Two Harbors Investment Corp · NYSE:TWO

Two Harbors Investment — Q3 2022 Earnings Presentation

32 slides from Two Harbors Investment's earnings presentation, Nov 9, 2022

  1. Slide 1: An Agency + MSR Mortgage REIT Third Quarter 2022 Earnings Call

    An Agency + MSR Mortgage REIT Third Quarter 2022 Earnings Call NOVEMBER 9, 2022

  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 Book Value Impacted as Spreads Continued to Widen Beyond Historical Levels Quarterly Summary • Reported book value of $16.42 per common share, representing a (16.2)% quarterly economic return on book value(1) • Generated Comprehensive Loss of $287.8 million, or $(3.35) per weighte

  4. Slide 4: Key Market Highlights

    Key Market Highlights INFLATION, A HAWKISH FED, AND RISING RECESSION RISK MADE FOR A DIFFICULT ENVIRONMENT I. INFLATION CONTINUED TO EXCEED EXPECTATIONS(1) • Uncertainty around the path of forward rates and geopolitical turmoil contributed to extraordinarily high rate volatility • Despite the accele

  5. Slide 5: Key Market Highlights

    Key Market Highlights SPREADS ARE AT HISTORICALLY ATTRACTIVE LEVELS IN BOTH STATIC AND OAS TERMS I. RMBS SPREADS AT HISTORICAL WIDES(1) • MBS spreads widened sharply to levels which have historically only been seen in acute phases of crisis periods • Convexity of the RMBS index is near zero reflecti

  6. Slide 6: Book Value Summary

    Book Value Summary Q3-2022 YTD-2022 • Book value of $16.42 per Q3-2022 Book Value YTD-2022 Book Value common share, resulting in a ($ millions, except per share data) Book Value per share Book Value per share (16.2)% quarterly economic return on book value(2) Beginning common stockholders’ equity $

  7. Slide 7: Earnings Available for Distribution

    Earnings Available for Distribution • Third quarter EAD reflects: ($ millions, except per share data) Q3-2022 Q2-2022 Variance ◦ Higher interest income due to a larger RMBS Interest income $ 94.4 $ 57.0 $ 37.4 portfolio, a greater proportion of up-in-coupon RMBS, and lower amortization as prepayment

  8. Slide 8: Portfolio Yields and Financing Costs

    Portfolio Yields and Financing Costs • Portfolio yield increased 22 bps to 4.61% primarily due to a greater amount of higher coupon available-for-sale securities • Net spread narrowed by (93) bps as a combination of higher rates and borrowing balances offset a higher portfolio yield ($ thousands) Q3

  9. Slide 9: Strong Balance Sheet and Liquidity Position

    Strong Balance Sheet and Liquidity Position BALANCE SHEET AS OF SEPTEMBER 30, 2022 AGENCY RMBS • $9.6 billion of outstanding repurchase agreements with 21 counterparties • Weighted average days to maturity of 96 days 2019 2020 2021 2022 50.00 Average Repo Rate - SOFR (bps) (1) Agency RMBS $9.4 billi

  10. Slide 10: Quarterly Activity and Portfolio Composition

    Quarterly Activity and Portfolio Composition PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION(1) LEVERAGE • MBS spread widening resulted in higher portfolio leverage taking At September 30, 2022, $16.6 billion portfolio us from a “neutral” to “overweight” position Includes $12.5 billion settled positions ◦ Economic debt-to-eq

  11. Slide 11: Specified Pools

    Specified Pools QUARTERLY HIGHLIGHTS I. SPECIFIED POOL PORTFOLIO(1) • Specified pools significantly underperformed rate hedges across Other, 4.1% the stack Investor, 13.6% ◦ 3.5% to 4.0% coupons performed in line to TBAs, wider by 45 % to 50 ticks 3.5, 6.0 9% 4. ◦ Higher coupons like 4.5% and 5.0% u

  12. Slide 12: Mortgage Servicing Rights

    Mortgage Servicing Rights QUARTERLY HIGHLIGHTS I. MSR PORTFOLIO CHARACTERISTICS(1) • Market activity, which was robust in the first half of the year, 9/30/2022 6/30/2022 has moderated Fair value ($ millions) $ 3,022 $ 3,226 ◦ Almost $100 billion UPB of conventional MSR offered in the Price multiple

  13. Slide 13: Special Topic: Low Coupon MSR + Higher Coupon RMBS

    Special Topic: Low Coupon MSR + Higher Coupon RMBS SPEEDS FAVOR HIGH COUPON RMBS AND LOW COUPON MSR I. THE ADVANTAGE OF HIGHER COUPONS(1) • Prepayment rates continue to decline as mortgage rates increase to new cycle highs pushing more than 99% of the mortgage universe out-of-the money • Very low co

  14. Slide 14: Return Potential and Outlook

    Return Potential and Outlook HISTORICALLY WIDE MORTGAGE SPREADS OFFER ATTRACTIVE OPPORTUNITIES BUT RISKS REMAIN INVESTED PORTFOLIO STATIC MARKET PROSPECTIVE MARKET RETURNS PROSPECTIVE MARKET RETURNS CAPITAL MARKET VALUE RETURN ESTIMATE(2) • Market return estimates reflect static As of Sep-30-2022 AL

  15. Slide 15: Appendix

    Appendix 15

  16. Slide 16: Effective Coupon Positioning

    Effective Coupon Positioning GREATER EXPOSURE TO MORTGAGE SPREADS TO CAPTURE HISTORICALLY WIDE LEVELS • Overall exposure to a 25 bps widening of mortgages increased from (7.6)% in the second quarter to (13.7)% driven by two factors ◦ MSR has less sensitivity to mortgage rates with note rates being f

