Sector Alpha Week of 2026-08-05
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ARMOUR Residential REIT, Inc.

ARR
Real Estate · REIT - Mortgage

ARMOUR Residential REIT, Inc.'s three tracks disagree. Price, valuation and the earnings engine each tell a different story — the next quarter or two settles it.

The sharpest disagreement: profits are rising, but only 38% of the last 2 years' profit arrived as operating cash — the gap between the P&L and the bank account is the thing to watch.

The price is building a base (5 weeks in). Underneath, the last four quarters read improving — profit −266.7% year on year, and 38% of the last 2 years' profit arrived as cash. What settles it: whether the cash starts following the profit.

Price
$16.4
+0.3% 1Y
P/E
4.6×
of its own 2-year range
Revenue (Mar 26)
$0.1 B
+75.0% YoY
Profit (Mar 26)
$−0.1 B
−266.7% YoY
Operating margin
85.7%
+35.7 pp YoY
ROE
20%
FY25
Cash conversion
38%
of profit, last 2 FY
01 · Price story

Price story Before the numbers, the tape. A stock price moves through four repeating seasons: a flat base (stage 1), an advance (2), a top (3), a decline (4). Where the price sits in that cycle frames everything below.

ARMOUR Residential REIT, Inc. trades at $16.4, building a base and 5 weeks into that stage. That is −4.4% against its own 200-day average. It sits at 41% of a 52-week range of $15 to $19. On relative strength it is currently behind the S&P 500 on a trailing-13-week view (21 weeks and counting).

Today the stock is building a base — week 5 of stage 1. At $16.4 it trades −4.4% versus its 200-day average and sits at 41% of its 52-week range ($15–$19).

Aug 26: $16.4 Weekly closing price ($) with 50- and 200-day averages; shaded bands mark the price stage (grey base, green advance, amber top, red decline). 3-year window.
−4.4% versus the 200-day line, week 5 of stage 1
Price50-day avg200-day avg
S4S3S1S4S3$28.1$24.2$20.4$16.5$12.6$$16$17Jul 23Apr 24Jan 25Oct 25Aug 26
S4S3S1S4S3$28.1$24.2$20.4$16.5$12.6$$16$17Jul 23Jan 25Aug 26
Beating or trailing, week by week since 2016 Each cell is one week from 2016 to now (527 weeks): the stock's trailing 13-week return minus the S&P 500's, green ahead / red behind (±25% ramp). Grey cells are the 13-week warm-up or weeks where the S&P 500 reading is not held.
trailing 13-week return vs the S&P 500
Jul 16Aug 26

Against the market, two honest reads. Cumulative: over the last 10.1 years the stock moved −84% while the S&P 500 moved +263% — behind the index over the full window. Recent form: on a trailing-13-week view the stock is currently behind (21 weeks and counting; last ahead the week of 2026-03-13) — the ribbon below is that same metric, week by week.

What would end the trend, mechanically: two Friday closes in a row below the 200-day line. That is the exit rule — no debates.

02 · Valuation

Valuation P/E is the price of $1 of annual profit: how many dollars the market pays for each dollar the company earns in a year.

ARMOUR Residential REIT, Inc. trades at 4.6× P/E, against too little history to rank. This places the multiple against the stock’s own record, and says nothing about what the business is worth.

Today's P/E of 4.6× is against too little history to rank. This is a comparison against the stock's own history — not a claim about what it is worth.

P/E 4.6× vs a null× long-run median P/E, weekly (left axis); earnings per share, trailing twelve months, weekly step line (right axis). 1.8-year window; loss-period spikes above 438× shown pinned at the top. The eps (ttm) bars are red where the reading is lower than the quarter before.
against too little history to rank
P/EEPS (TTM) (quarterly)
472.9×$2.9354.6×$2.2236.4×$1.5118.2×$0.70.0×$0.0×$8.56×$2Oct 24Feb 25Nov 25Mar 26Aug 26
472.9×$2.9354.6×$2.2236.4×$1.5118.2×$0.70.0×$0.0×$8.56×$2Oct 24Nov 25Aug 26
PEG 34.58 PEG ratio per quarter — the P/E divided by the earnings-growth rate. The dashed line marks 1.0: below it the growth is cheap against the multiple, above it the price already prices the growth in. Last 20 quarters; values above 6 pinned at the top.
above 1.0, the multiple already banks the growth
PEGPEG = 1.0
6.4×5.0×3.5×2.0×0.6××6.00×Sep 21Sep 22Dec 23Mar 25Jun 26
6.4×5.0×3.5×2.0×0.6××6.00×Sep 21Dec 23Jun 26
P/E
4.6×
too little history to rank
PEG
n/m
3-year earnings growth is negative

Put together: the multiple is unremarkable against its own past, so the story rests on the earnings line underneath it, not the multiple.

03 · Stage: No read

Stage: No read Every business sits somewhere on a fundamental arc, and this page names the spot before anything else. The last twelve quarters of revenue, profit and EPS growth — plus the return the business earns on its capital — are read as curves: Deteriorating (the curves are falling), Turning around (a trough has just formed and the last few quarters lift off it), Improving (the climb off the trough is sustained), Consistent (steadily positive with healthy returns), Topping out (still high but decelerating from the peak). When the curves genuinely disagree the read is Mixed; too little history is No read. CAGR (compound annual growth rate) is the smooth yearly pace that turns the starting value into the latest one — the fairest way to compare growth across different time spans. Read the columns together: if the 1-year number towers over the 10-year, recent growth is running hotter than the long-run trend. A dash means that window is not held, or the base year was a loss (where a growth rate is not meaningful).

ARMOUR Residential REIT, Inc. reads as no read on its fundamental arc. Under eight usable quarters on the growth trio — not enough history for an honest trajectory read. The read is built from 12 quarters across 2 curves, on partial evidence.

