Marcus & Millichap, Inc. Reports Results for Third Quarter 2021
Marcus & Millichap, a leading brokerage firm, reported record financial results for Q3 and nine months ending September 30, 2021. Total revenues surged 109.6% to $332.4 million, with net income rising to $33.9 million, or $0.84 per share, compared to $6.0 million last year. Adjusted EBITDA increased to $51.0 million. For the nine months, revenues grew 71.7% to $801.3 million, and net income was $80.5 million. The company cites strong growth across all sectors and strategic acquisitions as key drivers, while acknowledging potential challenges from economic volatility and investor sentiment.
- Total revenues up 109.6% to $332.4 million in Q3 2021.
- Net income increased to $33.9 million, or $0.84 per share, reflecting significant year-over-year growth.
- Adjusted EBITDA soared to $51.0 million compared to $12.2 million in Q3 2020.
- Brokerage commissions doubled to $299.8 million, highlighting strong sales volume.
- Nine-month revenues rose 71.7% to $801.3 million, with net income of $80.5 million.
- Total operating expenses increased 88.6% to $286.7 million in Q3 2021.
- Cost of services as a percentage of total revenues rose by 300 basis points to 65.9%.
- Potential volatility in sales and investor sentiment due to economic factors and interest rate fluctuations.
ALL-TIME RECORD QUARTERLY REVENUES, NET INCOME AND EARNINGS PER SHARE
Third Quarter 2021 Highlights Compared to Third Quarter 2020
-
Total revenues increased by
109.6% to$332.4 million -
Net income increased to
, or$33.9 million per common share, diluted, compared to$0.84 , or$6.0 million per common share, diluted$0.15 -
Adjusted EBITDA increased more than fourfold to
compared to$51.0 million $12.2 million -
Brokerage commissions more than doubled to
$299.8 million -
Private Client brokerage revenue grew
87.0% to$183.0 million -
Middle Market and Larger Transaction brokerage revenue increased nearly threefold to
$109.3 million
-
Private Client brokerage revenue grew
-
Financing fees nearly doubled to
$29.4 million
Nine Months 2021 Highlights Compared to Nine Months 2020
-
Total revenues increased by
71.7% to$801.3 million -
Net income increased to
, or$80.5 million per common share, diluted, compared to$2.00 , or$19.2 million per common share, diluted$0.48 -
Adjusted EBITDA increased more than threefold to
compared to$124.8 million $38.8 million -
Brokerage commissions increased by
72.0% to$715.5 million -
Private Client brokerage revenue increased by
57.8% to$446.6 million -
Middle Market and Larger Transaction brokerage revenue more than doubled to
$247.7 million
-
Private Client brokerage revenue increased by
-
Financing fees increased by
72.8% to$75.4 million
“This was our second consecutive milestone quarter by almost every measure. Our business is performing exceptionally well with all product lines registering solid growth throughout the year. As expected, our results are substantially higher than last year’s disrupted market. Even more relevant, compared to the same period in 2019, our year-to-date revenues and Adjusted EBITDA were up
Third Quarter 2021 Results Compared to Third Quarter 2020
Total revenues for the third quarter of 2021 reached
Total operating expenses for the third quarter of 2021 increased
Selling, general and administrative expense for the third quarter of 2021 increased by
Net income for the third quarter of 2021 was
Nine Months 2021 Results Compared to Nine Months 2020
Total revenues for the nine months ended
Business Outlook
Notwithstanding the potential continuing impact of the COVID-19 pandemic 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 the remainder of 2021 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 favorable interest rates and economic initiatives which may increase real estate investor demand, for the remainder of 2021
- Possible impact to investor sentiment related to potential tax law changes which maybe 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
- Global geopolitical uncertainty, which may cause investors to refrain from transacting
- The potential for accretive acquisition activity and subsequent integration
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SPECIAL NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
This release includes forward-looking statements, including the Company’s business outlook for 2021, the potential continuing impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, and expectations for changes (or fluctuations) in 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 continuing impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, including the potential impact of new variants and vaccination rates, the impact of the federal government’s stimulus response package, and the pace of recovery following such pandemic;
- 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;
- 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 and any related impact on our reputation;
-
changes in interest rates, tax laws, including potential increases in corporate taxes by the
Biden Administration , 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.
