- Company name
- Rocket Companies
- Sector
- Mortgage lending and servicing
- About
- Rocket Companies, Inc. (Rocket) is a homeownership platform based in Detroit. Its main business, Rocket Mortgage, makes and services home loans. Rocket also owns Redfin, a home search and brokerage business, Rocket Money, a personal finance app, and title, closing and appraisal services. At September 30, 2026, it serviced $2.0 trillion of loans, 9.1 million loans in all, of which $1.2 trillion was its own servicing rights and the rest was subservicing. Rocket says that it ranked first by volume in purchase, refinance, home equity and servicing in Q2 2026. It bought Redfin on July 1, 2025, in an all-stock deal worth about $1.7 billion. It bought Mr. Cooper, a large mortgage servicer, on October 1, 2025, in an all-stock deal worth about $17.0 billion, which included $3.1 billion of cash that paid off Mr. Cooper's notes. On June 30, 2025, Rocket ended its Up-C structure. Only Class A and Class L common stock exist now. They have equal rights to earnings and dividends, and Class L converts one for one into Class A. At October 23, 2026, there were 1,913.5 million Class A and 924.4 million Class L shares. Varun Krishna is Chief Executive Officer. Rocket's shares trade on the New York Stock Exchange.
- Thesis
- The market prices Rocket as a lender whose profit follows mortgage rates, and it doubts that the two large deals have made profit steadier. Rocket paid for Redfin and Mr. Cooper with new shares, so the share count grew from about 2.1 billion in Q3 2025 to 2.8 billion, and it carries senior notes of $10.7 billion and secured funding of $14.2 billion. Adjusted net income was $1,282 million for nine months of 2026, but GAAP income swings with the value of servicing rights, and Rocket guides Q4 adjusted revenue to $2.1 billion to $2.3 billion, lower than the $2.6 billion of Q3. For the shares to earn more, three things must be true. Servicing must give steady income when new loans slow: servicing fee income was $1,032 million in Q3. Recapture, the share of clients who refinance or buy again with Rocket, must keep volume up. Costs must stay in line while AI replaces manual work. Each report through 2027 and the path of mortgage rates show whether this holds. The Q4 2026 report is expected in February 2027.
- Risks
- Mortgage rates drive volume and margin. Gain on sale of loans, excluding the fair value of new servicing rights, was $302 million in Q3 against $641 million a year before, because rates reached a three-year high. Higher rates for longer would keep volume and margin low.
Servicing rights are worth $20,257 million at fair value, and the value moves with rates and prepayment speeds. The change in fair value of servicing rights was a loss of $945 million in nine months of 2026. These swings make GAAP income hard to read.
Funding is large. Secured financing was $14,187 million and unsecured financing was $10,716 million at September 30, 2026. Lenders set covenants on net worth, liquidity and debt. A breach could limit loan funding. Rocket says it met all the covenants.
The deals must work together. Rocket must join the brokerage of Redfin, the servicing of Mr. Cooper and its own lending. Acquisition-related expenses were $291 million in nine months of 2026. A 2023 cyber attack at Mr. Cooper is the subject of a class action lawsuit that Rocket is defending.
A tax receivable agreement with RHI II, LLC and Daniel Gilbert makes Rocket pay 90% of the tax savings that it actually realizes from certain tax basis increases. The amount depends on future taxable income.
- Balance sheet
- Rocket reported cash of $2,699 million, mortgage loans held for sale of $13,218 million and mortgage servicing rights of $20,257 million at September 30, 2026. Secured financing was $14,187 million and unsecured financing was $10,716 million. Senior notes were $10,743 million at a weighted average rate of 5.43%. Equity was $24,311 million. Goodwill of $10,686 million and intangible assets of $1,880 million are $12.6 billion of $60.2 billion of total assets, so tangible equity is about $11.7 billion. Total liquidity was $11.4 billion: $2.7 billion of cash, $2.5 billion of undrawn lines of credit and $6.2 billion of undrawn servicing rights and advance lines. The strictest regulatory rules need a minimum net worth of about $3.5 billion and liquidity of about $1.5 billion, and Rocket met them.
As of Sep 30, 2026.
- Checkpoints
- Oct 29, 2026: Q3 2026 results: adjusted revenue and profit. Passed. Watch: Adjusted revenue within the outlook of $2.5 billion to $2.7 billion passes; a result below it fails. Outcome: Adjusted revenue was $2,574 million and adjusted net income was $419 million.
Feb 25, 2027 (estimate): Q4 2026 results: adjusted revenue and servicing income. Pending. Watch: Adjusted revenue within the outlook of $2.1 billion to $2.3 billion and adjusted net income near $300 million pass; adjusted revenue below $2.1 billion fails.
May 2027 (estimate): Q1 2027 results: purchase volume and costs. Pending. Watch: Adjusted net income of $300 million or more with rate lock volume above that of Q4 passes; a lower result fails.
- Recent events
- Oct 30, 2026: Rocket filed its Form 10-Q for Q3 2026. It shows equity of $24.3 billion and 1,913,456,820 Class A and 924,439,745 Class L shares at October 23, 2026. During Q3, holders converted 924,439,710 Class L shares into Class A shares one for one. The weighted average rate on the unsecured senior notes was 5.43%.
Oct 29, 2026: Rocket reported Q3 2026 results. Revenue, net was $3.28 billion, adjusted revenue was $2.57 billion, GAAP net income was $709 million and adjusted net income was $419 million, or $0.15 per share. Closed loan volume was $43.6 billion with a total gain on sale margin of 2.54%. Rocket guided Q4 adjusted revenue to $2.1 billion to $2.3 billion.
Aug 17, 2026: Rocket's board grew from nine to ten directors and appointed Sarah Watterson, an independent director.
Aug 6, 2026: Rocket reported Q2 2026 results. Adjusted revenue was $2.76 billion, adjusted net income was $441 million and GAAP net income was $229 million. It guided Q3 adjusted revenue to $2.5 billion to $2.7 billion.
Jul 16, 2026: Rocket signed a new unsecured revolving credit agreement of $2.5 billion that runs to July 16, 2029, and ended its 2025 agreement.
Jun 16, 2026: Rocket closed an offering of $900 million of 6.125% senior notes due 2031 and $600 million of 6.500% senior notes due 2034. It had upsized the offering when it priced it on June 9.
May 7, 2026: Rocket reported Q1 2026 results. Adjusted revenue was $2.82 billion, adjusted net income was $422 million and GAAP net income was $297 million.
Feb 26, 2026: Rocket reported Q4 and full-year 2025 results. Q4 adjusted net income was $316 million, or $0.11 per share, and the first full quarter of Mr. Cooper was in the result.