Great Ajax Corp. (NYSE:AJX) Announces $0.06 Quarterly Dividend

Great Ajax Corp. (NYSE:AJX) declared a quarterly dividend on Monday, October 21st, Wall Street Journal reports. Shareholders of record on Friday, November 15th will be given a dividend of 0.06 per share by the real estate investment trust on Friday, November 29th. This represents a $0.24 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 7.20%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, November 15th.

Great Ajax has a dividend payout ratio of 53.3% indicating that its dividend is sufficiently covered by earnings.

Great Ajax Trading Up 2.6 %

Shares of NYSE:AJX traded up $0.08 during trading on Tuesday, hitting $3.34. 195,049 shares of the company’s stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 134,186. The firm has a 50-day moving average price of $3.32 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $3.46. Great Ajax has a 1-year low of $2.98 and a 1-year high of $6.01. The firm has a market cap of $131.95 million, a P/E ratio of -0.84 and a beta of 1.90. The company has a current ratio of 1.58, a quick ratio of 1.58 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.09.

Great Ajax (NYSE:AJX) last released its earnings results on Monday, October 21st. The real estate investment trust reported ($0.12) EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of ($0.38) by $0.26. The firm had revenue of $12.35 million during the quarter. Great Ajax had a negative net margin of 181.85% and a negative return on equity of 6.68%. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted ($0.25) EPS.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Separately, BTIG Research began coverage on Great Ajax in a research note on Tuesday, September 10th. They issued a “neutral” rating on the stock.

Great Ajax Company Profile

Great Ajax Corp. operates as a mortgage real estate investment trust. It acquires re-performing and non-performing loans; acquires or originates small balance commercial mortgage loans that are secured by multi-family residential and commercial mixed use retail/residential properties; and invests in single-family and smaller commercial properties.