The Short-term Rise and Fall of Ready Capital Corp (RC) Stock

At the time of writing, Ready Capital Corp [RC] stock is trading at $9.07, up 1.68%. Until recently, the best way to gauge how the stock has performed was to look at its short-term value. The RC shares have gain 1.80% over the last week, with a monthly amount drifted -0.44%, and not seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.

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On 15, March 2024, Ready Capital Corporation Declares First Quarter 2024 Dividends. In a post published today on Yahoo Finance, Ready Capital Corporation (NYSE:RC) 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 March 31, 2024. This dividend is payable on April 30, 2024, to shareholders of record as of the close of business on March 28, 2024.

From an analyst’s perspective:

Ready Capital Corp [NYSE: RC] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on March 04, 2024, when Keefe Bruyette downgraded its rating to a Underperform and also revised its price target to $8 from $10. Previously, Raymond James downgraded its rating to Mkt Perform on December 18, 2023. Wedbush initiated its recommendation with a Neutral and recommended $11 as its price target on October 17, 2023. Keefe Bruyette downgraded its rating to Mkt Perform for this stock on December 15, 2022, but kept the price target unchanged to $13. In a note dated October 20, 2022, UBS initiated an Neutral rating and provided a target price of $11 on this stock.

For the past year, the stock price of Ready Capital Corp fluctuated between $8.30 and $11.97. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $11 within the next 12 months. Ready Capital Corp [NYSE: RC] shares were valued at $9.07 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 21.28% based on the average RC price forecast.

Analyzing the RC fundamentals

According to Ready Capital Corp [NYSE:RC], the company’s sales were 1.20B for trailing twelve months, which represents an 34.23% jump. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.91% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.65%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.61%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.55%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.03, Equity is 0.14 and Total Capital is 0.03. An extended analysis of the company’s primary financial structure reveals a debt-to-equity ratio of3.68.

Before buying any particular stock, readers tend to pay close attention to the indicators that support and create resistance. The company’s stock is currently sitting at 8.87 points at the first support level, and at 8.68 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 9.23, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 9.40.

Ready Capital Corp [RC] reported earnings per share of $0.26 for its fiscal quarter that ended on 12/30/2023. Based on the Wall Street analysts’ estimates, the company was expected to report earnings of $0.32/share, meaning a difference of -$0.06 and a surprise factor of -18.80%. By comparison, the stated earnings for the previous quarter ended on 9/29/2023 were $0.28 per share as compared to estimates of $0.36 per share, a difference of -$0.08 representing a surprise of -22.20%.

Ratios To Look Out For

Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 1.30, the price to book ratio is 0.64 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 3.94.

Transactions by insiders

Recent insider trading involved NATHAN GILBERT E, Director, that happened on Mar 14 ’24 when 10000.0 shares were purchased. Director, LUEBBERS KEVIN M completed a deal on Mar 05 ’24 to buy 5000.0 shares. Meanwhile, CEO and CIO Capasse Thomas E sold 26623.0 shares on Aug 15 ’23.

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