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STONEGATE MORTGAGE CORPORATION REPORTS THIRD QUARTER 2015
FINANCIAL RESULTS


Indianapolis, Ind. - November 4, 2015 - Stonegate Mortgage Corporation ("Stonegate Mortgage" or the "Company") (SGM), a leading, non-bank mortgage company focused on originating, financing and servicing U.S. residential mortgage loans, today reported results for the quarter ended September 30, 2015. The Company operates as an intermediary between residential mortgage borrowers and the ultimate investors of mortgages through originating, financing, and servicing U.S. residential mortgages.

“Stonegate is focused on maximizing shareholder value,” said Rich Kraemer, Interim CEO of Stonegate Mortgage.  “We are refocusing the company in four key areas: producing stable core earnings, continuing to originate quality loans, gaining efficiencies in our operations and strengthening our relationships internally and externally.”

Mortgage loan origination volume increased 1% to $3.48 billion during the third quarter of 2015 from $3.44 billion in the second quarter of 2015, and decreased 2% from $3.54 billion in originations during the third quarter of 2014. Nine months ended 2015 mortgage loan origination volume grew 5% to $9.76 billion compared to $9.27 billion in originations for the nine months ended 2014. Lock volume was down 4% to $4.32 billion during the third quarter of 2015 from $4.52 billion in the second quarter 2015, and up 4% from lock volume of $4.15 billion from the third quarter of 2014. Nine months ended 2015 lock volume was up 12% to $13.71 billion compared to $12.28 billion in lock volume for the nine months ended 2014.

The Company's servicing portfolio, as measured by unpaid principal balance ("UPB"), was $18.17 billion at September 30, 2015, an increase of 5% over the June 30, 2015 UPB of $17.24 billion and down 1% from the December 31, 2014 UPB of $18.34 billion.

Mortgage loan funded volume1 through the Company's warehouse lines of credit provided to its correspondent customers in the Company's Financing segment increased 3% to $881.2 million in the third quarter of 2015 from $856.8 million in the second quarter of 2015, and increased 168% from $328.2 million in the third quarter of 2014.

Revenues decreased 60% to $34.9 million in the third quarter of 2015 from $87.4 million in the second quarter of 2015, and were down 45% from $63.1 million in the third quarter of 2014. The decreases period over period were primarily due to decreases in the fair value of our MSRs. Revenues increased 5% to $166.7 million for the nine months ended 2015 from $159.1 million for the nine months ended 2014.

Net loss for the third quarter 2015 was $22.8 million, or $0.88 per diluted share, compared to net income of $11.1 million, or $0.43 per diluted share in the second quarter of 2015, and net loss of $1.7 million, or $0.07 per diluted share in the third quarter of 2014. Net loss for the nine months ended 2015 was $22.8 million, or $0.88 per diluted share, compared to net loss of $9.3 million, or $0.36 per diluted share for the nine months ended 2014. The primary cause of the net loss was the decrease in fair value of the MSR asset.
 
 
 
 
 
1 Excludes Crossline from all periods. Prior to the integration, Crossline Capital was considered a NattyMac account. Beginning on October 1, 2014, Crossline's volume was no longer funded through NattyMac.







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Adjusted net income2 was $0.5 million, or $0.02 per diluted share2, for the third quarter of 2015, after excluding pre-tax non-cash mortgage servicing rights valuation adjustments of $28.1 million and adding certain other pre-tax non-cash expense items totaling $4.9 million. Adjusted net income was $1.1 million, or $0.04 per diluted share, for the second quarter of 2015 and adjusted net income was $3.1 million, or $0.12 per diluted share, for the third quarter of 2014. Nine months ended September 30, 2015 adjusted net income was $5.7 million, or $0.23 per diluted share. Nine months ended September 30, 2014 adjusted net income was $21.4 million, or $0.83 per diluted share. Refer to page 7 for a reconciliation of adjusted net income and adjusted diluted earnings per share to the most directly comparable measures calculated in accordance with GAAP.
 