Growth, year by year: revenue +433.3% in FY25 Year-over-year growth per fiscal year, %: revenue (left axis); net profit and EPS (right axis — profit growth swings far wider). Zero line drawn. Turnaround-year spikes shown pinned (▲).
Revenue YoYProfit YoYEPS YoY
474%−298.8%327%−299.4%180%−300.0%34%−300.6%−113%−301.2%%%433.3%−300%FY21FY23FY25
474%−298.8%327%−299.4%180%−300.0%34%−300.6%−113%−301.2%%%433.3%−300%FY21FY23FY25
Three growth curves, twelve quarters Year-on-year growth of trailing-twelve-month revenue (left axis), profit and EPS (right axis — they swing far wider), % at each quarter-end. Where the trailing-twelve-month history is short, the curve falls back to single-quarter year-on-year growth — noisier, and the classifier smooths and caps base-effect spikes before reading. Base-effect spikes shown pinned (▲). A missing point means that reading is not held for the quarter.
the trajectory the stage is read from · revenue accelerating
RevenueProfitEPS
330%237%221%102%113%−33%0.0%−169%−105%−304%%%216.7%−266.7%−98.3%Jun 23Sep 24Mar 26
330%237%221%102%113%−33%0.0%−169%−105%−304%%%216.7%−266.7%−98.3%Jun 23Sep 24Mar 26
ROE Annual readings — the quarterly balance-sheet pieces this curve needs are not held for this stock, so the returns read moves once a year and carries less weight in the call.
the return curve, annual readings
ROE
17%6.9%−3.3%−13%−23%%14.2%FY22FY23FY25
17%6.9%−3.3%−13%−23%%14.2%FY22FY23FY25
Revenue growth
Flat
latest +216.7% · span −75.0% to +433.3%
ROE
Rising
latest 14.2% · span −20.7%–14.2%

Why it matters: with too little history, an honest page says so instead of guessing a trajectory.

One or more growth curves carry a base-effect spike — a large year-on-year move off a near-zero or loss-making comparable quarter. Those spikes are capped before the classifier reads the trajectory, and shown pinned on the chart, so a single distorted quarter does not drive the stage call.

Return readings here are annual, not quarterly — read as level and direction only; they can confirm the growth curves but never drive the stage on their own.

Fewer than eight usable quarters on the growth curves — this page will not guess a trajectory from a stub of history.

Compound annual growth rate (%) Compound annual growth rate over each window, %. Revenue, profit and EPS from fiscal-year figures; stock price is the price CAGR over the same spans. A dash = that window is not held, or the base was a loss.
1yr3yr5yr10yr
Revenue+433.3%+13.3%
Stock price+0.3%−13.7%−20.7%−17.7%
Revenue YoY (Mar 26)
+75.0%
latest quarter vs a year ago
Profit YoY (Mar 26)
−266.7%
latest quarter vs a year ago
Revenue 10y
23.0%
long-run compound pace
04 · 4-Factor Sector Score

4-Factor Sector Score

40.6/100 — rank 24 of 29 in REIT - Mortgage · 48% evidence confidence · provisional, ranked below fully-evidenced peers

ARMOUR Residential REIT, Inc. scores 40.6 out of 100 against the 29 companies it is compared with in REIT - Mortgage, ranking 24. Fill the missing evidence before acting; the ranking is deliberately pulled toward neutral.

The four contributions add to the total exactly: 14 + 5.1 + 9.5 + 12 = 40.6. This is the SAME number shown on the sector comparison — it is computed once, for the whole peer set, and read here.

What would change it: The read weakens if ROA rolls over or gross NPA rises while sector-relative strength deteriorates.

05 · Revenue

Revenue Revenue is the top line: everything the company billed its customers in the period.

ARMOUR Residential REIT, Inc. reported $0.1 B of revenue in the Mar 26 quarter, +75.0% year on year. That is the 2nd straight quarter of year-on-year growth. Over 4 years it has compounded at 23.0% a year. The last full year, FY25, came in at $0.2 B. The last four reported quarters add to $0.2 B.

FY25 revenue came in at $0.2 B (+433.3% on the year), capping 4 years at 23.0% compound. The latest quarter (Mar 26) printed $0.1 B, +75.0% year on year — the 2nd consecutive quarter of year-over-year growth.

FY25 revenue $0.2 B (+433.3% YoY) Revenue bars, $ B (left); YoY growth-% line (right). 5-year window. A bar is red when it is lower than the year before.
23.0% a year over 4 years
RevenueYoY growth
0.17474%0.13327%0.09180%0.0434%0.00−113%$ B%$0B433.3%FY21FY23FY25
0.17474%0.13327%0.09180%0.0434%0.00−113%$ B%$0B433.3%FY21FY23FY25
Mar 26: $0.1 B (+75.0% YoY) Quarterly revenue bars, $ B (left); YoY growth-% line (right). Last 12 quarters. A bar is red when it is lower than the quarter before.
2nd straight quarter of growth
Revenue (quarterly)YoY growth
0.08440%0.06295%0.04150%0.020.0%0.00−140%$ B%$0B75%Jun 23Sep 24Mar 26
0.08440%0.06295%0.04150%0.020.0%0.00−140%$ B%$0B75%Jun 23Sep 24Mar 26

Pace check: the last four quarters averaged +225.0% growth against the decade's 23.0% — the current year is running faster than its own long-run rate.

Acceleration check: trailing-twelve-month revenue grew +216.7% over the last 4 quarters against +151.7%/yr over the last 8 — accelerating.

06 · Operating margin

Operating margin Operating margin is what is left of every $100 of sales after running the business, before interest and tax. It is the cleanest read on pricing power and cost control.

