Mortgage banking company PennyMac Financial Services (NYSE: PFSI) missed Wall Street’s revenue expectations in Q4 CY2025, with sales flat year on year at $538 million. Its GAAP profit of $1.97 per share was 39.6% below analysts’ consensus estimates.
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PennyMac Financial Services (PFSI) Q4 CY2025 Highlights:
- Revenue: $538 million vs analyst estimates of $640.5 million (flat year on year, 16% miss)
- EPS (GAAP): $1.97 vs analyst expectations of $3.26 (39.6% miss)
- Market Capitalization: $7.64 billion
“PFSI finished the year with a solid fourth quarter, generating a 10 percent annualized return on equity with strong production results offset by increased runoff on our MSR asset as prepayment speeds increased,” said Chairman and CEO David Spector.
Company Overview
Founded during the 2008 financial crisis to help address the mortgage market meltdown, PennyMac Financial Services (NYSE: PFSI) is a specialty financial services company that originates, services, and manages investments related to residential mortgage loans in the United States.
Sales Growth
From lending activities to service fees, most banks build their revenue model around two income sources. Interest rate spreads between loans and deposits create the first stream, with the second coming from charges on everything from basic bank accounts to complex investment banking transactions. PennyMac Financial Services’s demand was weak over the last five years as its revenue fell at a 10.3% annual rate. This wasn’t a great result and is a poor baseline for our analysis.
We at StockStory place the most emphasis on long-term growth, but within financials, a half-decade historical view may miss recent interest rate changes, market returns, and industry trends. PennyMac Financial Services’s annualized revenue growth of 19.4% over the last two years is above its five-year trend, suggesting its demand recently accelerated. 
Note: Quarters not shown were determined to be outliers, impacted by outsized investment gains/losses that are not indicative of the recurring fundamentals of the business.
This quarter, PennyMac Financial Services’s $538 million of revenue was flat year on year, falling short of Wall Street’s estimates.
Net interest income made up -1.7% of the company’s total revenue during the last five years, meaning PennyMac Financial Services is well diversified and has a variety of income streams driving its overall growth. Nevertheless, net interest income is critical to analyze for banks because they’re considered a higher-quality, more recurring revenue source by investors.
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Key Takeaways from PennyMac Financial Services’s Q4 Results
We struggled to find many positives in these results. Its revenue missed and its EPS fell short of Wall Street’s estimates, and these shortfalls were huge. Overall, this was a softer quarter. The stock traded down 22.5% to $116 immediately after reporting.
The latest quarter from PennyMac Financial Services’s wasn’t that good. One earnings report doesn’t define a company’s quality, though, so let’s explore whether the stock is a buy at the current price. If you’re making that decision, you should consider the bigger picture of valuation, business qualities, as well as the latest earnings. We cover that in our actionable full research report which you can read here (it’s free).
