Mr. Cooper Group Reports First Quarter 2024 Results BusinessWire
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    Mr. Cooper Group Reports First Quarter 2024 Results
    7:00a ET April 24 '24 BusinessWire

    Mr. Cooper Group Inc. (NASDAQ: COOP) (the "Company"), reported first quarter income before income tax expense of $232 and net income of $181 million. Excluding other mark-to-market and other adjustments, the Company reported pretax operating income of $199 million. Adjustments included other mark-to-market net of hedges of $42 million and other items shown below in the reconciliation of GAAP and non-GAAP results.

    Chairman and CEO Jay Bray commented, "The company has started the year with excellent momentum, including return on tangible common equity rising to 14.5%. Thanks to our strategic emphasis on technology, including years of investment in AI and the cloud, Mr. Cooper is well positioned to provide our customers with world-class service, operate as a trusted counterparty for our industry stakeholders, and grow and sustain investor returns."

    Mike Weinbach, President added, "This environment is playing to the strengths of our balanced business model, as we are enjoying strong momentum with subservicing clients and seeing attractive opportunities to acquire MSRs, while our originations team has been very nimble in helping customers save money and access the equity they've built up in their homes."

    Servicing

    The Servicing segment provides a best-in-class home loan experience for our 5.1 million customers while simultaneously strengthening asset performance for investors. In the first quarter, Servicing recorded pretax income of $313 million, including other mark-to-market of $42 million. The servicing portfolio ended the quarter at $1,136 billion. Servicing generated pretax operating income, excluding other mark-to-market, of $273 million. At quarter end, the carrying value of the MSR was $9,796 million equivalent to 155 bps of MSR UPB.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Quarter Ended
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    ($ in millions)                                                                                                                                    Q1'24                                                                                                                                                Q4'23
     
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                                                                                            $                                                               BPS                                                               $                                                               BPS
                                                                                ------------------------------------------------------------                        ------------------------------------------------------------                        ------------------------------------------------------------                        ------------------------------------------------------------
    Operational revenue                                                                            $                  577                       21.6                        $                  507                       21.1  
    Amortization, net of accretion                                                                (170                    )                     (6.4                    )                     (151                    )                     (6.3                    )
    Mark-to-market                                                                                  43                        1.6                        (40                    )                     (1.7                    )
                                                                                -------------------- -------------------- --------------------                      -------------------- -------------------- --------------------                      -------------------- -------------------- --------------------                      -------------------- -------------------- --------------------
    Total revenues                                                                                 450                       16.8                        316                       13.1  
    Total expenses                                                                                (185                    )                     (6.9                    )                     (180                    )                     (7.4                    )
    Total other income, net                                                                         48                        1.8                         48                        1.9  
                                                                                -------------------- -------------------- --------------------                      -------------------- -------------------- --------------------                      -------------------- -------------------- --------------------                      -------------------- -------------------- --------------------
    Income before taxes                                                                            313                       11.7                        184                        7.6  
    Other mark-to-market                                                                           (42                    )                     (1.6                    )                       41                        1.7  
    Accounting items                                                                    --             --                          2                        0.1  
    Intangible amortization                                                                          2                        0.1                          2                        0.1  
                                                                                -------------------- -------------------- --------------------                      -------------------- -------------------- --------------------                      -------------------- -------------------- --------------------                      -------------------- -------------------- --------------------
    Pretax operating income excluding other mark-to-market and accounting items                    $                  273                       10.2                        $                  229                        9.5  
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                                    Quarter Ended                                                                                                                                                                                      Quarter Ended
    --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                        Q1'24                                                                                                          Q1'24                                                                               Q4'23                                                                               Q4'23
    --------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------       -------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    MSRs UPB ($B)                                                                                  $                                                                                                      631                    $                    $                    $                                                                                                      588
    Subservicing and Other UPB ($B)                                                              505                                                                                                      505                  404                  404                  404                                                                                                      404
                                                                                -------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------     -------------------- -------------------- -------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Ending UPB ($B)                                                                                $                                                                                                    1,136                    $                    $                    $                                                                                                      992
    Average UPB ($B)                                                                               $                                                                                                    1,068                    $                    $                    $                                                                                                      963
    60+ day delinquency rate at period end                                                       1.6                                                                                                      1.6 %                                     1.9                  1.9                                                                                                      1.9 %
    Annualized CPR                                                                               4.7                                                                                                      4.7 %                                     4.0                  4.0                                                                                                      4.0 %
    

    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 $32 million.

    The Company funded 11,599 loans in the first quarter, totaling approximately $2.9 billion UPB, which was comprised of $1.4 billion in direct-to-consumer and $1.5 billion in correspondent. Funded volume increased 8% quarter-over-quarter, while pull through adjusted volume increased 16% quarter-over-quarter to $3.0 billion.

