Record Revenue and Profitability
Adjusted net revenue up 92% YoY to $167M; adjusted EBITDA up ~190% YoY to $83M; adjusted EBITDA margin 50% (vs 33% prior year) — company cites a 'rule of 140' performance versus industry rule of 40 benchmark.
Rapid Consumer Loan Marketplace (CLM) Growth
CLM volume grew over 110% YoY to approximately $2.9B (Q1'26 vs $1.4B Q1'25); March was the first month above $1B at $1.2B; company provided Q2 CLM volume guidance of $3.8B–$4.1B.
Marketplace Mix Shift Toward Capital-Light Connect
Figure Connect accounted for 56% of CLM volume (up from 54% last quarter); net take rate was 3.8%, in line with guidance (3.5%–4.0%).
Commercial Scale and Partner Expansion
Added 80 new partners (most ever) including a seventh-largest national lender and onboarding Flagstar Bank as the largest bank originator on the marketplace; large 'whale' partners contributed materially (example: one well did >$150M in the quarter).
Product Diversification and First-Lien Traction
First-lien volume increased to 20% of total (from 14% YoY and 19% last quarter); SCR and residential transition loans grew ~70% in Q1; SMB/business-purpose volume nearly $60M for the quarter.
Progress in DeFi, Tokenization and OPEN
Yields and Democratized Prime balances both grew ~80% QoQ; Democratized Prime matched-offer balances $368M and YLDS circulation $598M; Hastra/Prime token expanded to Solana and Ethereum; ON‑chain Public Equity Network (OPEN) has pipeline with issuer filings underway.
Strong Capital Markets Execution and Credit Performance
Priced 5 securitizations totaling nearly $1.9B year-to-date; executed >$1.15B whole loan sales in March alone; BWIC auction produced record low spread demonstrating institutional demand and resilient credit performance.
Strong Liquidity and Strategic Inventory
Ended quarter with ~$1.5B cash and cash equivalents; loans held for sale ~ $500M; retained ~ $350M of loans on balance sheet intentionally to support Democratized Prime marketplace buildout.
AI and Operational Efficiency Gains
AI investments driving efficiency: 25% YoY increase in engineering 'story' completion, 70% chat containment improvement; operations & processing costs declined 20% from 93 bps to 74 bps of volume.