ARBOR REALTY TRUST INC
Business
ARBOR REALTY TRUST INC is a nationwide real estate investment trust and direct lender that originates, services and invests in commercial real estate loans and related assets. It offers structured finance products such as bridge loans, mezzanine loans, preferred equity, construction and single‑family rental financing, alongside GSE and HUD multifamily and single‑family permanent lending and mortgage servicing. The company operates through two primary segments: a Structured Loan Origination and Investment Business and an Agency Loan Origination and Servicing Business. Arbor distributes its products nationally through a network of sales offices, origination channels, agency programs and securitization/conduit markets.
Summary from filing dated 2025-02-21
Financials
Consolidated Statement of Income
| Concept | Trend | FY 2025 2025-12-31 | FY 2024 2024-12-31 | FY 2023 2023-12-31 | FY 2022 2022-12-31 | FY 2021 2021-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Interest income | 940 | 1,168 | 1,331 | 948 | 466 | |
| Interest expense | 702 | 805 | 903 | 558 | — | |
| Net interest income | 238 | 363 | 428 | 391 | 254 | |
| Gain on sales, including fee-based services, net | 71 | 75 | 73 | 56 | 123 | |
| Mortgage servicing rights | 55 | 51 | 70 | 69 | 130 | |
| Servicing revenue, net | 110 | 126 | 130 | 92 | 75 | |
| Property operating income | 21 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 185,000 | |
| Gain (loss) on derivative instruments, net | 1 | −9 | 7 | 27 | −3 | |
| Other income, net | 15 | 8 | 8 | −18 | 8 | |
| Total other revenue | 272 | 259 | 293 | 228 | 333 | |
| Employee compensation and benefits | 174 | 182 | 160 | 162 | 172 | |
| Selling and administrative | 60 | 55 | 51 | 54 | 46 | |
| Property operating expenses | 28 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 718,000 | |
| Depreciation and amortization | 23 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 7 | |
| Impairment loss on real estate owned | 21 | 0 | 0 | — | — | |
| Provision for loss sharing, net | 24 | 12 | 16 | 2 | −6 | |
| Provision for credit losses, net | 43 | 69 | 73 | 21 | −21 | |
| Total other expenses | 373 | 334 | 316 | 257 | 198 | |
| Income before extinguishment of debt, (loss) gain on real estate, income from equity affiliates and income taxes | 138 | 288 | 405 | 362 | — | |
| Loss on extinguishment of debt | −3 | −412,000 | −2 | −5 | −3 | |
| (Loss) gain on real estate | −9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Income from equity affiliates | 51 | 6 | 24 | 14 | 35 | |
| Provision for income taxes | −19 | −13 | −27 | −17 | −46 | |
| Net income | 158 | 284 | 401 | 354 | 378 | |
| Preferred stock dividends | 41 | 41 | 41 | 41 | 22 | |
| Net income attributable to noncontrolling interest | 9 | 19 | 29 | 28 | 39 | |
| Net income attributable to common stockholders | 107 | 223 | 330 | 285 | 317 | |
| Basic earnings per common share (in dollars per share) | 0.56 | 1.18 | 1.79 | 1.72 | 2.3 | |
| Diluted earnings per common share (in dollars per share) | 0.56 | 1.18 | 1.75 | 1.67 | 2.28 | |
| Basic (in shares) | 193 | 189 | 185 | 165 | 138 | |
| Diluted (in shares) | 210 | 206 | 219 | 199 | 156 |
Consolidated Balance Sheet
| Concept | Trend | FY 2025 2025-12-31 | FY 2024 2024-12-31 | FY 2023 2023-12-31 | FY 2022 2022-12-31 | FY 2021 2021-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash and cash equivalents | 483 | 504 | 929 | 534 | 405 | |
