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IMC Mortgage Company Announces Record Fourth Quarter and Year End Results

    TAMPA, Fla., Feb. 28 /PRNewswire/ -- IMC Mortgage Company
(Nasdaq-NNM: IMCC) (IMC) announced today record results for the quarter and
year ended December 31, 1996.

    Year End 1996
    Pro forma net income of $17.9 million was reported for the year ended
December 31, 1996 compared to pro forma net income of $4.0 million for the
year ended December 31, 1995, representing an increase for the year of 345%.
The associated annual pro forma earnings per share is $0.94 for 1996 and $0.25
for 1995 on weighted average fully diluted shares outstanding of 19.5 million
and 15.9 million, respectively.  (All per share figures are adjusted for the
2:1 stock split paid on Feb. 13, 1996.)

    Fourth Quarter 1996
    Net income of $6.6 million was reported for the three month period ended
December 31, 1996 compared to net income of $1.2 million for the three months
ended December 31, 1995.  The associated earnings per share for the fourth
quarter of 1996 and 1995 is $0.28 and $0.08 on weighted average fully diluted
shares of 23.7 million and 15.9 million, respectively. (All per share figures
are adjusted for the 2:1 stock split paid on Feb. 13, 1996.)

    Loan Origination Volume
    Loans originated or purchased during 1996 totaled $1.78 billion
representing an increase of 185% from $622 million of loans purchased during
1995.  Loans originated through IMC's network of mortgage brokers grew to
$121 million during 1996, up 81% from $67 million in 1995.  Loans originated
through IMC's retail offices expanded to $68 million for 1996, six times the
$11 million contribution from the retail division in 1995.
    For the fourth quarter of 1996 loans originated or purchased were
$624 million, representing an increase of 180% from $223 million reported for
the fourth quarter of 1995.  Of the total loan volume for 1996 fourth quarter,
loans originated through the IMC's network of mortgage brokers were
$44 million resulting in a 43% increase from the previous quarter's total of
$31 million and a 158% increase from the total of $17 million reported for the
fourth quarter of 1995.  The company's retail offices contributed $33 million
to loan volume for the fourth quarter of 1996, a 53% increase from $22 million
for the third quarter of 1996 and approximately three times the $11 million
from this origination channel for all of 1995.

    Origination expansion
    IMC has completed five acquisitions to date.  Equitystars, an original IMC
Partner, was purchased during 1996 and is headquartered in Rhode Island.
During 1997, two IMC Partners have been acquired, Mortgage America,
headquartered in Michigan and Equity Mortgage which is based in Maryland.
American Mortgage Reduction, headquartered in Maryland, and CoreWest Banc,
located in California, were also acquired in 1997.
    IMC originates and purchases residential mortgage loans through a network
of correspondents and mortgage brokers, and through its retail offices.  As of
December 31, 1996, IMC had a network of 374 approved correspondents and
1,693 approved mortgage brokers.  At year end 1996, the company had a total of
17 retail origination locations.  During January and February of 1997,
49 retail branches were added through the acquisition of four non-conforming
mortgage lenders for a current total of 66 locations.

    Securitization Activity
    IMC completed four asset backed securitizations for a total of
$935 million during 1996.  An offering for $310 million was completed in
October with the associated revenues recognized in the fourth quarter 1996
statement of operations.  To date IMC has offered nine securitizations for a
combined total of $1.7 billion including an issue for $325 million which
closed in January of 1997.

    Serviced Loan Portfolio
    The serviced loan portfolio as of December 31, 1996 was $2.15 billion, an
increase from $536 million at the end of 1995.  The percent of loans
delinquent more than 30 days including loans in foreclosure or bankruptcy was
6.77% at December 31, 1996.  This was an expected increase from 5.4% at the
end of the third quarter of the year.  Loan losses for the twelve months ended
December 31, 1996 were .08% of the year-end serviced loan portfolio.  These
delinquency and loss rates are in line with management's expectations.
    IMC Mortgage Company is a Tampa-based specialty consumer finance company
engaged in purchasing, originating, servicing and selling home equity loans
secured primarily by first liens on one- to four family residential
properties.  The company has wholesale and retail operations in the US and
began limited operations in early 1996 in the United Kingdom through a joint
venture.

                    IMC MORTGAGE COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARIES
               Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations

                          Three months ended           Twelve months ended
                              December 31                 December 31
                            1996          1995           1996         1995
    REVENUES
    Gain on sale of
     loans, net          $11,501,295   $4,565,205   $42,071,971   $15,133,811
    Net Warehouse
     interest income       5,184,683      680,136    12,928,687     1,877,760
    Servicing fees         2,534,614      688,132     6,749,995     1,543,339
    Other                    925,947      329,462     3,903,638     1,117,903
       Total revenues     20,146,539    6,262,935    65,654,291    19,672,813

    EXPENSES
    Operating expenses     9,254,844    2,811,313    31,658,934     8,617,063
    Other interest
     expense                 500,620      158,091     2,321,413       297,743
    Sharing of
     proportionate
     value of equity              --    1,287,040     2,555,000     4,204,000
    Total expenses         9,755,464    4,256,444    36,535,347    13,118,806

    Income before
     income taxes         10,391,075    2,006,491    29,118,944     6,554,007

    Provision for
     Income taxes          3,792,492           --     4,206,000            --
    Net income            $6,598,583   $2,006,491   $24,912,944    $6,554,007

    Pro forma data
     (after giving
     effect to
     provision for
     income taxes):
    Income before
     income taxes        $10,391,075   $2,006,491   $29,118,944    $6,554,007

    Pro forma Provision
     for income taxes
     (actual for three
     months ended
     December 31, 1996)    3,792,492      772,116    11,190,000     2,522,000

    Pro forma net income  $6,598,583   $1,234,375   $17,928,944    $4,032,007
    Pro forma net income
     per common share:
     Primary                   $0.28        $0.08         $0.94         $0.25
     Fully diluted             $0.28        $0.08         $0.92         $0.25
    Weighted average
     number of shares
     outstanding:
     Primary              23,507,830   15,871,504    19,165,304    15,871,504
     Fully diluted        23,675,758   15,871,504    19,531,984    15,871,504.

    Adjusted for 2:1 stock split paid February 13, 1997.

                    IMC MORTGAGE COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARIES
                    Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets

                               December 31, 1996       December 31, 1995
    ASSETS
    Cash and cash
     equivalents                  $13,289,128              $5,133,718
    Securities purchased
     under agreements to resell   659,490,000             138,058,262
    Mortgage loans held for sale  914,586,703             193,002,835
    Interest-only and
     residual certificates         86,246,674              14,072,771
    Other assets                   33,735,680               4,283,848

    Total assets               $1,707,348,185            $354,551,434

    LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
    Warehouse finance
     facilities                  $895,132,545            $189,819,046
    Term debt                      47,430,295              11,120,642
    Accrued and other liabilities  14,387,602               8,802,902
    Securities sold but
     not yet purchased            661,061,161             139,200,000
    Total liabilities           1,618,011,603             348,942,590

    Total stockholders' equity     89,336,582               5,608,844

    Total liabilities and
     stockholders' equity      $1,707,348,185            $354,551,434


SOURCE IMC Mortgage Company




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CONTACT:
Jean S. Schwindt, CFA, Vice president of
Investor Relations, 813-915-2515, or Stuart D. Marvin, Chief
Financial Officer, 813-915-2548, both of IMC Mortgage Company