ARMOUR Residential REIT Inc (NYSE: ARR) has a higher price-to-earnings ratio of 7.74x compared to its average ratio. ARR has 36-month beta value of 1.48. Analysts have mixed views on the stock, with 0 analysts rating it as a “buy,” 0 as “overweight,” 6 as “hold,” and 0 as “sell.”
The public float for ARR is 55.46M, and currently, short sellers hold a 11.83% ratio of that float. The average trading volume of ARR on January 14, 2025 was 1.85M shares.
ARR) stock’s latest price update
ARMOUR Residential REIT Inc (NYSE: ARR) has experienced a rise in its stock price by 0.66 compared to its previous closing price of 18.15. However, the company has seen a fall of -3.89% in its stock price over the last five trading days. prnewswire.com reported 2025-01-07 that Record $19.5M ARR and strong order growth cement Corero’s leadership in SaaS-driven DDoS protection MARLBOROUGH, Mass., Jan. 7, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Corero Network Security (AIM: CNS) (OTCQX: DDOSF), the DDoS protection specialists, today announced a strong trading update for the year ended December 31, 2024.
ARR’s Market Performance
ARR’s stock has fallen by -3.89% in the past week, with a monthly drop of -6.12% and a quarterly drop of -7.40%. The volatility ratio for the week is 2.04% while the volatility levels for the last 30 days are 1.90% for ARMOUR Residential REIT Inc The simple moving average for the past 20 days is -2.68% for ARR’s stock, with a -6.33% simple moving average for the past 200 days.
Analysts’ Opinion of ARR
Many brokerage firms have already submitted their reports for ARR stocks, with Janney repeating the rating for ARR by listing it as a “Neutral.” The predicted price for ARR in the upcoming period, according to Janney is $20 based on the research report published on June 06, 2024 of the previous year 2024.
UBS, on the other hand, stated in their research note that they expect to see ARR reach a price target of $18.50. The rating they have provided for ARR stocks is “Neutral” according to the report published on December 06th, 2023.
B. Riley Securities gave a rating of “Neutral” to ARR, setting the target price at $9.50 in the report published on February 22nd of the previous year.
ARR Trading at -3.28% from the 50-Day Moving Average
After a stumble in the market that brought ARR to its low price for the period of the last 52 weeks, the company was unable to rebound, for now settling with -16.69% of loss for the given period.
Volatility was left at 1.90%, however, over the last 30 days, the volatility rate increased by 2.04%, as shares sank -6.27% for the moving average over the last 20 days. Over the last 50 days, in opposition, the stock is trading -4.10% lower at present.
During the last 5 trading sessions, ARR fell by -4.10%, which changed the moving average for the period of 200-days by -7.04% in comparison to the 20-day moving average, which settled at $18.77. In addition, ARMOUR Residential REIT Inc saw -3.13% in overturn over a single year, with a tendency to cut further losses.
Insider Trading
Reports are indicating that there were more than several insider trading activities at ARR starting from PAPERIN STEWART J, who sale 24,852 shares at the price of $18.78 back on Dec 31 ’24. After this action, PAPERIN STEWART J now owns 363 shares of ARMOUR Residential REIT Inc, valued at $466,793 using the latest closing price.
PAPERIN STEWART J, the Director of ARMOUR Residential REIT Inc, proposed sale 24,852 shares at $18.85 during a trade that took place back on Dec 31 ’24, which means that PAPERIN STEWART J is holding shares at $468,460 based on the most recent closing price.
Stock Fundamentals for ARR
Current profitability levels for the company are sitting at:
- 1.78 for the present operating margin
- 0.91 for the gross margin
The net margin for ARMOUR Residential REIT Inc stands at 0.36. The total capital return value is set at 0.05. Equity return is now at value 10.31, with 0.96 for asset returns.
Based on ARMOUR Residential REIT Inc (ARR), the company’s capital structure generated 0.89 points at debt to capital in total, while cash flow to debt ratio is standing at 0.02. The debt to equity ratio resting at 7.74. The interest coverage ratio of the stock is 1.25.
Currently, EBITDA for the company is 457.87 million with net debt to EBITDA at 66.26. When we switch over and look at the enterprise to sales, we see a ratio of 30.23. The receivables turnover for the company is 7.52for trailing twelve months and the total asset turnover is 0.03.
Conclusion
To put it simply, ARMOUR Residential REIT Inc (ARR) has had a bad performance in recent times. Analysts have a mixed opinion on the stock, with some rating it as a “buy” and others as a “hold”. It’s important to note that the stock is currently trading at a significant distance from its 50-day moving average and its 52-week high.
