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Tradeweb Reports First Quarter 2026 Financial Results

29 Aprile 2026

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Tradeweb Markets Inc. (Nasdaq: TW), a global leader in electronic trading across asset classes, today reported financial results for the quarter ended March 31, 2026.

$617.8 million quarterly revenues, an increase of 21.2% (17.5% on a constant currency basis) compared to prior year period

$274.1 million quarterly international revenues, an increase of 29.4% (20.7% on a constant current basis) compared to prior year period

$3.3 trillion average daily volume (“ADV”) for the quarter, an increase of 31.4% compared to prior year period; quarterly ADV records in U.S. and European government bonds, mortgages, swaps/swaptions ≥ 1-year and < 1-year, futures, fully electronic U.S. high grade and high yield credit, electronically processed U.S. high grade credit, European credit, credit derivatives, U.S. and international ETFs, repurchase agreements and other money markets

$233.2 million net income and $255.1 million adjusted net income for the quarter, increases of 38.5% and 24.0%, respectively, from prior year period

55.0% adjusted EBITDA margin and $339.7 million adjusted EBITDA for the quarter, compared to 54.6% and $278.2 million respectively for prior year period

$0.96 diluted earnings per share (“Diluted EPS”) and $1.08 adjusted diluted earnings per share for the quarter

$0.14 per share quarterly cash dividend declared, a 16.7% per share increase from prior year period

Billy Hult, CEO of Tradeweb:

“The record quarterly revenue and volumes we delivered underscore the strength of our global, multi-asset platform and the continued structural shift toward electronic trading. We saw strong momentum in international client engagement and adoption, alongside accelerating use of automated trading workflows, as clients increasingly turned to electronic solutions — particularly amid heightened global volatility in March.

In our core markets, we continued to enhance our rates offering by advancing dealer algo execution for U.S. Treasuries, completing the first fully electronic swaption termination and launching multi-asset package trading for USD swaps. We also partnered with MAXEX to broaden institutional access to U.S. residential mortgages. In credit, increased adoption of electronic block trading continued to underscore the ongoing structural shift toward electronification, while ETFs remained an important and growing part of the ecosystem.

At the same time, we are investing in frontier areas that are shaping the future of electronic trading. Our investment in and partnership with Kalshi marks an important milestone in bringing institutional access to prediction markets into sharper focus. In digital assets, our initiatives, including on-chain repo activity on the Canton Network, build directly on our core strengths and support the evolution toward more continuous, 24/7 trading. We also led a $31 million Series B financing round of Crossover Markets and established a strategic partnership with the goal to deliver institutional spot crypto liquidity to clients globally. In parallel, we are continuing to advance our AI capabilities, ensuring we remain well positioned as these markets continue to evolve.

Taken together, we believe these efforts enable us to play a leading role in the convergence of traditional finance and digital markets. With a strong foundation in place, we remain focused on delivering for clients, investing in our platform and building on momentum across both our core business and emerging growth areas.”

SELECT FINANCIAL RESULTS		1Q26			1Q25		Change			Constant Currency Change⁽¹⁾
(dollars in thousands, except per share amounts)(Unaudited)
GAAP Financial Measures
Total revenue	$	617,764		$	509,677		21.2		%	17.5		%
Rates	$	344,172		$	265,432		29.7		%	24.9		%
Credit	$	138,226		$	124,000		11.5		%	8.7		%
Equities	$	41,309		$	31,410		31.5		%	25.2		%
Money Markets	$	47,107		$	43,712		7.8		%	6.0		%
Market Data	$	36,927		$	38,707		(4.6	)	%	(5.5	)	%
Other	$	10,023		$	6,416		56.2		%	56.1		%
Operating Income	$	287,253		$	204,101		40.7		%
Net income	$	233,167		$	168,305		38.5		%
Net income attributable to Tradeweb Markets Inc. ⁽²⁾	$	205,284		$	148,382		38.3		%
Diluted EPS	$	0.96		$	0.69		39.1		%
Net income margin		37.7	%		33.0	%	+472		bps
Non-GAAP Financial Measures
Adjusted EBITDA ⁽¹⁾	$	339,683		$	278,219		22.1		%	19.7		%
Adjusted EBITDA margin ⁽¹⁾		55.0	%		54.6	%	+40		bps	+99		bps
Adjusted EBIT ⁽¹⁾	$	318,876		$	260,993		22.2		%	19.6		%
Adjusted EBIT margin ⁽¹⁾		51.6	%		51.2	%	+41		bps	+91		bps
Adjusted Net Income ⁽¹⁾	$	255,134		$	205,691		24.0		%	21.5		%
Adjusted Diluted EPS⁽¹⁾	$	1.08		$	0.86		25.6		%	22.7		%

