Plus500 lifts guidance as market volatility delivers ‘excellent start’

• The fintech group’s earnings before nasties totalled $93.8m in the first quarter

By HARRY WISE

Updated: 10:30 BST, 28 April 2025

Plus500 expects its annual results to surpass market forecasts following an ‘excellent start’ to the year. 

The stock trading paltform saw its earnings before nasties soar by 23 per cent from the fourth quarter of 2024 to $93.8million in the three months ending March.

Turnover increased by 13 per cent to $205.9million, primarily driven by a $15.4million gain on customers’ trading positions amid elevated financial market volatility.

While the number of active customers shrank by 4 per cent to 130,514, their average deposits more than doubled to $12,450, spurred by Plus500’s focus on attracting and holding onto higher-value traders.

During this period, Plus500 also agreed to acquire financial services business Mehta for £20million in order to capitalise on the Indian retail trading market, the world’s largest by volume.

More than 150 billion futures contracts were traded in India last year, equivalent to over three-quarters of global transaction volumes, according to the Futures Industry Association.

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David Zruia, chief executive of Plus500, said: ‘Plus500 has made a strong start to the year achieving strategic progress across several important pillars of growth.’

He added that the Metha takeover would help ‘deliver valuable synergies with our US futures business as we continue to establish our global futures offering.

‘With the excellent start we have made in 2025, the board anticipates that the FY2025 results will be ahead of current market expectations.’

Founded in 2008 in Israel, Plus500 specialises in selling derivatives called contracts for difference (CFD), which allow traders to speculate on the price of an asset, such as stocks or commodities, without owning the asset.

The London-based company enjoyed enormous growth during the peak of the Covid-19 pandemic as heightened market uncertainty boosted day trading and amateur retail investing levels.

It has since expanded into multiple markets, recently launching a subsidiary business in the United Arab Emirates after gaining a regulatory licence from the country’s Securities and Commodities Authority.

Analysts at Peel Hunt said: ‘Plus500 continues to deliver strong results, whilst dealing with current market volatility effectively.’

Plus500 shares fell 2.2 per cent to £29.82 on Monday morning, making them the FTSE 250 Index’s worst performer, although they have still grown by around 38 per cent over the past year.

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