New Residential Investment Corp. (NYSE:NRZ; “New Residential” or
the “Company”) today reported the following information for the
fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2016:
FOURTH QUARTER FINANCIAL
HIGHLIGHTS:
- GAAP Net Income of $225 million, or
$0.90 per diluted share
- Core Earnings of $155 million, or $0.62
per diluted share*
- Common dividend of $115 million, or
$0.46 per share
FULL YEAR 2016 FINANCIAL
HIGHLIGHTS:
- GAAP Net Income of $504 million, or
$2.12 per diluted share
- Core Earnings of $511 million, or $2.14
per diluted share*
- Common dividend of $443 million, or
$1.84 per share
Q4 2016 Q3 2016 Year Ended
December 31, 2016
Year Ended
December 31, 2015
Summary Operating Results: GAAP Net Income per Diluted Share
$0.90 $0.41 $2.12 $1.32 GAAP Net Income $225 million $99 million
$504 million $269 million
Non-GAAP Results: Core
Earnings per Diluted Share* $0.62 $0.51 $2.14 $1.92 Core Earnings*
$155 million $124 million $511 million $389 million
NRZ
Common Dividend: Common Dividend per Share $0.46 $0.46 $1.84
$1.75 Common Dividend $115 million $115 million $443 million $355
million
*Core earnings is a non-GAAP measure. A
reconciliation of Core Earnings to GAAP Net Income is set forth
below.
Fourth Quarter 2016 & Subsequent Highlights:
- MSRs
- During the quarter, New Residential
acquired or agreed to acquire MSRs totaling $154 billion UPB for an
aggregate purchase price of approximately $1.1 billion.
- In January 2017, New Residential agreed
to acquire approximately $97 billion UPB of seasoned Agency MSRs
from CitiMortgage, Inc. (“Citi”) for a purchase price of
approximately $950 million. (1) The acquisition of the MSRs is
expected to close in the first quarter of 2017, subject to
government-sponsored enterprise (“GSE”) and regulatory approvals
and other customary closing conditions.
- Servicer Advances
- During and after fourth quarter, New
Residential continued to improve funding by securing fixed-rate
financing, lowering cost of funds and extending maturities.
- During the quarter, the Company
refinanced $1.4 billion of floating rate debt with $500 million of
three-year and $400 million of five-year fixed rate notes issued in
October 2016, and $500 million of three-year fixed rate notes
issued in November 2016. In addition, the Company issued $400
million of four-year fixed rate term notes in February 2017.
- In December 2016, the Company
refinanced $800 million of fixed rate term notes with a weighted
average maturity of 1.3 years and weighted average cost of funds of
3.59% with $400 million of four-year and $400 million of five-year
fixed rate notes with a weighted average cost of funds of 3.48% per
annum.
- Other Activity
- Consumer Loan Refinancing - In
October 2016, New Residential completed a $1.7 billion refinancing
of the SpringCastle consumer-loan backed securitization, reducing
the blended cost of funds from 4.5% to 3.6%.
- Call Rights - During the
quarter, New Residential called 14 seasoned Non-Agency RMBS
deals with an aggregate UPB of approximately $417 million and
securitized approximately $274 million UPB of performing loans
acquired as part of the Company’s call rights strategy.
- Equity Offering – New
Residential raised $834 million of net proceeds in February 2017 to
help fund the Citi MSR purchase and other investments.
(1)
Citi MSR UPB calculation is as of December
31, 2016. Stated purchase price is based on December 31, 2016 UPB.
Final purchase price of the Citi MSR portfolio is subject to
certain adjustments such as amortization of the MSR portfolio.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
For additional information that management believes to be useful
for investors, please refer to the latest presentation posted on
the Investor Relations section of the Company’s website,
www.newresi.com. For consolidated investment portfolio information,
please refer to the Company’s most recent Annual Report on Form
10-K and Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, which are available on the
Company’s website, www.newresi.com.
