Angel Oak Mortgage REIT, Inc. Completes $317 Million Standalone Securitization, Driving Margin Expansion and Setting the Stage for Continued Growth

Barchart · 10/16 15:15

Angel Oak Mortgage REIT, Inc. (NYSE: AOMR), (the “Company,” “we,” and “our”), a leading real estate finance company focused on acquiring and investing in first-lien non-QM loans and other mortgage-related assets in the U.S. mortgage market, today announced the closing of AOMT 2024-10, an approximately $317 million scheduled principal balance securitization backed by a pool of residential mortgage loans. The senior tranche received an AAA rating from Fitch Ratings.

“The execution of AOMT 2024-10 serves as a testament to the AOMR business model and our affiliated origination, purchase, and securitization platforms provided through the Angel Oak ecosystem. As we indicated in our second quarter earnings discussions, the loans contributed to this deal were largely purchased with the proceeds from our July senior unsecured notes issuance, demonstrating our ability to quickly deploy capital into accretive investments. With this deal, we have covered the cost of capital from the July senior notes offering and have set the stage for compounded growth in the fourth quarter and beyond,” said Sreeni Prabhu, Chief Executive Officer and President of Angel Oak Mortgage REIT, Inc. “We plan to quickly recycle the capital released from AOMT 2024-10 into newly originated, high-quality non-QM loans and drive compounded balance sheet growth, net interest margin accretion, and strong future securitization execution.”

Key Highlights and Updates

  • AOMT 2024-10 includes a portfolio of 661 non-QM loans with a scheduled principal balance of $316.8 million with a weighted average loan coupon of 7.79%, a weighted average original loan-to-value ratio of 70.3%, a weighted average original FICO score of 754. The A1 through B1 tranches, as well as a portion of the B2 tranche, were sold. The Company will retain the economics of the unsold tranches.
  • The deal lowers the weighted average funding cost for the loans underlying the securitization by over 110 basis points, which is incremental to the 50 basis points of warehouse funding cost relief from the Federal Reserve Bank’s September rate cut.
  • With this securitization, the Company reduces its whole loan warehouse debt by $260 million, reducing its total recourse debt to equity ratio in kind.

Forward Looking Statements

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About Angel Oak Mortgage REIT, Inc.

Angel Oak Mortgage REIT, Inc. is a real estate finance company focused on acquiring and investing in first lien non-QM loans and other mortgage-related assets in the U.S. mortgage market. The Company’s objective is to generate attractive risk-adjusted returns for its stockholders through cash distributions and capital appreciation across interest rate and credit cycles. The Company is externally managed and advised by an affiliate of Angel Oak Capital Advisors, LLC, which, collectively with its affiliates, is a leading alternative credit manager with market leadership in mortgage credit that includes asset management, lending, and capital markets. Additional information about the Company is available at www.angeloakreit.com.