BGC Partners Earnings: Everything You Must Know Now

BGC Partners, Inc. (NASDAQ:BGCP) delivered a profit and missed Wall Street’s expectations, BUT beat the revenue expectation. The revenue beat is a positive sign to shareholders seeking high growth out of the company.

BGC Partners, Inc. Earnings Cheat Sheet

Results: Adjusted Earnings Per Share decreased 23.08% to $0.10 in the quarter versus EPS of $0.16 in the year-earlier quarter.

Revenue: Rose 22.84% to $436.3 million from the year-earlier quarter.

Actual vs. Wall St. Expectations: BGC Partners, Inc. reported adjusted EPS income of $0.10 per share. By that measure, the company missed the mean analyst estimate of $0.12. It beat the average revenue estimate of $430.94 million.

Quoting Management:Shaun D. Lynn, President of BGC, said: “During the fourth quarter, BGC’s overall revenuegenerating
headcount increased by almost 18 percent year-over-year to 2,5287, driven by the
addition of NGKF. We continue to focus on profitably and selectively expanding our market
share in both Financial and Real Estate Services.”

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