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Investor releaseQuarter not tagged2026-08-05Ridgepost Capital Reports Second Quarter 2026 Financial Results
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Ridgepost Capital Reports Second Quarter 2026 Financial Results
DALLAS, Aug. 05, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Ridgepost Capital, Inc. (NYSE: RPC) (“Ridgepost Capital”), a leading private markets solutions provider, today reported financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2026. A presentation of the quarterly financials is available at https://ir.ridgepostcapital.com/quarterly-results. “Ridgepost Capital delivered another strong quarter of results, highlighting the durability of our fee-based model as well as the breadth of our investment platform,” said Luke Sarsfield, Ridgepost Capital Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. “We achieved important milestones during the quarter, including surpassing $50 billion in AUM and reaching nearly $35 billion in fee-paying AUM, while continuing to deliver differentiated performance and healthy fundraising activity across the platform. Additionally, the completion of the Stellus acquisition further enhances our capabilities and broadens our longer-term opportunity set. With significant momentum across the business, we believe our unique positioning within the middle and lower-middle markets, expanding investment capabilities, and durable fee-based model position Ridgepost Capital to continue delivering attractive growth, expanding earnings power, and creating long-term value for our stakeholders.” Declaration of Dividend Our Board of Directors has declared a cash dividend of $0.04 per share of Class A and Class B common stock, payable on September 18, 2026, to stockholders of record as of August 31, 2026. Conference Call Details Ridgepost Capital will host a conference call to discuss second quarter 2026 financial results at 8:00 a.m. Eastern Time on Wednesday, August 5, 2026. This call will include the disclosure of certain information, including forward-looking information, which may be material to an investor’s understanding of our business. All participants must register prior to joining the event. To join and view the live webcast, please register here. To join by telephone, please register here. For those unable to participate in the live event, a replay will be made available on Ridgepost Capital’s investor relations page at www.ir.ridgepostcapital.com. About Ridgepost Capital Ridgepost Capital (NYSE: RPC) is a leading private markets solutions provider with over $50 billion in assets under management as of June 30, 2026. Ridgepost Capital invests across Private Equi...
Investor releaseQuarter not tagged2026-08-05Ridgepost Capital, Inc. (RPC) Reports Q2 Earnings: What Key Metrics Have to Say
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Ridgepost Capital, Inc. (RPC) Reports Q2 Earnings: What Key Metrics Have to Say
Ridgepost Capital, Inc. (RPC) reported $80.91 million in revenue for the quarter ended June 2026, representing a year-over-year increase of 11.3%. EPS of $0.24 for the same period compares to $0.23 a year ago. The reported revenue compares to the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $80.22 million, representing a surprise of +0.87%. The company delivered an EPS surprise of +4.35%, with the consensus EPS estimate being $0.23. While investors scrutinize revenue and earnings changes year-over-year and how they compare with Wall Street expectations to determine their next move, some key metrics always offer a more accurate picture of a company's financial health. As these metrics influence top- and bottom-line performance, comparing them to the year-ago numbers and what analysts estimated helps investors project a stock's price performance more accurately. Here is how Ridgepost Capital, Inc. performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts: FPAUM (Fee Paying Assets Under Management) - Period Ending: $34.3 billion versus the three-analyst average estimate of $31.83 billion. Revenues- Management and advisory fees: $79.52 million versus the three-analyst average estimate of $78.82 million. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of +11.2%. Revenues- Other revenue: $1.39 million versus the three-analyst average estimate of $1.4 million. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of +17.3%. View all Key Company Metrics for Ridgepost Capital, Inc. here>>> Shares of Ridgepost Capital, Inc. have returned +17.6% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's +3.5% change. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold), indicating that it could perform in line with the broader market in the near term. Want the latest recommendations from Zacks Investment Research? Today, you can download 7 Best Stocks for the Next 30 Days. Click to get this free report Ridgepost Capital, Inc. (RPC) : Free Stock Analysis Report This article originally published on Zacks Investment Research (zacks.com). Zacks Investment Research
Investor releaseQuarter not tagged2026-08-05Ridgepost Capital, Inc. (RPC) Q2 Earnings and Revenues Surpass Estimates
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Ridgepost Capital, Inc. (RPC) Q2 Earnings and Revenues Surpass Estimates
Ridgepost Capital, Inc. (RPC) came out with quarterly earnings of $0.24 per share, beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $0.23 per share. This compares to earnings of $0.23 per share a year ago. These figures are adjusted for non-recurring items. This quarterly report represents an earnings surprise of +4.35%. A quarter ago, it was expected that this company would post earnings of $0.21 per share when it actually produced earnings of $0.22, delivering a surprise of +4.76%. Over the last four quarters, the company has surpassed consensus EPS estimates four times. Ridgepost Capital, Inc., which belongs to the Zacks Financial - Miscellaneous Services industry, posted revenues of $80.91 million for the quarter ended June 2026, surpassing the Zacks Consensus Estimate by 0.87%. This compares to year-ago revenues of $72.7 million. The company has topped consensus revenue estimates two times over the last four quarters. The sustainability of the stock's immediate price movement based on the recently-released numbers and future earnings expectations will mostly depend on management's commentary on the earnings call. Ridgepost Capital, Inc. shares have lost about 7.9% since the beginning of the year versus the S&P 500's gain of 13%. While Ridgepost Capital, Inc. has underperformed the market so far this year, the question that comes to investors' minds is: what's next for the stock? There are no easy answers to this key question, but one reliable measure that can help investors address this is the company's earnings outlook. Not only does this include current consensus earnings expectations for the coming quarter(s), but also how these expectations have changed lately. Empirical research shows a strong correlation between near-term stock movements and trends in earnings estimate revisions. Investors can track such revisions by themselves or rely on a tried-and-tested rating tool like the Zacks Rank, which has an impressive track record of harnessing the power of earnings estimate revisions. Ahead of this earnings release, the estimate revisions trend for Ridgepost Capital, Inc. was mixed. While the magnitude and direction of estimate revisions could change following the company's just-released earnings report, the current status translates into a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold) for the stock. So, the shares are expected to perform in line with the market in the near future. Yo...
