Momentum Stock watch: Ready Capital Corp (RC)

Company Profile:

Ready Capital Corporation operates as a real estate finance company in the United States. The company originates, acquires, finances, and services small balance commercial (SBC) loans, small business administration (SBA) loans, and residential mortgage loans, as well as mortgage backed securities collateralized primarily by SBC loans, or other real estate-related investments. The company qualifies as a real estate investment trust for federal income tax purposes. It generally would not be subject to federal corporate income taxes if it distributes at least 90% of its taxable income to its stockholders. The company was formerly known as Sutherland Asset Management Corporation and changed its name to Ready Capital Corporation in September 2018. Ready Capital Corporation was founded in 2007 and is headquartered in New York, New York.

Recent News:

For the quarter ended September 30, 2021, the company reported declared and paid dividend of $0.42 per share in cash with Distributable Earnings coverage of the dividend at 1.5x. Total investments of $2.3 billion, including $1.2 billion in SBC originations and acquisitions, $1.0 billion of residential mortgage loans, and $138.3 million of U.S. Small Business Administration 7(a) loans.

On Nov. 4, 2021, the conpany announced that it has entered into a definitive merger agreement pursuant to which Ready Capital has agreed to acquire a series of privately held, real estate structured finance opportunities funds, with a focus on construction lending, managed by MREC Management, LLC (the “Mosaic Manager”). Following the mergers, Ready Capital is expected to have a pro forma equity capital base in excess of $1.7 billion.

Fundamental Analysis:

Ninestocks analyzes several different financial aspects: Growth, Profitability, solvency and efficiency.

Growth – Measures the growth of both the company’s income statement and cash flow.

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Profitability – Measures the historical price movement of the stock.

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Solvency – Measures the solvency of the company based on several ratios.

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Efficiency – Measures the strength and historic growth of a company’s return on invested capital.

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Conclusion:

RC’s strengths can be seen in its better growth, strong profitability and robust efficiency compared with its peers. Technical indicators signal the bullish signs, as there is a bullish crossover in the Stochastic oscillator, the MACD is trying to cross back up and the RSI stands at 55.13 with positive bias. We rate Ready Capital Corp (RC) a STRONG BUY.