Prosper Originations Continue To Be Extremely Low

[Xenon481]

Even with Worth-Blanket2 back in the game, Prosper's origination rate continues to be extremely low compared to historical numbers:

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$ of Loans Originated (by month originated):

Jan 2011: $3,301,421
Feb 2011: $3,656,521
Mar 2011: $4,513,931
Apr 2011: $5,013,591
May 2011: $5,600,451
Jun 2011: $5,606,303
Jul 2011: $6,004,565
Aug 2011: $6,869,661
Sep 2011: $7,361,183
Oct 2011: $8,706,068
Nov 2011: $9,003,672
Dec 2011: $9,500,643
Jan 2012: $10,826,709
Feb 2012: $11,001,656
Mar 2012: $11,235,816
Apr 2012: $11,644,207
May 2012: $12,810,214
Jun 2012: $13,555,137
Jul 2012: $14,925,140
Aug 2012: $14,309,578
Sep 2012: $15,839,746
Oct 2012: $15,332,861
Nov 2012: $12,086,224
Dec 2012: $9,607,832
Jan 2013: $9,821,395
Feb 2013: $9,008,608


February 2013 is the lowest month for originations that Prosper has had since November of 2011.


Prosper's primary revenue stream is from taking a percentage cut of all originations, so this kind of massive extended cut in originations rate is going to have a huge negative impact to Prosper's top line revenue numbers for 2012 Q4 and 2013 Q1.

[TravelingPennies]

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Per Prosper's 2012 Q3 SEC 10-Q quarterly financials filing, they averaged ~4.5% of total originations as their originations fees revenue source across the first 3 quarters of 2012.

Originations Fees Revenue:

2012 Q1: $1,382,455
2012 Q2: $1,756,891
2012 Q3: $2,083,196

Extrapolating out the ~4.5% to 2012 Q4 gives an approximate $1,666,000 originations revenue. This puts 2012 Q4 top-line revenue significantly down from 2012 Q3 which had a net operating loss of ~$4million.

We are only two months into 2013 Q1, but even if we estimate March originations at ~$10million (higher than any of the past 3 months), that still extrapolates to an estimated 2013 Q1 top-line originations fee revenue of just ~$1,300,000.

[DanB]

Of course it is almost a certainty that March numbers are going to be at the $10 million you've cited.................& possibly substantially higher in the $12-13 million range. 

[TravelingPennies]

https://forum.lendacademy.com/index.php?topic=768.msg4030#msg88888888Quote"> from: DanB on March 01, 2013, 04:45:43 AM

[Peter]

BTW, Worth-blanket2 actually came back on to Prosper on Feb 6th. And if you look at their pending activity they have several hundred thousand dollars in pending investments.

I originally thought March was going to be around $15 million in originations but I realize that is a little optimistic even for a polyanna like me. I agree with Dan that it will be in the $12-$13 million range and then April should be in the $15-16 million range.

I have had contact with several institutional investors in the last month who have expressed a desire to start investing on the Prosper platform. This is what I based my optimistic projections on.