                                                   Quarter Ended
                         ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    ($ in millions)                      Q1'24                             Q4'23
     
                         ----------------------------------                                            ----------------------
    Income before taxes                     $             32                        $  9
    Accounting items       --        1
                         -------------------- --------------                                           -------------------- --
    
                                                                        Quarter Ended
                                       --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    ($ in millions)                                          Q1'24                                             Q4'23
     
                                       ---------------------------------------------                        ---------------------------------------------
    Total pull through adjusted volume                    $ 3,013                        $ 2,592  
    Funded volume                                         $ 2,878                        $ 2,661  
    Refinance recapture percentage          70                    %        76                    %
    Recapture percentage                    24                    %        22                    %
    

    Conference Call Webcast and Investor Presentation

    The Company will host a conference call on April 24, 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                                  Three Months Ended
                                                                                         March 31, 2024                                                        December 31, 2023
                                                                       -----------------------------------------------                        -----------------------------------------------
    Revenues:                                                                                            
                                                                                          $     478                        $     345  
      Service related, net
                                                                              86            59  
      Net gain on mortgage loans held for sale
                                                                       -------------------- ------- --------------------                      -------------------- ------- --------------------
    Total revenues                                                           564           404  
                                                                       -------------------- ------- --------------------                      -------------------- ------- --------------------
    Total expenses:                                                          317           332  
    Other (expense) income, net:                                                                         
                                                                             158           159  
      Interest income
                                                                            (170                    )        (159                    )
      Interest expense
                                                                              (3                    )          (3                    )
      Other (expense) income, net
                                                                       -------------------- ------- --------------------                      -------------------- ------- --------------------
    Total other (expense) income, net                                        (15                    )          (3                    )
                                                                       -------------------- ------- --------------------                      -------------------- ------- --------------------
    Income before income tax expense                                         232            69  
    Income tax expense                                                        51            23  
                                                                       -------------------- ------- --------------------                      -------------------- ------- --------------------
    Net income                                                                            $     181                        $      46  
                                                                       ==================== ======= ====================                      ==================== ======= ====================
                                                                                      
    Earnings per share:                                                                                  
                                                                                          $    2.80                        $    0.71  
      Basic
                                                                       ==================== ======= ====================                      ==================== ======= ====================
                                                                                          $    2.73                        $    0.69  
      Diluted
                                                                       ==================== ======= ====================                      ==================== ======= ====================
    Weighted average shares of common stock outstanding (in millions):                                   
                                                                            64.6          65.1  
      Basic
                                                                       -------------------- ------- --------------------                      -------------------- ------- --------------------
    
                                                     MR. COOPER GROUP INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
                                                      CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
                                                              (millions of dollars)
                                                           
                                                 Unaudited                    
                                                        ------------------------------                       ------------------------------
                                              March 31, 2024                   December 31, 2023
                                                        ------------------------------                       ------------------------------
    Assets                                                              
    ---------------------------------------------------
    Cash and cash equivalents                                              $        578                      $        571
    Restricted cash                                              157            169
    Mortgage servicing rights at fair value                    9,796          9,090
    Advances and other receivables, net                          914            996
    Mortgage loans held for sale at fair value                 1,070            927
    Property and equipment, net                                   55             53
    Deferred tax assets, net                                     426            472
    Other assets                                               1,779          1,918
                                                        -------------------- ----------                      -------------------- ----------
                                                                           $     14,775                      $     14,196
      Total assets
                                                        ==================== ==========                      ==================== ==========
                                                     
    Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity                                
    ---------------------------------------------------
    Unsecured senior notes, net                                            $      4,137                      $      3,151
    Advance, warehouse and MSR facilities, net                 4,087          4,302
    Payables and other liabilities                             1,691          1,995
    MSR related liabilities - nonrecourse at fair value          455            466
                                                        -------------------- ----------                      -------------------- ----------
                                                              10,370          9,914
      Total liabilities
    Total stockholders' equity                                 4,405          4,282
                                                        -------------------- ----------                      -------------------- ----------
    
                                                                                                                                                       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/                                            Consolidated
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   Other
                                             ------------------------------------------------------                        ------------------------------------------------------                        ------------------------------------------------------                        ----------------------------------------------
                                                                                                                                                   
    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:                                                                                                                                      
                                                          146                   12       --          158  
      Interest income
                                                          (98                    )                (10                    )                (62                    )       (170                    )
      Interest expense
                                               --       --                   (3                    )         (3                    )
      Other expense, net
                                             -------------------- -------------- --------------------                      -------------------- -------------- --------------------                      -------------------- -------------- --------------------                      -------------------- ------ --------------------
    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                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                                                        $   2.80  
      Basic
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       ==================== ====== ====================
                                                                                                                                                                                        $   2.73  
      Diluted
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       ==================== ====== ====================
                                                                                                                                                   
    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(1)                                                                                                                                                 (48                    )
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       -------------------- ------ --------------------
    Operating income                                                                                                                                                                    $    151  
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       ==================== ====== ====================
    Operating ROTCE(2)                                                                                                                                                   14.5                    %
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       ==================== ====== ====================
    
    (1)   Assumes tax-rate of 24.2%.
    (2)   Computed by dividing annualized earnings by average TBV.
    
