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Better Home & Finance

Originates mortgages and home equity loans through Tinman and partner channels.

$13.85
After-hours close+0.01 (+0.11%)
At close$13.84(−5.17%)
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Better Home & Finance Holding CompanyBETRFinancials

Offers purchase and refinance mortgages, home equity products, and Better Plus services through a digital platform. Revenue is driven mainly by originating loans and selling them to GSEs and other institutional purchasers, with Tinman standardizing the workflow across direct-to-consumer and partner-sourced channels.

Originates purchase and refinance mortgages, cash-out refinances, debt-consolidation loans, home equity products, and jumbo loans through Home Finance. Better Plus adds referrals to real estate agents, title and settlement services, and homeowners insurance access through a digital marketplace.

Tinman is the operating platform behind customer applications, internal tools, underwriting, processing, closing, pricing, documents, task assignment, and loan-purchaser connectivity. Customers come through direct-to-consumer and platform channels, and originated loans are sold to GSEs, banks, insurers, asset managers, and mortgage REITs.

Operations are concentrated in U.S. home finance after Birmingham Bank moved into discontinued operations. The business depends on mortgage demand, borrower affordability, secondary-market loan purchasers, and federal, state, and local compliance rules.

Company facts

CEOVishal Garg
ListedAug 24, 2023
ExchangeNASDAQ
HeadquartersNew York, NY
CountryUnited States
Employees1,329
CIK0001835856
ISINUS08774B5084

Key statistics

Market cap$217.0M
EPS (ttm)−$11.02
P/E (ttm)−1.26
ROE-465.3%
P/B4.46
P/S1.03
Dividend yield
Beta2.53vs XLF 0.02

Year to date −60.2% · Average volume (30d) 714.9K

Analysts

Price target, next 12 months$25.00+80.5%Median of 5 analysts · vs the Aug 28 close
ConsensusBuy3 of 5 analysts rate it buy or better

Ratings

Target range

Latest analyst notes

DateFirmActionPrior ratingRatingPrior targetTarget
Aug 13, 2026Roth CapitalTarget$35$25
Aug 13, 2026Cantor FitzgeraldDowngradeOverweightNeutral$32$16
Aug 10, 2026BTIGReiterateBuy$36$23
Aug 7, 2026NeedhamReiterateBuy$35$25
Jul 31, 2026NeedhamReiterateBuy$53$35

Earnings

EPS

Estimate−$1.03
ReportedDue Nov 12, 2026

Revenue

Estimate$51.7M
ReportedDue Nov 12, 2026

History

Report dateEPS estEPSSurpriseRevenue estRevenueSurpriseNext session
Aug 6, 2026Q2 FY26−$1.11−$0.91+18.2%$52.8M$54.7M+3.6%−6.20%
May 7, 2026Q1 FY26−$1.74−$3.01−73.2%$47.7M$48.0M+0.6%−1.47%
Mar 13, 2026Q4 FY25−$2.01−$2.52−25.5%$40.7M$44.3M+8.8%−16.69%
Nov 13, 2025Q3 FY25−$1.75−$1.86−6.3%$40.7M$44.2M+8.7%−2.02%
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Financial highlights

12 quartersQ1 FY25Q2 FY25Q3 FY25Q4 FY25Q1 FY26Q2 FY26
Revenue$34.8M$51.3M$44.2M$53.3M$53.2M$60.9M
Gross profit−$20.9M$9.9M$33.7M$42.6M$39.5M$51.5M
Operating income−$50.2M−$26.7M−$26.0M−$26.2M−$45.2M−$25.7M
Net income−$50.6M−$36.3M−$39.1M−$39.9M−$70.3M−$30.6M
Diluted EPS−$3.33−$2.39−$2.56−$2.54−$4.28−$1.64
Gross margin-60.0%19.3%76.2%80.0%74.2%84.5%
Operating margin-144.3%-52.1%-58.7%-49.1%-84.9%-42.1%

Fiscal years (4-quarter sums)FY16 $270.8M · FY22 $252.7M · FY23 $88.6M · FY24 $129.5M · FY25 $183.6M

Balance sheet, Jun 30, 2026Cash & short-term investments $111.9M · Total debt $657.7M · Total assets $1.54B · Shareholders' equity $57.9M

Dividends

No dividends on record.

Ownership

Institutions 39.60%6.21M sharesInsiders 7.80%1.22M sharesOther 52.60%8.24M shares

Shares outstanding 15.67M · Float 9.57M · 61.1% free float

Top shareholders13F · 13D/G · Form 4

HolderShares% outstandingFormFiled
Framework Ventures IV L.P. · 10 percent owner1.01M6.42%Form 4Apr 10, 2026
BlackRock, Inc.685.8K4.38%13FAug 7, 2026
SoftBank Group Corp.628.6K4.01%13FAug 14, 2026
Frontier Capital Management Co LLC625.6K3.99%13FAug 14, 2026
Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan Trust Fund579.0K3.69%13FAug 13, 2026

Insider tradesForm 4

DateInsiderRoleSharesAvg price
Aug 19, 2026Chad M. Smithofficer: President, BMC−3,307$12.85
Jun 11, 2026Hugh R. Fraterdirector+5,150$24.34
May 22, 2026Harit Talwardirector+5,000$25.34
May 21, 2026Vishal Gargdirector, 10 percent owner, officer: Chief Executive Officer+15,600$24.89
May 20, 2026Vishal Gargdirector, 10 percent owner, officer: Chief Executive Officer+15,600$25.00
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Peers

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CompareAfter-hours close

CompanyPriceChange
Better Home & Finance$13.85+0.11%$217.0M1.0+23.9%
Rocket Companies$13.80+0.22%$38.89B94.319.04.0+113.7%
UWM$1.48−0.67%$2.26B5.30.7−79.3%
PennyMac Financial Services$73.05−0.43%$3.81B10.18.70.8−52.2%
loanDepot$0.9698+0.95%$321.8M52.40.2+19.4%
Figure$36.01−0.06%$6.58B47.428.69.2
Rithm Capital $10.09+0.05%$5.63B16.84.51.0+205.4%
Blend Labs$1.52+0.33%$368.0M38.82.8+7.3%
Median32.119.01.0+13.4%