Investor releaseQuarter not tagged2026-08-05Ridgepost Capital Shares Rise After Q2 Adjusted Earnings, Revenue Increase
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Ridgepost Capital Shares Rise After Q2 Adjusted Earnings, Revenue Increase
Ridgepost Capital (RPC) shares were up 5.2% early Wednesday trading after the company posted higher
Investor releaseQuarter not tagged2026-08-05Ridgepost Capital Inc (RPC) (Q2 2026) Earnings Call Highlights: AUM Surpasses $50 Billion, ...
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Ridgepost Capital Inc (RPC) (Q2 2026) Earnings Call Highlights: AUM Surpasses $50 Billion, ...
This article first appeared on GuruFocus. Adjusted Net Income: $0.24 per share in Q2 2026, compared to $0.23 per share in Q2 2025. Fee-Related Earnings (FRE): Totaled $39 million, up 10% year-over-year. FRE Margin: 48% for the quarter. Fee-Related Revenue: Totaled $81 million, up 11% year-over-year. Management and Advisory Fees: Totaled $80 million, representing nearly all of fee-related revenue. Assets Under Management (AUM): Surpassed $50 billion at period end, up more than $10 billion or approximately 25% year-over-year. Fee-Paying AUM: Totaled nearly $35 billion at quarter end, up 19% year-over-year. Capital Raised and Deployed: $1.1 billion in the quarter, bringing the trailing four-quarter total to nearly $5 billion. Average Core Fee Rate: 100 basis points in Q2, up 3 basis points from Q1. Fully Diluted Shares Outstanding: Approximately 130 million at the end of Q2, including partnership units. Warning! GuruFocus has detected 6 Warning Signs with RPC. Is RPC fairly valued? Test your thesis with our free DCF calculator. Release Date: August 05, 2026 For the complete transcript of the earnings call, please refer to the full earnings call transcript. AUM surpassed $50 billion, up 25% year-over-year, with fee-paying AUM up 19% to nearly $35 billion. Strong investment performance across strategies, with net IRRs ranging from 10.9% (private credit) to 23.1% (secondary and co-invest funds). Raised and deployed $1.1 billion in Q2, bringing trailing four-quarter total to nearly $5 billion, with $3 billion in H1 2026. Completed Stellas acquisition, with integration underway and potential for $500 million to $1 billion in incremental annual commitments. Fee-related earnings grew 10% year-over-year to $39 million, with a stable FRE margin of 48% and a core fee rate of 100 basis points. AI and technology initiatives are driving operational efficiencies, such as reducing NDA review time from 60 minutes to 5-10 minutes. Distributions from RCP funds more than doubled year-over-year, indicating increased exit activity and positive implications for future fundraising. Leverage ratio increased to approximately 2.8 times EBITDA pro forma for Stellas, above the long-term target of mid-2 times. Cash tax rate expected to rise to mid-teens in 2027 as NOLs are fully utilized by end of 2026. FRE margin guidance for full year 2026 remains in the mid-40s, with anticipated placeme...
TranscriptFY2026 Q22026-08-05FY2026 Q2 earnings call transcript
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FY2026 Q2 earnings call transcript
Good morning. Welcome to Ridgepost Capital's Q2 2026 earnings conference call. My name is Latif, and I will be coordinating your call today. Currently, all participants are in a listen-only mode. After the speaker's presentation, there will be a question and answer session. As a reminder, today's conference call is being recorded. I will now pass the call to your host, Brian McKenna, Vice President, Investor Relations. Brian, please go ahead.
Thank you, operator. Thank you all for joining our call this morning. With us today, we have Luke Sarsfield, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, and Amanda Coussens, EVP, Chief Financial Officer. After our prepared remarks, Arjay Jensen, EVP, Head of M&A and Strategy, and Sarita Jairath, EVP, Global Head of Client Solutions, will also be available for the Q&A session. Before we begin, I'd like to remind everyone that this conference call, as well as the presentation slides, may include forward-looking statements within the meaning of the federal securities laws, including the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements reflect management's current plans, estimates, and expectations and are inherently uncertain.
Actual results for future periods may differ materially from those expressed or implied by forward-looking statements due to a number of risks and uncertainties that are described in greater detail in our earnings release and in our periodic reports filed from time to time with the SEC. The forward-looking statements included are made only as of the date hereof. We undertake no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements as a result of new information or future events, except as otherwise required by law. Please note that during this call, we'll reference certain non-GAAP measures that we believe can be useful in evaluating the company's performance. A reconciliation of these measures to the most directly comparable GAAP measures is available in the presentation slides posted on our website and in our filings with the SEC.
In addition, we will provide certain historical performance metrics for our funds, and further details can be found in the presentation slides. Of course, past performance does not guarantee future results. Before I turn it over to Luke, I want to spend a minute sharing my perspective on why I'm so excited to be at Ridgepost Capital. I spent 12+ years in sell-side equity research covering financials, specifically the alternative asset managers and BDCs. I've interacted with a number of different companies and management teams across the industry. What stood out to me? First, the people, culture, and collaboration.
Second, the durability of the model. Ridgepost Capital is one of the only pure-play capital-light management fee-based alternative asset managers in the public markets. Third, which I think is most important, the firm continues to deliver impressive investment performance. I'm thrilled to be here. I look forward to working with the team as we continue to tell and educate the market on the Ridgepost Capital story, and I'm excited to interact with all of our stakeholders in the coming months and quarters. With that, I'll turn the call over to Luke.
Thank you, Brian. Good morning, everyone, and thank you for joining our call today. I'd like to start by welcoming Brian to Ridgepost Capital. Brian recently joined Ridgepost Capital to lead our investor relations efforts. Brian comes from Citizens, where he was a senior equity research analyst covering the alternative asset management and BDC sectors. His deep knowledge of our industry and strong relationships within the investment community make him an excellent addition to our team as we continue to prioritize transparency, accessibility, and proactive engagement with our shareholders. On an unrelated note, I did want to share some very sad news relating to the Ridgepost Capital family.