ADV (US $bn) (Unaudited)
Asset Class	Product		1Q26		1Q25	YoY
Rates	Cash	$	670	$	559	19.9	%
	Derivatives		1,411		884	59.6	%
	Total		2,081		1,443	44.2	%
Credit	Cash		20		18	11.7	%
	Derivatives		49		30	59.5	%
	Total		69		49	41.6	%
Equities	Cash		17		12	38.2	%
	Derivatives		15		14	8.8	%
	Total		33		27	22.6	%
Money Markets	Cash		1,165		1,029	13.2	%
	Total		1,165		1,029	13.2	%
	Total	$	3,348	$	2,547	31.4	%

(1)		Adjusted EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA margin, Adjusted EBIT, Adjusted EBIT margin, Adjusted Net Income, Adjusted Diluted EPS and constant currency change are non-GAAP financial measures. See "Non-GAAP Financial Measures" below and the attached schedules for additional information and reconciliations of such non-GAAP financial measures.
(2)		Represents net income less net income attributable to non-controlling interests.

DISCUSSION OF RESULTS

Rates – Revenues of $344.2 million in the first quarter of 2026 increased 29.7% compared to prior year period (increased 24.9% on a constant currency basis). Rates ADV was up 44.2% from prior year period, driven by record ADV in U.S. government bonds, swaps/swaptions ≥ and < 1-year, mortgages and European government bonds. U.S. government bond ADV was up 15.9% from prior year period, driven by record institutional activity. Swaps/swaptions ≥ 1-year ADV was up 38.2% from prior year period, driven by a strong increase in risk trading activity due to overall inflationary and central bank policy concerns and global market sensitivity to geopolitical developments. European government bonds ADV was up 32.6% from prior year period, led by strong volumes across our institutional client channel. Mortgages ADV was up 20.5% from prior year period, reflecting elevated rate volatility amid macro uncertainty, alongside continued client adoption of electronic trading and sustained institutional engagement across mortgage products, including To-Be-Announced ("TBA") activity. Tradeweb's specified pool platform saw higher trading activity year-over-year ("YoY"), reflecting continued growth in client adoption.

Credit – Revenues of $138.2 million in the first quarter of 2026 increased 11.5% compared to prior year period (increased 8.7% on a constant currency basis). Credit derivatives ADV was up 59.5% from prior year period, driven by increased hedge fund and systematic account activity YoY and heightened credit volatility which led to increased swap execution facility ("SEF") and multilateral trading facility ("MTF") credit default swaps activity. U.S. credit ADV was up 14.0% from prior year period, driven by record ADV in fully electronic U.S. high grade credit, fully electronic U.S. high yield credit and electronically processed U.S. high grade credit, as well as strong client adoption across Tradeweb protocols, including in Portfolio Trading ("PT"), request-for-quote ("RFQ") and Tradeweb AllTrade®. Record European credit ADV was up 21.2% from prior year period, driven by strong activity across a wide range of protocols, including record traded volume in Tradeweb's Automated Intelligent Execution ("AiEX") tool. Municipal bond ADV was up 5.0% from prior year period, outperforming the market which was down 1% from prior year period (based on MSRB), led by strong growth across the retail and institutional client sectors. We reported 17.7% share of fully electronic U.S. high grade TRACE, down 33 basis points (bps) from prior year period and 7.4% share of fully electronic U.S. high yield TRACE, down 16 bps from prior year period. We also reported 25.0% total share of U.S. high grade TRACE, down 92 bps from prior year period and 9.8% total share of U.S. high yield TRACE, down 36 bps from prior year period. The 14.7% decline in cash credit average variable fees per million in the first quarter of 2026 compared to prior year period was primarily driven by the 2025 introduction of minimum fee floors and the migration of certain dealers from fully variable plans to fixed fee plans and a mix shift away from municipal bonds and retail U.S. credit, which carry a relatively higher fee per million, as well as a mix shift towards non-competition portfolio trading which carries a relatively lower fee per million. Excluding the impact of our previously disclosed minimum fee floors and dealer migration plans and this quarter's impact of product/protocol mix shirt, cash credit fee per million would be down approximately 1%.

Equities – Revenues of $41.3 million in the first quarter of 2026 increased 31.5% compared to prior year period (increased 25.2% on a constant currency basis). Equities ADV was up 22.6% from prior year period, driven by record activity in U.S. and international exchange traded funds ("ETFs").

