PennyMac Financial Services, Inc. Reports Second Quarter 2019 Results

WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- PennyMac Financial Services, Inc. (NYSE: PFSI) today reported net income of $72.7 million for the second quarter of 2019, or $0.92 per share on a diluted basis, on revenue of $303.0 million. Book value per share increased to $22.72 from $21.72 at March 31, 2019.

Second Quarter 2019 Highlights

• Pretax income was $99.6 million, up 65 percent from the prior quarter and 33 percent from the second quarter of 2018
  • Driven by strong Production segment performance and disciplined hedging of mortgage servicing rights (MSRs)
• Production segment pretax income was $98.2 million, up 109 percent from the prior quarter and 417 percent from the second quarter of 2018
  • Total loan acquisitions and originations were $24.1 billion in unpaid principal balance (UPB), up 45 percent from the prior quarter and 51 percent from the second quarter of 2018
  • PFSI’s correspondent interest rate lock commitments (IRLCs) 1 totaled $12.7 billion in UPB, up 64 percent from the prior quarter and 24 percent from the second quarter of 2018
  • Direct lending IRLCs were $4.1 billion in UPB, up 53 percent from the prior quarter and 129 percent from the second quarter of 2018
  • Correspondent acquisitions of conventional loans fulfilled for PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust (NYSE: PMT) were $10.7 billion in UPB, up 32 percent from the prior quarter and 99 percent from the second quarter of 2018
• Servicing segment pretax loss was $2.7 million, down from pretax income of $11.2 million in the prior quarter and $54.6 million in the second quarter of 2018
  • Valuation-related items included a $259.2 million loss in the fair value of MSRs, partially offset by $209.4 million in hedging and other gains; net impact on pretax income was $(49.8) million and on earnings per share was $(0.46)
  • Pretax income excluding valuation-related items was $47.1 million, up 33 percent from the prior quarter and 32 percent from the second quarter of 2018
    • Record quarterly operating profitability driven by a growing servicing portfolio coupled with the ongoing realization of greater scale and cost efficiencies
  • The servicing portfolio grew to $334.5 billion in UPB, up 3 percent from March 31, 2019, and 27 percent from June 30, 2018
• Investment Management segment pretax income was $4.0 million, up from $2.1 million in the prior quarter and $1.1 million in the second quarter of 2018
  • Revenue of $10.4 million, an increase of 18 percent from the prior quarter and 50 percent from the second quarter of 2018
  • Net assets under management (AUM) were $1.9 billion, up 13 percent from March 31, 2019 and 26 percent from June 30, 2018, driven by $214 million in new common equity raised by PMT during the quarter in light of its significant investment opportunities

1 Consists of correspondent government and non-delegated IRLCs

“PFSI delivered strong results across all of its business segments in the second quarter with profits driven by record loan production and improved margins, which we continue to see in the current market environment,” said President and CEO David Spector. “Key to our performance this quarter has been the disciplined focus on and execution of our sophisticated interest-rate risk management strategy, which substantially mitigated the impact of fair value losses on our MSRs resulting from the significant decline in mortgage rates this quarter. In addition, our servicing portfolio delivered strong operating earnings as we continue to focus on key cost metrics and scale efficiencies. I am also pleased with the results in our investment management business as PMT’s compelling organic investment strategies provided strong returns and PMT successfully raised new capital for these opportunities.”

The following table presents the contribution of PennyMac Financial’s Production, Servicing and Investment Management segments to pretax income:

Production Segment

Production includes the correspondent acquisition of newly originated government-insured mortgage loans for PennyMac Financial’s own account, the underwriting and acquisition of loans from correspondent sellers on a non-delegated basis, fulfillment services on behalf of PMT and direct lending through the consumer direct and broker direct channels.

PennyMac Financial’s loan production activity for the quarter totaled $24.1 billion in UPB, $13.4 billion of which was for its own account, and $10.7 billion of which was fee-based fulfillment activity for PMT. Correspondent government, non-delegated and direct lending IRLCs totaled $16.7 billion in UPB, up from $10.4 billion in the prior quarter.

Production segment pretax income was $98.2 million, an increase of 109 percent from the prior quarter and 417 percent from the second quarter of 2018. Production revenue totaled $196.5 million, up 52 percent from the prior quarter and 120 percent from the second quarter of 2018. The quarter-over-quarter increase resulted from a $58.1 million increase in net gains on loans held for sale, driven primarily by higher production volumes and margins in our consumer direct production channel, leveraging the Company’s scalable mortgage fulfillment platform to address the opportunity provided by lower mortgage rates.