One of our long-serving board members, Robert Stewart Jr., unexpectedly passed away recently. On behalf of everyone at Ridgepost Capital, we extend our deepest condolences to Rob's family and loved ones during this very difficult time. Rob was a dedicated supporter of Ridgepost Capital and a valued member of our board, whose guidance, insight, and friendship had a meaningful impact on our company and the people who worked alongside him. He will be greatly missed by all of us. Now, turning to Q2 earnings, Ridgepost Capital delivered another strong quarter of results as our balanced and durable model continues to perform well amid a fluid operating environment. As a reminder, this was our first full quarter rebranded as Ridgepost Capital, formerly known as P10.
We reached two new milestones in the Q2 as AUM surpassed $50 billion at period end, up more than $10 billion, or approximately 25% year-over-year, while fee-paying AUM totaled nearly $35 billion at quarter-end, up 19% year-over-year. Importantly, we continue to experience very strong investment performance across our strategies. In the past, we've aggregated investment performance across our key funds to highlight the underlying strength and differentiated returns we are delivering for all of our stakeholders. We thought it would be helpful to update those numbers and share them with you today. Looking at the net IRRs for funds that are greater than five years old, private equity primary funds have averaged 14.1%, while secondary and co-invest funds have averaged 23.1%.
Our GP stakes funds at Bonaccord have averaged 18.9%, the flagship funds at our venture strategy, TrueBridge, have averaged 18.7%. Our private credit strategies have averaged 10.9%. Moving on to fundraising and deployment activity. Q2 trends remained healthy. We were in the market with about 20 funds, we raised a meaningful amount of investor commitments across each of our investment verticals. We raised and deployed $1.1 billion of capital in the quarter, bringing the trailing four quarter total to nearly $5 billion. We are still in the market with multiple funds across most of our strategies, including our GP stake strategy, Bonaccord, our NAV lending strategy, Hark Capital, our venture capital strategy, TrueBridge, our lower middle market private equity strategies, RCP and Qualitas, as well as our project finance and small business lending strategy, Enhanced Capital. I do want to spend a minute on TrueBridge.
We continue to see strong demand for our venture capital offerings as investors are increasingly focused on the growing dispersion in venture returns. This is why manager selection remains so important, TrueBridge's track record of delivering differentiated performance for investors for nearly two decades continues to resonate in the market. To that point, TrueBridge has raised and deployed approximately $1.5 billion in the H1 of this year. Bottom line, we believe the trajectory of our fundraising and capital deployment speaks directly to the strong demand we continue to see from LPs, the diversification of offerings across our strategies, as well as our ability to deploy capital consistently and prudently.
In the H1 of 2026, we organically raised and deployed over $3 billion of capital, consistent with our expectations heading into the year, which we had contemplated in our $10 billion fundraising and deployment target for 2026 and 2027. As previously highlighted, underlying growth in firm-wide fee-paying AUM remains strong as year-over-year growth totaled 19% in the Q2, giving us comfort and line of sight into achieving our 2029 year-end fee-paying AUM target of $50 billion. To that point, at the time of the investor day in September 2024 when we disclosed this target, the implied fee-paying AUM CAGR was approximately 15%. We're pleased to report that our fee-paying AUM CAGR through the Q2 of 2026 stands at 20%. I also want to highlight the growing contribution from direct co-investment and secondary funds or assets that are not in fund-to-fund vehicles.
Over the past four quarters, these funds have raised and deployed over $2.7 billion of capital, representing over 55% of firm-wide capital raising and deployment activity. Moving on, we've talked about this at length in prior quarters, I think it's important to re-highlight the underlying structure of our business. We believe we have one of the most durable business models in the industry, specifically as we operate a capital-light third-party asset management business, our composition of earnings is entirely driven by FRE, with no direct exposure to realizations. Notably, within FRE, approximately 98% of fee-related revenue was generated from management and advisory fees in the Q2. There was very little contribution from fee-related performance fees and other non-fee related revenue streams, which tend to be more cyclical in nature.
We primarily earn these contractual management fees on committed or deployed AUM that sit within long-dated and capital-committed investment strategies, meaning our fee-related revenue and fee-related earnings have little exposure to movements in NAV, while just less than 2% of our fee-paying AUM is subject to quarterly redemptions. On June 22nd, we completed the Stellus acquisition, and we are incredibly excited to have the Stellus team officially a part of Ridgepost Capital. We've spent a reasonable amount of time on our previous two calls reviewing the strategic merits and financial profile of the business and the transaction. I want to spend a moment today on our ongoing integration efforts and what we are doing to bring that strategic vision to life.
You'll remember that we've talked about the opportunity to increase Stellus' origination funnel, given the strong fit within our GP sponsor ecosystem focused on the middle and lower middle market. What are we doing to facilitate that? Well, Stellus' senior originators recently spent time in person with senior professionals at RCP as these teams begin collaborating and identifying ways to do exactly that. Regarding the longer-term origination opportunity with Stellus and RCP. If over time, Stellus can capture 10%-20% of the demand from the equity capital deployed annually within RCP's network of private equity GPs, it could produce an additional $500 million-$1 billion of incremental annual commitments across Stellus.
I would also highlight that the Stellus leadership team recently presented to the entire Ridgepost Capital platform, including all of our investment strategies, to educate teams on their business and strategy and where there might be incremental opportunities to work together. In terms of the business Before considering any impact from the RCP origination opportunity, Stellus' origination pipeline is robust and has picked up meaningfully over the last 30 days. In fact, across all of our private credit businesses, origination pipelines are strong. A related point worth highlighting that also indicates we're beginning to see an increase in the velocity of capital returns in the middle and lower middle market. Distributions at RCP's funds, and therefore exit activity, have shown a meaningful pickup year-to-date.
