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EXHIBIT 99.1

WisdomTree Announces Second Quarter 2014 Results

Pre-tax income of $20.1 million, increases 65% from year ago quarter

$0.15 diluted pre-tax EPS; $0.08 diluted net income EPS

New York, NY – (GlobeNewswire) – August 1, 2014 – WisdomTree Investments, Inc. (NASDAQ: WETF), an exchange-traded product (“ETP”) sponsor and asset manager, today reported pre-tax income of $20.1 million or $0.15 per share on a fully diluted basis. This compares to $12.2 million in the second quarter of 2013 and $16.5 million in the first quarter of 2014. Included in the quarter was a pre-tax loss of $1.6 million, or $0.01 per diluted EPS, associated with its European listed ETP business which was acquired in April 2014. The Company recorded income tax expense of $9.5 million (however, the Company does not currently pay income taxes because of its net operating loss carryforward) and net income of $10.6 million or $0.08 per diluted EPS in the second quarter.

WisdomTree CEO and President Jonathan Steinberg said, “WisdomTree reached record assets under management (“AUM”) levels in the second quarter driven by continued inflows in European-focused equity ETFs where we made market share gains, inflows in our India ETF and inflows in domestic equities. Even despite Japan-related outflows, we ended the quarter with $300 million in net inflows.”

Mr. Steinberg continued, “We recorded top line revenue growth of 18% with a 77% increase in pre-tax income in our US business despite the challenging flows this quarter. We are clearly demonstrating the efficiency, power and potential of our business model. Since the first quarter, we showed a nearly 5% improvement in our gross margin to 82.4% for our US business. Including our new European entity, we reported a record 45.6% pretax margin on a base of $34 billion in average AUM. Our business and our balance sheet have never been stronger. With $141 million in cash and investments, WisdomTree is in a position of strength to invest for future growth.”

“We are continuing to expand and refine our product set, identifying new strategies in equities and fixed income. We are also continuing to benefit as many of our earliest product launches build strong track records, assets and liquidity. While we recently announced 10 ETFs surpassed the $1 billion AUM milestone, we have another 21 ETFs with greater than $100 million in AUM, all of which represent promising growth opportunities in the right market cycle.”


Summary Operating and Financial Highlights

 

     Three Months Ended     Change From  
     Jun. 30,     Mar. 31,     Jun. 30,     Mar. 31,     Jun. 30,  
     2014     2014     2013     2014     2013  

Operating Highlights

          

US listed ETFs ($, in billions):

          

AUM

   $ 35.5      $ 33.9      $ 29.0        4.8     22.5

Net inflows/(outflows)

   $ 0.3      ($ 0.5   $ 5.0        n/a        (93.3 %) 

Average AUM

   $ 34.1      $ 33.9      $ 28.4        0.8     20.3

Average advisory fee

     0.51     0.51     0.52     —          (0.0 1) 

Market share of industry inflows

     0.6     n/a        32.2     n/a        (31.6

European listed ETPs ($, in millions):

          

AUM

   $ 113.2        —          —          —          —     

Net inflows/(outflows)

   $ 17.7        —          —          —          —     

Average advisory fee

     0.82     —          —          —          —     

Financial Highlights ($, in millions, except per share amounts):

          

Consolidated Results:

          

Total revenues

   $ 44.1      $ 42.9      $ 37.3        2.8     18.2

Pre-tax income

   $ 20.1      $ 16.5      $ 12.2        22.2     64.5

Diluted pre-tax earnings per share

   $ 0.15      $ 0.12      $ 0.09      $ 0.03      $ 0.06   

Pre-tax margin

     45.6     38.4     32.8     7.2        12.8   

US listed ETFs:

          

Total revenues

   $ 43.9      $ 42.9      $ 37.3        2.4     17.7

Pre-tax income

   $ 21.7      $ 16.5      $ 12.2        31.7     77.3

Gross margin1 (non-GAAP)

     82.4     78.6     74.5     3.8        7.9   

Pre-tax margin

     49.4     38.4     32.8     11.0        16.6   

Recent Business Developments

 

    On May 7, 2014, WisdomTree launched the International Hedged Dividend Growth Fund (IHDG) and Europe Dividend Growth Fund (EUDG)

 

    On May 27, 2014, WisdomTree announced 10 ETFs now have $1 billion in assets

 

 

1  Gross margin is defined as total revenues less fund management and administration expenses and third-party sharing arrangements.


