WisdomTree Announces Third Quarter 2015 Results

Net Income Up 119.2% Year-Over-Year to $23.3 Million or Diluted EPS $0.17

Revenues Up 71.4% Year-Over-Year to $80.8 Million

U.S. Pre-Tax Margin of 52%; Consolidated Pre-Tax Margin of 49%

Declares $0.08 Quarterly Dividend and $0.25 Special Dividend

NEW YORK, Oct. 30, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- WisdomTree Investments, Inc. (NASDAQ:WETF), an exchange-traded fund (“ETF”) and exchange-traded product (“ETP”) sponsor and asset manager today reported net income of $23.3 million for the third quarter of 2015 or $0.17 per share on a fully diluted basis. This compares to $10.6 million in the third quarter of 2014 and $24.2 million for the second quarter of 2015.

WisdomTree CEO and President Jonathan Steinberg said, “WisdomTree generated strong financial results and achieved a solid third quarter despite a challenging market environment. These results reflect our overall financial strength and demonstrate the profitable, scalable and highly efficient nature of our operating model.”

Mr. Steinberg continued, “WisdomTree is ideally positioned for the future of asset management, as we continue to enhance our global ETF platform through investments in headcount, product and client-facing services. The structural shift to passive investing and ETFs is continuing, the appetite for investment innovations like Smart Beta and Currency Hedging is growing and a decisive move toward greater transparency in financial products and advice is more pronounced than ever. These are all trends that will continue to be advantageous to WisdomTree going forward.”

Mr. Steinberg concluded, “In reflection of our growing financial resources, we are pleased to further enhance our capital management program through the addition of a $0.25 special dividend. We first instituted a $0.08 regular quarterly dividend and a $100 million share buyback program in the third quarter of 2014. Since that time we have achieved robust growth in assets, revenues and earnings while continuing to make investments for future growth. We are demonstrating an ability to profitably grow the business, reinvest for future growth and return surplus capital to our shareholders.”

Summary Operating and Financial Highlights

	Three Months Ended									Change From
	Sept. 30,			Jun. 30,			Sept. 30,			Jun. 30,			Sept. 30,
Operating Highlights		2015			2015			2014			2015			2014
*U.S. listed ETFs* ($, in billions):
AUM	$	53.0		$	61.3		$	35.8			(13.5	%)		48.1	%
Net inflows/(outflows)	($	0.7	)	$	6.6		$	0.7			n/a			n/a
Average AUM	$	59.6		$	61.2		$	35.6			(2.6	%)		67.6	%
Average advisory fee		0.53	%		0.53	%		0.52	%		-			+0.01
Market share of U.S. industry inflows		n/a			15.9	%		1.5	%		n/a			n/a

*European listed ETPs* ($, in millions):
AUM	$	695.7		$	612.7		$	123.2			13.6	%		464.7	%
Net inflows	$	258.8		$	194.6		$	19.2			33.0	%		1,246.3	%
Average advisory fee		0.69	%		0.68	%		0.79	%		+0.01			-0.1

Financial Highlights ($, in millions, except per share amounts):
*Consolidated Results:*
Total revenues	$	80.8		$	81.6		$	47.1			(1.0	%)		71.4	%
Pre-tax income	$	39.5		$	40.9		$	20.3			(3.4	%)		95.2	%
Net income	$	23.3		$	24.2		$	10.6			(3.7	%)		119.2	%
Diluted earnings per share	$	0.17		$	0.18		$	0.08		$	-0.01		$	+0.09
Pre-tax margin		49.0	%		50.2	%		43.0	%		-1.2			+6.0

*U.S. listed ETFs*:
Gross margin¹ (non-GAAP)		87.2	%		86.4	%		82.2	%		+0.8			+5.0
Pre-tax margin		52.3	%		53.2	%		46.6	%		-0.9			+5.7


¹ Gross margin is defined as total revenues less fund management and administration expenses and third-party sharing arrangements.

