Raises Full Year 2025 Earnings Forecast Range to $2.10 to $2.50 per Basic and Diluted Common Share
BOCA RATON, Fla., Feb. 26, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- NewtekOne, Inc. (Nasdaq: NEWT) reports its financial and operating results for the three and twelve months ended December 31, 2024.
NewtekOne Financial Highlights for the Three Months Ended December 31, 2024
- Net income was $18.3 million and earnings per share ("EPS”) was $0.70 per basic and $0.69 per diluted common share, for the three months ended December 31, 2024; a 55.6% increase, on a per share basis, compared to $11.9 million and $0.45 per basic and diluted common share for the three months ended September 30, 2024, and a 62.8% increase, on a per share basis, compared to $10.8 million and $0.43 per basic and diluted common share for the three months ended December 31, 2023.
- Net interest income was $11.3 million for the three months ended December 31, 2024; an increase of 2.7% over $11.0 million for the three months ended September 30, 2024, and an increase of 36.1% over $8.3 million for the three months ended December 31, 2023.
- Total assets were $2.1 billion at December 31 2024; an increase of 50.0% from $1.4 billion at December 31, 2023.
- Loans held for investment were $991.4 million at December 31, 2024; an increase of 23.0% over $806.1 million at December 31, 2023.
- Total borrowings were $708.0 million at December 31, 2024; an increase of 9.9% from $644.1 million at December 31, 2023.
- Net interest margin2 was 2.80% for the three months ended December 31, 2024; a decrease of 9.1% compared to 3.08% for the three months ended September 30, 2024, and an increase of 1.4% over 2.76% for the three months ended December 31, 2023.
- Return on Tangible Common Equity ("ROTCE”)1 of 31.8% for the three months ended December 31, 2024; an increase of 49.3% over 21.3% for the three months ended September 30, 2024, and an increase of 20.5% over 26.4% for the three months ended December 31, 2023.
- Return on Average Assets ("ROAA”)1,2 of 4.1% for the three months ended December 31, 2024; an increase of 41.4% over 2.9% for the three months ended September 30, 2024, and an increase of 28.1% over 3.2% for the three months ended December 31, 2023.
- Efficiency ratio2 of 55.9% for the three months ended December 31, 2024; an improvement of 9.5% compared to 61.8% for the three months ended September 30, 2024, and an improvement of 16.1% compared to 66.6% for the three months ended December 31, 2023.
- Total risk-based capital ratio2 was 19.7% at December 31, 2024; an increase of 3.1% over 19.1% at December 31, 2023.
- Tier-1 leverage ratio2 was 13.3% at December 31, 2024; a decrease of 2.2% compared to 13.6% at December 31, 2023.
- Alternative Loan Program ("ALP") loan closings were $91.4 million for the three months ended December 31, 2024; an increase of 199.0% over $30.5 million ALP loan closings for the three months ended December 31, 2023.
- The Newtek Payments segment, which includes Newtek Merchant Solutions ("NMS") and Mobil Money, had pretax income of $3.5 million for the three months ended December 31, 2024; a 2.9% increase over the three months ended December 31, 2023.
- The Company raises its 2025 annual EPS forecast range to $2.10 to $2.50 per basic and diluted common share, from its previous full year 2025 EPS forecast range of $2.00 to $2.25 per basic and diluted common share.
- On January 2, 2025, the Company closed on the sale of its wholly owned subsidiary Newtek Technology Solutions, Inc. ("NTS") to Intelligent Protection Management Corp. (Nasdaq: IPM).
- On January 13, 2025, the Company paid a quarterly cash dividend of $0.19 per share on its outstanding common shares.
- On February 18, 2025, the Company announced that the Newtek Advantage® now integrates with Intuit QuickBooks®, providing independent business owners with a real-time snapshot into their finances directly through the Newtek Advantage connecting real-time accounting data with real-time banking data.