EARNINGS CONFERENCE CALL
New Residential’s management will host a conference call on
Tuesday, February 21, 2017 at 8:00 A.M. Eastern Time. A copy of the
earnings release will be posted to the Investor Relations section
of New Residential’s website, www.newresi.com.
All interested parties are welcome to participate on the live
call. The conference call may be accessed by dialing 1-866-393-1506
(from within the U.S.) or 1-281-456-4044 (from outside of the U.S.)
ten minutes prior to the scheduled start of the call; please
reference “New Residential Fourth Quarter & Full Year 2016
Earnings Call.”
A simultaneous webcast of the conference call will be available
to the public on a listen-only basis at www.newresi.com. Please
allow extra time prior to the call to visit the website and
download any necessary software required to listen to the internet
broadcast.
A telephonic replay of the conference call will also be
available two hours following the call’s completion through 11:59
P.M. Eastern Time on Tuesday, March 7, 2017 by dialing
1-855-859-2056 (from within the U.S.) or 1-404-537-3406 (from
outside of the U.S.); please reference access code “68534284.”
Condensed Consolidated Statements of
Income
($ in thousands, except share and per
share data)
Years Ended December 31, 2016
2015
2014 (Unaudited) Interest income $ 1,076,735 $
645,072 $ 346,857 Interest expense 373,424
274,013 140,708
Net Interest Income
703,311 371,059 206,149
Impairment Other-than-temporary impairment (OTTI) on
securities 10,264 5,788 1,391 Valuation provision (reversal) on
loans and real estate owned 77,716 18,596
9,891 87,980 24,384
11,282 Net interest income after impairment 615,331
346,675 194,867 Servicing revenue, net 118,169 - -
Other
Income Change in fair value of investments in excess mortgage
servicing rights (7,297 ) 38,643 41,615 Change in fair value of
investments in excess mortgage servicing rights, equity method
investees 16,526 31,160 57,280 Change in fair value of investments
in servicer advances (7,768 ) (57,491 ) 84,217 Earnings from
investments in consumer loans, equity method investees - - 53,840
Gain on consumer loans investment 9,943 43,954 92,020 Gain on
remeasurement of consumer loan investment 71,250 - - Gain (loss) on
settlement of investments, net (48,800 ) (19,626 ) 31,297 Other
income (loss), net 28,483 5,389
14,819 62,337 42,029 375,088
Operating Expenses General and administrative
expenses 38,570 61,862 27,001 Management fee to affiliate 41,610
33,475 19,651 Incentive compensation to affiliate 42,197 16,017
54,334 Loan servicing expense 44,001 6,469 3,913 Subservicing
expense 7,832 - - 174,210
117,823 104,899
Income Before
Income Taxes 621,627 270,881 465,056 Income tax expense
(benefit) 38,911 (11,001 ) 22,957
Net Income $ 582,716 $ 281,882 $ 442,099
Noncontrolling Interests in Income (Loss) of Consolidated
Subsidiaries $ 78,263 $ 13,246 $ 89,222
Net
Income Attributable to Common Stockholders $ 504,453 $
268,636 $ 352,877
Net Income Per Share of Common
Stock Basic $ 2.12 $ 1.34 $ 2.59 Diluted $ 2.12
$ 1.32 $ 2.53
Weighted Average Number of
Shares of Common Stock Outstanding Basic 238,122,665
200,739,809 136,472,865 Diluted
238,486,772 202,907,605 139,565,709
Dividends Declared per Share of Common Stock $ 1.84
$ 1.75 $ 1.58
Condensed Consolidated Balance
Sheets
($ in thousands)
December 31, 2016
December 31, 2015 Assets (Unaudited) Investments in:
Excess mortgage servicing rights, at fair value $ 1,399,455 $
1,581,517 Excess mortgage servicing rights, equity method
investees, at fair value 194,788 217,221 Mortgage servicing rights,
at fair value 659,483 - Servicer advances, at fair value 5,706,593
7,426,794 Real estate securities, available-for-sale 5,073,858
2,501,881 Residential mortgage loans, held-for-investment 190,761
330,178 Residential mortgage loans, held-for-sale 696,665 776,681
Real estate owned 59,591 50,574 Consumer loans, held-for-investment
