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| Fee revenues less production cost, or FRLPC, grew by 42% in Q4 to a record $76 million |
| We reported our third consecutive quarter of positive adjusted net income of $12 million, which excludes share-based compensation and other non-cash items such as fair value adjustments, an improvement of $16 million compared to the prior year |
| The scale and reputation we have achieved combined with stabilizing asset performance in 2023, have become a key differentiator in our ability to explore new capital efficient structuring alternatives |
| I'm proud of the talent we have brought into this organization and I'm confident that these two leaders will take our company to the next level |
| In the fourth quarter, we delivered record adjusted EBITDA of $34 million, with an adjusted EBITDA margin of 16% |
| Net loss attributable to Pagaya was $14 million in the fourth quarter, an improvement of $20 million from the prior year, primarily due to our strong operating results |
| We are delivering sustainable profitability with an improvement in adjusted EBITDA now for four quarters in a row, reaching an annualized run rate of over $135 million based on the fourth quarter |
| Network volume grew 33% in Q4, also growing from the past four consecutive quarters |
| We have scaled our flagship credit product to almost 30 lenders, including transformational enterprise level lenders, increased our funding base to over a hundred institutional investment firms and delivered a record financial performance |
| We reported our second consecutive quarter of positive GAAP operating income and positive cash flow from operations |
| So Pagaya is in a very strong position, as all of you have heard, to continue and execute on our mission to deliver more financial opportunity to more people, more often |
| But yes, you are absolutely right that given we are going to go out of that super restrictive environment, there is definitely better ability to provide more loans to more people |
| We have demonstrated our ability to increase monetization of our most mature lending channels |
| We solidified our leadership as the number one personal loan ABS issuer in the country, issuing $6.6 billion across 15 deals and growing our investor branch by 31 new firms |
| We continue the momentum with the addition of 11 new investors in just January this year, reflecting continued strong demand for our financial products |
| We see meaningful opportunity for further improvement |
| And in 2024, we are beginning to see signs of improving demand and risk appetite from investors, which we anticipate will translate to lower corporate risk participation in our deals |
| This is a testament to the recurring and sustainable earnings power of our fee generating business |
| Total revenue grew 13% to a record $218 million in 4Q 2023, compared to the same quarter in 2022, driven by an 18% increase in fee revenue, which represented 97% of total revenue |
| We believe this transaction represents a strong vote of confidence from leading financial institution following months of extensive due diligence on the company's financial strength and future cash flow generating power |
| We also view this as an effective strategy to attract new investors to our network and strengthen our long-term funding capabilities |
| When you think about capital markets and the very strong performance that we had in 2023, both on the assets and the ability to actually raise the capital, we have a strong momentum as we go to 2024, as you know, one of the biggest, the biggest personal loan um, issuer in ABS this year |
| We're in a very strong position today to support our plan for profitable growth and that is very heavily supported by our access to alternative source of capital and other funding alternatives, which is evident by the recent term loan and our very strong funding execution in 2023 |
| We achieved record network volume of $2.4 billion in the quarter, up 33% year-over-year with growth primarily driven by the ramp-up of new partnerships in point-of-sale and single-family rental |
| And as you heard from Sanjiv, our leadership team is very well connected into this industry and will be able to make it happen |
| Our recent conversations with other marquee lenders, both in and outside of our current pipeline, gives me confidence that our flagship product is in high demand and we will be able to add more banks, auto captive and other large U.S |
| With these actions, we expect to continue to successfully navigate the evolving macro environment to deliver our plan for 2024 |
| With these achievements, we are well-positioned to deliver our 2024 financial plan, which we believe will get us closer to our goal of achieving positive total net cash flow by early 2025 and pave the path to future GAAP net income profitability |
| We also expect to minimize the combined net cash outflow from investing and financing activities, by shifting to more efficient funding and capital structures, supported by our recent strong funding execution and stabilizing asset performance |
| We reported our second consecutive quarter of positive cash flow from operating activities of $19 million with full year operating cash flow of $10 million |
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| As you know, Joe and I sort of mentioned this before, as a former CEO of Citi's largest business, Citi's Mortgage Business had very troubled times |
| Our auto vertical continues to be below the blended average with an FRLPC margin of 3% |
| On the one hand side, different banks and lenders has become more scrutiny on the ability to provide credit and therefore credit availability went down |
| Additionally, our SFR vertical, which remains immaterial to our overall financial results was dilutive to our FRLPC percent margin in the quarter, due to the integration of a larger number of homes to Darwin platform |
| Other income amounted to negative $26 million, primarily impacted by a fair value adjustment on investments in loans and security |
| After accounting for non-controlling interest and net fair value adjustment attributable to Pagaya was negative $13 million |
| The current interest rate environment and regulatory conditions have resulted in a broader trend in the tightening of credit |
| Share-based compensation expense of $14 million declined by $5 million, primarily driven by lower headcount and the timing of vesting of equity awards |
| As we think about the future and given that there is now a trajectory of how we are going to balance in between the reduction of the interest rate while still having a strong economy, while we are prudent and cautious, we do see the consumer behaving more or less as we expect |
| Interest and investment income declined year-over-year due to the shift in timing of interest income accruals related to a change in our ABS structures |
| In fourth quarter and most of 2023, the conversion rate tailed off to less than 1% and then materially higher maybe in 2021, but you might say that, wasn't a normalized period |
| So I'm just trying to figure out, what are some of the macro forces factors that have impacted the ability to even make loans in this environment? And that's kind of my question |
| Our core operating expenses, which excludes stock-based compensation, depreciation and one-time expenses, declined by 19% year-over-year to $51 million |
| So with, you know, maybe the risk free rate and risk premiums being elevated in this current environment, if those were to back off, so many more loans can be made at 36% |
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