- Net income was $50.9 million and EPS was $1.97 per basic and $1.96 per diluted common share for the twelve months ended December 31, 2024, compared to $47.3 million and $1.89 per basic and $1.88 per diluted common share for the twelve months ended December 31, 2023. Excluding the positive impact of an income tax benefit of $14.2 million, or $0.59 per basic and $0.58 per diluted share in 2023, EPS for the twelve months ended December 31, 2023, would have been $1.30 per basic and diluted share.1
- Net interest income was $40.3 million for the twelve months ended December 30, 2024; an increase of 51.5% over $26.6 million for the twelve months ended December 31, 2023.
- Net interest margin2 was 2.87% for the twelve months ended December 31, 2024; an increase of 21.1% over 2.37% for the twelve months ended December 31, 2023.
- ROTCE1 of 24.1% for the twelve months ended December 31, 2024; a decrease of 13.9% compared to 28.0% for the twelve months ended December 31, 2023. ROTCE for the twelve months ended December 31, 2023, was positively impacted by the income tax benefit in the first quarter of 2023.
- ROAA1,2 of 3.2% for the twelve months ended December 31, 2024; a decrease of 11.1% compared to 3.6% for the twelve months ended December 31, 2023. ROAA for the twelve months ended December 31, 2023, was positively impacted by the income tax benefit in the first quarter of 2023.
- Efficiency ratio2 of 63.2% for the twelve months ended December 31, 2024; an improvement of 12.1% compared to 71.9% for the twelve months ended December 31, 2023.
- ALP loan closings were $269.6 million for the twelve months ended December 31, 2024; an increase of 224.9% over $83.0 million of ALP loan closings for the twelve months ended December 31, 2023.
- The Newtek Payments segment, which includes NMS and Mobil Money, had pretax income of $16.2 million for the twelve months ended December 31, 2024; a 33.1% increase over the twelve months ended December 31, 2023.
- On September 16, 2024, the Company completed a registered public offering of $75.0 million aggregate principal amount of its 8.625% Fixed Rate Senior Notes due 2029 (Nasdaq: NEWTH), which were rated BBB+ by Egan-Jones Ratings Company with a positive outlook.
- On July 23, 2024, NewtekOne's joint venture, Newtek-TSO II Conventional Credit Partners, LP, closed a $154.3 million alternative business loan backed securitization rated by Morningstar DBRS.
- Total deposits3 were $1.04 billion at December 31, 2024; an increase of 39.5% over $745.7 million at September 30, 2024 and an increase of 100.3% over $519.1 million in deposits at December 31, 2023.
- Insured deposits represented approximately 80.3% of total deposits at December 31, 2024.
- Net interest margin was 4.84% for the twelve months ended December 31, 2024; an increase of 33.3% over 3.63% for the twelve months ended December 31, 2023.
- ROTCE1 of 48.8% for the twelve months ended December 31, 2024; an increase of 36.3% compared to 35.8% for the twelve months ended December 31, 2023.
- ROAA1 of 6.3% for the twelve months ended December 31, 2024; an increase of 10.5% compared to 5.7% for the twelve months ended December 31, 2023.
- Efficiency ratio1 of 43.6% for the twelve months ended December 31, 2024; an improvement of 12.6% from 49.9% for the twelve months ended December 31, 2023.
- Total risk-based capital ratio was 15.4% at December 31, 2024; a decrease of 32.5% from 22.8% at December 31, 2023.
- Tier-1 leverage ratio was 11.9% at December 31, 2024; a decrease of 28.3% from 16.6% at December 31, 2023.
- SBA 7(a) loan closings of $954.3 million for the twelve months ended December 31, 2024; an increase of 15.2% over $828.1 million of SBA 7(a) loan closings for the twelve months ended December 31, 2023, surpassing the 2024 forecast of $935 million in total SBA 7(a) loan closings.
- The Company forecasts $1.0 billion in total SBA 7(a) loan closings for 2025, which would represent a 6.0% increase over 2024.
