Mr. Cooper Group Reports Second Quarter 2024 Results and Announces Acquisition of Mortgage Operations From Flagstar

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Mr. Cooper Group Inc. (NASDAQ: COOP) reported strong Q2 2024 results and announced a significant acquisition. Key highlights include:

- Net income of $204 million, with ROCE of 18.1% and operating ROTCE of 15.3%
- Book value per share increased to $71.24
- Servicing portfolio grew 37% y/y to $1,206 billion
- Repurchased 0.3 million shares for $24 million
- Announced acquisition of Flagstar's mortgage operations for $1.4 billion in cash

The acquisition includes MSRs and subservicing contracts totaling approximately $356 billion in UPB, expected to close in Q4 2024. The company's servicing segment recorded pretax income of $354 million, while the originations segment earned pretax income of $38 million.

Positive

• Net income of $204 million with strong ROCE of 18.1% and operating ROTCE of 15.3%
• Servicing portfolio grew 37% year-over-year to $1,206 billion
• Acquisition of Flagstar's mortgage operations for $1.4 billion, adding $356 billion in UPB
• Board approved additional $200 million for stock repurchase
• Servicing segment recorded pretax income of $354 million
• Originations segment earned pretax income of $38 million
• Funded volume increased 32% quarter-over-quarter to $3.8 billion UPB

Negative

• Potential financial strain due to $1.4 billion cash acquisition of Flagstar's mortgage operations
• Integration challenges may arise from onboarding 1.3 million new customers
• Increased operational complexity with significant portfolio growth

Insights

Financial Analyst

Mr. Cooper Group's Q2 2024 results and acquisition announcement present a significant positive development for the company. The reported net income of $204 million and ROCE of 18.1% demonstrate strong financial performance. The 37% year-over-year growth in the servicing portfolio to $1,206 billion is particularly impressive, indicating robust expansion in a key business segment.

The acquisition of Flagstar's mortgage operations for $1.4 billion is a strategic move that will substantially increase Mr. Cooper's market presence. Adding $356 billion in UPB and 1.3 million customers will significantly boost the company's servicing portfolio and customer base. This acquisition aligns with the industry trend of consolidation and could potentially lead to economies of scale and improved operational efficiency.

The company's strong liquidity position, evidenced by the $24 million share repurchase and additional $200 million authorization, suggests confidence in future performance. The increase in book value per share to $71.24 and tangible book value per share to $68.67 indicates growing shareholder value.

However, investors should monitor the integration process of Flagstar's operations, as successful execution will be important for realizing the full benefits of this acquisition. Additionally, the slight decrease in the recapture percentage from 24% to 22% in the Originations segment warrants attention, although the increase in funded volume is a positive sign.

Mortgage Industry Expert

The acquisition of Flagstar's mortgage operations by Mr. Cooper Group is a significant development in the mortgage servicing landscape. This move will substantially increase Mr. Cooper's servicing portfolio, solidifying its position as a major player in the industry. The addition of $356 billion in UPB is substantial, representing nearly a 30% increase to their current portfolio.

The reported 5.6% annualized CPR (Conditional Prepayment Rate) is relatively low, indicating a stable servicing portfolio with good revenue potential. This, combined with the decrease in 60+ day delinquency rate from 1.6% to 1.4%, suggests improving asset quality and potentially lower servicing costs.

The increase in purchase volume as a percentage of funded volume from 55% to 62% is noteworthy. This shift towards purchase mortgages is a positive adaptation to the current high-interest rate environment, where refinancing activity has slowed significantly.

The high refinance recapture percentage of 73% is impressive and indicates strong customer retention capabilities. This will be important as the company integrates Flagstar's 1.3 million customers.

However, the success of this acquisition will largely depend on Mr. Cooper's ability to smoothly integrate Flagstar's operations and maintain service quality during the transition. The mortgage servicing industry is highly sensitive to customer satisfaction and any disruptions could lead to customer attrition.

• Reported net income of $204 million including other mark-to-market of $68 million, equivalent to ROCE of 18.1% and operating ROTCE of 15.3%
• Book value per share and tangible book value per share increased to $71.24 and $68.67
• Servicing portfolio grew 37% y/y to $1,206 billion
• Repurchased 0.3 million shares of common stock for $24 million. Board of directors approved additional $200 million for stock repurchase, bringing total authorization to approximately $270 million
• Announced acquisition of Flagstar’s mortgage operations, including MSRs and subservicing contracts totaling approximately $356 billion in unpaid principal balance (UPB), for $1.4 billion in cash

DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Mr. Cooper Group Inc. (NASDAQ: COOP) (the “Company”), reported second quarter income before income tax expense of $277 million and net income of $204 million. Excluding other mark-to-market and other adjustments, the Company reported pretax operating income of $219 million. Adjustments included other mark-to-market net of hedges of $68 million and other items shown below in the reconciliation of GAAP and non-GAAP results.