Assets Under Management and Net Inflows

US listed ETF assets under management (“AUM”) were $35.5 billion at June 30, 2014, up 22.5% from June 30, 2013 primarily due to inflow levels. US listed AUM was up 4.8% from March 31, 2014 primarily due to $1.3 billion of positive market movement and $0.3 billion of net inflows. European listed AUM was $113.2 million.

Performance

In evaluating the performance of our US listed equity, fixed income and alternative ETFs against actively managed and index based mutual funds and ETFs, 82% of the $35.0 billion invested in our ETFs and 56% (28 of 50) of our ETFs outperformed their comparable Morningstar average since inception as of June 30, 2014.

For more information about WisdomTree ETFs including standardized performance, please click here or visit www.wisdomtree.com.

Second Quarter Financial Discussion

Revenues

Total revenues increased 18.2% from the second quarter of 2013 and 2.8% compared to the first quarter of 2014 to $44.1 million primarily due to higher average AUM. Included in the second quarter was $0.2 million in revenues from our European listed ETPs, which were acquired in April 2014. Our average advisory fee for our US listed ETFs was 0.51% as compared to 0.52% for the second quarter of 2013 and 0.51% in the first quarter of 2014.

Margins

Gross margin for our US listed ETFs, which is our total revenues less fund management and administration expenses and third party sharing arrangements, was 82.4% in the second quarter of 2014 as compared to 74.5% in the second quarter of 2013 and 78.6% in the first quarter of 2014. This increase was primarily due to beneficial pricing changes for our fund accounting, administration and custody services.

Pre-tax margin was 45.6% in the second quarter of 2014 as compared to 32.8% in the second quarter of 2013 and 38.4% in the first quarter of 2014. Pre-tax margin for our US listed ETFs was 49.4% in the quarter.

Expenses

Total expenses decreased 4.4% from the second quarter of 2013 and decreased 9.3% compared to the first quarter of 2014 to $24.0 million. Included in the quarter was $1.8 million of expenses associated with our European listed ETPs.


    Compensation and benefits expense decreased 20.1% to $7.6 million compared to the second quarter of 2013. This decrease was primarily due to lower accrued incentive compensation due to our inflow levels partly offset by higher headcount related expenses to support our growth and compensation expenses associated with our European listed ETPs.

Compensation and benefits expense decreased 19.3% as compared to the first quarter of 2014 primarily due to lower accrued incentive compensation and payroll taxes.

Our headcount in the US was 92 and 11 in Europe at the end of the second quarter of 2014.

 

    Fund management and administration expense decreased 14.1% from the second quarter of 2013 and 14.7% from the first quarter of 2014 to $7.8 million. This decrease was primarily due to the transfer of our fund accounting, administration and custody services to State Street, despite the higher average AUM. Partly offsetting this decrease was $0.2 million of expenses for our European listed ETPs.

We had 69 US listed ETFs and 38 European listed ETPs at the end of the second quarter of 2014.

 

    Marketing and advertising expense increased 24.1% from the second quarter of 2013 and 5.7% from the first quarter of 2014 to $2.7 million primarily due to higher levels of advertising related activities to support our growth.

 

    Sales and business development expense increased 13.6% from the second quarter of 2013 and 32.7% from the first quarter of 2014 to $1.7 million primarily due to higher levels of spending for sales related initiatives.

