BGC Group, Inc. (BGC) · Nov 5, 2026 · Earnings

BGC earnings hit records as FMX growth offsets a mixed quarter

In line — Post-tax adjusted EPS $0.34 vs ~$0.34 consensus; revenue $832.6M vs ~$833M consensus

BGC earnings reached third-quarter records, with FMX and Fenics driving growth. Results were broadly in line with expectations, while Q4 guidance stayed solid.

BGC is in the middle of shifting from a traditional brokerage toward a broader electronic-market infrastructure business built around Fenics, FMX, data, and post-trade services. Before this release, FMX was already gaining traction: second-quarter U.S. Treasury market share had reached 42%, while futures volumes were scaling from a small base.

The quarter was operationally strong but not a major surprise. Revenue reached $832.6 million, up 13%, while post-tax adjusted EPS rose to $0.34. That was essentially in line with the published revenue consensus of roughly $833 million and EPS consensus of $0.34, so the headline result does not materially reset expectations.

Metric3Q263Q25Consensus / guidance
Revenue (Financial Highlights)$832.6M (+13.0%)$736.8M~$833M consensus
Post-tax adjusted EPS (Per Share Results)$0.34 (+17.2%)$0.29~$0.34 consensus
Pre-tax adjusted earnings (Financial Highlights)$187.5M (+20.9%)$155.1M$172M–$190M guidance
Adjusted EBITDA (Financial Highlights)$249.5M (+48.9%)$167.6M
4Q revenue guidance (Outlook)$805M–$865M$756.4M

FMX and the electronic platform are doing the strategic work. Fenics revenue grew 13.3%, with Fenics Growth Platforms up 39.8%; FMX revenue rose more than 35% to $30.5 million, Treasury average daily volume reached $83.0 billion, and futures average daily volume approached 80,000 contracts. Those figures strengthen the underlying technology-and-market-infrastructure story even though the consolidated earnings result itself was expected.

Growth was broad, but not uniformly clean. ECS, Rates, Foreign Exchange, and Equities all grew at double-digit rates, while Credit revenue declined 2.5% and miscellaneous revenue fell 19.7%. Compensation rose 14.7% on the adjusted basis, broadly tracking revenue growth, which limits the evidence of major operating leverage despite the sharp increase in adjusted EBITDA. 〔0〕

GAAP profit got help from non-operating items, so adjusted results are the cleaner read. GAAP pre-tax income included a $35.0 million gain from selling Water Street Labs and CX Clearinghouse to Fanatics, while the quarter also carried a $22.6 million impairment charge and $9.9 million of cost-reduction charges. The underlying adjusted earnings growth remains solid, but the headline 192.7% GAAP pre-tax increase overstates the improvement in recurring operations.

The outlook keeps the story moving without upgrading it. Fourth-quarter revenue guidance of $805 million to $865 million and pre-tax adjusted earnings guidance of $178 million to $196 million point to continued year-over-year growth, but the filing does not show a raised range or a new step-change in expectations. The guidance is confirmation of a healthy trajectory, not a fresh acceleration.

Bottom line: BGC delivered a healthy, broad-based quarter and continued evidence that FMX and Fenics are gaining scale. But because the core earnings numbers were already expected and GAAP benefited from a divestiture gain, this advances the existing story modestly rather than rewriting it.

What to watch next

Q4 earnings report, early February 2027

Original filing on SEC EDGAR

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