Specialty Finance Market Update Q1 2024
Specialty Finance Market Update Q1 2024
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Fixed Income
$16
$12
($bn)
$8
$4
$0
$2.0
$1.8
$1.6 $1.5
$1.4
$1.4 $1.3
$1.2 $1.1
$1.0
($bn)
Interest Rates
The Federal Open Market Committee held its first and second meetings of 2024 in January and March, during which,
the federal funds rate target range was kept at 5.25 to 5.50%. The announcements reflected mixed economic results
and caution by the Fed to cut rates before reaching the 2% inflation goal
For investors, this will provide some additional time for capturing attractive yields in the markets. Additionally, once the
Fed does decide to cut rates, market analysts expect total fixed income returns to rise
10%
8%
6%
4%
2%
0%
Interest Rate Swaps - USD - 1 Year - Rate Value Interest Rate Swaps - USD - 5 Year - Rate Value
Interest Rate Swaps - USD - 10 Year - Rate Value Interest Rate Swaps - USD - 30 Year - Rate Value
US SOFR - Rate Value United States Prime Rate - Rate Value
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Sources: Federal Reserve
BRYANT PARK CAPITAL | Expe rts i n Speci alty Finance
1-Month Returns
6.4% 7.3%
4.0% 4.9%
1.8% 2.3%
(0.3%) (0.2%)
Automotive Specialty SBA Lending S&P 500 Consumer S&P 500 Mortgage and Real Leasing & Rental
Financing Finance & BDC Finance Financials (Sector) Estate Lenders
3-Month Returns
10.7% 12.0%
10.2%
5.6%
2.2% 3.3%
(2.9%) (2.3%)
Specialty Consumer Automotive SBA Lending Mortgage and Real S&P 500 Leasing & Rental S&P 500
Finance Finance Financing & BDC Estate Lenders Financials (Sector)
12-Month Returns
99.1%
50.2%
24.8% 25.5% 27.9% 31.0% 31.7%
18.3%
SBA Lending Automotive Specialty S&P 500 S&P 500 Leasing & Rental Mortgage and Real Consumer
& BDC Financing Finance Financials (Sector) Estate Lenders Finance
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Public Comparables
2024E 2025E
Mortgage and Real Estate Lenders 13.6x Mortgage and Real Estate Lenders 9.9x
SBA Lending & BDC 9.5x SBA Lending & BDC 9.4x
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Specialty Finance Market Update
Analysis of Comparable Publicly Traded Financial Services Companies (as of 3/29/2024)
Specialty Finance
Burford Capital Limited AIM:BUR $15.7 4.6% 89.6% $3,432.5 $5,571.9 16.1x 11.9x 2.4x 2.1x (40.2%) 13.9% NA 1.5x 1.6x NA
Encore Capital Group, Inc. NasdaqGS:ECPG $45.6 (6.7%) 83.3% $1,073.9 $4,348.3 7.4x 4.8x 2.4x 2.1x 15.2% 15.2% NA 1.1x 3.3x NA
PRA Group, Inc. NasdaqGS:PRAA $26.1 0.6% 64.5% $1,023.6 $3,937.7 NM 14.9x 3.1x 2.8x 21.1% 8.9% NA 0.9x 1.4x NA
ECN Capital Corp. TSX:ECN $1.5 (23.3%) 61.8% $432.1 $1,470.6 12.4x 8.2x 4.4x 3.8x NM 14.7% NA 5.1x NM NA
