Q1 Earnings Estimate for Ready Capital Issued By B. Riley

Ready Capital Co. (NYSE:RC) – B. Riley issued their Q1 2026 EPS estimates for shares of Ready Capital in a report issued on Thursday, December 12th. B. Riley analyst M. Howlett expects that the real estate investment trust will post earnings of $0.33 per share for the quarter. The consensus estimate for Ready Capital’s current full-year earnings is $0.93 per share. B. Riley also issued estimates for Ready Capital’s Q2 2026 earnings at $0.33 EPS and Q3 2026 earnings at $0.33 EPS.

Several other equities research analysts have also recently weighed in on the company. JMP Securities reduced their price target on Ready Capital from $10.50 to $9.50 and set a “market outperform” rating on the stock in a research note on Thursday. Piper Sandler dropped their target price on shares of Ready Capital from $9.50 to $8.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a report on Monday, September 16th. Finally, UBS Group decreased their price target on shares of Ready Capital from $8.50 to $7.50 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research note on Friday, November 15th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, seven have issued a hold rating and two have assigned a buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Ready Capital currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $9.11.

Ready Capital Stock Up 1.5 %

RC stock opened at $7.45 on Monday. The company has a market capitalization of $1.26 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -10.64 and a beta of 1.43. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.54, a quick ratio of 1.67 and a current ratio of 1.67. The business’s 50 day moving average price is $7.17 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $7.97. Ready Capital has a fifty-two week low of $6.65 and a fifty-two week high of $11.67.

Institutional Trading of Ready Capital

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of RC. CWM LLC grew its position in Ready Capital by 94.6% in the 2nd quarter. CWM LLC now owns 3,361 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $27,000 after purchasing an additional 1,634 shares during the period. KBC Group NV increased its position in Ready Capital by 64.1% during the third quarter. KBC Group NV now owns 8,318 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $63,000 after acquiring an additional 3,248 shares during the last quarter. Xponance Inc. purchased a new stake in Ready Capital during the second quarter valued at $84,000. Choreo LLC purchased a new position in Ready Capital in the second quarter worth about $91,000. Finally, Naviter Wealth LLC grew its stake in shares of Ready Capital by 35.0% during the 2nd quarter. Naviter Wealth LLC now owns 13,500 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $114,000 after purchasing an additional 3,500 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 55.87% of the company’s stock.

About Ready Capital

Ready Capital Corporation operates as a real estate finance company in the United States. It operates through two segments: LMM Commercial Real Estate and Small Business Lending. The company originates, acquires, finances, and services lower-to-middle-market (LLM) commercial real estate loans, small business administration (SBA) loans, residential mortgage loans, construction loans, and mortgage-backed securities collateralized primarily by LLM loans, or other real estate-related investments.