Marcus & Millichap, Inc. Reports Results for Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2021
Marcus & Millichap (MMI) reported record financial results for Q4 and FY 2021, with total revenues increasing by 97.9% to $495.1 million in Q4, and by 80.8% to $1.3 billion for the year. Net income rose to $62.0 million ($1.53 per share) in Q4 and $142.5 million ($3.55 per share) for the year. The Board declared a semi-annual dividend of $0.25 per share and a special dividend of $1.00 per share, both payable on April 4, 2022. The company anticipates continued favorable market conditions and emphasizes growth opportunities in the fragmented Private Client Market segment.
- Q4 2021 revenues increased by 97.9% to $495.1 million.
- Full year 2021 net income rose to $142.5 million, up from $42.8 million in 2020.
- Adjusted EBITDA for 2021 nearly tripled to $213.0 million.
- The company declared a regular dividend of $0.25 per share and a special dividend of $1.00 per share.
- Total operating expenses for Q4 2021 increased by 87.7% to $413.2 million.
- Cost of services as a percentage of total revenues increased by 310 basis points to 67.3%.
- Potential impacts from rising interest rates and economic trends on investor sentiment.
All-time Record Quarterly and Annual Revenues and Earnings Per Share
Initiates Semi-Annual Regular Dividend and Declares Special Dividend
Fourth Quarter 2021 Highlights Compared to Fourth Quarter 2020
-
Total revenues increased by
97.9% to$495.1 million -
Net income increased to
, or$62.0 million per common share, diluted, compared to$1.53 , or$23.6 million per common share, diluted$0.59 -
Adjusted EBITDA more than doubled to
compared to$88.2 million $36.9 million -
Brokerage commissions more than doubled to
$455.5 million -
Private Client brokerage revenue increased by
78.2% to$247.4 million -
Middle Market and Larger Transaction brokerage revenue increased nearly threefold to
$198.6 million
-
Private Client brokerage revenue increased by
-
Financing fees increased by
27.5% to$34.2 million
Full Year 2021 Highlights Compared to Full Year 2020
-
Total revenues increased by
80.8% to$1.3 billion -
Net income increased to
, or$142.5 million per common share, diluted, compared to$3.55 , or$42.8 million per common share, diluted$1.08 -
Adjusted EBITDA increased nearly threefold to
compared to$213.0 million $75.7 million -
Brokerage commissions increased by
84.9% to$1.2 billion -
Private Client brokerage revenue increased by
64.5% to$694.0 million -
Middle Market and Larger Transaction brokerage revenue more than doubled to
$446.3 million
-
Private Client brokerage revenue increased by
-
Financing fees increased by
55.5% to$109.7 million
Dividends
On
In addition, the Board of Directors declared a special dividend of
Fourth Quarter 2021 Results Compared to Fourth Quarter 2020
Total revenues for the fourth quarter of 2021 reached
Total operating expenses for the fourth quarter of 2021 were
Selling, general and administrative expense for the fourth quarter of 2021 increased by
Net income for the fourth quarter of 2021 was
Full Year 2021 Results Compared to Full Year 2020
Total revenues for 2021 reached
Business Outlook
Notwithstanding the potential continuing impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and anticipated interest rate increases on the current macroeconomic environment, the Company believes it is well positioned to achieve long-term growth.
