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10-29

Earnings Review: SoFi Crushes Q3 Estimates on Diversification Push


Core Financial Indicators

$SoFi Technologies Inc.(SOFI)$   reported revenue of $961.60 million, marking a 37.9% year-over-year increase and surpassing the consensus estimate of $895 million.

EPS soared by 120% to reach $0.11, which came in above the consensus expectation of $0.085, underscoring robust operational efficiency and profitability.


Key Highlights: Positive signals


Customer Acquisition

The third quarter saw a record influx of new members, totaling 905,000—representing a 35% year-over-year increase. In the last quarter, SoFi added 850,000 new customers.


Asset Quality

Credit performance showed further improvement in the third quarter. The annualized charge-off rate for personal loans declined to 2.60%, down from 2.83% in the preceding quarter.


Revenue Breakdown:

Lending Business

During the third quarter, the lending segment increased by 23% year-on-year. Among different type of loans, the growth rate of home loans was significantly higher than SoFi's traditionally strong student loans.

SoFi stated that personal loan originations hit an "all-time high" of $7.5 billion. Student loan originations—once the core of SoFi’s business when it was founded—climbed 58% to $1.5 billion. The company also reported nearly $945 million in home loan originations, with $352 million of that coming from home equity loans.


Financial Services

Financial services revenue saw the most impressive gains, surging 76% to $303 million. Its financial services include revenues from investment services, insurance services, and bank card operations.

The contribution margin of this segment rose to 54% in Q3 2024 compared to the same period last year. Meanwhile, the profit of this segment doubled.


Tech platform

All other business segments also saw double-digit growth. Tech platform revenue increased by 12% to $115 million in the quarter.

SoFi's tech platform operates as a B2B business, providing payment and banking solutions to other fintech companies through its subsidiaries Galileo and Technisys.


Earnings Guidance

Buoyed by these strong performance results, SoFi raised its full-year outlook for the second time in 2024. The company now projects adjusted net revenue of $3.54 billion, up from its earlier guidance of $3.375 billion. This figure represents approximately 36% year-over-year growth and exceeds the $3.46 billion that analysts had anticipated.

Additionally, SoFi updated its guidance for other key metrics: adjusted EBITDA is now expected to reach $1.035 billion (up from $960 million), and adjusted earnings per share are projected at roughly 37 cents—surpassing the previous guidance of 31 cents. For context, analysts surveyed by FactSet had forecast adjusted earnings per share of 32 cents.


Summary

Overall, the earnings report exceeds expectations. The shares rose by more than 4% after the earnings release.



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