Money Markets – Revenues of $47.1 million in the first quarter of 2026 increased 7.8% compared to prior year period (increased 6.0% on a constant currency basis). Money Markets ADV was up 13.2% from prior year period, driven by record activity in global repurchase agreements and Tradeweb ICD Portal activity, which was driven by existing clients and new client additions.

Market Data – Revenues of $36.9 million in the first quarter of 2026 decreased 4.6% compared to prior year period (decreased 5.5% on a constant currency basis) primarily due to the amendments to our LSEG market data license agreement effective November 1, 2025 and was partially offset by growth in our proprietary market data revenues. The amended market data license agreement resulted in a change in the timing of delivery of periodic historical data sets, with more frequent deliveries scheduled under the amended agreement and a corresponding decrease in revenue during the first quarter of 2026 that was partially offset by higher overall fees under the amended agreement. During the first quarter of 2025, $8.4 million of revenue was recognized from the periodic delivery of historical data sets delivered and recognized all in January 2025, as compared to quarterly delivery of historical data sets under the amended agreement beginning in the first quarter of 2026 and totaling $2.2 million of revenue in the first quarter of 2026.

Other – Revenues of $10.0 million in the first quarter of 2026 increased 56.2% compared to prior year period (increased 56.1% on a constant currency basis) primarily due to an increase in digital asset revenue earned for performing validation services on the Canton Network.

Operating Expenses of $330.5 million in the first quarter of 2026 increased 8.2% compared to $305.6 million in prior year period, primarily due to (i) an increase in employee compensation and benefits primarily due to an increase in headcount and related salaries, bonus, benefits and stock-based compensation associated with our continued growth and (ii) an increase in technology and communication expense due to increased investment in our data strategy and infrastructure and increased data fees driven primarily by higher trading volumes period-over-period. These increases were partially offset by a decrease in general and administrative expenses primarily due to a decrease in foreign exchange losses.

Adjusted Expenses of $298.9 million in the first quarter of 2026 increased 20.2% (increased 15.3% on a constant currency basis) compared to prior year period primarily due to (i) an increase in employee compensation and benefits primarily due to an increase in headcount and related salaries, bonus, benefits and stock-based compensation associated with our continued growth, (ii) an increase in technology and communication expense due to increased investment in our data strategy and infrastructure and increased data fees driven primarily by higher trading volumes period-over-period and (iii) an increase in general and administrative expenses primarily due to an increase in realized foreign exchange losses. Please see "Non-GAAP Financial Measures" below for additional information.

Non-operating Income – Other income (loss), net of $1.2 million of loss in the first quarter of 2026 compared to the prior year period income of $4.2 million, primarily due to unrealized gains (losses) on our Canton Coin holdings, which totaled a loss of $2.9 million in the first quarter of 2026 compared to income of $4.2 million in the prior year period, partially offset by $1.7 million net other income from other investments in the first quarter of 2026. Other income (loss), net is excluded from all non-GAAP financial measures.

RECENT HIGHLIGHTS

April 2026

Announced that Xtrackers, the ETF and ETC platform of DWS, has adopted Tradeweb’s iNAVs across its European-listed ETFs, adding an independent, real time intraday pricing reference for market participants.
Contributed Tradeweb’s iNAV data to the new Pyth Data Marketplace from Pyth Network, expanding access to our high-quality, intraday ETF valuations via on-chain infrastructure.
Published the annual 2026 Tradeweb ICD Portal Client Survey.
Recognized in numerous awards, including: Rising Stars of European Finance 2026 - Melanie Hazan (Financial News); Most Effective Platform for Trading Rates – Tradeweb (Markets Media Bond Market Awards 2026)

First Quarter 2026

Core Markets

Expanded Tradeweb’s dealer algorithmic execution offering for U.S. Treasuries with the addition of Citi and RBC Capital Markets dealer algorithms.
Launched multi-asset package trading for USD-denominated swaps, with the first trade executed on the Tradeweb swap execution facility ("TW SEF") between Barclays and a global hedge fund.
Entered into a commercial collaboration with MAXEX, the digital exchange for trading U.S. residential mortgage loans through a single centralized clearinghouse, to expand access to the institutional marketplace for U.S. residential mortgages.
Completed the industry’s first fully electronic swaption termination, with the inaugural transaction between Citadel and Wells Fargo on TW SEF, and post-trade processing through OSTTRA’s MarkitWire platform.
Completed the first ZARONIA OIS trade executed on Tradeweb, with Rand Merchant Bank (RMB) providing liquidity.
Introduced the Tradeweb Liquidity Cost Index in U.S. Rates, a new liquidity framework based on aggregated transaction data from our institutional rates trading platform.