	Nine Months Ended
	Sept. 30,			Sept. 30,			Change
Operating Highlights		2015			2014
*U.S. listed ETFs* ($, in billions):
AUM	$	53.0		$	35.8			48.1	%
Net inflows	$	19.5		$	0.6			3,254.7	%
Average AUM	$	55.7		$	34.5			61.4	%
Average advisory fee		0.53	%		0.52	%		+0.01
Market share of U.S. industry inflows		13.8	%		0.5	%		+13.3

*European listed ETPs* ($, in millions):
AUM	$	695.7		$	123.2			464.7	%
Net inflows	$	627.6		$	36.9			1,601.7	%
Average advisory fee		0.70	%		0.80	%		-0.1

Financial Highlights ($, in millions, except per share amounts):
*Consolidated Results:*
Total revenues	$	222.5		$	134.2			65.8	%
Pre-tax income	$	101.5		$	56.9			78.5	%
Net income	$	59.5		$	51.4			15.7	%
Diluted earnings per share	$	0.43		$	0.37			+0.06
Pre-tax margin		45.6	%		42.4	%		+3.2

*U.S. listed ETFs*:
Gross margin² (non-GAAP)		85.8	%		81.1	%		+4.7
Pre-tax margin		48.8	%		44.9	%		+3.9


² Gross margin is defined as total revenues less fund management and administration expenses and third-party sharing arrangements.

Recent Business Developments

On October 30, 2015, the Company announced it will enter into the Commodity ETF space through the acquisition of The GreenHaven Commodity Funds: the GreenHaven Continuous Commodity Index Fund (GCC) and the GreenHaven Coal Fund (TONS)
On October 29, 2015, the Company announced the launch of the WisdomTree Europe Local Recovery Fund (EZR), the WisdomTree Strong Dollar Emerging Markets Equity Fund (EMSD) and the WisdomTree Global ex-U.S. Hedged Real Estate Fund (HDRW)
- WisdomTree Europe:
  - Listed the WisdomTree UK Equity Income UCITS ETF (WUKD) in London on the London Stock Exchange on October 8, 2015; and listed the WisdomTree Emerging Asia Equity Income UCITS ETF (DEMA) in London on the London Stock Exchange on October 12, 2015, and in Italy on Borsa Italiana and in Germany on Börse Xetra on October 15, 2015.
  - Listed two Boost ETPs in Italy on Borsa Italiana on October 19, 2015.

Assets Under Management and Net Inflows

U.S. listed ETF assets under management (“AUM”) was $53.0 billion at the end of the third quarter, up 35.0% for the year and up 48.1% from the third quarter of last year primarily due to record net inflows. However, AUM declined 13.5% from the end of the second quarter of this year due to $7.6 billion of negative market movement as well as $0.7 billion of net outflows, primarily in our emerging market ETFs.

European listed AUM increased to $695.7 million at the end of the third quarter, up from the third quarter of last year and the second quarter of this year primarily due to net inflows, partially offset by negative market movement.

Performance

In evaluating the performance of our U.S. listed equity, fixed income and alternative ETFs against actively managed and index based mutual funds and ETFs, 91% of the $52.4 billion invested in our ETFs and 55% (33 of 60) of our ETFs outperformed their comparable Morningstar average since inception as of September 30, 2015.

For more information about WisdomTree ETFs including standardized performance, please click here or visit www.wisdomtree.com.

Third Quarter Financial Discussion

Revenues

Total revenues increased 71.4% from the third quarter of 2014 primarily due to higher average AUM from strong inflows. Total revenues declined 1.0% from the second quarter of 2015 primarily due to lower average AUM due to negative market movement in our U.S. listed ETFs. Revenues from our European listed ETPs increased to $1.3 million from $0.2 million in the third quarter of 2014 primarily due to higher inflows into our Boost branded ETPs. The average advisory fee for our U.S. listed ETFs increased to 0.53% as compared to 0.52% for the third quarter of 2014 and was flat compared to the second quarter of 2015.

Margins

Gross margin for our U.S. listed ETFs, which is our total revenues less fund management and administration expenses and third party sharing arrangements, was 87.2% in the third quarter of 2015 as compared to 82.2% in the third quarter of 2014 primarily due to higher average AUM. Gross margins increased from the second quarter of 2015 due to lower regulatory fees as a result of net outflows in the quarter.

Consolidated pre-tax margin was 49.0% in the third quarter of 2015. Pre-tax margin for our U.S. listed ETFs was 52.3% on average U.S. listed AUM of $59.6 billion.

Expenses

Total expenses increased 53.5% from the third quarter of 2014 and 1.5% compared to the second quarter of 2015 to $41.2 million. Included in the quarter was $3.3 million of expenses associated with our European listed ETPs.

