NREF Announces Fourth Quarter 2025 Results, Provides First Quarter 2026 Guidance

DALLAS, Feb. 26, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — NexPoint Real Estate Finance, Inc. (“NREF” or the “Company”) (NYSE: NREF) today reported its financial results for the quarter ended December 31, 2025.

NREF reported net income attributable to common stockholders of $13.6 million, or 0.52 per diluted share¹, for the three months ended December 31, 2025.

NREF reported cash available for distribution² of $12.2 million, or $0.53 per diluted common share², for three months ended December 31, 2025.

“NREF continues to produce consistent earnings while strategically deploying capital across a diversified portfolio of high-quality real assets. Our disciplined approach to capital allocation—spanning life sciences, multifamily, self-storage, and industrial—reflects delivering durable, risk-adjusted returns to our shareholders. As we expand into sectors underpinned by strong demographic and structural demand trends, we remain focused on positioning NREF to capitalize on market dislocations, grow book value, and provide investors with a clear and consistent view of our earnings trajectory and long-term value creation strategy,” said Matthew McGraner, Chief Investment Officer.

Fourth Quarter 2025 Highlights

• Outstanding total portfolio of $1.2 billion, composed of 92 investments³
• Single-family rental (“SFR”), multifamily, life sciences, self-storage, marinas, and industrial represent 16.6%, 47.0%, 29.5%, 2.4%, 2.6% and 1.9% of the Company’s investment portfolio, respectively as of December 31, 2025
• Weighted-average loan to value (“LTV”)⁴ and debt service coverage ratio (“DSCR”) on our senior loans, CMBS, CMBS I/O strips, preferred equity, and mezzanine investments are 63.6% and 1.24x³, respectively
• During the quarter, the Company funded $5.7MM on a loan that pays a monthly coupon of SOFR + 900 bps.
• The Company also funded a combined $17.4MM on two marina loans that pay a monthly coupon of 13.0%.
• During the quarter, the Company funded $22.5MM on a loan that pays a monthly coupon of 11.0%.
• During the quarter, the Company raised $60.5MM in gross proceeds from the Series B preferred stock offering.
• On February 24, 2026 NREF announced a first quarter dividend of $0.50 per common share

¹ Weighted-average shares outstanding – diluted assumes vesting of all outstanding unvested restricted stock units and the conversion of all redeemable non-controlling interests.
² Earnings available for distribution (“EAD”), cash available for distribution (“CAD”) and adjusted weighted average common shares outstanding – diluted are non-GAAP measures. For a discussion of why we consider these non-GAAP measures useful and reconciliations of these non-GAAP measures, see the “Reconciliations of Non-GAAP Financial Measures” and “Non-GAAP Financial Measures” sections of this release.
³ As of December 31, 2025; and excluding the common stock, revolving credit facility investments, the remaining net assets related to the Hudson Montford multifamily property after its sale and the Alexander at the District and Mag & May multifamily properties. CMBS B-Pieces reflected on an unconsolidated basis.
⁴ Loan to value is generally based on the initial loan amount divided by the as-is appraised value as of the date the loan was originated or by the current principal amount as of the date of the most recent as-is appraised value. For our CMBS B-Pieces, LTV is based on the weighted-average LTV of the underlying loan pool.
⁵ Net income attributable to common stockholders in 1Q 2026 is estimated to be between $6.5 million and $8.8 million. See reconciliations below.

Looking Ahead: First Quarter 2026 Guidance

Earnings Available for Distribution²

• 1Q 2026 EAD per diluted common share guidance is $0.40⁵ at the midpoint

Cash Available for Distribution²

• 1Q 2026 CAD per diluted common share guidance is $0.50⁵ at the midpoint

Conference Call Details
The Company is scheduled to host a conference call on Thursday, February 26, 2026, at 11:00 a.m. ET (10:00 a.m. CT), to discuss fourth quarter 2025 financial results.

The conference call can be accessed live over the phone by dialing 888-660-4430 or +1 646-960-0537 and entering Conference ID 6891136. A live audio webcast of the call will be available online at the Company’s website, https://nref.nexpoint.com (under “Resources”). An online replay will be available shortly after the call on the Company’s website and continue to be available for 60 days.

A replay of the conference call will also be available through Thursday, March 12, 2026, by dialing 1 800-770-2030 or, for international callers, +1 609-800-9099 and entering passcode 6891136.

For additional commentary and portfolio information, please view NREF’s earning supplement, which was posted on the Company’s website, http://nref.nexpoint.com.

Reconciliations of Non-GAAP Financial Measures
The following table provides a reconciliation of Earnings Available for Distribution and Cash Available for Distribution to GAAP net income attributable to common stockholders and Adjusted Weighted Average Common Shares Outstanding – diluted to Weighted Average Common Shares Outstanding – diluted (in thousands, except per share amounts):

About NexPoint Real Estate Finance, Inc.

NexPoint Real Estate Finance, Inc., is a publicly traded REIT, with its common stock and 8.50% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock listed on the New York Stock Exchange, primarily focused on originating, structuring and investing in first-lien mortgage loans, mezzanine loans, preferred equity, convertible notes, multifamily properties and common equity investments, as well as multifamily and single-family commercial mortgage-backed securities securitizations, promissory notes, revolving credit facilities and stock warrants. More information about the Company is available at http://nref.nexpoint.com.