The components of net gains on loans held for sale are detailed in the following table:

PennyMac Financial performs fulfillment services for conventional conforming and jumbo loans acquired by PMT from non-affiliates in its correspondent production business. These services include, but are not limited to: marketing; relationship management; the approval of correspondent sellers and the ongoing monitoring of their performance; reviewing loan data, documentation and appraisals to assess loan quality and risk; pricing; hedging and activities related to the subsequent sale and securitization of loans in the secondary mortgage markets for PMT.

Fees earned from the fulfillment of correspondent loans on behalf of PMT totaled $29.6 million in the second quarter, up 7 percent from the prior quarter and 103 percent from the second quarter of 2018. The quarter-over-quarter increase in fulfillment fee revenue was driven by a 32 percent increase in acquisition volumes by PMT, partially offset by the decrease in the weighted average fulfillment fee rate to 28 basis points from 34 basis points in the prior quarter, reflecting discretionary reductions to facilitate successful loan acquisitions by PMT.

Net interest income totaled $5.0 million, a decrease from $10.5 million in the prior quarter and $15.8 million in the second quarter of 2018. Net interest income included $3.9 million in incentives which the Company received under one of its master repurchase agreements to finance mortgage loans that satisfied certain consumer relief characteristics, down from $9.3 million in the prior quarter and $12.5 million in the second quarter of 2018. As the Company expected, the lender substantially curtailed the incentives provided under the master repurchase agreement through an orderly wind down of the incentive program during the quarter ended June 30, 2019.

Production segment expenses were $98.2 million, up 20 percent from the prior quarter and 40 percent from the second quarter of 2018 as a result of production volume growth.

Servicing Segment

Servicing includes income from owned MSRs, subservicing and special servicing activities. Servicing segment pretax loss was $2.7 million, down from pretax income of $11.2 million in the prior quarter and $54.6 million in the second quarter of 2018. Servicing segment revenues totaled $96.1 million, down 12 percent from the prior quarter and 35 percent from the second quarter of 2018. The quarter-over-quarter decrease primarily reflects net valuation-related losses resulting from the decline in mortgage rates during the quarter, which were partially offset by increased servicing revenue and economies of scale from a larger servicing portfolio.

Net loan servicing fees totaled $59.1 million and included $218.3 million in servicing fees reduced by $106.8 million from the realization of MSR cash flows. Net valuation-related losses totaled $52.4 million, which included MSR fair value losses of $259.2 million, partially offset by hedging gains of $203.2 million and a $3.6 million gain due to the change in fair value of the excess servicing spread liability. The MSR fair value losses primarily resulted from expectations for increased prepayment activity driven by the decrease in mortgage rates in the quarter.

The following table presents a breakdown of net loan servicing fees:

Servicing segment revenue also included $22.7 million in net gains on loans held for sale from the securitization of reperforming government-insured and guaranteed loans, compared to $18.1 million in the prior quarter and $27.0 million in the second quarter of 2018. These loans were previously purchased out of Ginnie Mae securitizations as early buyout loans and brought back to performing status through PennyMac Financial’s successful servicing efforts, primarily with the use of loan modifications. Net interest income totaled $13.0 million, up from $10.3 million in the prior quarter and $6.7 million in the second quarter of 2018. Interest income increased by $8.0 million from the prior quarter, primarily driven by higher interest income from custodial deposit balances, while interest expense increased by $5.4 million, driven by higher interest shortfall expense from elevated prepayment activity.

Servicing segment expenses totaled $98.8 million, essentially unchanged from the prior quarter and up 6 percent from the second quarter of 2018.

The total servicing portfolio reached $334.5 billion in UPB at June 30, 2019, an increase of 3 percent from March 31, 2019 and 27 percent from June 30, 2018, with the quarter-over-quarter growth driven by the Company’s loan production activities. PennyMac Financial subservices and conducts special servicing for $109.1 billion in UPB, an increase of 8 percent from March 31, 2019 and 34 percent from June 30, 2018. PennyMac Financial’s owned MSR portfolio grew to $225.3 billion in UPB, an increase of 1 percent from the prior quarter end and 24 percent from June 30, 2018.

The table below details PennyMac Financial’s servicing portfolio UPB:

Investment Management Segment

PennyMac Financial manages PMT for which it earns base management fees and may earn incentive compensation. Net assets under management were $1.9 billion as of June 30, 2019, up 13 percent from March 31, 2019 and 26 percent from June 30, 2018. The quarter-over-quarter growth was driven by PMT’s issuance of approximately $214 million of common shares during the second quarter.

Pretax income for the Investment Management segment was $4.0 million, up from $2.1 million in the prior quarter and $1.1 million in the second quarter of 2018. Management fees, which include base management and performance incentive fees from PMT, increased 22 percent from the prior quarter and 56 percent from the second quarter of 2018. Base management fees were $6.8 million in the quarter, up from $6.1 million in the prior quarter as a result of PFSI’s increased assets under management. Performance-based incentive fees were $2.0 million, up from $1.1 million in the prior quarter, driven by PMT’s strong performance. No incentive fees were earned in the second quarter of 2018.

