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 announced a dividend on Tuesday, October 29th. Investors 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) issued its earnings results on Tuesday, November, 5th. The real estate investment trust reported $0.36 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.40 by $0.04. The real estate investment trust earned $15.32 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate 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 analysts have issued 12 month price objectives 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 year. This suggests a possible upside of 5.1% 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 articles about AJX stock have been trending negative this week, InfoTrie reports. The research firm scores the sentiment of media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog 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 -2.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave press coverage 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 impact on the stock's share price in the near term. View News Stories for Great Ajax.

Great Ajax saw a increase in short interest in 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 trading volume, of 155,700 shares, the days-to-cover 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), Brookfield Property Reit (BPR), ARMOUR Residential REIT (ARR), Tanger Factory Outlet Centers (SKT), Summit Hotel Properties (INN), RPT Realty (RPT), Saul Centers (BFS), Community Healthcare Trust (CHCT), istar (STAR), Granite Point Mortgage Trust (GPMT), Investors Real Estate Trust Reit (IRET), Urstadt Biddle Properties (UBA), Northstar Realty Europe (NRE), Ready Capital (RC) 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), AGNC Investment (AGNC), ANNALY CAP MGMT/SH (NLY), 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 $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 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 Geode Capital Management LLC (1.13%). 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, Alliancebernstein L.P., State Street Corp and Navellier & Associates Inc. View Insider Buying and Selling for Great Ajax.

AJX stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Shoals Capital Management LP, Hotchkis & Wiley Capital Management LLC, FMR LLC, Geode Capital Management LLC, Connor Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd., Pacific Ridge Capital Partners LLC, Ladenburg Thalmann Financial Services Inc. and UBS Group AG. 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 $14.75.

Great Ajax has a market capitalization of $300.12 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.