With 4.64 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 3.83 million shares. During the session, the REIT – Mortgage company that operates in wider Real Estate sector, reached to the highest price of $7.435 whereas the lowest price it dropped to was $7.26. The 52-week range on ORC shows that it touched its highest point at $9.01 and its lowest point at $5.68 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $8.00. With its current market cap of 782.98 million, ORC has annualized dividend of $1.44 while the current yield stands at 19.62%. ORC paid its most recent dividend on 1743379200, while the ex-dividend date for that was 1745971200. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.52.
Price Performance and Earnings:
Stock performance is one of the indicators that investors use to determine whether they will profit from a stock. The price performance of ORC was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 13.45%, but this was down by -7.67% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -7.09% while six-month performance fell -5.90%. The stock lost -14.95% in the past year, while it has lost -5.66% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for ORC yields 0.40 with Next year EPS estimates of 0.69. For the next quarter, that number is 0.12. This implies an EPS growth rate of 394.44% for this year and 30.82% for next year.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 107.79 million ORC shares are outstanding with a float of 93.07 million shares on hand for trading. On 2025-04-15, short shares totaled 6.03 million, which was 559.99998 higher than short shares on 1741910400. In addition to Mr. Robert E. Cauley C.F.A., CPA as the firm’s Chairman, President & CEO, Mr. George Hunter Haas IV serves as its CFO, Chief Investment Officer, Secretary & Director.
Institutional Ownership:
Through their ownership of 0.26245 of ORC’s outstanding shares, institutional investors have minority control over the company.
Analysts Ratings:
Reading analyst opinions is an effective way to decide where to invest, and there are several opinions available for ORC since 2 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 1 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 0 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 1 believe that the stock is worth HOLDING, 0 give it an OVERWEIGHT rating, and 0 thinks that it’s UNDERWEIGHT. In the same way, a target price assigned to a stock can also reveal much about its potential. With ORC analysts setting a high price target of 8.0 and a low target of 8.0, the average target price over the next 12 months is 8.0. Based on these targets, ORC could surge 8.99% to reach the target high and rise by 8.99% to reach the target low. Reaching the average price target will result in a growth of 8.99% from current levels.
EPS: Estimates vs Actual
It is also common to use earnings estimates to evaluate a firm’s growth potential and to determine trading strategy. Analysts have provided yearly estimates in a range of -$0.16967 being high and -$0.32367 being low. For ORC, this leads to a yearly average estimate of -$0.24667. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is $0.15 and the low estimate is $0.1. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus $0.13.
