PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust (PMT) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust (NYSE: PMT) is a publicly traded real estate investment trust (REIT) that primarily acquires and manages residential mortgage loans and mortgage-related assets. The company focuses on generating attractive risk-adjusted returns through investment in agency and non-agency residential mortgage pools, credit risk transfer securities, and residential mortgage whole loans. As a mortgage REIT, PennyMac Investment Trust seeks to capture both interest rate spread and potential price appreciation in its portfolio holdings.

Established with external management by PennyMac Financial Services, Inc., the trust leverages the sponsor’s mortgage servicing, underwriting and capital markets expertise. Its portfolio is weighted toward agency-guaranteed mortgage-backed securities issued by government-sponsored enterprises such as Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and Ginnie Mae, while also allocating selectively to private-label residential mortgage assets. This diversified approach allows the company to balance yield enhancement with credit quality oversight.

The trust’s operations are concentrated in the United States residential mortgage market, where it benefits from the sponsor’s coast-to-coast origination and servicing footprint. PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust seeks to capitalize on market dislocations, financing cost differentials and structural inefficiencies in borrowing markets. Through active portfolio management and hedging strategies, the company aims to deliver consistent dividend income to shareholders while preserving capital value.

As a component of the mortgage investment landscape, PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust is one of several publicly traded REITs managed by PennyMac Financial Services. Its governance structure emphasizes risk management, regulatory compliance and alignment of interests between the external advisor and shareholders. The company’s ongoing strategy is to maintain portfolio liquidity, optimize leverage and navigate evolving interest-rate environments to support sustainable distributions.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $12.37 to $12.55
• 50-Day Range: $11.80 to $13.25
• 52-Week Range: $11.70 to $14.93
• Volume: 514,099 shs
• Average Volume: 811,401 shs
• Market Capitalization: $1.09 billion
• P/E Ratio: 17.45
• Dividend Yield: 12.73%
• Price Target: $14.00
• Consensus Rating: Hold

PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust scored higher than 66% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 511th out of 927 stocks in the finance sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 2.1 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Hold

Consensus Rating

PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.17, and is based on 1 buy rating, 5 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust has only been the subject of 2 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 4.55%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust are expected to grow by 4.55% in the coming year, from $1.54 to $1.61 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust is 17.34, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 271.81.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust is 17.34, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Finance sector average P/E ratio of about 230.49.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust has a PEG Ratio of 3.01. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust has a P/B Ratio of 0.82. P/B Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

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

Percentage of Shares Shorted

5.14% of the float of PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 5.6.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust has recently increased by 6.75%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Leadership

PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust is a leading dividend payer. It pays a dividend yield of 13.00%, putting its dividend yield in the top 25% of dividend-paying stocks.

Dividend Growth

PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust is 222.22%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on EPS estimates, PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust will have a dividend payout ratio of 99.38% in the coming year. This indicates that PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust may not be able to sustain their current dividend.

Sustainability and ESG

• Score: N/A
• Environmental Score: N/A

Percentage of Shares Shorted

5.14% of the float of PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 5.6.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust has recently increased by 6.75%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

News and Social Media

• Score: 3.5 / 5
• News Sentiment: 1.25

News Sentiment

PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust has a news sentiment score of 1.25. 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 0.96 average news sentiment score of Finance companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 6 news articles for PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust this week, compared to 4 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

Only 3 people have searched for PMT on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -84% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

3 people have added PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 200% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 3.3 / 5
• Insider Trading: Acquiring Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust insiders have bought more of their company's stock than they have sold. Specifically, they have bought $16,952.00 in company stock and sold $0.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

Only 0.92% of the stock of PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

67.38% of the stock of PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

PMT Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

How have PMT shares performed this year?

PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust's stock was trading at $12.59 at the beginning of 2025. Since then, PMT stock has decreased by 0.8% and is now trading at $12.4850.

How were PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust's earnings last quarter?

PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust (NYSE:PMT) issued its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, July, 22nd. The real estate investment trust reported ($0.04) EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.35 by $0.39. The real estate investment trust had revenue of $70.20 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $95.46 million. PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 7.68% and a net margin of 34.65%.
Read the conference call transcript.

Who are PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust's major shareholders?

Top institutional shareholders of PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust include Geode Capital Management LLC (2.41%), Invesco Ltd. (2.33%), MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd. (1.61%) and Boston Partners (1.44%). Insiders that own company stock include Doug Jones, Catherine A Lynch, Stacey D Stewart, Scott W Carnahan and Marianne Sullivan.
View institutional ownership trends.

How do I buy shares of PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust?

Shares of PMT 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.

What other stocks do shareholders of PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust own?

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust investors own include Invesco QQQ (QQQ), SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (SPY), NVIDIA (NVDA), SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF Trust (DIA), Meta Platforms (META), Verizon Communications (VZ) and AT&T (T).

Company Calendar

• Record date for 7/25 Dividend: 7/11/2025
• Ex-Dividend for 7/25 Dividend: 7/11/2025
• Last Earnings: 7/22/2025
• Dividend Payable: 7/25/2025
• Today: 9/04/2025
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 10/28/2025
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2025

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Finance
• Industry: REIT - MTGE TRUST
• Sub-Industry: Mortgage REITs
• Current Symbol: NYSE:PMT
• CIK: 1464423
• Web: www.pennymacmortgageinvestmenttrust.com
• Phone: (818) 224-7028
• Fax: 818-936-0145
• Employees: 1
• Year Founded: 2008

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust: $14.00
• High Price Target: $15.50
• Low Price Target: $13.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +13.1%
• Consensus Rating: Hold
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.17
• Research Coverage: 6 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $0.72
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 17.19
• Forward P/E Ratio: 8.04
• P/E Growth: 3.01
• Net Income: $160.98 million
• Net Margins: 34.65%
• Pretax Margin: 30.44%
• Return on Equity: 7.68%
• Return on Assets: 0.71%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 3.82
• Current Ratio: 0.80
• Quick Ratio: 0.80

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $144.62 million
• Price / Sales: 7.45
• Cash Flow: $2.13 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 5.81
• Book Value: $15.22 per share
• Price / Book: 0.81

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 87,017,000
• Free Float: 86,216,000
• Market Cap: $1.08 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 1.30