Wedbush Forecasts Rithm Capital’s Q2 Earnings (NYSE:RITM)

Rithm Capital Corp. (NYSE:RITM) – Research analysts at Wedbush lifted their Q2 2025 earnings per share estimates for Rithm Capital in a research note issued on Monday, May 19th. Wedbush analyst J. Mccanless now anticipates that the real estate investment trust will post earnings per share of $0.54 for the quarter, up from their previous estimate of $0.48. Wedbush has a “Outperform” rating and a $14.00 price objective on the stock. The consensus estimate for Rithm Capital’s current full-year earnings is $1.93 per share. Wedbush also issued estimates for Rithm Capital’s Q3 2025 earnings at $0.54 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $2.13 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $2.20 EPS.

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

RITM has been the topic of a number of other research reports. Royal Bank of Canada reissued an “outperform” rating and set a $13.00 price objective on shares of Rithm Capital in a research note on Tuesday. 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. UBS Group cut their price target on shares of Rithm Capital from $14.00 to $13.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a report on Wednesday, April 16th. Jones Trading restated a “buy” rating and set a $12.50 price target on shares of Rithm Capital in a report on Tuesday, April 29th. Finally, Piper Sandler upgraded shares of Rithm Capital from a “neutral” rating to an “overweight” rating and raised their price target for the stock from $12.50 to $14.00 in a report on Monday, April 28th. Eight 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.com, Rithm Capital presently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and an average price target of $13.56.

Rithm Capital Stock Performance

NYSE RITM opened at $11.56 on Tuesday. The stock’s fifty day moving average is $10.99 and its two-hundred day moving average is $11.16. The firm has a market capitalization of $6.13 billion, a P/E ratio of 6.92 and a beta of 1.32. 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 has a fifty-two week low of $9.13 and a fifty-two week high of $12.20.

Rithm Capital Dividend Announcement

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, April 30th. Investors of record on Monday, March 31st were issued a $0.25 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Monday, March 31st. This represents a $1.00 annualized dividend and a yield of 8.65%. Rithm Capital’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 83.33%.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Rithm Capital

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the company. Barclays PLC raised its holdings in shares of Rithm Capital by 1.2% in the 4th quarter. Barclays PLC now owns 219,670 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $2,379,000 after buying an additional 2,701 shares during the period. Wedbush Securities Inc. raised its holdings in shares of Rithm Capital by 13.7% in the 4th quarter. Wedbush Securities Inc. now owns 231,682 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $2,509,000 after buying an additional 27,924 shares during the period. Bank of New York Mellon Corp raised its holdings in shares of Rithm Capital by 9.1% in the 4th quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp now owns 1,916,453 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $20,755,000 after buying an additional 159,506 shares during the period. EMC Capital Management raised its holdings in shares of Rithm Capital by 1,349.0% in the 4th quarter. EMC Capital Management now owns 35,371 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $383,000 after buying an additional 32,930 shares during the period. Finally, Vanguard Group Inc. raised its holdings in shares of Rithm Capital by 0.4% in the 4th quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 49,008,422 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $530,761,000 after buying an additional 184,802 shares during the period. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 44.92% of the company’s stock.

About Rithm Capital

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.