The acquisition of Flagstar’s mortgage operations consists of acquiring MSRs, advances, subservicing contracts, and a third-party origination platform. This purchase will be funded through available cash and drawdowns of existing MSR lines. Upon closing, Mr. Cooper expects to welcome 1.3 million customers and add approximately $356 billion in UPB. The transaction is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2024, subject to customary closing conditions.

Chairman and CEO Jay Bray commented, “We have the operational capacity to onboard Flagstar’s customers with a smooth and positive experience, which will be our top priority. We also look forward to welcoming Flagstar team members to the Mr. Cooper family. We have long respected Flagstar as a mortgage servicer, and we feel very closely aligned with their cultural values.”

Servicing

The Servicing segment provides a best-in-class home loan experience for our 5.3 million customers while simultaneously strengthening asset performance for investors. In the first quarter, Servicing recorded pretax income of $354 million, including other mark-to-market of $68 million. The servicing portfolio ended the quarter at $1,206 billion. Servicing generated pretax operating income, excluding other mark-to-market, of $288 million. At quarter end, the carrying value of the MSR was $10,352 million equivalent to 153 bps of MSR UPB.

	Quarter Ended
($ in millions)	Q2'24								Q1'24
	$				BPS				$				BPS
Operational revenue	$	604				20.7			$	577				21.6
Amortization, net of accretion		(217	)			(7.4	)			(170	)			(6.4	)
Mark-to-market		69				2.3				43				1.6
Total revenues		456				15.5				450				16.8
Total expenses		(171	)			(5.9	)			(185	)			(6.9	)
Total other income, net		69				2.4				48				1.8
Income before taxes		354				12.1				313				11.7
Other mark-to-market		(68	)			(2.4	)			(42	)			(1.6	)
Accounting items		—				—				—				—
Intangible amortization		2				0.1				2				0.1
Pretax operating income excluding other mark-to-market and accounting items	$	288				9.8			$	273				10.2
	Quarter Ended
	Q2'24								Q1'24
MSRs UPB ($B)	$					676			$					631
Subservicing and Other UPB ($B)						530								505
Ending UPB ($B)	$					1,206			$					1,136
Average UPB ($B)	$					1,171			$					1,068
60+ day delinquency rate at period end						1.4	%							1.6	%
Annualized CPR						5.6	%							4.7	%
Modifications and workouts						22,645								24,460

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 and pretax operating income of $38 million.

The Company funded 15,080 loans in the second quarter, totaling approximately $3.8 billion UPB, which was comprised of $1.7 billion in direct-to-consumer and $2.1 billion in correspondent. Funded volume increased 32% quarter-over-quarter, while pull through adjusted volume increased 48% quarter-over-quarter to $4.5 billion.

	Quarter Ended
($ in millions)	Q2'24			Q1'24
Income before taxes	$	38		$	32
Accounting items		—			—
Pretax operating income excluding accounting items and other	$	38		$	32

	Quarter Ended
($ in millions)	Q2'24				Q1'24
Total pull through adjusted volume	$	4,473			$	3,013
Funded volume	$	3,794			$	2,878
Refinance recapture percentage		73	%			70	%
Recapture percentage		22	%			24	%
Purchase volume as a percentage of funded volume		62	%			55	%

Conference Call Webcast and Investor Presentation

The Company will host a conference call on July 25, 2024 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.

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 June 30, 2024				Three Months Ended March 31, 2024
Revenues:
Service related, net	$	485			$	478
Net gain on mortgage loans held for sale		98				86
Total revenues		583				564
Total expenses:		300				317
Other (expense) income, net:
Interest income		189				158
Interest expense		(187	)			(170	)
Other expense, net		(8	)			(3	)
Total other expense, net		(6	)			(15	)
Income before income tax expense		277				232
Income tax expense		73				51
Net income	$	204			$	181
Earnings per share:
Basic	$	3.16			$	2.80
Diluted	$	3.10			$	2.73
Weighted average shares of common stock outstanding (in millions):
Basic		64.6				64.6
Diluted		65.8				66.3

MR. COOPER GROUP INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS (millions of dollars)
	June 30, 2024			March 31, 2024
Assets
Cash and cash equivalents	$	642		$	578
Restricted cash		162			157
Mortgage servicing rights at fair value		10,352			9,796
Advances and other receivables, net		934			914
Mortgage loans held for sale at fair value		1,539			1,070
Property and equipment, net		57			55
Deferred tax assets, net		351			426
Other assets		1,746			1,779
Total assets	$	15,783		$	14,775
Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity
Unsecured senior notes, net	$	4,141		$	4,137
Advance, warehouse and MSR facilities, net		4,925			4,087
Payables and other liabilities		1,684			1,691
MSR related liabilities - nonrecourse at fair value		439			455
Total liabilities		11,189			10,370
Total stockholders' equity		4,594			4,405
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity	$	15,783		$	14,775