 

    Professional and consulting fees increased 180.1% from the second quarter of 2013 and 2.5% from the first quarter of 2014 to $1.8 million primarily due to $0.7 million of advisory and other costs associated with our transaction to acquire Boost, which we completed in April 2014.

 

    Occupancy, communication and equipment expense increased 44.3% from the second quarter of last year to $0.9 million primarily due to costs for new office space which we began to occupy in January 2014. This expense decreased 5.2% compared to the first quarter of 2014 primarily due to the expiration in January 2014 of the lease for our previous office space.

 

    Depreciation and amortization expense increased 142.2% from the second quarter of last year to $0.2 million primarily due to amortization of leasehold improvements for our new office space. This expense was essentially unchanged compared to the first quarter of 2014.

 

    Third-party sharing arrangements expense was $0.1 million in the second quarter of 2014. Changes from the second quarter of last year and first quarter of 2014 were from AUM adjustments from our third party marketing agent in Latin America.

 

    Other expenses increased 9.7% to $1.2 million compared to the second quarter of 2013 primarily due to higher independent director fees partly offset by lower general and administrative expenses. This expense was essentially unchanged from the first quarter of 2014.


    Income tax expense was $9.5 million in the second quarter of 2014. We began to record income tax expense this quarter as we recognized a deferred tax asset in the first quarter, which previously had been reserved with a 100% valuation allowance. However, for some time, we do not expect to be paying cash income taxes due to the size of our net operating losses. The income tax rate on our US listed ETF business was 45.4%. We cannot offset our US income tax expense with losses generated by our European listed business. We did incur certain European listed expenses in the US for which we do generate an income tax benefit.

Balance Sheet

As of June 30, 2014, the Company had total assets of $179.8 million which consisted primarily of cash and cash equivalents of $128.8 million and investments of $12.1 million. There were approximately 131.5 million shares of common stock outstanding as of June 30, 2014. Fully diluted weighted average shares outstanding were approximately 138.3 million for the second quarter.

Conference Call

WisdomTree will discuss its results and operational highlights during a conference call on Friday, August 1, 2014 at 9:00 a.m. ET. The call-in number will be (877) 303-7209. Anyone outside the U.S. or Canada should call (970) 315-0420. The slides used during the presentation will be available at http://ir.wisdomtree.com. For those unable to join the conference call at the scheduled time, an audio replay will be available on http://ir.wisdomtree.com.

Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

This press release contains forward-looking statements that are based on our management’s beliefs and assumptions and on information currently available to our management. Although we believe that the expectations reflected in these forward-looking statements are reasonable, these statements relate to future events or our future financial performance, and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause our actual results, levels of activity, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, levels of activity, performance or achievements expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terminology such as “may,” “will,” “should,” “expects,” “intends,” “plans,” “anticipates,” “believes,” “estimates,” “predicts,” “potential,” “continue” or the negative of these terms or other comparable terminology. These statements are only predictions. You should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements because they involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors, which are, in some cases, beyond our control and which could materially affect results. Factors that may cause actual results to differ materially from current expectations include, among other things, the risks described below. If one or more of these or other risks or uncertainties occur, or if our underlying assumptions prove to be incorrect, actual events or results may vary significantly from those implied or projected by the


forward-looking statements. No forward-looking statement is a guarantee of future performance. You should read this press release completely and with the understanding that our actual future results may be materially different from any future results expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements.

In particular, forward-looking statements in this press release may include statements about:

 

    anticipated trends, conditions and investor sentiment in the global markets;

 

    anticipated levels of inflows into and outflows out of our exchange-traded products;

 

    our ability to deliver favorable rates of return to investors;

 

    our ability to develop new products and services;

 

    our ability to maintain current vendors or find new vendors to provide services to us at favorable costs;

 

    competition in our business; and

 

    the effect of laws and regulations that apply to our business.

Our business is subject to many risks and uncertainties, including without limitation:

 

    We have only a limited operating history and, as a result, recent historical growth may not provide an accurate representation of the growth we may experience in the future, which may make it difficult to evaluate our future prospects.

