PennyMac Financial Services, Inc. Reports Second Quarter 2017 Results

PennyMac Financial Services, Inc. (NYSE: PFSI) today reported net income of $50.7 million for the second quarter of 2017, on revenue of $201.7 million. Net income attributable to PFSI common stockholders was $10.5 million, or $0.44 per diluted share. Book value per share increased to $16.40, up from $16.01 at March 31, 2017.

Second Quarter 2017 Highlights

• Pretax income was $58.0 million, down 7 percent from the prior quarter and down 31 percent from the second quarter of 2016; the quarter-over-quarter decrease reflects a loss in the servicing segment attributable to mortgage servicing rights (MSR) valuation-related changes
• Production segment pretax income was $66.7 million, up 40 percent from the prior quarter and down 36 percent from the second quarter of 2016
  • Total loan production activity of $17.6 billion in unpaid principal balance (UPB), up 18 percent from the prior quarter and 9 percent from the second quarter of 2016
  • $16.3 billion in UPB of correspondent production, up 17 percent from the prior quarter and 12 percent from the second quarter of 2016
  • $1.3 billion in UPB of consumer direct originations, up 23 percent from the prior quarter and down 16 percent from the second quarter of 2016
  • Interest rate lock commitments (IRLCs) on correspondent government and consumer direct loans totaled $13.5 billion, up 21 percent from the prior quarter and up 4 percent from the second quarter of 2016
• Servicing segment pretax loss was $11.2 million, compared to $13.4 million of pretax income in the prior quarter and a pretax loss of $21.0 million in the second quarter of 2016
  • Servicing segment pretax income excluding valuation-related changes was $15.3 million, down 31 percent from the prior quarter and 26 percent from the second quarter of 20161
  • Acquired four bulk portfolios of Ginnie Mae MSRs with a combined UPB of approximately $16.2 billion
    • Includes completion of the previously announced acquisition of $4.3 billion of Ginnie Mae MSRs
  • Servicing portfolio reached $229.0 billion in UPB, up 13 percent from March 31, 2017, and 33 percent from June 30, 2016
• Investment Management segment pretax income was $2.5 million, compared to $1.1 million in the prior quarter and $0.7 million in the second quarter of 2016
  • Net assets under management were $1.6 billion, essentially the same as $1.6 billion at March 31, 2017 and June 30, 2016
  • The Investment Funds agreed to sell their remaining assets to a third party pursuant to agreements that are expected to close in 3Q17 and will reduce net assets under management by approximately $145 million2
  • After quarter end, PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust (NYSE: PMT) issued preferred shares that will increase net assets under management by $195 million
• The Board of Directors authorized a stock repurchase program for up to $50 million of outstanding Class A common stock

“PennyMac Financial has grown to become the largest issuer of new Ginnie Mae securities, the fourth largest mortgage producer overall and a top-ten loan servicer.” said President and CEO David Spector. “Our second quarter performance reflects our position as a large player in a highly competitive market. While the interest rate environment was volatile, with mortgage rates declining overall for the quarter, our operations performed well, and our strong capital position allowed us to grow despite the smaller origination market this year. Notably, in our correspondent channel, we expanded total lock volumes by nearly $4 billion from the first quarter. In our consumer direct channel, where we can source loans from a large portfolio of existing customers, we believe our volumes fared better than other consumer direct lenders who depend primarily on the refinance market. Lower interest rates led to fair value losses on our mortgage servicing rights from higher expected prepayment activity, but the rate changes were not of a magnitude to generate significant offsetting gains from our hedge. Looking ahead, we intend to continue pursuing our growth initiatives and invest in expanding the capabilities of PennyMac’s operating platform.”

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, fulfillment services on behalf of PMT and consumer direct lending.

PennyMac Financial’s loan production activity totaled $17.6 billion in UPB, of which $11.7 billion in UPB was for its own account, and $5.9 billion was fee-based fulfillment activity for PMT. IRLCs on correspondent government and consumer direct loans totaled $13.5 billion in UPB.

Production segment pretax income was $66.7 million, an increase of 40 percent from the prior quarter and a decrease of 36 percent from the second quarter of 2016. Production revenue totaled $130.5 million, an increase of 19 percent from the prior quarter and a decrease of 23 percent from the second quarter of 2016. The quarter-over-quarter increase primarily resulted from a 19 percent increase in net gains on mortgage loans held for sale, reflecting lock volume growth in both the correspondent and consumer direct channels.

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

PennyMac Financial performs fulfillment services for conventional conforming and jumbo loans acquired by PMT 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 fulfillment of correspondent loans on behalf of PMT totaled $21.1 million in the second quarter, up 27 percent from $16.6 million in the prior quarter and up 10 percent from $19.1 million in the second quarter of 2016. The quarter-over-quarter increase in fulfillment fee revenue was driven by an increase in acquisition volumes by PMT. The weighted average fulfillment fee rate was 36 basis points, unchanged from the prior quarter.

Production segment expenses were $63.8 million, a 2 percent increase from the prior quarter and a 2 percent decrease from the second quarter of 2016.

Servicing Segment

Servicing includes income from owned MSRs, subservicing and special servicing activities. Servicing segment pretax loss was $11.2 million compared with pretax income of $13.4 million in the prior quarter and a pretax loss of $21.0 million in the second quarter of 2016. Servicing segment revenues totaled $64.9 million, a 27 percent decrease from the prior quarter and a 102 percent increase from the second quarter of 2016. The quarter-over-quarter decrease was primarily due to a decrease in net loan servicing fees.