                                                                                                                                                       UNAUDITED SEGMENT STATEMENT OF
                                                                                                                                                    OPERATIONS & EARNINGS RECONCILIATION
                                                                                                                                          (millions of dollars, except for earnings per share data)
                                                                                                                                                              
                                             ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                                                                                     Three Months Ended December 31, 2023
                                             ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                  Servicing                                                Originations                                                Corporate/                                            Consolidated
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   Other
                                             ------------------------------------------------------                        ------------------------------------------------------                        ------------------------------------------------------                        ----------------------------------------------
                                                                                                                                                   
    Service related, net                                        $            307                        $             16                        $             22                        $    345  
    Net gain on mortgage loans held for sale                9                   51                   (1                    )         59  
                                             -------------------- -------------- --------------------                      -------------------- -------------- --------------------                      -------------------- -------------- --------------------                      -------------------- ------ --------------------
    Total revenues                                        316                   67                   21          404  
                                             -------------------- -------------- --------------------                      -------------------- -------------- --------------------                      -------------------- -------------- --------------------                      -------------------- ------ --------------------
    Total expenses                                        180                   59                   93          332  
    Other income (expense), net:                                                                                                                                      
                                                          148                   10                    1          159  
      Interest income
                                                         (100                    )                 (9                    )                (50                    )       (159                    )
      Interest expense
                                               --       --                   (3                    )         (3                    )
      Other expense, net
                                             -------------------- -------------- --------------------                      -------------------- -------------- --------------------                      -------------------- -------------- --------------------                      -------------------- ------ --------------------
    Total other income (expense), net                      48                    1                  (52                    )         (3                    )
                                             -------------------- -------------- --------------------                      -------------------- -------------- --------------------                      -------------------- -------------- --------------------                      -------------------- ------ --------------------
    Pretax income (loss)                                        $            184                        $              9                        $           (124                    )                      $     69  
                                             ==================== ============== ====================                      ==================== ============== ====================                      ==================== ============== ====================
    Income tax expense                                                                                                                                                     23  
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       -------------------- ------ --------------------
    Net income                                                                                                                                                                          $     46  
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       ==================== ====== ====================
    Earnings per share                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                                                        $   0.71  
      Basic
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       ==================== ====== ====================
                                                                                                                                                                                        $   0.69  
      Diluted
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       ==================== ====== ====================
                                                                                                                                                   
    Non-GAAP Reconciliation:                                                                                                                                          
    ----------------------------------------
    Pretax income (loss)                                        $            184                        $              9                        $           (124                    )                      $     69  
    Other mark-to-market                                   41       --       --           41  
    Accounting items / other                                2                    1                   36           39  
    Intangible amortization                                 2       --       --            2  
                                             -------------------- -------------- --------------------                      -------------------- -------------- --------------------                      -------------------- -------------- --------------------                      -------------------- ------ --------------------
    Pretax operating income (loss)                              $            229                        $             10                        $            (88                    )                      $    151  
                                             ==================== ============== ====================                      ==================== ============== ====================                      ==================== ============== ====================
    Income tax expense                                                                                                                                                    (37                    )
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       -------------------- ------ --------------------
    Operating income(1)                                                                                                                                                                 $    114  
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       ==================== ====== ====================
    Operating ROTCE(2)                                                                                                                                                   11.1                    %
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       ==================== ====== ====================
    
    (1)   Assumes tax-rate of 24.2%.
    (2)   Computed by dividing annualized earnings by average TBV.
    
    Non-GAAP Reconciliation:                                                                                       Quarter Ended
    --------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    ($ in millions except value per share data)                                     Q1'24                                              Q4'23
                                                              ----------------------------------------------                        ----------------------------------------------
    Stockholders' equity (BV)                                                    $  4,405                        $  4,282  
                                                                  (141                    )       (141                    )
      Goodwill
                                                                   (26                    )        (28                    )
      Intangible assets
                                                              -------------------- ------ --------------------                      -------------------- ------ --------------------
    Tangible book value (TBV)                                                    $  4,238                        $  4,113  
                                                              ==================== ====== ====================                      ==================== ====== ====================
    Ending shares of common stock outstanding (in millions)       64.7         64.6  
                                                                            
    BV/share                                                                     $  68.06                        $  66.29  
    TBV/share                                                                    $  65.48                        $  63.67  
                                                                            
                                                              ----------------------------------------------                        ----------------------------------------------
    Net income                                                                   $    181                        $     46  
                                                              -------------------- ------ --------------------                      -------------------- ------ --------------------
    ROCE(1)                                                       16.7                    %        4.3                    %
                                                                            
    Beginning stockholders' equity                    $  4,282                        $  4,304  
    Ending stockholders' equity                       $  4,405                        $  4,282  
                                                              -------------------- ------ --------------------                      -------------------- ------ --------------------
    
    (1)   Return on Common Equity (ROCE) is computed by dividing annualized earnings by average BV.
    

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    (469) 426-3633
    Shareholders@mrcooper.com
    
    
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