9%: Diluted EPS was $1.30 against $1.19 a year earlier, up 9%. Nine-month diluted EPS was $4.25 against $3.23, up 32%. Source
  • Comparability items netted to negligible: The release lists per-share effects, including insurance proceeds and an Advisors earn-out adjustment, which the company said netted to a negligible impact on EPS. Source
  • Prior-period unusual items: Prior period results included unusual items adding $0.08 to EPS in Q3 2024 and $0.58 in Q2 2025. Management said excluding these items, EPS grew sequentially and year over year. Source
  • Nine-month results include Q2 gain: The second-quarter release reported this gain. The nine-month figures in this release include it.

Segments and business lines

  • Investment Managers profit up 15%: Operating profit rose 15% to $81,116 thousand on a 39% margin, against $70,489 thousand a year earlier. Source
  • Investment Advisors profit up 21%: Operating profit rose 21% to $68,337 thousand, against $56,684 thousand a year earlier, with a 46% margin. Source
  • Private Banks profit fell 2%: Operating profit fell 2% to $23,231 thousand, against $23,637 thousand. Excluding the prior-year unusual items, revenue and margin improved, the company said. Source
  • Institutional Investors flat: Revenue and operating profit were both flat, at $71,826 thousand and $33,758 thousand, against $71,626 thousand and $33,775 thousand a year earlier. Source
  • New Businesses revenue fell 48%: Revenues were $8,176 thousand, down 48%, and the operating loss widened to $3,687 thousand from $2,847 thousand. Source

“Excluding one-time items, third-quarter earnings per share also hit a record high.”

CEO Ryan Hicke

Assets and product flows

  • Assets under administration up 7%: Ending administration and management balances both rose from Q2 to Q3, per the company's percentage figures. Source
  • Alternatives drove administration growth: Most of the administration growth came from alternatives, which do not benefit from market appreciation, reflecting continued momentum in the Investment Managers alternatives business. Source
  • ETF and SMA inflows offset mutual fund outflows: Market appreciation supported AUM, along with modestly positive net asset flows in Advisors. ETF and SMA net inflows offset traditional mutual fund outflows. Source

Sales events and pipelines

  • Net sales events reached $30.5 million: Sales events table totals are $30,540 thousand for the quarter, against $46,412 thousand in the third quarter 2024. Source
  • Investment Managers led sales events: Investment Managers total sales events were $29,925 thousand, against $24,031 thousand a year earlier. Source
  • Private Banks sales events declined: Private Banks total sales events were $374 thousand, against $18,213 thousand a year earlier; net recurring sales events were negative $6,713 thousand. Source
  • Pipelines described as robust: Management said sales pipelines across all businesses remain robust, without giving pipeline figures. Source

“We are making targeted investments in technology and talent”

CEO Ryan Hicke

Costs, margins and deal expenses

  • Operating margin reached 28%: Margin was 28%, against 27% a year earlier and in the prior quarter, which the company attributed to operating leverage and cost discipline. Source
  • M&A and severance costs recorded: Management recorded $0.02 of expense for the planned Stratos acquisition and $0.02 of severance costs; the release gives no closing date for Stratos. Source

Capital, cash and shareholder returns

  • Buybacks of $141.6 million in quarter: Shares repurchased totaled 9.3 million over the trailing 12 months, the company said. Source
  • Nine-month operating cash flow: Net cash from operations was $481,264 thousand for nine months, against $427,074 thousand a year earlier. Source
  • Financing outflows rose: Net cash used in financing activities was $516,474 thousand for nine months, against $310,392 thousand a year earlier. Source

Figures management reported

FigureReported
Total assets under management, ending Source$541,531 million
Client assets under administration, ending Source$1,213,745 million
Total assets, ending Source$1,798,609 million
Average assets under management, third quarter 2025 Source$527,244 million

Risks management discussed

  • Demand: Management said traditional revenue growth benefited in part from favorable market conditions. 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.