Onity Group Inc. (NYSE: ONIT) (“Onity” or the “Company”), a leading
non-bank mortgage servicer and originator, today announced its
third quarter 2024 results and provided a business update.
The Company reported GAAP net income of $21 million for the
third quarter with an adjusted pre-tax income of $35 million (see
“Note Regarding Non-GAAP Financial Measures” below).
“The Onity platform continued to deliver strong results in the
third quarter marked by the highest quarterly adjusted pre-tax
income and return on equity in the past three years,” said Onity
Group Chair, President and CEO Glen Messina. “The execution of our
strategy and financial objectives is driving growth in volume
across all originations channels, strong subservicing additions,
and significant improvement in our debt-to-equity ratio, which is
expected to support future income and cash flow. Through our
industry-leading breadth of capabilities, we executed multiple
transactions that successfully positioned us to reduce and
refinance our corporate debt at lower all-in cost. With our
powerful operating performance, underpinned by a balanced business
and effective hedging, we are well positioned to capture
substantial upside in share price performance.”
Additional Third Quarter 2024 Operating and Business
Highlights
- Successfully priced $500 million of
senior notes due 2029, expected to close into escrow on November 6,
2024, with proceeds released from escrow upon closing of the sale
of our 15% interest in MSR Asset Vehicle LLC (MAV) and used to
retire higher cost Onity debt and replace PMC high yield debt,
thereby reducing interest expense and improving income by
approximately $14 million annually
- Originations volume of $8.5 billion,
up 23% compared to the second quarter 2024, demonstrating MSR
replenishment capability
- Increased funded recapture volume by
52% compared to the second quarter 2024
- Reduced MSR and Corporate debt by
$182 million in 2024 year to date
- Total liquidity improved to $299
million as of September 30, 2024
- Impact of our MSR hedging strategy
resulted in a net gain of $10 million
Webcast and Conference Call
Onity will hold a conference call on Tuesday, November 5, 2024,
at 8:30 a.m. (ET) to review the Company’s third quarter 2024
operating results and to provide a business update. A live audio
webcast and slide presentation for the call will be available by
visiting the Shareholder Relations page at onitygroup.com.
Participants can access the conference call by dialing (800)
343-5172 or (203) 518-9856 approximately 10 minutes prior to the
call; please reference the conference ID “Onity.” A replay of the
conference call will be available via the website approximately two
hours after the conclusion of the call. A telephonic replay will
also be available approximately three hours following the call’s
completion through November 19, 2024 by dialing (844) 512-2921 or
(412) 317-6671; please reference access code 11157248.
About Onity Group
Onity Group Inc. (NYSE: ONIT) is a leading non-bank mortgage
servicer and originator providing solutions through its primary
brands, PHH Mortgage and Liberty Reverse Mortgage. PHH Mortgage is
one of the largest servicers in the country, focused on delivering
a variety of servicing and lending programs. Liberty is one of the
nation’s largest reverse mortgage lenders dedicated to education
and providing loans that help customers meet their personal and
financial needs. We are headquartered in West Palm Beach, Florida,
with offices and operations in the United States, the U.S. Virgin
Islands, India and the Philippines, and have been serving our
customers since 1988. For additional information, please visit
onitygroup.com.
Forward Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements within
the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended. These forward-looking statements may be identified by a
reference to a future period or by the use of forward-looking
terminology. Forward-looking statements are typically identified by
words such as “expect”, “believe”, “foresee”, “anticipate”,
“intend”, “estimate”, “goal”, “strategy”, “plan”, “target” and
“project” or conditional verbs such as “will”, “may”, “should”,
“could” or “would” or the negative of these terms, although not all
forward-looking statements contain these words, and includes
statements in this press release regarding the expected closing
into escrow of our notes offering, the expected closing of the sale
of our ownership interest in MAV, the expected use of proceeds from
our notes offering to redeem our senior corporate notes and
anticipated reduction in interest expense and any upside in share
price performance. Forward-looking statements by their nature
address matters that are, to different degrees, uncertain. Readers
should bear these factors in mind when considering such statements
and should not place undue reliance on such statements.
Forward-looking statements involve a number of assumptions,
risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ
materially. In the past, actual results have differed from those
suggested by forward looking statements and this may happen again.
