NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Evercore Inc. (NYSE: EVR):
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Q1 2025 |
Q1 2024 |
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Q1 2025 |
Q1 2024 |
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Net Revenues ($ mm) |
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694.8 |
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580.8 |
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699.9 |
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587.3 |
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Operating Income ($ mm) |
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111.2 |
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84.1 |
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$ |
116.3 |
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90.6 |
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Net Income Attributable to Evercore Inc. ($ mm) |
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146.2 |
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85.7 |
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$ |
154.8 |
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$ |
92.9 |
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Diluted Earnings Per Share |
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3.48 |
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$ |
2.09 |
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$ |
3.49 |
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$ |
2.13 |
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Compensation Ratio |
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66.2 |
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66.8 |
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65.7 |
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66.0 |
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Operating Margin |
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16.0 |
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14.5 |
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16.6 |
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15.4 |
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Business and Financial Highlights |
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First Quarter Net Revenues of $694.8 million on a U.S. GAAP basis and $699.9 million on an Adjusted basis increased 20% and 19%, respectively, versus First Quarter 2024 |
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First Quarter Operating Income of $111.2 million and $116.3 million on a U.S. GAAP basis and an Adjusted basis, respectively, increased 32% and 28%, respectively, versus 2024; First Quarter Operating Margins of 16.0% and 16.6% on a U.S. GAAP basis and an Adjusted basis, respectively, increased 152 and 118 basis points, respectively, versus 2024 |
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First Quarter Effective Tax Rate of (37.2%) and (39.7%) on a U.S. GAAP basis and an Adjusted basis, respectively, which included a tax benefit of $74.3 million and $78.0 million, respectively, related to the deduction associated with the appreciation in the Firm’s share price upon vesting of employee share-based awards above the original grant price |
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In the quarter, Evercore advised Calpine on its sale to Constellation Energy for $29.1 billion, one of the largest strategic transactions year-to-date, and Ampere on its $6.5 billion sale to SoftBank Group. In addition, Evercore has advised on numerous notable transactions in April, including: |
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The shareholders of Colonial Enterprises on its ~$9.0 billion sale to Brookfield Infrastructure Partners |
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Woodside Energy on its $5.7 billion sale of a 40% interest in Louisiana LNG Infrastructure, LLC to Stonepeak |
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Dotmatics on its $5.1 billion sale to Siemens |
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EQT on the minority stake sale of IFS for over €15 billion |
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Private Capital Advisory had its best first quarter on record, driven by record volumes in GP-led continuation funds, LP secondaries and securitizations |
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Our Private Capital Advisory, Private Funds Group and Real Estate Strategic Advisory teams received multiple awards in the quarter from several publications, including Private Equity International, SecondaryLink and Private Equity Real Estate |
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Our Equities business had its strongest first quarter since first quarter 2020 |
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Talent |
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Two Investment Banking Senior Managing Directors (SMDs) joined Evercore in the first quarter; David Kamo in Financial Sponsors M&A as well as Joe Modisett, in the Healthcare Investment Banking group. In addition, William Burns will be joining Evercore in June as a Senior Advisor, focused on global affairs |
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Four Investment Banking Senior Managing Directors are committed to join Evercore later this year. Three in the U.S. in Industrials, Healthcare and our Private Capital Advisory business, and one in Europe |
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Capital Return |
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Increased quarterly dividend 5% to $0.84 per share |
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Returned $454.3 million to shareholders during the quarter through dividends and repurchases of 1.6 million shares at an average price of $261.15 |
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In April, the Board approved share repurchase authorization of up to the lesser of $1.6 billion or 8.0 million shares and/or LP Units |
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Evercore Inc. (NYSE: EVR) today announced its results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2025.
LEADERSHIP COMMENTARY
John S. Weinberg, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, “Evercore has never been better positioned. We continue to experience momentum across our businesses and remain committed to serving our clients.”
Roger C. Altman, Founder and Senior Chairman, “The Evercore platform has been broadened relentlessly in recent years. The result is that the Firm is better positioned for volatile market conditions than it has ever been.”
Evercore’s quarterly results may fluctuate significantly due to the timing and amount of transaction fees earned, as well as other factors. Accordingly, financial results in any particular quarter may not be representative of future results over a longer period of time.
