Full text of ERNST CAPITAL SECURITIES, LLC's X-17A-5 filed 2026-02-26 (period 2025-12-31). Broker-dealer annual report from SEC EDGAR — readable, searchable, and available as markdown for AI agents.
{0}------------------------------------------------ # **ERNST CAPITAL SECURITIES, LLC** **FINANCIAL STATEMENTS** **December 31, 2025** {1}------------------------------------------------   ## REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM To the Board of Managers Ernst Capital Securities, LLC Sioux Falls, South Dakota ### **Opinion on the Financial Statements** We have audited the accompanying statement of financial condition of ERNST CAPITAL SECURITIES, LLC (a South Dakota limited liability company), as of December 31, 2025, the related statements of income, changes in members' equity, changes in liabilities subordinated to claims of general creditors, and cash flows for the year then ended, and the related notes (collectively referred to as the "financial statements"). In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Ernst Capital Securities, LLC as of December 31, 2025, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for the year then ended in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. #### **Basis for Opinion** These financial statements are the responsibility of Ernst Capital Securities, LLC's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on Ernst Capital Securities, LLC's financial statements based on our audit. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB) and are required to be independent with respect to Ernst Capital Securities, LLC in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB. We conducted our audit in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. Our audit included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our audit also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating…Read the full text as markdown