RE/MAX HOLDINGS, INC. REPORTS SECOND QUARTER 2025 RESULTS
Total Revenue of $72.8 Million, Adjusted EBITDA of $26.3 Million
DENVER, July 29, 2025 /PRNewswire/ --
Second Quarter 2025 Highlights(Compared to second quarter 2024 unless otherwise noted)
Total Revenue decreased 7.3% to $72.8 million
Revenue excluding the Marketing Funds1 decreased 6.8% to $54.5 million, driven by negative 5.7% organic revenue growth2 and 1.1% adverse foreign currency movements
Net income attributable to RE/MAX Holdings, Inc. of $4.7 million and income per diluted share (GAAP EPS) of $0.23
Adjusted EBITDA3 decreased 6.4% to $26.3 million, Adjusted EBITDA margin3 of 36.1% and Adjusted earnings per diluted share (Adjusted EPS3) of $0.39
Total agent count increased 2.5% to 147,073 agents
U.S. and Canada combined agent count decreased 5.0% to 74,635 agents
Total open Motto Mortgage franchises decreased 9.1% to 219 offices4
RE/MAX Holdings, Inc. (the "Company" or "RE/MAX Holdings") (NYSE:RMAX), parent company of REMAX, one of the world's leading franchisors of real estate brokerage services, and Motto Mortgage ("Motto"), the first and only national mortgage brokerage franchise brand in the U.S., today announced operating results for the quarter ended June 30, 2025.
"Our total agent count was at an all-time high at the end of the second quarter, and we had our best quarter of U.S. agent count performance since the second quarter of 2022, as agents recognize the power of our brand, scale, and continually improving value proposition," said Erik Carlson, RE/MAX Holdings Chief Executive Officer. "Additionally, for the fifth consecutive quarter we delivered profit and margin performance that exceeded our expectations, driven by our ongoing commitment to operational excellence."
Continued Carlson: "While we continue to navigate through existing uncertainty in the housing and macroeconomic climate, our team remains focused on delivering an exceptional customer experience. Our innovative onboarding program, ASPIRE, has been well received by our network, and we continue to lean into new ways for our affiliates to win more listings, save time, and build more profitable businesses. These include a new AI powered global referral system we launched during the second quarter to help REMAX agents harness the power, size and scale of our network and a new pricing engine to help our Motto loan officers increase their efficiency and better serve their customers."
Second Quarter 2025 Operating Results
Agent Count
The following table compares agent count as of June 30, 2025 and 2024:
As of June 30,
Change
2025
2024
#
%
U.S.
49,669
53,406
(3,737)
(7.0)
Canada
24,966
25,193
(227)
(0.9)
Subtotal
74,635
78,599
(3,964)
(5.0)
Outside the U.S. & Canada
72,438
64,943
7,495
11.5
Total
147,073
143,542
3,531
2.5
Revenue
RE/MAX Holdings generated revenue of $72.8 million in the second quarter of 2025, a decrease of $5.7 million, or 7.3%, compared to $78.5 million in the second quarter of 2024. Revenue excluding the Marketing Funds was $54.5 million in the second quarter of 2025, a decrease of $3.9 million, or 6.8%, versus the same period in 2024. The decrease in Revenue excluding the Marketing Funds was attributable to a decline in organic revenue of 5.7% and adverse foreign currency movements of 1.1%. The reduction in organic revenue was principally driven by a decrease in U.S. agent count, lower Broker Fees revenue, and a decline in revenue from previous acquisitions (excluding Independent Region acquisitions).
Recurring revenue streams, which consist of continuing franchise fees and annual dues, decreased $1.8 million, or 4.7%, compared to the second quarter of 2024 and accounted for 67.3% of Revenue excluding the Marketing Funds in the second quarter of 2025 compared to 65.9% in the prior-year period.
Operating Expenses
Total operating expenses were $58.7 million for the second quarter of 2025, a decrease of $3.6 million, or 5.7%, compared to $62.3 million in the second quarter of 2024. Second quarter 2025 total operating expenses decreased primarily due to lower Marketing Funds, selling, operating and administrative and depreciation and amortization expenses.
Selling, operating and administrative expenses were $33.9 million in the second quarter of 2025, a decrease of $1.0 million, or 2.8%, compared to the second quarter of 2024 and represented 62.2% of Revenue excluding the Marketing Funds, compared to 59.7% in the prior-year period. Second quarter 2025 selling, operating and administrative expenses decreased primarily due to certain lower personnel expenses, partially offset by severance expenses from a restructuring in the current year and investments in our flagship websites.
Net Income and GAAP EPS
Net income attributable to RE/MAX Holdings was $4.7 million for the second quarter of 2025 compared to net income of $3.7 million for the second quarter of 2024. Reported basic and diluted GAAP earnings per share were $0.23 each for the second quarter of 2025 compared to basic and diluted GAAP earnings per share of $0.20 and $0.19, respectively, in the second quarter of 2024.
Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EPS
Adjusted EBITDA was $26.3 million for the second quarter of 2025, a decrease of $1.8 million, or 6.4%, compared to the second quarter of 2024. Second quarter 2025 Adjusted EBITDA decreased primarily due to declines in U.S. agent count, a decrease in Broker Fee revenue, lower revenue from previous acquisitions (excluding Independent Region acquisitions), lower Franchise sales revenue and an increase in property tax expense, partially offset by certain lower personnel expenses. Adjusted EBITDA margin was 36.1% in the second quarter of 2025, compared to 35.8% in the second quarter of 2024.
Adjusted basic and diluted EPS were $0.39 each for the second quarter of 2025 compared to Adjusted basic and diluted EPS of $0.41 each for the second quarter of 2024. The ownership structure used to calculate Adjusted basic and diluted EPS for the quarter ended June 30, 2025, assumes RE/MAX Holdings owned 100% of RMCO, LLC ("RMCO"). The weighted average ownership RE/MAX Holdings had in RMCO was 61.4% for the quarter ended June 30, 2025.
Balance Sheet
As of June 30, 2025, the Company had cash and cash equivalents of $94.3 million, a decrease of $2.3 million from December 31, 2024. As of June 30, 2025, the Company had $439.0 million of outstanding debt, net of an unamortized debt discount and issuance costs, compared to $440.8 million as of December 31, 2024.
Share Repurchases and Retirement
As previously disclosed, in January 2022 the Company's Board of Directors authorized a common stock repurchase program of up to $100 million. During the three months ended June 30, 2025, the Company did not repurchase any shares. As of June 30, 2025, $62.5 million remained available under the share repurchase program.
Outlook
The Company's third quarter and full year 2025 Outlook assumes no further currency movements, acquisitions, or divestitures.
For the third quarter of 2025, RE/MAX Holdings expects:
Agent count to increase 1.0% to 2.0% over third quarter 2024;
Revenue in a range of $71.0 million to $76.0 million (including revenue from the Marketing Funds in a range of $17.0 million to $19.0 million); and
Adjusted EBITDA in a range of $23.5 million to $26.5 million.
For the full year 2025, the Company now expects:
Agent count in a range from 0.0% to positive 1.5% over full year 2024, a change from negative 1.0% to positive 1.0%;
Revenue in a range of $290.0 million to $296.0 million (including revenue from the Marketing Funds in a range of $72.0 million to $74.0 million), a change from $290.0 million to $310.0 million (including revenue from the Marketing Funds in a range of $71.0 million to $75.0 million); and
Adjusted EBITDA in a range of $90.0 million to $95.0 million, a change from $90.0 million to $100.0 million.
Webcast and Conference Call
The Company will host a conference call for interested parties on Wednesday, July 30, 2025, beginning at 8:30 a.m. Eastern Time. Interested parties can register in advance for the conference call using the link below:https://registrations.events/direct/Q4I941156
Interested parties also can access a live webcast through the Investor Relations section of the Company's website at http://investors.remaxholdings.com. Please dial in or join the webcast 10 minutes before the start of the conference call. An archive of the webcast will be available on the Company's website for a limited time as well.
Basis of Presentation
Unless otherwise noted, the results presented in this press release are consolidated and exclude adjustments attributable to the non-controlling interest.
Footnotes:
1Revenue excluding the Marketing Funds is a non-GAAP measure of financial performance that differs from U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles ("U.S. GAAP") and a reconciliation to the most directly comparable U.S. GAAP measure is as follows (in thousands):
Three Months Ended
Six Months Ended
June 30,
June 30,
2025
2024
2025
2024
Revenue excluding the Marketing Funds:
Total revenue
$
72,750
$
78,453
$
147,217
$
156,740
Less: Marketing Funds fees
18,273
20,027
37,137
40,233
Revenue excluding the Marketing Funds
$
54,477
$
58,426
$
110,080
$
116,507
2The Company defines organic revenue growth as revenue growth from continuing operations excluding (i) revenue from Marketing Funds, (ii) revenue from acquisitions, and (iii) the impact of foreign currency movements. The Company defines revenue from acquisitions as the revenue generated from the date of an acquisition to its second anniversary (excluding Marketing Funds revenue related to acquisitions where applicable).
3Adjusted EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA margin and Adjusted EPS are non-GAAP measures. These terms are defined at the end of this release. Please see Tables 5 and 6 appearing later in this release for reconciliations of these non-GAAP measures to the most directly comparable GAAP measures.
4Total open Motto Mortgage franchises includes only "bricks and mortar" offices with a unique physical address with rights granted by a full franchise agreement with Motto Franchising, LLC and excludes any "virtual" offices or BranchiseSM offices.
About RE/MAX Holdings, Inc.