Compensation and benefits expense increased 94.3% from the third quarter of 2014 to $19.4 million due to higher accrued incentive compensation as a result of record setting inflow levels, increased headcount related expenses to support our growth and higher stock based compensation due to equity granted as part of incentive compensation. Included in the quarter was $1.5 million in compensation costs for employees associated with our European listed ETPs.

This expense increased 4.0% compared to the second quarter of 2015 primarily due to higher headcount related costs as part of our strategic growth initiatives. Payroll related taxes were higher in the third quarter due to bonus payments and employees exercising stock options.

Fund management and administration expense increased 24.3% from the third quarter of 2014 to $10.5 million. This increase was primarily due to higher average AUM, inflow levels and number of U.S. ETFs. We also incurred additional costs for our European listed ETPs as a result of launching our WisdomTree UCITS ETFs in the fourth quarter of 2014. We had 79 U.S. listed ETFs and 74 European listed ETPs at the end of the quarter.

This expense decreased 6.1% compared to the second quarter of 2015 primarily due to lower regulatory fees as a result of net outflows in the quarter.

Marketing and advertising expense increased 6.9% from the third quarter of 2014 primarily due to higher levels of advertising related activities to support our growth. This expense was relatively unchanged compared to the second quarter of 2015.
Sales and business development expense increased 90.6% from the third quarter of 2014 and 17.4% from the second quarter of 2015 to $2.4 million primarily due to higher spending for sales related activities.
Professional and consulting fees increased 13.5% from the third quarter of 2014 to $1.6 million primarily due to advisory fees associated with our acquisition of Greenhaven ETFs as well as higher technology related initiatives. This expense was relatively unchanged compared to the second quarter of 2015.
Occupancy, communications and equipment expense increased 34.1% compared to the third quarter of 2014 and 25.5% compared to the second quarter of 2015 primarily due to technology equipment spending initiatives and higher rent expense due to higher property taxes.
Depreciation and amortization expense was also relatively unchanged at $0.2 million as compared to the third quarter of 2014 and second quarter of 2015.
Third-party sharing arrangements expense increased 159.4% compared to the third quarter of 2014 primarily due to fees for listing our ETFs on a third party platform. This expense was relatively unchanged compared to the second quarter of 2015.
Acquisition contingent payment expense was $0.2 million in the third quarter of 2015. This represents the current expense accrual for expected payments due to the former Boost shareholders related to our acquisition in April 2014 and is primarily driven by increased AUM derived from our European business.
Other expenses increased 44.3% from the third quarter of 2014 and 7.4% from the second quarter of 2015 to $1.6 million primarily due to higher general and administrative spending.
Income tax expense was $16.2 million for the third quarter of 2015. The effective tax rate on our U.S. listed ETF business was 39.1% in the third quarter. The Company’s overall effective tax rate was 41.1% due to the non-deductibility of losses in our European ETP business. These losses may be recognized in the future after the European business is profitable.

Balance Sheet

As of September 30, 2015, the Company had total assets of $292.4 million which consisted primarily of cash and cash equivalents and investments of $235.6 million. There were approximately 136.7 million shares of common stock outstanding as of September 30, 2015. Fully diluted weighted average shares outstanding were 138.2 million for the third quarter.

Dividend and Share Buyback

The Company’s Board of Directors declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.08 per share of the Company’s common stock. The dividend will be paid on November 25, 2015 to stockholders of record as of the close of business on November 11, 2015.

The Company’s Board of Directors also declared a special cash dividend of $0.25 per share of the Company’s common stock. The dividend will be paid on November 25, 2015 to stockholders of record as of the close of business on November 11, 2015.

The Company purchased 329,635 shares for $8.4 million in the third quarter of 2015.

Conference Call

WisdomTree will discuss its results and operational highlights during a conference call on Friday, October 30, 2015 at 9:00 a.m. ET. The call-in number will be (877) 303-7209. Anyone outside the U.S. or Canada should call (970) 315-0420. The slides used during the presentation will be available at http://ir.wisdomtree.com. For those unable to join the conference call at the scheduled time, an audio replay will be available on http://ir.wisdomtree.com.

Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

This press release contains forward-looking statements that are based on our management’s beliefs and assumptions and on information currently available to our management. Although we believe that the expectations reflected in these forward-looking statements are reasonable, these statements relate to future events or our future financial performance, and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause our actual results, levels of activity, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, levels of activity, performance or achievements expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terminology such as “may,” “will,” “should,” “expects,” “intends,” “plans,” “anticipates,” “believes,” “estimates,” “predicts,” “potential,” “continue” or the negative of these terms or other comparable terminology. These statements are only predictions. You should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements because they involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors, which are, in some cases, beyond our control and which could materially affect results. Factors that may cause actual results to differ materially from current expectations include, among other things, the risks described below. If one or more of these or other risks or uncertainties occur, or if our underlying assumptions prove to be incorrect, actual events or results may vary significantly from those implied or projected by the forward-looking statements. No forward-looking statement is a guarantee of future performance. You should read this press release completely and with the understanding that our actual future results may be materially different from any future results expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements.

In particular, forward-looking statements in this press release may include statements about:

anticipated trends, conditions and investor sentiment in the global markets and ETPs;
anticipated levels of inflows into and outflows out of our ETPs;
our ability to deliver favorable rates of return to investors;
our ability to develop new products and services;
our ability to maintain current vendors or find new vendors to provide services to us at favorable costs;
our ability to successfully expand our business into non-U.S. markets;
timing of payment of our cash income taxes;
competition in our business; and
the effect of laws and regulations that apply to our business.

Our business is subject to many risks and uncertainties, including without limitation:

Recent historical growth may not provide an accurate representation of the growth we may experience in the future, which may make it difficult to evaluate our future prospects.
Challenging global market conditions associated with declining prices of securities can adversely affect our business by reducing the market value of the assets we manage or causing customers to sell their fund shares and trigger redemptions.
Fluctuations in the amount and mix of our AUM may negatively impact revenue and operating margin.
We derive a substantial portion of our revenue from a limited number of products – in particular two funds, the WisdomTree Europe Hedged Equity Fund and the WisdomTree Japan Hedged Equity Fund – and, as a result, our operating results are particularly exposed to the performance of those funds, investor sentiment toward the strategies pursued by those funds and our ability to maintain the AUM of those funds.
Most of our AUM are held in our U.S. listed ETFs that invest in foreign securities and we therefore have substantial exposure to foreign market conditions and are subject to currency exchange rate risks.
We derive a substantial portion of our revenue from international hedged equity ETFs and are exposed to the market-specific political and economic risks, as well as general investor sentiment regarding monetary policy of those markets.
We derive a substantial portion of our revenue from products invested in securities of Japanese and European companies and are exposed to the market-specific political and economic risks, as well as general investor sentiment regarding future growth of those markets and currency fluctuations.
We derive a significant portion of our revenue from products invested in emerging markets and are exposed to the market-specific political and economic risks as well as general investor sentiment regarding future growth of those markets.
Many of our ETPs and ETFs have a limited track record, and poor investment performance could cause our revenue to decline.
We depend on third parties to provide many critical services to operate our business and our ETPs and ETFs. The failure of key vendors to adequately provide such services could materially affect our operating business and harm our customers.

Other factors, such as general economic conditions, including currency exchange rate fluctuations, also may have an effect on the results of our operations. For a more complete description of the risks noted above and other risks that could cause our actual results to differ from our current expectations, please see the section entitled “Risk Factors” in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2014.

The forward-looking statements in this press release represent our views as of the date of this press release. We anticipate that subsequent events and developments may cause our views to change. However, while we may elect to update these forward-looking statements at some point in the future, we have no current intention of doing so except to the extent required by applicable law. Therefore, these forward-looking statements do not represent our views as of any date other than the date of this press release.

About WisdomTree

WisdomTree Investments, Inc., through its subsidiaries in the U.S. and Europe (collectively, “WisdomTree”), is an exchange-traded fund (“ETF”) and exchange-traded product (“ETP”) sponsor and asset manager headquartered in New York. WisdomTree offers products covering equities, fixed income, currencies, commodities and alternative strategies. WisdomTree currently has approximately $58.1 billion in assets under management globally.

WisdomTree® is the marketing name for WisdomTree Investments, Inc. and its subsidiaries worldwide.