ARMOUR Residential REIT, Inc.'s operating margin is 85.7% in the Mar 26 quarter, +35.7 percentage points against the same quarter a year ago. That is the widest this company has ever printed on a full-year basis. Across 5 fiscal years the operating margin has ranged −100.0% to 62.5%. The current quarter is running above every full year in that window.

The latest quarter's operating margin is 85.7%, +35.7 pp against the same quarter a year ago. Across 5 fiscal years the operating margin has ranged −100.0%–62.5%, and FY25's 62.5% is the top of that band — a record year.

Why the margin moved: operating margin went +35.7 pp year on year while gross margin went +0.0 pp — the gain came mostly below the gross line: operating leverage, with costs spread over a bigger revenue base.

Worth repeating from the valuation section: cheap against its own history on record margins is not the same thing as cheap — a record margin flatters every ratio built on top of it.

FY25: 62.5% Operating margin by fiscal year, %, line (left); year-on-year change in the margin, in percentage points, line (right). 5-year window.
the widest a −100.0–62.5% band over 5 years
operating marginYoY change (pp)
76%185%28%103%−19%21%−66%−62%−113%−144%%%62.5%162.5%FY21FY23FY25
76%185%28%103%−19%21%−66%−62%−113%−144%%%62.5%162.5%FY21FY23FY25
Mar 26: 85.7% operating margin (+35.7 pp YoY) Quarterly operating margin, %, line (left); year-on-year change in the margin, in percentage points, line (right). Last 12 quarters. Operating profit as a share of revenue, per quarter.
Operating marginYoY change (pp)
109%286%26%156%−57%25%−140%−106%−223%−236%%%85.7%35.7%Jun 23Sep 24Mar 26
109%286%26%156%−57%25%−140%−106%−223%−236%%%85.7%35.7%Jun 23Sep 24Mar 26
07 · Net profit

Net profit Net profit is what survives every cost, interest and tax — the number EPS, dividends and book value all grow from.

ARMOUR Residential REIT, Inc. posted a net loss of $0.1 B in the Mar 26 quarter. Full-year FY25 profit was $0.3 B. The 4-year compound rate is 100.0%. That loss is 71.4% of the quarter's revenue. The same quarter a year earlier earned $0.0 B. 5 of the last 12 reported quarters were loss-making.

Mar 26 profit was $−0.1 B, −266.7% year on year. On the full year, FY25 printed $0.3 B (null), and the 4-year compound rate is 100.0%.

FY25 profit $0.3 B (null YoY) Net profit bars, $ B (left); YoY growth-% line (right). 5-year window. A bar is red when it is lower than the year before.
100.0% a year over 4 years
Net profitYoY growth
0.4−1,248.8%0.2−1,249.4%0.0−1,250.0%−0.1−1,250.6%−0.3−1,251.2%$ B%$0B−1,250%FY21FY23FY25
0.4−1,248.8%0.2−1,249.4%0.0−1,250.0%−0.1−1,250.6%−0.3−1,251.2%$ B%$0B−1,250%FY21FY23FY25
Mar 26: $−0.1 B (−266.7% YoY) Quarterly net profit bars, $ B (left); YoY growth-% line (right). Last 12 quarters. A bar is red when it is lower than the quarter before.
Net profit (quarterly)YoY growth
0.2237%0.1102%0.0−33%−0.1−169%−0.2−304%$ B%$−0B−266.7%Jun 23Sep 24Mar 26
0.2237%0.1102%0.0−33%−0.1−169%−0.2−304%$ B%$−0B−266.7%Jun 23Sep 24Mar 26
08 · Cash flow — the router

Cash flow — the router The P&L says what was earned; the cash-flow statement says what actually arrived. Operating cash flow (CFO) against profit is the cleanest lie detector in the accounts.

Over the last 2 fiscal years 38% of ARMOUR Residential REIT, Inc.'s reported profit arrived as operating cash — a gap worth watching. In FY25 that was $0.1 B of operating cash against $0.3 B of profit. Cash resolution here is annual, because quarterly cash statements are not published.

FY25: operating cash of $0.1 B against reported profit of $0.3 B. Across the last 2 fiscal years the conversion rate is 38% of profit.

Cash-flow readings here are annual — that is the resolution our series carries, so this section moves once a year.

FY25: CFO $0.1 B vs profit $0.3 B Operating cash flow and net profit by fiscal year, $ B; the line is free cash flow (CFO minus capital spending). 5-year window, annual resolution.
38% of 2-year profit arrived as cash
Operating cashNet profit
0.40.20.0−0.1−0.3$ B$0B$0BFY21FY23FY25
0.40.20.0−0.1−0.3$ B$0B$0BFY21FY23FY25
Mar 26: operating cash $0.1 B Operating cash per quarter, $ B (bars); conversion = operating cash as % of net profit (line, right). Last 12 quarters. Dashed line = 100%.
Operating cash (quarterly)Conversion100%
0.121,082%0.08785%0.04488%−0.01190%−0.05−107%$ B%$0B19%Jun 23Sep 24Mar 26
0.121,082%0.08785%0.04488%−0.01190%−0.05−107%$ B%$0B19%Jun 23Sep 24Mar 26

🚨 Why: conversion is measured cleanly, but the working-capital day-counts behind it sit below what we hold — the move is shown without inventing its driver.

Router verdict: no single sink dominates — the next section checks both the working-capital cycle and the capital spending.

09 · Where the cash goes

Where the cash goes Working capital is the cash tied up between paying suppliers and getting paid: debtor days (customers owe), inventory days (stock waits), and the cash conversion cycle (the whole loop, in days of sales).

ARMOUR Residential REIT, Inc. does not report the debtor, inventory and payable day-counts a cash cycle is built from, so this section reads the investment side instead. Nothing is estimated in place of the missing day-counts, so no cash-cycle chart is drawn.

Working-capital day-counts are not in our numbers for this stock, so this section reads the investment side — where the cash is being put to work.