Frontier Markets

Entered into a strategic partnership with Kalshi, the largest regulated prediction market, with the goal to expand institutional access to prediction market data and analytics and advance market infrastructure for prediction markets trading to institutional investors. Tradeweb also made a minority investment in Kalshi.
Led a $31 million Series B financing round of Crossover Markets, the institutional digital asset trading technology firm behind CROSSx. In addition, Tradeweb entered into a strategic partnership with Crossover Markets with the goal to provide institutional spot crypto liquidity to global clients.
Participated in the fourth set of on-chain repo transactions completed on the Canton Network, which included the first cross-border intraday repo using tokenized Gilts and the first cross-currency intraday repo executed with tokenized Gilts against non-GBP tokenized deposits.

Corporate

Published the 2025 Tradeweb Annual Report.

Awards

Recognized in numerous awards celebrating our company and employees, including: Vendor Professional of the Year (Trading & Risk) – Olivia Timms (WatersTechnology); Best RFQ Platform of the Year – Tradeweb (ETF Express European Awards 2026); Fixed Income Platform of the Year – Tradeweb (FOW International Awards 2026)

CAPITAL MANAGEMENT

$1.9 billion in cash and cash equivalents and an undrawn $500 million credit facility at March 31, 2026
As of March 31, 2026, we held 1.6 billion Canton Coins, valued at $243.5 million
Free cash flow for the trailing twelve months ended March 31, 2026 of $1.1 billion, up 31.5% compared to prior year period. See “Non-GAAP Financial Measures” for additional information
Cash paid for capital expenditures and capitalized software development during the first quarter of 2026 of $27.1 million
Cash paid for investments during the first quarter of 2026 of $50.2 million
During the first quarter of 2026, Tradeweb purchased a total of 482,621 shares of Class A common stock, at an average price of $105.10, for purchases totaling $50.7 million. As of March 31, 2026, an aggregate of $523.2 million in share repurchase authorization remained
$85.0 million in shares of Class A common stock were withheld during the first quarter of 2026 to satisfy tax obligations related to the vesting of employee stock-based compensation awards
The Board declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.14 per share of Class A common stock and Class B common stock. The dividend will be payable on June 15, 2026 to stockholders of record as of June 1, 2026

OTHER MATTERS

Updated Full-Year 2026 Guidance*

Adjusted Expenses: $1,100 - 1,160 million (trending towards the top half of the range)
Acquisition and Refinitiv Transaction related depreciation and amortization expense: $160 million
Assumed non-GAAP tax rate: ~23.5% - 24.5%
Cash capital expenditures and capitalized software development: ~$107 - 117 million
LSEG Market Data Contract Revenue: ~$105 million

The adjusted expense guidance has been revised to reflect the strong first quarter revenue growth coupled with our current expectations for the remainder of the year. Depreciation and amortization, assumed non-GAAP tax rate, expenditures and LSEG Market Data Contract Revenue guidance is unchanged from the guidance we provided last quarter.

*GAAP operating expenses and tax rate guidance are not provided due to the inherent difficulty in quantifying certain amounts due to a variety of factors including the unpredictability in the movement of foreign currency rates. Expense guidance assumes an average 2026 Sterling/US$ foreign exchange rate of 1.32.

CONFERENCE CALL

Tradeweb Markets will hold a conference call to discuss first quarter 2026 results starting at 9:30 AM EDT today, April 29, 2026. A live, audio webcast of the conference call along with related presentation materials will be available at https://investors.tradeweb.com/events-and-presentations.

To join the call via audio webcast, click here: https://edge.media-server.com/mmc/p/ikpqwqhu/
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An archived recording of the call will be available afterward at https://investors.tradeweb.com.

ABOUT TRADEWEB MARKETS

Tradeweb Markets Inc. (Nasdaq: TW) is a leading, global operator of electronic marketplaces for rates, credit, equities and money markets. Founded in 1996, Tradeweb provides access to markets, data and analytics, electronic trading, straight-through-processing and reporting for more than 50 products to clients in the institutional, wholesale, retail and corporates markets. Advanced technologies developed by Tradeweb enhance price discovery, order execution and trade workflows while allowing for greater scale and helping to reduce risks in client trading operations. Tradeweb serves more than 3,000 clients in more than 85 countries. On average, Tradeweb facilitated more than $2.8 trillion in notional value traded per day over the past four fiscal quarters. For more information, please go to www.tradeweb.com.

