NexPoint Real Estate Finance (NREF) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

NexPoint Real Estate Finance, Inc. is a publicly traded real estate investment trust (REIT) focused on originating, acquiring and managing a diversified portfolio of commercial real estate debt investments. The company seeks to generate current income and capital appreciation by providing financing solutions across the capital structure for stabilized and transitional properties. Its investments include whole loans, mezzanine loans, preferred equity and other structured credit products secured by multifamily, office, industrial, retail and hospitality assets.

Since its initial public offering in March 2021, NexPoint Real Estate Finance has closed numerous transactions with borrowers nationwide, including both institutional sponsors and privately held owners. The company employs a disciplined underwriting process that emphasizes deep market research, conservative loan-to-value guidelines and active portfolio monitoring. Through these capabilities, it aims to mitigate risk while capturing attractive risk-adjusted returns in varying economic environments.

The firm is externally managed by NexPoint Real Estate Advisors, LLC, an affiliate of NexPoint Advisors, L.P., which brings together a team of real estate investment professionals with experience across debt origination, asset management and workout situations. This alignment of interests seeks to ensure that investment decisions are driven by thorough due diligence and ongoing oversight.

NexPoint Real Estate Finance concentrates its activities within the United States and maintains relationships with a broad network of borrowers, brokers and servicers. With access to flexible capital and a focus on tailoring financing solutions to borrower needs, the company is positioned to capitalize on lending opportunities across market cycles and geographic regions.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $16.90 to $17.58
• 50-Day Range: $14.62 to $18.23
• 52-Week Range: $12.36 to $18.43
• Volume: 50,723 shs
• Average Volume: 47,710 shs
• Market Capitalization: $325.92 million
• P/E Ratio: 7.30
• Dividend Yield: 11.57%
• Price Target: $16.75
• Consensus Rating: Reduce

NexPoint Real Estate Finance Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

NexPoint Real Estate Finance scored higher than 47% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 621st out of 843 stocks in the finance sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Reduce

Consensus Rating

NexPoint Real Estate Finance has received a consensus rating of Reduce. The company's average rating score is 1.75, and is based on no strong buy ratings, no buy ratings, 3 hold ratings, and 1 sell rating.

Upside/Downside

The consensus price target for NexPoint Real Estate Finance is close to its current price, suggesting limited near-term upside or downside.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

NexPoint Real Estate Finance has only been the subject of 4 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 6.33%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for NexPoint Real Estate Finance are expected to grow by 6.33% in the coming year, from $1.58 to $1.68 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of NexPoint Real Estate Finance is 7.30, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 45.27.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of NexPoint Real Estate Finance is 7.30, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Finance sector average P/E ratio of about 29.49.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

NexPoint Real Estate Finance has a P/B Ratio of 0.86. P/B Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 1.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Bearish

Percentage of Shares Shorted

5.77% of the float of NexPoint Real Estate Finance has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

NexPoint Real Estate Finance has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 9.15.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in NexPoint Real Estate Finance has recently increased by 6.30%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Leadership

NexPoint Real Estate Finance is a leading dividend payer. It pays a dividend yield of 11.41%, putting its dividend yield in the top 25% of dividend-paying stocks.

Dividend Growth

NexPoint Real Estate Finance does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of NexPoint Real Estate Finance is 84.39%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on EPS estimates, NexPoint Real Estate Finance will have a dividend payout ratio of 119.05% in the coming year. This indicates that NexPoint Real Estate Finance may not be able to sustain their current dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 3.2 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.12

News Sentiment

NexPoint Real Estate Finance has a news sentiment score of 0.12. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a lower news sentiment than the 0.82 average news sentiment score of Finance companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 6 news articles for NexPoint Real Estate Finance this week, compared to 2 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

4 people have searched for NREF on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 100% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

1 people have added NexPoint Real Estate Finance to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.4 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, NexPoint Real Estate Finance insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

59.90% of the stock of NexPoint Real Estate Finance is held by insiders. A high percentage of insider ownership can be a sign of company health.

Percentage Held by Institutions

67.79% of the stock of NexPoint Real Estate Finance is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Company Calendar

• Record date for 6/30 Dividend: 6/15/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 6/30 Dividend: 6/15/2026
• Dividend Payable: 6/30/2026
• Last Earnings: 8/06/2026
• Today: 8/20/2026
• Record date for 9/30 Dividend: 9/15/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 9/30 Dividend: 9/15/2026
• Dividend Payable: 9/30/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 10/29/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Finance
• Industry: Mortgage Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)
• Sub-Industry: Mortgage REITs
• Current Symbol: NYSE:NREF
• CIK: 1786248
• Web: www.nexpointfinance.com
• Phone: 214-276-6300
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 1
• Year Founded: 2019

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for NexPoint Real Estate Finance: $16.75
• High Price Target: $17.50
• Low Price Target: $16.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: -3.1%
• Consensus Rating: Reduce
• Rating Score (0-4): 1.75
• Research Coverage: 4 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $2.37
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 7.30
• Forward P/E Ratio: 10.94
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: $105.10 million
• Net Margins: 107.93%
• Pretax Margin: 120.91%
• Return on Equity: 12.72%
• Return on Assets: 0.92%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 1.79
• Current Ratio: 163.94
• Quick Ratio: 163.94

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $89.95 million
• Price / Sales: 3.62
• Cash Flow: $9.35 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 1.85
• Book Value: $20.15 per share
• Price / Book: 0.86

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 18,850,000
• Free Float: 7,558,000
• Market Cap: $325.92 million
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 1.11