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Mr. Cooper Group Reports First Quarter 2021 Financial Results

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Mr. Cooper Group Inc. (NASDAQ: COOP) (the “Company”), which principally operates under the Mr. Cooper® and Xome® brands, reported a first quarter net income of $561 million or $5.92 per diluted share. Net income included $373 million in other mark-to-market, which excludes fair value amortization of $19 million. Excluding mark-to-market and other items, the Company reported pretax operating income of $363 million. Other items were $1 million in severance charges related to corporate actions, $3 million in transaction costs related to Title365 sale, and $4 million of intangible amortization.

Chairman and CEO Jay Bray commented, “This quarter was a clear demonstration of how innovative technology, world-class operational discipline, and a culture of team members working together for customers can produce exceptional results, including record operating performance, record origination fundings, and strong growth in our servicing portfolio.”

Chris Marshall, Vice Chairman and CFO added, “Even after investing in MSRs and repurchasing shares, we ended the quarter with a very robust cash position and strengthened capital ratios. The company’s balance sheet and liquidity have never been stronger.”

Servicing

The Servicing segment is focused on providing a best-in-class home loan experience for our 3.5 million customers while simultaneously strengthening asset performance for investors. In the first quarter, Servicing recorded pretax income of $413 million, reflecting a total mark-to-market of $354 million, which included $373 million in other mark-to-market offset by $19 million in fair value amortization. The total servicing portfolio ended the quarter at $646 billion UPB. Servicing generated pretax operating income, excluding the full mark-to-market, of $59 million. At quarter end, the carrying value of the MSR was $3,359 million, of which $3,354 million was at fair value equivalent to 122 bps of MSR UPB and original cost basis of 86 bps.

 

Quarter Ended

($ in millions)

Q4'20

 

Q1'21

 

$

 

BPS

 

$

 

BPS

Operational revenue

$

326

 

 

21.4

 

 

$

375

 

 

23.6

 

Amortization, net of accretion

 

(130

)

 

(8.5

)

 

 

(153

)

 

(9.6

)

Mark-to-market

 

(6

)

 

(0.4

)

 

 

354

 

 

22.3

 

Total revenues

 

190

 

 

12.5

 

 

 

576

 

 

36.3

 

Total expenses

 

(169

)

 

(11.1

)

 

 

(125

)

 

(7.9

)

Total other expenses, net

 

(50

)

 

(3.3

)

 

 

(38

)

 

(2.4

)

(Loss) income before taxes

 

(29

)

 

(1.9

)

 

 

413

 

 

26.0

 

Mark-to-market

 

6

 

 

0.4

 

 

 

(354

)

 

(22.3

)

Accounting items

 

2

 

 

0.1

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pretax operating (loss) income excluding mark-to-market and accounting items

$

(21

)

 

(1.4

)

 

$

59

 

 

3.7

 

 

Quarter Ended

 

Q4'20

Q1'21

Ending UPB ($B)

$

626

 

$

646

 

Average UPB ($B)

$

608

 

$

634

 

60+ day delinquency rate at period end

 

5.8

%

 

5.3

%

Annualized CPR

 

33.1

%

 

30.8

%

Modifications and workouts

 

26,406

 

 

33,976

 

 

The Originations segment focuses on creating servicing assets at attractive margins by acquiring loans through the correspondent channel and refinancing existing loans in the direct-to-consumer channel. Originations earned pretax income of $362 million.

Mr. Cooper funded 92,463 loans in the first quarter, totaling approximately $25.1 billion UPB, which was comprised of $11.4 billion in direct-to-consumer and $13.7 billion in correspondent. Funded volume increased 2% quarter-over-quarter.

 

Quarter Ended

 

($ in millions)

 

Q4'20

 

 

Q1'21

 

Income before taxes

$

435

 

 

$

362

 
     

 

Quarter Ended

($ in millions)

Q4'20

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