E*TRADE Financial Corporation Reports Monthly Activity for May 2016

NEW YORK--()--E*TRADE Financial Corporation (NASDAQ:ETFC) today released its Monthly Activity Report for May 2016.

Daily Average Revenue Trades ("DARTs") for May were 149,475, a six percent decrease from April and a one percent decrease from the year-ago period. The Company added 30,607 gross new brokerage accounts in May and ended the month with approximately 3.3 million brokerage accounts — an increase of 8,448 from April.

Net new brokerage assets were $1.2 billion in the month. During the month, customer security holdings increased two percent, or $3.5 billion, and brokerage-related cash increased by $0.6 billion to $43.2 billion. Bank-related cash and deposits remained flat, ending the month at $5.3 billion. Customers were net buyers of approximately $0.4 billion in securities during the month.

                             

Monthly Activity Data

 
May-16 Apr-16 May-15 % Chg. M/M % Chg. Y/Y
Trading days 21.0 21.0 20.0 N.M. N.M.
 
DARTs 149,475 159,215 151,444 (6.1)% (1.3)%
 
Gross new brokerage accounts 30,607 34,724 27,865 (11.9)% 9.8%
Gross new stock plan accounts 19,953 25,202 26,358 (20.8)% (24.3)%
Gross new banking accounts 453   337   360   34.4% 25.8%
Total gross new accounts 51,013 60,263 54,583 (15.3)% (6.5)%
 
Net new brokerage accounts(1) 8,448 10,866 7,141 N.M. N.M.
Net new stock plan accounts (1,187 ) 11,822 13,170 N.M. N.M.
Net new banking accounts (1,743 ) (1,727 ) (1,437 ) N.M. N.M.
Net new accounts 5,518 20,961 18,874 N.M. N.M.
 
End of period brokerage accounts(1) 3,273,314 3,264,866 3,198,095 0.3% 2.4%
End of period stock plan accounts 1,435,200 1,436,387 1,284,879 (0.1)% 11.7%
End of period banking accounts 332,081   333,824   353,116   (0.5)% (6.0)%
End of period total accounts 5,040,595 5,035,077 4,836,090 0.1% 4.2%
 

Customer Assets ($B)

Security holdings $ 209.1 $ 205.6 $ 220.6 1.7% (5.2)%
Sweep deposits 26.6 26.4 20.7 0.8% 28.5%
Customer payables (cash) 6.9 6.9 6.6 0.0% 4.5%
Customer assets held by third parties(2) 9.7   9.3   14.7   4.3% (34.0)%
Brokerage customer assets 252.3   248.2   262.6   1.7% (3.9)%
Unexercised stock plan customer holdings (vested) 30.1 31.4 39.8 (4.1)% (24.4)%
Savings, checking and other banking customer assets 5.3   5.3   5.6   0.0% (5.4)%
Total customer assets $ 287.7   $ 284.9   $ 308.0   1.0% (6.6)%
 
Net new brokerage assets(3) $ 1.2 $ (0.4 ) $ 1.0 N.M. N.M.
Net new banking assets(3) (0.1 ) (0.1 ) 0.0   N.M. N.M.
Net new customer assets(3) $ 1.1 $ (0.5 ) $ 1.0 N.M. N.M.
 
Brokerage related cash $ 43.2 $ 42.6 $ 42.0 1.4% 2.9%
Other customer cash and deposits 5.3   5.3   5.6   0.0% (5.4)%
Total customer cash and deposits $ 48.5 $ 47.9 $ 47.6 1.3% 1.9%
 
Customer net (buy) / sell activity $ (0.4 ) $ 0.2 $ (0.2 ) N.M. N.M.

(1) Net new brokerage and end of period accounts in May 2015 include the closure of 1,314 accounts related to the shutdown of
the Company's global trading platform and the closure of 3,484 accounts related to the escheatment of unclaimed property.

(2) 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.

(3) 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 banking assets and net new brokerage 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. 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

E*TRADE Financial, E*TRADE, and the E*TRADE logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of E*TRADE Financial Corporation. ETFC-G

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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