Strong Operating Performance and Credit Improvement
Loan portfolio 99% performing by year-end; resolved $575 million of impaired loans in Q4, reducing impaired loan balance to just under $90 million; upgraded six loans in Q4; no new impaired loans or watchlist additions in Q4.
Recovering Earnings Power
Distributable earnings (DE) prior to charge-offs of $0.51 per share in Q4, covering the $0.47 quarterly dividend for the second consecutive quarter and up over 20% versus Q1 2025.
Active Capital Deployment and Portfolio Growth
Closed approximately $7 billion of investments in 2025 (≈85% in multifamily, industrial, net lease and bank loan portfolios); investment portfolio grew to $20 billion (from $19.5 billion prior quarter) including $18 billion loan portfolio, $1.3 billion owned real estate and ~$900 million at-share in bank loan/net lease JV positions.
Large Origination and Trading Volume via Global Platform
Global real estate debt platform closed over $20 billion of private loan originations and acquisitions and traded more than $15 billion of real estate securities in 2025, supporting a broad proprietary pipeline across US, Europe and Australia.
Capital Markets and Funding Execution
Executed over $5 billion of corporate and securitized debt transactions in past 12 months (including $2.8 billion of corporate term loan repricings/extensions), which reduced weighted average borrowing spread by nearly 90 basis points year over year and extended liability duration.
Improving Market Liquidity and Origination Demand
CMBS issuance rose ~40% year-over-year in 2025 to its highest level since the GFC; new loan requests in January were up ~50% year-over-year, indicating renewed transaction activity and deal flow.
Shareholder Returns and Capital Allocation
Delivered a 21% total return to shareholders in 2025; repurchased approximately $140 million of stock since program inception in July 2024 (including $60 million this quarter); book value ended year at $20.75 per share, with buybacks contributing ~$0.30 per share in 2025.
Improved Reserve and Book Value Dynamics
Total CECL reserves decreased nearly 60% quarter-over-quarter following charge-offs; book value benefited from a net $33 million CECL recovery from above-carrying-value resolutions and includes $0.47 per share accumulated D&A and $1.76 per share total CECL reserves.
Liquidity, Funding Diversity and Balance Sheet Strength
Ended year with $1 billion of liquidity, debt-to-equity within target range, weighted average corporate debt maturity of 4.3 years with no maturities until 2027; executed a $1 billion CLO in January and inaugural European CMBS issuance in December; borrowing counterparties expanded to 15 providing ~$19 billion capacity; non-mark-to-market borrowings increased to ~85% from 67%.
Strategic Portfolio Diversification
Net lease and acquired bank loans now represent ~5% of portfolio (from 0% at start of 2025); net lease portfolio >$300 million at share with another ~$200 million closing; bank loan purchases (~$600 million at BXMT share) have generated ~$80 million of repayments since acquisition.