Net loan servicing fees totaled $46.9 million and included $134.2 million in servicing fees reduced by $55.5 million of amortization and realization of MSR cash flows. Amortization and realization of MSR cash flows increased 14 percent from the prior quarter, driven by portfolio growth and higher projected prepayment activity due to a decline in mortgage interest rates during the quarter. MSR fair value losses and impairment for MSRs carried at the lower of amortized cost or fair value was $36.9 million, and the change in fair value of the ESS liability resulted in a $7.2 million gain, both driven by higher projected prepayment activity from lower interest rates. Hedging losses totaled $2.0 million. The hedge is primarily designed to offset MSR valuation losses resulting from more significant interest rate declines than those experienced in the second quarter. The primary offset to the second quarter MSR value decline is expected to be higher production-related income in future periods.

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

Servicing segment revenue also included $23.4 million in net gains on mortgage loans held for sale from the securitization of reperforming government-insured and guaranteed loans, compared with $24.1 million in the prior quarter and $14.3 million in the second quarter of 2016. These loans were previously purchased out of Ginnie Mae securitizations (EBOs) and brought back to performing status through PennyMac Financial’s successful servicing efforts, primarily with the use of loan modifications. Net interest expense totaled $5.8 million, a 40 percent decline from the prior quarter and a 39 percent decrease from the second quarter of 2016. The quarter-over-quarter decline resulted from an $8.8 million increase in interest income, driven by increases in interest income from EBO loans and placement fees from servicing-related escrow balances. The increase in interest income was partially offset by a $4.9 million increase in interest expense resulting from the Ginnie Mae MSR term notes and financing of EBO loans held on balance sheet.

Servicing segment expenses totaled $76.1 million, a 1 percent increase from the prior quarter and a 43 percent increase from the second quarter of 2016.

The total servicing portfolio reached $229.0 billion in UPB at June 30, 2017, an increase of 13 percent from the prior quarter end and 33 percent from a year earlier, driven by loan production activities and the bulk MSR portfolio acquisitions during the second quarter. Of the total servicing portfolio, prime servicing was $226.8 billion in UPB and special servicing was $2.2 billion in UPB. PennyMac Financial subservices and conducts special servicing for $67.1 billion in UPB, an increase of 6 percent from March 31, 2017. PennyMac Financial’s owned MSR portfolio grew to $157.2 billion in UPB, an increase of 16 percent from the prior quarter end.

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

Investment Management Segment

PennyMac Financial manages PMT and two private Investment Funds for which it earns base management fees and may earn incentive compensation. Net assets under management were $1.6 billion as of June 30, 2017, essentially the same as at March 31, 2017 and June 30, 2016.

Pretax income for the Investment Management segment was $2.5 million compared with $1.1 million in the prior quarter and $0.7 million in the second quarter of 2016. Management fees, which include base management fees from PMT and the private Investment Funds, as well as any earned incentive fees from PMT, increased 12 percent from the prior quarter and 5 percent from the second quarter of 2016. Management fees in the second quarter included $0.3 million of incentive fees from PMT.

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

Investment Management segment expenses totaled $3.9 million, a 10 percent decrease from the prior quarter and a 30 percent decrease from the second quarter of 2016, primarily resulting from lower compensation expense.

Consolidated Expenses

Total expenses for the second quarter were $143.8 million, a 1 percent increase from the prior quarter and a 16 percent increase from the second quarter of 2016. The year-over-year increase in total expenses was largely driven by the growth in production and servicing volumes.

Executive Chairman Stanford L. Kurland concluded, “PennyMac Financial had a profitable second quarter and has consistently demonstrated an ability to operate in various market conditions as well as invest in initiatives aimed at moving our company forward. For example, we are excited about the enhancements we are putting in place to expand into the broker channel. We expect these enhancements to advance the development of our mortgage fulfillment platform which, in addition to supporting our broker channel launch, will support the growth of our consumer direct channel. Furthermore, we continue to focus on capturing efficiencies across our business to maximize our competitive advantage and returns on equity. We remain confident that these activities will help ensure our company’s long-term financial and operational success.”

Management’s slide presentation will be available in the Investor Relations section of the Company’s website at www.ir.pennymacfinancial.com beginning at 1:30 p.m. (Pacific Daylight Time) on Thursday, August 3, 2017.

1 Excludes changes in the fair value of MSRs, the ESS liability, and gains/(losses) on hedging derivatives which were $(36.9) million, $7.2 million, and $(2.0) million, respectively, and reversal of provision for credit losses on active loans of $5.3 million in the second quarter.

2 This transaction is subject to continuing due diligence and customary closing conditions. There can be no assurance regarding the size of the transaction or that the transaction will be completed at all.

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. PennyMac Financial Services, Inc. trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “PFSI.” Additional information about PennyMac Financial Services, Inc. is available at www.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 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; our dependence on the multifamily and commercial real estate sectors for future originations of commercial mortgage loans and other commercial real estate related loans; 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 and the Investment Funds 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 expansion of existing business activities; our ability to detect misconduct and fraud; and our ability to mitigate cybersecurity risks and cyber incidents. 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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