 

    Challenging market conditions associated with declining prices of securities can adversely affect our business by reducing the market value of the assets we manage or causing WisdomTree ETF shareholders to sell their fund shares and trigger redemptions.

 

    Fluctuations in the amount and mix of our AUM may negatively impact revenue and operating margin.

 

    Most of our assets under management are held in ETFs that invest in foreign securities and we therefore have substantial exposure to foreign market conditions and are subject to currency exchange rate risks.

 

    We derive a substantial portion of our revenue from products invested in emerging markets and are exposed to the market-specific political and economic risks as well as general investor sentiment regarding future growth of those markets.

 

    We derive a substantial amount of our revenue from products invested in securities of Japanese companies and are exposed to the market-specific political and economic risks as well as general investor sentiment regarding future growth of those markets and currency fluctuations between the Japanese Yen and the U.S. Dollar.


    We derive a majority of our revenue from a limited number of products—in particular one fund, WisdomTree Japan Hedged Equity Fund, that accounted for approximately 30% of our ETF AUM—and, as a result, our operating results are particularly exposed to the performance of those funds, investor sentiment toward the strategies pursued by those funds and our ability to maintain the assets under management of those funds.

 

    The WisdomTree ETFs have a limited track record, and poor investment performance could cause our revenue to decline.

 

    We depend on other third parties to provide many critical services to operate our business and the WisdomTree ETFs. The failure of key vendors to adequately provide such services could materially affect our operating business and harm WisdomTree ETF shareholders.

Other factors, such as general economic conditions, including currency exchange rate fluctuations, also may have an effect on the results of our operations. For a more complete description of the risks noted above and other risks that could cause our actual results to differ from our current expectations, please see the section entitled “Risk Factors” in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2013.

The forward-looking statements in this press release represent our views as of the date of this press release. We anticipate that subsequent events and developments may cause our views to change. However, while we may elect to update these forward-looking statements at some point in the future, we have no current intention of doing so except to the extent required by applicable law. Therefore, these forward-looking statements do not represent our views as of any date other than the date of this press release.

About WisdomTree

WisdomTree Investments, Inc., through its subsidiaries in the U.S. and the U.K. (collectively, “WisdomTree”), is an exchange-traded product (“ETP”) sponsor and asset manager headquartered in New York. WisdomTree offers ETPs covering equity, fixed income, currency, alternatives and commodity asset classes. WisdomTree currently has approximately $35.4 billion in assets under management globally.

WisdomTree® is the marketing name for WisdomTree Investments, Inc. and its wholly owned subsidiary, WisdomTree Asset Management, Inc., a registered investment adviser and investment adviser to the WisdomTree Trust and each of its series. The WisdomTree Trust is a registered open-end management investment company.

Contact Information:

WisdomTree Investments, Inc.

Stuart Bell / Jessica Zaloom

+1.917.267.3702 / +1.917.267.3735

sbell@wisdomtree.com / jzaloom@wisdomtree.com


WISDOMTREE INVESTMENTS, INC.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(in thousands, except per share amounts)

(Unaudited)

 

     Three Months Ended      % Change From     Six Months Ended  
     Jun. 30,      Mar. 31,     Jun. 30,      Mar. 31,     Jun. 30,     Jun. 30,     Jun. 30,      %  
     2014      2014     2013      2014     2013     2014     2013      Change  

Revenues

                   

Advisory fees

   $ 43,938       $ 42,609      $ 37,101         3.1     18.4   $ 86,547      $ 66,254         30.6

Other income

     190         311        230         -38.9     -17.4     501        418         19.9
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total revenues

     44,128         42,920        37,331         2.8     18.2     87,048        66,672         30.6

Expenses

                   

Compensation and benefits

     7,551         9,355        9,447         -19.3     -20.1     16,906        16,929         -0.1

