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 paid a dividend of $0.32 per share on Tuesday, November 26th. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, November 14th. View Great Ajax's Dividend History.

Great Ajax Corp (NYSE:AJX) announced its earnings results on Tuesday, November, 5th. The real estate investment trust reported $0.36 EPS for the quarter, missing the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.40 by $0.04. The real estate investment trust had revenue of $15.32 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $14.93 million. Great Ajax had a net margin of 53.22% and a return on equity of 8.04%. 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 Wall Street analysts have issued 12-month price targets for Great Ajax's stock. Their forecasts range from $15.00 to $16.00. On average, they expect Great Ajax's share price to reach $15.50 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 2.8% 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.

Media coverage about AJX stock has trended somewhat positive on Wednesday, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research group identifies positive and negative press 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 positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Great Ajax earned a news impact score of 2.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news articles about the real estate investment trust a news buzz of 8.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is very likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near term. View News Stories for Great Ajax.

Great Ajax saw a decrease in short interest in January. As of January 15th, there was short interest totalling 727,700 shares, a decrease of 10.4% from the December 31st total of 812,100 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 162,100 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 4.5 days. Approximately 4.3% of the shares of the stock are sold short. View Great Ajax's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Great Ajax include Summit Hotel Properties (INN), NexPoint Residential Trust (NXRT), KKR Real Estate Finance Trust (KREF), RPT Realty (RPT), ARMOUR Residential REIT (ARR), Granite Point Mortgage Trust (GPMT), Urstadt Biddle Properties (UBA), Community Healthcare Trust (CHCT), istar (STAR), Investors Real Estate Trust Reit (IRET), Northstar Realty Europe (NRE), Chatham Lodging Trust (CLDT), Ready Capital (RC), CAPSTEAD MTG CO/SH (CMO) 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), AT&T (T), Verizon Communications (VZ), ANNALY CAP MGMT/SH (NLY), CBL & Associates Properties (CBL), Ford Motor (F), Alibaba Group (BABA), AGNC Investment (AGNC), Martin Midstream Partners (MMLP) and NVIDIA (NVDA).

(AJX) raised $93 million in an initial public offering (IPO) 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 many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include KG&L Capital Management LLC (0.45%), SG Americas Securities LLC (0.13%), Telemus Capital LLC (0.05%) and Nisa Investment Advisors LLC (0.02%). View Institutional Ownership Trends for Great Ajax.

AJX stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Telemus Capital LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for Great Ajax.

AJX stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including SG Americas Securities LLC, KG&L Capital Management LLC and Nisa Investment Advisors LLC. 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 $15.08.

Great Ajax has a market capitalization of $306.88 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.