  17. Slide 17: Risk Positioning

    Risk Positioning INTEREST RATE AND CURVE EXPOSURE REMAINS LOW • During this period of heightened movement in the front end of the yield curve, portfolio exposure across the yield curve is well-hedged • Inert nature of MSR results in RMBS being primarily hedged with interest rate products ◦ Net inter

  18. Slide 18: Financial Performance

    Financial Performance COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS) QUARTERLY ECONOMIC RETURN ON BOOK VALUE(1) DIVIDEND YIELD(2) BOOK VALUE AND DIVIDEND PER COMMON SHARE(2) 18

  19. Slide 19: Q3-2022 Operating Performance

    Q3-2022 Operating Performance Q3-2022 Earnings Available Realized Gains $ millions, except for per common share data) for Distribution(1) (Losses) Unrealized MTM Total Interest income $ 94.4 $ — $ — $ 94.4 Interest expense 83.4 — — 83.4 Net interest income 11.0 — — 11.0 Gain (loss) on investment sec

  20. Slide 20: Q2-2022 Operating Performance

    Q2-2022 Operating Performance Q2-2022 Earnings Available Realized Gains ($ millions, except for per common share data) for Distribution(1) (Losses) Unrealized MTM Total Interest income $ 57.0 $ — $ — $ 57.0 Interest expense 37.1 — — 37.1 Net interest income 19.9 — — 19.9 Loss on investment securitie

  21. Slide 21: GAAP to EAD Reconciliation

    GAAP to EAD Reconciliation Reconciliation of GAAP to non-GAAP Information Three Months Ended Three Months Ended ($ thousands, except for per common share data) September 30, 2022 June 30, 2022 Comprehensive loss attributable to common stockholders $ (287,808) $ (90,379) Adjustment for other comprehe

  22. Slide 22: Agency RMBS Portfolio

    Agency RMBS Portfolio Amortized Weighted Par Value Market Value Weighted % Prepay Cost Basis Gross Weighted Average Age ($ millions) ($ millions) Average CPR(1) Protected(2) ($ millions) Average Coupon (Months) 30-Year fixed 2.5% & below $ — $ — —% —% $ — —% — 3.0% — — —% —% — —% — 3.5% 1,165 1,054

  23. Slide 23: Mortgage Servicing Rights Portfolio

    Mortgage Servicing Rights Portfolio(1) Unpaid Principal Current Loan Number of Balance Gross Coupon Size Loan Age 60+ Day Net Servicing Loans ($ millions) Rate ($ thousands) (months) Original FICO(2) Original LTV Delinquencies 3-Month CPR Fee (bps) 30-Year Fixed < 3.25% 301,688 $ 98,335 2.8% $ 384 2

  24. Slide 24: Mortgage Servicing Rights UPB Roll-Forward

    Mortgage Servicing Rights UPB Roll-Forward $ millions Q3-2022 Q2-2022 Q1-2022 Q4-2021 Q3-2021 UPB at beginning of period $ 227,074 $ 229,416 $ 193,771 $ 194,394 $ 185,210 Bulk purchases of mortgage servicing rights — — 37,197 3,214 15,328 Flow purchases of mortgage servicing rights 4,449 5,720 7,940

  25. Slide 25: Financing

    Financing $ millions Repurchase Revolving Credit Total Outstanding Outstanding Borrowings and Maturities(1) Agreements Facilities Term Notes Payable Convertible Notes Borrowings Percent (%) Within 30 days $ 2,098.5 $ — $ — $ — $ 2,098.5 17.7 % 30 to 59 days 1,121.3 — — — 1,121.3 9.5 % 60 to 89 days

  26. Slide 26: Futures

    Futures Weighted Notional Amount Carrying Value Average Days to Type & Maturity ($M) ($M)(1) Expiration U.S. Treasury futures - 2 year $ (643) $ — 97 U.S. Treasury futures - 5 year (4,706) — 97 U.S. Treasury futures - 10 year (3,219) — 91 U.S. Treasury futures - 20 year (554) — 91 Federal Funds futu

  27. Slide 27: End Notes

    End Notes PAGE 3 - Executive Overview 1. Economic 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 dividends declared in the period, divided by book value as of the beginning of the period. 2. Earnings A

  28. Slide 28: End Notes (continued)

    End Notes (continued) PAGE 8 - Portfolio Yields and Financing Costs 1. Includes interest income, net of premium amortization/discount accretion, on available-for-sale securities and Agency Derivatives, servicing income, net of estimated amortization and servicing expenses, on MSR, and the implied as

  29. Slide 29: End Notes (continued)

    End Notes (continued) PAGE 11 - Specified Pools 1. Specified pools include securities with implicit or explicit protection including lower loan balances (securities collateralized by loans less than or equal to $200K of initial principal balance), higher LTVs (securities collateralized by loans with

  30. Slide 30: End Notes (continued)

    End Notes (continued) PAGE 16 - Effective Coupon Positioning 1. RMBS + MSR represents an internally calculated exposure of a synthetic TBA position and the current coupon equivalents of our MSR and Agency IO RMBS. 2. RMBS + RATES represents our investment portfolio after excluding the internally cal

  31. Slide 31: End Notes (continued)

    End Notes (continued) PAGE 21 - GAAP to EAD Reconciliation 1. MSR amortization refers to the portion of change in fair value of MSR primarily attributed to the realization of expected cash flows (runoff) of the portfolio, which is deemed a non-GAAP measure due to the company’s decision to account fo

  32. Slide 32: Investment Corp.

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