Fund management and administration

     7,818         9,168        9,106         -14.7     -14.1     16,986        17,329         -2.0

Marketing and advertising

     2,726         2,578        2,196         5.7     24.1     5,304        4,133         28.3

Sales and business development

     1,727         1,301        1,520         32.7     13.6     3,028        3,321         -8.8

Professional and consulting fees

     1,840         1,795        657         2.5     180.1     3,635        1,270         186.2

Occupancy, communication and equipment

     853         900        591         -5.2     44.3     1,753        968         81.1

Depreciation and amortization

     201         192        83         4.7     142.2     393        165         138.2

Third party sharing arrangements

     115         10        428         1050.0     -73.1     125        539         -76.8

Other

     1,164         1,142        1,061         1.9     9.7     2,306        1,922         20.0
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total expenses

     23,995         26,441        25,089         -9.3     -4.4     50,436        46,576         8.3
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Income before taxes

     20,133         16,479        12,242         22.2     64.5     36,612        20,096         82.2

Income tax expense/(benefit)

     9,531         (13,725     —           —          —          (4,194     —           —     
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net income

   $ 10,602       $ 30,204      $ 12,242         -64.9     -13.4   $ 40,806      $ 20,096         103.1
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Income before taxes per share - basic

   $ 0.15       $ 0.13      $ 0.10           $ 0.28      $ 0.16      

Income before taxes per share - diluted

   $ 0.15       $ 0.12      $ 0.09           $ 0.26      $ 0.14      

Net income per share - basic

   $ 0.08       $ 0.23      $ 0.10           $ 0.31      $ 0.16      

Net income per share - diluted

   $ 0.08       $ 0.22      $ 0.09           $ 0.29      $ 0.14      

Weighted average common shares - basic

     131,533         130,934        125,771             131,235        125,605      

Weighted average common shares - diluted

     138,258         138,667        140,081             138,501        139,716      


WISDOMTREE INVESTMENTS, INC.

SUPPLEMENTAL CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(in thousands, except per share amounts)

 

     US     European                                        
     Listed     Listed           US Listed Business  
     Business     Business     Total                         % Change From  
     Q2/14     Q2/14**     Q2/14     Q2/14      Q1/14     Q2/13      Q1/14     Q2/13  

Revenues

                  

Advisory fees

   $ 43,753      $ 185      $ 43,938      $ 43,753       $ 42,609      $ 37,101         2.7     17.9

Other income

     182        8        190        182         311        230         -41.5     -20.9
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total revenues

     43,935        193        44,128        43,935         42,920        37,331         2.4     17.7

Expenses

                  

Compensation and benefits

     7,026        525        7,551        7,026         9,355        9,447         -24.9     -25.6

Fund management and administration

     7,625        193        7,818        7,625         9,168        9,106         -16.8     -16.3

Marketing and advertising

     2,675        51        2,726        2,675         2,578        2,196         3.8     21.8

Sales and business development

     1,653        74        1,727        1,653         1,301        1,520         27.1     8.8

Professional and consulting fees

     1,026        814        1,840        1,026         1,795        657         -42.8     56.2

Occupancy, communication and equipment

     807        46        853        807         900        591         -10.3     36.5

Depreciation and amortization

     199        2        201        199         192        83         3.6     139.8

Third party sharing arrangements

     115        —          115        115         10        428         1050.0     -73.1

Other

     1,105        59        1,164        1,105         1,142        1,061         -3.2     4.1
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses

     22,231        1,764        23,995        22,231         26,441        25,089         -15.9     -11.4
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Income/(loss) before taxes

     21,704        (1,571     20,133        21,704         16,479        12,242         31.7     77.3

Income tax expense/(benefit)

     9,873        (342     9,531        9,873         (13,725     —           -171.9     n/a   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net income/(loss)

   $ 11,831      $ (1,229   $ 10,602      $ 11,831       $ 30,204      $ 12,242         -60.8     -3.4
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Income/(loss) before taxes per share - basic

