EX-99.1 2 exh_991.htm EXHIBIT 99.1

Exhibit 99.1

 

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

 

MR. COOPER GROUP REPORTS FOURTH QUARTER 2024 RESULTS

 

Reported net income of $204 million including other mark-to-market of $92 million, equivalent to ROCE of 17.3% and operating ROTCE of 15.8%
Book value per share and tangible book value per share increased to $75.70 and $71.61
Servicing portfolio grew 57% y/y to $1,556 billion
Repurchased 0.4 million shares of common stock for $38 million
Completed acquisition of Flagstar’s mortgage operations
Recognized as the top mortgage servicer by Freddie Mac, receiving 2024 SHARP Gold Award

 

Dallas, TX (February 12, 2025) - Mr. Cooper Group Inc. (NASDAQ: COOP) (the “Company”), reported fourth quarter income before income tax expense of $280 and net income of $204 million. Excluding other mark-to-market and other adjustments, the Company reported pretax operating income of $235 million. Adjustments included other mark-to-market net of hedges of $92 million and other items shown below in the reconciliation of GAAP and non-GAAP results.

 

Chairman and CEO Jay Bray commented, “The fourth quarter capped off an outstanding year for Mr. Cooper, with an operating ROTCE of 15.8% and substantial portfolio growth of 57% year-over-year. We enter 2025 with strong capital, liquidity, and an outstanding team, energized to serve our customers, clients, and stakeholders.”

 

Mike Weinbach, President added, “I’m extremely proud of our team’s consistently strong servicing performance and agile execution in originations. Our robust operations and technology enabled us to successfully close the Flagstar acquisition and welcome new customers, clients, and team members. We continue to see exciting opportunities to grow our customer base, while our focus on cost leadership, fee revenues, and expanding our originations platform will help us generate strong returns.”

 

Servicing

The Servicing segment provides a best-in-class home loan experience for our 6.7 million customers while simultaneously strengthening asset performance for investors. In the fourth quarter, Servicing recorded pretax income of $393 million, including other mark-to-market of $92 million. The servicing portfolio ended the quarter at $1,556 billion. Servicing generated pretax operating income, excluding other mark-to-market, of $318 million. At quarter end, the carrying value of the MSR was $11,736 million equivalent to 159 bps of MSR UPB.

 

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   Quarter Ended
($ in millions)  Q4'24  Q3'24
   $  BPS  $  BPS
Operational revenue  $672    19.1   $616    20.1 
Amortization, net of accretion   (264)   (7.5)   (235)   (7.6)
Mark-to-market   94    2.7    (125)   (4.1)
Total revenues   502    14.3    256    8.4 
Total expenses   (185)   (5.3)   (180)   (5.9)
Total other income, net   76    2.2    101    3.3 
Income before taxes   393    11.2    177    5.8 
Other mark-to-market   (92)   (2.6)   126    4.1 
Accounting items   9    0.3    -    - 
Intangible amortization   8    0.2    2    0.1 
Pretax operating income  $318    9.1   $305    10.0 
      
    Quarter Ended
    Q4'24   Q3'24
MSRs UPB ($B)  $736   $678 
Subservicing and Other UPB ($B)   820    561 
Ending UPB ($B)  $1,556   $1,239 
Average UPB ($B)  $1,407   $1,225 
60+ day delinquency rate at period end   1.6%   1.5%
Annualized CPR   7.5%   7.1%
Modifications and workouts   24,899    21,817 

 

Originations

The Originations segment creates servicing assets at attractive margins by acquiring loans through the correspondent channel and refinancing existing loans through the direct-to-consumer channel. Originations earned pretax income of $46 million and pretax operating income of $47 million.

 

The Company funded 32,954 loans in the third quarter, totaling approximately $9.3 billion UPB, which was comprised of $2.6 billion in direct-to-consumer and $6.7 billion in correspondent. Funded volume increased 36% quarter-over-quarter, while pull through adjusted volume increased 21% quarter-over-quarter to $9.1 billion.

 

   Quarter Ended
($ in millions)  Q4'24  Q3'24
Income before taxes  $46   $69 
Accounting items   1    - 
Pretax operating income  $47   $69 

 

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   Quarter Ended
($ in millions)  Q4'24  Q3'24
Total pull through adjusted volume  $9,063   $7,491 
Funded volume  $9,290   $6,825 
Refinance recapture percentage   35%   69%
Recapture percentage   21%   22%
Purchase volume as a percentage of funded volume   65%   69%

 

Conference Call Webcast and Investor Presentation

The Company will host a conference call on February 12, 2025 at 10:00 A.M. Eastern Time. Preregistration for the call is now available in the Investor section of www.mrcoopergroup.com. Participants will receive a toll-free dial-in number and a unique registrant ID to be used for immediate call access. A simultaneous audio webcast of the conference call will be available under the investors section on www.mrcoopergroup.com.

