PIPER SANDLER COMPANIES

Our business principally consists of providing investment banking and institutional brokerage services to corporations, private equity groups, public entities, non-profit entities and institutional investors in the U.S. and internationally. We operate through one reportable segment in order to maximize the value we provide to clients by leveraging our diversified expertise and broad relationships of the experienced professionals across our company. Refer to our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2025 for a full description of our business, including our business strategy and strategic activities.

Financial Highlights

(1)Earnings per diluted common share has been adjusted to reflect the four-for-one forward split of common stock. See Note 1 to our unaudited consolidated financial statements included in Part I, Item 1 of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

(2)See "Explanation and Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Financial Measures" for a detailed explanation of the adjustments made to the corresponding U.S. GAAP measures and a reconciliation of U.S. GAAP to adjusted, non-GAAP financial information.

External Factors Impacting Our Business

Performance in the financial services industry in which we operate is highly correlated to the overall strength of macroeconomic conditions, financial market activity and the effect of geopolitical events. Overall market conditions are a product of many factors, which are beyond our control, often unpredictable and at times inherently volatile. These factors may affect the financial decisions made by investors, including their level of participation in the financial markets. In turn, these decisions may affect our business results. With respect to financial market activity, our profitability is sensitive to a variety of factors, including the demand for investment banking services as reflected by the number and size of advisory transactions, equity and debt corporate financings, and municipal financings; the relative level of volatility of the equity and fixed income markets; changes in interest rates and credit spreads (especially rapid and extreme changes); overall market liquidity; the level and shape of various yield curves; the volume and value of trading in securities; and overall equity valuations.

Factors that differentiate our business within the financial services industry also may affect our financial results. For example, our capital markets business focuses on specific industry sectors while serving principally a middle-market clientele. If the business environment for our focus sectors is impacted adversely, our business and results of operations could reflect these impacts. In addition, our business, with its specific areas of focus and investment, may not track overall market trends. Given the variability of the capital markets and securities businesses, our earnings may fluctuate significantly from period to period, and results for any individual period should not be considered indicative of future results.

Outlook

While the macroeconomic environment remains characterized by uncertainty, the overall market backdrop reflects a constructive trend supported by the resilience of the equity markets and sustained investment banking activity. Monetary policy in the U.S. remains a prevalent factor impacting the economy and financial markets. The U.S. Federal Reserve continues to hold its short-term benchmark interest rate steady as it balances its goals of maximum employment and stable prices against persistent inflation and higher energy prices. Heightened concerns over geopolitical conflicts, including in the Middle East, Eastern Europe and Taiwan, could negatively impact financial market activity. In addition, higher U.S. tariffs and shifts in trade policy, along with retaliatory actions by global trading partners, including the European Union and China, continue to contribute to elevated financial market uncertainty and upward pressure on inflation and supply chain costs. A significant decrease in uncertainty, or resolutions to geopolitical concerns and trade disputes, would likely be constructive for overall economic conditions, and consequently, our client and business activity.

Our advisory services results continued to benefit from our broad industry coverage, comprehensive product capabilities, and more constructive market conditions for mergers and acquisitions ("M&A") activity, particularly within healthcare and middle-market depositories.

While corporate financing activity and our revenues fluctuate based on client and sector-specific dynamics as well as macro-environment data, our performance in the first half of 2026 reflects a strong underlying trend evidenced by an increase in our book run equity financings and higher average fees.

Our strong equity brokerage performance in the second quarter of 2026 was driven by increased trading volumes, including the unique convergence of benchmark rebalancing events in June. Our equity brokerage business continues to benefit from our high-quality trade execution and research product. We expect our third quarter equity brokerage revenues will follow historical trends, which typically reflect a seasonal decline.

The fixed income services market environment remained challenging during the second quarter of 2026, as ongoing geopolitical events and interest rate uncertainty combined with a flattening yield curve dampened client activity. We expect our third quarter of 2026 fixed income services revenues to be similar to the second quarter.

Our municipal financing results improved in the second quarter of 2026 driven by the strength of our specialty sector business and the resiliency of our governmental business. Similar to the prior year, we anticipate our third quarter municipal financing revenues will decline from the robust second quarter of 2026.