Great Ajax Stock Price, News & Analysis (NYSE:AJX)

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

Great Ajax declared a quarterly dividend on Monday, July 22nd. Shareholders 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 8.14%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, August 16th. View Great Ajax's Dividend History.

Great Ajax Corp (NYSE:AJX) issued its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, August, 6th. The real estate investment trust reported $0.31 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.40 by $0.09. The real estate investment trust had revenue of $20.70 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $14.90 million. Great Ajax had a net margin of 51.93% and a return on equity of 8.05%. 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 brokers have issued 12 month target prices for Great Ajax's shares. Their predictions range from $15.00 to $15.00. On average, they anticipate Great Ajax's stock price to reach $15.00 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 4.6%. 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.

Media stories about AJX stock have trended somewhat positive on Wednesday, InfoTrie reports. InfoTrie identifies negative and positive press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog 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 coverage optimism score of 2.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news headlines about the real estate investment trust a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the company's share price in the near future. View News Stories for Great Ajax.

Great Ajax saw a increase in short interest during the month of September. As of September 15th, there was short interest totalling 569,700 shares, an increase of 48.0% from the August 15th total of 385,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 110,600 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 5.2 days. Approximately 3.6% 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 NexPoint Residential Trust (NXRT), KKR Real Estate Finance Trust (KREF), RPT Realty (RPT), Granite Point Mortgage Trust (GPMT), ARMOUR Residential REIT (ARR), Urstadt Biddle Properties (UBA), Investors Real Estate Trust Reit (IRET), Community Healthcare Trust (CHCT), Northstar Realty Europe (NRE), Chatham Lodging Trust (CLDT), istar (STAR), Washington Prime Group (WPG), Urstadt Biddle Properties (UBP), Ready Capital (RC) and CAPSTEAD MTG CO/SH (CMO).

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

(AJX) raised $93 million in an initial public offering (IPO) 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 a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include KG&L Capital Management LLC (0.45%), Navellier & Associates Inc (0.35%), Meeder Asset Management Inc. (0.12%) and Nisa Investment Advisors LLC (0.01%). View Institutional Ownership Trends for Great Ajax.

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

AJX stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Navellier & Associates Inc, Meeder Asset Management Inc. 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 $15.73.

Great Ajax has a market capitalization of $309.09 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.