Two Harbors Investment Corp. is a U.S.-based mortgage real estate investment trust, or REIT, founded in 2009 and listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker TWO. The company is headquartered at 1601 Utica Avenue South in St. Louis Park, Minnesota. Its business is focused on the residential ...Two Harbors Investment Corp. is a U.S.-based mortgage real estate investment trust, or REIT, founded in 2009 and listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker TWO. The company is headquartered at 1601 Utica Avenue South in St. Louis Park, Minnesota. Its business is focused on the residential mortgage market rather than owning and operating traditional commercial or multifamily properties. Two Harbors invests in, finances, and manages mortgage servicing rights, agency residential mortgage-backed securities, non-agency mortgage-backed securities, and other mortgage-related financial assets.
A central component of the company’s strategy is mortgage servicing rights, commonly called MSRs. MSRs represent the contractual right to service mortgage loans, collect borrower payments, manage escrow accounts, and perform related administrative functions in exchange for servicing income. Two Harbors also uses its operational platform, RoundPoint Mortgage Servicing LLC, to support mortgage servicing activities and operates as one of the larger servicers of conventional residential loans. Agency RMBS investments generally involve securities backed by mortgages guaranteed or issued by government-sponsored enterprises such as Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. These assets can provide liquidity and income but remain sensitive to interest rates, prepayments, financing costs, and changes in mortgage spreads.
The company’s cost structure is primarily financial rather than manufacturing-based. It does not have a conventional bill of materials, factory network, or inventory cycle. Its major economic costs include interest expense on secured and other borrowings, servicing and operational expenses, compensation, hedging costs, financing and transaction expenses, and potential fair-value losses on mortgage assets or derivatives. Leverage is an important part of the mortgage-REIT model because borrowed funds are used to increase the scale of the investment portfolio. This can enhance returns during favorable market conditions but can also magnify losses when interest rates, funding conditions, or asset valuations move adversely.
As a REIT, Two Harbors generally receives favorable federal income-tax treatment if it satisfies applicable REIT requirements, including distributing at least 90% of its annual taxable income to shareholders. This structure supports the company’s dividend-oriented investment profile, although dividend levels can vary with taxable income, portfolio performance, financing conditions, and board decisions. Supplied trailing data shows a dividend per share of approximately $1.36 and a market capitalization of about $1.27 billion, while reported book value per share was approximately $16.61. Mortgage REIT metrics should be interpreted differently from those of operating companies because net interest income, book value, leverage, hedging, and asset valuation are often more informative than traditional sales and earnings measures.
William Ross Greenberg has served as President and Chief Executive Officer since June 2020. The company’s strategic priorities include expanding and managing its MSR portfolio, maintaining disciplined financing and hedging practices, managing interest-rate and prepayment exposure, protecting book value, and producing sustainable shareholder distributions. Key risks include interest-rate volatility, changes in mortgage prepayments, counterparty and funding risk, regulatory requirements, housing-market conditions, servicing performance, and fluctuations in the value of mortgage assets. Overall, Two Harbors is best characterized as a specialized, capital-intensive residential mortgage investment and servicing platform rather than a conventional property-owning REIT.
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).
$605.6M
-28.4%
-2.8%
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.
$-454.3M
-252.4%
+92.8%
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.
+97.9%
-6.4%
+1.3%
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).
+68.7%
-38.9%
-2.6%
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.
-75.0%
-312.8%
+98.4%
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.
$-15.1M
-117.3%
+243.5%
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.
-2.5%
-124.2%
+253.5%
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.
478.6%
+11.8%
-20.7%
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.
0.13x
-85.0%
+99.2%
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: Good morning. My name is Jennifer, and I will be your conference facilitator today. At this time, I would like to welcome everyone to TWO's First Quarter 2026 Earnings Call. [Operator Instructions] I would now like to turn the call over to Ms. Maggie Karr.
Margaret Field: Good morning, everyone, and welcome to our call to discuss TWO's first quarter 2026 financial results. With me on the call this morning are Bill Greenberg, our President and Chief Executive Officer; Nick Letica, our Chief Investment Officer; and William Dellal, our Chief Financial Officer. The earnings press release and presentation associated with today's call have been filed with the SEC and are available on the SEC's website as well as the Investor Relations page of our website at twoinv.com. In our earnings release and presentation, we have provided reconciliations of GAAP to non-GAAP financial measures, and we urge you to review this information in conjunction with today's call. As a reminder, our comments today will include forward-looking statements, which are subject to risks and uncertainties that may cause our results to differ materially from expectations. These are described on Page 2 of the presentation and in our Form 10-K and subsequent reports filed with the SEC. Except as may be required by law, TWO does not update forward-looking statements and disclaims any obligation to do so. I will now turn the call over to Bill.
William Greenberg: Thank you, Maggie. Good morning, everyone, and welcome to our first quarter earnings call. I would like to begin by addressing the recent developments regarding the merger plans that we initially disclosed last December. As we described in detail in our proxy statement, in March, we received an unsolicited all-cash proposal from CrossCountry Mortgage. After careful consideration and in coordination with our financial and legal advisers, our Board unanimously determined that the CrossCountry proposal was superior and in the best interest of shareholders. And on March 27, 2026, we executed a new merger agreement with CrossCountry, pursuant to which CrossCountry agreed to acquire Two Harbors for $10.80 per share in cash. In connection with entering into this agreement, we terminated the prior merger agreement with UWM. Yesterday, we announced that we signed an amendment to the new merger agreement with CCM. Under the terms of the amended agreement, CCM will increase the per share cash consideration payable to Two Harbors' stockholders to $11.30 per share, an increase from $10.80 per share under the original merger agreement. The amended agreement follows our Board's thorough evaluation of an unsolicited competing proposal received on April 20, 2026, from UWMC. After consulting with our financial and legal advisers, including assessments of the competing proposal's terms, proposed financing, regulatory path, deal certainty, and other factors, the TWO Board determined that the CCM transaction as amended, continues to be in …