KBRA Affirms Ratings for GITSIT Solutions, LLC
30 Sep 2025 | New York
KBRA affirms the BBB- issuer rating of Orange, California-based GITSIT Solutions, LLC ("GITSIT" or "the company"). KBRA also affirms GITSIT's senior secured debt rating of BBB. The Outlook for the ratings is Stable.
Key Credit Considerations
GITSIT’s ratings are principally supported by its solid operating performance over the course of its ~18-year operating history (predecessor included), its highly experienced management team, and a conservative financial profile as it relates to capital management, leverage, and disciplined growth. GITSIT has demonstrated expertise in its chosen business of acquiring, rehabilitating, and selling distressed mortgage loans, having completed 35,000+ transactions since 2007 with an average loan-level return of >20%. Average ROAs of 6%-7% since 2020 on both a GAAP and cash EBITDA basis further support our view that GITSIT generates appropriate risk adjusted returns.
These returns are enabled by the company’s ability to acquire NPLs at a significant discount to underlying collateral value (often >40%) through entrenched NPL sourcing relationships and its industry leading speed with which it resolves NPLs (<12 months on average vs 2+ years for industry).
GITSIT has maintained debt to equity leverage between 1.0-1.5x (1.1x at 2Q25) in recent years, with TCE to total assets ranging between 40%-45%. Given the company’s investment in distressed and relatively illiquid underlying assets, KBRA views the company’s low leverage profile and ample equity buffers as a key driver of credit strength.
GITSIT’s underlying assets (deeply discounted, delinquent mortgages) and the monoline nature of its business are reflected in a moderate level of earnings volatility, though KBRA believes the company’s plan to grow fund management assets is likely to diversify earnings and improve profitability over time. The company is reliant on securitization markets and somewhat dependent on short-term warehouse lines of credit from a narrow set of lenders. Additionally, though not atypical for specialty finance firms of this size, the credit profile includes a degree of key person risk.
KBRA incorporates one notch of ratings uplift from the company’s issuer rating to arrive at a senior secured debt rating of BBB. Notching is supported by the substantial implied equity of the assets collateralizing the senior secured notes offering (2.5x coverage at 2Q25).
Rating Sensitivities
Near term positive rating momentum is not currently anticipated; over the longer term, strong financial performance through an economic downcycle, meaningful revenue diversification, further diversification of funding sources, and higher levels of unencumbered assets would be viewed favorably if a conservative leverage profile is also maintained. Conversely, a more levered financial profile than expected, negative regulatory developments, deterioration in operating performance, or inability to maintain funding relationships could result in rating pressure.
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