The synthesis: neither the cycle nor the build-out is hoarding the cash — the machine is reasonably clean.

10 · Return on equity

Return on equity Return on equity (ROE) is the profit the business earns on its shareholders’ money. With the full capital-employed split not in our numbers, ROE is the cleanest long ladder we can draw here.

ARMOUR Residential REIT, Inc. earns a ROE of 14% in FY25. That is up from a trough of −21% in FY22. A return-on-invested-capital spread against the cost of capital is not computable from what is held here. The wiring behind it is 200.0% net margin on 0.01× asset turns.

FY25 ROE is 14%, recovered from a FY22 trough of −21% — the full ladder below shows the fall and the climb, undoctored.

Why the return is what it is — the wiring (FY25): 200.0% net margin × 0.01× asset turns × 9.30× balance-sheet leverage ≈ 18.6% on equity. Margin is doing the heavy lifting; leverage is a meaningful part of the equation.

FY25: ROE 14% Return on equity by fiscal year, % (line). 5-year window, dips included. Dashed line = the 1.2% cost of capital used on this page.
the climb back from FY22's −21%
ROEWACC
17%6.9%−3.3%−13%−23%%14.2%FY21FY23FY25
17%6.9%−3.3%−13%−23%%14.2%FY21FY23FY25
Jun 26: ROE 44.7% (TTM) Trailing-twelve-month ROE, per quarter, %. Last 12 quarters, put on a trailing-twelve-month basis and anchored to the annual figure.
ROE (TTM)
70%40%9.7%−20%−50%%44.7%Sep 23Dec 24Jun 26
70%40%9.7%−20%−50%%44.7%Sep 23Dec 24Jun 26
11 · Dividend

Dividend

ARMOUR Residential REIT, Inc. pays no dividend. Across the last 12 reported quarters it has declared no dividend per share, so there is no payout history to chart and no yield to quote. Companies at this stage typically reinvest earnings rather than distribute them, which makes the cash-flow and reinvestment sections the place that cash shows up.

ARMOUR Residential REIT, Inc. does not currently pay a dividend. Across the last 12 reported quarters the company has declared no dividend per share, so there is no payout history to chart and no yield to quote. Companies at this stage typically reinvest earnings instead of distributing them.

12 · Debt

Debt Debt-to-equity says how much of the business is funded by borrowings; interest cover says how many times operating profit pays the interest bill. Low and high, respectively, is the safe corner.

Debt-to-equity is 7.57 at the latest reading — carrying real leverage; a full borrowings history is not in our numbers.

We hold only the latest reading here: a debt-to-equity of 7.57 — a level of leverage that amplifies both the returns above and the risk. A year-by-year borrowings ladder is not in our numbers for this stock, so we say that rather than draw a chart we cannot support.

13 · Ownership

Ownership There is no quarter-by-quarter holder register to read here, so we read the crowd through short interest — the slice of tradable shares currently sold short, positioned for a fall.

0.0% of ARMOUR Residential REIT, Inc.'s tradable float is currently sold short — the crowd is not positioned against this stock. There is no quarter-by-quarter holder register to read for this filer, so the crowd is read through short interest instead. It is a single point-in-time reading, and its history is not held.

The latest reading: 0.0% of the float is sold short. The crowd is not positioned against this stock. This is a single point-in-time reading — we do not yet hold its history, so we show no trend chart.

Short interest
0.0%
of the tradable float

Why it sits there: who is doing the shorting, and why, does not travel with the number — the level is shown without inventing its story.

14 · Safety line

Safety line The Z-score estimates how far a company sits from balance-sheet distress — above roughly 3 is safe, below roughly 1.8 is the danger zone. It was built for manufacturers, so it is not applied to banks and lenders.

ARMOUR Residential REIT, Inc.: the Z-score is not available for this stock, so we say so rather than invent one. It is a distance-to-distress estimate from the balance sheet, not a forecast of failure. The debt, cash-flow and return sections above carry the balance-sheet evidence this page does hold, and each of them states its own reporting date.

The safety line in one sentence: the Z-score is not available for this stock, so we say so rather than invent one.

