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We’re highlighting Western Asset Mortgage Capital Corp., a very rare entry in our columns. We’re highlighting it because shares are in the neutral range. Shares are getting much closer to the target buy range, and are now quite far from our prior Sell ratings. Discou...

Our latest purchase in the sector is PMT. We think PMT is a great choice today following the substantial decline in share price since the Q2 2020 earnings. PMT has underperformed the most similar mortgage REITs lately. Shares dipped all the way into the strong buy range. PMT carries a...

We’re highlighting two good mortgage REITs trading at substantial discounts to book value: CMO and NYMT. We're bullish on both. Each trades at a large enough discount to offer substantial upside, and the portfolio of MBS they carry is capable of performing well in this environm...

U.S. equity markets finished flat this week as better-than-expected economic data and earnings results were offset by a continued fiscal stalemate and pressure on technology stocks amid a censorship controversy. The S&P 500 managed to eke out a 0.1% gain this week. The Nasdaq 100 ...

We're highlighting the mortgage REITs with more MSRs today: Bullish ratings on CHMI, TWO, PMT, and NRZ. We highlighted several of these REITs together before. It was 04/06/2020 and responses were mixed. Some investors hated the idea of buying at around 30% of book value. Discounts...

At first glance Granite Point trades at an attractive price relative to book value; however, the market does not believe book value represents the true value of its loan portfolio. Granite Point has significant exposure to the commercial real estate market which is under significant s...

We’re focusing on the two big REITs today, talking about our bullish outlooks on American Capital Agency Corp. and Annaly Capital Management. Besides being big, they both have big discounts to NAV, internal management, and lower-than-average recurring operating expenses. Di...

U.S. equity markets delivered their strongest week in three months, driven by solid economic data and renewed hope for a compromise on the ever-elusive fiscal stimulus deal. Following gains of 1.6% last week, the S&P 500 surged 3.9% this week, climbing back within 3% of all-time h...

We’re highlighting our bullish outlook on Annaly Capital Management. The largest mortgage REIT in the sector still trades at a discount of 18% to estimated book value. Discounts to book value (or NAV) are the start of your mortgage REIT analysis, but not the end. In thi...

This article compares NLY’s recent dividend per share rates, yield percentages, and several dividend sustainability metrics to twenty mREIT peers. This includes an analysis of NLY’s quarterly estimated REIT taxable income, estimated core earnings, and normalized core ear...