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LPL Financial steamrolled results in the first quarter, 2021, with largest-ever 'organic' growth quarter and a surging share price to match - RIABiz

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The Fort Mill, N.C., brokerage grew AUA 43% to near $1 trillion, and shares hit all-time high of $156 after hours today

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LPL Financial is ready to add $100 billion of assets from three pending deals, but it also just recorded an organic growth record and tipped from being predominantly a brokerage to more of an "advisory" company.

The Fort Mill, N.C., firm grew advisory and brokerage assets 43% year-over-year to $958 billion, while advisory assets alone increased 54% year-over-year to $497 billion.

Dan Arnold
Dan Arnold: 'We remained focused on our mission of taking care of our advisors.'

As such, its advisory assets [fee-earning] as a percentage of total assets increased to 51.8%, up from 48.1% a year ago during the first quarter ending Mar. 31.

Wall Street rewarded its the success, sending shares of LPL Financial Holdings Inc. (LPLA) to a 52-week high of $155.50 in regular trading before closing up $2.26, or 1.48% at $154.88. On the day, the NASDAQ closed down.

The trend continued into the after-hours session with shares up $1.12  or 0.72% to $156. That's about $100 higher than the current 52-week low of $57.35. 

But LPL CFO Matt Audette let Wall Street know that his company has more growth all but baked in for the immediate future.

“We also looking forward to onboarding three of our largest partners this year - BMO, M&T and Waddell & Reed – which collectively represent over $100 billion of assets to our platform," he said. 

Organic Growth

Total organic net new assets were $29 billion for the quarter and $71 billion over the previous 12 months, which included near $12 billion that came aboard in March from BMO Harris Financial Advisors. 

LPL Total Net New Assets
LPL: Total Net New Assets (click to enlarge)

LPL's organic net new advisory assets were $23 billion, and its organic net new brokerage assets were $6 billion, for the three months. 

Recruited assets were $24 billion, contributing to a trailing twelve-month total of $56 billion, up 56% year-over-year. 

Advisor count was 17,672, up 385 for the quarter and 909 year-over-year. LPL serves as custodian to 450 independent RIA firms.

Staying focused

LPL Total Advisory and Brokerage Assets
LPL Assets. (click to enlarge

LPL attributes it success to staying true to its business-to-business service model on behalf of financial advisors. See: After a decade of 'hybrid' RIA mish-mash, LPL Financial has a double-barreled '100%' RIA plan that is presumed to include 'Schwabitrade' style asset custody and a 'Dynasty' style premium back office offer

"We remained focused on our mission of taking care of our advisors, so they can take of their clients,” said Dan Arnold, President and CEO.

Its business solutions subscriptions increased to near 1,700, up about 300 from Dec. 31 and  about 1,000 from march 30, 2020. 

Its annualized revenue from business solutions nearly doubled to $19 million, up by about $9 million during the year.

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