Altisource Announces First Quarter 2025 Financial Results

Company Overview - Altisource Portfolio Solutions S.A. reported financial results for Q1 2025, showing a strong performance with service revenue growth of 11% year-over-year to $40.9 million and Adjusted EBITDA growth of 14$5.3 million [2][5][6]. Financial Performance - The company achieved its highest quarterly service revenue since Q3 2021, driven by stronger foreclosure starts, sales wins, and the ramp-up of its Renovation business [5][6]. - Adjusted EBITDA margin improved to 12.9%, up from 12.6% in the same quarter of 2024 [5][6]. - The company ended the quarter with $30.8 million in cash and cash equivalents [5][6]. Debt Management - In February 2025, Altisource executed a debt exchange transaction, reducing its senior secured term loans from$232.8 million to a new first lien loan of $160 million, significantly lowering annual interest expenses [5][6][8]. - The debt exchange transaction is expected to reduce annual cash interest expenses by approximately$18 million and GAAP interest expense by $23 million [5][6]. Business Segments - The Servicer and Real Estate and Origination segments improved Adjusted EBITDA to$12.5 million, representing 30.5% of service revenue, up from 29.5% in Q1 2024 [4][5]. - The company generated estimated potential annualized service revenue of $4.7 million for both the Servicer and Real Estate segment and the Origination segment [7]. Industry Context - Industrywide foreclosure initiations increased by 25% year-over-year for the three months ended March 31, 2025, while foreclosure sales decreased by 2% [7]. - Mortgage origination volume saw a slight decline of 1%, with an 11% drop in purchase origination and a 25% increase in refinancing origination [7].