Business Segments:
Evercore’s business results are categorized into two segments: Investment Banking & Equities and Investment Management. Investment Banking & Equities includes providing advice to clients on mergers, acquisitions, divestitures and other strategic corporate transactions, as well as services related to securities underwriting, private placement services and commissions for agency-based equity trading services and equity research. Investment Management includes Wealth Management and interests in private equity funds which are not managed by the Company, as well as advising third-party investors through affiliates. See pages A-2 to A-7 for further information and reconciliations of these segment results to our U.S. GAAP consolidated results.
Non-GAAP Measures:
Throughout this release certain information is presented on an adjusted basis, which is a non-GAAP measure. Adjusted results begin with information prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”), and then those results are adjusted to exclude certain items and reflect the conversion of certain Evercore LP Units into Class A shares. Evercore believes that the disclosed adjusted measures and any adjustments thereto, when presented in conjunction with comparable U.S. GAAP measures, are useful to investors to compare Evercore’s results across several periods and facilitate an understanding of Evercore’s operating results. Evercore uses these measures to evaluate its operating performance, as well as the performance of individual employees. These measures should not be considered a substitute for, or superior to, measures of financial performance prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP.
Evercore’s Adjusted Diluted Shares Outstanding for the three months ended March 31, 2025 were higher than U.S. GAAP as a result of the inclusion of certain Evercore LP Units and Unvested Restricted Stock Units.
Further details of these adjustments, as well as an explanation of similar amounts for the three months ended March 31, 2024 are included in pages A-2 to A-7.
Selected Financial Data – U.S. GAAP Results
The following is a discussion of Evercore’s consolidated results on a U.S. GAAP basis. See pages A-4 to A-6 for our business segment results.
Net Revenues
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U.S. GAAP |
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Three Months Ended |
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March 31, 2025 |
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March 31, 2024 |
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(dollars in thousands) |
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Investment Banking & Equities: |
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Advisory Fees |
$ |
557,349 |
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$ |
429,838 |
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30 |
% |
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Underwriting Fees |
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54,255 |
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55,535 |
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(2 |
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Commissions and Related Revenue |
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55,110 |
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48,238 |
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14 |
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Investment Management: |
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Asset Management and Administration Fees |
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20,983 |
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18,699 |
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12 |
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Other Revenue, net |
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7,132 |
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28,505 |
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Net Revenues |
$ |
694,829 |
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$ |
580,815 |
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20 |
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Three Months Ended |
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March 31, 2025 |
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March 31, 2024 |
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Total Number of Fees from Advisory and Underwriting Client Transactions(1) |
238 |
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227 |
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Total Number of Fees of at Least $1 million from Advisory and Underwriting Client Transactions(1) |
96 |
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91 |
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Total Number of Underwriting Transactions(1) |
14 |
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19 |
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Total Number of Underwriting Transactions as a Bookrunner(1) |
12 |
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16 |
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1. Includes Equity and Debt Underwriting Transactions. |
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As of March 31, |
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2025 |
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2024 |
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Assets Under Management ($ mm)(1) |
$ |
13,700 |
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$ |
12,999 |
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1. Assets Under Management reflect end of period amounts from our consolidated Wealth Management business. |
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Advisory Fees – First quarter Advisory Fees increased $127.5 million, or 30%, year-over-year, reflecting an increase in revenue earned from large transactions and an increase in the number of advisory fees earned during the first quarter of 2025.
Underwriting Fees – First quarter Underwriting Fees decreased $1.3 million, or 2%, year-over-year, reflecting a decrease in the number of transactions we participated in during the first quarter of 2025.
Commissions and Related Revenue – First quarter Commissions and Related Revenue increased $6.9 million, or 14%, year-over-year, primarily reflecting higher trading commissions driven by increased trading volume during the first quarter of 2025.
Asset Management and Administration Fees – First quarter Asset Management and Administration Fees increased $2.3 million, or 12%, year-over-year, driven by an increase in fees from Wealth Management clients, as associated AUM increased 5%, primarily from market appreciation.
