Exhibit 99.1
READY CAPITAL CORPORATION REPORTS THIRD QUARTER 2023 RESULTS
| - | GAAP EARNINGS PER COMMON SHARE OF $0.25 - |
| - | DISTRIBUTABLE EARNINGS PER COMMON SHARE OF $0.28 - |
| - | DISTRIBUTABLE RETURN ON AVERAGE STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY OF 8.0% - |
New York, New York, November 7, 2023 / Globe Newswire / – Ready Capital Corporation (“Ready Capital” or the “Company”) (NYSE: RC), a multi-strategy real estate finance company that originates, acquires, finances, and services small-to-medium balance commercial (“SBC”) loans, today reported financial results for the quarter ended September 30, 2023.
“Our broad suite of origination channels allows Ready Capital to remain a consistent source of capital for our customers despite a challenging macro environment,” stated Thomas Capasse, Ready Capital’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. “We expect the short-term earnings pressure from the Broadmark acquisition to abate in the upcoming quarters and our well positioned balance sheet, strong liquidity and origination platform to drive earnings growth into the new year.”
Third Quarter Highlights
| ● | Total investments of $984 million, including $464 million of SBC originations, $391 million of residential mortgage loans, and $129 million of U.S. Small Business Administration 7(a) loans |
| ● | Repaid $115 million of 7.00% Convertible Senior Notes that matured on August 15, 2023 |
| ● | Declared and paid dividend of $0.36 per share in cash |
| ● | Net book value of $14.42 per share of common stock as of September 30, 2023 |
| ● | On October 25th, introduced the Small Balance Construction and Residential Finance program, providing loans ranging from $5 million to $20 million to expand the Company’s construction lending platform |
Use of Non-GAAP Financial Information
In addition to the results presented in accordance with U.S. GAAP, this press release includes distributable earnings, formerly referred to as core earnings, which is a non-U.S. GAAP financial measure. The Company defines distributable earnings as net income adjusted for unrealized gains and losses related to certain mortgage backed securities (“MBS”) not retained by us as part of our loan origination business, realized gains and losses on sales of certain MBS, unrealized gains and losses related to residential mortgage servicing rights (“MSR”), unrealized current non-cash provision for credit losses and one-time non-recurring gains or losses, such as gains or losses on discontinued operations, bargain purchase gains, merger related expenses, or other one-time items.
The Company believes that this non-U.S. GAAP financial information, in addition to the related U.S. GAAP measures, provides investors greater transparency into the information used by management in its financial and operational decision-making, including the determination of dividends. However, because Distributable Earnings is an incomplete measure of the Company's financial performance and involves differences from net income computed in accordance with U.S. GAAP, it should be considered along with, but not as an alternative to, the Company's net income computed in accordance with U.S. GAAP as a measure of the Company's financial performance. In addition, because not all companies use identical calculations, the Company's presentation of Distributable Earnings may not be comparable to other similarly-titled measures of other companies.
In calculating Distributable Earnings, Net Income (in accordance with U.S. GAAP) is adjusted to exclude unrealized gains and losses on MBS acquired by the Company in the secondary market but is not adjusted to exclude unrealized gains and losses on MBS retained by Ready Capital as part of its loan origination businesses, where the Company transfers originated loans into an MBS securitization and the Company retains an interest in the securitization. In calculating Distributable Earnings, the Company does not adjust Net Income (in accordance with U.S. GAAP) to take into account unrealized gains and losses on MBS retained by us as part of the loan origination businesses because the unrealized gains and losses that are generated in the loan origination and securitization process are considered to be a fundamental part of this business and an indicator of the ongoing performance and credit quality of the Company’s historical loan originations. In calculating Distributable Earnings, Net Income (in accordance with U.S. GAAP) is adjusted to exclude realized gains and losses on certain MBS securities considered to be non-distributable. Certain MBS positions are considered to be non-distributable due to a variety of reasons which may include collateral type, duration, and size.
In addition, in calculating Distributable Earnings, Net Income (in accordance with U.S. GAAP) is adjusted to exclude unrealized gains or losses on residential MSRs, held at fair value. The Company treats its commercial MSRs and residential MSRs as two separate classes based on the nature of the underlying mortgages and the treatment of these assets as two separate pools for risk management purposes.