 

Non-GAAP Financial Measures

The Company utilizes non-GAAP financial measures as the measures provide additional information to assist investors in understanding and assessing the Company’s and our business segments’ ongoing performance and financial results, as well as assessing our prospects for future performance. The adjusted operating financial measures facilitate a meaningful analysis and allow more accurate comparisons of our ongoing business operations because they exclude items that may not be indicative of or are unrelated to the Company’s and our business segments’ core operating performance, and are better measures for assessing trends in our underlying businesses. These notable items are consistent with how management views our businesses. Management uses these non-GAAP financial measures in making financial, operational and planning decisions and evaluating the Company’s and our business segment’s ongoing performance. Pretax operating income (loss) in the servicing segment eliminates the effects of mark-to-market adjustments which primarily reflects unrealized gains or losses based on the changes in fair value measurements of MSRs and their related financing liabilities for which a fair value accounting election was made. These adjustments, which can be highly volatile and material due to changes in credit markets, are not necessarily reflective of the gains and losses that will ultimately be realized by the Company. Pretax operating income (loss) in each segment also eliminates, as applicable, transition and integration costs, gains (losses) on sales of fixed assets, certain settlement costs that are not considered normal operational matters, intangible amortization, change in equity method investments, fair value change in equity investments and other adjustments based on the facts and circumstances that would provide investors a supplemental means for evaluating the Company’s core operating performance. Return on tangible common equity (ROTCE) is computed by dividing net income by average tangible common equity (also known as tangible book value). Tangible common equity equals total stockholders’ equity less goodwill and intangible assets. Management believes that ROTCE is a useful financial measure because it measures the performance of a business consistently and enables investors and others to assess the Company’s use of equity. Tangible book value is defined as stockholders’ equity less goodwill and intangible assets. Our management believes tangible book value is useful to investors because it provides a more accurate measure of the realizable value of shareholder returns, excluding the impact of goodwill and intangible assets.

 

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Forward Looking Statements

Any statements in this release that are not historical or current facts are forward looking statements. Forward looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause our actual results, performance, or achievements to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. Results for any specified quarter are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the full year or any future period. Certain of these risks and uncertainties are described in the “Risk Factors” section of Mr. Cooper Group’s most recent annual reports and other required documents as filed with the SEC which are available at the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov. Mr. Cooper undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statement or any other financial information contained herein, and the statements made in this press release are current as of the date of this release only.

 

Investor Contact:

Kenneth Posner, SVP Strategic Planning and Investor Relations

(469) 426-3633

[email protected]

 

Media Contact:

Christen Reyenga, VP Corporate Communications

[email protected]

 

 

 

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Financial Tables

 

MR. COOPER GROUP INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(millions of dollars, except for earnings per share data)

 

  

Three Months Ended

December 31, 2024

 

Three Months Ended

September 30, 2024

Revenues:          
Service related, net  $537   $288 
Net gain on mortgage loans held for sale   117    136 
Total revenues   654    424 
Total expenses:   367    335 
Other (expense) income, net:          
Interest income   216    227 
Interest expense   (220)   (199)
Other expense, net   (3)   (5)
Total other expense, net   (7)   23 
Income before income tax expense   280    112 
Income tax expense   76    32 
Net income  $204   $80 
           
Earnings per share:          
Basic  $3.20   $1.24 
Diluted  $3.13   $1.22 
Weighted average shares of common stock outstanding (in millions):          
Basic   63.8    64.3 
Diluted   65.1    65.5 

 

 

 

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MR. COOPER GROUP INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(millions of dollars)

 

   December 31, 2024  September 30, 2024
Assets          
Cash and cash equivalents  $753   $733 
Restricted cash   220    186 
Mortgage servicing rights at fair value   11,736    10,035 
Advances and other receivables, net   1,345    940 
Mortgage loans held for sale at fair value   2,211    1,962 
Property and equipment, net   58    58 
Deferred tax assets, net   230    315 
Other assets   2,386    1,957 
Total assets  $18,939   $16,186 
           
Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity          
Unsecured senior notes, net  $4,891   $4,885 
Advance, warehouse and MSR facilities, net   6,495    4,379 
Payables and other liabilities   2,322    1,841 
MSR related liabilities - nonrecourse at fair value   418    443 
Total liabilities   14,126    11,548 
Total stockholders' equity   4,813    4,638 
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity  $18,939   $16,186 

 

 

 

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UNAUDITED SEGMENT STATEMENT OF

OPERATIONS & EARNINGS RECONCILIATION

(millions of dollars, except for earnings per share data)

 

   Three Months Ended December 31, 2024
   Servicing  Originations  Corporate/ Other  Consolidated
             
Service related, net  $493   $27   $17   $537 
Net gain on mortgage loans held for sale   9    108    -    117 
Total revenues   502    135    17    654 
Total expenses   185    90    92    367 
Other income (expense), net:                    
Interest income   184    32    -    216 
Interest expense   (108)   (31)   (81)   (220)
Other expense, net   -    -    (3)   (3)
Total other income (expense), net   76    1    (84)   (7)
Pretax income (loss)  $393   $46   $(159)  $280 
Income tax expense                  76 
Net income                 $204 
Earnings per share                    
Basic                 $3.20 
Diluted                 $3.13 
                     