Other Revenue – First quarter Other Revenue, net, decreased $21.4 million, or 75%, year-over-year, primarily reflecting lower performance of our investment funds portfolio. The investment funds portfolio is used as an economic hedge against our deferred cash compensation program.
Expenses
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U.S. GAAP |
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Three Months Ended |
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March 31, 2025 |
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March 31, 2024 |
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Employee Compensation and Benefits |
$ |
459,825 |
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$ |
387,705 |
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19 |
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Compensation Ratio |
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66.2 |
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66.8 |
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Non-Compensation Costs |
$ |
123,820 |
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$ |
108,990 |
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14 |
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Non-Compensation Ratio |
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17.8 |
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18.8 |
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Employee Compensation and Benefits – First quarter Employee Compensation and Benefits increased $72.1 million, or 19%, year-over-year, reflecting a compensation ratio of 66.2% for the first quarter of 2025 versus 66.8% for the prior year period. The increase in Employee Compensation and Benefits compared to the prior year period principally reflects a higher accrual for incentive compensation and higher base salaries. The Compensation Ratio was also impacted by higher net revenues, as described above, during the current year period compared to the prior year period. See “Deferred Compensation” for more information.
Non-Compensation Costs – First quarter Non-Compensation Costs increased $14.8 million, or 14%, year-over-year, primarily driven by an increase in communications and information services, principally reflecting higher expenses associated with research services and license fees in the first quarter of 2025, an increase in occupancy and equipment rental expense, primarily related to an increase in office space, and an increase in travel and related expenses, largely due to higher levels of business activity and increased headcount. Other Operating Expenses also increased, primarily related to an increase in bad debt expense. The first quarter Non-Compensation ratio of 17.8% decreased from 18.8% for the prior year period. The Non-Compensation Ratio was also impacted by higher net revenues, as described above, during the current year period compared to the prior year period.
Effective Tax Rate
The first quarter effective tax rate was (37.2%) versus (7.7%) for the prior year period. The effective tax rate is principally impacted by the deduction associated with the appreciation in the Firm’s share price upon vesting of employee share-based awards above the original grant price. The first quarter provision for income taxes for 2025 reflects an additional tax benefit of $74.3 million versus $29.5 million for the prior year period, due to the net impact associated with the appreciation in our share price upon vesting of employee share-based awards above the original grant price.
Selected Financial Data – Adjusted Results
The following is a discussion of Evercore’s consolidated results on an Adjusted basis. See pages 3 and A-2 to A-7 for further information and reconciliations of these metrics to our U.S. GAAP results. See pages A-4 to A-6 for our business segment results.
Adjusted Net Revenues
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Adjusted |
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Three Months Ended |
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March 31, 2025 |
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March 31, 2024 |
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Investment Banking & Equities: |
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Advisory Fees(1) |
$ |
557,311 |
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430,526 |
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29 |
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Underwriting Fees |
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54,255 |
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55,535 |
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Commissions and Related Revenue |
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55,110 |
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48,238 |
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14 |
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Investment Management: |
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Asset Management and Administration Fees(2) |
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21,900 |
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20,336 |
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Other Revenue, net |
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11,325 |
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32,693 |
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(65 |
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Net Revenues |
$ |
699,901 |
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$ |
587,328 |
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19 |
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1. Advisory Fees on an Adjusted basis reflect the reclassification of earnings (losses) related to our equity method investment in Seneca Evercore and our former equity method investment in Luminis (through September 2024) of ($0.04) million and $0.7 million for the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively. |
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2. Asset Management and Administration Fees on an Adjusted basis reflect the reclassification of earnings related to our equity method investment in Atalanta Sosnoff and our former equity method investment in ABS (through July 2024) of $0.9 million and $1.6 million for the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively. |
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See page 4 for additional business metrics.
Advisory Fees – First quarter adjusted Advisory Fees increased $126.8 million, or 29%, year-over-year, reflecting an increase in revenue earned from large transactions and an increase in the number of advisory fees earned during the first quarter of 2025.
Underwriting Fees – First quarter Underwriting Fees decreased $1.3 million, or 2%, year-over-year, reflecting a decrease in the number of transactions we participated in during the first quarter of 2025.