1,799,486 - Cash and cash equivalents 290,602 249,936 Restricted
cash 163,095 94,702 Trades receivable 1,687,788 1,538,481 Deferred
tax asset, net 151,284 185,311 Other assets 291,586
239,446 $ 18,365,035 $ 15,192,722
Liabilities and
Equity Liabilities Repurchase agreements $
5,190,631 $ 4,043,054 Notes and bonds payable 7,990,605 7,249,568
Trades payable 1,381,968 725,672 Due to affiliates 47,348 23,785
Dividends payable 115,356 106,017 Accrued expenses and other
liabilities 170,950 58,046 14,896,858
12,206,142
Commitments and Contingencies
Equity
Common Stock, $0.01 par value,
2,000,000,000 shares authorized, 250,773,117 and 230,471,202 issued
and outstanding at December 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015,
respectively
2,507 2,304 Additional paid-in capital 2,920,730 2,640,893 Retained
earnings 210,500 148,800 Accumulated other comprehensive income
(loss) 126,363 3,936 Total New Residential
stockholders’ equity 3,260,100 2,795,933 Noncontrolling interests
in equity of consolidated subsidiaries 208,077
190,647 Total Equity 3,468,177 2,986,580 $ 18,365,035
$ 15,192,722
NON-GAAP MEASURES AND RECONCILIATION TO GAAP NET
INCOME
New Residential has four primary variables that impact its
operating performance: (i) the current yield earned on the
Company’s investments, (ii) the interest expense under the debt
incurred to finance the Company’s investments, (iii) the Company’s
operating expenses and taxes and (iv) the Company’s realized and
unrealized gains or losses, including any impairment, on the
Company’s investments. “Core earnings” is a non-GAAP measure of the
Company’s operating performance, excluding the fourth variable
above and adjusts the earnings from the consumer loan investment to
a level yield basis. Core earnings is used by management to
evaluate the Company’s performance without taking into account: (i)
realized and unrealized gains and losses, which although they
represent a part of the Company’s recurring operations, are subject
to significant variability and are generally limited to a potential
indicator of future economic performance; (ii) incentive
compensation paid to the Company’s manager; (iii) non-capitalized
transaction-related expenses; and (iv) deferred taxes, which are
not representative of current operations.
While incentive compensation paid to the Company’s manager may
be a material operating expense, the Company excludes it from core
earnings because (i) from time to time, a component of the
computation of this expense will relate to items (such as gains or
losses) that are excluded from core earnings, and (ii) it is
impractical to determine the portion of the expense related to core
earnings and non-core earnings, and the type of earnings (loss)
that created an excess (deficit) above or below, as applicable, the
incentive compensation threshold. To illustrate why it is
impractical to determine the portion of incentive compensation
expense that should be allocated to core earnings, the Company
notes that, as an example, in a given period, it may have core
earnings in excess of the incentive compensation threshold but
incur losses (which are excluded from core earnings) that reduce
total earnings below the incentive compensation threshold. In such
case, the Company would either need to (a) allocate zero incentive
compensation expense to core earnings, even though core earnings
exceeded the incentive compensation threshold, or (b) assign a “pro
forma” amount of incentive compensation expense to core earnings,
even though no incentive compensation was actually incurred. The
Company believes that neither of these allocation methodologies
achieves a logical result. Accordingly, the exclusion of incentive
compensation facilitates comparability between periods and avoids
the distortion to the Company’s non-GAAP operating measure that
would result from the inclusion of incentive compensation that
relates to non-core earnings.
