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LPL Financial Q3 2025 earnings summary

Complete event summary combining all related documents: earnings call transcript, report, and slide presentation.
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Q3 2025 earnings summary30 Oct, 2025

Executive summary

  • Total advisory and brokerage assets reached $2.315 trillion in Q3 2025, up 45% year-over-year, driven by the Commonwealth acquisition and strong organic growth, with net new assets of $308 billion, including $275 billion from Commonwealth and $33 billion organic growth.

  • Adjusted EPS rose 25% year-over-year to $5.20, and adjusted pre-tax income increased 35% to $569 million, with record advisor recruiting totaling $33 billion in Q3 and $168 billion over the trailing 12 months.

  • Q3 2025 reported a net loss of $29.5 million, or $0.37 per diluted share, due to $419 million in one-time acquisition costs related to the Commonwealth acquisition.

  • Successfully onboarded First Horizon's wealth management business, adding $17 billion in assets, and closed the Commonwealth acquisition, with nearly 80% of assets signed to stay and a 90% retention target.

  • Service and fee revenue grew 20% year-over-year, reflecting advisor and account base expansion.

Financial highlights

  • Total revenue for Q3 2025 was $4.55 billion, up 46% year-over-year; gross profit was $1.48 billion, a 31% increase year-over-year.

  • Adjusted EBITDA for Q3 2025 was $775 million, up 37% year-over-year.

  • Advisory and commission expense increased 55% year-over-year to $3.03 billion.

  • Client cash balances ended Q3 at $56 billion, up $10 billion year-over-year.

  • Commission and advisory fees net of payout were $426 million, up $77 million sequentially.

Outlook and guidance

  • 2025 Core G&A expense outlook lowered to $1,860–1,880 million, including $165–170 million for Prudential and Atria, and $160–165 million for Commonwealth.

  • Pricing changes in 2026 expected to increase adjusted pre-tax margin by 1%.

  • Full-year impact of Commonwealth expenses in 2026; expense synergies to show in 2027.

  • Plans to evaluate resuming share repurchases following the Commonwealth acquisition.

  • Q4 service and fee revenue expected to be flat sequentially; transaction revenue projected at $70 million.

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LPL Financial Holdings Inc provides an integrated platform of brokerage and investment advisory services to its clients under the brand name LPL Financial; through its subsidiaries, which include LPL Financial LLC and LPL Financial Corp. It supports approximately 17,000 financial advisors, including over 7,200 independent advisors and over 9,700 advisors with broker-dealers, banks and credit unions across the country by providing them with the services and resources they need to help grow their businesses.

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