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Earnings call · FY2025 Q4

UWM Holdings Corp Q4 FY2025 Earnings Call

UWM Holdings Corp Q4 FY2025 Earnings Call

Concluded Feb 25, 2026 Audio replay
Feb 25, 2026 7:46 6 turns
Period
FY2025 Q4
Runtime
7:46
Sources
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Executive readout · one minute

What matters this quarter

UWM posted Q4 2025 originations of $49.6 billion (up 28% YoY), net income of $164.5 million, and adjusted EBITDA of $232.8 million, capping a full year with $163.4 billion in originations (up 17% YoY), $3.2 billion in revenue, and $244.0 million in net income, while advancing in-house servicing via the BUILT partnership and pending Two Harbors acquisition.

Profitability and Financial Results 8 BUILT Partnership 7 Servicing In-House Initiative 7 Two Harbors Acquisition 7 Industry Leadership and Market Position 5 Industry Tailwinds and Affordability 5

Management tone

Confident

Net tone +85 · low hedging

Grounding quotes
  • “2025 was an amazing year at UWM. Reflecting the strength and consistency of our business model, we executed at a high level and delivered industry-leading results throughout the year, still investing in the long term.”
  • “It was our fourth consecutive year as the number one overall lender in America, and our eleventh consecutive year as the number one wholesale lender. This has never been done in the history of the mortgage industry, and we are really proud of our success and our dominance across the industry in wholesale and overall.”
  • “We are very optimistic about the mortgage and housing industry. There is a big tailwind behind all of us.”
  • “UWM Holdings Corporation has had such a dominant 2025. We are going to have an even more dominant 2026, and I am really, really excited about it.”

Forward guidance

1 guided metrics

Management's latest ranges and targets are included below.

Research coverage

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Revenue · derived Q4 $945.25M +31.2% YoY
Net income · derived Q4 $19.41M +117.6% YoY

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Key takeaways

What improved, and what deserves a closer read.

Constructive signals

  • Q4 originations of $49.6 billion, up 28% YoY, the largest quarterly originations since 2021.
  • Full-year 2025 originations of $163.4 billion, up 17% YoY from $139.4 billion in 2024.
  • Fourth consecutive year as the number one overall lender in America and eleventh consecutive year as number one wholesale lender.
  • Q4 gain margin of 122 bps vs. 105 bps in Q4 2024; full-year gain margin of 116 bps vs. 110 bps in 2024.
  • Q4 refinance originations of $30.7 billion, up from $16.8 billion in Q4 2024; full-year refinance originations of $70.3 billion, up from $43.4 billion in 2024.
  • Q4 adjusted EBITDA of $232.8 million vs. $118.2 million in Q4 2024; full-year adjusted EBITDA of $697.3 million.

Risks & pressure points

  • Full-year net income declined to $244.0 million in 2025 from $329.4 million in 2024, including a $435 million MSR write-down.
  • Q4 results included a $28.8 million MSR write-down.
  • Purchase originations declined to $18.9 billion in Q4 2025 from $25.2 billion in Q3 2025 and $21.9 billion in Q4 2024; full-year purchase originations fell to $93.2 billion from $96.1 billion in 2024.
  • Q4 total gain margin of 122 bps was down from 130 bps in Q3 2025.
  • Total equity of $1.6 billion at Dec 31, 2025 was down from $2.1 billion at Dec 31, 2024.
  • CEO declined to take analyst questions on the call, limiting Q&A disclosure.

Key moments

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“Now turning to the fourth quarter, which is up 28% year over year. Our gain margin was 122 basis points, and our net income was $164.5 million. That included a $28.8 million write-down of MSRs. On top of that, adjusted EBITDA was $232.8 million.” Mathew Ishbia, Chairman
“Our model is unique. As with the lowest cost of energy, and with servicing in-house, the BUILT experience and pending Two Harbors acquisition, we now have a closed-loop platform that will help position us to accelerate broker channel growth and drive consumer retention for us and the channel.” Mathew Ishbia, Chairman

Forward guidance

From the 8-K filed Feb 25, 2026.

Metric Guided
Total revenue
first quarter of 2026
$650M – $850M

Quarter detail

How the reported period landed and where the business moved.

Capital returned

Dividend / share
$0.10
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