 
 
 
 
2 Adjusted net income and adjusted diluted earnings per share are considered non-GAAP financial measures. These non-GAAP financial measures are performance measures and are presented to provide additional information about our core operations. See page 7 of this release for a discussion of the use of these non-GAAP measures and a reconciliation of each of these non-GAAP measures to the most comparable measure prepared in accordance with GAAP.


Recent Developments

October 2015 Key Operating Highlights

Total origination volume was $999.4 million during the month of October 2015, down 14% compared with average origination volume of $1,161.1 million per month during the third quarter of 2015.

Average mortgage loans locked per business day in October 2015 decreased 22% to $52.6 million, compared with average locks per business day of $67.4 million during the third quarter of 2015.


Conference Call and Webcast

The Company will host a conference call tomorrow, November 5, 2015, at 9:00 a.m. EST in which management will provide an update on Stonegate Mortgage's operations.

To access the call please dial (877) 303-5863 from the United States, or (678) 304-6908 from outside the U.S. The conference call I.D. number is 53575424. Participants should dial in 5 to 10 minutes before the scheduled time and must be on a touch-tone telephone to ask questions.

A replay of the call can be accessed through December 5, 2015 by dialing (800) 585-8367 from the U.S., or (404) 537-3406 from outside the U.S. The conference call I.D. number is 53575424.

This call will also be available as a live webcast which can be accessed at Stonegate Mortgage's Investor Relations Website at http://investors.stonegatemtg.com/. Presentation materials for the call will also be available on the Company's Investor Relations Website at http://investors.stonegatemtg.com/.


About Stonegate Mortgage Corporation

Founded in 2005, Stonegate Mortgage Corporation (NYSE: SGM) is a leading, publicly-traded, mortgage company that originates, finances and services agency and non-agency residential mortgages through its network of retail offices and approved third party originators. Stonegate Mortgage also provides financing through its fully integrated warehouse lending platform, NattyMac. Stonegate Mortgage’s operational excellence, financial strength, dedication to customer service, and commitment to technology have positioned the firm as a leading provider in the emerging housing finance market.

For more information on Stonegate Mortgage Corporation, please visit www.stonegatemtg.com.

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Stonegate Mortgage Corporation
Key Operating Statistics
(Unaudited)

 
 
Three Months Ended
 
Nine Months Ended
(In millions)
 
September 30, 2015
 
June 30, 2015
 
September 30, 2014
 
September 30, 2015
 
September 30, 2014
Origination volume by channel:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Retail
 
$
686.1

 
$
755.9

 
$
573.7

 
$
2,035.2

 
$
1,303.7

Wholesale
 
574.6

 
623.4

 
871.3

 
2,005.1

 
2,023.3

Correspondent
 
2,222.5

 
2,060.9

 
2,092.3

 
5,721.0

 
5,939.0

Total origination volume
 
$
3,483.2

 
$
3,440.2

 
$
3,537.3

 
$
9,761.3

 
$
9,266.0

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Average origination volume per business day
 
$
54.4

 
$
53.8

 
$
55.3

 
$
51.6

 
$
49.0

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Mortgage loan locks volume:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Mortgage loans locked
 
$
4,316.4

 
$
4,516.7

 
$
4,151.8

 
$
13,714.6

 
$
12,276.9

Average mortgage loans locked per business day
 
$
67.4

 
$
70.6

 
$
64.9

 
$
72.6

 
$
65.0

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
As of
 
 
 
 
September 30, 2015
 
December 31, 2014
 
September 30, 2014
 
 
 
 
Servicing portfolio
 
$
18,165.0

 
$
18,336.7

 
17,667.0
 
 
 
 


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Stonegate Mortgage Corporation
Consolidated Statements of Operations
(Unaudited)

 
Three Months Ended
 
Nine Months Ended
(In thousands, except per share data)
September 30, 2015
 
June 30, 2015
 
September 30, 2014
 
September 30, 2015
 
September 30, 2014
Revenues
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Gains on mortgage loans held for sale, net
$
40,290

 
$
51,334

 
$
44,031

 
$
144,465

 
$
119,303

Changes in mortgage servicing rights valuation
(28,088
)
 
17,753

 
(4,796
)
 
(34,525
)
 
(23,439
)
Payoffs and principal amortization of mortgage servicing rights
(9,215
)
 