   $ 0.17      $ (0.01   $ 0.15               

Income/(loss) before taxes per share - diluted

   $ 0.16      $ (0.01   $ 0.15               

Net income/(loss) per share - basic

   $ 0.09      $ (0.01   $ 0.08               

Net income/(loss) per share - diluted

   $ 0.09      $ (0.01   $ 0.08               

Weighted average common shares - basic

     131,533        131,533        131,533               

Weighted average common shares - diluted

     138,258        138,258        138,258               

Pretax margin

     49.4     n/a        45.6            

Gross margin

     82.4     0.0     82.0            

 

** - for the period 4/15/14 to 6/30/14


WISDOMTREE INVESTMENTS, INC.

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET

(in thousands, except per share amounts)

 

     June 30,     December 31,  
     2014     2013  
     (Unaudited)        

ASSETS

    

Current assets:

    

Cash and cash equivalents

   $ 128,847      $ 104,316   

Accounts receivable

     15,733        18,100   

Other current assets

     2,706        1,320   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total current assets

     147,286        123,736   

Fixed assets, net

     9,634        6,252   

Investments

     12,145        11,748   

Deferred tax asset, net

     9,487        —     

Goodwill

     1,227        —     

Other noncurrent assets

     63        55   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total assets

   $ 179,842      $ 141,791   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

    

LIABILITIES

    

Current liabilities:

    

Fund management and administration payable

   $ 10,031      $ 10,394   

Compensation and benefits payable

     4,655        14,278   

Accounts payable and other liabilities

     4,544        4,384   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total current liabilities

     19,230        29,056   

Other noncurrent liabilities:

    

Acquisition payable

     1,757        —     

Deferred rent payable

     4,992        3,706   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total liabilities

     25,979        32,762   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

    

Common stock, par value $0.01; 250,000 shares authorized: issued: 133,320 and 132,247 outstanding: 131,542 and 130,350

     1,333        1,322   

Additional paid-in capital

     188,218        184,201   

Accumulated deficit

     (35,688     (76,494
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total stockholders’ equity

     153,863        109,029   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity

   $ 179,842      $ 141,791   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 


WISDOMTREE INVESTMENTS, INC.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(in thousands)

(Unaudited)

 

     Six Months Ended  
     June 30,     June 30,  
     2014     2013  

Cash flows from operating activities

    

Net income

   $ 40,806      $ 20,096   

Non-cash items included in net income:

    

Income tax benefit

     (4,194     —     

Depreciation and amortization

     393        165   

Stock-based compensation

     4,045        3,405   

Deferred rent

     1,286        (69

Accretion to interest income and other

     (79     94   

Changes in operating assets and liabilities:

    

Accounts receivable

     2,546        (3,112

Other assets

     (1,230     (761

Fund management and administration payable

     (473     3,747   

Compensation and benefits payable

     (9,887     5,076   

Accounts payable and other liabilities

     (553     568   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash provided by operating activities

     32,660        29,209   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cash flows from investing activities

    

Purchase of fixed assets

     (3,741     (123

Purchase of investments

     (1,237     (2,943

Cash acquired on acquisition

     1,349        —     

Proceeds from the redemption of investments

     803        2,520   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash used in investing activities

     (2,826     (546
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cash flows from financing activities

    

Shares repurchased

     (5,426     (249

Proceeds from exercise of stock options

     116        1,073   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash (used in)/provided by financing activities

     (5,310     824   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Increase in cash flows due to changes in foreign exchange rate

     7        —     
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase in cash and cash equivalents

     24,531        29,487   

Cash and cash equivalents - beginning of period

     104,316        41,246   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents - end of period

   $ 128,847      $ 70,733   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information

    

Cash paid for taxes

   $ 21      $ 34   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 


WisdomTree Investments, Inc.

