CMO News and Press, Capstead Mortgage Corporation From 04/01/21

We’ve loaded up on mortgage REIT preferred shares. As the common shares kept pushing higher, lower risk gets appealing. The preferred shares are higher in the capital stack than the common shares, which enabled them to bounce back after the pandemic panic. We’ve been...

Part 1 of this article compares NLY’s recent investment composition, leverage, hedging coverage ratio, quarterly BV, economic return, and current valuation to nineteen mREIT peers. Providing sector-wide metrics allows readers to better understand which mREIT companies will like...

On March 15th, 2021, we added to our position in AGNCP. Shares remain attractively priced, though investors need to be aware of the upcoming ex-dividend date on 3/31/2021. We were looking to park some cash after taking gains on a few other trades. Since this is a preferred share, ...

Investors are thrilled about the steeper yield curve. A steeper yield curve is generally positive for mortgage REITs, and the impact to fundamentals is smaller than many investors may think. When the yield curve was flat and mortgage REITs traded at huge discounts to book, many in...

Mortgage REIT preferred shares offer big dividend yields and some offer steady payouts. The preferred shares from AGNC carry some of the lowest risks and AGNCP has been attractively priced. We took the opportunity to significantly increase our position in AGNCP at $23.70 on 3/15/2...

Capstead Mortgage Corporation (NYSE: CMO ) (“Capstead” or “The Company”) announced today that its Board of Directors has declared a first quarter 2021 common dividend of $0.15 per common share. The dividend is payable on April 20, 2021 to common stockhold...

The mortgage REIT sector began the year with big discounts to book value. Since then, it has delivered big returns. If you've read even a few of our articles on mortgage REITs, you're surely familiar with the price-to-book ratios. Investors who didn't buy mortgage REITs in April 2...

The mortgage REIT sector has been on fire lately. It gave us some huge gains in late 2020 and more huge gains in early 2021. As investors shift into "value" stocks, we've seen a dramatic increase in price with price-to-book ratios increasing substantially in the sector. With these...

During February, we placed a handful of trades in the mortgage REIT preferred shares. We recently picked up shares of ARR-C and NRZ-B. We'll highlight the index cards and commentary on those positions. In February we also closed out positions in NYMTP, TWO-E (which was called) and...

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...