(11,322
)
 
(6,941
)
 
(34,303
)
 
(14,319
)
Loan origination and other loan fees
7,999

 
7,724

 
7,752

 
22,067

 
19,560

Loan servicing fees
14,051

 
12,611

 
12,350

 
41,001

 
32,315

Interest and other income
9,867

 
9,343

 
10,658

 
27,961

 
25,652

Total revenues 
34,904

 
87,443

 
63,054

 
166,666

 
159,072

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Expenses
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Salaries, commissions and benefits
40,605

 
42,919

 
37,644

 
121,502

 
106,206

General and administrative expense
11,101

 
9,569

 
9,044

 
29,086

 
26,691

Interest expense
7,957

 
8,295

 
7,984

 
24,661

 
18,153

Occupancy, equipment and communication
5,834

 
5,933

 
4,540

 
17,628

 
13,444

Provision for mortgage repurchases and indemnifications-change in estimate
66

 
437

 
801

 
589

 
1,706

Depreciation and amortization expense
2,841

 
1,846

 
1,395

 
6,468

 
3,671

Total expenses
68,404

 
68,999

 
61,408

 
199,934

 
169,871

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(Loss) income before income tax (benefit) expense
(33,500
)
 
18,444

 
1,646

 
(33,268
)
 
(10,799
)
Income tax (benefit) expense
(10,696
)
 
7,310

 
3,325

 
(10,479
)
 
(1,504
)
Net (loss) income attributable to common stockholders
(22,804
)
 
11,134

 
(1,679
)
 
(22,789
)
 
(9,295
)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(Loss) income per share
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Basic
$
(0.88
)
 
$
0.43

 
$
(0.07
)
 
$
(0.88
)
 
$
(0.36
)
Diluted
$
(0.88
)
 
$
0.43

 
$
(0.07
)
 
$
(0.88
)
 
$
(0.36
)





















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Stonegate Mortgage Corporation
Consolidated Balance Sheets
(Unaudited)

(In thousands, except share and per share data)
 
September 30, 2015
 
December 31, 2014
 
 
 
 
 
Assets
 
 
 
 
Cash and cash equivalents
 
$
40,527

 
$
45,382

Restricted cash
 
42,180

 
4,482

Mortgage loans held for sale, at fair value
 
838,854

 
1,048,347

Servicing advances
 
10,015

 
11,193

Derivative assets
 
20,678

 
12,560

Mortgage servicing rights, at fair value
 
201,661

 
204,216

Property and equipment, net
 
23,794

 
17,047

Loans eligible for repurchase from GNMA
 
100,052

 
109,397

Warehouse lending receivables
 
139,117

 
85,431

Goodwill and other intangible assets, net
 
7,024

 
7,390

Subordinated loan receivable
 
30,000

 
30,000

Other assets
 
26,776

 
21,106

Total assets
 
$
1,480,678

 
$
1,596,551

 
 
 
 
 
Liabilities and stockholders' equity
 
 
 
 
Liabilities
 
 
 
 
Secured borrowings - mortgage loans
 
$
525,884

 
$
592,798

Secured borrowings - mortgage servicing rights
 
86,558

 
75,970

Secured borrowings - eligible GNMA loan repurchases
 
35,017

 

Mortgage repurchase borrowings
 
395,002

 
472,045

Warehouse lines of credit
 
988

 
1,374

Operating lines of credit
 
8,000

 
2,000

Accounts payable and accrued expenses
 
38,516

 
28,350

Derivative liabilities
 
14,797

 
9,044

Reserve for mortgage repurchases and indemnifications
 
5,286

 
4,967

Contingent earn-out liabilities
 
1,496

 
3,005

Liability for loans eligible for repurchase from GNMA
 
100,052

 
109,397

Deferred income tax liabilities, net
 
1,349

 
11,831

Other liabilities
 
6,902

 
5,695

Total liabilities
 
1,219,847

 
1,316,476

 
 
 
 
 
Stockholders' equity
 
 
 
 
Common stock, par value $0.01, shares authorized – 100,000,000; shares issued and outstanding: 25,784,456 and 25,780,973
 
