Voya Financial announces third-quarter 2023 results

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Voya Financial, Inc. (NYSE: VOYA), a leading health, wealth and investment company, announced today its third-quarter 2023 financial results:

• Net income available to common shareholders of $2.29 per diluted share.
• After-tax adjusted operating earnings¹ of $1.74 per diluted share (EPS), which reflects the continued benefit of Voya's diversified revenue streams and strong margins.
• Strong cash generation and balanced excess capital return:
  • Approximately $0.3 billion in excess capital deployed in third-quarter 2023, including $140 million in debt redemption; approximately $50 million to acquire interest in India joint venture; and $96 million in share repurchases and common stock dividends.

  • Approximately $0.8 billion of excess capital generated during the trailing 12 months (TTM) ended Sept. 30, 2023.

  • As of Sept. 30, 2023, Voya had approximately $0.4 billion of excess capital, reflecting capital generation of over 90% of after-tax adjusted operating earnings in third-quarter 2023 and for the TTM ended Sept. 30, 2023.
    

"In the third quarter of 2023, we continued to execute on our strategic priorities and delivered $1.74 per diluted share of after-tax adjusted operating EPS, which reflects the benefit of our diversified revenue streams and prudent expense management," said Heather Lavallee, chief executive officer, Voya Financial. "During the quarter, we drove further commercial momentum in each of our businesses; we maintained a strong focus on margins; and we deployed further excess capital generated by our high free-cash-flow businesses. Despite macroeconomic headwinds, we continue to execute on our strategy and — as a result of our strong client relationships and engagement — we are confident in our ability to continue to drive commercial momentum, while also closely managing spending and prudently deploying capital. These elements give us confidence in our Investor Day target of 12% to 17% EPS growth through the three-year period ending in 2024.

"Underpinning our accomplishments are our purpose and vision, which we activate by serving the needs of our clients, as well as supporting our colleagues and our communities. For example, in the third quarter, we expanded our critical illness and accident insurance products to offer new benefits and coverage that focus on mental health; we earned further recognition as a best place to work; and Voya employees positively impacted our communities by raising more than $1.5 million for 1,900 charitable causes through our annual Employee Giving Campaign," added Lavallee.

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Consolidated Results

Third-quarter 2023 net income available to common shareholders was $248 million, or $2.29 per diluted share, compared with $166 million, or $1.57 per diluted share, in third-quarter 2022. The increase was primarily due to gains within businesses exited, net investment gains and lower acquisition and integration costs, partially offset by lower after-tax adjusted operating earnings.

Third-quarter 2023 after-tax adjusted operating earnings were $189 million, or $1.74 per diluted share, compared with $210 million, or $1.97 per diluted share, in third-quarter 2022. The decrease was largely due to lower net underwriting results, partially offset by higher fee income.

Business Segment Results

Wealth Solutions

Wealth Solutions third-quarter 2023 pre-tax adjusted operating earnings were $179 million, up from $128 million in the prior-year period. The increase was primarily due to higher alternative investment income as well as favorable equity market impacts to fee-based margins — all partially offset by lower investment spreads.

For the TTM ended Sept. 30, 2023, full-service recurring deposits grew 10.2% to $14.4 billion compared with the prior-year period, largely due to growth in Corporate markets. Total client assets as of Sept. 30, 2023, were $510 billion, up 12% compared with Sept. 30, 2022, due to growth in the business and higher equity market levels year over year.

Excluding notables, net revenues for the TTM ended Sept. 30, 2023, grew 1.4% compared with the prior-year period as an increase in spread-based revenues more than offset a decline in fee-based margins. Adjusted operating margin for the TTM ended Sept. 30, 2023, excluding notables, was 37.8%, compared with 37.9% in the prior-year period.

Health Solutions

Health Solutions third-quarter 2023 pre-tax adjusted operating earnings were $53 million, down from $154 million in the prior-year period. The decline was largely attributable to the prior-year period benefiting from exceptionally strong underwriting results and a favorable reserve adjustment.

Health Solutions third-quarter 2023 annualized in-force premiums and fees grew 21.1% to $3.3 billion compared with the prior-year period. The increase reflects growth across all product lines, favorable retention and the positive impact of the Benefitfocus acquisition, which closed in January 2023. Excluding Benefitfocus, annualized in-force premiums and fees grew 14.7% compared with the prior-year period.

