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Nationstar Mortgage Holdings Inc (NSM) files its latest 10-K with SEC for the fiscal year ended on December 31, 2017. Nationstar Mortgage Holdings Inc provides residential mortgages to homeowners, home buyers, home sellers and real estate investors in the United States. It provides servicing, origination and transaction based services to single-family residences. Nationstar Mortgage Holdings Inc has a market cap of $1.72 billion; its shares were traded at around $17.58 with a P/E ratio of 9.43 and P/S ratio of 0.97. Nationstar Mortgage Holdings Inc had annual average EBITDA growth of 2.60% over the past five years.

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For the last quarter Nationstar Mortgage Holdings Inc reported a revenue of $425.0 million, compared with the revenue of $727.0 million during the same period a year ago. For the latest fiscal year the company reported a revenue of $1.5 billion, a decrease of 9.4% from the previous year. For the last five years Nationstar Mortgage Holdings Inc had an average revenue growth rate of 8% a year.

The reported diluted earnings per share was 30 cents for the year, an increase of 57.9% from previous year. Over the last five years Nationstar Mortgage Holdings Inc had an average EPS decline of 43.4% a year. The Nationstar Mortgage Holdings Inc had an operating margin of 2.9%, compared with the operating margin of 1.73% a year before. The 10-year historical median operating margin of Nationstar Mortgage Holdings Inc is 4.75%. The profitability rank of the company is 5 (out of 10).

At the end of the fiscal year, Nationstar Mortgage Holdings Inc has the cash and cash equivalents of $215.0 million, compared with $489.0 million in the previous year. The long term debt was $14 billion, compared with $15.1 billion in the previous year. The company's operating income of cannot cover its interest payment during the last fiscal year. Nationstar Mortgage Holdings Inc has a financial strength rank of 3 (out of 10).

At the current stock price of $17.58, Nationstar Mortgage Holdings Inc is traded at 34.2% discount to its historical median P/S valuation band of $26.70. The P/S ratio of the stock is 0.97, while the historical median P/S ratio is 1.46. The stock lost 3.72% during the past 12 months.

Directors and Officers Recent Trades:

• Director or Senior Officer of Insider or Subsidiar John Carter, bought 5,500 shares of NSM stock on 02/08/2018 at the average price of $0.12.

• Director or Senior Officer of Insider or Subsidiar John Carter, bought 7,000 shares of NSM stock on 02/07/2018 at the average price of $0.11.