264

 
264

Additional paid-in capital
 
270,628

 
267,083
Retained earnings
 
(10,061
)
 
12,728
Total stockholders' equity
 
260,831

 
280,075

Total liabilities and stockholders' equity
 
$
1,480,678

 
$
1,596,551










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Stonegate Mortgage Corporation
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
(Unaudited)
 
 
Nine Months Ended September 30,
(In thousands)
 
2015
 
2014
Operating Activities
 
 
 
 
Net loss
 
$
(22,789
)
 
$
(9,295
)
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities:
 
 
 
 
   Depreciation and amortization expense
 
6,468

 
3,671

   Losses on disposal of property and equipment
 
1,511

 
222

   Gains on mortgage loans held for sale, net
 
(121,904
)
 
(119,303
)
   Changes in mortgage servicing rights valuation
 
34,525

 
23,439

   Payoffs and principal amortization of mortgage servicing rights
 
34,303

 
14,319

   Provision for reserve for mortgage repurchases and indemnifications - change in estimate
 
589

 
1,706

   Stock-based compensation expense
 
3,545

 
2,555

   Deferred income tax benefit (expense)
 
(10,479
)
 
(1,504
)
   Change in fair value of contingent earn-out liabilities
 
36

 
(217
)
   Payments of contingent earn-out liabilities in excess of original fair value estimate
 
(406
)
 

Proceeds from sales and principal payments of mortgage loans held for sale
 
11,043,439

 
8,812,481

Originations and purchases of mortgage loans held for sale
 
(10,800,239
)
 
(9,266,719
)
Repurchases and indemnifications of previously sold loans
 
(41,169
)
 
(13,521
)
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
 
 
 
 
   Restricted cash
 
(37,698
)
 
(320
)
   Servicing advances
 
1,178

 
(1,015
)
   Warehouse lending receivables
 
(53,686
)
 
(47,742
)
   Other assets
 
(2,601
)
 
(2,007
)
   Accounts payable and accrued expenses
 
7,800

 
3,425

   Other liabilities
 
1,207

 

   Due to related parties
 

 
(608
)
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities
 
43,630

 
(600,433
)
 
 
 
 
 
Investing activities
 
 
 
 
Net proceeds from sale of mortgage servicing rights
 
58,891

 
21,541

Subordinated loan receivable
 

 
(29,428
)
Purchases of property and equipment
 
(11,039
)
 
(5,067
)
Capitalized long-lived assets
 
(1,858
)
 

Purchases in a business combination, net of cash acquired
 

 
(258
)
Purchase of mortgage servicing rights
 
(86
)
 
(1,811
)
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities
 
45,908

 
(15,023
)
 
 
 
 
 
Financing activities
 
 
 
 
Proceeds from borrowings under mortgage funding arrangements - mortgage loans and operating lines of credit
 
28,342,728

 
29,760,288

Repayments of borrowings under mortgage funding arrangements - mortgage loans and operating lines of credit
 
(28,445,867
)
 
(29,127,592
)
Proceeds from borrowings under mortgage funding arrangements - MSRs
 
20,500

 

Repayments of borrowings under mortgage funding arrangements - MSRs
 
(9,911
)
 

Payments of contingent earn-out liabilities not exceeding original fair value estimate
 
(1,139
)
 
(450
)
Payments of debt issuance costs
 
(704
)
 
(1,146
)
Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities
 
(94,393
)
 
631,100

 
 
 
 
 
Change in cash and cash equivalents
 
(4,855
)
 
15,644

Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period
 
45,382

 
43,104

Cash and cash equivalents at end of period
 
$
40,527

 
$
58,748


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Stonegate Mortgage Corporation
GAAP Reconciliation
(Unaudited)

We calculate adjusted net income and adjusted diluted earnings per share as performance measures, which are considered non-GAAP financial measures, to further aid our investors in understanding and analyzing our core operating results and comparing them among periods. Adjusted net income and adjusted diluted earnings per share exclude certain items that we do not consider part of our core operating results, including changes in valuation inputs and assumptions on our MSRs, stock-based compensation expenses, severance expenses, sale or disposal of long-lived assets, other non-routine costs and acquisition related costs. Other non-routine costs consists primarily of expenses associated with the write down of certain assets in the third quarter of 2015 and guarantees and other compensation expense prior to the period of meaningful origination production during the first quarter of 2014. These non-GAAP financial measures are not intended to be considered in isolation or as a substitute for (loss) income before income taxes, net (loss) income or diluted (LPS) EPS prepared in accordance with GAAP.