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.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF NET AND COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
(in thousands, except per share amounts)
(Unaudited)
|
Three Months Ended
|
Nine Months Ended
|
||||||||||
|
|
2021 |
|
2020 |
|
|
2021 |
|
2020 |
|||
Revenues: |
|
|
|
|
||||||||
Real estate brokerage commissions |
$ |
299,759 |
$ |
140,844 |
$ |
715,458 |
$ |
416,044 |
||||
Financing fees |
|
29,391 |
|
15,620 |
|
75,448 |
|
43,674 |
||||
Other revenues |
|
3,233 |
|
2,111 |
|
10,400 |
|
6,974 |
||||
Total revenues |
|
332,383 |
|
158,575 |
|
801,306 |
|
466,692 |
||||
Operating expenses: |
|
|
|
|
||||||||
Cost of services |
|
219,194 |
|
99,707 |
|
506,882 |
|
287,207 |
||||
Selling, general and administrative |
|
64,673 |
|
49,722 |
|
178,147 |
|
148,101 |
||||
Depreciation and amortization |
|
2,850 |
|
2,606 |
|
8,806 |
|
7,822 |
||||
Total operating expenses |
|
286,717 |
|
152,035 |
|
693,835 |
|
443,130 |
||||
Operating income |
|
45,666 |
|
6,540 |
|
107,471 |
|
23,562 |
||||
Other income (expense), net |
|
323 |
|
1,615 |
|
2,737 |
|
4,224 |
||||
Interest expense |
|
(144) |
|
(199) |
|
(436) |
|
(695) |
||||
Income before provision for income taxes |
|
45,845 |
|
7,956 |
|
109,772 |
|
27,091 |
||||
Provision for income taxes |
|
11,921 |
|
1,916 |
|
29,304 |
|
7,875 |
||||
Net income |
|
33,924 |
|
6,040 |
|
80,468 |
|
19,216 |
||||
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||
Other comprehensive (loss) income: |
|
|
|
|
||||||||
Marketable debt securities, available-for-sale: |
|
|
|
|
||||||||
Change in net unrealized gains |
|
(240) |
|
(30) |
|
(715) |
|
687 |
||||
Less: reclassification adjustment for net losses included in other |
||||||||||||
income (expense), net |
|
23 |
|
8 |
|
26 |
|
32 |
||||
Net change, net of tax of |
||||||||||||
and nine months ended |
||||||||||||
respectively |
|
(217) |
|
(22) |
|
(689) |
|
719 |
||||
Foreign currency translation gain (loss), net of tax of |
||||||||||||
and nine months ended |
||||||||||||
respectively |
|
192 |
|
(214) |
|
(138) |
|
254 |
||||
Total other comprehensive (loss) income |
|
(25) |
|
(236) |
|
(827) |
|
973 |
||||
Comprehensive income |
$ |
33,899 |
$ |
5,804 |
$ |
79,641 |
$ |
20,189 |
||||
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||
Earnings per share: |
|
|
|
|
||||||||
Basic |
$ |
0.85 |
$ |
0.15 |
$ |
2.02 |
$ |
0.49 |
||||
Diluted |
$ |
0.84 |
$ |
0.15 |
$ |
2.00 |
$ |
0.48 |
||||
Weighted average common shares outstanding: |
|
|
|
|
||||||||
Basic |
|
39,940 |
|
39,681 |
|
39,859 |
|
39,617 |
||||
Diluted |
|
40,241 |
|
39,727 |
|
40,148 |
|
39,676 |
||||
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||
KEY OPERATING METRICS SUMMARY
(Unaudited)
Total sales volume was
|
Three Months Ended
|
Nine Months Ended
|
|||||||||
Real Estate Brokerage |
|
2021 |
|
2020 |
|
|
2021 |
|
2020 |
||
Average Number of Investment Sales Professionals |
|
1,909 |
|
1,917 |
|
1,934 |
|
1,911 |
|||
Average Number of Transactions per Investment Sales Professional |
|
1.29 |
|
0.80 |
|
3.30 |
|
2.21 |
|||
|
$ |
122,052 |
$ |
92,236 |
$ |
112,246 |
$ |
98,659 |
|||
