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SEGMENTS
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2026
SEGMENTS  
SEGMENTS

NOTE 8—SEGMENTS

The Company’s executive leadership team, which functions as the Company’s chief operating decision making body (“CODM”), makes decisions and assesses performance based on the financial measures disclosed below for each of the following three reportable segments. The reportable segments are determined based on the product or service provided and reflect the manner in which management is currently evaluating the Company’s financial information.  

(i)Capital Markets (“CM”)—CM provides a comprehensive range of commercial real estate finance products to the Company’s customers, including Agency lending, debt brokerage, property sales, and appraisal and valuation services. The Company’s long-established relationships with the Agencies and institutional investors enable CM to offer a broad range of loan products and services to the Company’s customers, including first mortgage, second trust, supplemental, construction, mezzanine, preferred equity, and small-balance loans. CM provides property sales services to owners and developers of multifamily properties and commercial real estate and multifamily property appraisals for various lenders and investors. CM also provides real estate-related investment banking and advisory services, including housing market research.

As part of Agency lending, CM temporarily funds the loans it originates (loans held for sale) before selling them to the Agencies and earns net interest income on the spread between the interest income on the loans and the warehouse interest expense. For Agency loans, CM recognizes the fair value of expected net cash flows from servicing, which represents the right to receive future servicing fees. CM also earns fees for origination of loans for both Agency lending and debt brokerage, fees for property sales, appraisals, and investment banking and advisory services, and subscription revenue for its housing market research. Direct internal, including compensation, and external costs that are specific to CM are included within the results of this reportable segment.

(ii)Servicing & Asset Management (“SAM”)—SAM’s activities include: (i) servicing and asset-managing the portfolio of loans the Company (a) originates and sells to the Agencies, including indemnified and repurchased loans from the Agencies (b) brokers to certain life insurance companies, and (c) originates through its principal lending and investing activities, (ii) managing third-party capital invested in commercial real estate assets through senior secured debt or limited partnership equity instruments, e.g., preferred equity, mezzanine debt, etc., either through funds or direct investments, and (iii) managing third-party capital invested in tax credit equity funds focused on the LIHTC sector and other commercial real estate.

SAM earns revenue mainly through fees for servicing and asset-managing the loans in the Company’s servicing portfolio and asset management fees for managing third-party capital. Direct internal, including compensation, and external costs that are specific to SAM are included within the results of this reportable segment.

(iii)Corporate—The Corporate segment consists primarily of the Company’s treasury operations and other corporate-level activities. The Company’s treasury activities include monitoring and managing liquidity and funding requirements, including corporate debt. Other corporate-level activities include equity-method investments, accounting, information technology, legal, human resources, marketing, internal audit, and various other corporate groups (“support functions”). The Company does not allocate costs from these support functions to the CM or SAM segments in presenting segment operating results. The Company allocates interest expense and income
tax expense. Corporate debt and the related interest expense are allocated first based on specific acquisitions where debt was directly used to fund the acquisition, such as the acquisition of Alliant, and then based on the remaining segment assets. Income tax expense is allocated proportionally based on income before taxes at each segment, except for significant one-time tax activities, which are allocated entirely to the segment impacted by the tax activity.

The following tables provide a summary and reconciliation of each segment’s results for the three months ended June 30, 2026 and 2025.

Segment Results (dollars in thousands, except per share data and ratios)

For the three months ended June 30, 2026

Revenues

CM

SAM

Corporate

Consolidated

Loan origination and debt brokerage fees, net

$

90,647

$

2,246

$

$

92,893

Fair value of expected net cash flows from servicing, net of guaranty obligation

47,817

47,817

Servicing fees

86,700

86,700

Property sales broker fees

12,787

12,787

Investment management fees

6,907

6,907

Net warehouse interest income (expense)

140

229

369

Placement fees and other interest income

30,065

2,375

32,440

Other revenues

17,395

7,447

1,935

26,777

Total revenues

$

168,786

$

133,594

$

4,310

$

306,690

Expenses

Personnel(1)

