• Reported fourth quarter net income of $155 million and $2.01 per diluted share, equivalent to ROCE of 19%
• Book value per share increased to $45.64 and tangible book value per share increased to $43.82
• Servicing UPB grew to $710 billion, up 6% quarter-over-quarter and 17% year-over-year
• Repurchased 1.3 million common shares in the fourth quarter for $56 million at an average price of $41.22
• Board authorized additional $200 million stock repurchase in the fourth quarter, bringing total authorization to $252 million

Mr. Cooper Group Inc. (NASDAQ: COOP) (the “Company”), which principally operates under the Mr. Cooper® and Xome® brands, reported a fourth quarter net income of $155 million or $2.01 per diluted share. The Company reported pretax income of $231 million and pretax operating income of $156 million, which excluded mark-to-market and other items. The mark-to-market adjustment was $46 million in the quarter and other items included $34 million gain from the sale of Xome Field Services, $3 million in charges related to severance and $2 million of intangible amortization.

Chairman and CEO Jay Bray commented, “Solid results in the fourth quarter closed out a fantastic year for Mr. Cooper, where we delivered very strong returns and portfolio growth. We enter 2022 with an extremely talented and dedicated team and a balanced business model that positions us to benefit from higher interest rates.”

Chris Marshall, Vice Chairman, President, and CFO added, “The fourth quarter capped a year of terrific improvement in the balance sheet, with record levels of capital and liquidity, exceptional growth in tangible book value per share, and significant advancements in many of our technology initiatives. Our team is perfectly positioned to capitalize on the strong momentum we have across our business.”

Servicing

The Servicing segment is focused on providing a best-in-class home loan experience for our 3.6 million customers while simultaneously strengthening asset performance for investors. In the fourth quarter, Servicing recorded pretax income of $87 million, including other mark-to-market of $46 million. The forward servicing portfolio ended the quarter at $710 billion in UPB. Servicing generated pretax operating income, excluding other mark-to-market, of $41 million. At quarter end, the carrying value of the MSR was $4,223 million equivalent to 124 bps of MSR UPB

Originations

The Originations segment focuses on creating servicing assets at attractive margins by acquiring loans through the correspondent channel and refinancing existing loans through the direct-to-consumer channel. Originations earned pretax income of $181 million and pretax operating income of $182 million.

The Company funded 65,971 loans in the fourth quarter, totaling approximately $17.2 billion UPB, which was comprised of $9.0 billion in direct-to-consumer and $8.2 billion in correspondent. Funded volume decreased 14% quarter-over-quarter, while pull through adjusted volume decreased 27% quarter-over-quarter to $14.7 billion.

Conference Call Webcast and Investor Presentation

The Company will host a conference call on February 11, 2022 at 10:00 A.M. Eastern Time. Preregistration for the call is now available in the Investor section of www.mrcoopergroup.com. Participants will receive a toll-free dial-in number and a unique registrant ID to be used for immediate call access. A simultaneous audio webcast of the conference call will be available under the investors section on www.mrcoopergroup.com. A telephonic replay will also be available approximately two hours after the conclusion of the conference call by dialing 855-859-2056 (toll-free), or 404-537-3406 (international). Please use the passcode 7271516 to access the replay.

Non-GAAP Financial Measures

The Company utilizes non-GAAP financial measures as the measures provide additional information to assist investors in understanding and assessing the Company’s and our business segments’ ongoing performance and financial results, as well as assessing our prospects for future performance. The adjusted operating financial measures facilitate a meaningful analysis and allow more accurate comparisons of our ongoing business operations because they exclude items that may not be indicative of or are unrelated to the Company’s and our business segments’ core operating performance and are better measures for assessing trends in our underlying businesses. These notable items are consistent with how management views our businesses. Management uses these non-GAAP financial measures in making financial, operational and planning decisions and evaluating the Company’s and our business segment’s ongoing performance. Pretax operating income (loss) in the servicing segment eliminates the effects of mark-to-market adjustments which primarily reflects unrealized gains or losses based on the changes in fair value measurements of MSRs and their related financing liabilities for which a fair value accounting election was made. These adjustments, which can be highly volatile and material due to changes in credit markets, are not necessarily reflective of the gains and losses that will ultimately be realized by the Company. Pretax operating income (loss) in each segment also eliminates, as applicable, transition and integration costs, gains (losses) on sales of fixed assets, certain settlement costs that are not considered normal operational matters, intangible amortization, and other adjustments based on the facts and circumstances that would provide investors a supplemental means for evaluating the Company’s core operating performance. Return on tangible common equity (ROTCE) is computed by dividing net income by average tangible common equity (also known as tangible book value). Tangible common equity equals total stockholders’ equity less goodwill and intangible assets. Management believes that ROTCE is a useful financial measure because it measures the performance of a business consistently and enables investors and others to assess the Company’s use of equity. Tangible book value is defined as stockholders’ equity less goodwill and intangible assets. Our management believes tangible book value is useful to investors because it provides a more accurate measure of the realizable value of shareholder returns, excluding the impact of goodwill and intangible assets.

Forward Looking Statements

Any statements in this release that are not historical or current facts are forward looking statements. Forward looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause our actual results, performance, or achievements to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements, including the severity and duration of the COVID-19 pandemic; the pandemic’s impact on the U.S. and global economies; federal, state, and local governmental responses to the pandemic; borrower forbearance rates and availability of financing. Results for any specified quarter are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the full year or any future period. Certain of these risks and uncertainties are described in the “Risk Factors” section of Mr. Cooper Group’s most recent annual reports and other required documents as filed with the SEC which are available at the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov. Mr. Cooper undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statement or any other financial 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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