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

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

Great Ajax announced a quarterly dividend on Monday, July 22nd. Investors of record on Monday, August 19th will be given a dividend of $0.32 per share on Friday, August 30th. This represents a $1.28 annualized dividend and a yield of 8.94%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, August 16th. View Great Ajax's Dividend History.

Great Ajax Corp (NYSE:AJX) announced its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, August, 6th. The real estate investment trust reported $0.31 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.40 by $0.09. The real estate investment trust earned $20.70 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $14.90 million. Great Ajax had a return on equity of 8.05% and a net margin of 51.93%. View Great Ajax's Earnings History.

Great Ajax is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, November 5th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Great Ajax.

1 equities research analysts have issued 12-month price targets for Great Ajax's shares. Their forecasts range from $15.00 to $15.00. On average, they anticipate Great Ajax's share price to reach $15.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 4.7% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Great Ajax.

1 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Great Ajax in the last year. There are currently 1 buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Great Ajax.

News headlines about AJX stock have been trending positive on Sunday, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. InfoTrie scores the sentiment of news coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Great Ajax earned a media sentiment score of 2.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news headlines about the real estate investment trust a news buzz of 6.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is somewhat likely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for Great Ajax.

Great Ajax saw a increase in short interest during the month of July. As of July 31st, there was short interest totalling 330,200 shares, an increase of 8.6% from the June 30th total of 304,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 83,600 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 3.9 days. Currently, 2.1% of the company's shares are short sold. View Great Ajax's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Great Ajax include NexPoint Residential Trust (NXRT), KKR Real Estate Finance Trust (KREF), Granite Point Mortgage Trust (GPMT), ARMOUR Residential REIT (ARR), RPT Realty (RPT), CIM Commercial Trust (CMCT), Northstar Realty Europe (NRE), Urstadt Biddle Properties (UBA), Community Healthcare Trust (CHCT), istar (STAR), Investors Real Estate Trust Reit (IRET), Chatham Lodging Trust (CLDT), CAPSTEAD MTG CO/SH (CMO), Ready Capital (RC) and Urstadt Biddle Properties (UBP).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Great Ajax investors own include Energy Transfer LP Unit (ET), CBL & Associates Properties (CBL), ANNALY CAP MGMT/SH (NLY), Martin Midstream Partners (MMLP), Cornerstone Total Return Fund (CRF), Arlington Asset Investment (AI), Ford Motor (F), SandRidge Permian Trust (PER), SunCoke Energy Partners (SXCP) and Government Properties Income Trust (GOV).

(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 served as the underwriters for the IPO and Ladenburg Thalmann and MLV were co-managers.

Great Ajax's stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (6.95%), Vanguard Group Inc. (5.07%), Pacific Ridge Capital Partners LLC (1.83%), Resource America Inc. (1.55%), Northern Trust Corp (0.99%) and Family Management Corp (0.94%). View Institutional Ownership Trends for Great Ajax.

AJX stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Resource America Inc., Renaissance Technologies LLC, Wells Fargo & Company MN, Morgan Stanley, KG&L Capital Management LLC, Monarch Partners Asset Management LLC, SG Americas Securities LLC and Pacific Ridge Capital Partners LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for Great Ajax.

AJX stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including BlackRock Inc., Vanguard Group Inc., Family Management Corp, Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD, JPMorgan Chase & Co., Connor Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd., Bessemer Group Inc. and Meeder Asset Management 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, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of AJX stock can currently be purchased for approximately $14.32.

Great Ajax has a market capitalization of $281.39 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.