Great Ajax (AJX) Stock Price, News & Analysis

3 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Great Ajax in the last year. There are currently 2 hold ratings and 1 buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "hold" AJX shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in AJX, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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3 brokerages have issued 1 year price targets for Great Ajax's shares. Their AJX share price targets range from $6.00 to $9.00. On average, they predict the company's stock price to reach $7.50 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 108.9% from the stock's current price.
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Great Ajax's stock was trading at $5.30 at the beginning of 2024. Since then, AJX stock has decreased by 32.3% and is now trading at $3.59.
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Great Ajax saw a drop in short interest in April. As of April 30th, there was short interest totaling 196,300 shares, a drop of 16.6% from the April 15th total of 235,300 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 152,500 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 1.3 days.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, August 1st 2024.
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Great Ajax Corp. (NYSE:AJX) released its quarterly earnings data on Monday, February, 26th. The real estate investment trust reported ($0.07) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.21 by $0.28. The real estate investment trust had revenue of $17.66 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $5.65 million.

Great Ajax announced a quarterly dividend on Friday, May 3rd. Investors of record on Wednesday, May 15th will be given a dividend of $0.06 per share on Thursday, May 30th. This represents a $0.24 annualized dividend and a yield of 6.69%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, May 14th.
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Great Ajax (NYSE:AJX) pays an annual dividend of $0.24 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 6.69%. AJX has a dividend yield higher than 75% of all dividend-paying stocks, making it a leading dividend payer.
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Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Great Ajax investors own include Energy Transfer (ET), AT&T (T), AGNC Investment (AGNC), Annaly Capital Management (NLY), Verizon Communications (VZ), Arbor Realty Trust (ABR), CBL & Associates Properties (CBL), Alibaba Group (BABA), Chimera Investment (CIM) and Medical Properties Trust (MPW).

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

Great Ajax's stock is owned by many different retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Magnetar Financial LLC (26.59%), Vanguard Group Inc. (3.29%), Pacific Ridge Capital Partners LLC (1.89%), Jacobs Levy Equity Management Inc. (0.25%), KG&L Capital Management LLC (0.27%) and Camelot Portfolios LLC (0.09%). Insiders that own company stock include Magnetar Financial Llc and Mary B Doyle.
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Shares of AJX stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.
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