NexPoint Real Estate Finance, Inc. (NREF) is a U.S.-based real estate finance firm. Its core activities involve the origination, structuring, and investment ...
NexPoint Real Estate Finance, Inc. (NREF) is a U.S.-based real estate finance company that operates as an externally managed commercial mortgage REIT. Its primary business involves the origination, structuring, and investment in a diversified portfolio of real estate-backed financial products, including senior mortgage debt, mezzanine debt, preferred equity, preferred stock, ...NexPoint Real Estate Finance, Inc. (NREF) is a U.S.-based real estate finance company that operates as an externally managed commercial mortgage REIT. Its primary business involves the origination, structuring, and investment in a diversified portfolio of real estate-backed financial products, including senior mortgage debt, mezzanine debt, preferred equity, preferred stock, and securitized multifamily commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS). The company was incorporated in 2019 and is headquartered in Dallas, Texas, with its shares listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol NREF. NREF aims to qualify as a REIT for U.S. federal income tax purposes, which allows it to distribute at least 90% of its taxable earnings to shareholders and avoid corporate-level income taxes. The company is led by James Dondero, who serves as president and chairman of the board, and is part of the larger NexPoint platform, which includes investment advisers and a broker-dealer. As of the latest data, NREF has a market capitalization of approximately $342 million, with a price-to-earnings ratio of around 5.4 and a dividend yield of about 11%. The company's financial performance shows strong profit margins, with a net profit margin of 86%, but it also carries significant leverage, as indicated by a debt-to-equity ratio of 11.2. NREF's investment strategy focuses on generating attractive risk-adjusted returns through a diversified portfolio of real estate debt investments, primarily in the multifamily sector. The company's revenue per share is $5.31, and it has a book value per share of $45.07. Despite its relatively small employee count (likely under 100, as the company is externally managed), NREF leverages its external manager, NexPoint Real Estate Advisors, to conduct its operations. Overall, NREF seeks to provide shareholders with stable dividends and long-term capital appreciation through disciplined underwriting and active portfolio management.
YoYYoY means Year-over-Year. It compares the latest annual value with the previous annual value to show long-term trend strength.
QoQQoQ means Quarter-over-Quarter. It compares the latest quarter with the immediately previous quarter to show short-term momentum changes.
RevenueThe total money that came through the front door from selling things, before paying a single bill. Think of it as the grand total of every credit card swipe from customers. (YoY compares this year to last year's performance, while QoQ compares the current three months to the previous three).
$126.1M
+14.3%
+1.6%
Net IncomeThe absolute bottom line. If the company paid every single supplier, employee, banker, and tax collector, this is the actual money left in their pocket at the end of the day.
$105.1M
+260.0%
-20.8%
Gross MarginThe basic markup. If they sell a $100 pair of sneakers, this percentage tells you how much of that price tag is profit right after paying for the rubber and shoelaces, but before paying for things like store rent or TV commercials.
+88.9%
-1.2%
-1.8%
Operating MarginThe 'day job' efficiency score. Out of every dollar a customer spends, this shows how many cents the company keeps after making the product AND paying for all the everyday corporate overhead (like salaries, marketing, and keeping the lights on).
+129.7%
+68.8%
-16.5%
Net MarginThe final take-home percentage. When you strip away every conceivable cost, tax, and interest payment, this is the exact number of cents the company truly gets to keep from every dollar in sales.
+83.3%
+214.9%
-22.1%
Free Cash FlowThe holy grail of corporate cash. It's the spendable, physical money left over after the business pays for its daily operations AND buys the big, expensive upgrades (like new factories or servers) it needs to survive. This is the 'free' money they can use to pay dividends or buy back stock.
$22.9M
-21.7%
-164.3%
FCF MarginThe ultimate cash conversion rate. It shows how good the company is at turning regular sales directly into cold, hard, spendable cash. A high percentage means the business is an absolute cash-printing machine.
+18.2%
-31.6%
-163.3%
Debt / EquityThe financial risk gauge. It compares how much of the company's empire was built using borrowed money (loans) versus the owners' own money (shareholders). A high number means they are heavily leveraged and playing a riskier game; a low number means they are playing it safe.
595.3%
-40.5%
+5.3%
Current RatioThe 12-month survival check. It simply compares the cash they have right now (plus things they can quickly turn into cash) against the immediate bills they absolutely must pay this year. A score above 1 means they have enough in the wallet to cover the upcoming bills without panicking.
0.31x
-97.6%
+190.4%
Total AssetsThe absolute size of the company's empire. It bundles together absolutely everything of value they own—from the cash in the register and the inventory in the warehouse, to the software patents in the vault and the factories on the ground.
Operator: Hello everyone. Thank you for joining us, and welcome to the NexPoint Residential Trust quarter 26 earnings call. After today's prepared remarks, we will host a question-and-answer session If you would like to ask a question, please press *1 to raise your hand. To withdraw your question, press *1 again. I will now hand the conference over to Kristen Griffith, Investor Relations. Kristen? Please go ahead.
Kristen Griffith: Thank you. Good day, everyone, and welcome to NexPoint Real Estate Finance, Conference call to review the company results for the second quarter ended 06/30/2026. On the call today are Paul Richards, executive vice president and chief financial officer and Matthew Ryan McGraner, executive vice president and chief investment officer. As a reminder, this call is being webcast to the company's website at nrep.nexpoint.com. Before we begin, I would like to remind everyone that this conference call contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 2 thousand that are based on the management current expectations, assumptions, and beliefs. Listeners should not place undue reliance on any forward looking statements and are encouraged to review the company's annual report on Form 10-Ks and the company's other filings with the SEC for a more complete discussion of risk and other factors that could affect the forward looking statements. The statements made during this conference call speak only as of today's date, and except as required by law, NREF does not undertake any obligation to publicly update or revise any forward looking statements. This conference call also includes an analysis of non-GAAP financial measures. For a more complete discussion, of these non-GAAP financial measures, see the company's presentation that was filed earlier today. I would now like to turn the call over to Paul Richards.
Operator: Please go ahead, Paul.
Paul Richards: Thanks, Kristen, and good morning, everyone. I will walk through our quarterly results, cover the balance sheet and provide guidance for Q3 before turning it over to Matthew for a deeper dive on the portfolio and macro lending environment. For the second quarter, we reported a net income of $0.29 per diluted share compared to $0.54 for Q2 of 2025. The earnings available for distribution was $0.46 per diluted share in the second quarter compared to $0.43 per diluted share in the same period of 2025. Cash available for distribution was $0.58 per diluted share in the second quarter compared to $0.46 per diluted share in the same period of 2025. We paid a regular dividend of $0.50 per share in the second quarter. Which was 1.16x covered by cash available for distribution, On 07/27/2026, the board declared a dividend of $0.50 per share payable for the third quarter of 2026. Book value per diluted share decreased by 1.9% from Q1 of 2026 to $18.60 per diluted share primarily driven by a small unrealized loss on our stock warrant …