GBST announced unaudited earnings results for the year ended 30 June 2017. For the year, the company reported total revenue and other income was $88 million against $108.1 million a year ago. Operating EBITDA was $12.2 million against $20.0 million a year ago. EBITDA was $12 million against $17.2 million a year ago. Earnings were impacted by increased product development costs to upgrade the group's wealth administration and capital markets software platforms.

For the year 2018, the company expects operating EBITDA before strategic R&D in product development in the range of $20 million - $25 million. Strategic R&D in product development expenditure is expected to be in the range of $10 million - $15 million, with $10 million - $12 million of that related to E-VOLVE and Composer Web 2.0.