RE/MAX Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:RMAX) is one of the world's leading franchisors in the real estate industry, franchising real estate brokerages globally under the REMAX® brand, and mortgage brokerages within the U.S. under the Motto® Mortgage brand. REMAX was founded in 1973 by Dave and Gail Liniger, with an innovative, entrepreneurial culture affording its agents and franchisees the flexibility to operate their businesses with great independence. Now with more than 145,000 agents in nearly 9,000 offices and a presence in more than 110 countries and territories, nobody in the world sells more real estate than REMAX, as measured by total residential transaction sides. Dedicated to innovation and change in the real estate industry, RE/MAX Holdings launched Motto Franchising, LLC, a ground-breaking mortgage brokerage franchisor, in 2016. Motto Mortgage, the first and only national mortgage brokerage franchise brand in the U.S., has over 210 offices across more than 40 states.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release includes "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the "safe harbor" provisions of the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements are often identified by the use of words such as "believe," "intend," "expect," "estimate," "plan," "outlook," "project," "anticipate," "may," "will," "would" and other similar words and expressions that predict or indicate future events or trends that are not statements of historical matters. Forward-looking statements include statements related to agent count; Motto open offices; franchise sales; revenue; the Company's outlook for the third quarter and full year 2025; non-GAAP financial measures; housing and mortgage market conditions; operational efficiencies; our focus on delivering an exceptional customer experience; new initiatives and strategic programs and the expected results thereof; our leaning into new ways for our affiliates to win more listings, save time, and build more profitable businesses; and agents recognizing the Company's value proposition and brand. Forward-looking statements should not be read as a guarantee of future performance or results and will not necessarily accurately indicate the times at which such performance or results may be achieved. Forward-looking statements are based on information available at the time those statements are made and/or management's good faith belief as of that time with respect to future events and are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual performance or results to differ materially from those expressed in or suggested by the forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties include, without limitation, (1) changes in the real estate market or interest rates and availability of financing, (2) changes in business and economic activity in general, including enacted and proposed tariffs and other trade policies which could impact the global economy, (3) the Company's ability to attract and retain quality franchisees, (4) the Company's franchisees' ability to recruit and retain real estate agents and mortgage loan originators, (5) changes in laws and regulations, (6) the Company's ability to enhance, market, and protect its brands, (7) the Company's ability to implement its technology initiatives, (8) risks related to the Company's leadership transition, (9) fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates, (10) the nature and amount of the exclusion of charges in future periods when determining Adjusted EBITDA is subject to uncertainty and may not be similar to such charges in prior periods, and (11) those risks and uncertainties described in the sections entitled "Risk Factors" and "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations" in the most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K and Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") and similar disclosures in subsequent periodic and current reports filed with the SEC, which are available on the investor relations page of the Company's website at www.remaxholdings.com and on the SEC website at www.sec.gov. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date on which they are made. Except as required by law, the Company does not intend, and undertakes no obligation, to update this information to reflect future events or circumstances.
TABLE 1
RE/MAX Holdings, Inc.
Consolidated Statements of Income (Loss)
(In thousands, except share and per share amounts)
(Unaudited)
Three Months Ended
Six Months Ended
June 30,
June 30,
2025
2024
2025
2024
Revenue:
Continuing franchise fees
$
28,992
$
30,340
$
58,343
$
61,425
Annual dues
7,693
8,151
15,482
16,376
Broker fees
13,454
14,528
24,885
25,244
Marketing Funds fees
18,273
20,027
37,137
40,233
Franchise sales and other revenue
4,338
5,407
11,370
13,462
Total revenue
72,750
78,453
147,217
156,740
Operating expenses:
Selling, operating and administrative expenses
33,888
34,851
76,916
80,556
Marketing Funds expenses
18,273
20,027
37,137
40,233
Depreciation and amortization
6,601
7,400
13,190
15,252
Settlement and impairment charges
(57)
—
562
—
Total operating expenses
58,705
62,278
127,805
136,041
Operating income (loss)
14,045
16,175
19,412
20,699
Other expenses, net:
Interest expense
(7,982)
(9,191)
(15,906)
(18,447)
Interest income
841
949
1,749
1,950
Foreign currency transaction gains (losses)
(43)
(270)
240
(642)
Total other expenses, net
(7,184)
(8,512)
(13,917)
(17,139)
Income (loss) before provision for income taxes
6,861
7,663
5,495
3,560
Provision for income taxes
(163)
(1,473)
(2,033)
(2,977)
Net income (loss)
$
6,698
$
6,190
$
3,462
$
583
Less: net income (loss) attributable to non-controlling interest
2,013
2,485
735
231
Net income (loss) attributable to RE/MAX Holdings, Inc.
$
4,685
$
3,705
$
2,727
$
352
Net income (loss) attributable to RE/MAX Holdings, Inc. per shareof Class A common stock
Basic
$
0.23
$
0.20
$
0.14
$
0.02
Diluted
$
0.23
$
0.19
$
0.14
$
0.02
Weighted average shares of Class A common stock outstanding
