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NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- E*TRADE Financial Corporation (ETFC) today released its Monthly Activity Report for November 2011.

Daily Average Revenue Trades (DARTs) for November were 141,361, a 10 percent decrease from October and an 11 percent decrease from the year-ago period. The company ended the month with approximately 2.8 million brokerage accounts including gross new brokerage accounts of 24,541 and net new brokerage accounts of 207 during the month. Total accounts ended the month at approximately 4.3 million.

Net new brokerage assets were positive $0.6 billion in the month. During the month, customer security holdings declined by one percent, or $1.2 billion, and brokerage-related cash declined by $0.8 billion to $26.3 billion, as customers were net purchasers of approximately $1.6 billion in securities. Bank-related cash and deposits ended the month unchanged, at $7.8 billion.

The company also updated delinquency statistics in its loan portfolio. For the companys entire loan portfolio, total special mention delinquencies (30 to 89 days delinquent) were unchanged from September 30, 2011 to November 30, 2011 and increased five percent from October 31, 2011 to November 30, 2011, while total at risk delinquencies (30 to 179 days delinquent) were unchanged from September 30, 2011 to November 30, 2011 and increased two percent from October 31, 2011 to November 30, 2011. Additional loan delinquency data is provided in the second table of this release.

Monthly Activity Data

                   
Nov-11 Oct-11 Nov-10 % Chg. M/M % Chg. Y/Y
 
 
Trading days 20.5 21.0 20.5 N.M. N.M.
 
DARTs 141,361 157,713 158,770 (10.4)% (11.0)%
 
Gross new brokerage accounts 24,541 22,723 30,355 8.0 % (19.2)%
Gross new stock plan accounts 11,383 12,147 12,305 (6.3)% (7.5)%
Gross new banking accounts   1,391   1,697   1,688 (18.0)% (17.6)%

Total gross new accounts

37,315 36,567 44,348 2.0 % (15.9)%
 
Net new brokerage accounts 207 (836) 5,182 N.M. N.M.
Net new stock plan accounts (781) 1,597 2,363 N.M. N.M.
Net new banking accounts   (3,541)   (3,218)   (7,514) N.M. N.M.
Net new accounts (4,115) (2,457) 31 N.M. N.M.
 
End of period brokerage accounts 2,772,187 2,771,980 2,666,051 0.0 % 4.0 %
End of period stock plan accounts 1,062,904 1,063,685 1,036,134 (0.1)% 2.6 %
End of period banking accounts   466,024   469,565   521,799 (0.8)% (10.7)%
End of period total accounts 4,301,115 4,305,230 4,223,984 (0.1)% 1.8 %
 

Customer Assets ($B)

Security holdings $ 120.1 $ 121.3 $ 114.4 (1.0)% 5.0 %
Customer payables (cash) 5.1 5.7 4.9 (10.5)% 4.1 %
Customer cash balances held by third parties 3.3 3.4 3.3 (2.9)% 0.0 %
Unexercised stock plan customer options (vested)   19.1   19.8   19.9 (3.5)% (4.0)%
Customer assets in brokerage and stock plan accounts   147.6   150.2   142.5 (1.7)% 3.6 %
Sweep deposits 17.9 18.0 15.6 (0.6)% 14.7 %
Savings, transaction and other   7.8   7.8   9.0 0.0 % (13.3)%
Customer assets in banking accounts   25.7   25.8   24.6 (0.4)% 4.5 %
Total customer assets $ 173.3 $ 176.0 $ 167.1 (1.5)% 3.7 %
 
Net new brokerage assets ($B)(1) $ 0.6 $ 0.6 $ 0.8 N.M. N.M.
Net new banking assets ($B)(1)   (0.1)   -   (0.1) N.M. N.M.
Net new customer assets ($B)(1) $ 0.5 $ 0.6 $ 0.7 N.M. N.M.
 
