5-Star Stocks Poised to Pop: PennyMac Mortgage Investment
Based on the aggregated intelligence of 180,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS, the Fool's free investing community, mortgage REIT PennyMac Mortgage Investment (NYS: PMT) has earned a coveted five-star ranking.
With that in mind, let's take a closer look at PennyMac's business and see what CAPS investors are saying about the stock right now.
PennyMac facts
Market Cap | $562.4 million |
Industry | REIT |
Trailing-12-Month Revenue | $111.7 million |
Management | Chairman/CEO Stanford Kurland |
Trailing-12 Month Return on Equity | 14.9% |
Cash/Debt | $16.5 million / $812.4 million |
Dividend Yield | 11.9% |
Competitors | Annaly Capital Management |
Sources: S&P Capital IQ and Motley Fool CAPS.
On CAPS, 95% of the 58 members who have rated PennyMac believe the stock will outperform the S&P 500 going forward.
Just last week, one of those Fools, danablanca, tapped PennyMac as a solid income opportunity:
[C]ompany is run by experienced management. [B]uying loan pools for pennies on the dollar, modifying or selling at a high profit margin. [A]lso making money a servicing agent and in addition building its correspondent lending channels. [T]hey will become the "new and improved Countrywide" minus the mistakes. Great dividend while we wait for the money to roll in.
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