Omni Bridgeway Limited ASX:OBL $1.0 (9.1%) 50.5% $278.2 $686.4 NM 8.2x 1.0x 0.8x NM 26.1% NA 1.4x 2.1x NA
SWK Holdings Corporation Nasdaq:SWKH $17.4 5.2% 92.9% $217.7 $223.8 7.1x 13.6x 0.3x 0.3x 14.4% 6.2% NA 0.8x 0.8x NA
Medallion Financial Corp. NasdaqGS:MFIN $7.9 (0.9%) 75.4% $177.9 $2,216.5 5.6x 3.9x NM 9.6x (24.1%) 10.5% NA 0.5x 1.0x NA
Litigation Capital Management Limited AIM:LIT $1.4 7.7% 88.7% $161.4 NA NA NA NA NA (100.0%) NA NA 1.3x 1.3x NA
Accord Financial Corp. TSX:ACD $3.6 (2.9%) 67.8% $30.7 $343.3 8.0x NA 5.3x NA NM (100.0%) NA 0.5x 0.5x NA
LM Funding America, Inc. NasdaqCM:LMFA $3.7 7.4% 44.5% $8.9 $6.0 NM NA 0.1x NA NA (100.0%) NA 0.3x 0.3x NA
Median (0.1%) 71.6% 7.7x 8.2x 2.4x 2.1x (4.9%) 10.5% NA 1.0x 1.3x NA
Mean (1.7%) 71.9% 9.4x 9.4x 2.4x 3.1x (18.9%) (11.6%) NA 1.3x 1.4x NA
Leasing / Rental
AerCap Holdings N.V. NYSE:AER $86.9 12.4% 98.9% $17,011.1 $61,910.3 8.9x 8.0x 6.1x 5.9x 1.4% 2.9% 3.2% 1.0x 1.3x 2.8x
WillScot Mobile Mini Holdings Corp. NasdaqCM:WSC $46.5 (3.2%) 89.1% $8,833.6 $12,620.7 22.3x 17.6x 1.5x 1.4x 7.9% 8.8% 21.9% 7.0x NM 1.0x
Element Fleet Management Corp. TSX:EFN $16.2 (4.2%) 93.3% $6,291.1 $14,586.5 15.1x 13.3x 8.1x 7.4x (32.0%) 9.3% NA 2.3x 5.4x NA
Air Lease Corporation NYSE:AL $51.4 28.9% 99.4% $5,728.7 $24,450.6 11.3x 9.6x 6.7x 6.1x 7.2% 9.0% 13.0% 0.8x 0.8x 0.9x
GATX Corporation NYSE:GATX $134.0 5.0% 98.8% $4,763.2 $11,956.9 17.8x 16.9x 4.9x 4.7x 9.5% 5.1% NA 2.1x 2.2x NA
McGrath RentCorp NasdaqGS:MGRC $123.4 (1.1%) 94.3% $3,022.1 $3,800.2 22.8x 20.1x 0.9x 0.9x 3.2% 5.8% 13.0% 3.2x 5.5x 1.8x
Upbound Group, Inc. NasdaqGS:UPBD $35.2 5.2% 97.3% $1,916.0 $3,422.3 9.3x 8.1x 0.4x 0.4x 3.7% 4.1% 20.0% 3.4x NM 0.5x
The Aaron's Company, Inc. NYSE:AAN $7.5 2.5% 46.4% $229.7 $867.3 NM 11.7x 0.3x 0.3x (0.8%) 2.7% NA 0.3x 0.6x NA
Chesswood Group Limited TSX:CHW $5.3 (15.2%) 77.0% $98.4 $1,580.9 NM 8.1x 6.8x 5.9x NM 15.4% NA 0.7x 1.1x NA
Median 2.5% 94.3% 15.1x 11.7x 4.9x 4.7x 3.4% 5.8% 13.0% 2.1x 1.3x 1.0x
Mean 3.4% 88.3% 15.3x 12.6x 4.0x 3.7x 0.0% 7.0% 14.2% 2.3x 2.4x 1.4x
Consumer Finance
Affirm Holdings, Inc. NasdaqGS:AFRM $37.3 (2.0%) 71.0% $11,434.1 $15,955.4 NM NM 2.6x 2.1x 26.8% 21.0% NA 4.3x 5.5x NA
OneMain Holdings, Inc. NYSE: OMF $51.1 4.9% 98.9% $6,118.8 $25,090.8 8.8x 6.6x 4.4x 4.1x NM 5.8% 11.9% 1.9x 4.1x 0.7x
FirstCash Holdings, Inc. NasdaqGS:FCFS $127.5 10.9% 99.6% $5,753.1 $7,549.1 18.4x 15.8x 0.6x 0.5x 10.8% 7.4% NA 2.9x NM NA
SLM Corporation NasdaqGS:SLM $21.8 5.3% 99.3% $4,801.4 $6,076.1 8.2x 7.6x 3.5x 3.4x 2.4% 4.1% 3.6% 2.9x 3.1x 2.3x
