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Rocket Companies, Inc. to acquire Mr. Cooper Group Inc.

Announced Mar 31, 2025 · Closed Oct 1, 2025

Deal value—
Premium—To unaffected price
EV / Adj. EBITDA—
ConsiderationAll stock

Transaction

Acquirer
Rocket Companies, Inc. (RKT)
Target
Mr. Cooper Group Inc. (COOP)
Buyer type
Strategic
Offer price per share
—
Enterprise value
—
Status
Closed Oct 1, 2025

Deal protections

Break fee (target pays)
$307M
Reverse fee (buyer pays)
$500M
Go-shop
No-shop
Financing
Committed · JPMorgan

Advisors

To the acquirer
Not disclosed
To the target
Citigroup
Citigroup fee
$55.0M

Sector context · Financials

Comparable deals
59 in the prior 24 months
Premium
Sector median 34.5%
EV / Adj. EBITDA
Sector median 12.5x
Break fee
Sector median 3.5%

Timeline

  1. AnnouncedMar 31, 2025
  2. Proxy filedJul 31, 2025
  3. Definitive proxyJul 31, 2025
  4. Shareholder voteSep 3, 2025
  5. ClosedOct 1, 2025

Valuation · fairness opinions

Discounted cash flow$107.77$142.97
Discounted cash flow$11.86$14.04
Trading comparables$103.87$138.49
Trading comparables$8.85$13.28
Future share price$84.45$141.11

Implied value per Mr. Cooper Group Inc. share by analysis, from Citigroup · DCF discount rate 13%–14.2%.

Sources
  • 8-K (EX-99.1) · Mar 31, 2025

Adj. EBITDA is operating income + D&A + impairment, restructuring, deal costs and stock compensation, less any large gain on a sale, last twelve months, from the target's filings. Calculated by Castle, so it can differ from a bank's adjusted figure.

Prepared with Castle from public SEC EDGAR filings. Figures are extracted automatically; verify against the source documents. Not investment advice.