UNAUDITED SEGMENT STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS & EARNINGS RECONCILIATION (millions of dollars, except for earnings per share data)
	Three Months Ended June 30, 2024
	Servicing				Originations				Corporate/ Other				Consolidated
Service related, net	$	446			$	19			$	20			$	485
Net gain on mortgage loans held for sale		10				88				—				98
Total revenues		456				107				20				583
Total expenses		171				69				60				300
Other income (expense), net:
Interest income		174				15				—				189
Interest expense		(105	)			(15	)			(67	)			(187	)
Other expense, net		—				—				(8	)			(8	)
Total other income (expense), net		69				—				(75	)			(6	)
Pretax income (loss)	$	354			$	38			$	(115	)		$	277
Income tax expense														73
Net income													$	204
Earnings per share
Basic													$	3.16
Diluted													$	3.10
Non-GAAP Reconciliation:
Pretax income (loss)	$	354			$	38			$	(115	)		$	277
Other mark-to-market		(68	)			—				—				(68	)
Accounting items / other		—				—				8				8
Intangible amortization		2				—				—				2
Pretax operating income (loss)	$	288			$	38			$	(107	)		$	219
Income tax expense(1)														(53	)
Operating income													$	166
Operating ROTCE(2)														15.3	%
Average tangible book value (TBV)(3)													$	4,333
(1) Assumes tax-rate of 24.2%.
(2) Computed by dividing annualized earnings by average TBV.
(3) Average of beginning TBV of $4,238 and ending TBV of $4,428.

UNAUDITED SEGMENT STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS & EARNINGS RECONCILIATION (millions of dollars, except for earnings per share data)
	Three Months Ended March 31, 2024
	Servicing				Originations				Corporate/ Other				Consolidated
Service related, net	$	440			$	16			$	22			$	478
Net gain on mortgage loans held for sale		10				76				—				86
Total revenues		450				92				22				564
Total expenses		185				62				70				317
Other income (expense), net:
Interest income		146				12				—				158
Interest expense		(98	)			(10	)			(62	)			(170	)
Other expense, net		—				—				(3	)			(3	)
Total other income (expense), net		48				2				(65	)			(15	)
Pretax income (loss)	$	313			$	32			$	(113	)		$	232
Income tax expense														51
Net income													$	181
Earnings per share
Basic													$	2.80
Diluted													$	2.73
Non-GAAP Reconciliation:
Pretax income (loss)	$	313			$	32			$	(113	)		$	232
Other mark-to-market		(42	)			—				—				(42	)
Accounting items / other		—				—				7				7
Intangible amortization		2				—				—				2
Pretax operating income (loss)	$	273			$	32			$	(106	)		$	199
Income tax expense														(48	)
Operating income(1)													$	151
Operating ROTCE(2)														14.5	%
Average tangible book value (TBV)(3)													$	4,176
(1) Assumes tax-rate of 24.2%.
(2) Computed by dividing annualized earnings by average TBV.
(3) Average of beginning TBV of $4,113 and ending TBV of $4,238.

Non-GAAP Reconciliation:	Quarter Ended
($ in millions except value per share data)	Q2'24				Q1'24
Stockholders' equity (BV)	$	4,594			$	4,405
Goodwill		(141	)			(141	)
Intangible assets		(25	)			(26	)
Tangible book value (TBV)	$	4,428			$	4,238
Ending shares of common stock outstanding (in millions)		64.5				64.7
BV/share	$	71.24			$	68.06
TBV/share	$	68.67			$	65.48
Net income	$	204			$	181
ROCE(1)		18.1	%			16.7	%
Beginning stockholders’ equity	$	4,405			$	4,282
Ending stockholders’ equity	$	4,594			$	4,405
Average stockholders’ equity (BV)	$	4,500			$	4,344
(1) Return on Common Equity (ROCE) is computed by dividing annualized earnings by average BV.

 

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FAQ

What was Mr. Cooper Group's net income in Q2 2024?

Mr. Cooper Group (COOP) reported a net income of $204 million in Q2 2024.

How much did Mr. Cooper Group's servicing portfolio grow year-over-year?

Mr. Cooper Group's (COOP) servicing portfolio grew 37% year-over-year to $1,206 billion.

What major acquisition did Mr. Cooper Group announce in Q2 2024?

Mr. Cooper Group (COOP) announced the acquisition of Flagstar's mortgage operations for $1.4 billion in cash, including MSRs and subservicing contracts totaling approximately $356 billion in UPB.

When is the Flagstar mortgage operations acquisition expected to close?

The acquisition of Flagstar's mortgage operations by Mr. Cooper Group (COOP) is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2024, subject to customary closing conditions.

How many shares did Mr. Cooper Group repurchase in Q2 2024?

Mr. Cooper Group (COOP) repurchased 0.3 million shares of common stock for $24 million in Q2 2024.