Specifically, through July 24th, distributions from RCP funds have more than doubled year-over-year and are up more than 25% relative to the comparable period in 2024. This clearly has positive implications for distributions to fund investors, but it also has positive implications for future fundraising and deployment activity at both RCP as well as our private credit businesses, most notably Stellus, which is consistent with the pipeline activity we previously highlighted. Before turning it over to Amanda, I want to highlight that RCP is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year. In our industry, track record and incumbency are critical.
Over the past two and a half decades, RCP has built a highly differentiated franchise supported by longstanding relationships, 25 years of investment data and insights, and a proven ability to deliver attractive returns across market cycles. It's been a terrific 25 years for RCP, and we're excited about the opportunities ahead as we look toward the next 25 years. With that, I'll turn it over to Amanda.
Thanks, Luke. As highlighted earlier in the call, we delivered strong results again in the Q2. We generated $0.24 per share of adjusted net income in the period, compared to $0.23 per share in the Q2 of 2025. Fee-related earnings totaled $39 million, up 10% year-over-year, while the FRE margin came in at 48%. Fee-related revenue totaled $81 million in the quarter, up 11% year-over-year. Management and advisory fees represented nearly all of fee-related revenue in Q2, totaling $80 million. We believe this revenue mix results in a highly durable and stable earnings profile for Ridgepost Capital. In terms of the fee rate, the average core fee rate, excluding direct and secondary catch-up fees, totaled 100 basis points in the Q2, up three basis points from the Q1.
As a reminder, the core fee rate is typically seasonally lower in the H1 of the year and seasonally higher in the back half of the year, particularly in the Q4, primarily due to our tax credit business. In terms of the core fee rate for full-year 2026, we continue to expect this will total 103 basis points, and we also expect direct and secondary catch-up fees will total between $6 million and $8 million in 2026, unchanged from our prior expectations. With respect to the outlook for the margin, we continue to expect the FRE margin for full-year 2026 will be in the mid-40s. As a reminder on cash interest, we fully utilized our credit revolver to fund the Stellus acquisition at our borrowing rate of 260+ SOFR.
I would point out that in June, we expanded our revolving credit facility by $20 million to $195 million, enhancing our financial flexibility. On cash taxes, we still expect to fully utilize our NOLs by the end of this year. As we've discussed in the past, we expect our cash tax rate to be in the high single digit to low double-digit range for 2026 and in the mid-teens for 2027. In terms of changes to our share count, we issued 11.8 million shares of partnership units and shares in connection with the Stellus acquisition. As a result of this, at the end of the Q2, including partnership units exchangeable for shares, we had approximately 130 million fully diluted shares outstanding.
Regarding capital management, our capital allocation priorities remain balanced, including supporting our ongoing quarterly dividend of $0.04 per share, offsetting the dilution from annual employee stock issuance, managing our leverage, and returning excess capital through share repurchases when valuations are attractive. Given the recent acquisition of Stellus, some of the near-term focus will be around deleveraging, which, coupled with natural growth in cash earnings in the back half of the year, should bring our leverage ratio back in line with our longer-term target in the mid 2x EBITDA by the end of this year versus approximately 2.8x at the end of the Q2 pro forma for Stellus. I would point out that we have already paid down $20 million of debt thus far in the Q3.
As is always the case, we will balance other capital uses with share repurchases, as we view this as an efficient and accretive way to return excess capital to shareholders, particularly if the stock continues to trade at what we view to be dislocated valuations. One other topic I want to discuss before turning it back to Luke for closing remarks. In close collaboration with our Chief Information Officer, Mike Goodwin, we're spending a meaningful amount of our time on AI and technology. We're exploring how Ridgepost Capital and all of our teams can leverage AI and technology in order to create operational efficiencies as well as to drive more informed decision-making, which we think will ultimately drive even better outcomes for all of our stakeholders.
We see three key opportunities emerging as it relates to technology, AI, and Ridgepost Capital while we balance internal and external costs, including token usage across the company, operations and automation, enhanced investment capabilities, and collaboration. I won't go into all the specifics for each of these buckets on the call today, but I do want to share a couple of tangible examples of the early progress we're seeing. The first area is reviewing NDAs. We've reduced the time it takes to review an NDA from roughly 60 minutes to about 5-10. For some perspective, we review at least a few thousand NDAs a year, implying that we'll save roughly several thousand hours per year on just NDAs alone. That's quite meaningful in thinking about the time and resources needed to review these documents previously.
Second, at our private equity fund of funds business, RCP, the firm is leveraging AI and technology to significantly streamline the production of tear sheets and GPScout profiles. This process was previously done by human beings and would take about one to two days to complete. By leveraging technology and AI, this process now only takes roughly one hour, and importantly, this human capital has been redeployed across other areas of the business. Third, collaboration across all of our strategies has never been higher, and we think our AI and technology initiatives have been a key driver of this. We recently started hosting firm-wide weekly AI drop-in open hours so our employees can ask questions, get help with AI prompts, and it's also a great way for all of our teams to collaborate and share ideas.
These are only three examples of where we're experiencing real benefits and efficiencies across the business, but there's a long list of others currently underway. There's certainly been real-time cost savings associated with these early initiatives, and the incremental margin potential longer term is meaningful. We plan to invest some of this near-term savings back into other initiatives to make sure we're staying ahead of the curve longer term. Many of our strategies have decades' worth of data, which is valuable in and of itself.
We also have the view that the real value and longer-term benefits will come from prudently leveraging these data sets across the entire organization. Bottom line, we think we're only in the top of the second inning for AI and related adoption, and we look forward to sharing more with you on our progress in the coming quarters. With that, I'll turn it back to Luke for a few closing comments before we open it up for Q&A.
Thanks, Amanda. Before we open it up to questions, I want to share a few closing remarks. Our business is performing exceptionally well, and we have strong momentum heading into the back half of the year. We are pleased to have Stellus formally on board at Ridgepost Capital, and the integration process is well underway, with clear opportunities to collaborate to drive even better outcomes for our stakeholders. As we've talked about in the past, our top priority remains delivering differentiated returns for our LPs, as this is, by far, the most important driver of the flywheel longer term. Beyond that, we remain laser-focused on controlling what we can control across the business, including delivering profitable and accretive long-term growth. In terms of the stock, we believe the valuation today is incredibly dislocated relative to our view of fair value, specifically compared to the underlying fundamentals.
