WMC News and Press, Western Asset Mortgage Capital Corporation From 12/25/22

Summary U.S. equity markets declined for a third-straight week as benchmark interest rates surged after the advance of a $1.7 trillion federal spending package overshadowed another slate of encouraging inflation data. Declining for a third-straight week and finishing back on the cusp of...

Western Asset Mortgage Capital ( NYSE: WMC ) declares $0.40/share quarterly dividend , in line with previous. Forward yield 18.56% Payable Jan. 26; for shareholders of record Jan. 3; ex-div Dec. 30. See WMC Dividend Scorecard, Yield Chart, & Dividend Growth. ...

Western Asset Mortgage Capital Corporation (the “Company”) (NYSE: WMC) announced today that its Board of Directors has declared a cash dividend of $0.40 per share for the fourth quarter of 2022. Today’s dividend is payable on January 26, 2023 to common shareholders of record ...

Summary Four picks. Three big yields. 9.8% to 17.3%. The one over 17% clearly has more risk. Discounts range from 27% to 61%. That creates dramatic upside in the shares. We own shares in each of these picks. Granite Point Mortgage Trust [[GPMT]] is another reasonable choic...

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,...

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...

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...

Western Asset Mortgage Capital Corporation (the “Company”) (NYSE: WMC) announced today the tax treatment of its common stock dividends declared in 2020. The below information is provided to assist the Company’s stockholders with tax reporting requirements relate...

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...

U.S. equity markets posted their worst week since October amid an ongoing "short squeeze saga" that raised questions regarding market stability, overshadowing a strong week of earnings reports and economic data. Impacted by the fallout from the ongoing battle between institutiona...