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Novation — NovaStar Financial — JMP Securities Research Conference 2006

12 slides from Novation's conference presentation, Mar 6, 2006

  1. Slide 1: NovaStar Financial

    NovaStar Financial (NYSE-NFI) JMP Securities Research Conference March 7, 2006 Scott Hartman, CEO

  2. Slide 2: Safe Harbor Statement

    Safe Harbor Statement Certain matters discussed in this release constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of the federal securities laws. Forward-looking statements are those that predict or describe future events and that do not relate solely to historical matters. Forward-looking st

  3. Slide 3: Cash/GAAP Income Flows

    Cash/GAAP Income Flows Origination through Securitization

  4. Slide 4: Gain Calculation

    Gain Calculation (Sale Accounting Treatment)

  5. Slide 5: Initial Residual Valuation

    Initial Residual Valuation (Sale Accounting Treatment)

  6. Slide 6: GAAP Interest Income

    GAAP Interest Income (Sale Accounting Treatment) Interest income is accrued off of the residual asset’s accounting basis, given forecasted cash flows, at a rate equal to the IRR Considered the “level yield” method

  7. Slide 7: Capital Guidelines

    Capital Guidelines NovaStar uses capital guidelines to determine the right amount of leverage for the portfolio. Capital is held based upon the riskiness of an asset and the method of financing. Example – the cash flow structure of NIM financing is different than repo financing. For mortgage securit

  8. Slide 8: Differences in Portfolio Accounting and Sale Accounting

    Differences in Portfolio Accounting and Sale Accounting Portfolio Accounting No non-cash gain – earnings follow cash better Reserving for expected future losses Securitizations aren’t quite as capital efficient – maybe 2% more capital (on loan balance) May reduce ROE by a few percentages Harder to f

  9. Slide 9: 2006 Dividend Guidance

    2006 Dividend Guidance 2006 Common Dividend of at Least $5.60 per Share

  10. Slide 10: Book Value per Diluted Share

    Book Value per Diluted Share $15.08 50.0% 45.0% 40.0% 36.0% 30.0% 26.0% 2002 2003 2004 2006 [=a B00K Value per Diluted share —Return on Comman Equity + 20.0% Return on Equity

  11. Slide 11: Mortgage Banking

    Mortgage Banking Environment Intensely competitive Pricing at or below cost to originate Smaller players won’t survive Volumes flat to down for many Many are originating and “hoping” to make money Race to lower costs (continues from 2005) Whole loan prices seem like they are recovering a little, but

  12. Slide 12: Portfolio trends

    Portfolio trends Housing price appreciation – In 2005, effect on credit performance outweighed higher interest rates Over time, ROA’s should come down to a normalized range of 1.00% to 1.25% Made a conscious decision to include more MI in 2005 deals due to expected slowdown in housing price apprecia

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