Our business has historically compounded in the mid-teens annually, and we view Ridgepost Capital as a pure-play, capital-light, third-party alternative asset manager. Importantly, as previously mentioned, the vast majority of our revenue is driven by long-dated, contractually committed management fees, creating an incredibly stable and durable earning stream. We see strong downside protection with the potential for significant upside over time. Thank you for your time today. I'll now pass the call over to the operator to begin the Q&A session.
Thank you. As a reminder, to ask a question, you will need to press star one one on your telephone. To remove yourself from the queue, you may press star one one again. Please limit yourself to one question and one follow-up to allow everyone the opportunity to participate. Please stand by while we compile the Q&A roster. Our first question comes from the line of Michael Cyprys of Morgan Stanley. Your line is open, Michael.
Hey, good morning. It's Joseph Tumillo on for Mike Cyprys. Thank you for taking my question. I think you guys mentioned $500 million-$1 billion of incremental commitments across Stellus by capturing roughly 10%-20% of the equity capital from the GPs you already serve in the marketplace. Just wondering if you could talk about the steps you'll need to take to kind of really drive that strategy. What sort of timeframe do you think is really realistic to kind of achieve that? I guess what's the baseline of where that is today, as I imagine Stellus already serves some of those GPs. Thank you.
Hey, Joe. It's Luke. Thanks for the question and good morning. I'd say a couple things. First thing I think it is important to note is that we closed the transaction about six weeks ago now. While we think there's a big opportunity in front of us, and we have spent a lot of time prior to closing the deal getting organized around that, we are very, very early days on this. The second thing I would note is we always highlighted that we thought one of the really compelling attributes of this transaction was the opportunity to really broaden that origination funnel at Stellus. We thought we were in a unique and differentiated position to do that given our network of relationships and in particular, the strength of that GP ecosystem in the middle and lower middle market at RCP.
RCP, as I talked about, celebrating 25 years. They have an incredible track record, incredible lineage, and just a deep set of both historical, ongoing, and frankly, prospective relationships that we think we can open up. The way we came to that is we looked at that number we used, is we looked at some of the historical and recent historical deployment trends over time. Those sponsors within that RCP ecosystem deploy, on average in a given year, about $5 billion. Right? If you take 10%-20% of that's how we're getting to the $500 million-$1 billion of incremental origination capacity at Stellus. The other thing I would note is we think there's a lot of benefit to expanding the top of the funnel, and one of those key benefits is the opportunity to have, as I would call it, more shots on goal.
The more shots on goal you have, the more opportunities you have, the more selective you can be in capital deployment. Trust me, the Stellus team is already world-class at this and plenty selective. The more opportunities you have, the better I think that investment profile is going to look over time. We are really, really focused on this. As I mentioned, we've already had the teams together. They're having weekly, if not daily, calls. We're going to create a lot of opportunities for dialogue, for integration. We've really tried to build the bonds human to human, person to person. We're spending a lot of time acting collectively and thinking about how we can do this. Look, realistically though, to really get to those full numbers, it's probably going to take a period of years.
That doesn't mean we won't see incremental progress in that interval before that. I think we've already started. There's already been some dialogue around some obvious near-term transaction opportunities that we think we can collectively get after. As kind of the takeaway, I would say we're super excited around what that can look like in the near, intermediate, and long term.
Great. Thank you. I guess real quick as a follow-up. I completely hear you. The focus is on de-leveraging and opportunistic share repurchases, but we kind of think about capital allocation a few years out here. I'm just kind of thinking in terms of the M&A environment, where are some things that you know could be potentially interesting or maybe worded differently is where do you see potential opportunities that are additive to the RPC platform in terms of different kind of products or strategies? Thank you.
It's a great question. I'm going to let Arjay, who's here, take that question. Arjay, over to you.
Great. Thank you, Luke. Thank you for the question. I think it's similar to what you've heard from us in the past. Continue to focus on geographic expansion where we have strategies. Thinking about Europe further. If you think about private credit in Europe, we think that could be kind of the analog of Stellus in the U.S. If you think about more regular way kind of for U.S.-oriented strategies in private credit, I'd say we're very focused on asset-backed platforms.
Then we talk a lot about real assets as well, both infrastructure and real estate. I think we're spending time in all areas. I would say, while activity was a little bit slower in terms of new process launches the H1 of the year, that feels like it's really increased. I think you're going to see more activity and more announcements as we get into the H2 of the year.
Great. Thank you.
Great. Thank you. Our next question comes from the line of Benjamin Budish of Barclays. Please go ahead, Benjamin.
Hi. Good morning, and thanks for taking my questions. First another follow-up on Stellus. Curious, Luke, you kind of reiterated your $10 billion fundraising and deployment expectation for 2026, 2027. What does Stellus do to that number? What's kind of been the historical fundraising cadence, and how do we think about the ongoing contribution? Just in the P&L, I think you had maybe a week or two of Stellus in the quarter, so you reiterated your full-year FRE margin guidance. Any other little modeling tidbits maybe for Amanda you can help with just for the back half? What does the comp ratio look like? How else should we be calibrating expectations with that now fully in the business?
Great question. I'll start with the fundraising question and that dynamic, I'll turn it to Amanda to kind of give a few tidbits, as you said, on the margin guidance. You're right, by the way, we closed it on June 22nd, so we had basically one week of Stellus in the quarter here, all things considered. On the fundraising, look, we have real long-term optimism in terms of the Stellus platform, in terms of what we can do collectively and what Stellus can continue to do individually. Though the one thing that I would generally remind folks is obviously we continue to raise a lot of our capital, not all of our capital, but a lot of our capital in committed closed-end vehicles. When those vehicles are in the market, there's obviously the opportunity to then have a step function increase in that capital.
