Mr. Cooper Group Reports First Quarter 2025 Results

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Mr. Cooper Group Inc. (NASDAQ: COOP) (the “Company”), reported first quarter income before income tax expense of $95 million and net income of $88 million. Excluding other mark-to-market and other adjustments, the Company reported pretax operating income of $255 million. Adjustments included other mark-to-market net of hedges of $82 million and other items shown below in the reconciliation of GAAP and non-GAAP results.

Chairman and CEO Jay Bray commented, “This was another strong quarter, highlighting the power of our platform to deliver consistent, recurring, and predictable results, as well as higher returns. I'm proud of our team for their hard work, which has positioned Mr. Cooper to join forces with Rocket to create the industry’s leading integrated homeownership platform. We have formed an integration team and are already working closely with Rocket on post-close planning.”

President Mike Weinbach added, “I’m incredibly proud of the team’s execution, evident in continued positive operating leverage in servicing, while our originations team did a tremendous job helping customers access liquidity through cash-out refi’s and second liens.”

Servicing

The Servicing segment provides a best-in-class home loan experience for our 6.5 million customers while simultaneously strengthening asset performance for investors. In the first quarter, Servicing recorded pretax income of $214 million, including other mark-to-market of $82 million. The servicing portfolio ended the quarter at $1,514 billion. Servicing generated pretax operating income, excluding other mark-to-market, of $332 million. At quarter end, the carrying value of the MSR was $11,345 million equivalent to 155 bps of MSR UPB.

Quarter Ended

($ in millions)

Q1'25

Q4'24

$

BPS

$

BPS

Operational revenue

$

707

18.5

$

672

19.1

Amortization, net of accretion

(223

)

(5.8

)

(264

)

(7.5

)

Mark-to-market

(81

)

(2.1

)

94

2.7

Total revenues

403

10.6

502

14.3

Total expenses

(240

)

(6.3

)

(185

)

(5.3

)

Total other income, net

51

1.3

76

2.2

Income before taxes

214

5.6

393

11.2

Other mark-to-market

82

2.1

(92

)

(2.6

)

Accounting items

26

0.7

9

0.3

Intangible amortization

10

0.3

8

0.2

Pretax operating income excluding other mark-to-market and accounting items

$

332

8.7

$

318

9.1

Quarter Ended

Q1'25

Q4'24

MSRs UPB ($B)

$

734

$

736

Subservicing and Other UPB ($B)

780

820

Ending UPB ($B)

$

1,514

$

1,556

Average UPB ($B)

$

1,531

$

1,407

60+ day delinquency rate at period end

1.5

%

1.6

%

Annualized CPR

5.0

%

7.5

%

Modifications and workouts

35,250

24,899

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 $45 million and pretax operating income of $53 million.

The Company funded 32,296 loans in the first quarter, totaling approximately $8.3 billion UPB, which was comprised of $1.9 billion in direct-to-consumer and $6.4 billion in correspondent. Funded volume decreased 10% quarter-over-quarter, while pull through adjusted volume decreased 2% quarter-over-quarter to $8.8 billion.

Quarter Ended

($ in millions)

Q1'25

Q4'24

Income before taxes

$

45

$

46

Accounting items

8

1

Pretax operating income excluding accounting items

$

53

$

47

Quarter Ended

($ in millions)

Q1'25

Q4'24

Total pull through adjusted volume

$

8,842

$

9,063

Funded volume

$

8,319

$

9,290

Refinance recapture percentage

51

%

35

%

Recapture percentage

19

%

21

%

Purchase volume as a percentage of funded volume

72

%

65

%

Webcast and Investor Presentation

The Company will release its first quarter 2025 financial results on April 23, 2025 at 7:00 A.M. Eastern Time. The press release, investor presentation, and a recording of prepared remarks will be available under the investors section on Mr. Cooper Group’s website, 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.

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.

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
March 31, 2025

Three Months Ended
December 31, 2024

Revenues:

Service related, net

$

440

$

537

Net gain on mortgage loans held for sale

120

117

Total revenues

560

654

Total expenses:

430

367

Other (expense) income, net:

Interest income

189

216

Interest expense

(213

)

(220

)

Other expense, net

(11

)

(3

)

Total other expense, net

(35

)

(7

)

Income before income tax expense

95

280

Income tax expense

7

76

Net income

$

88

$

204

Earnings per share:

Basic

$

1.38

$

3.20

Diluted

$

1.35

$

3.13

Weighted average shares of common stock outstanding (in millions):

Basic

63.7

63.8

Diluted

65.0

65.1

MR. COOPER GROUP INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(millions of dollars)

March 31, 2025

December 31, 2024

Assets

Cash and cash equivalents

$

784

$

753

Restricted cash

166

220

Mortgage servicing rights at fair value

11,345

11,736

Advances and other receivables, net

1,061

1,345

Mortgage loans held for sale at fair value

2,603

2,211

Property and equipment, net

63

58

Deferred tax assets, net

217

230

Other assets

2,207

2,386

Total assets

$

18,446

$

18,939

Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity

Unsecured senior notes, net

$

4,896

$

4,891

Advance, warehouse and MSR facilities, net

6,313

6,495

Payables and other liabilities

1,949

2,322

MSR related liabilities - nonrecourse at fair value

398

418

Total liabilities

13,556

14,126

Total stockholders' equity

4,890

4,813

Total liabilities and stockholders' equity

$

18,446

$

18,939

UNAUDITED SEGMENT STATEMENT OF

OPERATIONS & EARNINGS RECONCILIATION

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

Three Months Ended March 31, 2025

Servicing

Originations

Corporate/
Other

Consolidated

Service related, net

$

397

$

26

$

17

$

440

Net gain on mortgage loans held for sale

6

114

120

Total revenues

403

140

17

560

Total expenses

240

95

95

430

Other income (expense), net:

Interest income

157

29

3

189

Interest expense

(106

)

(26

)

(81

)

(213

)

Other expense, net

(3

)

(8

)

(11

)

Total other income (expense), net

51

(86

)

(35

)

Pretax income (loss)

$

214

$

45

$

(164

)

$

95

Income tax expense

7

Net income

$

88

Earnings per share

Basic

$

1.38

Diluted

$

1.35

Non-GAAP Reconciliation:

Pretax income (loss)

$

214

$

45

$

(164

)

$

95

Other mark-to-market

82

82

Accounting items / other

26

8

34

68

Intangible amortization

10

10

Pretax operating income (loss)

$

332

$

53

$

(130

)

$

255

Income tax expense(1)

(62

)

Operating income

$

193

Operating ROTCE(2)

16.8

%

Average tangible book value (TBV)(3)

$

4,597

(1)

Assumes tax-rate of 24.2%.

(2)

Computed by dividing annualized earnings by average TBV.

(3)

Average of beginning TBV of $4,553 and ending TBV of $4,641.

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

(57

)

Operating income(1)

$

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.

Non-GAAP Reconciliation:

Quarter Ended

($ in millions except value per share data)

Q1'25

Q4'24

Stockholders' equity (BV)

$

4,890

$

4,813

Goodwill

(141

)

(141

)

Intangible assets

(108

)

(119

)

Tangible book value (TBV)

$

4,641

$

4,553

Ending shares of common stock outstanding (in millions)

64.0

63.6

BV/share

$

76.43

$

75.70

TBV/share

$

72.53

$

71.61

Net income

$

88

$

204

ROCE(1)

7.3

%

17.3

%

Beginning stockholders’ equity

$

4,813

$

4,638

Ending stockholders’ equity

$

4,890

$

4,813

Average stockholders’ equity (BV)

$

4,852

$

4,726

(1)

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

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