Swissquote Posts Solid H1 2020 Results, Beats Expectation

Swissquote has published its financial results for the first half of 2020, showcasing a 43.3 percent year-on-year jump in net revenue with a total of CHF 160.7 million.

The total half-yearly operating revenue stands at a record CHF 162.7 million, compared to the CHF 117.2 million in the same period for the previous year, which is an increase of 38.9 percent.

The pre-tax profit of the Online Trading giant also surged 132.8 percent to CHF 58.4 million. Though the figure was only 25.1 million in the previous year, it generated at a pre-tax profit margin of 36.4 percent.

With a 31.4 percent margin, the net profit jumped 128.5 percent year-on-year.

Projects New Expectations for 2020

These reported numbers were much higher than the bank’s expectation for the half-yearly report it published in June. With this sharp boost in performance, Swissquote has revised its annual forecast and is now expecting a pre-tax profit of CHF 100 million above the revenue amount of CHF 300 million for the entirety of 2020.

The financial results press release detailed that the solid performance was due to the influx of new clients attracted by the increased Volatility in the market. Moreover, the platform added 57,258 new clients during the period, resulting in a net new money inflow of CHF 3 billion.

“This trend generated very large increases in revenues in the two most important segments - fee & commission income and eForex,” Swissquote noted.

The platform handled a total eForex trading volume of $690.4 billion and generated a net income of CHF 60 million from that, a year-on-year jump of 52.2 percent. The net fees and commission income of the platform inflated to CHF 83.4 million, an 82.7 percent jump.

“The interest business continues to be dominated by negative interest rates, and in the first half of the year, it was additionally affected by the interest rate cut on the USD,” the company detailed.