LPLAMEDIUM SIGNALFINANCIAL10-K

LPLA completed significant acquisitions during 2025, substantially growing its advisor base and assets under management while experiencing margin compression.

The company's advisor count grew from 29,000 to over 32,000 and assets under management expanded from $1.7 trillion to $2.4 trillion, indicating successful execution of its growth-through-acquisition strategy. However, despite meaningful revenue growth, net income declined, suggesting integration costs or margin pressure from the acquisitions that investors should monitor closely.

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FINANCIAL ANALYSIS

LPLA's financial profile reflects substantial growth through acquisitions, with revenue growing meaningfully while total assets expanded 39% to $18.5 billion. Stockholders' equity nearly doubled to $5.3 billion, indicating strong capital position growth, though total debt also increased 32% to $7.3 billion to fund expansion. Despite the revenue growth, net income declined 18.5% to $863 million, while share buybacks were reduced by 41%, suggesting management prioritized growth investments over shareholder returns during this expansion phase.

FINANCIAL STATEMENT CHANGES
Stockholders Equity
Balance Sheet
+82.4%
$2.9B→$5.3B

Equity base grew 82.4% — retained earnings accumulation or equity issuance strengthening the balance sheet.

Share Buybacks
Cash Flow
-41.2%
$170.1M→$100.0M

Buyback activity reduced 41.2% — capital being redeployed elsewhere or cash conservation underway.

Total Assets
Balance Sheet
+38.9%
$13.3B→$18.5B

Asset base grew 38.9% — expansion through organic growth, acquisitions, or capital deployment.

Revenue
P&L
+37.2%
$12.4B→$17.0B

Strong top-line growth of 37.2% — accelerating demand or successful expansion into new markets.

Total Debt
Balance Sheet
+32.1%
$5.5B→$7.3B

Debt increased 32.1% — substantial leverage increase; assess whether deployed for growth or covering losses.

Total Liabilities
Balance Sheet
+26.6%
$10.4B→$13.1B

Liabilities increased 26.6% — monitor debt-to-equity ratio and interest coverage.

Net Income
P&L
-18.5%
$1.1B→$863.0M

Net income declined 18.5% — review whether driven by operations, interest costs, or non-recurring items.

LANGUAGE CHANGES
NEW — 2026-02-23
PRIOR — 2025-02-20
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These forward-looking statements reflect the Company s expectations and objectives as of February 23, 2026.
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.
LPL Enterprise, LLC ( LPL Enterprise ) is a limited product shelf introducing broker-dealer and registered investment adviser that supports a portion of the Company s institutional services clients, providing brokerage and investment advisory services.
Atria had seven introducing broker-dealer subsidiaries, which cleared transactions through third-party clearing and carrying firms.
The Company completed the conversion of assets from these acquired broker-dealers and investment advisers to the Company s platform and completed the withdrawal of the related registrations of these entities during the fourth quarter of 2025.
is a holding company for Blaze Portfolio Systems LLC ( Blaze ), which provides an advisor-facing trading and portfolio rebalancing platform.
LPL Employee Services, LLC and its subsidiary, Allen Company of Florida, LLC ( Allen Company ), provide primary support for the Company s employee advisor affiliation model.
CFN Holding Company, LLC is a holding company for Commonwealth Equity Services, LLC ( CES ), which is a registered broker-dealer and investment adviser that does business as Commonwealth Financial Network.
CES is an introducing broker-dealer that clears transactions through a third-party clearing and carrying firm.
The Company expects to complete the conversion of assets from CES in the fourth quarter of 2026 and withdraw the related registrations of that entity thereafter.
REMOVED
( Atria ); market and macroeconomic trends, including the effects of inflation and the interest rate environment; projected savings and anticipated improvements to the Company s operating model, services and technologies as a result of its investments, initiatives, programs and acquisitions; and any other statements that are not related to present facts or current conditions or that are not purely historical, constitute forward-looking statements.
These forward-looking statements reflect the Company s expectations and objectives as of February 20, 2025 .
( Prudential ) will transition registration to the Company and whether assets reported as serviced by such financial advisors will translate into assets of the Company; the performance of third-party service providers to which business processes have been transitioned; the Company s ability to control operating risks, information technology systems risks, cybersecurity risks and sourcing risks; and the other factors set forth in Part I, Item 1A.
We support nearly 29,000 financial advisors, and the wealth management practices of approximately 1,200 financial institutions, servicing and custodying approximately $1.7 trillion in brokerage and advisory assets.
We believe that we are the only company that offers the unique combination of an integrated technology platform, comprehensive self-clearing services and access to a wide range of curated non-proprietary products all delivered in an environment unencumbered by conflicts from product manufacturing, underwriting and market-making.
LPL Enterprise, LLC ( LPL Enterprise ) is a limited product shelf introducing broker-dealer and registered investment advisor that supports a portion of the Company s institutional businesses, providing brokerage and investment advisory services to the clients of those institutional businesses.
Atria has seven introducing broker-dealer subsidiaries, which clear transactions through third-party clearing and carrying firms.
The Company expects to complete the conversion of assets from these acquired broker-dealers and investment advisors in 2025.
is a holding company for AdvisoryWorld and Blaze Portfolio Systems LLC ( Blaze ).
AdvisoryWorld offers technology products, including proposal generation, investment analytics and portfolio modeling, to both the Company s advisors and external clients in the wealth management industry.
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