UWM HoldingsNYSE: UWMC

UWMC is outpacing the S&P 500 with a 22% return YTD in 2024, positioning its share price to move higher with the next rate cut cycle. UWM's ability to excel in both purchase and refinance markets has fueled its growth, demonstrating resilience through the rate cycle and aligning itself for an oncoming refinancing & purchasing surge. While bullish on UWM's long-term, housing market softening, recession indicators, and the company's elevated payout ratio need improvement to ensure sustainable profitability for the company.

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The headline numbers for UWM (UWMC) give insight into how the company performed in the quarter ended June 2024, but it may be worthwhile to compare some of its key metrics to Wall Street estimates and the year-ago actuals.

UWM Holdings Corporation (UWMC) came out with quarterly earnings of $0.04 per share, missing the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $0.06 per share. This compares to earnings of $0.11 per share a year ago.

NEW YORK, NY / ACCESSWIRE / May 20, 2024 / Levi & Korsinsky notifies investors that it has commenced an investigation of UWM Holdings Corporation ("UWM Holdings Corporation") (NYSE:UWMC) concerning possible violations of federal securities laws. Hunterbrook Media published a report on April 2, 2024, alleging, among other things, that UWM gets almost all its business "from brokers who sent UWM more than 99% of their business" rather than shopping mortgages to competing lenders, causing borrowers to pay UWM "between hundreds of millions and billions more in closing costs than people whose brokers found them typical loans.

Levi & Korsinsky has started investigating UWM Holdings Corporation for potential violations of federal securities laws following a report by Hunterbrook Media on April 2, 2024. The report claimed that UWM primarily receives business from brokers who send them the majority of their business, resulting in higher closing costs for borrowers compared to those who are offered loans from other lenders.

While the top- and bottom-line numbers for UWM Holdings Corporation (UWMC) give a sense of how the business performed in the quarter ended December 2023, it could be worth looking at how some of its key metrics compare to Wall Street estimates and year-ago values.

UWM Holdings doubled its share price in 2023 despite Federal Reserve rate hikes, driven by increased loan volumes and operational efficiency gains. The company dominated the industry with a $29.7 billion overall production and an increase of 97 basis points in total gain margin, showcasing resilience amid high interest rate environment. UWM is positioned better than it ever has been to take advantage of the refinance cycle in 2024 when rate cuts set in.