CMO News and Press, Capstead Mortgage Corporation From 08/22/21

Part 1 of this article compares NLY’s recent investment composition, leverage, hedging coverage ratio, quarterly BV, economic return (loss), and current valuation to 19 mREIT peers. Providing sector-wide metrics allow readers to better understand which mREIT companies will like...

U.S. equity markets retreated on a choppy week after a downbeat slate of economic data heightened concern that the recent COVID resurgence could stall or reverse the global economic reopenings. Exhibiting a reversion back to the "stay at home" trading patterns, the large-cap S&am...

Mortgage REITs can offer investors extremely high yields. While the yields are attractive, we want to keep an eye on prices as well. Rather than just paying lip service to prices, investors need to really dig into those price-to-book ratios and contrast current ratios with reasonable ...

In our "State of the REIT Sector" report, we analyze recently-released NAREIT T-Tracker data to review high-level REIT fundamentals over the past quarter through a series of charts. REIT company-level metrics have exhibited a substantial rebound over the last year as FFO and dividends...

We avoid mortgage REITs in general. We go over why we chose Dynex Capital and highlight some issues with this industry as a whole. We end with how a defensive strategy can enhance your returns from this sector. For further details see: Dynex: When Even The Best Have Decl...

MITT gets an upgrade to a neutral outlook. Shares are down about 26.5% from their highs despite fundamentals performing reasonably well. Agency mortgage REITs have consistently reported declines in book value. The range of the decline differs significantly, but so far all were lower. ...

U.S. equity markets climbed to fresh record highs this past week as better-than-expected employment data eased some concern over threats of another potential wave of COVID-related economic restrictions. The U.S. economy added 942k jobs in July, while continuing jobless claims fel...

REIT earnings season has provided critical information on the state of the real estate industry - a much-needed check-in amid fears of a potential "fourth wave" of the COVID pandemic. Results were significantly better-than-expected with roughly 95% of equity REITs beating consensus FF...

NEWT announced they are planning to buy a bank and stop being a BDC. Shares down 27.5% on the DAY as of 3PM Eastern. We couldn’t predict NEWT would announce this deal, but we could and did predict that paying an absolutely massive premium to book value was a mistake. Lookin...

19 new deals announced in the month of July. Thoma Bravo acquires Medallia. Aon and Willis Towers Watson terminated their business combination agreement. For further details see: Merger Arbitrage Mondays - Thoma Bravo Announces 2 Large Deals In A Single Month ...