- SBA 504 loan closings of $129.8 million for the twelve months ended December 31, 2024; a decrease of 9.2% from $142.9 million SBA 504 loans closed for the twelve months ended December 31, 2023.
- Newtek Bank and the Company's non-bank lending subsidiaries closed $1.5 billion of loans across all loan products for the twelve months ended December 31, 2024; a 33.1% increase over $1.1 billion of loans closed for the same period in 2023.
Mr. Sloane added, "During our conference call tomorrow morning, we will focus on metrics such as pre-provision net revenue, as well as our percentage of non-interest income as a percentage of total income, which we believe can demonstrate how we are one of the top performers in the market regarding these metrics. We will also provide a more in-depth explanation regarding the loss default curves, both at the holding company and in Newtek Bank, which we believe are unique to our SBA 7(a) portfolio. This data will illustrate that we have an appropriate amount of loss reserves in our provisions, and that our returns can be less sensitive to credit deterioration compared to the banks and bank holding companies in our space. Slide 12 in our earnings conference call presentation will demonstrate the net increase in non accruals before charge offs peaked in the second quarter of 2024 and the subsequent decline of almost 50% in the fourth quarter of 2024. It is also important to highlight that we made progress in the fourth quarter of 2024 to diversify our Newtek Bank loan portfolio with lower margin, less risky, conforming, commercial, and industrial business loans as well as current vintage multi-tenanted commercial real estate loans. We believe we can continue to diversify the loan portfolio at Newtek Bank and can do this going forward without sacrificing our ability to generate what we view as industry leading ROTCE and ROAA. We will also discuss how we intend to grow Newtek Bank's conforming CRE and C&I loans, and SBA 504 loans at a faster rate than our SBA 7(a) loans in 2025. NewtekOne's full year 2025 EPS forecast incorporates an expectation of generating $500 million of new originations in the ALP loan portfolio, another important and growing segment of our business model. We anticipate our third ALP securitization will occur during the first half of 2025.”
Mr. Sloane further commented, "We believe that an investor in NewtekOne should look beyond the typical bank and bank holding company narrow focus on credit, provisions for credit losses, charge offs, and deposit rates of interest. Indeed, for over two decades, we have chosen not to avoid credit risk, but rather to seek to effectively manage a portfolio of loans and the risk associated with them and earn outsized returns. We believe we have demonstrated over the two years of owning Newtek Bank that our higher levels of provisions and charge offs are in our business plan and are included in our 2025 expectations, and further, should be measured against the high rewards we believe we can achieve as a result of having developed an expertise in the area of providing financing to independent business owners. After two full years of operations and financial results, including metrics such as our credit loss reserves, charge offs, well-capitalized balance sheet, and returns on equity and assets, we continue to believe in our ability to generate profits. We believe that our business model, with higher margins and lower operating expenses, has the ability to generate an attractive risk and reward scenario for all of our stakeholders with the capability to continue to grow our earnings on a go-forward basis."