The following table presents a breakdown of management fees and carried interest:

Investment Management segment expenses totaled $6.3 million, down 5 percent from the prior quarter and up 9 percent from the second quarter of 2018. The quarter-over-quarter decrease was related to seasonally higher accruals in the beginning of the year.

Consolidated Expenses

Total expenses for the second quarter were $203.4 million, up 9 percent from the prior quarter and 20 percent from the second quarter of 2018. The year-over-year change was primarily driven by higher volumes of activity in the Production segment.

Executive Chairman Stanford L. Kurland concluded, “PennyMac Financial has built an operating platform that we believe is unmatched in the mortgage industry to handle large, growing volumes of loans at the highest standards of quality and to deliver strong performance across different market environments. Our ability to react swiftly to the increased opportunity in the loan production market reflects the significant and ongoing investments in technology and operational enhancements, such as in our mortgage fulfillment division, over the past several years. Given the present market environment, we anticipate exceptional performance for PennyMac Financial to persist throughout the second half of this year, while the continued growth of our servicing portfolio is expected to drive long-term earnings performance.”

Management’s slide presentation will be available in the Investor Relations section of the Company’s website at ir.pennymacfinancial.com beginning at 1:30 p.m. (Pacific Time) on Thursday, August 1, 2019.

About PennyMac Financial Services, Inc.

PennyMac Financial Services, Inc. is a specialty financial services firm with a comprehensive mortgage platform and integrated business focused on the production and servicing of U.S. mortgage loans and the management of investments related to the U.S. mortgage market. Additional information about PennyMac Financial Services, Inc. is available at ir.pennymacfinancial.com.

This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, regarding management’s beliefs, estimates, projections, the recently completed corporate reorganization, the expected benefits and market and financial impact of the reorganization and assumptions with respect to, among other things, the Company’s financial results, future operations, business plans and investment strategies, as well as industry and market conditions, all of which are subject to change. Words like “believe,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “promise,” “plan,” and other expressions or words of similar meanings, as well as future or conditional verbs such as “will,” “would,” “should,” “could,” or “may” are generally intended to identify forward-looking statements. Actual results and operations for any future period may vary materially from those projected herein and from past results discussed herein. Factors which could cause actual results to differ materially from historical results or those anticipated include, but are not limited to: the continually changing federal, state and local laws and regulations applicable to the highly regulated industry in which we operate; lawsuits or governmental actions that may result from any noncompliance with the laws and regulations applicable to our businesses; the mortgage lending and servicing-related regulations promulgated by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and its enforcement of these regulations; our dependence on U.S. government‑sponsored entities and changes in their current roles or their guarantees or guidelines; changes to government mortgage modification programs; the licensing and operational requirements of states and other jurisdictions applicable to the Company’s businesses, to which our bank competitors are not subject; foreclosure delays and changes in foreclosure practices; certain banking regulations that may limit our business activities; changes in macroeconomic and U.S. real estate market conditions; difficulties inherent in growing loan production volume; difficulties inherent in adjusting the size of our operations to reflect changes in business levels; purchase opportunities for mortgage servicing rights and our success in winning bids; changes in prevailing interest rates; increases in loan delinquencies and defaults; our reliance on PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust (NYSE: PMT) as a significant source of financing for, and revenue related to, our mortgage banking business; any required additional capital and liquidity to support business growth that may not be available on acceptable terms, if at all; our obligation to indemnify third‑party purchasers or repurchase loans if loans that we originate, acquire, service or assist in the fulfillment of, fail to meet certain criteria or characteristics or under other circumstances; our obligation to indemnify PMT if its services fail to meet certain criteria or characteristics or under other circumstances; decreases in the returns on the assets that we select and manage for our clients, and our resulting management and incentive fees; the extensive amount of regulation applicable to our investment management segment; conflicts of interest in allocating our services and investment opportunities among us and our advised entities; the effect of public opinion on our reputation; our recent growth; our ability to effectively identify, manage, monitor and mitigate financial risks; our initiation of new business activities or investment strategies or expansion of existing business activities or investment strategies; our ability to detect misconduct and fraud; our ability to mitigate cybersecurity risks and cyber incidents; our exposure to risks of loss with real estate investments resulting from adverse weather conditions and man-made or natural disasters; and our organizational structure and certain requirements in our charter documents. You should not place undue reliance on any forward- looking statement and should consider all of the uncertainties and risks described above, as well as those more fully discussed in reports and other documents filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission from time to time. The Company undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements or any other information contained herein, and the statements made in this press release are current as of the date of this release only.

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Media
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Source: PennyMac Financial Services, Inc.

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