Average Commission Rate |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||
Average Transaction Size (in thousands) |
$ |
6,721 |
$ |
4,581 |
$ |
6,108 |
$ |
4,947 |
|||
Total Number of Transactions |
|
2,456 |
|
1,527 |
|
6,374 |
|
4,217 |
|||
Total Sales Volume (in millions) |
$ |
16,507 |
$ |
6,995 |
$ |
38,931 |
$ |
20,861 |
|||
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||
|
Three Months Ended
|
Nine Months Ended
|
|||||||||
Financing (1) |
|
2021 |
|
2020 |
|
|
2021 |
|
2020 |
||
Average Number of Financing Professionals |
|
86 |
|
82 |
|
86 |
|
86 |
|||
Average Number of Transactions per Financing Professional |
|
6.98 |
|
5.39 |
|
20.67 |
|
15.13 |
|||
Average Fee per Transaction |
$ |
42,319 |
$ |
33,531 |
$ |
36,126 |
$ |
31,607 |
|||
Average |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||
Average Transaction Size (in thousands) |
$ |
5,503 |
$ |
3,828 |
$ |
4,390 |
$ |
3,533 |
|||
Total Number of Transactions |
|
600 |
|
442 |
|
1,778 |
|
1,301 |
|||
Total Financing Volume (in millions) |
$ |
3,302 |
$ |
1,692 |
$ |
7,806 |
$ |
4,597 |
(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 |
|
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
|
2021 |
|
2020 |
|
Change |
|||||||||||||||||||
Real Estate Brokerage |
Number |
Volume |
Revenues |
Number |
Volume |
Revenues |
Number |
Volume |
Revenues |
|||||||||||||||
|
|
(in millions) |
(in thousands) |
|
(in millions) |
(in thousands) |
|
(in millions) |
(in thousands) |
|||||||||||||||
< |
267 |
$ |
183 |
$ |
7,419 |
241 |
$ |
156 |
$ |
6,290 |
26 |
$ |
27 |
$ |
1,129 |
|||||||||
Private Client Market ( |
1,894 |
|
6,296 |
|
183,033 |
1,168 |
|
3,592 |
|
97,856 |
726 |
|
2,704 |
|
85,177 |
|||||||||
Middle Market ( |
136 |
|
1,940 |
|
35,353 |
70 |
|
945 |
|
17,643 |
66 |
|
995 |
|
17,710 |
|||||||||
Larger Transaction Market (≥ |
159 |
|
8,088 |
|
73,954 |
48 |
|
2,302 |
|
19,055 |
111 |
|
5,786 |
|
54,899 |
|||||||||
|
2,456 |
$ |
16,507 |
$ |
299,759 |
1,527 |
$ |
6,995 |
$ |
140,844 |
929 |
$ |
9,512 |
$ |
158,915 |
|||||||||
|
Nine Months Ended |
|
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
|
2021 |
|
2020 |
|
Change |
|||||||||||||||||||
Real Estate Brokerage |
Number |
Volume |
Revenues |
Number |
Volume |
Revenues |
Number |
Volume |
Revenues |
|||||||||||||||
|
|
(in millions) |
(in thousands) |
|
(in millions) |
(in thousands) |
|
(in millions) |
(in thousands) |
|||||||||||||||
< |
791 |
$ |
532 |
$ |
21,175 |
649 |
$ |
410 |
$ |
16,550 |
142 |
$ |
122 |
$ |
4,625 |
|||||||||
Private Client Market ( |
4,861 |
|
15,639 |
|
446,592 |
3,203 |
|
10,207 |
|
282,937 |
1,658 |
|
5,432 |
|
163,655 |
|||||||||
Middle Market ( |
370 |
|
5,141 |
|
97,699 |
204 |
|
2,785 |
|
51,902 |
166 |
|
2,356 |
|
45,797 |
|||||||||
Larger Transaction Market (≥ |
352 |
|
17,619 |
|
149,992 |
161 |
|
7,459 |
|
64,655 |
191 |
|
10,160 |
|
85,337 |
|||||||||
|
6,374 |
$ |
38,931 |
$ |
715,458 |
4,217 |
$ |
20,861 |
$ |
416,044 |
2,157 |
$ |
18,070 |
$ |
299,414 |
|||||||||
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(in thousands, except for shares and par value)
|
(Unaudited) |
|
|||
Assets |
|
|
|||
Current assets: |
|
|
|||
Cash and cash equivalents |
$ |
