B. Riley Forecasts Rithm Capital's Q2 Earnings (NYSE:RITM)

Rithm Capital Corp. (NYSE:RITM - Free Report) - Equities research analysts at B. Riley lifted their Q2 2025 earnings estimates for Rithm Capital in a research note issued on Monday, April 28th. B. Riley analyst R. Binner now forecasts that the real estate investment trust will earn $0.52 per share for the quarter, up from their previous forecast of $0.48. B. Riley currently has a "Strong-Buy" rating on the stock. The consensus estimate for Rithm Capital's current full-year earnings is $1.93 per share. B. Riley also issued estimates for Rithm Capital's Q4 2025 earnings at $0.54 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $2.10 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $2.20 EPS.

Rithm Capital (NYSE:RITM - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Friday, April 25th. The real estate investment trust reported $0.52 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.45 by $0.07. Rithm Capital had a net margin of 17.79% and a return on equity of 18.15%. The company had revenue of $28.89 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.27 billion. During the same period last year, the company posted $0.48 EPS.

RITM has been the topic of several other research reports. BTIG Research reaffirmed a "buy" rating and issued a $16.00 price target on shares of Rithm Capital in a research report on Friday, April 25th. JMP Securities restated a "market outperform" rating and set a $12.50 price target on shares of Rithm Capital in a research report on Thursday, January 23rd. UBS Group reduced their price objective on Rithm Capital from $14.00 to $13.00 and set a "buy" rating on the stock in a research report on Wednesday, April 16th. Piper Sandler upgraded Rithm Capital from a "neutral" rating to an "overweight" rating and raised their price target for the stock from $12.50 to $14.00 in a research report on Monday. Finally, Wedbush restated an "outperform" rating and set a $14.00 price target on shares of Rithm Capital in a research report on Friday, March 28th. Eight analysts have rated the stock with a buy rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, the company currently has a consensus rating of "Buy" and a consensus target price of $13.61.

Rithm Capital Stock Performance

NYSE:RITM opened at $11.18 on Thursday. The firm has a market capitalization of $5.93 billion, a P/E ratio of 6.69 and a beta of 1.36. The company has a fifty day moving average of $11.09 and a 200-day moving average of $11.09. The company has a quick ratio of 1.35, a current ratio of 1.09 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.74. Rithm Capital has a twelve month low of $9.13 and a twelve month high of $12.20.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Rithm Capital

Several large investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in RITM. Vanguard Group Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of Rithm Capital by 0.4% in the fourth quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 49,008,422 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock worth $530,761,000 after buying an additional 184,802 shares in the last quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC increased its position in Rithm Capital by 0.9% during the fourth quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 8,494,199 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock valued at $92,021,000 after acquiring an additional 79,142 shares during the last quarter. Norges Bank bought a new position in Rithm Capital during the fourth quarter valued at $76,082,000. Balyasny Asset Management L.P. grew its holdings in shares of Rithm Capital by 48.6% in the fourth quarter. Balyasny Asset Management L.P. now owns 6,535,525 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock worth $70,780,000 after purchasing an additional 2,136,342 shares during the last quarter. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. grew its holdings in shares of Rithm Capital by 119.1% in the third quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 4,608,008 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock worth $52,301,000 after purchasing an additional 2,504,529 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 44.92% of the company's stock.

Rithm Capital Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, April 30th. Stockholders of record on Monday, March 31st were paid a $0.25 dividend. This represents a $1.00 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 8.94%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, March 31st. Rithm Capital's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 83.33%.

About Rithm Capital

Rithm Capital Corp. operates as an asset manager focused on real estate, credit, and financial services. It operates through Origination and Servicing, Investment Portfolio, Mortgage Loans Receivable, and Asset Management segments. Its investment portfolio primarily comprises of mortgage servicing rights (MSR), and MSR financing receivables, title, appraisal and property preservation, excess MSRs, and services advance investments; real estate securities, call rights, SFR properties, and residential mortgage loans; consumer and business purpose loans; and asset management related investments.

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