With regard to non-capitalized transaction-related expenses,
management does not view these costs as part of the Company’s core
operations, as they are considered by management to be similar to
realized losses incurred at acquisition. Non-capitalized
transaction-related expenses are generally legal and valuation
service costs, as well as other professional service fees, incurred
when the Company acquires certain investments, as well as costs
associated with the acquisition and integration of acquired
businesses. Non-capitalized transaction-related expenses for the
year ended December 31, 2015 include a $9.1 million settlement
which the Company agreed to pay in connection with HSART. These
costs are recorded as “General and administrative expenses” in the
Company’s Consolidated Statements of Income. “Other (income) loss”
excludes $14.5 million accrued during the year ended December 31,
2015 related to a reimbursement from Ocwen for certain increased
costs resulting from further S&P servicer rating downgrades of
Ocwen.
In the fourth quarter of 2014, the Company modified its
definition of core earnings to include accretion on held-for-sale
loans as if they continued to be held-for-investment. Although the
Company intends to sell such loans, there is no guarantee that such
loans will be sold or that they will be sold within any expected
timeframe. During the period prior to sale, the Company continues
to receive cash flows from such loans and believe that it is
appropriate to record a yield thereon. This modification had no
impact on core earnings in 2014 or any prior period. In the second
quarter of 2015, the Company modified its definition of core
earnings to exclude all deferred taxes, rather than just deferred
taxes related to unrealized gains or losses, because the Company
believes deferred taxes are not representative of current
operations. This modification was applied prospectively due to only
immaterial impacts in prior periods. In the fourth quarter of 2015,
the Company modified its definition of core earnings to limit
accreted interest income on RMBS where the Company receives par
upon the exercise of associated call rights based on the estimated
value of the underlying collateral, net of related costs including
advances. The Company made the modification in order to be able to
accrete to the lower of par or the net value of the underlying
collateral, in instances where the net value of the underlying
collateral is lower than par. The Company believes this amount
represents the amount of accretion it would have expected to earn
on such bonds had the call rights not been exercised. This
modification had no impact on core earnings in prior periods.
Management believes that the adjustments to compute “core
earnings” specified above allow investors and analysts to readily
identify and track the operating performance of the assets that
form the core of the Company’s activity, assist in comparing the
core operating results between periods, and enable investors to
evaluate the Company’s current core performance using the same
measure that management uses to operate the business. Management
also utilizes core earnings as a measure in its decision-making
process relating to improvements to the underlying fundamental
operations of the Company’s investments, as well as the allocation
of resources between those investments, and management also relies
on core earnings as an indicator of the results of such decisions.
Core earnings excludes certain recurring items, such as gains and
losses (including impairment as well as derivative activities) and
non-capitalized transaction-related expenses, because they are not
considered by management to be part of the Company’s core
operations for the reasons described herein. As such, core earnings
is not intended to reflect all of the Company’s activity and should
be considered as only one of the factors used by management in
assessing the Company’s performance, along with GAAP net income
which is inclusive of all of the Company’s activities.
The primary differences between core earnings and the measure
the Company uses to calculate incentive compensation relate to (i)
realized gains and losses (including impairments), (ii)
non-capitalized transaction-related expenses and (iii) deferred
taxes (other than those related to unrealized gains and losses).
Each are excluded from core earnings and included in the Company’s
incentive compensation measure (either immediately or through
amortization). In addition, the Company’s incentive compensation
measure does not include accretion on held-for-sale loans and the
timing of recognition of income from consumer loans is different.
Unlike core earnings, the Company’s incentive compensation measure
is intended to reflect all realized results of operations. The Gain
on Remeasurement of Consumer Loans Investment was treated as an
unrealized gain for the purposes of calculating incentive
compensation and was therefore excluded from such calculation.
