NYSE:AJX - Great Ajax Stock Price, Forecast & News

Great Ajax trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "AJX."

Great Ajax declared a dividend on Tuesday, October 29th. Shareholders of record on Saturday, November 16th will be given a dividend of $0.32 per share on Tuesday, November 26th. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, November 14th. View Great Ajax's Dividend History.

Great Ajax Corp (NYSE:AJX) announced its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, November, 5th. The real estate investment trust reported $0.36 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.40 by $0.04. The real estate investment trust earned $15.32 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $14.93 million. Great Ajax had a return on equity of 8.04% and a net margin of 53.22%. View Great Ajax's Earnings History.

Great Ajax is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, March 3rd 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Great Ajax.

2 brokerages have issued twelve-month price targets for Great Ajax's stock. Their forecasts range from $15.00 to $16.00. On average, they anticipate Great Ajax's stock price to reach $15.50 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 1.6% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Great Ajax.

2 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Great Ajax in the last year. There are currently 2 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Great Ajax.

News stories about AJX stock have trended somewhat positive this week, InfoTrie reports. The research firm identifies negative and positive media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Great Ajax earned a news impact score of 1.6 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media headlines about the real estate investment trust a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near future. View News Stories for Great Ajax.

Great Ajax saw a increase in short interest in the month of January. As of January 31st, there was short interest totalling 766,100 shares, an increase of 5.3% from the January 15th total of 727,700 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 155,700 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 4.9 days. Approximately 4.5% of the shares of the stock are short sold. View Great Ajax's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Great Ajax include KKR Real Estate Finance Trust (KREF), Tanger Factory Outlet Centers (SKT), Summit Hotel Properties (INN), Brookfield Property Reit (BPR), ARMOUR Residential REIT (ARR), RPT Realty (RPT), Saul Centers (BFS), Community Healthcare Trust (CHCT), Granite Point Mortgage Trust (GPMT), istar (STAR), Investors Real Estate Trust Reit (IRET), Urstadt Biddle Properties (UBA), Ready Capital (RC), Northstar Realty Europe (NRE) and Chatham Lodging Trust (CLDT).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Great Ajax investors own include Energy Transfer LP Unit (ET), Verizon Communications (VZ), AT&T (T), ANNALY CAP MGMT/SH (NLY), AGNC Investment (AGNC), CBL & Associates Properties (CBL), Ford Motor (F), Alibaba Group (BABA), Martin Midstream Partners (MMLP) and NVIDIA (NVDA).

(AJX) raised $93 million in an initial public offering on Friday, February 13th 2015. The company issued 5,800,000 shares at a price of $15.00-$17.00 per share. FBR, Sterne Agee and Nomura acted as the underwriters for the IPO and Ladenburg Thalmann and MLV were co-managers.

Great Ajax's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include FMR LLC (9.45%), Shoals Capital Management LP (3.19%), State Street Corp (2.46%), Pacific Ridge Capital Partners LLC (1.88%), Hotchkis & Wiley Capital Management LLC (1.74%) and Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (0.53%). View Institutional Ownership Trends for Great Ajax.

AJX stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Renaissance Technologies LLC, Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Monarch Partners Asset Management LLC, Telemus Capital LLC, State Street Corp and Navellier & Associates Inc. View Insider Buying and Selling for Great Ajax.

AJX stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Shoals Capital Management LP, Hotchkis & Wiley Capital Management LLC, FMR LLC, Connor Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd., Pacific Ridge Capital Partners LLC, Ladenburg Thalmann Financial Services Inc., UBS Group AG and Prudential Financial Inc.. View Insider Buying and Selling for Great Ajax.

Shares of AJX can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of AJX stock can currently be purchased for approximately $15.26.

Great Ajax has a market capitalization of $310.54 million and generates $58.16 million in revenue each year. The real estate investment trust earns $28.34 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.46 on an earnings per share basis. View Additional Information About Great Ajax.

The official website for Great Ajax is http://www.great-ajax.com/.

Great Ajax's mailing address is 9400 SW BEAVERTON-HILLSDALE HIGHWAY SUITE 131, BEAVERTON OR, 97005. The real estate investment trust can be reached via phone at 503-505-5670.