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Arbor Realty Trust Reports Third Quarter 2023 Results and Declares Dividend of $0.43 per Share

Published: 2023-10-27 12:15:00 ET
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Company Highlights:

  • Diversified, annuity-based operating platform with a multifamily focus that has continued to generate strong distributable earnings and dividends
    • GAAP net income of $0.41 per diluted common share
    • Distributable earnings1 of $0.55 per diluted common share, well in excess of our current dividend, representing a 78% payout ratio
    • Declares cash dividend on common stock of $0.43 per share representing an annualized dividend of $1.72 per share
    • Strong liquidity position with ~$1 billion in cash and liquidity and ~$500 million of restricted cash in replenishable CLO vehicles with a weighted average cost of 1.70% over benchmark rates2
    • Agency loan originations of $1.15 billion and a servicing portfolio of ~$29.94 billion, up 2%
    • Structured loan originations of $240.2 million and a portfolio of ~$13.12 billion

UNIONDALE, N.Y., Oct. 27, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Arbor Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE: ABR), today announced financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2023. Arbor reported net income for the quarter of $77.9 million, or $0.41 per diluted common share, compared to net income of $62.7 million, or $0.36 per diluted common share for the quarter ended September 30, 2022. Distributable earnings for the quarter was $112.2 million, or $0.55 per diluted common share, compared to $105.1 million, or $0.56 per diluted common share for the quarter ended September 30, 2022.

Agency Business

Loan Origination Platform

 Agency Loan Volume (in thousands)
 Quarter Ended
 September 30, 2023 June 30, 2023
Fannie Mae$721,398 $1,079,910
Freddie Mac 339,241  217,884
Private Label 67,965  50,256
FHA 19,215  62,552
SFR-Fixed Rate 2,030  11,837
Total Originations$1,149,849 $1,422,439
    
Total Loan Sales$1,275,420 $1,410,724
    
Total Loan Commitments$1,211,347 $1,133,312
 

For the quarter ended September 30, 2023, the Agency Business generated revenues of $80.8 million, compared to $76.7 million for the second quarter of 2023. Gain on sales, including fee-based services, net on the GSE/Agency business (excluding private label and SFR) was $17.7 million for the quarter, reflecting a margin of 1.48%, compared to $22.2 million and 1.67% for the second quarter of 2023. Income from mortgage servicing rights was $14.1 million for the quarter, reflecting a rate of 1.16% as a percentage of loan commitments, compared to $16.2 million and 1.43% for the second quarter of 2023.

At September 30, 2023, loans held-for-sale was $364.3 million, with financing associated with these loans totaling $354.6 million.

Fee-Based Servicing Portfolio

The Company’s fee-based servicing portfolio totaled $29.94 billion at September 30, 2023. Servicing revenue, net was $35.5 million for the quarter and consisted of servicing revenue of $51.4 million, net of amortization of mortgage servicing rights totaling $15.9 million.

 Fee-Based Servicing Portfolio ($ in thousands)
 September 30, 2023 June 30, 2023
 UPB Wtd. Avg.Fee (bps) Wtd. Avg.Life (years) UPB Wtd. Avg.Fee (bps) Wtd. Avg.Life (years)
Fannie Mae$20,463,620 48.3 7.7 $20,002,570 48.9 7.7
Freddie Mac 5,184,888 24.2 8.5  5,245,325 24.8 8.8
Private Label 2,371,475 19.2 7.3  2,305,000 19.3 7.5
FHA 1,322,832 14.5 19.9  1,303,812 14.5 20.0
Bridge 305,950 11.2 3.6  299,578 11.1 3.5
SFR-Fixed Rate 287,942 20.1 5.8  290,266 20.0 5.9
Total$29,936,707 39.7 8.3 $29,446,551 40.1 8.4
 

Loans sold under the Fannie Mae program contain an obligation to partially guarantee the performance of the loan (“loss-sharing obligations”) and includes $34.6 million for the fair value of the guarantee obligation undertaken at September 30, 2023. The Company recorded a $1.6 million net provision for loss sharing associated with CECL for the third quarter of 2023. At September 30, 2023, the Company’s total CECL allowance for loss-sharing obligations was $34.7 million, representing 0.17% of the Fannie Mae servicing portfolio.

Structured Business

Portfolio and Investment Activity

 Structured Portfolio Activity ($ in thousands)
 Quarter Ended
 September 30, 2023 June 30, 2023
 UPB % UPB %
Bridge:       
Multifamily$92,000 38% $98,530 47%
SFR 140,379 59%  108,964 52%
  232,379 97%  207,494 99%
        
Mezzanine/Preferred Equity 7,779 3%  1,500 1%
Total Originations$240,158 100% $208,994 100%
        
Number of Loans Originated 42    26  
        
SFR Commitments$429,452   $200,182  
        
Runoff$664,792   $685,220  
 

 Structured Portfolio ($ in thousands)
 September 30, 2023 June 30, 2023
 UPB % UPB %
Bridge:       
Multifamily$11,421,819 87% $11,887,768 88%
SFR 1,163,648 9%  1,023,959 8%
Other 205,505 2%  256,575 2%
  12,790,972 98%  13,168,302 98%
        
Mezzanine/Preferred Equity 321,729 2%  312,812 2%
SFR Permanent 9,694