Solid Full-Year Financial Performance
Full year 2025 pretax income up 38% and net income up 61% vs. 2024; produced a 12% ROE for the year and grew book value per share by 11%.
Fourth Quarter Profitability and Dividend
Q4 net income of $107 million ($1.97 per share); Board declared a Q4 common dividend of $0.30 per share.
Production Volume Growth
Total acquisition and origination volumes of $42 billion UPB in Q4, up 16% sequentially; total lock volumes $47 billion, up 8% sequentially; overall production volumes increased 25% for the year, driving a 19% increase in production pretax income.
Consumer Direct and Broker Momentum
Consumer direct originations up 68% and locks up 25% sequentially; broker-approved lenders nearly 5,300, up 17% year-over-year; consumer direct mix shift into higher-margin direct lending channels in January.
Technology-driven Efficiency Gains (Vesta & AI)
Vesta deployment and AI automation producing ~50% efficiency gains for loan officers, ~25% reduction in end-to-end loan processing time and an estimated 25% decrease in operational cost to originate; ~240,000 hours saved across 2025 loan originations.
Servicing Portfolio Growth and Strategic MSR Sale
Servicing portfolio ended Q4 at $734 billion UPB (owned $470B; subserviced $227B); grew servicing UPB 10% for the year; opportunistic sale of ~ $24 billion UPB of low-note-rate government MSRs to monetize low-yield assets and redeploy capital.
Improved Hedge Ratio and Capital Metrics
Hedge ratio increased to near 100% (from ~85–90% prior quarter); total debt to equity 3.6x and nonfunding debt to equity 1.5x, both within target ranges; total liquidity of $4.6 billion at year-end.
Secondary Market Execution Contribution
Strong secondary market execution contributed $34 million to PFSI's account revenues during the quarter.