15 · Related companies · REIT - Mortgage
CompanyScorePrice stageGrowth & earnings/35Capital efficiency/25Valuation/20Relative strength/20
1NexPoint Real Estate Finance, Inc.NREF 62.5/100Thin evidence · provisional56% evidence FADING 24.1/35 Income 41.8% · PAT 57.9% 55% evidence 13.1/25 ROA — · ROE 3.1% · GNPA — 34% evidence 8.6/20 P/BV 0.65× · P/BV÷ROE 0.21 70% evidence 16.7/20 RS sector 27.5% · RS bench 5% · 1Y 20.6%5 of 12 weeks ahead 70% evidence
Exact sum: 24.1 + 13.1 + 8.6 + 16.7 = 62.5 · Decision use: Fill the missing evidence before acting; the ranking is deliberately pulled toward neutral.
2Ellington Financial Inc.EFC 60.6/100Thin evidence · provisional56% evidence ASLEEP 24.8/35 Income 39.9% · PAT 43.1% 55% evidence 13.9/25 ROA — · ROE 6% · GNPA — 34% evidence 8.6/20 P/BV 0.77× · P/BV÷ROE 0.13 70% evidence 13.3/20 RS sector 9.6% · RS bench -10.1% · 1Y 2.5%0 of 12 weeks ahead 70% evidence
Exact sum: 24.8 + 13.9 + 8.6 + 13.3 = 60.6 · Decision use: Fill the missing evidence before acting; the ranking is deliberately pulled toward neutral.
3Starwood Property Trust, Inc.STWD 45.6/100Mixed-negative evidence62% evidence BASING 20.2/35 Income 12.3% · PAT 13.9% 55% evidence 12.8/25 ROA — · ROE 0.8% · GNPA — 34% evidence 3.3/20 P/BV 0.96× · P/BV÷ROE 1.2 70% evidence 9.3/20 RS sector -1.5% · RS bench -19.5% · 1Y -18.2%0 of 12 weeks ahead 100% evidence
Exact sum: 20.2 + 12.8 + 3.3 + 9.3 = 45.6 · Decision use: Balanced evidence: keep at normal research priority and require another comparable period before raising conviction.
4Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance, Inc.ARI 43.1/100Thin evidence · provisional56% evidence ASLEEP 21.5/35 Income -8.3% · PAT 100% 55% evidence 12.8/25 ROA — · ROE 1.4% · GNPA — 34% evidence 5.0/20 P/BV 0.8× · P/BV÷ROE 0.57 70% evidence 3.8/20 RS sector -26.8% · RS bench -40.1% · 1Y -32.2%0 of 12 weeks ahead 70% evidence
Exact sum: 21.5 + 12.8 + 5 + 3.8 = 43.1 · Decision use: Fill the missing evidence before acting; the ranking is deliberately pulled toward neutral.
5Franklin BSP Realty Trust, Inc.FBRT 42.0/100Thin evidence · provisional54% evidence ASLEEP 20.4/35 Income — · PAT — 26% evidence 11.0/25 ROA -0.6% · ROE 1.1% · GNPA — 68% evidence 6.0/20 P/BV 0.55× · P/BV÷ROE 0.5 70% evidence 4.6/20 RS sector -12.2% · RS bench -28.5% · 1Y -29.2%0 of 12 weeks ahead 70% evidence
Exact sum: 20.4 + 11 + 6 + 4.6 = 42 · Decision use: Fill the missing evidence before acting; the ranking is deliberately pulled toward neutral.
6Ready Capital CorporationRC 39.2/100Thin evidence · provisional56% evidence ASLEEP 12.5/35 Income -25.8% · PAT -38.6% 55% evidence 14.2/25 ROA — · ROE 5.9% · GNPA — 34% evidence 8.6/20 P/BV 0.2× · P/BV÷ROE 0.03 70% evidence 3.9/20 RS sector -25.8% · RS bench -40.5% · 1Y -60.9%0 of 12 weeks ahead 70% evidence
Exact sum: 12.5 + 14.2 + 8.6 + 3.9 = 39.2 · Decision use: Fill the missing evidence before acting; the ranking is deliberately pulled toward neutral.
7Chicago Atlantic Real Estate Finance, Inc.REFI 39.1/100Thin evidence · provisional56% evidence ASLEEP 13.8/35 Income -12.5% · PAT -18.4% 55% evidence 13.6/25 ROA — · ROE 1.6% · GNPA — 34% evidence 6.4/20 P/BV 0.79× · P/BV÷ROE 0.49 70% evidence 5.3/20 RS sector -10.2% · RS bench -26.7% · 1Y -27.1%0 of 12 weeks ahead 70% evidence
Exact sum: 13.8 + 13.6 + 6.4 + 5.3 = 39.1 · Decision use: Fill the missing evidence before acting; the ranking is deliberately pulled toward neutral.
8Annaly Capital Management, Inc.NLY 56.9/100Thin evidence · provisional46% evidence BASING 19.1/35 Income — · PAT — 10% evidence 13.1/25 ROA — · ROE 5.4% · GNPA — 34% evidence 8.0/20 P/BV 0.97× · P/BV÷ROE 0.18 70% evidence 16.7/20 RS sector 12.1% · RS bench -7.9% · 1Y 10.4%0 of 12 weeks ahead 100% evidence
Exact sum: 19.1 + 13.1 + 8 + 16.7 = 56.9 · Decision use: Fill the missing evidence before acting; the ranking is deliberately pulled toward neutral.
9Adamas Trust, Inc.ADAM 56.7/100Thin evidence · provisional40% evidence FADING 18.8/35 Income — · PAT — 10% evidence 12.3/25 ROA — · ROE 3.7% · GNPA — 34% evidence 8.6/20 P/BV 0.57× · P/BV÷ROE 0.15 70% evidence 17.0/20 RS sector 30.5% · RS bench 7.9% · 1Y 43.2%7 of 12 weeks ahead 70% evidence
Exact sum: 18.8 + 12.3 + 8.6 + 17 = 56.7 · Decision use: Fill the missing evidence before acting; the ranking is deliberately pulled toward neutral.