Upstart Holdings, Inc. NasdaqGS:UPST $26.9 2.2% 37.0% $2,324.1 $3,199.9 NM NM 2.1x 1.6x 6.1% 32.4% NA 3.7x 4.4x NA
Navient Corporation NasdaqGS:NAVI $17.4 5.7% 88.4% $1,961.8 $58,885.8 8.0x 8.0x NM NM (39.7%) (6.4%) NA 0.7x 1.0x NA
Enova International, Inc. NYSE:ENVA $62.8 (0.5%) 97.4% $1,727.0 $4,636.3 7.7x 6.5x 1.2x 1.1x NM 10.6% NA 1.5x 2.1x NA
PROG Holdings, Inc. NYSE:PRG $34.4 9.7% 76.9% $1,504.6 $1,957.3 12.0x 10.6x 0.3x 0.2x (3.5%) 4.8% NA 2.5x 8.1x NA
goeasy Ltd. TSX:GSY $117.7 (5.9%) 88.5% $1,969.3 $4,017.5 9.5x 8.0x 2.0x 1.8x NM 13.4% NA 2.5x 3.5x NA
World Acceptance Corporation NasdaqGS:WRLD $145.0 17.9% 90.6% $825.2 $1,479.9 12.5x NA 1.2x NA (2.5%) (100.0%) NA 2.0x 2.1x NA
Green Dot Corporation NYSE:GDOT $9.3 16.0% 43.7% $492.9 NA 6.1x 5.3x 0.0x 0.0x 5.5% 7.9% 5.0% 0.6x 1.8x 1.2x
LendingClub Corporation NYSE:LC $8.8 7.1% 80.5% $970.5 NA 40.3x 14.0x 0.1x 0.1x (37.0%) 24.6% NA 0.8x 0.9x NA
EZCORP, Inc. NasdaqGS:EZPW $11.3 10.8% 99.6% $624.9 $1,015.0 10.8x 9.7x 0.5x 0.5x 8.3% 6.2% NA 0.8x 1.5x NA
Atlanticus Holdings Corporation NasdaqGS:ATLC $29.6 (10.3%) 67.7% $432.4 $2,257.4 6.3x 4.8x 1.5x 1.4x NM 13.2% NA 1.1x 1.1x NA
Regional Management Corp. NYSE:RM $24.2 5.6% 70.0% $236.3 $1,663.6 6.0x 3.6x 2.5x 2.3x 9.3% 7.4% NA 0.7x 0.8x NA
Oportun Financial Corp NASDAQ: OPRT $2.4 (38.5%) 31.4% $84.0 $2,922.0 NM 2.7x 3.0x 2.8x 12.4% 8.0% NA 0.2x 0.3x NA
MoneyLion Inc. NYSE:ML $71.3 37.5% 90.0% $750.2 $854.7 NM 24.4x 0.4x 0.3x 23.3% 19.8% NA 2.9x 9.2x NA
LendingTree, Inc. NasdaqGS:TREE $42.3 5.9% 95.1% $552.2 $1,051.3 17.1x 11.8x 0.9x 0.8x (0.7%) 16.8% NA 4.4x NM NA
OppFi Inc. NYSE:OPFI $2.5 (28.0%) 46.8% $48.3 $549.3 4.5x 4.0x 0.7x 0.6x NM 6.4% NA 4.5x 4.5x NA
Katapult Holdings, Inc. NasdaqGM:KPLT $11.7 (14.0%) 47.1% $47.5 $112.8 NM NM 0.4x 0.3x 9.7% 17.8% 53.9% NM NM NM
Median 5.4% 84.4% 8.8x 7.8x 1.2x 0.9x 6.1% 8.0% 8.4% 2.0x 2.1x 1.2x
Mean 2.0% 76.0% 11.8x 9.0x 1.5x 1.3x 2.1% 6.1% 18.6% 2.2x 3.2x 1.4x
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Specialty Finance Market Update
Analysis of Comparable Publicly Traded Financial Services Companies (as of 3/29/2024)
Automotive Financing
Credit Acceptance Corporation NasdaqGS:CACC $551.6 (0.1%) 89.4% $6,785.7 $11,842.7 13.9x 12.0x 2.7x 2.4x NM 9.4% NA 3.9x 3.9x NA
America's Car-Mart, Inc. NasdaqGS:CRMT $63.9 (5.6%) 49.9% $408.3 $1,210.5 25.1x 12.8x 0.6x 0.6x (3.6%) 0.4% (19.5%) 0.9x 0.9x NM
Consumer Portfolio Services, Inc. NasdaqGM:CPSS $7.6 (12.2%) 55.0% $159.7 $2,723.4 NA NA NA NA (100.0%) NA NA 0.6x 0.6x NA
First Acceptance Corporation OTCPK:FACO $2.6 26.8% 90.0% $99.0 $99.0 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
Nicholas Financial, Inc. NasdaqGS:NICK $6.8 (0.9%) 90.7% $49.3 $41.6 NA NA NA NA (100.0%) NA NA 0.8x 0.8x NA