WISDOMTREE INVESTMENTS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(in thousands, except per share amounts)
(Unaudited)

	Three Months Ended						*% Change From*						Nine Months Ended
	Sep. 30,		Jun. 30,		Sep. 30,		*Jun. 30,*			*Sep. 30,*			Sep. 30,		Sep. 30,		%
		2015		2015		2014		*2015*			*2014*			2015		2014	*Change*

Revenues:
Advisory fees	$	80,520	$	81,320	$	46,942		-1.0	%		71.5	%	$	221,709	$	133,489		66.1	%
Other income		233		239		172		-2.5	%		35.5	%		744		673		10.5	%

Total revenues		80,753		81,559		47,114		-1.0	%		71.4	%		222,453		134,162		65.8	%

Expenses:
Compensation and benefits		19,407		18,669		9,990		4.0	%		94.3	%		57,677		26,896		114.4	%
Fund management and administration		10,519		11,208		8,465		-6.1	%		24.3	%		31,895		25,451		25.3	%
Marketing and advertising		3,573		3,628		3,341		-1.5	%		6.9	%		10,277		8,645		18.9	%
Sales and business development		2,438		2,076		1,279		17.4	%		90.6	%		6,414		4,307		48.9	%
Professional and consulting fees		1,570		1,604		1,383		-2.1	%		13.5	%		4,637		5,018		-7.6	%
Occupancy, communications and equipment		1,183		943		882		25.5	%		34.1	%		3,044		2,635		15.5	%
Depreciation and amortization		253		223		207		13.5	%		22.2	%		696		600		16.0	%
Third party sharing arrangements		485		497		187		-2.4	%		159.4	%		1,265		312		305.4	%
Acquisition contingent payment		172		264		-		-34.8	%	n/a				693		-	n/a
Other		1,620		1,509		1,123		7.4	%		44.3	%		4,364		3,429		27.3	%
Total expenses		41,220		40,621		26,857		1.5	%		53.5	%		120,962		77,293		56.5	%

Income before taxes		39,533		40,938		20,257		-3.4	%		95.2	%		101,491		56,869		78.5	%

Income tax expense		16,245		16,766		9,634		-			-			41,969		5,440		-

Net income	$	23,288	$	24,172	$	10,623		-3.7	%		119.2	%	$	59,522	$	51,429		15.7	%



Income before taxes per share - basic	$	0.29	$	0.30	$	0.15							$	0.75	$	0.43

Income before taxes per share - diluted	$	0.29	$	0.30	$	0.15							$	0.74	$	0.41


Net income per share - basic		0.17	$	0.18	$	0.08							$	0.44	$	0.39

Net income per share - diluted		0.17	$	0.18	$	0.08							$	0.43	$	0.37

Weighted average common shares - basic		136,582		135,895		131,778								135,527		131,418

Weighted average common shares - diluted		138,181		137,951		138,346								137,833		138,476


WISDOMTREE INVESTMENTS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NON-GAAP SUPPLEMENTAL CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(in thousands)
(Unaudited)

	U.S.			European
	Listed			Listed						U.S. Listed Business
	Business			Business			Total									*% Change From*
	Q3/15			Q3/15			Q3/15			Q3/15		Q2/15		Q3/14		*Q2/15*			*Q3/14*
Revenues
Advisory fees	$	79,242		$	1,278		$	80,520		$	79,242	$	80,409	$	46,659		-1.5	%		69.8	%
Other income		230			3			233			230		238		224		-3.4	%		2.7	%

Total revenues		79,472			1,281			80,753			79,472		80,647		46,883		-1.5	%		69.5	%

Expenses
Compensation and benefits		17,915			1,492			19,407			17,915		17,437		9,250		2.7	%		93.7	%
Fund management and administration		9,666			853			10,519			9,666		10,462		8,139		-7.6	%		18.8	%
Marketing and advertising		3,156			417			3,573			3,156		3,256		3,244		-3.1	%		-2.7	%
Sales and business development		2,419			19			2,438			2,419		2,048		1,185		18.1	%		104.1	%
Professional and consulting fees		1,414			156			1,570			1,414		1,541		945		-8.2	%		49.6	%
Occupancy, communications and equipment		1,079			104			1,183			1,079		889		809		21.4	%		33.4	%
Depreciation and amortization		249			4			253			249		221		206		12.7	%		20.9	%
Third party sharing arrangements		485			-			485			485		497		187		-2.4	%		159.4	%
Acquisition contingent payment		-			172			172			-		-		-	n/a			n/a
Other		1,517			103			1,620			1,517		1,413		1,088		7.4	%		39.4	%
Total expenses		37,900			3,320			41,220			37,900		37,764		25,053		0.4	%		51.3	%

Income/(loss) before taxes		41,572			(2,039	)		39,533			41,572		42,883		21,830		-3.1	%		90.4	%

