NEW YORK, Dec. 14, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Ready Capital Corporation (NYSE:RC) (the "Company") announced that its Board of Directors declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.30 per share of common stock and Operating Partnership unit for the quarter ended December 31, 2023. This dividend is payable on January 31, 2024, to shareholders of record as of the close of business on December 29, 2023.
The quarterly dividend reflects the impact on earnings of lower leverage and portfolio yield compression due to the ongoing integration of the Broadmark portfolio. The Company expects earnings to migrate towards historical return targets over the course of 2024 as increased liquidity is deployed into current market yields and underperforming assets in the Broadmark portfolio are repositioned into ...