 
Three Months Ended
 
Nine Months Ended
(In thousands, except per share data)
September 30, 2015
 
June 30, 2015
 
September 30, 2014
 
September 30, 2015
 
September 30, 2014
Net (loss) income
$
(22,804
)
 
$
11,134

 
$
(1,679
)
 
$
(22,789
)
 
$
(9,295
)
Adjustments:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Changes in valuation inputs and assumptions on MSRs1
28,088

 
(17,753
)
 
4,796

 
34,525

 
23,439

Stock-based compensation expense
1,900

 
823

 
783

 
3,545

 
2,555

Acquisition related costs

 

 

 

 
49

Severance expense
1,605

 

 

 
1,605

 

Sale or disposal of long-lived assets
1,191

 
319

 

 
1,510

 

Other non-routine expenses2
221

 

 

 
221

 
9,593

Tax effect of adjustments
(9,730
)
 
6,584

 
(775
)
 
(12,959
)
 
(4,953
)
Adjusted net income
$
471

 
$
1,107

 
$
3,125

 
$
5,658

 
$
21,388

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Diluted (loss) income per share
$
(0.88
)
 
$
0.43

 
$
(0.07
)
 
$
(0.88
)
 
$
(0.36
)
Adjustments:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Changes in valuation inputs and assumptions on MSRs
1.09

 
(0.69
)
 
0.19

 
1.34

 
0.91

Stock-based compensation expense
0.07

 
0.03

 
0.03

 
0.14

 
0.10

Acquisition related costs

 

 

 

 

Severance expense
0.06

 

 

 
0.06

 

Sale or disposal of long-lived assets
0.05

 
0.01

 

 
0.06

 

Other non-routine expenses
0.01

 

 

 
0.01

 
0.37

Tax effect of adjustments
(0.38
)
 
0.26

 
(0.03
)
 
(0.50
)
 
(0.19
)
Adjusted diluted earnings per share
$
0.02

 
$
0.04

 
$
0.12

 
$
0.23

 
$
0.83

1 Changes in valuation inputs and assumptions on MSRs includes a realized loss.
2 For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2015, amount consists primarily of expenses associated with the write down of certain assets. For the nine months ended September 30, 2014, amount consists primarily of guarantees and other compensation expense prior to the period of meaningful origination production.


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Forward Looking Statements

Various statements contained in this earnings release, including those that express a belief, expectation or intention, as well as those that are not statements of historical fact, are forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements may include projections and estimates concerning the timing and success of specific projects and our future production, revenues, income and capital spending. Our forward- looking statements are generally accompanied by words such as “estimate,” “project,” “predict,” “believe,” “expect,” “intend,” “anticipate,” “potential,” “plan,” “goal” or other words that convey the uncertainty of future events or outcomes. The forward-looking statements in this earnings release speak only as of the date of this earnings release; we disclaim any obligation to update these statements unless required by law, and we caution you not to rely on them unduly. We have based these forward-looking statements on our current expectations and assumptions about future events. While our management considers these expectations and assumptions to be reasonable, they are inherently subject to significant business, economic, competitive, regulatory and other risks, contingencies and uncertainties, most of which are difficult to predict and many of which are beyond our control. These and other important factors, including those discussed in the “Risk Factors” section within our 2014 Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on March 6, 2015 and any revisions to those Risk Factors in subsequent filings, may cause our actual results, performance or achievements to differ materially from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements.


Media:
Sloane & Company (on behalf of Stonegate Mortgage Corporation)
Whit Clay, 212-446-1864
wclay@sloanepr.com
or
Investor:
Stonegate Mortgage Corporation
Michael McFadden, 317-663-5904
michael.mcfadden@stonegatemtg.com



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