Perhaps timely catching Claros Mortgage Trust Inc (CMTG) would be a good idea

With 0.83 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained lighter than its average volume of 1.37 million shares. During the session, the REIT – Mortgage company that operates in wider Real Estate sector, reached to the highest price of $2.61 whereas the lowest price it dropped to was $2.4. The 52-week range on CMTG shows that it touched its highest point at $9.75 and its lowest point at $2.13 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $3.00. With its current market cap of 358.16 million, CMTG has annualized dividend of $0.35 while the current yield stands at 13.62%. CMTG paid its most recent dividend on 1727654400, while the ex-dividend date for that was 1727654400. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.18.

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 CMTG was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 6.64%, but this was down by -29.78% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -21.41% while six-month performance fell -59.46%. The stock lost -70.68% in the past year, while it has lost -43.14% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for CMTG yields -1.59 with Next year EPS estimates of 0.13. For the next quarter, that number is -0.14. This implies an EPS growth rate of 63.13% for this year and 150.86% for next year.

Float and Shares Shorts:

At present, 139.36 million CMTG shares are outstanding with a float of 113.14 million shares on hand for trading. On 2025-04-15, short shares totaled 3.68 million, which was 264.00002 higher than short shares on 1741910400. In addition to Mr. Richard Jay Mack J.D. as the firm’s Chairman & CEO, Mr. John Michael McGillis CPA serves as its President, CFO, Principal Financial & Accounting Officer and Director.

Institutional Ownership:

Through their ownership of 0.66673 of CMTG’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 CMTG since 2 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 0 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 0 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 2 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 CMTG analysts setting a high price target of 3.5 and a low target of 2.5, the average target price over the next 12 months is 3.0. Based on these targets, CMTG could surge 36.19% to reach the target high and fall by -2.72% to reach the target low. Reaching the average price target will result in a growth of 16.73% 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 -$0.00708173 being high and -$0.01098383 being low. For CMTG, this leads to a yearly average estimate of -$0.008908.