Those vehicles are not always in the market. I would just recall that Stellus itself has recently just completed, and they announced publicly, a fundraising cycle where they announced the closure of their Stellus Credit Fund IV plus a bunch of SMAs and related accounts. The aggregate amount that they said publicly that they raised through that cycle was $1.5 billion in aggregate. They've now raised that capital. I would say right now, the good news is they've got a lot of dry powder, and their focus is really on deployment and deployment against accretive, well-statured, well-tenured investment opportunities. They're going to focus primarily on that. I think as that capital gets deployed, presumably we'll see some, what I would call, modest benefit from that.
I think as long as they are in the current cycle, it's going to be relatively modest in the overall scheme of what we're doing. We'll obviously report out more on that as we go. If we can increase that origination funnel, as we've said we can, they'll have the opportunity and we'll have the opportunity collectively to be back in the market for another fundraising cycle, again, which they can then gainfully deploy. That, obviously when we get there, will create the opportunity to continue to grow Stellus' fee-paying AUM and AUM. Given that they just raised capital and closed on it in the last call it three to six months, the focus here is really going to be primarily on deployment in the near to intermediate term. Amanda, I'll turn it to you on the margin.
Thank you, Ben, for the question. I'll make a couple of comments on margins. There were a few factors that increased our margin from last quarter, including an increase in our fee rate. We have steady cash comp costs with lower professional fees in the quarter. Professional fees have been historically higher during the Q1. However, we are still expecting a mid-40s margin for the year, given anticipated placement agent costs and fundraising related hires in the back half of the year. Generally speaking, Stellus' margin profile is similar to ours.
Okay. Thank you both. That was all for me.
Our next question comes from the line of Chris [Wyzgowski] of...
Good morning. Thanks for taking the question. You mentioned that you currently had 20 funds in the market. Just kind of looking at the fund tables in the slide deck, it looked like it was pretty well spread out across a lot of 2022, 2024, 2025 vintage funds. I was wondering, are there any planned flagship fund launches between now and year-end, or is that mainly a 2027 event?
That's a great question, Chris. We're in the market, as we've said, at any point in time, with probably between 15 and 20 funds. I think during the quarter, we were in with about 20 funds. A couple of those closed. I think we're now high teens. There probably will be some more launches as we go. I would say at any point in time, there are likely to be multiple flagship funds in the market. Just kind of in terms of where we are right now, in terms of which funds are in the market, Bonaccord is in the market with their flagship fund three, BCP III. That launched at the beginning of the year, and the fundraising period will go into 2027. Similarly, Hark Capital is in the market with their flagship fund five.
That launched, again, at the beginning of the year. That will also go into 2027. At TrueBridge, as I mentioned, we're seeing a lot of uptake. They are and continue to be in the market with their flagship fund, as well as some other funds. If you're focusing on flagship, they're in the market with their flagship fund, and they continue to be. I think as you are well aware, having long been a student of Ridgepost Capital, at RCP, they raise a flagship fund annually. They literally just closed at the end of the quarter, their flagship fund 20, and then they immediately launched their flagship fund 21, RCP 21. They are back in the market with flagship fund 21. At Enhanced, they converted largely into an evergreen format. That will now be a perpetually offered fund.
They're going to continue to be in the market with that, and I would think about that from an Enhanced perspective as their flagship offering. Even as we speak, I think that was probably four or five things I just mentioned that we're in the market with. We do think we'll see more fund launches in the back half of the year, even more as we get into 2027. I would say the general expectation ought to be, we're in that 15-20 range of things in the market.
Maybe even it could tick above 20 at different times. I would think of that as kind of a perpetual number at some level. If things come off, other things will be raised, and so on and so forth. Obviously, with the Stellus acquisition, we're always going to be in the market, in a sense, with the various BDC vehicles at Stellus.
Just as a follow-up, you mentioned that Stellus Credit Fund IV closed with a billion and a half in commitments and in sidecars, I guess. In the fund table, we see $448 million. Will that just increase as the fund deploys?
Yes. Remember, most of our strategies historically have charged on committed capital, but credit strategies as a general matter, charge on deployed capital. For us, historically, that was really only HARC that charged on deployed capital. Virtually everything else charged on committed capital. Stellus will now go into that category of things that charge on deployed capital, and as we see those deployment trends go up, the amount of capital deployed will go up to your point, Chris.
Okay, great. That's it for me. Thank you.
Thank you. I would now like to turn the conference back to Luke Sarsfield for closing remarks. Sir?
Thank you all for your time today and your continued support. Ridgepost Capital remains extremely well-positioned in the current environment, given our committed fee-paying AUM base and our earnings stream that's almost entirely driven by management fees. Please reach out to our team with any additional follow-up questions. We look very much forward to updating you on our Q3 results in early November. Thank you for joining us today. Have a great day.
This concludes today's conference call. Thank you for participating. You may now disconnect.
Investor releaseQuarter not tagged2026-08-04Ridgepost Capital (RPC) Reports Earnings Tomorrow: What To Expect
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Ridgepost Capital (RPC) Reports Earnings Tomorrow: What To Expect
Private markets investment firm Ridgepost Capital (NYSE:RPC) will be reporting earnings this Wednesday morning. Here’s what to expect. Ridgepost Capital missed analysts’ revenue expectations last quarter, reporting revenues of $75.35 million, up 11.2% year on year. It was a slower quarter for the company, with a significant miss of analysts’ EBITDA estimates. Is Ridgepost Capital a buy or sell going into earnings? Read our full analysis here, it’s free for active Edge members. This quarter, the market is expecting Ridgepost Capital’s revenue to grow 7.6% year on year, improving from the 2% increase it recorded in the same quarter last year. Analysts covering the company have generally reconfirmed their estimates over the last 30 days, suggesting they anticipate the business will stay the course heading into earnings. Ridgepost Capital has missed Wall Street’s revenue estimates multiple times over the last two years. Looking at Ridgepost Capital’s peers in the custody bank segment, some have already reported their Q2 results, giving us a hint as to what we can expect. WisdomTree delivered year-on-year revenue growth of 57.3%, beating analysts’ expectations by 3.4%, and BNY reported revenues up 13.3%, topping estimates by 5.4%. WisdomTree traded up 11.5% following the results while BNY was also up 4.1%. Read our full analysis of WisdomTree’s results here and BNY’s results here. There has been positive sentiment among investors in the custody bank segment, with share prices up 4.9% on average over the last month. Ridgepost Capital is up 16.5% during the same time and is heading into earnings with an average analyst price target of $13.50 (compared to the current share price of $9.14). ALSO WORTH WATCHING: Nvidia’s Quiet Partner. Nvidia’s chips cost a hundred grand. The connectors that make them work cost even more. One company makes them all. Every AI server needs specialized infrastructure the chip companies don’t make. High-speed cables. Power connectors. Thermal sensors. This 90-year-old company built a monopoly on it. The AI boom just started. This stock is still flying under the radar. Claim The Stock Ticker Here for FREE.
