Freedom Holding Corp. announced financial results for third quarter of fiscal year 2021

10.02.21 23:30
/KASE, February 10, 2021/ – Freedom Holding Corp. (Salt Lake City), whose shares are officially listed on Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE), has provided KASE with the following press release dated February 10, 2021: quote Freedom Holding Corp. (hereinafter – the Holding) reports on financial results for the third quarter of the fiscal year 2021 ended December 31, 2020. Main indicators for the said period: 1) For the three months ended December 31, 2020 and 2019, the Holding's revenue was $100.2 million and $29.6 million, respectively. An increase of $70.7 million, or 239 %, was mainly due to an increase in fee and commission income for the third quarter by 261%, or $53.8 million, from $20.6 million to $74.3 million, as well as due to growth of the profit on trading securities by 194%, or $12.5 million, from $6.4 million to $18.9 million. 2) The Holding's expenses increased by $24.6 million, or 96, for the following reasons: a) an increase in commission expenses by $14.8 million due to an increase in the number of clients and the volume of transactions they make; b) an increase in interest expenses by $3.9 million, mainly due to an increase in interest expenses on client balances in bank and brokerage accounts, an increase in expenses related to short-term financing raised through repurchase agreements on securities and issued debt securities; c) an increase in operating expenses by $4.9 million, mainly in general administrative expenses as a result of the expansion of the Company's activities. 3) For three months ended December 31, 2020 and 2019: a) the net income of the Holding amounted to $42.3 million and $4.1 million, respectively; b) earnings per share of the Holding, calculated on the basis of a weighted average number of shares of 58 million pieces, made up $0.72 and $0.07, respectively; c) other comprehensive income was $49.2 million and $7.9 million, respectively. 4) During the three months ended December 31, 2020, the assets and liabilities of the Holding increased by $397.1 million and $347.3 million, respectively. unquote The complete press release is available on – https://kase.kz/files/emitters/US_FRHC/us_frhc_reliz_100221_1.pdf [2021-02-10]