Excluding notables, net revenues for the TTM ended Sept. 30, 2023, grew 35.8% compared with the prior-year period due to the Benefitfocus acquisition, premium growth across all product lines and a favorable aggregate loss ratio. (Excluding Benefitfocus, net revenues, excluding notables, grew 17.7%.) Adjusted operating margin for the TTM ended Sept. 30, 2023, excluding notables, was 32.2%, compared with 31.2% in the prior-year period.

Investment Management

Investment Management third-quarter 2023 pre-tax adjusted operating earnings, excluding Allianz's noncontrolling interest, were $49 million, up from $38 million in the prior-year period. The increase was largely due to higher fee revenues resulting from the Allianz Global Investors (AllianzGI) transaction, which closed in July 2022, and positive investment capital returns.

Investment Management had net outflows (excluding divested businesses) of $8.4 billion during the TTM ended Sept. 30, 2023 — positive Retail net flows and momentum resulting from the company's international distribution through AllianzGI were more than offset by macroeconomic headwinds impacting the industry and the unwinding of the company's former international distribution partnership.

Excluding notables, net revenues for the TTM ended Sept. 30, 2023, grew 21.8% as additional revenues from the AllianzGI transaction more than offset the impact of macroeconomic headwinds on both equity and fixed income fees, particularly in Retail. Adjusted operating margin for the TTM ended Sept. 30, 2023, excluding notables, was 25.5%, compared with 26.0% in the prior-year period.

Additional Financial Information and Earnings Call

More detailed financial information can be found in the company’s quarterly investor supplement, which is available on Voya’s investor relations website, investors.voya.com. In addition, Voya will host a conference call on Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2023, at 10 a.m. ET, to discuss the company’s third-quarter 2023 results. The call and slide presentation can be accessed via the company’s investor relations website at investors.voya.com. A replay of the call will be available on the company’s investor relations website, investors.voya.com starting at 1 p.m. ET on Nov. 1, 2023.

About Voya Financial

Voya Financial, Inc. (NYSE: VOYA), is a leading health, wealth and investment company with approximately 9,000 employees who are focused on achieving Voya’s aspirational vision: Clearing your path to financial confidence and a more fulfilling life. Through products, solutions and technologies, Voya helps its 14.7 million individual, workplace and institutional clients become well planned, well invested and well protected. Benefitfocus, a Voya company, extends the reach of Voya’s workplace benefits and savings offerings by providing benefits administration capabilities to 16.5 million individual subscription employees across employer and health plan clients. Certified as a “Great Place to Work” by the Great Place to Work^® Institute, Voya is purpose-driven and committed to conducting business in a way that is economically, ethically, socially and environmentally responsible. Voya has earned recognition as: one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies^® by Ethisphere; a member of the Bloomberg Gender-Equality Index; and a “Best Place to Work for Disability Inclusion” on the Disability Equality Index. For more information, visit voya.com. Follow Voya Financial on Facebook, LinkedIn and Instagram.

Forward-Looking and Other Cautionary Statements

This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. The company does not assume any obligation to revise or update these statements to reflect new information, subsequent events or changes in strategy. Forward-looking statements include statements relating to future developments in our business or expectations for our future financial performance and any statement not involving a historical fact. Forward-looking statements use words such as “anticipate,” “believe,” “estimate,” “expect,” “intend,” “plan,” and other words and terms of similar meaning in connection with a discussion of future operating or financial performance. Actual results, performance or events may differ materially from those projected in any forward-looking statement due to, among other things, (i) general economic conditions, particularly economic conditions in our core markets, (ii) performance of financial markets, (iii) interest rates, (iv) the frequency and severity of insured loss events, (v) the effects of natural or man-made disasters, including pandemic events, (vi) mortality and morbidity levels, (vii) persistency and lapse levels, (viii) currency exchange rates, (ix) general competitive factors, (x) changes in laws and regulations, such as those relating to Federal taxation, state insurance regulations and NAIC regulations and guidelines, (xi) changes in the policies of governments and/or regulatory authorities, (xii) our ability to successfully manage the separation of the Individual Life business that we sold to Resolution Life US on Jan. 4, 2021, and (xiii) our ability to realize the expected benefits from acquisitions, including the transactions with AllianzGI and Benefitfocus. Factors that may cause actual results to differ from those in any forward-looking statement also include those described under “Risk Factors” and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Results of Operations and Financial Condition – Trends and Uncertainties” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended Dec. 31, 2022, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on Feb. 24, 2023, and in our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the three months ended Sept. 30, 2023, to be filed with the SEC on or before Nov. 9, 2023.

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