Two Harbors Investment Corp · NYSE:TWO

Two Harbors Investment — Q3 2020 Earnings Presentation

27 slides from Two Harbors Investment's earnings presentation, Nov 5, 2020

  1. Slide 1: Third Quarter 2020 Earnings Call

    Third Quarter 2020 Earnings Call NOVEMBER 5, 2020

  2. Slide 2: Safe Harbor Statement

    Safe Harbor Statement FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS This presentation includes “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the safe harbor provisions of the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Actual results may differ from expectations, estimates and projections and,

  3. Slide 3: Executive Overview

    Executive Overview Strong Performance From Agency Plus MSR Strategy Quarterly Summary • Reported book value of $7.37 per common share, representing a 12.1% quarterly return on book value; excluding the $0.51 reversal of the previously accrued management agreement termination fee, quarterly return on

  4. Slide 4: Agency + MSR Advantage

    Agency + MSR Advantage DIFFERENTIATED STRATEGY • Portfolio constructed by pairing Agency MSR with Agency RMBS • Continue to believe that this Agency plus MSR strategy has a higher return potential with lower mortgage spread risk • Expect to continue to grow MSR holdings through strategic partnership

  5. Slide 5: Book Value Summary

    Book Value Summary Q3-2020 YTD-2020 Q3-2020 Book Value YTD-2020 Book Value (Dollars in millions, except per share data) Book Value per share Book Value per share Beginning common stockholders’ equity $ 1,834.6 $ 6.70 $ 3,969.2 $ 14.54 • Book value of $7.37 GAAP Net Income (Loss): per common share, C

  6. Slide 6: Core Earnings Review

    Core Earnings Review(1) ($ in millions, except per share data) Q2-2020 Q3-2020 Variance ($) • Third quarter Core Earnings results Interest income $ 107.3 $ 89.7 $ (17.6) impacted by: Interest expense 62.1 29.2 32.9 ◦ Net interest income increased from Net interest income 45.2 60.5 15.3 $45.2 million

  7. Slide 7: Portfolio Yield

    Portfolio Yield LOWER PORTFOLIO YIELD OFFSET BY LOWER COST OF FUNDS • Lower portfolio yield due to higher Agency RMBS prepayments, rotation to lower coupon pools, and higher servicing expense and lower servicing income due to MSR portfolio runoff and forbearances • Lower cost of funds due to favorab

  8. Slide 8: Financing Profile

    Financing Profile ECONOMIC DEBT-TO-EQUITY(1) • 7.7x at September 30, 2020, compared to 7.4x at June 30, 2020 • Average economic debt-to-equity of 7.6x in the third quarter, compared to 6.8x in the second quarter DIVERSE FINANCING PROFILE AGENCY RMBS • Outstanding repurchase agreements of $16.4 billi

  9. Slide 9: Quarterly Activity and Portfolio Composition

    Quarterly Activity and Portfolio Composition PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION(1) PERFORMANCE COMMENTARY • Return on book value of 4.5%(3) excluding the reversal $24.4 billion portfolio of previously accrued management agreement Includes $17.9 billion settled positions termination fee • MSR performed as expecte

  10. Slide 10: Special Topic: TBA Roll Specialness

    Special Topic: TBA Roll Specialness DYNAMICS OF ROLL SPECIALNESS • Economics of holding TBA is roughly equal to that of a cash RMBS pool • Large non-economic buyers such as the Fed can distort these supply/demand dynamics by taking delivery and driving up prices in the front month • Simultaneously,

  11. Slide 11: Specified Pools

    Specified Pools SPECIFIED POOL PERFORMANCE SPECIFIED POOL PORTFOLIO • Specified pools outperformed TBA on a relative basis in nearly every coupon • Specified pool prepayment speeds continue to be Loan Balance(1) slower and more stable than TBA speeds Other 68.6% 0.4% • Expect that while prepayments

  12. Slide 12: Mortgage Servicing Rights

    Mortgage Servicing Rights MSR PORTFOLIO ACTIVITY MSR PORTFOLIO(1) • Expanded MSR flow-sale program Fair value ($ millions) $ 1,257.5 ◦ Experienced three of the four highest months of lock UPB ($ millions) $ 163,993.9 volume by UPB since program inception Gross weighted average coupon rate 3.9% ◦ Oct

  13. Slide 13: Effective Coupon Positioning

    Effective Coupon Positioning EFFECTIVE COUPON POSITIONING(1) Cash pools/TBA MSR(2) Combined June 30, 2020 Position BOOK VALUE EXPOSURE TO CHANGES IN SPREAD(3) COMMENTARY • MSR has similar risks to a short pools/TBA position in 1.5% and 2.0% coupons • Portfolio long 2.0% through 5.0% coupons • In a 2

  14. Slide 14: Risk Positioning

    Risk Positioning BOOK VALUE EXPOSURE TO CHANGES IN RATES(1) BOOK VALUE EXPOSURE TO CHANGES IN YIELD CURVE(2) Agency RMBS / TBA MSR(3) Other(4) Combined COMMENTARY • Exposure to rates remains low, in line with historical positioning • MSR position has more negative duration than RMBS position • In a