$

116,058

$

21,741

$

25,110

$

162,909

Amortization and depreciation

1,146

57,181

2,372

60,699

Provision (benefit) for credit losses

 

20,966

 

20,966

Interest expense on corporate debt

 

4,025

9,893

1,342

 

15,260

Indemnified and repurchased loan expenses

6,884

6,884

Other operating expenses

 

10,530

7,640

19,728

 

37,898

Total expenses

$

131,759

$

124,305

$

48,552

$

304,616

Income (loss) before taxes

$

37,027

$

9,289

$

(44,242)

$

2,074

Income tax expense (benefit)

 

7,486

780

(9,030)

 

(764)

Net income (loss) before noncontrolling interests and temporary equity holders

$

29,541

$

8,509

$

(35,212)

$

2,838

Less: net income (loss) from noncontrolling interests

$

12

$

12

Less: net income (loss) attributable to temporary equity holders

(180)

(180)

Walker & Dunlop net income (loss)

$

29,721

$

8,497

$

(35,212)

$

3,006

Diluted EPS

$

0.89

$

0.25

$

(1.05)

$

0.09

Operating margin

22

%

7

%

(1,026)

%

1

%

(1)Personnel expense is primarily composed of the cost of salaries and benefits, payroll taxes, subjective and objective bonuses, commissions, retention bonuses, and stock-based compensation.

Segment Results (dollars in thousands, except per share data and ratios)

For the three months ended June 30, 2025

Revenues

CM

SAM

Corporate

Consolidated

Loan origination and debt brokerage fees, net

$

93,764

$

545

$

$

94,309

Fair value of expected net cash flows from servicing, net of guaranty obligation

53,153

53,153

Servicing fees

83,693

83,693

Property sales broker fees

14,964

14,964

Investment management fees

7,577

7,577

Net warehouse interest income (expense)

(1,760)

(1,760)

Placement fees and other interest income

32,651

3,335

35,986

Other revenues

12,670

16,269

2,379

31,318

Total revenues

$

172,791

$

140,735

$

5,714

$

319,240

Expenses

Personnel(1)

$

116,441

$

22,743

$

22,704

$

161,888

Amortization and depreciation

1,146

55,882

1,908

58,936

Provision (benefit) for credit losses

 

1,820

 

1,820

Interest expense on corporate debt

 

4,468

10,810

1,489

 

16,767

Indemnified and repurchased loan expenses

683

683

Other operating expenses

 

5,309

5,831

21,632

 

32,772

Total expenses

$

127,364

$

97,769

$

47,733

$

272,866

Income (loss) before taxes

$

45,427

$

42,966

$

(42,019)

$

46,374

Income tax expense (benefit)

 

12,285

5,428

(5,288)

 

12,425

Net income (loss) before noncontrolling interests

$

33,142

$

37,538

$

(36,731)

$

33,949

Less: net income (loss) from noncontrolling interests

 

(3)

 

(3)

Walker & Dunlop net income (loss)

$

33,142

$

37,541

$

(36,731)

$

33,952

Diluted EPS

$

0.97

$

1.10

$

(1.08)

$

0.99

Operating margin

26

%

31

%

(735)

%

15

%

(1)Personnel expense is primarily composed of the cost of salaries and benefits, payroll taxes, subjective and objective bonuses, commissions, retention bonuses, and stock-based compensation.

The following tables provide a summary and reconciliation of each segment’s results and balances as of and for the six months ended June 30, 2026 and 2025.