Key Operating Statistics (Unaudited)

 

     Three Months Ended     Six Months Ended  
     June 30,     March 31,     June 30,     June 30,     June 30,  
     2014     2014     2013     2014     2013  

US LISTED ETFs

          

Total ETFs (in millions)

          

Beginning of period assets

     33,884        34,884        25,103        34,884        18,286   

Inflows/(outflows)

     334        (502     4,962        (168     10,855   

Market appreciation/(depreciation)

     1,282        (498     (1,090     784        (166
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

End of period assets

     35,500        33,884        28,975        35,500        28,975   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Average assets during the period

     34,141        33,859        28,390        34,000        25,162   

Revenue Days

     91        90        91        181        181   

ETF Industry and Market Share (in billions)

          

ETF industry net inflows

     56.9        14.5        15.4        71.4        67.6   

WisdomTree market share of industry inflows

     0.6     0.0     32.2     0.0     16.1

International Hedged Equity ETFs (in millions)

          

Beginning of period assets

     12,612        13,348        5,797        13,348        1,258   

Inflows/(outflows)

     (502     (12     4,376        (514     8,447   

Market appreciation/(depreciation)

     447        (724     97        (277     565   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

End of period assets

     12,557        12,612        10,270        12,557        10,270   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Average assets during the period

     12,189        13,052        8,624        12,620        6,028   

US Equity ETFs (in millions)

          

Beginning of period assets

     7,505        7,181        5,161        7,181        4,371   

Inflows/(outflows)

     221        189        547        410        838   

Market appreciation/(depreciation)

     326        135        69        461        568   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

End of period assets

     8,052        7,505        5,777        8,052        5,777   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Average assets during the period

     7,721        7,176        5,541        7,448        5,145   

Emerging Markets Equity ETFs (in millions)

          

Beginning of period assets

     6,753        7,448        8,071        7,448        7,332   

Inflows/(outflows)

     388        (632     (51     (244     825   

Market appreciation/(depreciation)

     465        (63     (848     402        (985
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

End of period assets

     7,606        6,753        7,172        7,606        7,172   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Average assets during the period

     7,088        6,775        7,964        6,932        7,934   

International Developed Equity ETFs (in millions)

          

Beginning of period assets

     4,830        3,864        2,728        3,864        2,474   

Inflows/(outflows)

     518        812        57        1,330        196   

Market appreciation/(depreciation)

     (8     154        (152     146        (37
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

End of period assets

     5,340        4,830        2,633        5,340        2,633   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Average assets during the period

     5,135        4,347        2,820        4,741        2,730   

Fixed Income ETFs (in millions)

          

Beginning of period assets

     1,610        1,906        2,600        1,906        2,118   

Inflows/(outflows)

     (278     (306     78        (584     586   

Market appreciation/(depreciation)

     44        10        (241     54        (267
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

End of period assets

     1,376        1,610        2,437        1,376        2,437   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Average assets during the period

     1,435        1,747        2,700        1,591        2,577   

Currency ETFs (in millions)

          

Beginning of period assets

     422        979        626        979        611   

Inflows/(outflows)

     (21     (549     (62     (570     (50

Market appreciation/(depreciation)

     5        (8     (17     (3     (14
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

End of period assets

     406        422        547        406        547   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Average assets during the period

     413        611        607        512        622   

Alternative Strategy ETFs (in millions)

          

Beginning of period assets

     152        158        120        158        122   

Inflows/(outflows)

     8        (4     17        4        13   

Market appreciation/(depreciation)

     3        (2     2        1        4   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

End of period assets

     163        152        139        163        139   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Average assets during the period

     160        151        134        156        126   

Average ETF assets during the period

          

International hedged equity ETFs

     36     39     30     37     24

US equity ETFs

     23     21     20     22     20

Emerging markets equity ETFs

     21     20     28     20     32

International developed equity ETFs

     15     13     10     14     11

Fixed income ETFs

     4     5     10     5     10

Currency ETFs

     1     2     2     2     2

Alternative strategy ETFs

     0     0     0     0     1
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

     100     100     100     100     100
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Average ETF advisory fee during the period