10Dynex Capital, Inc.DX 50.7/100Thin evidence · provisional41% evidence BASING 19.7/35 Income 100% · PAT 100% 29% evidence 9.6/25 ROA — · ROE -3.9% · GNPA — 34% evidence 9.1/20 P/BV 0.97× · P/BV÷ROE — 10% evidence 12.3/20 RS sector 5% · RS bench -13.8% · 1Y 2.7%0 of 12 weeks ahead 100% evidence
Exact sum: 19.7 + 9.6 + 9.1 + 12.3 = 50.7 · Decision use: Fill the missing evidence before acting; the ranking is deliberately pulled toward neutral.
11Two Harbors Investment Corp.TWO 50.3/100Thin evidence · provisional28% evidence ASLEEP 16.0/35 Income — · PAT — 10% evidence 9.3/25 ROA — · ROE -3.4% · GNPA — 34% evidence 9.8/20 P/BV 0.75× · P/BV÷ROE — 10% evidence 15.2/20 RS sector 19.1% · RS bench -1.6% · 1Y 22.5%5 of 12 weeks ahead 70% evidence
Exact sum: 16 + 9.3 + 9.8 + 15.2 = 50.3 · Decision use: Fill the missing evidence before acting; the ranking is deliberately pulled toward neutral.
12Rithm Capital Corp.RITM 49.6/100Thin evidence · provisional46% evidence BASING 16.5/35 Income — · PAT — 10% evidence 12.5/25 ROA — · ROE 0.8% · GNPA — 34% evidence 4.7/20 P/BV 0.62× · P/BV÷ROE 0.77 70% evidence 15.9/20 RS sector 6.9% · RS bench -12.9% · 1Y -16.5%0 of 12 weeks ahead 100% evidence
Exact sum: 16.5 + 12.5 + 4.7 + 15.9 = 49.6 · Decision use: Fill the missing evidence before acting; the ranking is deliberately pulled toward neutral.
13Ares Commercial Real Estate CorporationACRE 47.6/100Thin evidence · provisional49% evidence BASING 15.1/35 Income -20.9% · PAT — 45% evidence 11.3/25 ROA 0.1% · ROE -1.9% · GNPA — 68% evidence 9.8/20 P/BV 0.54× · P/BV÷ROE — 10% evidence 11.4/20 RS sector 4% · RS bench -14.7% · 1Y 6.9%0 of 12 weeks ahead 70% evidence
Exact sum: 15.1 + 11.3 + 9.8 + 11.4 = 47.6 · Decision use: Fill the missing evidence before acting; the ranking is deliberately pulled toward neutral.
14MFA Financial, Inc.MFA 47.2/100Thin evidence · provisional44% evidence BASING 15.3/35 Income -3% · PAT -2.2% 55% evidence 11.4/25 ROA — · ROE -0.1% · GNPA — 34% evidence 9.8/20 P/BV 0.55× · P/BV÷ROE — 10% evidence 10.7/20 RS sector 3% · RS bench -15.5% · 1Y -2.4%0 of 12 weeks ahead 70% evidence
Exact sum: 15.3 + 11.4 + 9.8 + 10.7 = 47.2 · Decision use: Fill the missing evidence before acting; the ranking is deliberately pulled toward neutral.
15AGNC Investment Corp.AGNC 46.8/100Thin evidence · provisional50% evidence ASLEEP 14.9/35 Income — · PAT — 30% evidence 8.4/25 ROA -0.5% · ROE -4.8% · GNPA — 68% evidence 9.0/20 P/BV 1× · P/BV÷ROE — 10% evidence 14.5/20 RS sector 10.1% · RS bench -9.5% · 1Y 12.6%0 of 12 weeks ahead 100% evidence
Exact sum: 14.9 + 8.4 + 9 + 14.5 = 46.8 · Decision use: Fill the missing evidence before acting; the ranking is deliberately pulled toward neutral.
16TPG RE Finance Trust, Inc.TRTX 45.6/100Thin evidence · provisional40% evidence ASLEEP 17.6/35 Income — · PAT — 10% evidence 12.7/25 ROA — · ROE 1.2% · GNPA — 34% evidence 5.5/20 P/BV 0.62× · P/BV÷ROE 0.51 70% evidence 9.8/20 RS sector 1.1% · RS bench -17.2% · 1Y -10%0 of 12 weeks ahead 70% evidence
Exact sum: 17.6 + 12.7 + 5.5 + 9.8 = 45.6 · Decision use: Fill the missing evidence before acting; the ranking is deliberately pulled toward neutral.
17Redwood Trust, Inc.RWT 45.6/100Thin evidence · provisional28% evidence BASING 19.2/35 Income — · PAT — 10% evidence 11.0/25 ROA — · ROE -0.1% · GNPA — 34% evidence 9.8/20 P/BV 0.73× · P/BV÷ROE — 10% evidence 5.6/20 RS sector -7.7% · RS bench -24.6% · 1Y -18.3%0 of 12 weeks ahead 70% evidence
Exact sum: 19.2 + 11 + 9.8 + 5.6 = 45.6 · Decision use: Fill the missing evidence before acting; the ranking is deliberately pulled toward neutral.
18Ladder Capital CorpLADR 43.5/100Thin evidence · provisional40% evidence BASING 17.9/35 Income — · PAT — 10% evidence 13.0/25 ROA — · ROE 1% · GNPA — 34% evidence 3.8/20 P/BV 0.88× · P/BV÷ROE 0.88 70% evidence 8.8/20 RS sector -0.1% · RS bench -18.3% · 1Y -13.2%0 of 12 weeks ahead 70% evidence
Exact sum: 17.9 + 13 + 3.8 + 8.8 = 43.5 · Decision use: Fill the missing evidence before acting; the ranking is deliberately pulled toward neutral.
19BrightSpire Capital, Inc.BRSP 43.4/100Thin evidence · provisional48% evidence ASLEEP 19.6/35 Income — · PAT — 26% evidence 10.2/25 ROA -0.4% · ROE -2.2% · GNPA — 68% evidence 9.6/20 P/BV 0.8× · P/BV÷ROE — 10% evidence 4.0/20 RS sector -3.3% · RS bench -20.7% · 1Y -6.6%0 of 12 weeks ahead 100% evidence
Exact sum: 19.6 + 10.2 + 9.6 + 4 = 43.4 · Decision use: Fill the missing evidence before acting; the ranking is deliberately pulled toward neutral.