TRADEWEB MARKETS INC.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME
(UNAUDITED)

	Three Months Ended
	March 31,
	2026			2025
Revenues	(dollars in thousands, except per share amounts)
Transaction fees and commissions	$	523,833		$	421,344
Subscription fees		60,273			55,777
LSEG market data fees		26,742			28,925
Other		6,916			3,631
Total revenue		617,764			509,677

Expenses
Employee compensation and benefits		197,793			176,877
Depreciation and amortization		60,709			62,699
Technology and communications		39,549			28,728
General and administrative		11,944			19,740
Professional fees		12,324			12,458
Occupancy		8,192			5,074
Total expenses		330,511			305,576
Operating income		287,253			204,101
Interest income		17,451			13,849
Interest expense		(624	)		(587	)
Other income (loss), net		(1,156	)		4,221
Income before taxes		302,924			221,584
Provision for income taxes		(69,757	)		(53,279	)
Net income		233,167			168,305
Less: Net income attributable to non-controlling interests		27,883			19,923
Net income attributable to Tradeweb Markets Inc.	$	205,284		$	148,382

Earnings per share attributable to Tradeweb Markets Inc. Class A and B common stockholders:
Basic	$	0.96		$	0.70
Diluted	$	0.96		$	0.69
Weighted average shares outstanding:
Basic		212,685,136			213,087,496
Diluted		213,324,648			214,895,418

TRADEWEB MARKETS INC.
RECONCILIATION OF NON-GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURES (UNAUDITED)

	Three Months Ended
Reconciliation of Net Income to Adjusted EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA Margin, Adjusted EBIT and Adjusted EBIT Margin	March 31,
	2026			2025

	(dollars in thousands)
Net income	$	233,167		$	168,305
Merger and acquisition transaction and integration costs ⁽¹⁾		177			2,496
Interest income		(17,451	)		(13,849	)
Interest expense		624			587
Depreciation and amortization		60,709			62,699
Stock-based compensation expense ⁽²⁾		656			594
Provision for income taxes		69,757			53,279
Foreign exchange (gains) / losses ⁽³⁾		(9,112	)		8,329
Tax receivable agreement liability adjustment ⁽⁴⁾		—			—
Other (income) loss, net		1,156			(4,221	)
Adjusted EBITDA	$	339,683		$	278,219
Less: Depreciation and amortization		(60,709	)		(62,699	)
Add: D&A related to acquisitions and the Refinitiv Transaction ⁽⁵⁾		39,902			45,473
Adjusted EBIT	$	318,876		$	260,993
Net income margin⁽⁶⁾		37.7	%		33.0	%
Adjusted EBITDA margin ⁽⁶⁾		55.0	%		54.6	%
Adjusted EBIT margin ⁽⁶⁾		51.6	%		51.2	%

(1)		Represents incremental direct costs associated with the acquisition and integration of completed and potential mergers and acquisitions. These costs generally include legal, consulting, advisory, due diligence, severance and certain other transaction expenses and third party costs incurred that directly relate to the acquisition transaction or its integration.
(2)		Represents non-cash stock-based compensation expense associated with the Special Option Award and post-IPO options awarded in 2019 and payroll taxes associated with the exercise of such options. During the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025, this adjustment also includes $0.5 million and $0.6 million, respectively, of non-cash stock-based compensation expense and related payroll taxes associated with RSAs and RSUs issued to help retain key ICD employees during the integration of ICD.
(3)		Represents unrealized gain or loss recognized on foreign currency forward contracts and foreign exchange gain or loss from the revaluation of cash denominated in a different currency than the entity’s functional currency.
(4)		Represents income recognized during the applicable period due to changes in the tax receivable agreement liability recorded in the consolidated statements of financial condition as a result of, as applicable, changes in the mix of earnings, tax legislation and tax rates in various jurisdictions which impacted our tax savings.
(5)		Represents intangible asset and acquired software amortization resulting from acquisitions and intangible asset amortization and increased tangible asset and capitalized software depreciation and amortization resulting from the application of pushdown accounting to the Refinitiv Transaction (where all assets were marked to fair value as of the closing date of the Refinitiv Transaction).
(6)		Net income margin, Adjusted EBITDA margin and Adjusted EBIT margin are defined as net income, Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EBIT, respectively, divided by revenue for the applicable period.