DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--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 $11,736 million equivalent to 159 bps of MSR UPB.
| Quarter Ended | |||||||||||||||
| ($ in millions) | Q4'24 | Q3'24 | |||||||||||||
| Operational revenue | $ | 672 | $ | 616 | 19.1 | 20.1 | |||||||||
| Total revenues | $ | 502 | $ | 256 | 14.3 | 8.4 | |||||||||
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 | |
| Pretax operating income | $ | 47 | $ | 69 | |
Contacts
Investor Contact:
Kenneth Posner, SVP Strategic Planning and Investor Relations
(469) 426-3633
Shareholders@mrcooper.com
Media Contact:
Christen Reyenga, VP Corporate Communications
MediaRelations@mrcooper.com