NexPoint Residential Trust (NXRT) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

NexPoint Residential Trust is a real estate investment trust focused on the acquisition, leasing and management of single‐family rental homes across the United States. The company targets suburban and Sun Belt markets with favorable demographic trends, seeking to build a diversified portfolio of standalone residences that serve the growing demand for quality rental housing. By concentrating on professionally managed homes rather than multi‐family apartments, NexPoint Residential Trust aims to offer tenants the benefits of privacy and space, while generating predictable rental income for investors.

The firm’s investment strategy combines direct acquisitions of built single‐family homes with selective joint ventures and partnerships to optimize scale and geographic diversification. Its portfolio spans key markets in Texas, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina and other high‐growth regions. Each property is subjected to a disciplined underwriting process that evaluates neighborhood fundamentals, employment trends and household formation rates to support long‐term occupancy and rent growth.

Formed in mid‐2020, NexPoint Residential Trust is externally managed by NexPoint Real Estate Advisors, LLC, an affiliate of Highland Capital Management, a Dallas‐based alternative investment firm. The advisory team leverages Highland’s real estate expertise and capital markets platform to source opportunities, negotiate acquisitions and oversee property operations. This structure allows the trust to benefit from dedicated asset management capabilities without maintaining an extensive in‐house staff.

Looking ahead, NexPoint Residential Trust plans to continue scaling its single‐family rental portfolio by targeting markets with strong population growth and limited supply of affordable housing. The company’s focus on operational efficiency, tenant satisfaction and disciplined capital deployment supports its goal of delivering stable cash flows and enhancing net asset value over time.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $24.90 to $25.72
• 50-Day Range: $24.61 to $29.15
• 52-Week Range: $23.79 to $34.87
• Volume: 233,245 shs
• Average Volume: 258,120 shs
• Market Capitalization: $652.78 million
• P/E Ratio: N/A
• Dividend Yield: 8.30%
• Price Target: $22.00
• Consensus Rating: Hold

NexPoint Residential Trust Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

NexPoint Residential Trust scored higher than 25% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 164th out of 188 stocks in the real estate sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 1.6 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Hold

Consensus Rating

NexPoint Residential Trust has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.00, and is based on 1 strong buy rating, no buy ratings, 2 hold ratings, and 2 sell ratings.

Downside Risk

NexPoint Residential Trust has a consensus price target of $22.00, representing about 13.9% downside from its current price of $25.55.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

NexPoint Residential Trust has only been the subject of 3 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: -21.61%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for NexPoint Residential Trust are expected to decrease by -21.61% in the coming year, from $2.36 to $1.85 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of NexPoint Residential Trust is -19.21, which means that its earnings are negative and its P/E ratio cannot be compared to companies with positive earnings.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of NexPoint Residential Trust is -19.21, which means that its earnings are negative and its P/E ratio cannot be compared to companies with positive earnings.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

NexPoint Residential Trust has a P/B Ratio of 2.19. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 1.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Bearish

Percentage of Shares Shorted

5.80% of the float of NexPoint Residential Trust has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

NexPoint Residential Trust has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 7.03.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in NexPoint Residential Trust has recently increased by 9.76%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Leadership

NexPoint Residential Trust is a leading dividend payer. It pays a dividend yield of 8.30%, putting its dividend yield in the top 25% of dividend-paying stocks.

Dividend Growth

NexPoint Residential Trust has only been increasing its dividend for 3 years.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on EPS estimates, NexPoint Residential Trust will have a dividend payout ratio of 114.59% in the coming year. This indicates that NexPoint Residential Trust may not be able to sustain their current dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 3.8 / 5
• News Sentiment: 1.07

News Sentiment

NexPoint Residential Trust has a news sentiment score of 1.07. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.79 average news sentiment score of Real Estate companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 10 news articles for NexPoint Residential Trust this week, compared to 2 articles on an average week.

MarketBeat Follows

1 people have added NexPoint Residential Trust to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.3 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, NexPoint Residential Trust insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

16.63% of the stock of NexPoint Residential Trust is held by insiders. A high percentage of insider ownership can be a sign of company health.

Percentage Held by Institutions

76.61% of the stock of NexPoint Residential Trust is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Company Calendar

• Record date for 6/30 Dividend: 6/15/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 6/30 Dividend: 6/15/2026
• Dividend Payable: 6/30/2026
• Last Earnings: 8/04/2026
• Today: 8/09/2026
• Record date for 9/30 Dividend: 9/15/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 9/30 Dividend: 9/15/2026
• Dividend Payable: 9/30/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 10/27/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Real Estate
• Industry: Residential REITs
• Sub-Industry: Multi-Family Residential REITs
• Current Symbol: NYSE:NXRT
• Previous Symbol: NASDAQ:NXRT
• CIK: 1620393
• Web: www.nexpointliving.com
• Phone: (214) 276-6300
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 3
• Year Founded: 2014

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for NexPoint Residential Trust: $22.00
• High Price Target: $26.00
• Low Price Target: $18.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: -13.9%
• Consensus Rating: Hold
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.00
• Research Coverage: 5 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): ($1.33)
• Trailing P/E Ratio: N/A
• Forward P/E Ratio: 10.83
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: -$32.03 million
• Net Margins: -13.22%
• Pretax Margin: -13.40%
• Return on Equity: -11.75%
• Return on Assets: -1.79%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 6.41
• Current Ratio: 1.92
• Quick Ratio: 1.92

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $251.28 million
• Price / Sales: 2.60
• Cash Flow: $2.76 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 9.25
• Book Value: $11.65 per share
• Price / Book: 2.19

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 25,550,000
• Free Float: 21,301,000
• Market Cap: $652.78 million
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 1.18