loanDepot Incorporated (NYSE: LDI) expects to raise $510 million in its upcoming IPO. Based in Foothill Ranch, California, loanDepot offers nonbank consumer lending solutions for individuals throughout the United States.
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loanDepot will offer 30 million shares at an expected price of $16 to $18. If the underwriters price the IPO at the midpoint of that range, loanDepot will have a market capitalization of for a market capitalization of $2.5bmillion.
loanDepot filed for the IPO on October 8, 2015.
Lead Underwriters: Barclays Capital, Goldman Sachs, Wells Fargo Securities
Underwriters: BMO Capital Markets, Citigroup Global Markets, JMP Securities, Raymond James & Associates, UBS Investment Bank, and William Blair & Associates
Business Summary: Nonbank Consumer Lender
loanDepot is a nonbank consumer lender of mortgage and nonmortgage loans that serves customers under the brand names loanDepot.com, imortgage, LDWholesale, and Mortgage Master. The company offers residential home, home refinancing, home equity loans, mortgages, and personal loans. Its distribution channels include online, consumer direct centers, wholesale centers, retail branches, and consumer finance and servicing centers in the United States.
The company has over 5,000 employees, including over 1,500 licensed loan officers. loanDepot is licensed in all 50 states and operates four online direct-lending business centers and over 130 retail branch locations.
loanDepot is an approved provider and servicer of Fannie Mae, FHA, VA, Freddie Mac and Ginnie Mae loans.
For the twelve months ended June 30, 2015, the company originated $22.1 billion in loans, which represents a 125 percent year-over-year increase. The company notes that it successfully maintained profitability since 2012.
For the six months ended June 30, 2015, 41.3 percent of loans originated through the direct retail channels, 48.3 percent came from the distributed retail channel, and 10.4 percent originated through the wholesale channel. Personal and home equity loans are facilitated through the retail channels, and the company expects that all of its consumer credit products will be available throughout its distribution channels in the near future.
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