Important factors that could cause actual results to differ
materially from those suggested by the forward-looking statements
include, but are not limited to, the timing for receipt of final
regulatory approval to consummate the sale of our ownership
interest in MAV; the date on which we will break escrow following
the closing of our senior corporate debt refinancing, receive the
proceeds of the refinancing, and redeem our senior corporate notes,
all of which are conditioned on the closing of the MAV sale
described above; the future of our ownership position in MAV and
the extent to which MAV will continue to generate a favorable
return on our investment in the event we do not consummate the MAV
sale; the potential for ongoing disruption in the financial markets
and in commercial activity generally as a result of U.S. and global
political events, changes in monetary and fiscal policy, and other
sources of instability; the impacts of inflation, employment
disruption, and other financial difficulties facing our borrowers;
the adequacy of our financial resources, including our sources of
liquidity and ability to sell, fund and recover servicing advances,
forward and reverse whole loans, future draws on existing reverse
loans, and HECM and forward loan buyouts and put backs, as well as
repay, renew and extend borrowings, borrow additional amounts as
and when required, meet our MSR or other asset investment
objectives and comply with our debt agreements, including the
financial and other covenants contained in them; our ability to
interpret correctly and comply with current or future liquidity,
net worth and other financial and other requirements of regulators,
the Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae), and Federal
Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac) (together, the GSEs),
and the Government National Mortgage Association (Ginnie Mae),
including our ability to implement a cost-effective response to
Ginnie Mae’s risk-based capital requirements by the extended
deadline granted to us by Ginnie Mae of May 1, 2025; our ability to
timely reduce operating costs, or generate offsetting revenue, in
proportion to the industry-wide decrease in originations activity;
the impact of cost-reduction initiatives on our business and
operations; the impact of our rebranding initiative; the amount of
senior debt or common stock that we may repurchase under any
repurchase programs, the timing of such repurchases, and the
long-term impact, if any, of repurchases on the trading price of
our securities or our financial condition; breach or failure of
Onity’s, our contractual counterparties’, or our vendors’
information technology or other security systems or privacy
protections, including any failure to protect customers’ data,
resulting in disruption to our operations, loss of income,
reputational damage, costly litigation and regulatory penalties;
our reliance on our technology vendors to adequately maintain and
support our systems, including our servicing systems, loan
originations and financial reporting systems, and uncertainty
relating to our ability to transition to alternative vendors, if
necessary, without incurring significant cost or disruption to our
operations; the future of our long-term relationship with Rithm
Capital Corp. (Rithm); our ability to close acquisitions of MSRs
and other transactions, including the ability to obtain regulatory
approvals; our ability to grow our reverse servicing business; our
ability to retain clients and employees of acquired businesses, and
the extent to which acquisitions and our other strategic
initiatives will contribute to achieving our growth objectives;
increased servicing costs based on increased borrower delinquency
levels or other factors; uncertainty related to past, present or
future claims, litigation, cease and desist orders and
investigations regarding our servicing, foreclosure, modification,
origination and other practices brought by government agencies and
private parties, including state regulators, the Consumer Financial
Protection Bureau (CFPB), State Attorneys General, the Securities
and Exchange Commission (SEC), the Department of Justice or the
Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD); the reactions of
key counterparties, including lenders, the GSEs and Ginnie Mae, to
our regulatory engagements and litigation matters; increased
regulatory scrutiny and media attention; any adverse developments
in existing legal proceedings or the initiation of new legal
proceedings; our ability to effectively manage our regulatory and
contractual compliance obligations; our ability to comply with our
servicing agreements, including our ability to comply with the
requirements of the GSEs and Ginnie Mae and maintain our
seller/servicer and other statuses with them; our ability to fund
future draws on existing loans in our reverse mortgage portfolio;
our servicer and credit ratings as well as other actions from
various rating agencies, including any future downgrades; as well
as other risks and uncertainties detailed in our reports and
filings with the SEC, including our annual report on Form 10-K for
the year ended December 31, 2023. Anyone wishing to understand
Onity’s business should review our SEC filings. Our forward-looking
statements speak only as of the date they are made and, we disclaim
any obligation to update or revise forward-looking statements
whether as a result of new information, future events or
otherwise.
Note Regarding Non-GAAP Financial Measures
This press release contains references to adjusted pre-tax
income (loss) and adjusted pre-tax return on equity, non-GAAP
financial measures.