  15. Slide 15: Two Harbors Outlook

    Two Harbors Outlook OPPORTUNITY SET IN OUR TARGET ASSETS REMAINS ATTRACTIVE TODAY • Estimate returns for Agency RMBS / swaps in mid-to-high single digits • Higher returns available in the near term in current coupon TBA in the mid teens • Estimate returns for Agency RMBS / flow MSR in low-to-mid tee

  16. Slide 16: Appendix

    —_ a —e ae —~ = . ~ — SS - — — v = ae Sin a aa | a” wy > e % ra ey ; , a — = ae seme ~~ = = a 4 ¥- > a ee — ae i ee - Sa = : ee i, ion? TWOHARBORS ee on, Investment Corp: os _ = 3 F Ps : : -

  17. Slide 17: Financial Performance

    Financial Performance COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS) QUARTERLY RETURN ON BOOK VALUE(1) DIVIDEND YIELD(2) BOOK VALUE AND DIVIDEND PER COMMON SHARE(2) (1) Return on book value is defined as the increase (decrease) in book value per common share from the beginning to the end of the given period, plus divi

  18. Slide 18: Q3-2020 Operating Performance

    Q3-2020 Operating Performance Q3-2020 Realized Gains (In millions, except for per common share data) Core Earnings(1) (Losses) Unrealized MTM Total Interest income $ 89.7 $ — $ — $ 89.7 Interest expense 29.2 — — 29.2 Net interest income 60.5 — — 60.5 Loss on investment securities — (8.9) (0.2) (9.1)

  19. Slide 19: Q2-2020 Operating Performance

    Q2-2020 Operating Performance Q2-2020 Realized Gains (In millions, except for per common share data) Core Earnings(1) (Losses) Unrealized MTM Total Interest income $ 107.3 $ — $ — $ 107.3 Interest expense 62.1 — — 62.1 Net interest income 45.2 — — 45.2 Gain (loss) on investment securities — 53.6 (0.

  20. Slide 20: GAAP to Core Earnings Reconciliation

    GAAP to Core Earnings Reconciliation(1) Reconciliation of GAAP to non-GAAP Information Three Months Ended Three Months Ended (In thousands, except for per common share data) June 30, 2020 September 30, 2020 Reconciliation of Comprehensive income to Core Earnings: Comprehensive income attributable to

  21. Slide 21: Portfolio Metrics

    Portfolio Metrics AGENCY RMBS CPR(1) AGENCY PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION IO & Inverse IO Other P&I(2) 1.0% 0.7% 30-Year Fixed 5% & above 3.9% 30-Year Fixed < 2.5% 30-Year Fixed 4.0% 12.5% 25.0% 30-Year Fixed 4.5% 17.0% MSR CPR 30-Year Fixed 3.5% 30-Year Fixed 23.7% 3.0% 16.2% (1) Agency weighted average 3-

  22. Slide 22: Agency RMBS Portfolio

    Agency RMBS Portfolio Par Value ($ Market Value ($ Weighted % Prepay Amortized Cost Gross Weighted Weighted Average millions) millions) Average CPR Protected(1) Basis ($ millions) Average Coupon Age (Months) 30-Year fixed 2.5% & below $ 1,956 $ 2,080 3.0 % 100.0 % $ 2,052 3.4 % 5 3.0% 2,496 2,690 14

  23. Slide 23: Mortgage Servicing Rights Portfolio

    Mortgage Servicing Rights Portfolio(1) Gross Weighted Weighted Weighted Average Weighted Number of Unpaid Principal % Fannie Average Average Loan Original Average 60+ Day Net Servicing Loans Balance Mae Coupon Rate Age (months) FICO(2) Original LTV Delinquencies 3-Month CPR Fee (bps) 30-Year Fixed <

  24. Slide 24: Financing

    Financing $ in millions Repurchase Revolving Credit Total Outstanding Outstanding Borrowings and Maturities(1) Agreements Facilities Term Notes Payable Convertible Notes Borrowings Percent (%) Within 30 days $ 3,791.0 $ — $ — $ — $ 3,791.0 21.9 % 30 to 59 days 3,920.4 — — — 3,920.4 22.6 % 60 to 89 d

  25. Slide 25: Interest Rate Swaps

    Interest Rate Swaps INTEREST RATE SWAPS Average Maturity Maturities Notional Amounts ($B) Average Fixed Pay Rate Average Receive Rate Years Payers 2022 $ 7.4 0.042 % 0.090 % 1.9 2023 2.3 0.023 % 0.090 % 2.7 2024 and after 1.5 0.257 % 0.090 % 6.7 $ 11.2 0.067 % 0.090 % 2.7 Average Fixed Receive Avera

  26. Slide 26: Interest Rate Swaptions

    Interest Rate Swaptions Option Underlying Swap Average Average Average Cost Fair Value Months to Notional Average Pay Receive Term Swaption Expiration ($M) ($M) Expiration Amount ($M) Rate Rate (Years) Purchase Contracts: Payer <6 Months $ 5.8 $ 6.9 3.4 $ 3,000 1.23 % SOFR 10.0 Receiver <6 Months $

  27. Slide 27: Slide 27

Two Harbors Investment — Q3 2020 Earnings Presentation on 6ix