B. Riley Issues Optimistic Outlook for ARR Earnings

ARMOUR Residential REIT, Inc. (NYSE:ARR) – B. Riley lifted their Q4 2025 earnings per share estimates for ARMOUR Residential REIT in a note issued to investors on Monday, July 14th. B. Riley analyst R. Binner now anticipates that the real estate investment trust will post earnings per share of $0.93 for the quarter, up from their prior estimate of $0.90. The consensus estimate for ARMOUR Residential REIT’s current full-year earnings is $3.80 per share.

ARMOUR Residential REIT (NYSE:ARR) last issued its earnings results on Wednesday, April 23rd. The real estate investment trust reported $0.86 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.81 by $0.05. The firm had revenue of $75.29 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $18.59 million. ARMOUR Residential REIT had a positive return on equity of 16.42% and a negative net margin of 0.27%.

A number of other equities research analysts have also commented on ARR. Jones Trading reaffirmed a “hold” rating on shares of ARMOUR Residential REIT in a research report on Thursday, April 24th. Janney Montgomery Scott raised ARMOUR Residential REIT from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Monday, April 28th. Finally, UBS Group reissued a “neutral” rating and issued a $16.00 target price (up previously from $14.00) on shares of ARMOUR Residential REIT in a research report on Thursday, July 10th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, five have given a hold rating and one has assigned a buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, ARMOUR Residential REIT presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $18.50.

ARMOUR Residential REIT Price Performance

NYSE ARR opened at $16.49 on Wednesday. The firm has a market cap of $1.35 billion, a P/E ratio of -47.10 and a beta of 1.36. The stock’s 50-day moving average is $16.58 and its 200-day moving average is $17.28. ARMOUR Residential REIT has a one year low of $13.18 and a one year high of $21.93.

ARMOUR Residential REIT Announces Dividend

The firm also recently announced a monthly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, July 30th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, July 15th will be paid a dividend of $0.24 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, July 15th. This represents a $2.88 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 17.47%. ARMOUR Residential REIT’s dividend payout ratio is currently -822.86%.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the business. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. boosted its stake in ARMOUR Residential REIT by 10.4% in the 4th quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. now owns 499,742 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $9,425,000 after purchasing an additional 47,256 shares during the period. Victory Capital Management Inc. bought a new stake in ARMOUR Residential REIT in the 4th quarter valued at $196,000. Proficio Capital Partners LLC bought a new stake in ARMOUR Residential REIT in the 4th quarter valued at $419,000. Natixis Advisors LLC bought a new stake in ARMOUR Residential REIT in the 4th quarter valued at $210,000. Finally, Thrivent Financial for Lutherans boosted its stake in ARMOUR Residential REIT by 12.5% in the 4th quarter. Thrivent Financial for Lutherans now owns 43,100 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $813,000 after purchasing an additional 4,804 shares during the period. 54.17% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

ARMOUR Residential REIT Company Profile

ARMOUR Residential REIT, Inc invests in residential mortgage-backed securities (MBS) in the United States. Its securities portfolio primarily consists of the United States Government-sponsored entity's (GSE) and the Government National Mortgage Administration's issued or guaranteed securities backed by fixed rate, hybrid adjustable rate, and adjustable-rate home loans; and unsecured notes and bonds issued by the GSE and the United States treasuries, as well as money market instruments.