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Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
3 Months Ended
Apr. 30, 2026
Accounting Policies [Abstract]  
Summary of Significant Accounting Policies Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
Basis of Presentation
The accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) and the applicable rules and regulations of the SEC for interim financial reporting. Certain information and note disclosures included in the Company’s annual financial statements prepared in accordance with GAAP have been condensed or omitted pursuant to such rules and regulations. These unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements and notes included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended January 31, 2026 (“2026 Form 10-K”). The condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Wealthfront and its wholly owned subsidiaries. All intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated upon consolidation.
Segment Information
Operating segments are defined as components of an enterprise for which separate financial information is evaluated regularly by the chief operating decision maker (“CODM”) in deciding how to allocate resources and assess performance. The Company’s CODM is its Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”). The Company operates and reports financial information in one operating segment. This is
because the CODM considers company-wide key performance metrics and utilizes consolidated net income to allocate resources and determine performance. The Company’s objective in making resource allocation decisions is to optimize the condensed consolidated financial results. The significant segment expenses reviewed by the CODM conform to the presentation of such items in the condensed consolidated statements of operations. The CODM does not review segment assets at a different asset level or category other than the amounts disclosed in the condensed consolidated balance sheets.
All revenue and long-lived assets in these condensed consolidated financial statements relate to contracts with clients located in the United States of America.
Use of Estimates
The preparation of the condensed consolidated financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts in the condensed consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes. The Company bases its estimates on current and past experiences, to the extent historical experience is predictive of future performance and various other assumptions that are believed to be reasonable, under these circumstances. Appropriate adjustments, if any, are made to the estimates prospectively based upon such periodic evaluation. Actual results could differ from these estimates and could have a material adverse effect on the Company’s business.
Estimates, judgments and assumptions in these condensed consolidated financial statements include, but are not limited to: the valuation of allowance for credit losses, warrant liabilities, and SAFEs (as defined below); useful lives assigned to property and equipment; the discount rates used for leases; stock-based compensation, including the determination of the fair value of the Company’s common stock; and the realizability of deferred tax assets, net and uncertain tax positions.
Concentrations of Credit Risk
The Company’s financial instruments that potentially subject the Company to concentrations of credit risk primarily consist of cash, cash equivalents, restricted cash, margin loans to its clients, and the convertible note.
Although the Company deposits corporate cash with multiple financial institutions, the deposits, at times, may exceed federally insured limits. The Company has not experienced any losses on deposits of cash and cash equivalents. Cash equivalents consist of highly liquid investments that are invested at financial institutions in the United States. Management believes that the institutions are financially stable and, accordingly, minimal credit risk exists.
The Company engages in trading and brokerage activities on behalf of clients with broker-dealers, banks, and other financial institutions, exposing it to counterparty risk. While equity defaults are typically shared among clearinghouse members, the Company monitors counterparty creditworthiness as needed.
The Company provides early paycheck access of up to two days by enabling direct deposit, resulting in short-term receivables to clients. These receivables are highly liquid, typically settle within two business days, and are included within Other current assets on the condensed consolidated balance sheets.
Deferred Offering Costs
Deferred offering costs primarily consist of accounting, legal, and other fees directly related to the IPO. Upon consummation of the IPO in December 2025, the deferred offering costs of $9.2 million were reclassified to stockholders’ equity and recorded against the proceeds from the IPO.
Recent Accounting Pronouncements Adopted
There were no new accounting pronouncements adopted during the three months ended April 30, 2026 that materially impacted the condensed consolidated financial statements and related disclosures.
Recent Accounting Pronouncements Not Yet Adopted
In October 2023, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2023-06, Disclosure Improvements: Codification Amendments in Response to the SEC’s Disclosure Update and Simplification Initiative. The amendments are expected to impact various disclosure areas, including the statement of cash flows, accounting changes and error corrections, earnings per share, debt, derivatives, and transfer of financial assets. The amendments will become effective on the date the related disclosures are removed from Regulation S-X or Regulation S-K by the SEC, and will no longer be effective if the SEC has not removed the applicable disclosure requirement by June 30, 2027. Early adoption is prohibited. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of these amendments on the condensed consolidated financial statements.
In March 2024, the SEC adopted final rules, The Enhancement and Standardization of Climate-Related Disclosures for Investors, Release Nos. 33-11275 and 34-99678. The rules would have required registrants to provide certain climate-related information in their registration statements and annual reports. In April 2024, the SEC stayed the effectiveness of the final rules, and in March 2025 the SEC voted to end its defense of the climate disclosure rules in federal court. Subsequently, on May 29, 2026, the SEC issued a formal proposal to rescind the 2024 climate disclosure rules in their entirety. The Company will continue to monitor the formal administrative outcomes of the SEC’s rescission proposal, however, we do not currently anticipate any material operational or financial impact stemming from these rules.
In November 2024, the FASB issued ASU No. 2024-03, Income Statement Expense Disaggregation Disclosures, which requires additional disclosures about certain amounts included in the expense captions presented on the statement of operations as well as disclosures about selling expenses. In January 2025, the FASB issued ASU No. 2025-01, which provides a delayed implementation timeline to give issuers additional time to prepare for the impacts of adopting ASU No. 2024-03. ASU No. 2024-03 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2026, and interim periods within fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2027. Early adoption is permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of this amendment on the condensed consolidated financial statements.
In September 2025, the FASB issued ASU 2025-06, Intangibles - Goodwill and Other - Internal-Use Software (Subtopic 350-40): Accounting for Software Costs, which provides a single capitalization model for internal-use software development and cloud implementation costs and replaces the current phase-based guidance. ASU 2025-06 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2027, with early adoption permitted, and may be applied prospectively or modified retrospectively. The Company is currently assessing the impact of this new guidance on the condensed consolidated financial statements.