Segment Results and Total Assets (dollars in thousands, except per share data and ratios)

As of and for the six months ended June 30, 2026

Revenues

CM

SAM

Corporate

Consolidated

Loan origination and debt brokerage fees, net

$

178,723

$

2,702

$

$

181,425

Fair value of expected net cash flows from servicing, net of guaranty obligation

94,590

94,590

Servicing fees

172,137

172,137

Property sales broker fees

25,966

25,966

Investment management fees

17,133

17,133

Net warehouse interest income (expense)

(126)

520

394

Placement fees and other interest income

59,559

5,585

65,144

Other revenues

32,074

19,846

(688)

51,232

Total revenues

$

331,227

$

271,897

$

4,897

$

608,021

Expenses

Personnel(1)

$

225,909

$

40,864

$

48,965

$

315,738

Amortization and depreciation

2,292

116,575

4,796

123,663

Provision (benefit) for credit losses

 

25,084

25,084

Interest expense on corporate debt

 

8,010

19,482

2,670

30,162

Indemnified and repurchased loan expenses

16,945

16,945

Other operating expenses

 

16,000

11,199

41,206

68,405

Total expenses

$

252,211

$

230,149

$

97,637

$

579,997

Income (loss) before taxes

$

79,016

$

41,748

$

(92,740)

$

28,024

Income tax expense (benefit)

 

20,466

10,813

(24,021)

 

7,258

Net income (loss) before noncontrolling interests and temporary equity holders

$

58,550

$

30,935

$

(68,719)

$

20,766

Less: net income (loss) from noncontrolling interests

$

986

$

986

Less: net income (loss) attributable to temporary equity holders

903

903

Walker & Dunlop net income (loss)

$

57,647

$

29,949

$

(68,719)

$

18,877

Total assets

$

2,003,230

$

2,455,813

$

434,561

$

4,893,604

Diluted EPS

$

1.68

$

0.87

$

(2.00)

$

0.55

Operating margin

24

%

15

%

(1,894)

%

5

%

(1)Personnel expense is primarily composed of the cost of salaries and benefits, payroll taxes, subjective and objective bonuses, commissions, retention bonuses, and stock-based compensation.

Segment Results and Total Assets (dollars in thousands, except per share data and ratios)

As of and for the six months ended June 30, 2025

Revenues

CM

SAM

Corporate

Consolidated

Loan origination and debt brokerage fees, net

$

139,061

$

1,629

$

$

140,690

Fair value of expected net cash flows from servicing, net of guaranty obligation

80,964

80,964

Servicing fees

165,914

165,914

Property sales broker fees

28,485

28,485

Investment management fees

17,259

17,259

Net warehouse interest income (expense)

(2,546)

(2,546)

Placement fees and other interest income

62,273

6,924

69,197

Other revenues

29,397

25,563

1,684

56,644

Total revenues

$

275,361

$

272,638

$

8,608

$

556,607

Expenses

Personnel(1)

$

202,907

$

42,289

$

38,082

$

283,278

Amortization and depreciation

2,287

110,380

3,890

116,557

Provision (benefit) for credit losses

 

5,532

 

5,532

Interest expense on corporate debt

 

8,655

20,741

2,885

 

32,281

Indemnified and repurchased loan expenses

1,540

1,540

Other operating expenses

 

11,544

12,442

41,815

 

65,801

Total expenses

$

225,393

$

192,924

$

86,672

$

504,989

Income (loss) before taxes

$

49,968

$

79,714

$

(78,064)

$

51,618

Income tax expense (benefit)

 

14,466

23,079

(22,601)

 

14,944

Net income (loss) before noncontrolling interests

$

35,502

$

56,635

$

(55,463)

$

36,674

Less: net income (loss) from noncontrolling interests

 

(32)

 

(32)

Walker & Dunlop net income (loss)

$

35,502

$

56,667

$

(55,463)

$

36,706

Total assets

$

1,851,055

$

2,337,205

$

486,780

$

4,675,040

Diluted EPS

$

1.04

$

1.65

$

(1.62)

$

1.07

Operating margin

18

%

29

%

(907)

%

9

%

(1)Personnel expense is primarily composed of the cost of salaries and benefits, payroll taxes, subjective and objective bonuses, commissions, retention bonuses, and stock-based compensation.