Arbor Realty Trust Reports Second Quarter 2025 Results and Declares Dividend of $0.30 per Share

Company Highlights - Arbor Realty Trust, Inc. reported a net income of $24.0 million, or $0.12 per diluted common share for Q2 2025, a decrease from $47.4 million, or $0.25 per diluted common share in Q2 2024 [2] - Distributable earnings for the quarter were $52.1 million, or $0.25 per diluted common share, down from $91.6 million, or $0.45 per diluted common share in the same quarter last year [2][6] - The company declared a cash dividend of $0.30 per share for the quarter ended June 30, 2025, payable on August 29, 2025 [20] Agency Business - Total agency loan originations reached $857.1 million in Q2 2025, up from $605.9 million in Q1 2025 [3] - Revenues from the Agency Business were $64.5 million, compared to $62.9 million in Q1 2025 [3] - The gain on sales, including fee-based services, net was $13.7 million, reflecting a margin of 1.69% [3] Structured Business - The structured loan portfolio had an unpaid principal balance (UPB) of $11.61 billion as of June 30, 2025, with a weighted average interest rate of 7.03% [10] - Total originations for the structured business were $716.5 million in Q2 2025, with a loan runoff of $519.7 million [9] - The average balance of the loan and investment portfolio during Q2 2025 was $11.53 billion, with a weighted average yield of 7.95% [11] Financing Activity - The balance of debt financing the loan and investment portfolio was $9.61 billion at June 30, 2025, with a weighted average interest rate of 6.88% [15] - In July 2025, the company issued $500.0 million of 7.875% senior unsecured notes due 2030 to repay $287.5 million of convertible senior notes [19] Loan Losses and Provisions - The company recorded a $16.1 million net provision for loan losses associated with CECL in Q2 2025, with a total allowance for loan losses of $243.3 million [12] - Nineteen non-performing loans had a UPB of $471.8 million as of June 30, 2025, down from twenty-three loans with a UPB of $511.1 million at the end of Q1 2025 [12][13] Servicing Portfolio - The fee-based servicing portfolio totaled $33.76 billion at June 30, 2025, with servicing revenue, net of $27.4 million for the quarter [7] - The weighted average life of the servicing portfolio was 6.5 years, with a fee of 37.4 basis points [8]