The Company benefits from its experienced management team, infrastructure investments, industry-leading market research and proprietary technology. The size and fragmentation of the Private Client Market segment continues to offer long-term growth opportunities through consolidation. This highly fragmented market segment consistently accounts for over
Key factors that may influence the Company’s business during 2022 include:
-
Volatility in market sales and investor sentiment driven by:
- Slowdown in market sales of asset types impacted by COVID-19, interest rate fluctuations, increasing bid-ask spread between buyers and sellers, and economic trends
- Changes to investor sentiment and sales activity based on interest rates and economic initiatives which may affect real estate investor demand
- Possible impact to investor sentiment related to potential tax law changes which may contribute to transaction acceleration and/or future fluctuations in sales and financing activity
- Potential higher cost of services resulting from more experienced investment sales and financing professionals closing a larger share of revenue and surpassing revenue thresholds earlier in the year
- Volatility in each of the Company’s market segments
- Increase in costs related to in-person events, client meetings, and conferences as the economy opens further
- Global geopolitical uncertainty, which may cause investors to refrain from transacting
- The potential for acquisition activity and subsequent integration
Webcast and Call Information
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SPECIAL NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
This release includes forward-looking statements, including the Company’s business outlook for 2022, the potential continuing impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the execution of our capital return program, including the initial semi-annual dividend, and expectations for market share growth. We have based these forward-looking statements largely on our current expectations and projections about future events and financial trends affecting the financial condition of our business. Forward-looking statements should not be read as a guarantee of future performance or results and will not necessarily be accurate indications of the times at, or by, which such performance or results may be achieved. Forward-looking statements are based on information available at the time those statements are made and/or management’s good faith belief as of that time with respect to future events and are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual performance or results to differ materially from those expressed in or suggested by the forward-looking statements. Important factors that could cause such differences include, but are not limited to:
- uncertainties relating to the economic, operational and financial impact of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, including uncertainties regarding the potential impact of new variants, vaccination rates and vaccine mandates on our workforce;
- general uncertainty in the capital markets and a worsening of economic conditions and the rate and pace of economic recovery following an economic downturn;
- changes in our business operations;
- market trends in the commercial real estate market or the general economy, including the impact of inflation;
- our ability to attract and retain qualified senior executives, managers and investment sales and financing professionals;
- the effects of increased competition on our business;
- our ability to successfully enter new markets or increase our market share;
- our ability to successfully expand our services and businesses and to manage any such expansions;
- our ability to retain existing clients and develop new clients;
- our ability to keep pace with changes in technology;
- any business interruption or technology failure, including cyber and ransomware attacks, and any related impact on our reputation;
- changes in interest rates, availability of capital, tax laws, employment laws or other government regulation affecting our business;
- our ability to successfully identify, negotiate, execute and integrate accretive acquisitions; and
- other risk factors included under “Risk Factors” in our most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K and Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.
In addition, in this release, the words “believe,” “may,” “will,” “estimate,” “continue,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “expect,” “predict,” “potential,” “should” and similar expressions, as they relate to our company, our business and our management, are intended to identify forward-looking statements. In light of these risks and uncertainties, the forward-looking events and circumstances discussed in this release may not occur and actual results could differ materially from those anticipated or implied in the forward-looking statements.
Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this release. You should not put undue reliance on any forward-looking statements. We assume no obligation to update forward-looking statements to reflect actual results, changes in assumptions or changes in other factors affecting forward-looking information, except to the extent required by applicable laws. If we update one or more forward-looking statements, no inference should be drawn that we will make additional updates with respect to those or other forward-looking statements. We have not filed our Form 10-K for the year ended
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF NET AND COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (in thousands, except per share amounts) (Unaudited) |
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|
Three Months Ended
|
Year Ended
|
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|
|
2021 |
|
|
2020 |
|
|
2021 |
|
|
2020 |
|
||||
Revenues: |
|
|
|
|
||||||||||||
Real estate brokerage commissions |
$ |
455,511 |
|
$ |
217,120 |
|
$ |
1,170,969 |
|
$ |
633,164 |
|
||||
Financing fees |
|
34,242 |
|
|
26,864 |
|
|
109,690 |
|
|
70,538 |
|
||||
Other revenues |
|
5,381 |
|
|
6,230 |
|
|
15,781 |
|
|
13,204 |
|
||||
Total revenues |
|
495,134 |
|
|
250,214 |
|
|
1,296,440 |
|
|
716,906 |
|
||||
Operating expenses: |
|
|
|
|
||||||||||||
Cost of services |
|
333,327 |
|
|
160,672 |
|
|
840,209 |
|
|
447,879 |
|
||||
Selling, general and administrative |
|
77,007 |
|
|
56,413 |
|
|
255,154 |
|
|
204,514 |
|
||||
Depreciation and amortization |
|
2,915 |
|
|
3,077 |
|
|
11,721 |
|
|
10,899 |
|
||||
Total operating expenses |
|
413,249 |
|
|
220,162 |
|
|
1,107,084 |
|
|
663,292 |
|
||||
Operating income |
|
81,885 |
|
|
30,052 |
|
|
189,356 |
|
|
53,614 |
|
||||
Other income (expense), net |
|
1,790 |
|
|
2,426 |
|
|
4,527 |
|
|
6,650 |
|
||||
Interest expense |
|
(144 |
) |
|
(205 |
) |
|
(580 |
) |
|
(900 |
) |
||||
Income before provision for income taxes |
|
83,531 |
|
|
32,273 |
|
|
193,303 |
|
|
59,364 |
|
||||
Provision for income taxes |
|
21,529 |
|
|
8,651 |
|
|
50,833 |
|
|
16,526 |
|
||||
Net income |
|
62,002 |
|
|
23,622 |
|
|
142,470 |
|
|
42,838 |
|
||||
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||||
Other comprehensive (loss) income: |
|
|
|
|
||||||||||||
Marketable debt securities, available-for-sale: |
|
|
|
|
||||||||||||
Change in net unrealized gains/losses |
|
(839 |
) |
|
112 |
|
|
(1,554 |
) |
|
799 |
|
||||
Less: reclassification adjustment for net losses included in other |
||||||||||||||||
income (expense), net |
|
46 |
|
|
2 |
|
|
72 |
|
|
34 |
|
||||
Net change, net of tax of |
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months ended |
|
(793 |
) |
|
114 |
|
|
(1,482 |
) |
|
833 |
|
||||
Foreign currency translation loss, net of tax of |
||||||||||||||||
months ended |
|
(44 |
) |
|
(491 |
) |
|
(182 |
) |
|
(237 |
) |
||||
Total other comprehensive (loss) income |
|
(837 |
) |
|
(377 |
) |
|
(1,664 |
) |
|
596 |
|
||||
Comprehensive income |
$ |
61,165 |
|
$ |
23,245 |
|
$ |
140,806 |
|
$ |
43,434 |
|
||||
|
|
|
|
|
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Earnings per share: |
|
|
|
|
||||||||||||
Basic |
$ |
1.55 |
|
$ |
0.59 |
|
$ |
3.57 |
|
$ |
1.08 |
|
||||
Diluted |
$ |
1.53 |
|
$ |
0.59 |
|
$ |
3.55 |
|
$ |
1.08 |
|
||||
Weighted average common shares outstanding: |
|
|
|
|
||||||||||||
Basic |
|
39,977 |
|
|
39,715 |
|
|
39,888 |
|
|
39,642 |
|
||||
Diluted |
|
40,419 |
|
|
39,967 |
|
|
40,187 |
|
|
39,735 |
|
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|
|
|
|
|
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KEY OPERATING METRICS SUMMARY |
(Unaudited) |
Total sales volume was
|
Three Months Ended
|
Year Ended
|
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Real Estate Brokerage |
|
2021 |
|
|
2020 |
|
|
2021 |
|
|
2020 |
|
|||
Average Number of Investment Sales Professionals |
|
1,899 |
|
|
1,948 |
|
|
1,925 |
|
|
1,920 |
|
|||
Average Number of Transactions per Investment Sales Professional |
|
1.73 |
|
|
1.06 |
|
|
5.01 |
|
|
3.28 |
|
|||
|
$ |
138,960 |
|
$ |
104,838 |
|
$ |
121,319 |
|
$ |
100,694 |
|
|||
Average Commission Rate |
|
1.59 |
% |
|
1.94 |
% |
|
1.73 |
% |
|
1.98 |
% |
|||
Average Transaction Size (in thousands) |
$ |
8,718 |
|
$ |
5,404 |
|
$ |
6,994 |
|
$ |
5,097 |
|
|||
Total Number of Transactions |
|
3,278 |
|
|
2,071 |
|
|
9,652 |
