Wedbush Has Pessimistic Outlook of Rithm Capital Q4 Earnings

Rithm Capital Corp. (NYSE:RITM) – Stock analysts at Wedbush lowered their Q4 2025 earnings estimates for Rithm Capital in a report issued on Monday, May 19th. Wedbush analyst J. Mccanless now anticipates that the real estate investment trust will post earnings per share of $0.52 for the quarter, down from their prior forecast of $0.53. Wedbush currently has a “Outperform” rating and a $14.00 target price on the stock. The consensus estimate for Rithm Capital’s current full-year earnings is $1.93 per share.

Rithm Capital (NYSE:RITM) last released its quarterly earnings results on Friday, April 25th. The real estate investment trust reported $0.52 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.45 by $0.07. Rithm Capital had a net margin of 17.79% and a return on equity of 18.15%. The business had revenue of $28.89 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $1.27 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the company earned $0.48 earnings per share.

RITM has been the topic of several other reports. BTIG Research restated a “buy” rating and set a $16.00 price target on shares of Rithm Capital in a report on Friday, April 25th. Royal Bank of Canada restated an “outperform” rating and set a $13.00 price target on shares of Rithm Capital in a report on Tuesday. Piper Sandler upgraded shares of Rithm Capital from a “neutral” rating to an “overweight” rating and boosted their price target for the stock from $12.50 to $14.00 in a report on Monday, April 28th. UBS Group cut their price target on shares of Rithm Capital from $14.00 to $13.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a report on Wednesday, April 16th. Finally, JMP Securities restated a “market outperform” rating and set a $12.50 price target on shares of Rithm Capital in a report on Thursday, January 23rd. Eight investment analysts have rated the stock with a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of “Buy” and an average price target of $13.56.

Rithm Capital Stock Down 3.8%

Rithm Capital stock opened at $11.13 on Wednesday. Rithm Capital has a fifty-two week low of $9.13 and a fifty-two week high of $12.20. The stock has a market cap of $5.90 billion, a PE ratio of 6.66 and a beta of 1.32. The firm’s 50-day simple moving average is $10.98 and its 200 day simple moving average is $11.16. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.74, a quick ratio of 1.35 and a current ratio of 1.09.

Rithm Capital Announces Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, April 30th. Investors of record on Monday, March 31st were issued a dividend of $0.25 per share. This represents a $1.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 8.99%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, March 31st. Rithm Capital’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 83.33%.

Institutional Trading of Rithm Capital

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the company. SouthState Corp bought a new stake in Rithm Capital during the 1st quarter worth approximately $25,000. Fourth Dimension Wealth LLC increased its holdings in Rithm Capital by 50.0% during the 1st quarter. Fourth Dimension Wealth LLC now owns 3,000 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $34,000 after acquiring an additional 1,000 shares during the period. Quarry LP increased its holdings in Rithm Capital by 47.5% during the 4th quarter. Quarry LP now owns 4,118 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $45,000 after acquiring an additional 1,327 shares during the period. Quadrant Capital Group LLC increased its holdings in Rithm Capital by 35.2% during the 4th quarter. Quadrant Capital Group LLC now owns 4,655 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $50,000 after acquiring an additional 1,211 shares during the period. Finally, SVB Wealth LLC purchased a new position in Rithm Capital in the 1st quarter worth approximately $57,000. Institutional investors own 44.92% of the company’s stock.

Rithm Capital Company Profile

Rithm Capital Corp. operates as an asset manager focused on real estate, credit, and financial services. It operates through Origination and Servicing, Investment Portfolio, Mortgage Loans Receivable, and Asset Management segments. Its investment portfolio primarily comprises of mortgage servicing rights (MSR), and MSR financing receivables, title, appraisal and property preservation, excess MSRs, and services advance investments; real estate securities, call rights, SFR properties, and residential mortgage loans; consumer and business purpose loans; and asset management related investments.