CMO News and Press, Capstead Mortgage Corporation From 02/26/21

We trade our mortgage REIT positions based on shifting price-to-book ratios. It’s a great technique. It’s like counting cards, except we get to use machines, and some people think they sat down to play "Go Fish." We will share one of our recent adjustments in our por...

Pricing between the different series of NLY preferred shares is absurd. NLY-G values are much too close to NLY-F and NLY-I. Investors in NLY-G can get a dramatically better risk-adjusted rate of return by swapping to NLY-F or NLY-I. The payback period on the upgrade is less than t...

We're now at the halfway point of another newsworthy REIT earnings season. Results thus far have generally been better than expected as dividend cuts have given way to dividend boosts. Rents paid, dividends raised: 18 equity REITs have boosted their dividend this year, the majority of...

Buying preferred shares isn't hard. It's a great technique to find some attractive risk-adjusted returns though. Many investors don't get the trick to it. You want to buy before the price goes up. That way you can be in a positive unrealized total return. If you entered correctly,...

The GEO Group showed top-broker estimated net gains of 103.33%, while Orchid Island Capital had the top (14.3%) yield out of 350 U.S. REITs per YCharts data 2/8/21. Top 10 net gainers TWO, PMT, EARN, GOOD, AFIN, NRZ, RC, CMO, CHMI, and GNL ranged 13.6%-30.1% 2/8/21. Top 36 US REITs (p...

REITs often issue new shares to grow. The impact to existing shareholders depends on the valuation management can get for issuing shares. When DX recently issued shares, it was a textbook example of reading the environment. New issuance should be common for the mortgage REITs trad...

Earnings will likely decline this year because of a cooling down of the mortgage market, which will affect the supply of adjustable-rate mortgage securities. The yield will likely face pressure due to elevated prepayment speed and resetting of coupons. Despite the expected earning...

Our largest position in the common shares of a mortgage REIT right now is CMO. We’re bullish on CMO and see the potential for shares to rally as they currently trade at an unusually large discount to book value. We’ve discussed CMO with readers before and we’v...

For Mortgage REIT investors, the recent "short squeeze frenzy" brings back painful nightmares. Mortgage REITs endured periods of violent volatility and "forced selling" during the depths of the pandemic. Imploding hedging instruments inflicted permanent damage to several mREITs, but b...

As predicted, IVR issues new shares. You can’t be surprised, we told you on 1/26/2021 that IVR should be looking to issue shares. Shares of IVR just closed at $4.01, which is about equal to management’s stated BV range for 1/31/2021 of $4.00 to $4.10. We remain beari...