Non-GAAP Reconciliation:                    
Pretax income (loss)  $393   $46   $(159)  $280 
Other mark-to-market   (92)   -    -    (92)
Accounting items / other   9    1    29    39 
Intangible amortization   8    -    -    8 
Pretax operating income (loss)  $318   $47   $(130)  $235 
Income tax expense(1)                  (57)
Operating income                 $178 
Operating ROTCE(2)                  15.8%
Average tangible book value (TBV)(3)                 $4,514 

 

(1)Assumes tax-rate of 24.2%.
(2)Computed by dividing annualized earnings by average TBV.
(3)Average of beginning TBV of $4,474 and ending TBV of $4,553.

 

 

 

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UNAUDITED SEGMENT STATEMENT OF

OPERATIONS & EARNINGS RECONCILIATION

(millions of dollars, except for earnings per share data)

 

   Three Months Ended September 30, 2024
   Servicing  Originations  Corporate/ Other  Consolidated
             
Service related, net  $246   $24   $18   $288 
Net gain on mortgage loans held for sale   10    126    -    136 
Total revenues   256    150    18    424 
Total expenses   180    83    72    335 
Other income (expense), net:                    
Interest income   201    25    1    227 
Interest expense   (100)   (23)   (76)   (199)
Other expense, net   -    -    (5)   (5)
Total other income (expense), net   101    2    (80)   23 
Pretax income (loss)  $177   $69   $(134)  $112 
Income tax expense                  32 
Net income                 $80 
Earnings per share                    
Basic                 $1.24 
Diluted                 $1.22 
                     
Non-GAAP Reconciliation:                    
Pretax income (loss)  $177   $69   $(134)  $112 
Other mark-to-market   126    -    -    126 
Accounting items / other   -    -    6    6 
Intangible amortization   2    -    -    2 
Pretax operating income (loss)  $305   $69   $(128)  $246 
Income tax expense                  (60)
Operating income(1)                 $186 
Operating ROTCE(2)                  16.8%
Average tangible book value (TBV)(3)                 $4,451 

 

(1)Assumes tax-rate of 24.2%.
(2)Computed by dividing annualized earnings by average TBV.
(3)Average of beginning TBV of $4,428 and ending TBV of $4,474.

 

 

 

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UNAUDITED SEGMENT STATEMENT OF

OPERATIONS & EARNINGS RECONCILIATION

(millions of dollars, except for earnings per share data)

 

   Year Ended December 31, 2024
   Servicing  Originations  Corporate/ Other  Consolidated
             
Service related, net  $1,625   $86   $77   $1,788 
Net gain on mortgage loans held for sale   39    398    -    437 
Total revenues   1,664    484    77    2,225 
Total expenses   721    304    294    1319 
Other income (expense), net:                    
Interest income   705    84    1    790 
Interest expense   (411)   (79)   (286)   (776)
Other expense, net   -    -    (19)   (19)
Total other income (expense), net   294    5    (304)   (5)
Pretax income (loss)  $1237   $185   $(521)  $901 
Income tax expense                  232 
Net income                 $669 
Earnings per share                    
Basic                 $10.40 
Diluted                 $10.19 
                     
Non-GAAP Reconciliation:                    
Pretax income (loss)  $1,237   $185   $(521)  $901 
Other mark-to-market   (76)   -    -    (76)
Accounting items / other   9    1    50    60 
Intangible amortization   12    -    2    14 
Pretax operating income (loss)  $1,182   $186   $(469)  $899 
Income tax expense                  (218)
Operating income(1)                 $681 
Operating ROTCE(2)                  15.6%
Average tangible book value (TBV)(3)                 $4,368 

 

(1)Assumes tax-rate of 24.2%.
(2)Computed by dividing annualized earnings by average TBV.
(3)Average of quarterly TBV averages of $4,176 for 1Q’24, $4,333 for 2Q’24, $4,451 for 3Q’24, and $4,514 for 4Q’24.

 

 

 

 

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Non-GAAP Reconciliation:  Quarter Ended
($ in millions except value per share data)  Q4'24  Q3'24
Stockholders' equity (BV)  $4,813   $4,638 
Goodwill   (141)   (141)
Intangible assets   (119)   (23)
Tangible book value (TBV)  $4,553   $4,474 
Ending shares of common stock outstanding (in millions)   63.6    64.0 
           
BV/share  $75.70   $72.49 
TBV/share  $71.61   $69.93 
           
Net income  $204   $80 
ROCE(1)   17.3%   6.9%
           
Beginning stockholders’ equity  $4,638   $4,594 
Ending stockholders’ equity  $4,813   $4,638 
Average stockholders’ equity (BV)  $4,726   $4,616 

 

(1)Return on Common Equity (ROCE) is computed by dividing annualized earnings by average BV.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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