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UPST forward model
Horizon
Consolidated fair value $46.74 all other verticals held in this portfolio case
Final-quarter revenue $33M 3% of company revenue
Explicit segment contribution $3M EBITDA less segment capex, before corporate items

Home

Basis quarter$6M
Final quarter$33M
Implied CAGR+41%
Final revenue mix3%

Home equity lines of credit: $163M of committed amounts in the basis quarter, roughly double a year ago, on 2,800 loans. The smallest and least mature of the five product lines, and the deepest under water on contribution. Tickets are large - a HELOC commitment averages about $58,000 against roughly $21,000 for an auto loan - so a handful of loans move the line, and origination is a committed amount rather than a drawn balance. It is the second half of the secured optionality and it is behind auto on every dimension except ticket size.

Last four quarters
2025 Q3 $2M Estimated
2025 Q4 $3M Estimated
2026 Q1 $4M Estimated
2026 Q2 $6M Estimated
Home equity lines of credit
Units 163/qtr growing +8.0% per quarter $163M of originations in the basis quarter, from page 15 of the Q2 2026 investor presentation.
Price per unit $36873 drifting +1.5% per quarter $36,873 of fee per $M originated - 3.69% - the Secured (auto and home) take rate, applied to all its lines alike.
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Latest: $33M (2031Q2E)

Period Value
2025Q1 $1M
2025Q2 $1M
2025Q3 $2M
2025Q4 $3M
2026Q1 $4M
2026Q2 $6M
2026Q3E $7M
2026Q4E $7M
2027Q1E $8M
2027Q2E $9M
2027Q3E $9M
2027Q4E $10M
2028Q1E $11M
2028Q2E $12M
2028Q3E $13M
2028Q4E $14M
2029Q1E $16M
2029Q2E $17M
2029Q3E $19M
2029Q4E $20M
2030Q1E $22M
2030Q2E $24M
2030Q3E $26M
2030Q4E $28M
2031Q1E $31M
2031Q2E $33M

Assumptions & reasoning

  • Originations here are COMMITTED amounts for HELOCs, not drawn balances - Upstart says so in its definition of Originations, Dollars. A committed dollar and a drawn dollar are not the same economics, and the fee per committed dollar is what this line actually earns.
  • Its contribution margin is solved rather than chosen: given auto at -25%, home takes whatever value makes the two weight-average back to the -35.2% Upstart discloses for secured as a whole. It is deeply negative because auto is most of the revenue and the pair average is what is known.
  • At under 2% of consolidated revenue this line cannot change the answer, but it is the one with the largest addressable market behind it, which is why it is carried separately rather than folded into auto.
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