Mr. Cooper Group Inc. COOP

Competitive advantage analysis · financial-services

Lender Specialized
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Ranked against 18 peers in Mortgage Finance

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Where COOP ranks in Mortgage Finance

Mr. Cooper Group Inc. ranks #19 of 19 scored companies in Mortgage Finance by moat score — the top 100%. The widest moat in the group is Security National Financial Cor (SNFCA) at 77/100.

# Company Moat score Rating
11 Walker & Dunlop, Inc WD 54/100 Moderate
12 Guild Holdings Company GHLD 40/100 Developing
13 Income Opportunity Realty Inves IOR 38/100 Developing
14 Better Home & Finance Holding Company BETRW 37/100 Developing
15 Better Home & Finance Holding C BETR 37/100 Developing
16 Pineapple Financial Inc. PAPL 37/100 Developing
17 Rocket Companies, Inc. RKT 37/100 Developing
18 loanDepot, Inc. LDI 23/100 Weak
19 Mr. Cooper Group Inc. COOP 0/100 Weak

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How COOP scores on the Lender Specialized defenses

Funding & Return Stability

Not measurable · 22% of the moat score

A lender without deposits buys all of its funding, so its first test is whether the business still earns a decent return when that funding gets dearer.

Lending Advantage

Not measurable · 18% of the moat score

Outside banking, a lending advantage usually comes from origination: a channel or a data edge that finds good borrowers more cheaply than rivals, or a niche such as subprime auto, student loans or agency mortgages where experience in underwriting and servicing is hard to copy.

Capital Strength

Not measurable · 20% of the moat score

Without deposit insurance or a central-bank backstop, equity is what keeps a lender in business when its lenders get nervous.

Cost Discipline

Not measurable · 16% of the moat score

Origination, servicing and collections are largely fixed-cost operations, so scale and automation decide how much of the spread survives to the bottom line.

Revenue Diversification

Not measurable · 14% of the moat score

A lender that earns only on the spread of one product is exposed to that product's cycle and to the market that funds it.

Risk Management

Not measurable · 10% of the moat score

Credit losses at a non-bank lender arrive late and all at once, and with borrowed funding they can turn into a liquidity problem in weeks.

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Understanding COOP's moat

What is Mr. Cooper Group Inc.'s moat score?

Mr. Cooper Group Inc. (COOP) scores 0 out of 100 on the StatsAlpha Moat Map, which rates its competitive advantage as weak. It ranks #19 of 19 scored companies in Mortgage Finance, the top 100%. The score is a weighted composite of 6 competitive defenses, each measured against industry peers of 18 companies in Mortgage Finance.

How does Mr. Cooper Group Inc. compare with other Mortgage Finance companies?

Mr. Cooper Group Inc. ranks #19 of 19 scored companies in Mortgage Finance by moat score. The widest moat in Mortgage Finance is Security National Financial Cor (SNFCA) at 77/100. The companies ranked closest are loanDepot, Inc. (LDI) at 23 just above it.

How is the moat score calculated?

Each company is scored with an industry-specific template — Lender Specialized in this case, chosen because the defenses that matter to a bank are not the ones that matter to a software company. Every defense combines several financial signals, and each signal is measured as a percentile against a peer group of 18 companies in Mortgage Finance. The defenses are then weighted to produce the overall score out of 100.

Why is Mr. Cooper Group Inc. scored with the Lender Specialized template?

Card and instalment lenders, mortgage originators and mortgage REITs make money the way a bank does, by earning more on what they lend than they pay for the money they lend, but they do not take deposits. They borrow in the debt markets instead: securitisations, warehouse lines, repo and bonds, money that has to be refinanced and repriced as rates move. The Lender template scores what decides whether such a business lasts: how well its returns hold up as funding costs change, what it lends against, how much equity stands behind the book, and whether it has been pricing credit honestly.

Which competitive defenses are measured for Mr. Cooper Group Inc.?

The Lender Specialized template measures 6 defenses, and COOP scores: Funding & Return Stability (not measurable), Lending Advantage (not measurable), Capital Strength (not measurable), Cost Discipline (not measurable), Revenue Diversification (not measurable), Risk Management (not measurable). Each is scored independently as a percentile against peers, so a company can be strong on one and weak on another — the overall score reflects how those defenses are weighted for this industry.

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