Income tax expense/(benefit)		16,263			(18	)		16,245			16,263		16,785		9,662		-3.1	%		n/a

Net income/(loss)	$	25,309		$	(2,021	)	$	23,288		$	25,309	$	26,098	$	12,168		-3.0	%		108.0	%

Pretax margin		52.3	%					49.0	%

Gross margin		87.2	%					86.4	%


WISDOMTREE INVESTMENTS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(in thousands, except per share amounts)

	September 30,			December 31,
		2015			2014
	(Unaudited)

ASSETS
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$	211,992		$	165,284
Accounts receivable		25,514			18,176
Deferred tax asset, net		10,297			3,872
Other current assets		2,958			1,708

Total current assets		250,761			189,040

Fixed assets, net		11,279			10,356
Investments		23,651			13,990
Deferred tax asset, net		4,326			5,618
Goodwill		1,676			1,676
Other noncurrent assets		723			71

Total assets	$	292,416		$	220,751


LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
LIABILITIES
Current liabilities:
Fund management and administration payable	$	11,245		$	9,983
Compensation and benefits payable		21,875			14,333
Accounts payable and other liabilities		6,420			5,115

Total current liabilities		39,540			29,431

Other noncurrent liabilities:
Acquisition payable		2,449			1,757
Deferred rent payable		5,213			5,278

Total liabilities		47,202			36,466



STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
Common stock, par value $0.01; 250,000 shares authorized:
issued: 138,398 and 134,959;		1,384			1,350
outstanding: 136,727 and 133,445;
Additional paid-in capital		243,410			209,216
Accumulated other comprehensive loss		(7	)		(53	)
Retained earnings/(accumulated deficit)		427			(26,228	)

Total stockholders' equity		245,214			184,285


Total liabilities and stockholders' equity	$	292,416		$	220,751


WISDOMTREE INVESTMENTS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(in thousands)
(Unaudited)


	Nine Months Ended
	September 30,			September 30,
		2015			2014
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net income	$	59,522		$	51,429
Non-cash items included in net income:
Income tax expense		40,573			5,396
Depreciation and amortization		696			600
Stock-based compensation		7,878			6,122
Deferred rent		(26	)		1,620
Accretion to interest income and other		9			(76	)
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
Accounts receivable		(7,253	)		2,049
Other assets		(1,892	)		(811	)
Deferred acquisition contingent payment		693			-
Fund management and administration payable		1,216			(1,579	)
Compensation and benefits payable		7,402			(7,510	)
Accounts payable and other liabilities		1,330			(590	)

Net cash provided by operating activities		110,148			56,650

Cash flows from investing activities:
Purchase of fixed assets		(1,606	)		(4,580	)
Purchase of investments		(11,353	)		(1,384	)
Cash acquired on acquisition		-			1,349
Proceeds from the redemption of investments		1,681			868

Net cash used in investing activities		(11,278	)		(3,747	)

Cash flows from financing activities:
Dividends paid		(32,867	)		-
Shares repurchased		(23,689	)		(6,259	)
Proceeds from exercise of stock options		4,471			341

Net cash used in financing activities		(52,085	)		(5,918	)

Decrease in cash flows due to changes in foreign exchange rate		(77	)		(14	)


Net increase in cash and cash equivalents		46,708			46,971

Cash and cash equivalents - beginning of period		165,284			104,316

Cash and cash equivalents - end of period	$	211,992		$	151,287

Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information:

Cash paid for taxes	$	551		$	66


WisdomTree Investments, Inc.
Key Operating Statistics (Unaudited)



		Three Months Ended									For the Nine Months Ended
		September 30,			June 30,			September 30,			September 30,			September 30,
			2015			2015			2014			2015			2014
U.S. LISTED ETFs
Total ETFs (in millions)
	Beginning of period assets		61,299			55,758			35,500			39,281			34,884
	Inflows/(outflows)		(661	)		6,598			748			19,457			580
	Market appreciation/(depreciation)		(7,591	)		(1,057	)		(425	)		(5,691	)		359
	End of period assets		53,047			61,299			35,823			53,047			35,823

	Average assets during the period		59,572			61,153			35,554			55,705			34,518
	Revenue Days		92			91			92			273			273

ETF Industry and Market Share (in billions)
	ETF industry net inflows		44.3			41.4			48.8			141.2			121.0
	WisdomTree market share of industry inflows		n/a			15.9	%		1.5	%		13.8	%		0.5	%