Forward-Looking Statements

This press release contains “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 that are based on management’s current expectations, assumptions and beliefs. Forward-looking statements can often be identified by words such as “anticipate,” “believe,” “estimate,” “expect,” “intend,” “may,” “should” and similar expressions, and variations or negatives of these words. These forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements regarding the Company’s business, strategy and industry in general, first quarter 2026 guidance, including net income, net income attributable to common stockholders, EAD, CAD, EAD and CAD per diluted common share and related coverage ratios and related assumptions and estimates, the Company’s intent to not settle Series B or Series C Preferred redemptions in shares of common stock when the Company’s common stock price is below book value and the Company’s approach to capital allocation that reflects delivering durable, risk-adjusted returns to shareholders and expansion into sectors underpinned by strong demographic and structural demand trends and the Company’s continued focus on positioning to capitalize on market dislocations, grow book value and provide investors with a clear and consistent view of the Company’s earnings trajectory and long-term value creation strategy. They are not guarantees of future results and forward-looking statements are subject to risks, uncertainties and assumptions that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed in any forward-looking statement, including those described in greater detail in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), particularly those described in our Annual Report on Form 10-K and Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q. Readers should not place undue reliance on any forward-looking statements and are encouraged to review the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K and the Company’s other filings with the SEC for a more complete discussion of risks and other factors that could affect any forward-looking statement. The statements made herein speak only as of the date of this press release and except as required by law, the Company does not undertake any obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements.

Non-GAAP Financial Measures

This press release contains non-GAAP financial measures. A “non-GAAP financial measure” is defined as a numerical measure of a company’s financial performance that excludes or includes amounts so as to be different than the most directly comparable measure calculated and presented in accordance with GAAP in the statements of income, balance sheets or statements of cash flows of the Company. The non-GAAP financial measures used within this press release are EAD, CAD, EAD and CAD per diluted common share and adjusted weighted average common shares outstanding – diluted.

EAD is defined as net income (loss) attributable to our common stockholders computed in accordance with GAAP, including realized gains and losses not otherwise included in net income (loss), excluding any unrealized gains or losses or other similar non-cash items that are included in net income (loss) for the applicable reporting period, regardless of whether such items are included in other comprehensive income (loss), or in net income (loss) and adding back amortization of stock-based compensation. The Company also adjusts EAD to remove the income/(losses) from equity method investments as they represent changes in the equity value of our investment rather than distributable earnings. The Company will include income from equity method investments to the extent that we receive cash distributions and upon realizing gains and/or losses. Net income (loss) attributable to common stockholders may also be adjusted for the effects of certain GAAP adjustments and transactions that may not be indicative of our current operations. In addition, EAD in this press release includes the dilutive effect of non-controlling interests. We use EAD to evaluate our performance and to assess our long-term ability to pay distributions. We believe providing EAD as a supplement to GAAP net income (loss) to our investors is helpful to their assessment of our performance and our long-term ability to pay distributions. We also use EAD as a component of the management fee paid to our external manager. EAD does not represent net income or cash flows from operating activities and should not be considered as an alternative to GAAP net income, an indication of our GAAP cash flows from operating activities, a measure of our liquidity or an indication of funds available for our cash needs. Our computation of EAD may not be comparable to EAD reported by other REITs.

We calculate CAD by adjusting EAD by adding back amortization of premiums, depreciation and amortization of real estate investment and amortization of deferred financing costs and by removing accretion of discounts. We use CAD to evaluate our performance and our current ability to pay distributions. We also believe that providing CAD as a supplement to GAAP net income (loss) to our investors is helpful to their assessment of our performance and our current ability to pay distributions. CAD does not represent net income or cash flows from operating activities and should not be considered as an alternative to GAAP net income, an indication of our GAAP cash flows from operating activities, a measure of our liquidity or an indication of funds available for our cash needs. Our computation of CAD may not be comparable to CAD reported by other REITs.

EAD per diluted common share and CAD per diluted common share are based on adjusted weighted average common shares outstanding – diluted. Adjusted weighted average common shares outstanding – diluted is calculating by subtracting the dilutive effect of potential redemptions of Series B and Series C Preferred shares for shares of our common stock from weighted average common shares outstanding – diluted. We believe providing adjusted weighted average common shares outstanding – diluted to our investors is helpful in their assessment of our performance without the potential dilutive effective of the Series B or Series C Preferred shares. We have the right to redeem the Series B and Series C Preferred shares for cash or shares of our common stock. Additionally, Series B and Series C Preferred redemptions are capped at 2% of the outstanding Series B or Series C Preferred shares per month, 5% per quarter and 20% per year, respectively. The Company maintains sufficient liquidity to pay cash to cover any redemptions up to the quarterly redemption cap. Further, it is the Company’s intent to not settle Series B or Series C Preferred redemptions in shares of common stock when the Company’s common stock price is below book value.

Adjusted weighted average common shares outstanding – diluted should not be considered as an alternative to the GAAP measure. Our computation of adjusted weighted average common shares outstanding – diluted may not be comparable to adjusted weighted average common shares outstanding – diluted reported by other companies. 

Contact: 
Kristen Griffith
Investor Relations
IR@nexpoint.com

Media: Comms@nexpoint.com

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