281,007 |
$ |
243,152 |
|
Commissions receivable, net |
|
15,377 |
|
10,391 |
|
Prepaid expenses |
|
9,232 |
|
10,153 |
|
Marketable debt securities, available-for-sale (includes amortized cost of |
|||||
30, 2021 and |
|
116,902 |
|
158,258 |
|
Advances and loans, net |
|
3,017 |
|
2,413 |
|
Other assets |
|
4,436 |
|
4,711 |
|
Total current assets |
|
429,971 |
|
429,078 |
|
Property and equipment, net |
|
22,890 |
|
23,436 |
|
Operating lease right-of-use assets, net |
|
85,250 |
|
84,024 |
|
Marketable debt securities, available-for-sale (includes amortized cost of |
|||||
2021 and |
|
130,502 |
|
47,773 |
|
Assets held in rabbi trust |
|
11,056 |
|
10,295 |
|
Deferred tax assets, net |
|
24,410 |
|
21,374 |
|
|
|
48,974 |
|
52,053 |
|
Advances and loans, net |
|
108,709 |
|
106,913 |
|
Other assets |
|
13,318 |
|
4,176 |
|
Total assets |
$ |
875,080 |
$ |
779,122 |
|
|
|
|
|||
Liabilities and stockholders’ equity |
|
|
|||
Current liabilities: |
|
|
|||
Accounts payable and other liabilities |
$ |
20,025 |
$ |
18,288 |
|
Deferred compensation and commissions |
|
53,068 |
|
58,106 |
|
Income tax payable |
|
5,658 |
|
3,726 |
|
Operating lease liabilities |
|
19,745 |
|
19,190 |
|
Accrued bonuses and other employee related expenses |
|
32,066 |
|
21,007 |
|
Total current liabilities |
|
130,562 |
|
120,317 |
|
Deferred compensation and commissions |
|
38,638 |
|
38,745 |
|
Operating lease liabilities |
|
60,970 |
|
59,408 |
|
Other liabilities |
|
12,641 |
|
13,816 |
|
Total liabilities |
|
242,811 |
|
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 – 39,666,785 and 39,401,976 at |
|||||
|
|
4 |
|
4 |
|
Additional paid-in capital |
|
118,974 |
|
113,182 |
|
Retained earnings |
|
511,544 |
|
431,076 |
|
Accumulated other comprehensive income |
|
1,747 |
|
2,574 |
|
Total stockholders’ equity |
|
632,269 |
|
546,836 |
|
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity |
$ |
875,080 |
$ |
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
|
|
Nine Months Ended
|
||||||||
|
2021 |
|
|
2020 |
|
|
2021 |
|
|
2020 |
|
Net income |
$ |
33,924 |
$ |
6,040 |
$ |
80,468 |
$ |
19,216 |
|||
Adjustments: |
|
|
|
||||||||
Interest income and other (1) |
|
(503) |
|
(889) |
|
(1,470) |
|
(4,090) |
|||
Interest expense |
|
144 |
|
199 |
|
436 |
|
695 |
|||
Provision for income taxes |
|
11,921 |
|
1,916 |
|
29,304 |
|
7,875 |
|||
Depreciation and amortization |
|
2,850 |
|
2,606 |
|
8,806 |
|
7,822 |
|||
Stock-based compensation |
|
2,703 |
|
2,383 |
|
7,653 |
|
7,551 |
|||
Non-cash MSR activity (2) |
|
(54) |
|
(26) |
|
(407) |
|
(312) |
|||
Adjusted EBITDA(3) |
$ |
50,985 |
$ |
12,229 |
$ |
124,790 |
$ |
38,757 |
(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 and nine months ended |
|
due to an increase in total revenues and a lower proportion of operating expenses compared to total revenues. |
Glossary of Terms
-
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 nine months ended
|
Nine Months Ended
|
|
(actual) |
(as adjusted) |
|
Total Sales Volume Increase |
|
|
Average Commission Rate (Reduction) Growth |
(7.9)% |
(6.7)% |
Average Transaction Size Increase |
|
|
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