(Mark One) ☒ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the fiscal year ended December31, 2025OR☐TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the transition period from _____to _____Commission File Number:001-40003 loanDepot, Inc.(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter) (Stateorotherjurisdictionof incorporation or organization) Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act. Yes☐No☒ Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act. Yes☐No☒ Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes☒No☐ Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§ 232.405of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files). Yes☒No☐ Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company.See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and "emerging growth company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financialaccounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.☐ If securities are registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act, indicate by check mark whether the financial statements of the registrant included in the filing reflect the correctionof an error to previously issued financial statements.☐ Indicate by check mark whether any of those error corrections are restatements that required a recovery analysis of incentive-based compensation received by any of the registrant’sexecutive officers during the relevant recovery period pursuant to §240.10D-1(b).☐ Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule12b-2of theExchange Act). Yes☐No☒ As of June30, 2025 the aggregate market value of the registrant’s Common Stock, $0.0001 par value (“common stock”), held by non-affiliates was $106,745,131 based on theclosing price as reported on the New York Stock Exchange on that date. As of March10, 2026, 228,821,318 shares of the registrant’s Class A common stock, par value $0.001 per share, were outstanding and 106,207,433 shares of the registrant’s ClassB common stock, par value $0.001 per share, were outstanding. There are no shares of the registrant’s Class C common stock or Class D common stock outstanding. DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCEPortions of the registrant’s definitive proxy statement for use in connection with its 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, which is to be filed no later than 120 days after December31, 2025, are incorporated by reference into Part III of this Annual Report on Form 10-K. loanDepot, Inc.Annual Report on Form 10-KDecember31, 2025Table of Contents PART I Special Note Regarding Forward-Looking StatementsGlossary of Acronyms, Abbreviations, and TermsBusinessRisk FactorsUnresolved Staff CommentsCybersecurityPropertiesLegal ProceedingsMine Safety Disclosures Item 1.Item 1A.Item 1B.Item 1C.Item 2.Item 3.Item 4. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities[Reserved]Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of OperationsQuantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market RiskFinancial Statements and Supplementary DataChanges in and Disagreements With Accountants on Accounting and Financial DisclosureControls and ProceduresOther InformationDisclosure Regarding Foreign Jurisdictions that Prevent Inspections Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate GovernanceExecutive CompensationSecurity Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder MattersCertain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director IndependencePrincipal Accounting Fees and Services Exhibits, Financial Statement SchedulesForm 10-K SummarySignatures SPECIAL NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS This report contains forward-looking statements that are based on our management’s beliefs and assumptions and on informationcurrently available to our management. These forward-looking statements can be identified by the fact that they do not relate strictly tohistoric