          

Alternative strategy ETFs

     0.94     0.94     0.94     0.94     0.94

Emerging markets equity ETFs

     0.67     0.66     0.66     0.67     0.66

International developed equity ETFs

     0.57     0.56     0.56     0.56     0.56

Fixed income ETFs

     0.55     0.55     0.55     0.55     0.55

International hedged equity ETFs

     0.50     0.49     0.49     0.49     0.49

Currency ETFs

     0.49     0.49     0.51     0.49     0.51

US equity ETFs

     0.35     0.35     0.35     0.35     0.35
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Blended total

     0.51     0.51     0.52     0.51     0.53
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Number of ETFs - end of the period

          

International developed equity ETFs

     17        16        16        17        16   

US equity ETFs

     13        13        12        13        12   

Fixed income ETFs

     12        12        6        12        6   

International hedged equity ETFs

     12        6        4        12        4   

Emerging markets equity ETFs

     7        7        5        7        5   

Currency ETFs

     6        6        5        6        5   

Alternative strategy ETFs

     2        2        2        2        2   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

     69        62        50        69        50   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

EUROPEAN LISTED ETPs

          

Total ETPs (in thousands)

          

Beginning of period assets (April 16, 2014)

     96,817           

Inflows/(outflows)

     17,658           

Market appreciation/(depreciation)

     (1,231        
  

 

 

         

End of period assets

     113,244           
  

 

 

         

Average ETP advisory fee during the period

     0.82%           

Number of ETPs - end of the period

     38           

Global headcount

     103        90        79        103        79   

Note: Previously issued statistics may be restated due to trade adjustments

Source: Investment Company Institute, Bloomberg, WisdomTree


Non-GAAP Financial Measurements

In an effort to provide additional information regarding our results as determined by GAAP, we also disclose certain non-GAAP information which we believe provides useful and meaningful information. The non-GAAP financial measurements included in this release include gross margin, gross margin percentage and our operating results for our US listed ETF business. Our management reviews these non-GAAP financial measurements when evaluating our financial performance and results of operations; therefore, we believe it is useful to provide information with respect to these non-GAAP measurements so as to share this perspective of management. Non-GAAP measurements do not have any standardized meaning, do not replace nor are superior to GAAP financial measurements and are unlikely to be comparable to similar measures presented by other companies. These non-GAAP financial measurements should be considered in the context with our GAAP results. We disclose gross margin as a non-GAAP financial measurement to allow investors to analyze our revenues less the direct costs paid to third parties attributable to those revenues. We disclose the results of our US listed ETF business to allow investors to better compare our results to the prior year as in April 2014, we acquired Boost ETP, a UK based ETP sponsor.


WISDOMTREE INVESTMENTS, INC.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

GAAP to NON-GAAP RECONCILIATION

(in thousands)

(Unaudited)

 

     Three Months Ended     For the Six Months Ended  
     Jun. 30,     Mar. 31,     Jun. 30,     Jun. 30,     Jun. 30,  
     2014     2014     2013     2014     2013  

GAAP total revenue

   $ 44,128      $ 42,920      $ 37,331      $ 87,048      $ 66,672   

Fund management and administration

     (7,818     (9,168     (9,106     (16,986     (17,329

Third party sharing arrangements

     (115     (10     (428     (125     (539
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Gross margin

   $ 36,195      $ 33,742      $ 27,797      $ 69,937      $ 48,804   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Gross margin percentage

     82.0     78.6     74.5     80.3     73.2
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

US listed ETFs:

          

GAAP total revenue

   $ 43,935           

Fund management and administration

     (7,625        

Third party sharing arrangements

     (115        
  

 

 

         

Gross margin

   $ 36,195           
  

 

 

         

Gross margin percentage

     82.4