20TPG Mortgage Investment Trust, Inc.MITT 42.8/100Thin evidence · provisional44% evidence ASLEEP 13.3/35 Income -6.1% · PAT -23.4% 55% evidence 11.4/25 ROA — · ROE -0.6% · GNPA — 34% evidence 9.8/20 P/BV 0.43× · P/BV÷ROE — 10% evidence 8.3/20 RS sector -0.6% · RS bench -18.5% · 1Y -3.5%0 of 12 weeks ahead 70% evidence
Exact sum: 13.3 + 11.4 + 9.8 + 8.3 = 42.8 · Decision use: Fill the missing evidence before acting; the ranking is deliberately pulled toward neutral.
21Angel Oak Mortgage REIT, Inc.AOMR 42.6/100Thin evidence · provisional44% evidence BASING 9.3/35 Income -36.8% · PAT -56.8% 55% evidence 9.8/25 ROA — · ROE -2.9% · GNPA — 34% evidence 9.6/20 P/BV 0.8× · P/BV÷ROE — 10% evidence 13.9/20 RS sector 11.9% · RS bench -8.3% · 1Y -0.1%0 of 12 weeks ahead 70% evidence
Exact sum: 9.3 + 9.8 + 9.6 + 13.9 = 42.6 · Decision use: Fill the missing evidence before acting; the ranking is deliberately pulled toward neutral.
22Chimera Investment CorporationCIM 42.5/100Thin evidence · provisional44% evidence BASING 9.5/35 Income -35.7% · PAT -98.9% 55% evidence 11.0/25 ROA — · ROE -0.8% · GNPA — 34% evidence 9.8/20 P/BV 0.43× · P/BV÷ROE — 10% evidence 12.2/20 RS sector 5% · RS bench -13.8% · 1Y -5.7%0 of 12 weeks ahead 70% evidence
Exact sum: 9.5 + 11 + 9.8 + 12.2 = 42.5 · Decision use: Fill the missing evidence before acting; the ranking is deliberately pulled toward neutral.
23Arbor Realty Trust, Inc.ABR 42.0/100Thin evidence · provisional28% evidence BASING 17.0/35 Income — · PAT — 10% evidence 11.9/25 ROA — · ROE -1% · GNPA — 34% evidence 9.8/20 P/BV 0.37× · P/BV÷ROE — 10% evidence 3.3/20 RS sector -29.9% · RS bench -43.6% · 1Y -55.8%0 of 12 weeks ahead 70% evidence
Exact sum: 17 + 11.9 + 9.8 + 3.3 = 42 · Decision use: Fill the missing evidence before acting; the ranking is deliberately pulled toward neutral.
24ARMOUR Residential REIT, Inc.this pageARR 40.6/100Thin evidence · provisional48% evidence BASING 14.0/35 Income — · PAT — 26% evidence 5.1/25 ROA -1% · ROE -9.5% · GNPA — 68% evidence 9.5/20 P/BV 0.84× · P/BV÷ROE — 10% evidence 12.0/20 RS sector 6.6% · RS bench -12.4% · 1Y 5.2%0 of 12 weeks ahead 100% evidence
Exact sum: 14 + 5.1 + 9.5 + 12 = 40.6 · Decision use: Fill the missing evidence before acting; the ranking is deliberately pulled toward neutral.
25PennyMac Mortgage Investment TrustPMT 40.4/100Thin evidence · provisional28% evidence BASING 16.3/35 Income — · PAT — 10% evidence 9.4/25 ROA — · ROE -4.7% · GNPA — 34% evidence 9.8/20 P/BV 0.53× · P/BV÷ROE — 10% evidence 4.9/20 RS sector -11.2% · RS bench -27.6% · 1Y -20.4%0 of 12 weeks ahead 70% evidence
Exact sum: 16.3 + 9.4 + 9.8 + 4.9 = 40.4 · Decision use: Fill the missing evidence before acting; the ranking is deliberately pulled toward neutral.
26Blackstone Mortgage Trust, Inc.BXMT 37.7/100Thin evidence · provisional34% evidence ASLEEP 16.8/35 Income — · PAT — 10% evidence 10.2/25 ROA — · ROE -2.4% · GNPA — 34% evidence 9.4/20 P/BV 0.88× · P/BV÷ROE — 10% evidence 1.3/20 RS sector -15.6% · RS bench -31% · 1Y -23.6%0 of 12 weeks ahead 100% evidence
Exact sum: 16.8 + 10.2 + 9.4 + 1.3 = 37.7 · Decision use: Fill the missing evidence before acting; the ranking is deliberately pulled toward neutral.
27Claros Mortgage Trust, Inc.CMTG 37.1/100Thin evidence · provisional35% evidence ASLEEP 15.0/35 Income -677.5% · PAT — 29% evidence 9.3/25 ROA — · ROE -3.2% · GNPA — 34% evidence 9.8/20 P/BV 0.22× · P/BV÷ROE — 10% evidence 3.0/20 RS sector -32.4% · RS bench -45.2% · 1Y -48.4%1 of 12 weeks ahead 70% evidence
Exact sum: 15 + 9.3 + 9.8 + 3 = 37.1 · Decision use: Fill the missing evidence before acting; the ranking is deliberately pulled toward neutral.
28Orchid Island Capital, Inc.ORC 36.7/100Thin evidence · provisional42% evidence BASING 14.1/35 Income — · PAT — 26% evidence 6.4/25 ROA -0.7% · ROE -5.8% · GNPA — 68% evidence 9.1/20 P/BV 0.97× · P/BV÷ROE — 10% evidence 7.1/20 RS sector -2.3% · RS bench -20% · 1Y -10.6%0 of 12 weeks ahead 70% evidence
Exact sum: 14.1 + 6.4 + 9.1 + 7.1 = 36.7 · Decision use: Fill the missing evidence before acting; the ranking is deliberately pulled toward neutral.
29Invesco Mortgage Capital Inc.IVR 36.4/100Thin evidence · provisional42% evidence BASING 12.9/35 Income — · PAT — 26% evidence 4.4/25 ROA -1.2% · ROE -9.5% · GNPA — 68% evidence 9.8/20 P/BV 0.74× · P/BV÷ROE — 10% evidence 9.3/20 RS sector 0.7% · RS bench -17.4% · 1Y -2.8%0 of 12 weeks ahead 70% evidence
Exact sum: 12.9 + 4.4 + 9.8 + 9.3 = 36.4 · Decision use: Fill the missing evidence before acting; the ranking is deliberately pulled toward neutral.