Mr. Sloane concluded, "During our conference call tomorrow, we look forward to further elaborating on our unique and attractive business model, which we believe can address the bank holding company and bank industry issues of high-quality asset originations with razor-thin margins, as well as expensive infrastructure to acquire customers, using traditional bankers, branches, brokers, and business development officers. Newtek Bank is a true technology-enabled bank. During our two-decade history of using our patented NewTracker® system and alliance partner model, through which we receive an average of 600 to 900 unique business referrals daily, we have been able to operate below industry-level efficiency ratios of 43.6% for Newtek Bank, and 63.2% for NewtekOne in 2024. Moreover, the industry's business model is predicated on raising deposits at 2% to 3% below the risk-free treasury rate without offering depositors anything special for the inexpensive liabilities, or non-interest-bearing accounts, especially given today's market where deposits can be moved with the click of a mouse or the finger movement on a smartphone. We believe our business model can overcome obstacles in a compliant and frictionless manner that is highly attractive to our independent business owner client base due to, among other things, the Newtek Advantage. The Newtek Advantage can give independent business owner clientele true value by offering things like free document storage, free updated web tracking, analytics, payment processing in the business portal, data in the business portal, ability to make payroll in the business portal, integration with QuickBooks, and other benefits which can enable us to acquire and grow our business deposit clientele, particularly with the integration of payment processing and payroll with our Bank's checking accounts. We are pleased we were able to grow our business accounts significantly in 2024 and anticipate further growth in 2025 due to, among other things, the capabilities of the Newtek Advantage. We are raising our full year 2025 EPS forecast range to $2.10 to $2.50 per basic and diluted common share, from our previous full year 2025 EPS forecast range of $2.00 to $2.25 per basic and diluted common share, which we believe represents attractive, measurable growth over our full year 2024 EPS of $1.97 per basic and $1.96 per diluted common share for the twelve months ended December 31, 2024. In addition, our objective is to maintain the current dividend payout. Our current dividend yield has been tracking between 5% and 6%, which we believe represents an attractive opportunity for a company that is growing its earnings and has a unique and, in many metrics, industry-leading performance model.”
Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2024 Conference Call and Webcast
A conference call to discuss the fourth quarter and full year 2024 financial and operating results will be hosted by Barry Sloane, Chief Executive Officer, President and Chairman and M. Scott Price, Chief Financial Officer, tomorrow, Thursday, February 27, 2025, 8:30 a.m. ET.
Please note, to attend the conference call or webcast, participants should register online at NewtekOne, Inc. Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2024 Financial Results Conference Call. To receive a dial-in number, participants are requested to register at a minimum 15 minutes before the start of the call. The corresponding presentation will be available in the 'Events & Presentations' section of the Investor Relations portion of NewtekOne's website at NewtekOne, Inc. Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2024 Financial Results Conference Call. A replay of the call with the corresponding presentation will be available on NewtekOne's website shortly following the live presentation and will be available for a period of one year.
Note Regarding Dividend Payments
Amount and timing of dividends, if any, remain subject to the discretion of the Company's Board of Directors.
About NewtekOne, Inc.
NewtekOne®, Your Business Solutions Company®, is a financial holding company, which along with its bank and non-bank consolidated subsidiaries (collectively, "NewtekOne”), provides a wide range of business and financial solutions under the Newtek® brand to independent business owners. Since 1999, NewtekOne has provided state-of-the-art, cost-efficient products and services and efficient business strategies to independent business owners across all 50 states to help them grow their sales, control their expenses, and reduce their risk.
NewtekOne's and its subsidiaries' business and financial solutions include: banking (Newtek Bank, N.A.), Business Lending, SBA Lending Solutions, Electronic Payment Processing, Accounts Receivable Financing & Inventory Financing, Insurance Solutions and Payroll and Benefits Solutions. In addition, NewtekOne offers its clients the Technology Solutions (Cloud Computing, Data Backup, Storage and Retrieval, IT Consulting and Web Services) provided by Intelligent Protection Management Corp. (IPM.com)
Newtek®, NewtekOne®, Newtek Bank®, National Association, Your Business Solutions Company®, One Solution for All Your Business Needs® and Newtek Advantage® are registered trademarks of NewtekOne, Inc.
Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
Certain statements in this press release are "forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the rules and regulations of the Private Securities Litigation and Reform Act of 1995. Information regarding the Company's assets under supervision, capital ratios, risk-weighted assets, supplementary leverage ratio and balance sheet data consists of preliminary estimates and are subject to change with our filings with regulatory agencies and the filing of the Company's Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024. These statements and other forward-looking statements herein are based on the current beliefs and expectations of NewtekOne's management and are subject to significant risks and uncertainties. Actual results may differ materially from those set forth in the forward-looking statements. In addition, earnings per share guidance reflects risks, uncertainties and assumptions with respect to facts and circumstances that are beyond our control, in particular concerning interest rates, monetary policy and prevailing economic conditions during the relevant periods, any of which may differ significantly from our assumptions about the applicable period, causing our actual operating results, including our earnings per share, to differ materially from the stated guidance. See "Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements” and the sections entitled "Risk Factors” in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission which are available on NewtekOne's website (https://investor.newtekbusinessservices.com/sec-filings) and on the Securities and Exchange Commission's website (www.sec.gov). Any forward-looking statements made by or on behalf of NewtekOne speak only as to the date they are made, and NewtekOne does not undertake to update forward-looking statements to reflect the impact of circumstances or events that arise after the date the forward-looking statements were made.
SOURCE: NewtekOne, Inc.
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Contact: Jayne Cavuoto
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| NEWTEKONE, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION (In Thousands, except for Per Share Data) | ||||||||
| December 31, 2024 | December 31, 2023 | |||||||
| ASSETS | (unaudited) | |||||||
| Cash and due from banks | $ | 6,941 | $ | 15,398 | ||||
| Restricted cash | 28,226 | 30,919 | ||||||
| Interest bearing deposits in banks | 346,207 | 137,689 | ||||||
| Total cash and cash equivalents | 381,374 | 184,006 | ||||||
| Debt securities available-for-sale, at fair value | 23,916 | 32,171 | ||||||
| Loans held for sale, at fair value | 372,286 | 118,867 | ||||||
| Loans held for sale, at LCM | 58,803 | 56,607 | ||||||
| Loans held for investment, at fair value | 369,746 | 469,801 | ||||||
| Loans held for investment, at amortized cost, net of deferred fees and costs | 621,651 | 336,305 | ||||||
| Allowance for credit losses | (30,233 | ) | (12,574 | ) | ||||
| Loans held for investment, at amortized cost, net | 591,418 | 323,731 | ||||||
| Federal Home Loan Bank and Federal Reserve Bank stock | 3,585 | 3,635 | ||||||
| Settlement receivable | 52,465 | 62,230 | ||||||
| Joint ventures and non-control investments, at fair value (cost of $44,039 and $38,660), respectively | 57,678 | 41,587 | ||||||
| Goodwill and intangibles | 14,752 | 30,120 | ||||||
| Right of use assets | 5,688 | 5,701 | ||||||
| Deferred tax asset, net | - | 5,230 | ||||||
| Servicing assets | 46,257 | 39,725 | ||||||
| Other assets | 60,636 | 56,102 | ||||||
| Assets held for sale | 21,308 | - | ||||||
| Total assets | $ | 2,059,912 | $ | 1,429,513 | ||||
| LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY | ||||||||
| Liabilities: | ||||||||
| Deposits: | ||||||||
| Noninterest-bearing | $ | 11,142 | $ | 10,053 | ||||
| Interest-bearing | 961,910 | 453,452 | ||||||
| Total deposits | 973,052 | 463,505 | ||||||
| Borrowings | 708,041 | 644,122 | ||||||
| Dividends payable | 5,233 | 4,792 | ||||||
| Lease liabilities | 6,498 | 6,952 | ||||||
| Deferred tax liabilities, net | 2,244 | - | ||||||
| Due to participants | 21,532 | 23,796 | ||||||
| Accounts payable, accrued expenses and other liabilities | 40,806 | 37,300 | ||||||
| Liabilities directly associated with assets held for sale | 6,224 | - | ||||||
| Total liabilities | 1,763,630 | 1,180,467 | ||||||
| Shareholders' Equity: | ||||||||
| Preferred stock (par value $0.02 per share; authorized 20 shares, 20 shares issued and outstanding) | 19,738 | 19,738 | ||||||
| Common stock (par value $0.02 per share; authorized 199,980 shares, 26,291 and 24,680 issued and outstanding, respectively) | 526 | 492 | ||||||
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