Why are Mortgage Finance stocks falling while earnings keep growing?
7 of 8 members earned more than they did a year ago; the price finished the year 23% behind S&P 500.
Mortgage Finance, equal-weighted, based at 200S&P 500, same base, same starttrailing 12-month earnings per share risingfalling
Beating S&P 5000/8−1 in 4 weeks
Industry vs index · 13w−26.1%equal-weighted
Industry vs index · 52w−23.3%equal-weighted
earnings growth · TTM44%38% avg, 4 quarters
Twelve-month performance is 23% behind S&P 500, equal-weighted across 8 stocks.
The accounts and the price disagree. Four-quarter EPS growth averages 38%, and 1 of the 8 stocks sit 20%+ behind the index over twelve months with EPS still up 20%+.
Either the price knows something not yet in the filings, or the filings are right and the price is behind. Nothing in these two series decides between them.
Companies behind the index with earnings still growing: PennyMac Financial Services, Inc.. All 1 are listed below with their four-factor scores and how many of the last 26 weeks each spent ahead of S&P 500.
How broad is the move?
An industry average can be lifted by one large company. These readings separate a move the whole industry is making from one a handful of names are making.
What would change this picture
The description changes if the next quarter breaks the earnings run, or if margins compress — a growing top line with falling margins reads differently.
Companies behind the index with earnings still growing
The rule selected these companies this week. Below are the same four scores every company on the site carries, and how many of the last 26 weeks each has been ahead of the index.
Company
Earnings & growth
Quality
Valuation
Market
Weeks ahead of index
Score
PennyMac Financial Services, Inc.DV
PFSI
60
50
31
75
0/26
55
Sorted by total score. Scores are computed from published filings and weekly closes on a fixed formula — earnings and growth carry 35%, quality 25%, valuation 20%, market behaviour 20%. They rank the data. They are not a recommendation.
Questions people ask about Mortgage Finance
How is "beating S&P 500" measured here?
A stock is counted when its three-month return beats S&P 500 by 5 percentage points or more. An industry is measured equal-weighted, so one large company cannot carry the average. The rule is the same every week and in every market.
How many stocks in Mortgage Finance are beating S&P 500?
0 of 8 as of 2026-07-27, against 1 four weeks ago. The median member is −15.4% versus the index over three months.
What is Mortgage Finance earnings doing?
Growth in trailing 12-month earnings per share for the industry is 44%, averaging 38% across the last four quarters.
Where does this data come from?
Weekly closing prices and published quarterly filings, rebuilt every weekday, and every figure carries its own as-of date. Every figure on the industry page traces to its source column.
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