Investor releaseQuarter not tagged2026-08-04TeraWulf to Post Q2 Earnings: Is the Stock a Portfolio Must-Have?
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TeraWulf to Post Q2 Earnings: Is the Stock a Portfolio Must-Have?
TeraWulf WULF is slated to report second-quarter 2026 results on Aug. 5, before the market opens. The company’s quarterly results are likely to display a year-over-year decrease in revenues and earnings per share (EPS). In the last reported quarter, this bitcoin miner reported a loss of 44 cents per share, wider than the Zacks Consensus Estimate of a loss of 16 cents. The results were mainly impacted by lower Bitcoin production, partly offset by a 117% jump in HPC lease revenues. Over the preceding four quarters, WULF’s EPS missed the Zacks Consensus Estimate on all occasions, the average miss being negative 97.6%. This is depicted in the graph below: TeraWulf Inc. price-eps-surprise | TeraWulf Inc. Quote TeraWulf’s second-quarter 2026 results are expected to reflect continued pressure from its shrinking Bitcoin-mining business. Lower mining activity and the ongoing conversion of legacy mining infrastructure to HPC use may have weighed on digital-asset revenues, while operating expenses, development costs and pre-revenue costs at WULF Compute could have limited profitability. On the positive side, a full-quarter contribution from the 60 MW Core42 deployment is likely to have supported higher HPC lease revenues. The expected completion and energization of CB-3 for Fluidstack and Google may have provided an additional boost if lease commencement occurred as planned, while progress on CB-4, CB-5 and the Kentucky customer agreement could have strengthened the company’s forward outlook. The Zacks Consensus Estimate for second-quarter revenues is pegged at $44.63 million, implying a 6.32% decrease from the prior-year quarter’s reported number. WULF’s activities in the to-be-reported quarter were inadequate in garnering analysts’ confidence. The Zacks Consensus Estimate for second-quarter EPS has remained unchanged for a month. It suggests a significant dip from the year-ago quarter’s tally. Our proven model does not conclusively predict a surprise in terms of EPS for WULF this quarter. The combination of a positive Earnings ESP and a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy), 2 (Buy) or 3 (Hold) increases the chances of an EPS beat, which is not the case here. WULF has an Earnings ESP of +7.69% and currently carries a Zacks Rank of 5 (Strong Sell). You can uncover the best stocks before they’re reported with our Earnings ESP Filter. Here are two stocks from the broader finance s...
Investor releaseQuarter not tagged2026-08-04Upstart Holdings, Inc. (UPST) Q2 Earnings and Revenues Surpass Estimates
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Upstart Holdings, Inc. (UPST) Q2 Earnings and Revenues Surpass Estimates
Upstart Holdings, Inc. (UPST) came out with quarterly earnings of $0.59 per share, beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $0.58 per share. This compares to earnings of $0.36 per share a year ago. These figures are adjusted for non-recurring items. This quarterly report represents an earnings surprise of +1.72%. A quarter ago, it was expected that this company would post earnings of $0.39 per share when it actually produced earnings of $0.3, delivering a surprise of -23.08%. Over the last four quarters, the company has surpassed consensus EPS estimates two times. Upstart, which belongs to the Zacks Financial - Miscellaneous Services industry, posted revenues of $364.71 million for the quarter ended June 2026, surpassing the Zacks Consensus Estimate by 2.77%. This compares to year-ago revenues of $257.29 million. The company has topped consensus revenue estimates three times over the last four quarters. The sustainability of the stock's immediate price movement based on the recently-released numbers and future earnings expectations will mostly depend on management's commentary on the earnings call. Upstart shares have lost about 32.7% since the beginning of the year versus the S&P 500's gain of 11%. While Upstart has underperformed the market so far this year, the question that comes to investors' minds is: what's next for the stock? There are no easy answers to this key question, but one reliable measure that can help investors address this is the company's earnings outlook. Not only does this include current consensus earnings expectations for the coming quarter(s), but also how these expectations have changed lately. Empirical research shows a strong correlation between near-term stock movements and trends in earnings estimate revisions. Investors can track such revisions by themselves or rely on a tried-and-tested rating tool like the Zacks Rank, which has an impressive track record of harnessing the power of earnings estimate revisions. Ahead of this earnings release, the estimate revisions trend for Upstart was mixed. While the magnitude and direction of estimate revisions could change following the company's just-released earnings report, the current status translates into a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold) for the stock. So, the shares are expected to perform in line with the market in the near future. You can see the complete list of today's Zacks #1 Rank (Stron...
Investor releaseQuarter not tagged2026-08-04Riot Platforms to Post Q2 Earnings: Is the Stock a Portfolio Must-Have?
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Riot Platforms to Post Q2 Earnings: Is the Stock a Portfolio Must-Have?
