Wedbush Has Bearish Estimate for Rithm Capital Q4 Earnings

Rithm Capital Corp. (NYSE:RITM - Free Report) - Investment analysts at Wedbush cut their Q4 2025 earnings per share estimates for shares of Rithm Capital in a report issued on Monday, May 19th. Wedbush analyst J. Mccanless now forecasts that the real estate investment trust will post earnings of $0.52 per share for the quarter, down from their prior estimate of $0.53. Wedbush has a "Outperform" rating and a $14.00 price objective on the stock. The consensus estimate for Rithm Capital's current full-year earnings is $1.93 per share.

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

A number of other research firms have also recently weighed in on RITM. Piper Sandler raised shares of Rithm Capital from a "neutral" rating to an "overweight" rating and increased their price objective for the stock from $12.50 to $14.00 in a report on Monday, April 28th. Jones Trading restated a "buy" rating and issued a $12.50 price target on shares of Rithm Capital in a research note on Tuesday, April 29th. UBS Group cut their price target on Rithm Capital from $14.00 to $13.00 and set a "buy" rating on the stock in a report on Wednesday, April 16th. Royal Bank of Canada reissued an "outperform" rating and issued a $13.00 price objective on shares of Rithm Capital in a report on Tuesday, May 20th. Finally, BTIG Research reaffirmed a "buy" rating and set a $16.00 target price on shares of Rithm Capital in a research note on Friday, April 25th. Eight research analysts have rated the stock with a buy rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Rithm Capital presently has an average rating of "Buy" and a consensus price target of $13.56.

Rithm Capital Stock Performance

Rithm Capital stock traded down $0.04 during mid-day trading on Wednesday, reaching $11.13. The company's stock had a trading volume of 3,195,644 shares, compared to its average volume of 4,028,768. Rithm Capital has a twelve month low of $9.13 and a twelve month high of $12.20. The business has a 50 day moving average price of $10.96 and a 200-day moving average price of $11.18. The company has a current ratio of 1.09, a quick ratio of 1.35 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.74. The firm has a market cap of $5.90 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 6.67 and a beta of 1.32.

Rithm Capital Announces Dividend

The company also recently announced 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 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 8.98%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, March 31st. Rithm Capital's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 83.33%.

Institutional Trading of Rithm Capital

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the business. Barclays PLC raised its position in shares of Rithm Capital by 1.2% during the fourth quarter. Barclays PLC now owns 219,670 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock worth $2,379,000 after acquiring an additional 2,701 shares during the last quarter. Wedbush Securities Inc. increased its holdings in Rithm Capital by 13.7% during the fourth quarter. Wedbush Securities Inc. now owns 231,682 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock worth $2,509,000 after buying an additional 27,924 shares during the last quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp boosted its stake in shares of Rithm Capital by 9.1% during the 4th quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp now owns 1,916,453 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock worth $20,755,000 after acquiring an additional 159,506 shares during the period. EMC Capital Management raised its holdings in Rithm Capital by 1,349.0% in the 4th quarter. EMC Capital Management now owns 35,371 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock valued at $383,000 after acquiring an additional 32,930 shares during the period. Finally, Vanguard Group Inc. grew its stake 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 valued at $530,761,000 after acquiring an additional 184,802 shares in the last quarter. 44.92% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Rithm Capital Company Profile

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.