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BR · Q1 2026 Earnings

Broadridge Financial Solutions

Reported November 4, 2025

30-second summary

Broadridge opened FY26 with revenue of $1.59B (+12% YoY) and adjusted EPS of $1.51, and lifted its FY26 recurring revenue growth outlook to the higher end of the 5-7% range while reaffirming the 8-12% adjusted EPS growth, 20-21% adjusted operating margin, and $290-$330M closed sales targets. The substantive new signal is tokenization: $4M of recurring revenue from Broadridge's super validator role booked this quarter, with management now framing digital assets as a ~1pt contributor to capital markets growth in FY26 rather than a future option. Wealth & Investment Management (+22%) and GTO (+13%) carried the segment mix; Q1 closed sales of $32.5M is a slow start against the $290-$330M FY range and is the main thing to watch.

Headline numbers

EPS

Q1 FY2026

$1.51

Revenue

Q1 FY2026

$1.59B

+12.0% YoY

Gross margin

Q1 FY2026

26.5%

Free cash flow

Q1 FY2026

$0.01B

Operating margin

Q1 FY2026

11.9%

Key financials

Q1 FY2026

Metric	Q1 FY2026	YoY	Q2 FY2025	QoQ
Revenue	$1.59B	+12.0%	$2.06B	-23.1%
EPS	$1.51	—	$3.55	-57.5%
Gross margin	26.5%	—	—	—
Operating margin	11.9%	—	24.1%	-1220bps
Free cash flow	$0.01B	—	—	—

Guidance

Broadridge raised FY2026 recurring revenue growth to the higher end of 5-7% while reaffirming EPS growth and margin guidance.

Guidance is issued for the full year only, refreshed each quarter. Prior and new below are the same FY updated this quarter.

New guidance

Metric	Period	Guide	YoY
Adjusted EPS as % of full-year outlook	Q2 FY2026	approximately 13% to 15%	—
Event-driven revenue	Q2 FY2026	$50 to $60 million per quarter	—

Changes to prior guidance

Metric	Period	Prior guide	New guide	Δ	Result
Recurring revenue growth (constant currency)	FY 2026	5-7%	higher end of 5-7%	narrowed to upper half of range	Raised

Reaffirmed unchanged this quarter: Adjusted Operating income margin (20-21%), Closed sales ($290-$330 million), Adjusted Earnings per share growth (8-12%)

Segment KPIs

Q1 FY2026

Segment	Q1 FY2026	YoY
Investor Communication Solutions	$1.13B	+11.0%
Global Technology and Operations	$0.46B	+13.0%
Regulatory	$0.197B	+4.0%
Data-Driven Fund Solutions	$0.111B	+3.0%
Issuer	$0.033B	+6.0%
Customer Communications	$0.177B	+8.0%
Capital Markets	$0.281B	+8.0%
Wealth and Investment Management	$0.179B	+22.0%

Other KPIs

Q1 FY2026

Segment	Q1 FY2026
Recurring Revenue	$977.5M
Recurring Revenue Growth (constant currency)	8%
Event-Driven Revenue	$113.8M
Distribution Revenue	$498.1M
Closed Sales	$32.5M
Adjusted Operating Margin	15.8%
Equity Position Growth	12%
Internal Trade Growth	17%

Management tone

Capacity expansion → AI/digital experiments → tokenization as future option → tokenization as booked revenue.

Tokenization moved from a forward-looking talking point to a line item. Last quarter management discussed digital assets as an emerging governance opportunity; this quarter the CFO disclosed $4M of Q1 recurring revenue from Broadridge's super validator role and quantified ~1pt of FY26 capital markets growth from digital assets. The CEO's framing — "tokenization is the next wave of democratization to drive equity position growth, and our early start makes us a leader in supporting the technology behind tokenized assets and trading" — repositions Broadridge from incremental software vendor to ecosystem infrastructure. The shift matters because the firm is asserting near-term P&L materiality, not optionality.

Confidence on the recurring revenue trajectory hardened. Last quarter the FY26 5-7% recurring revenue range was issued cautiously against macro uncertainty; this quarter it was narrowed upward after one quarter of execution. Management's reasoning — "Given our strong start to the year and the incremental revenue from our Signal and iJoin acquisitions, we now expect fiscal 26 recurring revenue growth, constant currency, to be at the higher end of our 5% to 7% guidance" — anchors the raise in both organic momentum and M&A contribution rather than one-time items.

