LPL Financial Holdings Inc. LPLA
LPL serves the financial advisor-mediated marketplace as the nation's largest independent broker-dealer, a leading investment advisory firm, and a top custodian. We support more than 32,000 financial advisors, and the wealth management practices of approximately 1,200 financial institutions, servicing and custodying approximately $2.4 trillion in brokerage and advisory assets. The firm provides a wide range of advisor affiliation models, investment solutions, fintech tools and practice management services, ensuring that advisors and institutions have the flexibility to choose the business model, services, and technology resources they need to run successful businesses.
We are steadfast in our commitment to the advisor-mediated model and the belief that investors deserve access to personalized guidance from a financial advisor. We believe advisors should have the freedom to choose the business model, services and technology they need to manage their client relationships. We believe investors achieve better outcomes when working with a financial advisor, and we strive to make it easy for advisors to do what is best for their clients.
Valuation FY2025 figures against the last close
Annual financial statements
Income statement
| Fiscal year | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 | FY2020 | FY2019 | FY2018 | FY2017 | FY2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $16.99B | $12.39B | $10.05B | $8.60B | $7.72B | $5.87B | $5.62B | $5.19B | $4.28B | $4.05B |
| Total operating expenses | $15.84B | $10.99B | $8.61B | $7.49B | $7.12B | $5.25B | $4.88B | $4.47B | $3.79B | $3.66B |
| Interest expense | — | — | — | — | — | $29.4M | $46.5M | $40.2M | $24.5M | $21.3M |
| Pre-tax income | $1.15B | $1.39B | $1.44B | $1.11B | $601.3M | $626.1M | $741.8M | $592.6M | $364.6M | $297.5M |
| Income tax | $286.5M | $334.3M | $378.5M | $266.0M | $141.5M | $153.4M | $182.0M | $153.2M | $125.7M | $105.6M |
| Net income | $863.0M | $1.06B | $1.07B | $845.7M | $459.9M | $472.6M | $559.9M | $439.5M | $238.9M | $191.9M |
| EPS, basic | 10.97 | 14.17 | 13.88 | 10.60 | 5.75 | 5.96 | 6.78 | 4.99 | 2.65 | 2.15 |
| EPS, diluted | 10.92 | 14.03 | 13.69 | 10.40 | 5.63 | 5.86 | 6.62 | 4.85 | 2.59 | 2.13 |
| Shares, diluted (wtd. avg.) | $79.1M | $75.4M | $77.9M | $81.3M | $81.7M | $80.7M | $84.6M | $90.6M | $92.1M | $90.0M |
Balance sheet
| Fiscal year | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 | FY2020 | FY2019 | FY2018 | FY2017 | FY2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash and equivalents | $1.04B | $967.1M | $465.7M | $3.14B | $2.07B | $1.80B | $1.47B | $1.56B | $1.63B | $1.56B |
| Short-term investments | $91.5M | $57.5M | $91.3M | $52.6M | $49.2M | $42.5M | — | — | — | — |
| Property, plant and equipment | $1.41B | $1.21B | $933.1M | $780.4M | $658.8M | $582.9M | $533.0M | $461.4M | $412.7M | $387.4M |
| Goodwill | $2.64B | $2.17B | $1.86B | $1.64B | $1.64B | $1.51B | $1.50B | $1.49B | $1.43B | $1.37B |
| Other intangibles | $3.33B | $1.48B | $671.6M | $427.7M | $455.0M | $397.5M | $439.8M | $484.2M | $414.1M | $354.0M |
| Total assets | $18.49B | $13.32B | $10.39B | $9.48B | $7.99B | $6.60B | $5.88B | $5.48B | $5.36B | $4.83B |
| Long-term debt | $7.26B | $5.49B | $3.73B | $2.72B | $2.81B | $2.35B | $2.40B | $2.37B | $2.39B | $2.18B |
| Total liabilities | $13.15B | $10.39B | $8.31B | $7.31B | $6.32B | $5.28B | $4.86B | $4.50B | $4.39B | $4.01B |
| Retained earnings | $5.84B | $5.07B | $4.09B | $3.10B | $2.33B | $1.94B | $1.55B | $1.07B | $718.3M | $569.9M |
| Total equity | $5.34B | $2.93B | $2.08B | $2.17B | $1.67B | $1.31B | $1.02B | $974.1M | $965.0M | $821.0M |
Cash flow
| Fiscal year | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 | FY2020 | FY2019 | FY2018 | FY2017 | FY2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | -$411.4M | $277.6M | $512.6M | $1.95B | $453.1M | $789.9M | $623.9M | $581.6M | $453.3M | $388.9M |
| Depreciation and amortisation | $393.4M | $308.5M | $247.0M | $199.8M | $151.4M | $109.7M | $95.8M | $87.7M | $84.1M | $75.9M |
| Stock-based compensation | $79.4M | $91.8M | $68.7M | $52.6M | $44.2M | $34.0M | $32.9M | $29.2M | $28.5M | $24.9M |
| Capital expenditure | $570.4M | $562.5M | $403.3M | $306.6M | $216.0M | $155.5M | $156.4M | $132.7M | $111.9M | $127.6M |
| Investing cash flow | -$2.39B | -$1.59B | -$860.2M | -$376.4M | -$458.6M | -$187.5M | -$181.0M | -$161.8M | -$437.7M | -$126.7M |
| Financing cash flow | $3.17B | $1.42B | -$208.5M | -$504.3M | $278.8M | -$275.2M | -$533.2M | -$483.4M | $51.4M | -$127.4M |
| Dividends paid | $94.4M | $89.7M | $92.2M | $79.8M | $80.1M | $79.1M | $82.6M | $88.4M | $90.3M | $89.1M |
| Buybacks | $100.0M | $170.1M | $1.10B | $325.0M | $90.0M | $150.0M | $500.4M | $417.9M | $113.7M | $25.0M |
Figures as tagged in each year's own filing, in US dollars. A year restated by a later filing shows the restated figure. Capital expenditure, dividends and buybacks are cash out, shown positive. A line the filer does not report is not listed. Latest from accession 0001628280-26-010705.
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