We believe these non-GAAP financial measure provides a useful
supplement to discussions and analysis of our financial condition,
because they are measures that management uses to assess the
financial performance of our operations and allocate resources. In
addition, management believes that this presentation may assist
investors with understanding and evaluating our initiatives to
drive improved financial performance. Management believes,
specifically, that the removal of fair value changes of our net MSR
exposure due to changes in market interest rates and assumptions
provides a useful, supplemental financial measure as it enables an
assessment of our ability to generate earnings regardless of market
conditions and the trends in our underlying businesses by removing
the impact of fair value changes due to market interest rates and
assumptions, which can vary significantly between periods. However,
these measures should not be analyzed in isolation or as a
substitute to analysis of our GAAP pre-tax income (loss) or GAAP
pre-tax return on equity nor a substitute for cash flows from
operations. There are certain limitations to the analytical
usefulness of the adjustments we make to GAAP pre-tax income (loss)
and GAAP pre-tax return on equity and, accordingly, we use these
adjustments only for purposes of supplemental analysis. Non-GAAP
financial measures should be viewed in addition to, and not as an
alternative for, Onity’s reported results under accounting
principles generally accepted in the United States. Other companies
may use non-GAAP financial measures with the same or similar titles
that are calculated differently to our non-GAAP financial measures.
As a result, comparability may be limited. Readers are cautioned
not to place undue reliance on analysis of the adjustments we make
to GAAP pre-tax income (loss) and GAAP pre-tax return on
equity.
Notables
In the table below, we adjust GAAP pre-tax income for the
following factors: MSR valuation adjustments, expense notables, and
other income statement notables. MSR valuation adjustments are
comprised of changes to Forward MSR and Reverse mortgage valuations
due to rates and assumption changes. Expense notables include
significant legal and regulatory settlement expenses, severance and
retention costs, LTIP stock price changes, consolidation of office
facilities and other expenses (such as costs associated with
strategic transactions). Other income statement notables include
non-routine transactions that are not categorized in the above.
(Dollars in millions) |
Q3’24 |
Q2’24 |
I |
Reported Net Income |
21 |
11 |
|
A. Income Tax Benefit (Expense) |
(6) |
(3) |
II |
Reported Pre-Tax Income [I – A] |
28 |
14 |
|
Forward
MSR Valuation Adjustments due to rates and assumption changes, net
(a)(b)(c) |
(1) |
(13) |
|
Reverse Mortgage Fair Value Change due to rates and assumption
changes (b)(d) |
6 |
(3) |
III |
Total MSR Valuation Adjustments due to rates and assumption
changes, net |
4 |
(16) |
|
Significant legal and regulatory settlement expenses |
(6) |
2 |
|
Severance and retention (e) |
(0) |
(1) |
|
LTIP
stock price changes (f) |
(1) |
1 |
|
Office
facilities consolidation |
(0) |
0 |
|
Other expense notables (g) |
0 |
(1) |
|
B. Total Expense Notables |
(7) |
1 |
|
C. Other Income Statement Notables (h) |
(5) |
(3) |
IV |
Total Other Notables [B + C] |
(12) |
(2) |
V |
Total Notables (i) [III +
IV] |
(8) |
(18) |
VI |
Adjusted Pre-Tax Income [II – V] |
35 |
32 |
a) |
|
MSR Valuation Adjustments that are due to changes in market
interest rates, valuation inputs or other assumptions, net of
overall fair value gains / (losses) on MSR hedge, including FV
changes of Pledged MSR liabilities associated with MSR transferred
to MAV, Rithm and others and ESS financing liabilities that are due
to changes in market interest rates, valuation inputs or other
assumptions, a component of MSR valuation adjustment, net |
b) |
|
The changes in fair value due to
market interest rates were measured by isolating the impact of
market interest rate changes on the valuation model output as
provided by our third-party valuation expert |
c) |
|
Beginning with the three months
ended March 31, 2023, for purposes of calculating Income Statement
Notables and Adjusted Pre-Tax Income (Loss), we changed the
methodology used to calculate MSR Valuation Adjustments due to
rates and assumption changes to exclude actual-to-model variances
of realization of cash flows, or runoff; the presentation of past
periods has been conformed to the current presentation; if we had