Riot Platforms, Inc. RIOT is slated to report second-quarter 2026 results on Aug. 5, before the market opens. The company’s quarterly results are likely to display a year-over-year decrease in revenues and earnings per share (EPS). In the last reported quarter, this bitcoin miner reported a loss of $1.44 per share, wider than the Zacks Consensus Estimate of a loss of 33 cents. The results were impacted by non-cash mark-to-market losses on RIOT’s Bitcoin holdings, and elevated depreciation and amortization expenses. Over the preceding four quarters, RIOT’s EPS surpassed the Zacks Consensus Estimate twice and missed in the remaining period, the average miss being negative 130.56%. This is depicted in the graph below: Riot Platforms, Inc. price-eps-surprise | Riot Platforms, Inc. Quote Riot Platforms’ second-quarter 2026 results are expected to reflect weaker Bitcoin-mining economics. Rising network difficulty, fewer Bitcoins mined and Bitcoin price volatility are likely to have pressured mining revenues and margins. Reported earnings may also have been affected by fair-value adjustments on Bitcoin holdings, as well as elevated depreciation and data-center development expenses. The company’s use of Bitcoin sales to fund capital expenditures may have reduced its digital-asset holdings. Higher operating and maintenance costs related to the AMD capacity ramp-up, coupled with lower-margin tenant fit-out revenues, are also likely to have weighed on consolidated profitability. Engineering revenues may have remained under pressure as Riot reserved manufacturing capacity for its data-center projects. On the positive side, the May delivery of the remaining 20 megawatts under the initial AMD lease is likely to have boosted high-margin operating lease revenues during the quarter. Ongoing tenant fit-out activity, power-curtailment credits and efficient electricity management may have provided additional support. The Zacks Consensus Estimate for second-quarter revenues is pegged at $148.71 million, implying a 2.8% decrease from the prior-year quarter’s reported number. RIOT’s activities in the to-be-reported quarter were inadequate in garnering analysts’ confidence. The Zacks Consensus Estimate for second-quarter EPS has been revised southward to negative 39 cents over the past month. It suggests a significant downward change from the year-ago quarter’s tally. Our proven mo...
Investor releaseQuarter not tagged2026-07-29Ridgepost Capital, Inc. (RPC) Expected to Beat Earnings Estimates: Can the Stock Move Higher?
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Ridgepost Capital, Inc. (RPC) Expected to Beat Earnings Estimates: Can the Stock Move Higher?
Ridgepost Capital, Inc. (RPC) is expected to deliver flat earnings compared to the year-ago quarter on higher revenues when it reports results for the quarter ended June 2026. This widely-known consensus outlook gives a good sense of the company's earnings picture, but how the actual results compare to these estimates is a powerful factor that could impact its near-term stock price. The stock might move higher if these key numbers top expectations in the upcoming earnings report, which is expected to be released on August 5. On the other hand, if they miss, the stock may move lower. While management's discussion of business conditions on the earnings call will mostly determine the sustainability of the immediate price change and future earnings expectations, it's worth having a handicapping insight into the odds of a positive EPS surprise. This company is expected to post quarterly earnings of $0.23 per share in its upcoming report, which represents no change from the year-ago quarter. Revenues are expected to be $80.22 million, up 10.3% from the year-ago quarter. The consensus EPS estimate for the quarter has been revised 3.13% higher over the last 30 days to the current level. This is essentially a reflection of how the covering analysts have collectively reassessed their initial estimates over this period. Investors should keep in mind that the direction of estimate revisions by each of the covering analysts may not always get reflected in the aggregate change. Price, Consensus and EPS Surprise Estimate revisions ahead of a company's earnings release offer clues to the business conditions for the period whose results are coming out. This insight is at the core of our proprietary surprise prediction model -- the Zacks Earnings ESP (Expected Surprise Prediction). The Zacks Earnings ESP compares the Most Accurate Estimate to the Zacks Consensus Estimate for the quarter; the Most Accurate Estimate is a more recent version of the Zacks Consensus EPS estimate. The idea here is that analysts revising their estimates right before an earnings release have the latest information, which could potentially be more accurate than what they and others contributing to the consensus had predicted earlier. Thus, a positive or negative Earnings ESP reading theoretically indicates the likely deviation of the actual earnings from the consensus estimate. However, the model's pr...
Investor releaseQuarter not tagged2026-07-24Will Ridgepost Capital, Inc. (RPC) Beat Estimates Again in Its Next Earnings Report?
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Will Ridgepost Capital, Inc. (RPC) Beat Estimates Again in Its Next Earnings Report?
Looking for a stock that has been consistently beating earnings estimates and might be well positioned to keep the streak alive in its next quarterly report? Ridgepost Capital, Inc. (RPC), which belongs to the Zacks Financial - Miscellaneous Services industry, could be a great candidate to consider. This company has an established record of topping earnings estimates, especially when looking at the previous two reports. The company boasts an average surprise for the past two quarters of 4.38%. For the most recent quarter, Ridgepost Capital, Inc. was expected to post earnings of $0.21 per share, but it reported $0.22 per share instead, representing a surprise of 4.76%. For the previous quarter, the consensus estimate was $0.25 per share, while it actually produced $0.26 per share, a surprise of 4.00%. With this earnings history in mind, recent estimates have been moving higher for Ridgepost Capital, Inc.. In fact, the Zacks Earnings ESP (Expected Surprise Prediction) for the company is positive, which is a great sign of an earnings beat, especially when you combine this metric with its nice Zacks Rank. Our research shows that stocks with the combination of a positive Earnings ESP and a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold) or better produce a positive surprise nearly 70% of the time. In other words, if you have 10 stocks with this combination, the number of stocks that beat the consensus estimate could be as high as seven. The Zacks Earnings ESP compares the Most Accurate Estimate to the Zacks Consensus Estimate for the quarter; the Most Accurate Estimate is a version of the Zacks Consensus whose definition is related to change. The idea here is that analysts revising their estimates right before an earnings release have the latest information, which could potentially be more accurate than what they and others contributing to the consensus had predicted earlier. Ridgepost Capital, Inc. currently has an Earnings ESP of +7.14%, which suggests that analysts have recently become bullish on the company's earnings prospects. This positive Earnings ESP when combined with the stock's Zacks Rank #3 (Hold) indicates that another beat is possibly around the corner. We expect the company's next earnings report to be released on August 5, 2026. Investors should note, however, that a negative Earnings ESP reading is not indicative of an earnings miss, but a negative value does reduce the p...