Commissions and Related Revenue – First quarter Commissions and Related Revenue increased $6.9 million, or 14%, year-over-year, primarily reflecting higher trading commissions driven by increased trading volume during the first quarter of 2025.
Asset Management and Administration Fees – First quarter adjusted Asset Management and Administration Fees increased $1.6 million, or 8%, year-over-year, driven by an increase in fees from Wealth Management clients, as associated AUM increased 5%, primarily from market appreciation. The increase was partially offset by a 44% decrease in equity in earnings of affiliates, reflecting the sale of the remaining portion of our interest in ABS during the third quarter of 2024.
Other Revenue – First quarter adjusted Other Revenue, net, decreased $21.4 million, or 65%, year-over-year, primarily reflecting lower performance of our investment funds portfolio. The investment funds portfolio is used as an economic hedge against our deferred cash compensation program.
Adjusted Expenses
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Adjusted |
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Three Months Ended |
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March 31, 2025 |
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March 31, 2024 |
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Employee Compensation and Benefits |
$ |
459,825 |
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$ |
387,705 |
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19 |
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Compensation Ratio |
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65.7 |
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66.0 |
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Non-Compensation Costs |
$ |
123,820 |
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108,990 |
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14 |
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Non-Compensation Ratio |
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17.7 |
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18.6 |
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Employee Compensation and Benefits – First quarter adjusted Employee Compensation and Benefits increased $72.1 million, or 19%, year-over-year, reflecting an adjusted compensation ratio of 65.7% for the first quarter of 2025 versus 66.0% for the prior year period. The increase in adjusted Employee Compensation and Benefits compared to the prior year period principally reflects a higher accrual for incentive compensation and higher base salaries. The adjusted Compensation Ratio was also impacted by higher net revenues, as described above, during the current year period compared to the prior year period. See “Deferred Compensation” for more information.
Non-Compensation Costs – First quarter adjusted Non-Compensation Costs increased $14.8 million, or 14%, year-over-year, primarily driven by an increase in communications and information services, principally reflecting higher expenses associated with research services and license fees in the first quarter of 2025, an increase in occupancy and equipment rental expense, primarily related to an increase in office space, and an increase in travel and related expenses, largely due to higher levels of business activity and increased headcount. Other Operating Expenses also increased, primarily related to an increase in bad debt expense. The first quarter adjusted Non-Compensation ratio of 17.7% decreased from 18.6% for the prior year period. The adjusted Non-Compensation Ratio was also impacted by higher net revenues, as described above, during the current year period compared to the prior year period.
Adjusted Effective Tax Rate
The first quarter adjusted effective tax rate was (39.7%) versus (9.3%) for the prior year period. The adjusted effective tax rate is principally impacted by the deduction associated with the appreciation in the Firm’s share price upon vesting of employee share-based awards above the original grant price. The first quarter adjusted provision for income taxes for 2025 reflects an additional tax benefit of $78.0 million versus $31.7 million for the prior year period, due to the net impact associated with the appreciation in our share price upon vesting of employee share-based awards above the original grant price.
Liquidity
The Company continues to maintain a strong balance sheet. As of March 31, 2025, cash and cash equivalents were $553.0 million, investment securities and certificates of deposit were $811.5 million and current assets exceeded current liabilities by $1.4 billion. Amounts due related to the Notes Payable were $375.1 million at March 31, 2025.
Headcount
As of March 31, 2025 and 2024, the Company employed approximately 2,395 and 2,225 people, respectively, worldwide.
As of March 31, 2025 and 2024, the Company employed 197(1) and 183(2) total Investment Banking & Equities Senior Managing Directors, respectively, of which 157(1) and 142(2), respectively, were Investment Banking Senior Managing Directors.
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Senior Managing Director headcount as of March 31, 2025, adjusted to include four additional Investment Banking Senior Managing Directors committed to join in 2025 and to exclude for a known departure of one Investment Banking Senior Managing Director. |
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Senior Managing Director headcount as of March 31, 2024, adjusted to include one additional Investment Banking Senior Managing Director that joined in the second quarter of 2024. |
Deferred Compensation
During the first quarter of 2025, the Company granted to certain employees 1.7 million unvested restricted stock units (“RSUs”) (of which 1.6 million were granted in conjunction with the 2024 bonus awards) with a grant date fair value of $431.5 million.
