Recurring & Diversified FeesWide moat

GPW (GPW) — moat facet

Many small tolls rather than one big one — listing, trading, clearing, data.

GPW's revenue is not one toll but a portfolio of them, and the mix is a genuine source of resilience. On the financial side there are transaction fees from trading, listing fees from issuers, and clearing and settlement charges; there is market-data and index-licensing revenue; and on the commodity side there is the whole energy-and-certificate toll plus IRGiT's clearing fees. No single stream dominates to the point of fragility, and the streams respond to different drivers.

Share of revenue, 2025 (%)Financial trading42,7%Commodity trading17,7%Information services13,3%Commodity clearing9,4%Armenia5,9%Listing4,6%GPW Management Board report 2025; clearing, Armenia and listing shares calculated
Trading is 60% of revenue; the steadier fees are the other 40%.

Crucially, the streams differ in how cyclical they are. Transaction fees swing with market volumes and are the most sentiment-driven; but listing fees are paid year after year by companies that stay listed, data subscriptions renew, and a meaningful share of energy volume is underpinned by regulation. That blend of cyclical and recurring revenue makes the whole far steadier than a pure trading business, which lives and dies by volume alone. When equity turnover slumps, the recurring and commodity streams carry more of the load; when it booms, the transaction line supercharges the result. Diversification across many small tolls is exactly what lets an exchange in a volatile market still pay a dependable dividend — 60-80% of profit, by policy1.

Moat trajectory: Widening

Widening, slowly. As data, commodity, and benchmark revenue grow beside the cyclical trading toll, the recurring share of the mix rises — a gradual strengthening of the revenue's quality and steadiness.

The number that tests this moat
Reported
Trading revenue's share of group revenue, 2025
60,4% (financial 42,7%, commodity 17,7%)

The less of revenue that depends on turnover, the steadier the booth; a rising share means more cyclicality.

Source: GPW 2025 Management Board report ↗
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References
  1. ReportedThe dividend is 60-80% of profit, by policy.
    GPW FY2025 results (management board report) — record revenue 551,9m zł (+18,7%), adjusted EBITDA 225,4m zł (+37,7%), adjusted net profit 204,7m zł (+30,2%); dividend policy 60–80% of profit — FY2025 · publ. March 2026 · source ↗
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