B. Riley Issues Pessimistic Forecast for ARR Earnings

ARMOUR Residential REIT, Inc. (NYSE:ARR) – Research analysts at B. Riley dropped their Q2 2025 EPS estimates for ARMOUR Residential REIT in a research note issued to investors on Monday, July 14th. B. Riley analyst R. Binner now anticipates that the real estate investment trust will post earnings of $0.82 per share for the quarter, down from their prior forecast of $0.84. The consensus estimate for ARMOUR Residential REIT’s current full-year earnings is $3.80 per share.

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

ARMOUR Residential REIT Stock Down 0.6%

NYSE:ARR opened at $16.76 on Tuesday. The business’s 50-day moving average price is $16.56 and its 200 day moving average price is $17.30. The firm has a market cap of $1.37 billion, a P/E ratio of -47.87 and a beta of 1.36. ARMOUR Residential REIT has a 52-week low of $13.18 and a 52-week high of $21.93.

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

ARMOUR Residential REIT Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently declared a monthly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, July 30th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, July 15th will be issued a dividend of $0.24 per share. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, July 15th. This represents a $2.88 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 17.19%. ARMOUR Residential REIT’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently -822.86%.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Large investors have recently modified their holdings of the company. Russell Investments Group Ltd. grew its position in ARMOUR Residential REIT by 35.2% in the fourth quarter. Russell Investments Group Ltd. now owns 2,695 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $51,000 after acquiring an additional 702 shares during the period. Summit Investment Advisors Inc. grew its position in ARMOUR Residential REIT by 15.3% in the fourth quarter. Summit Investment Advisors Inc. now owns 5,869 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $111,000 after acquiring an additional 777 shares during the period. Kovack Advisors Inc. grew its position in ARMOUR Residential REIT by 5.7% in the first quarter. Kovack Advisors Inc. now owns 23,106 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $395,000 after acquiring an additional 1,245 shares during the period. Bank of Montreal Can grew its position in ARMOUR Residential REIT by 12.3% in the fourth quarter. Bank of Montreal Can now owns 11,988 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $226,000 after acquiring an additional 1,316 shares during the period. Finally, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Public School Empls Retrmt SYS grew its position in ARMOUR Residential REIT by 14.2% in the fourth quarter. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Public School Empls Retrmt SYS now owns 11,904 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $225,000 after acquiring an additional 1,481 shares during the period. 54.17% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

About ARMOUR Residential REIT

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.