|
|
6,288 |
|
|||
Total Sales Volume (in millions) |
$ |
28,576 |
|
$ |
11,191 |
|
$ |
67,507 |
|
$ |
32,052 |
|
|||
|
|
|
|
|
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|
Three Months Ended
|
Year Ended
|
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Financing (1) |
|
2021 |
|
|
2020 |
|
|
2021 |
|
|
2020 |
|
|||
Average Number of Financing Professionals |
|
83 |
|
|
87 |
|
|
85 |
|
|
86 |
|
|||
Average Number of Transactions per Financing Professional |
|
8.39 |
|
|
7.38 |
|
|
29.11 |
|
|
22.59 |
|
|||
Average Fee per Transaction |
$ |
42,639 |
|
$ |
38,083 |
|
$ |
37,959 |
|
$ |
33,747 |
|
|||
Average |
|
0.78 |
% |
|
0.80 |
% |
|
0.81 |
% |
|
0.85 |
% |
|||
Average Transaction Size (in thousands) |
$ |
5,458 |
|
$ |
4,789 |
|
$ |
4,691 |
|
$ |
3,948 |
|
|||
Total Number of Transactions |
|
696 |
|
|
642 |
|
|
2,474 |
|
|
1,943 |
|
|||
Total Financing Volume (in millions) |
$ |
3,799 |
|
$ |
3,075 |
|
$ |
11,605 |
|
$ |
7,672 |
|
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(1) Operating metrics exclude certain financing fees not directly associated to transactions. |
The following table sets forth the number of transactions, sales volume and revenues by commercial real estate market segment for real estate brokerage:
|
Three Months Ended |
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|
2021 |
2020 |
Change |
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Real Estate Brokerage |
Number |
Volume |
Revenues |
Number |
Volume |
Revenues |
Number |
Volume |
Revenues |
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|
|
(in millions) |
(in thousands) |
|
(in millions) |
(in thousands) |
|
(in millions) |
(in thousands) |
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< |
296 |
$ |
200 |
$ |
9,506 |
295 |
$ |
190 |
$ |
7,906 |
1 |
$ |
10 |
$ |
1,600 |
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Private Client Market ( |
2,439 |
|
8,700 |
|
247,404 |
1,570 |
|
4,908 |
|
138,830 |
869 |
|
3,792 |
|
108,574 |
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Middle Market ( |
273 |
|
3,733 |
|
72,531 |
112 |
|
1,526 |
|
29,719 |
161 |
|
2,207 |
|
42,812 |
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Larger Transaction Market (≥ |
270 |
|
15,943 |
|
126,070 |
94 |
|
4,567 |
|
40,665 |
176 |
|
11,376 |
|
85,405 |
||||||||
|
3,278 |
$ |
28,576 |
$ |
455,511 |
2,071 |
$ |
11,191 |
$ |
217,120 |
1,207 |
$ |
17,385 |
$ |
238,391 |
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|
Year Ended |
|
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|
2021 |
2020 |
Change |
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Real Estate Brokerage |
Number |
Volume |
Revenues |
Number |
Volume |
Revenues |
Number |
Volume |
Revenues |
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|
|
(in millions) |
(in thousands) |
|
(in millions) |
(in thousands) |
|
(in millions) |
(in thousands) |
||||||||||||||
< |
1,087 |
$ |
732 |
$ |
30,681 |
944 |
$ |
600 |
$ |
24,456 |
143 |
$ |
132 |
$ |
6,225 |
||||||||
Private Client Market ( |
7,300 |
|
24,339 |
|
693,996 |
4,773 |
|
15,115 |
|
421,767 |
2,527 |
|
9,224 |
|
272,229 |
||||||||
Middle Market ( |
643 |
|
8,874 |
|
170,230 |
316 |
|
4,311 |
|
81,621 |
327 |
|
4,563 |
|
88,609 |
||||||||
Larger Transaction Market (≥ |
622 |
|
33,562 |
|
276,062 |
255 |
|
12,026 |
|
105,320 |
367 |
|
21,536 |
|
170,742 |
||||||||
|
9,652 |
$ |
67,507 |
$ |
1,170,969 |
6,288 |
$ |
32,052 |
$ |
633,164 |
3,364 |
$ |
35,455 |
$ |
537,805 |
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS (in thousands, except for shares and par value) |
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|
(Unaudited) |
|
|||
Assets |
|
|
|||
Current assets: |
|
|
|||
Cash and cash equivalents |
$ |
382,140 |
$ |
243,152 |
|
Commissions receivable, net |
|
17,230 |
|
10,391 |
|
Prepaid expenses |
|
13,220 |
|
10,153 |
|
Marketable debt securities, available-for-sale (includes amortized cost of |
|||||
31, 2021 and 2020, respectively, and |
|
183,868 |
|
158,258 |
|
Advances and loans, net |
|
6,403 |
|
2,413 |
|
Other assets |
|
5,270 |
|
4,711 |
|
Total current assets |
|
608,131 |
|
429,078 |
|
Property and equipment, net |
|
23,192 |
|
23,436 |
|
Operating lease right-of-use assets, net |
|
81,528 |
|
84,024 |
|
Marketable debt securities, available-for-sale (includes amortized cost of |
|||||
2021 and 2020, respectively, and |
|
112,610 |
|
47,773 |
|
Assets held in rabbi trust |
|
11,508 |
|
10,295 |
|
Deferred tax assets, net |
|
33,736 |
|
21,374 |
|
|
|
48,105 |
|
52,053 |
|
Advances and loans, net |
|
113,242 |
|
106,913 |
|
Other assets |
|
13,146 |
|
4,176 |
|
Total assets |
$ |
1,045,198 |
$ |
779,122 |
|
|
|
|
|||