used the methodology employed prior to Q1’23, Forward MSR Valuation
Adjustments due to rates and assumption changes, net would have
been $2M for Q2’24, and $4M for Q3’24; Adj PTI (Loss) would have
been $17M for Q2’24, $30M for Q3’24; see section titled “Note
Regarding Non-GAAP Financial Measures” for more information |
d) |
|
FV changes of loans HFI and HMBS
related borrowings due to market interest rates and assumptions, a
component of gain on reverse loans held for investment and
HMBS-related borrowings, net |
e) |
|
Severance and retention due to
organizational rightsizing or reorganization |
f) |
|
Long-term incentive program
(LTIP) compensation expense changes attributable to stock price
changes during the period |
g) |
|
Includes costs associated with
but not limited to our corporate rebranding in June 2024 and other
strategic initiatives |
h) |
|
Contains non-routine transactions
including but not limited to gain on debt extinguishment, and fair
value assumption changes on other investments recorded in other
income/expense |
i) |
|
Certain previously presented
notable categories with nil numbers for each period shown have been
omitted |
|
|
|
Adjusted Pre-Tax Income ROE Calculation
(Dollars in millions) |
Q3’24 |
Q2’24 |
I |
Reported Net Income |
21 |
11 |
II |
Notable Items |
(8) |
(18) |
III |
Income Tax Benefit (Expense) |
(6) |
(3) |
IV |
Adjusted Pre-Tax Income (Loss) [I – II – III] |
35 |
32 |
V |
Annualized Adjusted Pre-tax Income [IV * 4] |
141 |
127 |
|
Equity |
|
|
|
A Beginning Period
Equity |
446 |
432 |
|
C Ending Period Equity |
468 |
446 |
|
D Equity Impact of Notables |
8 |
18 |
|
B Adjusted Ending Period
Equity [C + D] |
476 |
464 |
VI |
Average Adjusted Equity [(A + B) / 2] |
461 |
448 |
VII |
Adjusted Pre-Tax Income ROE [V / VI] |
30.6% |
28.3% |
|
|
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets
Assets (Dollars in millions) |
September 30,2024 |
June 30, 2024 |
Cash and cash equivalents |
201.6 |
203.1 |
Restricted cash |
78.5 |
46.3 |
Mortgage servicing rights
(MSRs), at fair value |
2,223.6 |
2,327.7 |
Advances, net |
522.7 |
550.6 |
Loans held for sale |
1,197.7 |
1,107.0 |
Loans held for investment, at
fair value |
8,331.5 |
8,227.8 |
Receivables, net |
172.2 |
153.4 |
Investment in equity method
investee |
30.6 |
31.3 |
Premises and equipment,
net |
11.7 |
12.3 |
Other assets |
95.8 |
84.3 |
Contingent loan repurchase
asset |
360.9 |
341.0 |
Total Assets |
13,226.7 |
13,084.7 |
Liabilities & Stockholders’ Equity
(Dollars in millions) |
September 30,2024 |
June 30,2024 |
Home Equity Conversion
Mortgage-Backed Securities (HMBS) related borrowings, at fair
value |
8,132.5 |
8,035.4 |
Other financing liabilities,
at fair value |
826.2 |
845.9 |
Advance match funded
liabilities |
377.2 |
405.0 |
Mortgage loan financing
facilities, net |
1,355.9 |
1,190.5 |
MSR financing facilities,
net |
804.8 |
927.7 |
Senior notes, net |
535.1 |
555.2 |
Other Liabilities |
366.0 |
337.9 |
Contingent loan repurchase liability |
360.9 |
341.0 |
Total Liabilities |
12,758.5 |
12,638.4 |
Total Stockholders’ Equity |
468.2 |
446.2 |
Total Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity |
13,226.7 |
13,084.7 |
|
Condensed Consolidated Statements of
Operations
(Dollars in millions) |
Three Months Ended |
September 30,2024 |
June 30,2024 |
Revenue |
|
|
Servicing and subservicing fees |
211.1 |
210.8 |
Gain on reverse loans held for
investment and HMBS-related borrowings, net |
18.0 |
8.5 |
Gain on loans held for sale,
net |
25.8 |
16.5 |
Other
revenue, net |
10.8 |
10.6 |
Total revenue |
265.7 |
246.4 |
MSR valuation
adjustments, net |
(31.5) |
(32.7) |
Operating
expenses |
|
|
Compensation and benefits |
59.5 |
55.0 |
Servicing and origination |
11.1 |
13.9 |
Technology and
communications |
13.2 |
13.0 |
Professional services |
17.3 |
10.7 |
Occupancy, equipment and
mailing |
7.9 |
7.5 |
Other
expenses |
3.4 |
3.9 |
Total operating expenses |
112.4 |
104.0 |
Other income
(expense) |
|
|
Interest income |
24.5 |
22.5 |
Interest expense |
(74.2) |
(73.1) |
Pledged MSR liability
expense |
(42.3) |
(46.1) |
Earnings of equity method
investee |
0.8 |
3.1 |
Gain on extinguishment of
debt |
0.3 |
- |
Other,
net |
(3.3) |
(2.7) |
Other income (expense), net |
(94.1) |
(96.2) |
Income before income
taxes |
27.6 |
13.5 |
Income
tax expense |
6.3 |
3.0 |
Net Income |
21.4 |
10.5 |
Basic EPS |
$2.72 |
$1.34 |
Diluted EPS |
$2.65 |
$1.33 |
|
For Further Information Contact:
Dico Akseraylian, SVP, Corporate Communications(856)
917-0066mediarelations@onitygroup.com
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