International Hedged Equity ETFs (in millions)
	Beginning of period assets		39,222			33,925			12,557			17,760			13,348
	Inflows		751			6,083			799			20,274			285
	Market appreciation/(depreciation)		(5,365	)		(786	)		615			(3,426	)		338
	End of period assets		34,608			39,222			13,971			34,608			13,971

	Average assets during the period		39,061			38,548			12,654			34,056			12,631

U.S. Equity ETFs (in millions)
	Beginning of period assets		9,245			9,748			8,052			9,390			7,181
	Inflows/(outflows)		(259	)		(320	)		84			(285	)		494
	Market appreciation/(depreciation)		(739	)		(183	)		(197	)		(858	)		264
	End of period assets		8,247			9,245			7,939			8,247			7,939

	Average assets during the period		8,876			9,664			8,067			9,436			7,655

International Developed Equity ETFs (in millions)
	Beginning of period assets		4,829			4,323			5,340			3,988			3,864
	Inflows/(outflows)		21			497			(452	)		706			878
	Market appreciation/(depreciation)		(456	)		9			(394	)		(300	)		(248	)
	End of period assets		4,394			4,829			4,494			4,394			4,494

	Average assets during the period		4,714			4,790			5,016			4,538			4,833

Emerging Markets Equity ETFs (in millions)
	Beginning of period assets		6,244			6,068			7,606			6,187			7,448
	Inflows/(outflows)		(1,013	)		250			270			(928	)		26
	Market appreciation/(depreciation)		(943	)		(74	)		(381	)		(971	)		21
	End of period assets		4,288			6,244			7,495			4,288			7,495

	Average assets during the period		5,253			6,336			7,878			5,912			7,247

Fixed Income ETFs (in millions)
	Beginning of period assets		956			904			1,376			1,152			1,906
	Inflows/(outflows)		(85	)		67			69			(228	)		(515	)
	Market depreciation		(77	)		(15	)		(66	)		(130	)		(12	)
	End of period assets		794			956			1,379			794			1,379

	Average assets during the period		884			929			1,385			944			1,522

Currency ETFs (in millions)
	Beginning of period assets		573			565			406			599			979
	Inflows/(outflows)		(63	)		7			(35	)		(100	)		(605	)
	Market appreciation/(depreciation)		(5	)		1			(9	)		6			(12	)
	End of period assets		505			573			362			505			362

	Average assets during the period		562			651			380			595			468

Alternative Strategy ETFs (in millions)
	Beginning of period assets		230			225			163			205			158
	Inflows/(outflows)		(13	)		14			13			18			17
	Market appreciation/(depreciation)		(6	)		(9	)		7			(12	)		8
	End of period assets		211			230			183			211			183

	Average assets during the period		222			235			174			224			162

		Three Months Ended									For the Nine Months Ended
		September 30,			June 30,			September 30,			September 30,			September 30,
			2015			2015			2014			2015			2014
Average ETF assets during the period
	International hedged equity ETFs		66	%		63	%		36	%		61	%		37	%
	U.S. equity ETFs		15	%		16	%		23	%		17	%		22	%
	Emerging markets equity ETFs		9	%		10	%		22	%		11	%		21	%
	International developed equity ETFs		8	%		8	%		14	%		8	%		14	%
	Fixed income ETFs		1	%		2	%		4	%		2	%		4	%
	Currency ETFs		1	%		1	%		1	%		1	%		1	%
	Alternative strategy ETFs		0	%		0	%		0	%		0	%		1	%
	Total		100	%		100	%		100	%		100	%		100	%

Average ETF advisory fee during the period
	Alternative strategy ETFs		0.95	%		0.95	%		0.94	%		0.95	%		0.94	%
	Emerging markets equity ETFs		0.72	%		0.71	%		0.68	%		0.71	%		0.67	%
	International developed equity ETFs		0.56	%		0.56	%		0.56	%		0.56	%		0.56	%
	International hedged equity ETFs		0.54	%		0.54	%		0.50	%		0.54	%		0.50	%
	Fixed income ETFs		0.51	%		0.52	%		0.55	%		0.52	%		0.55	%
	Currency ETFs		0.50	%		0.50	%		0.49	%		0.50	%		0.49	%
	U.S. equity ETFs		0.35	%		0.35	%		0.35	%		0.35	%		0.35	%
	Blended total		0.53	%		0.53	%		0.52	%		0.53	%		0.52	%