Shareholder voting reframed from compliance plumbing to active product surface. Last quarter voting was discussed as a stable regulatory revenue base; this quarter management highlighted a pilot with ExxonMobil enabling retail shareholders to provide standing voting instructions and described "significant interest from other public companies." This signals Broadridge is trying to convert its incumbent position in proxy distribution into a growth platform.

Capital markets reframed as transformation hub rather than mature business. Three structural shifts — 23x5 equity trading in 2H calendar 2026, centralized treasury clearing at end of 2026, and tokenization — were explicitly tied to demand for Broadridge's Distributed Ledger Repo solution. The narrative is that multiple structural tailwinds compound, rather than the previous framing of capital markets as a low-growth steady contributor.

EPS cadence guidance is new and matters for Q2 modeling. Management flagged that Q2 adjusted EPS will be only 13-15% of full-year, and event-driven revenue will fall to a normalized $50-60M/qtr from Q1's elevated $113.8M. This is a pre-emptive expectations-management gesture against what will optically look like a soft Q2.

Recurring themes management leaned on this quarter:

Tokenization as 10-year megatrend driving multiple revenue streamsShareholder engagement and voting innovation creating new market opportunityOrganic growth from position growth and sales conversion offsetting rate headwindsStrategic M&A (Signal, iJoin, SIS) expanding capabilities and geographic reachDigital asset holdings providing revenue and mark-to-market gains volatilityWealth management platform modernization driving 22% segment growth

Risks management surfaced:

Digital asset coin value volatility creating earnings statement fluctuationsInterest rate cuts creating headwind to governance revenue from lower interest-bearing assetsEvent-driven revenue normalization creating tough Q2 compare and EPS headwindsRegulatory uncertainty around tokenized securities adoption speed despite SEC clarityDependency on successfully onboarding large fiscal 25 platform sales pipeline at year-end

Answers to last quarter's watch list

Closed sales pacing against the $290-$330M FY26 range — Q1 came in at $32.5M, roughly 10-11% of the FY guide midpoint. That is a slow start that implies a meaningfully back-half-weighted year; management reaffirmed the FY range, but Q2 sales will be the swing factor.

Continue monitoring

Data-driven fund solutions trajectory — Modest re-acceleration to +3% YoY in Q1 from flat in Q4 FY25. Not a breakout, but no longer a drag.

Continue monitoring

GTO margin progression — Segment-level pre-tax margin was not disclosed in the materials at hand; total GTO segment revenue grew 13%, and consolidated adjusted operating margin of 15.8% sits at the seasonal Q1 trough. The deeper margin question requires Q2 disclosure.

Continue monitoring

Acolin close and integration — Acolin was not called out on this print; pending German regulatory approval was mentioned in hedging language, suggesting the deal has not yet closed.

Continue monitoring

Adjusted operating margin progression toward the 20-21% FY26 range — FY guide reaffirmed at 20-21%. Q1 at 15.8% is consistent with normal seasonal ramp.

Continue monitoring

What to watch into next quarter

Q2 closed sales — At $32.5M in Q1, Broadridge needs roughly $86-99M in Q2 to track a linear path to the $290-330M FY range. Anything below $70M would put the FY guide under real pressure.

Q2 adjusted EPS landing within the 13-15% of FY range — Management pre-flagged this; missing it would imply event-driven normalization or expense timing is worse than disclosed. Implied Q2 adjusted EPS of roughly $1.20-$1.42 against FY growth of 8-12% off $8.55.

Tokenization revenue run-rate progression beyond the Q1 $4M super validator print — Watch whether this scales toward the implied ~1pt of capital markets growth and whether management quantifies a forward run-rate.

Event-driven revenue normalizing to $50-60M/qtr — Q1's $113.8M was elevated; if Q2 lands materially above the $50-60M guide, that is a positive earnings tailwind; if below, EPS cadence will compress further.

Acolin deal close and any disclosed German regulatory milestones — Watch for completion and early ICS revenue contribution.

Sources

Broadridge Q1 FY26 press release, SEC EDGAR: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1383312/000138331225000032/ex991earningsrelease1q2026.htm
Broadridge Q1 FY26 earnings call commentary (management prepared remarks)

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