Core earnings does not represent and should not be considered as
a substitute for, or superior to, net income or as a substitute
for, or superior to, cash flow from operating activities, each as
determined in accordance with U.S. GAAP, and our calculation of
this measure may not be comparable to similarly entitled measures
reported by other companies. Set forth below is a reconciliation of
core earnings to the most directly comparable GAAP financial
measure (in thousands):
Three Months Ended Year Ended
December 31,
December 31,2016
September 30,2016
2016 2015
Net income attributable to common stockholders $ 225,157 $
98,908 $ 504,453 $ 268,636 Impairment 38,297 20,040 87,980
24,384 Other Income adjustments: Other Income Change in fair value
of investments in excess mortgage servicing rights (17,100 ) 17,060
7,297 (38,643 ) Change in fair value of investments in excess
mortgage
servicing rights, equity method
investees
(7,918 ) (6,261 ) (16,526 ) (31,160 ) Change in fair value of
investments in servicer advances 12,096 (21,606 ) 7,768 57,491 Gain
on consumer loans investment - - (9,943 ) (43,954 ) Gain on
remeasurement of consumer loans investment - - (71,250 ) - (Gain)
loss on settlement of investments, net 4,510 17,079 48,800 19,626
Unrealized (gain) loss on derivative instruments (14,278 ) (26,962
) (5,774 ) 3,538 Unrealized (gain) loss on other ABS 2,096 (724 )
2,322 (879 ) (Gain) loss on transfer of loans to REO (3,696 )
(4,373 ) (18,356 ) (2,065 ) Gain on Excess MSR recapture agreements
(614 ) (768 ) (2,802 ) (2,999 ) Other (income) loss 1,466
(146 ) 6,499 6,219 Total
Other Income Adjustments (23,438 ) (26,701 )
(51,965 ) (32,826 ) Other Income and Impairment
attributable to non-controlling interests (16,333 ) (4,783 )
(26,303 ) (22,102 ) Change in fair value of investments in mortgage
servicing rights (103,679 ) - (103,679 ) - Non-capitalized
transaction-related expenses 1,472 2,608 9,493 31,002 Incentive
compensation to affiliate 28,997 7,075 42,197 16,017 Deferred taxes
21,848 17,132 34,846 (6,633 ) Interest income on residential
mortgage loans, held-for sale 5,706 6,177 18,356 22,484 Limit on
RMBS discount accretion related to called deals (23,990 ) - (30,233
) (9,129 ) Adjust consumer loans to level yield (5,071 ) (2,621 )
7,470 71,070 Core earnings of equity method investees: Excess
mortgage servicing rights 5,975 6,092
18,206 25,853
Core Earnings $
154,941 $ 123,927 $ 510,821 $ 388,756
CAUTIONARY NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
Certain information in this press release, including without
limitation, statements as to the Company’s expectations for closing
transactions with Citi and other parties with which it has agreed
to acquire MSRs, constitute “forward-looking statements” within the
meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.
These statements are not historical facts. They represent
management’s current expectations regarding future events and are
subject to a number of trends and uncertainties, many of which are
beyond our control, which could cause actual results to differ
materially from those described in the forward-looking statements.
Accordingly, you should not place undue reliance on any
forward-looking statements contained herein. For a discussion of
some of the risks and important factors that could affect such
forward-looking statements, see the sections entitled “Cautionary
Statements Regarding Forward Looking Statements,” “Risk Factors”
and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition
and Results of Operations” in the Company’s annual and quarterly
reports filed with the SEC, which are available on the Company’s
website (www.newresi.com). New risks and uncertainties emerge from
time to time, and it is not possible for New Residential to predict
or assess the impact of every factor that may cause its actual
results to differ from those contained in any forward-looking
statements. Forward-looking statements contained herein speak only
as of the date of this press release, and New Residential expressly
disclaims any obligation to release publicly any updates or
revisions to any forward-looking statements contained herein to
reflect any change in New Residential's expectations with regard
thereto or change in events, conditions or circumstances on which
any statement is based.
ABOUT NEW RESIDENTIAL
New Residential focuses on opportunistically investing in, and
actively managing, investments related to residential real estate.
The Company primarily targets investments in mortgage servicing
related assets and other related opportunistic investments. New
Residential is organized and conducts its operations to qualify as
a real estate investment trust (“REIT”) for federal income tax
purposes. The Company is managed by an affiliate of Fortress
Investment Group LLC (NYSE: FIG), a global investment management
firm.
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