| Restricted cash | 67 | 156 | 608 | 714 | 487 | |
| Loans and investments, net (allowance for credit losses of $145,971 and $238,967) | 11,934 | 11,034 | 12,378 | 14,255 | 11,981 | |
| Loans held-for-sale, net | 409 | 436 | 552 | 354 | 1,094 | |
| Capitalized mortgage servicing rights, net | 341 | 369 | 391 | 401 | 423 | |
| Securities held-to-maturity, net (allowance for credit losses of $17,013 and $10,846) | 156 | 157 | 155 | 157 | 140 | |
| Investments in equity affiliates | 58 | 76 | 79 | 79 | 90 | |
| Real estate owned, net | 499 | 177 | 87 | — | — | |
| Due from related party | 7 | 13 | 64 | 77 | — | |
| Goodwill and other intangible assets | 87 | 88 | 91 | 96 | 101 | |
| Other assets | 454 | 481 | 403 | 371 | 270 | |
| Total assets | 14,495 | 13,491 | 15,739 | 17,039 | 15,074 | |
| Credit and repurchase facilities | 5,150 | 3,559 | 3,238 | 3,842 | 4,482 | |
| Securitized debt | 3,468 | 4,622 | 6,935 | 7,849 | 5,893 | |
| Senior unsecured notes | 2,029 | 1,236 | 1,334 | 1,386 | 1,281 | |
| Convertible senior unsecured notes | 0 | 286 | 283 | 280 | 259 | |
| Junior subordinated notes to subsidiary trust issuing preferred securities | 145 | 145 | 144 | 143 | 142 | |
| Notes payable - real estate owned | 223 | 75 | 44 | — | — | |
| Due to related party | 501,000 | 4 | 14 | 12 | — | |
| Due to borrowers | 33 | 48 | 122 | 61 | 97 | |
| Allowance for loss-sharing obligations | 98 | 83 | 72 | 57 | 56 | |
| Other liabilities | 281 | 280 | 299 | 336 | 288 | |
| Total liabilities | 11,428 | 10,339 | 12,484 | 13,967 | 12,524 | |
| Commitments and contingencies (Note 15) | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Preferred stock, cumulative, redeemable, $0.01 par value: 100,000,000 shares authorized, shares issued and outstanding by period: Special voting preferred shares - 16,173,761 and 16,293,589 shares, 6.375% Series D - 9,200,000 shares, 6.25% Series E - 5,750,000 shares, 6.25% Series F - 11,342,000 shares | 634 | 634 | 634 | 634 | 556 | |
| Common stock, $0.01 par value: 500,000,000 shares authorized - 195,491,855 and 189,259,435 shares issued and outstanding | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |
| Additional paid-in capital | 2,454 | 2,375 | 2,367 | 2,204 | 1,798 | |
| (Accumulated deficit) retained earnings | −137 | 13 | 115 | 97 | 63 | |
| Total Arbor Realty Trust, Inc. stockholders equity | 2,953 | 3,024 | 3,118 | 2,937 | 2,418 | |
| Noncontrolling interest | 114 | 128 | 137 | 135 | 132 | |
| Total equity | 3,067 | 3,152 | 3,255 | 3,072 | 2,550 | |
| Total liabilities and equity | 14,495 | 13,491 | 15,739 | 17,039 | 15,074 |
Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows
| Concept | Trend | FY 2025 2025-12-31 | FY 2024 2024-12-31 | FY 2023 2023-12-31 | FY 2022 2022-12-31 | FY 2021 2021-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stock-based compensation | 14 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 10 | |
| Amortization and accretion of interest and fees, net | 14 | −705,000 | −4 | −14 | −2 | |
| Originations of loans held-for-sale | −5,081 | −4,501 | −5,074 | −4,788 | −6,461 | |
| Proceeds from sales of loans held-for-sale, net of gain on sale | 5,104 | 4,610 | 4,878 | 5,439 | 6,415 | |
| Payoffs and paydowns of loans held-for-sale | 7 | 5 | 987,000 | 59 | 2 | |
| Amortization of capitalized mortgage servicing rights | 72 | 68 | 63 | 60 | 59 | |