Number of ETFs - end of the period
	International developed equity ETFs		18			18			17			18			17
	International hedged equity ETFs		17			16			12			17			12
	U.S. equity ETFs		15			13			13			15			13
	Fixed income ETFs		13			12			12			13			12
	Emerging markets equity ETFs		8			8			7			8			7
	Currency ETFs		6			6			6			6			6
	Alternative strategy ETFs		2			2			2			2			2
	Total		79			75			69			79			69

EUROPEAN LISTED ETPs
Total ETPs (in thousands)
	Beginning of period assets		384,089			288,801			113,244			165,018			96,817
	Inflows		191,044			50,331			19,224			386,757			36,882
	Market appreciation/(depreciation)		(143,874	)		44,957			(9,258	)		(120,516	)		(10,489	)
	End of period assets		431,259			384,089			123,210			431,259			123,210

Average ETP advisory fee during the period			0.83	%		0.82	%		0.79	%		0.83	%		0.80	%
Number of ETPs - end of the period			62			57			42			62			42

Total UCITS ETFs (in thousands)
	Beginning of period assets****		228,588			45,846						16,179
	Inflows		67,770			144,234						240,855
	Market appreciation/(depreciation)		(31,906	)		38,508						7,418
	End of period assets		264,452			228,588						264,452

Average ETP advisory fee during the period			0.45	%		0.44	%					0.44	%
Number of ETPs - end of the period			12			10						12

U.S. headcount			128			117			97			128			97
Non-U.S. headcount			34			29			20			34			20


Note: Previously issued statistics may be restated due to trade adjustments
Source: Investment Company Institute, Bloomberg, WisdomTree

****UCITS first launched October 24, 2014

Non-GAAP Financial Measurements

In an effort to provide additional information regarding our results as determined by GAAP, we also disclose certain non-GAAP information which we believe provides useful and meaningful information. The non-GAAP financial measurements included in this release include gross margin, gross margin percentage and our operating results for our US and European listed ETF businesses. Our management reviews these non-GAAP financial measurements when evaluating our financial performance and results of operations; therefore, we believe it is useful to provide information with respect to these non-GAAP measurements so as to share this perspective of management. Non-GAAP measurements do not have any standardized meaning, do not replace nor are superior to GAAP financial measurements and are unlikely to be comparable to similar measures presented by other companies. These non-GAAP financial measurements should be considered in the context with our GAAP results. We disclose gross margin as a non-GAAP financial measurement to allow investors to analyze our revenues less the direct costs paid to third parties attributable to those revenues. We disclose the results of our US listed ETF business to allow investors to better compare our results to the prior year as in April 2014, we acquired Boost ETP, a UK based ETP sponsor.


WISDOMTREE INVESTMENTS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
GAAP to NON-GAAP RECONCILIATION
(in thousands)
(Unaudited)


	Three Months Ended									For the Nine Months Ended
	Sep. 30,			Jun. 30,			Sep. 30,			Sep. 30,			Sep. 30,
		2015			2015			2014			2015			2014
GAAP total revenue	$	80,753		$	81,559		$	47,114		$	222,453		$	134,162
Fund management and administration		(10,519	)		(11,208	)		(8,465	)		(31,895	)		(25,451	)
Third party sharing arrangements		(485	)		(497	)		(187	)		(1,265	)		(312	)

Gross margin	$	69,749		$	69,854		$	38,462		$	189,293		$	108,399

Gross margin percentage		86.4	%		85.6	%		81.6	%		85.1	%		80.8	%


U.S. listed ETFs:

GAAP total revenue	$	79,472		$	80,647		$	46,883		$	219,699		$	133,738
Fund management and administration		(9,666	)		(10,462	)		(8,139	)		(29,861	)		(24,932	)
Third party sharing arrangements		(485	)		(497	)		(187	)		(1,265	)		(312	)

Gross margin	$	69,321		$	69,688		$	38,557		$	188,573		$	108,494

Gross margin percentage		87.2	%		86.4	%		82.2	%		85.8	%		81.1	%

Contact Information:
WisdomTree Investments, Inc.
Stuart Bell / Jessica Zaloom
+1.917.267.3702 / +1.917.267.3735
sbell@wisdomtree.com / jzaloom@wisdomtree.com

Source: WisdomTree Investments, Inc.

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