In addition, during the first quarter of 2025, the Company granted $83.0 million of deferred cash awards to certain employees, related to our deferred cash compensation program, principally pursuant to 2024 bonus awards.
The Company recognized compensation expense related to RSUs and our deferred cash compensation program of $122.2 million and $118.0 million for the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively.
As of March 31, 2025, the Company had 4.8 million unvested RSUs with an aggregate grant date fair value of $904.8 million. RSUs are expensed over the service period of the award, subject to retirement eligibility, and generally vest over four years.
As of March 31, 2025, the Company expects to pay an aggregate of $322.3 million related to our deferred cash compensation program at various dates through 2029, subject to certain vesting events. Amounts due pursuant to this program are expensed over the service period of the award, subject to retirement eligibility, and are reflected in Accrued Compensation and Benefits, a component of current liabilities.
In addition, from time to time, the Company also grants cash and equity-based performance awards to certain employees, the settlement of which is dependent on the performance criteria being achieved.
Capital Return Transactions
On April 29, 2025, the Board of Directors of Evercore declared a quarterly dividend of $0.84 per share to be paid on June 13, 2025 to common stockholders of record on May 30, 2025.
During the first quarter, the Company repurchased 0.9 million shares from employees for the net settlement of stock-based compensation awards at an average price per share of $284.64, and 0.7 million shares at an average price per share of $227.45 pursuant to the Company’s share repurchase program. The aggregate 1.6 million shares were acquired at an average price per share of $261.15.
Conference Call
Evercore will host a related conference call beginning at 8:00 a.m. Eastern Time, Wednesday, April 30, 2025, accessible via telephone and webcast. Investors and analysts may participate in the live conference call by dialing (800) 225-9448 (toll-free domestic) or (203) 518-9708 (international); passcode: EVRQ125. Please register at least 10 minutes before the conference call begins.
A live audio webcast of the conference call will be available on the Investor Relations section of Evercore’s website at www.evercore.com. The webcast will be archived on Evercore’s website for 30 days.
About Evercore
Evercore (NYSE: EVR) is a premier global independent investment banking advisory firm. We are dedicated to helping our clients achieve superior results through trusted independent and innovative advice on matters of strategic significance to boards of directors, management teams and shareholders, including mergers and acquisitions, strategic shareholder advisory, restructurings, and capital structure. Evercore also assists clients in raising public and private capital and delivers equity research and equity sales and agency trading execution, in addition to providing wealth and investment management services to high net worth and institutional investors. Founded in 1995, the Firm is headquartered in New York and maintains offices and affiliate offices in major financial centers in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East and Asia. For more information, please visit www.evercore.com.
Basis of Alternative Financial Statement Presentation
Our Adjusted results are a non-GAAP measure. As discussed further under “Non-GAAP Measures”, Evercore believes that the disclosed Adjusted measures and any adjustments thereto, when presented in conjunction with comparable U.S. GAAP measures, are useful to investors to compare Evercore’s results across several periods and better reflects how management views its operating results. These measures should not be considered a substitute for, or superior to, measures of financial performance prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP. A reconciliation of our U.S. GAAP results to Adjusted results is presented in the tables included in the following pages.
Forward-Looking Statements
This release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, which reflect our current views with respect to, among other things, Evercore’s operations and financial performance. In some cases, you can identify these forward-looking statements by the use of words such as “outlook,” “backlog,” “believes,” “expects,” “potential,” “probable,” “continues,” “may,” “will,” “should,” “seeks,” “approximately,” “predicts,” “intends,” “plans,” “estimates,” “anticipates” or the negative version of these words or other comparable words. All statements, other than statements of historical fact, included in this release are forward-looking statements and are based on various underlying assumptions and expectations and are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and assumptions, and may include projections of our future financial performance based on our growth strategies and anticipated trends in Evercore’s business.
Contacts
Investor Contact:
Katy Haber
Head of Investor Relations & ESG
[email protected]
Media Contacts:
Jamie Easton
Head of Communications & External Affairs
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Shree Dhond / Zach Kouwe
Dukas Linden Public Relations
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