| Write-off of capitalized mortgage servicing rights from payoffs | 10 | 9 | 15 | 45 | 33 | |
| Net charge-offs for loss-sharing obligations | −10 | −266,000 | −1 | −758,000 | −2 | |
| Deferred tax provision (benefit) | 4 | −12 | −7 | −2 | 11 | |
| Distributions from operations of equity affiliates | 57 | 17 | 28 | 17 | 33 | |
| Change in fair value of held-for-sale loans | −3 | −609,000 | −3 | 16 | 0 | |
| (Gain) loss on derivative instruments, net | −1 | 9 | −7 | −27 | 3 | |
| Changes in operating assets and liabilities | 12 | −70 | −74 | −44 | −76 | |
| Net cash provided by operating activities | 372 | 462 | 236 | 1,100 | 217 | |
| Loans and investments funded, originated and purchased, net | −3,693 | −1,600 | −1,362 | −5,955 | −9,209 | |
| Payoffs and paydowns of loans and investments | 2,421 | 2,782 | 3,360 | 3,423 | 2,371 | |
| Deferred fees | 34 | 26 | 21 | 57 | 72 | |
| Proceeds from sale of real estate, net | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | — | |
| Contributions to equity affiliates | −12 | −20 | −19 | −18 | −48 | |
| Distributions from equity affiliates | 24 | 11 | 16 | 26 | 34 | |
| Payoffs and paydowns of securities held-to-maturity | 222,000 | 483,000 | 5 | 19 | 13 | |
| Investments in real estate, net | −41 | −3 | 0 | 0 | — | |
| Change in due to borrowers and reserves | −14 | −58 | −141 | −240 | −57 | |
| Net cash (used in) provided by investing activities | −1,281 | 1,152 | 1,879 | −2,317 | −6,750 | |
| Proceeds from credit and repurchase facilities | 12,841 | 9,351 | 9,148 | 11,536 | 15,688 | |
| Payoffs and paydowns of credit and repurchase facilities | −11,201 | −9,025 | −9,747 | −12,153 | −13,433 | |
| Proceeds from notes payable - REO | 299 | 40 | 0 | 0 | — | |
| Payoffs and paydowns of notes payable - REO | −198 | −9 | 0 | 0 | — | |
| Proceeds from issuance of securitized debt | 1,533 | 0 | 0 | 2,763 | 4,282 | |
| Payoffs and paydowns of securitized debt | −2,682 | −2,324 | −930 | −801 | −889 | |
| Payoff of convertible senior unsecured notes | −288 | 0 | 0 | — | — | |
| Proceeds from issuance of common stock | 71 | 10 | 194 | 409 | 515 | |
| Proceeds from issuance of senior unsecured notes | 900 | 100 | 95 | 438 | 625 | |
| Payoffs and paydowns of senior unsecured notes | −95 | −200 | −150 | −313 | 0 | |
| Redemption of OP Units | −2 | 0 | 0 | −546,000 | −22 | |
| Payments of withholding taxes on net settlement of vested stock | −3 | −5 | −8 | −8 | −9 | |
| Repurchase of common stock | −2 | −11 | −37 | 0 | −34 | |
| Distributions to stockholders and noncontrolling interest | −320 | −395 | −381 | −322 | −227 | |
| Payment of deferred financing costs | −55 | −21 | −10 | −50 | −56 | |
| Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities | 799 | −2,490 | −1,826 | 1,574 | 6,888 | |
| Net (decrease) increase in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash | −110 | −877 | 289 | 357 | 354 | |
| Cash used to pay interest | 666 | 782 | 861 | 487 | 176 | |
| Cash used to pay taxes | 27 | 29 | 30 | — | — | |
| Real estate acquired in settlement of loans and investments, net | 583 | 278 | 39 | 0 | — | |
| Settlement of loans and investments, net of real estate | −603 | −279 | −39 | 0 | — | |
| Derecognition of real estate owned | 260 | 177 | 0 | 0 | — | |
| Loan funded in conjunction with real estate sold | −271 | −182 | 0 | 0 | — | |
| Distributions accrued on preferred stock | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 |