Brokerage related cash ($B) $ 26.3 $ 27.1 $ 23.8 (3.0)% 10.5 %
Other customer cash and deposits ($B)   7.8   7.8   9.0 0.0 % (13.3)%
Total customer cash and deposits ($B) $ 34.1 $ 34.9 $ 32.8 (2.3)% 4.0 %
 

(1) Net new customer assets are total inflows to all new and existing customer accounts less total outflows from all closed and existing customer accounts. The net new banking assets and net new brokerage assets metrics treat asset flows between E*TRADE entities in the same manner as unrelated third party accounts.

Loan Delinquency Data

                         
 
Nov-11 Oct-11 Sep-11

% Chg.
Nov 11 -
Oct 11

 

% Chg.
Oct 11 -
Sep 11

 

% Chg.
Nov 11 -
Sep 11

One- to Four-Family ($MM)

 
Current $ 5,841 $ 5,941 $ 6,000 (2)% (1)% (3)%
30-89 days delinquent 289 275 292 5 % (6)% (1)%
90-179 days delinquent   142   145   141 (2)% 3 % 1 %
Total 30-179 days delinquent 431 420 433 3 % (3)% (0)%
180+ days delinquent   497   529   556 (6)% (5)% (11)%
Total delinquent loans(1)   928   949   989 (2)% (4)% (6)%
Gross loans receivable(2) $ 6,769 $ 6,890 $ 6,989 (2)% (1)% (3)%
 

Home Equity ($MM)

 
Current $ 5,157 $ 5,246 $ 5,330 (2)% (2)% (3)%
30-89 days delinquent 154 145 147 6 % (1)% 5 %
90-179 days delinquent   108   114   109 (5)% 5 % (1)%
Total 30-179 days delinquent 262 259 256 1 % 1 % 2 %
180+ days delinquent   53   51   51 4 % 0 % 4 %
Total delinquent loans(1)   315   310   307 2 % 1 % 3 %
Gross loans receivable(2) $ 5,472 $ 5,556 $ 5,637 (2)% (1)% (3)%
 

Consumer and Other ($MM)

 
Current $ 1,128 $ 1,152 $ 1,170 (2)% (2)% (4)%
30-89 days delinquent 18 17 20 6 % (15)% (10)%
90-179 days delinquent   4   3   4 33 % (25)% 0 %
Total 30-179 days delinquent 22 20 24 10 % (17)% (8)%
180+ days delinquent   -   -   - N.M. N.M. N.M.
Total delinquent loans   22   20   24 10 % (17)% (8)%
Gross loans receivable(2) $ 1,150 $ 1,172 $ 1,194 (2)% (2)% (4)%
 

Total Loans Receivable ($MM)

 
Current $ 12,126 $ 12,339 $ 12,500 (2)% (1)% (3)%
30-89 days delinquent 461 437 459 5 % (5)% 0 %
90-179 days delinquent   254   262   254 (3)% 3 % 0 %
Total 30-179 days delinquent 715 699 713 2 % (2)% 0 %
180+ days delinquent   550   580   607 (5)% (4)% (9)%
Total delinquent loans   1,265   1,279   1,320 (1)% (3)% (4)%
Gross loans receivable(2) $ 13,391 $ 13,618 $ 13,820 (2)% (1)% (3)%
 

(1) Delinquent loans include charge-offs for loans that are in bankruptcy or are 180 days past due which have been written down to their fair value.

(2) Includes unpaid principal balances and premiums (discounts).

Historical metrics and financials through November 2011 can be found on E*TRADE Financials investor relations website at https://investor.etrade.com.

About E*TRADE Financial

The E*TRADE Financial family of companies provides financial services including online brokerage and related banking products and services to retail investors. Specific business segments include Trading and Investing and Balance Sheet Management. Securities products and services are offered by E*TRADE Securities LLC (Member FINRA/SIPC). Bank products and services are offered by E*TRADE Bank, a Federal savings bank, Member FDIC, or its subsidiaries. More information is available at www.etrade.com.

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