Median (0.9%) 89.4% 19.5x 12.4x 1.6x 1.5x (100.0%) 4.9% (19.5%) 0.9x 0.9x NA
Mean 1.6% 75.0% 19.5x 12.4x 1.6x 1.5x (67.9%) 4.9% (19.5%) 1.6x 1.6x NA
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Transactions: Mergers & Acquisitions
Q1 2024
Exchange: Percent
Date Closed Target/Issuer Ticker Sector Deal Size ($M) Sought (%) Buyers/Investors Sellers
1 01/01/2024 New Start Financial, LLC Private Consumer Finance Not Disclosed 100.00% Motos America Inc. Not Disclosed
(OTCPK:MTAM)
2 01/09/2024 Pay4Freight, LLC Private Specialty Finance Not Disclosed 100.00% Porter Capital Corporation Not Disclosed
3 01/11/2024 Orka Finance, Inc. Private Consumer Finance Not Disclosed 100.00% Sunstone Credit, Inc. NGP Energy Capital Management, LLC
4 01/18/2024 Southern Auto Finance Company Private Automotive Financing Not Disclosed Not Disclosed Finanzauto S.A. BIC Not Disclosed
5 02/21/2024 Red Oak Inventory Finance, LLC Private Specialty Finance $153.0 100.00% BharCap Partners, LLC ECN Capital Corp. (TSX:ECN)
6 03/04/2024 Ally Lending Private Consumer Finance Not Disclosed 100.00% Synchrony Financial (NYSE:SYF) Ally Financial Inc. (NYSE:ALLY)
7 03/07/2024 Car Title Loans USA Private Automotive Financing Not Disclosed 100.00% Integrity Financial Solutions, Inc. Not Disclosed
8 03/15/2024 HighTechLending Inc. Private Mortgage and Real Estate Lenders Not Disclosed Not Disclosed Not Disclosed Not Disclosed
9 03/26/2024 ROCIFI LABS PTE LTD Private Consumer Finance Not Disclosed 100.00% The GORA Network Not Disclosed
10 03/29/2024 Oakmont Capital Holdings, LLC Private Leasing / Rental $4.3 100.00% JA Mitsui Leasing USA Holdings, Inc. Quaint Oak Bank
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Transactions: Private Placements
Q1 2024
5 01/10/2024 Futurerent Holdings USA Inc. Private Mortgage and Real Estate Lenders $32.8
7 01/12/2024 Black Diamond Funding Ventures, LLC Private Specialty Finance $11.4
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Transactions: Private Placements
Q1 2024
21 02/09/2024 Timbercreek Financial Corp. TSE: TF Mortgage and Real Estate Lenders $510.0
26 02/15/2024 Bellevue Funding LLC Private Mortgage and Real Estate Lenders $19.7
35 03/10/2024 Inter-American Investment Corporation Private SBA Lending / BDC Not Disclosed
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Transactions: Private Placements
Q1 2024
38 03/19/2024 CFG Merchant Solutions, LLC Private SBA Lending / BDC $10.0
41 03/21/2024 Capital Southwest Corporation NASDAQ: CSWC SBA Lending / BDC $150.0
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