EarningsQ2 2026 Earnings Report
DE:079A Q2 2026 EPS Results
Actual EPS€0.28
Consensus EPS€0.37
Beat/MissMissed by -€0.09
One Year Ago EPS€0.17
DE:079A Q2 2026 Revenue Results
Actual Revenue€340.84M
Expected Revenue€140.37M
Beat/MissBeat by +€200.47M
YoY Revenue Growth-2.87%
Earnings Announcement Details
QuarterQ2 2026
Date07/30/2026
TimeBefore Open
Conference CallThursday, July 30, 2026
DE:079A Upcoming Earnings
Blackstone Mortgage's next earnings date is estimated for October 29, 2026, based on past reporting schedules.
Q2 2026 Earnings Call Audio
DE:079A Q2 2026 Earnings Call
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Q2 2026 Earnings Slide Deck
Q2 2026 Earnings Call Summary
Earnings Call Sentiment|Positive
The call conveyed a constructive strategic narrative: management is actively recycling capital into diversified, higher-conviction sectors (net lease, home builder finance, residential, industrial), has materially reduced office exposure, demonstrated strong capital markets execution and maintained liquidity. Offsetting these positives are near-term earnings pressures from three loan impairments, a notable CECL reserve build ($0.80/share increase to total CECL $2.43/share), a GAAP net loss ($0.48/share), a QoQ book value decline of ~4%, and concentrated stress in a ~$1 billion subset of watchlist office loans. Overall, the company presented substantial forward-looking actions and momentum that appear to outweigh the near-term credit and accounting headwinds, but management flagged potential short-term impacts to distributable earnings and the dividend while they execute the portfolio rotation.Company Guidance
Strong capital recycling and reinvestment
Collected $1.2 billion of repayments in Q2 (mostly pre-2023 vintage) and reinvested $1.4 billion into new investments; collected another ~$1.4 billion in July. Management also referenced approximately $13 billion of repayments over the period that have driven redeployment into higher-conviction sectors.
Diversification into high-conviction sectors (net lease and home builder finance)
Entered single-family home builder finance (TAM ~$200 billion) and acquired ~ $130 million of loans at share in a new JV; net lease portfolio at $661 million (acquired >$135 million of properties at share). Joint venture capital invested rose to $322 million from $244 million QoQ, and JV-related DE recognized was ~$9 million in Q2. Management highlighted mid-to-high-teens levered yields in homebuilder finance and a deliberate move toward smaller, more granular investments (average investment size down from >$130M to ~ $20M).
Material reduction in office exposure and watchlist progress
Reduced total office exposure from 36% of the portfolio to 21%. Watchlist declined from $2.5 billion to $2.0 billion quarter-over-quarter (management referenced a ~20–23% reduction). Management expects a path to reduce exposure to office and legacy pre-2023 loans by 40%+ by year-end via repayments, restructurings and selective sales.
Strong capital markets execution and liquidity position
Ended the quarter with $1.2 billion of liquidity. Issued $450 million of senior secured notes in May priced at the tightest new-issue spread for the company, largely pre-funding a 2027 maturity; after repayment, no maturities until 2029 and nearly five years weighted average term on corporate debt. Approximately 88% of borrowings are non-mark-to-market with no mark-to-market provisions.
Solid portfolio performance and income sources
97% of the loan portfolio was performing at quarter end (down slightly from 98%). DE prior to realized gains/losses was $0.48 per share and covered the $0.47 per share declared dividend. Owned real estate generated $15 million of NOI in the quarter (up ~$1 million QoQ). Many performing office loans (risk-rating 3 or better) have average debt yield of ~10% and nearly half were in the refinancing market.
DE:079A Earnings History
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