E*TRADE Financial Corporation Reports Monthly Activity for February 2015

NEW YORK--()--E*TRADE Financial Corporation (NASDAQ:ETFC) today released its Monthly Activity Report for February 2015.

Daily Average Revenue Trades (“DARTs”) for February were 179,420, a four percent increase from January and an 11 percent decrease from the year-ago period. The Company added 37,224 gross new brokerage accounts in February, ending the month with approximately 3.2 million brokerage accounts — an increase of 20,715 from January.

Net new brokerage assets were $1.7 billion in the month. During the month, customer security holdings increased by six percent, or $12.2 billion, and brokerage-related cash increased by $2.1 billion to $42.1 billion. Bank-related cash and deposits increased by $0.1 billion, ending the month at $5.8 billion. Customers were net sellers of approximately $0.8 billion in securities during the month.

                   

Monthly Activity Data

 
Feb-15 Jan-15 Feb-14 % Chg. M/M % Chg. Y/Y
 
 
Trading days 19.0 20.0 19.0 N.M. N.M.
 
DARTs 179,420 172,944 201,223 3.7 % (10.8)%
 
Gross new brokerage accounts 37,224 30,990 40,932 20.1 % (9.1)%
Gross new stock plan accounts 15,166 28,201 16,389 (46.2)% (7.5)%
Gross new banking accounts   422   344   848 22.7 % (50.2)%
Total gross new accounts 52,812 59,535 58,169 (11.3)% (9.2)%
 
Net new brokerage accounts 20,715 7,034 28,242 N.M. N.M.
Net new stock plan accounts (4,307) 9,772 (3,669) N.M. N.M.
Net new banking accounts   (1,373)   (1,563)   (2,305) N.M. N.M.
Net new accounts 15,035 15,243 22,268 N.M. N.M.
 
End of period brokerage accounts 3,171,672 3,150,957 3,045,159 0.7 % 4.2 %
End of period stock plan accounts 1,269,249 1,273,556 1,220,803 (0.3)% 4.0 %
End of period banking accounts   359,108   360,481   390,196 (0.4)% (8.0)%
End of period total accounts 4,800,029 4,784,994 4,656,158 0.3 % 3.1 %
 

Customer Assets ($B)

Security holdings $ 216.0 $ 203.8 $ 186.4 6.0 % 15.9 %
Customer payables (cash) 6.7 6.1 6.6 9.8 % 1.5 %
Customer assets held by third parties(1) 16.1 15.2 14.2 5.9 % 13.4 %
Unexercised stock plan customer holdings (vested)   39.6   37.2   39.3 6.5 % 0.8 %
Customer assets in brokerage and stock plan accounts   278.4   262.3   246.5 6.1 % 12.9 %
Sweep deposits 19.3 18.7 19.4 3.2 % (0.5)%
Savings, transaction and other   5.8   5.7   6.3 1.8 % (7.9)%
Customer assets in banking accounts   25.1   24.4   25.7 2.9 % (2.3)%
Total customer assets $ 303.5 $ 286.7 $ 272.2 5.9 % 11.5 %
 
Net new brokerage assets ($B)(2) $ 1.7 $ 0.6 $ 1.6 N.M. N.M.
Net new banking assets ($B)(2)   0.1   (0.1)   0.1 N.M. N.M.
Net new customer assets ($B)(2) $ 1.8 $ 0.5 $ 1.7 N.M. N.M.
 
Brokerage related cash ($B) $ 42.1 $ 40.0 $ 40.2 5.3 % 4.7 %
Other customer cash and deposits ($B)   5.8   5.7   6.3 1.8 % (7.9)%

Total customer cash and deposits ($B)

$ 47.9 $ 45.7 $ 46.5 4.8 % 3.0 %
 
Customer net (buy) / sell activity ($B) $ 0.8 $ (2.0) $ (0.3) N.M. N.M.
 
   
(1) Customer assets held by third parties are held outside E*TRADE Financial and include money market funds and sweep deposit accounts at unaffiliated financial institutions.
(2) Net new customer assets are total inflows to all new and existing customer accounts less total outflows from all closed and existing customer accounts. The net new brokerage assets and net new banking assets metrics treat asset flows between E*TRADE entities in the same manner as unrelated third party accounts.
 

Historical metrics and financials can be found on E*TRADE Financial’s corporate website at https://about.etrade.com.

About E*TRADE Financial

E*TRADE Financial and its subsidiaries provide financial services including online brokerage and related banking products and services to retail investors. Specific business segments include Trading and Investing and Balance Sheet Management. Securities products and services are offered by E*TRADE Securities LLC (Member FINRA/SIPC). Bank products and services are offered by E*TRADE Bank, a Federal savings bank, Member FDIC, or its subsidiaries. More information is available at www.etrade.com.

Important Notices

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Contacts

E*TRADE Media Relations
Thayer Fox, 646-521-4418
thayer.fox@etrade.com
or
E*TRADE Investor Relations
Brett Goodman, 646-521-4406
brett.goodman@etrade.com

Contacts

E*TRADE Media Relations
Thayer Fox, 646-521-4418
thayer.fox@etrade.com
or
E*TRADE Investor Relations
Brett Goodman, 646-521-4406
brett.goodman@etrade.com