Pagaya's network volume hit a record $3.5B in Q2, but its take rate slipped to 4.2%. The AI lending platform still grew EBITDA 43% and raised full-year guidance. Auto distribution now reaches 40% of the U.S. market.
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Pagaya Technologies posted record network volume and sharply higher profits in the second quarter, even as it earned less on each dollar moving through its system. Network volume rose 33% year over year to $3.5 billion, exceeding the company's own outlook. Total revenue and other income climbed 19% to $387 million.
Adjusted EBITDA jumped 43% to roughly $124 million. GAAP net income attributable to shareholders reached $45 million, compared with about $17 million a year earlier. The numbers show an AI lending network can scale profitably even when unit economics compress.
Fee revenue less production costs as a share of network volume fell to 4.2% from 4.8%. Pagaya attributed the compression to asset mix, newer partners and products, and tighter pricing on asset-backed securities amid elevated capital costs.
“Our record quarter reflects a flywheel that is clearly working,” CEO Gal Krubiner said on the July 30 earnings call. He said partners are sending more volume and adopting more products, and the network effects compound with each relationship added.
The model differs from conventional lending. Pagaya does not need to acquire every borrower directly or finance every loan on its own balance sheet. It grows when banks and other lenders route more applications through its infrastructure and use the platform across a wider portion of their credit operations.
Auto drove much of the volume growth. Management said Pagaya's connected dealership network now reaches roughly 40% of the U.S. auto market. The company also highlighted greater use of “first-look” and “dual-look” channels, allowing its models to assess borrowers earlier in the financing process. That expands the addressable market while reducing dependence on declined-loan traffic.
Pagaya completed six asset-backed securitizations totaling a record $3.7 billion during the quarter. The final three deals were upsized, and the company added another Auto forward-flow agreement. Annualized Auto network volume reached a record $4.8 billion.
The most persuasive evidence for the model appeared in the cost structure. Adjusted EBITDA margin expanded to 32% from 26%. Core operating expenses declined to 31% of fee revenue less production costs, compared with 39% a year earlier. Durable value emerges when incremental activity grows faster than the expense base supporting it.
The company raised its full-year GAAP net income outlook to between $155 million and $180 million. It expects network volume of $12.5 billion to $13.25 billion and adjusted EBITDA of $460 million to $490 million.
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