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WADDELL & REED FINANCIAL INC

No Longer Reporting

The company has not filed an annual or quarterly report since its Q1 FY2021 10-Q, filed Apr 29, 2021. Its latest SEC filing is a 15-12B from May 13, 2021.

The sections below describe the company as of the FY2020 annual report.

What Did They Do?

Distributes mutual funds and investment and insurance products through financial advisors and broker-dealers, and manages portfolios for fund investors and institutional clients.

How Did They Make Money?

Underwriting and distribution earns asset-based advisory and fund fees over the service period, plus commissions when investment products are sold. Investment-management and shareholder-service fees are based on client assets or accounts and earned as services are provided.

revenue
SegmentShareRevenue
Investment management fees
Recurring

40%
FY2017: 46%
Underwriting and distribution fees
52%
FY2017: 45%
Shareholder service fees
8.1%
FY2017: 9.2%

Who Were Their Customers?

Products reach retail investors through broker-dealers, retirement platforms and registered investment advisers; W&R advisors advise individuals, families and businesses, while the institutional channel serves other asset managers, pension funds and endowments.

Did Revenues Turn Into Profits?

Yes. It kept 7 cents of every revenue dollar as net income in FY2020 and turned 17 cents into free cash flow.

Operating income, FY2020
9% of revenue
▼ −35% vs FY2019 ($145.7M, 14%)
Net income, FY2020
7% of revenue
▼ −39% vs FY2019 ($115M, 11%)
Free cash flow, FY2020
17% of revenue
▲ +12% vs FY2019 ($160.2M, 15%)

How Were They Changing?

Since the FY2020 annual report
Latest quarter: Q1 FY2021, the three months to Mar 31, 2021
Revenue
▲ +12%
vs $263.7M in Q1 FY2020
Net income
▼ −93%
vs $22M in Q1 FY2020
Underwriting and distribution fees share of revenue vs 51.9% in Q1 FY2020
  • Apr 30, 2021 Macquarie completed its acquisition of Waddell & Reed, and LPL acquired wealth management LPL acquired the wealth management business immediately after the merger closed.

Shrank. Revenue fell 9% in 3 years, from $1.2B in FY2017 to $1B in FY2020, about 3% a year.

Fund consolidation The older report listed the Advisors Funds and IGI Funds as part of its fund lineup; the latest says the Advisors Funds were merged into Ivy Funds and the IGI Funds were substantially liquidated.

Revenue over time
Investment management fees Underwriting and distribution fees Shareholder service fees
$2B$1B$0

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