Liabilities and stockholders’ equity |
|
|
|||
Current liabilities: |
|
|
|||
Accounts payable and other liabilities |
$ |
24,271 |
$ |
18,288 |
|
Deferred compensation and commissions |
|
114,685 |
|
58,106 |
|
Income tax payable |
|
17,853 |
|
3,726 |
|
Operating lease liabilities |
|
18,973 |
|
19,190 |
|
Accrued bonuses and other employee related expenses |
|
49,848 |
|
21,007 |
|
Total current liabilities |
|
225,630 |
|
120,317 |
|
Deferred compensation and commissions |
|
53,536 |
|
38,745 |
|
Operating lease liabilities |
|
58,334 |
|
59,408 |
|
Other liabilities |
|
11,394 |
|
13,816 |
|
Total liabilities |
|
348,894 |
|
232,286 |
|
|
|
|
|||
Commitments and contingencies
|
|
— |
|
— |
|
Stockholders’ equity: |
|
||||
Preferred stock, |
|
|
|||
Authorized shares – 25,000,000; issued and outstanding shares – none at |
|
— |
|
— |
|
Common stock, |
|||||
Authorized shares – 150,000,000; issued and outstanding shares – 39,692,373 and 39,401,976 at |
|||||
|
|
4 |
|
4 |
|
Additional paid-in capital |
|
121,844 |
|
113,182 |
|
Retained earnings |
|
573,546 |
|
431,076 |
|
Accumulated other comprehensive income |
|
910 |
|
2,574 |
|
Total stockholders’ equity |
|
696,304 |
|
546,836 |
|
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity |
$ |
1,045,198 |
$ |
779,122 |
|
OTHER INFORMATION |
(Unaudited) |
Adjusted EBITDA Reconciliation
Adjusted EBITDA, which the Company defines as net income before (i) interest income and other, including net realized gains (losses) on marketable debt securities, available-for-sale and cash and cash equivalents, (ii) interest expense, (iii) provision for income taxes, (iv) depreciation and amortization, (v) stock-based compensation, and (vi) non-cash mortgage servicing rights (“MSRs”) activity. The Company uses Adjusted EBITDA in its business operations to evaluate the performance of its business, develop budgets and measure its performance against those budgets, among other things. The Company also believes that analysts and investors use Adjusted EBITDA as a supplemental measure to evaluate its overall operating performance. However, Adjusted EBITDA has material limitations as a supplemental metric and should not be considered in isolation or as a substitute for analysis of the Company’s results as reported under
A reconciliation of the most directly comparable
|
Three Months Ended
|
Year Ended
|
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|
2021 |
|
|
2020 |
|
|
2021 |
|
|
2020 |
|
||||
Net income |
$ |
62,002 |
|
$ |
23,622 |
|
$ |
142,470 |
|
$ |
42,838 |
|
|||
Adjustments: |
|
|
|
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Interest income and other (1) |
|
(1,026 |
) |
|
(958 |
) |
|
(2,496 |
) |
|
(5,048 |
) |
|||
Interest expense |
|
144 |
|
|
205 |
|
|
580 |
|
|
900 |
|
|||
Provision for income taxes |
|
21,529 |
|
|
8,651 |
|
|
50,833 |
|
|
16,526 |
|
|||
Depreciation and amortization |
|
2,915 |
|
|
3,077 |
|
|
11,721 |
|
|
10,899 |
|
|||
Stock-based compensation |
|
2,708 |
|
|
2,354 |
|
|
10,361 |
|
|
9,905 |
|
|||
Non-cash MSR activity (2) |
|
(60 |
) |
|
(9 |
) |
|
(467 |
) |
|
(321 |
) |
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Adjusted EBITDA(3) |
$ |
88,212 |
|
$ |
36,942 |
|
$ |
213,002 |
|
$ |
75,699 |
|
(1) |
Other includes net realized gains (losses) on marketable debt securities available-for-sale. | |
(2) |
Non-cash MSR activity includes the assumption of servicing obligations. | |
(3) |
The increase in Adjusted EBITDA for the three months ended |
Glossary of Terms
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Private Client Market segment: transactions with values from
to up to but less than$1 million $10 million -
Middle Market segment: transactions with values from
to up to but less than$10 million $20 million -
Larger Transaction Market segment (previously Institutional Market segment): transactions with values of
and above$20 million - Acquisitions: acquisitions of teams and/or acquisitions as business combinations under accounting standards
Certain Adjusted Metrics
Real Estate Brokerage
During the three months ended and the year ended
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Three Months Ended
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Year Ended
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(actual) |
(as adjusted) |
(actual) |
(as adjusted) |
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Total Sales Volume Increase |
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|
|
|
|||
Average Commission Rate Reduction |
(17.8)% |
(12.4)% |
(12.6)% |
(9.1)% |
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Average Transaction Size Increase |
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