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16 · Frequently asked questions

Frequently asked questions

What is ARMOUR Residential REIT, Inc.'s stock price today?

ARMOUR Residential REIT, Inc. trades at $16.4, +0.3% over the past year. The company is valued at $2.0 B. The stock sits at 41% of its 52-week range of $15–$19, −4.4% versus its 200-day average. On the tape, the price is building a base, 5 weeks in. — as of 5 August 2026.

What were ARMOUR Residential REIT, Inc.'s latest quarterly results?

ARMOUR Residential REIT, Inc. reported revenue of $0.1 B and a net loss of $0.1 B for the Mar 26 quarter. Revenue rose 75.0% and profit fell 266.7% year on year. Earnings per share were $−0.49. The operating margin was 85.7%, 35.7 pp higher than a year earlier. — as of 5 August 2026.

What is ARMOUR Residential REIT, Inc.'s revenue?

ARMOUR Residential REIT, Inc. reported revenue of $0.1 B in the Mar 26 quarter, +75.0% year on year. For the full FY25 fiscal year, revenue was $0.2 B (+433.3%). Over the last 4 years revenue compounded at 23.0% a year. — as of 5 August 2026.

What is ARMOUR Residential REIT, Inc.'s profit?

ARMOUR Residential REIT, Inc. earned $−0.1 B of net profit in the Mar 26 quarter, −266.7% year on year. Full-year FY25 profit was $0.3 B. The operating margin ran 85.7% in the latest quarter. — as of 5 August 2026.

What is ARMOUR Residential REIT, Inc.'s market cap?

ARMOUR Residential REIT, Inc.'s market capitalisation is $2.0 B at a stock price of $16.4. Market cap is the share price multiplied by shares outstanding, so it is restated whenever the price moves. — as of 5 August 2026.

Does ARMOUR Residential REIT, Inc. pay a dividend?

No — ARMOUR Residential REIT, Inc. has declared no dividend per share in any of its last 12 reported quarters, so there is no payout history and no yield to quote. That is a reading of the filed statements, not an estimate. — as of 5 August 2026.

Is ARMOUR Residential REIT, Inc. growing?

Yes — ARMOUR Residential REIT, Inc. is growing: latest-quarter revenue +75.0% year on year, profit −266.7%, and the margin +35.7 pp at 85.7%. The 4-year compound rates are 23.0% (revenue) and 100.0% (profit). The earnings engine currently reads: improving — as of 5 August 2026.

How is ARMOUR Residential REIT, Inc. performing?

ARMOUR Residential REIT, Inc. is building a base, 5 weeks in. Its latest quarter's revenue rose 75.0% and profit fell 266.7% year on year. Against the S&P 500 it has been behind on a trailing-13-week view for 21 weeks. This describes what the data did, not a rating. — as of 5 August 2026.

Is ARMOUR Residential REIT, Inc. in an uptrend?

No — the price is building a base (week 5 of stage 1), trading −4.4% versus its 200-day average and at 41% of its 52-week range. Price stages cycle base → advance → top → decline, and the stage names where this stock sits in that cycle — as of 5 August 2026.

Is ARMOUR Residential REIT, Inc. beating the market?

Not lately — on a trailing-13-week view ARMOUR Residential REIT, Inc. is currently behind the S&P 500 (21 weeks and counting; last ahead the week of 2026-03-13), the same metric the week-by-week ribbon on this page draws. Separately, on the cumulative view: over the last 10.1 years the stock moved −84% against the S&P 500's +263% — behind the index over the full window. — as of 5 August 2026.

Will ARMOUR Residential REIT, Inc.'s stock price go up?

This page publishes no price forecast for ARMOUR Residential REIT, Inc. What it measures instead: the stock price is $16.4, the price is building a base 5 weeks in. Direction is not something this site claims to know. — as of 5 August 2026.

Is the market betting against ARMOUR Residential REIT, Inc.?

No — short interest is 0.0% of ARMOUR Residential REIT, Inc.'s tradable float. That is a low reading: the crowd is not positioned against this stock. With no quarter-by-quarter holder register here, short interest is the cleanest crowd read we hold — as of 5 August 2026.

Does ARMOUR Residential REIT, Inc. have too much debt?

It carries real leverage — ARMOUR Residential REIT, Inc.'s debt-to-equity is 7.57. A year-by-year borrowings ladder is not in our numbers for this stock, so the latest reading is the cleanest hold. Read the returns on this page with that leverage in mind — as of 5 August 2026.

What is ARMOUR Residential REIT, Inc.'s cash flow?

ARMOUR Residential REIT, Inc. generated $0.1 B of operating cash flow in FY25. Reported profit that year was $0.3 B, so operating cash ran behind profit. — as of 5 August 2026.

Is ARMOUR Residential REIT, Inc.'s profit real cash?

Not fully — over the last 2 fiscal years, 38% of ARMOUR Residential REIT, Inc.'s reported profit arrived as operating cash. In FY25, operating cash was $0.1 B against reported profit of $0.3 B. The cash then goes into a mix of the working-capital cycle and capacity. Cash-flow resolution is annual — as of 5 August 2026.

Where is ARMOUR Residential REIT, Inc. in its business cycle?

ARMOUR Residential REIT, Inc.'s FY25 operating margin was 62.5%, against a 5-year band of −100.0%–62.5%: the top of the band — a record year. Record profitability is late-cycle territory: every ratio flatters at the top, and the story leans on margins holding. The latest quarter ran 85.7%. Profitability versus a company's own long band is the cleanest cycle clock this page holds — as of 5 August 2026.

What could break the ARMOUR Residential REIT, Inc. story?

The sharpest disagreement: profits are rising, but only 38% of the last 2 years' profit arrived as operating cash — the gap between the P&L and the bank account is the thing to watch. Mechanically, two Friday closes in a row below the 200-day average would end the price trend — that is the exit rule this page tracks — as of 5 August 2026.

Is ARMOUR Residential REIT, Inc. a stock worth studying right now?

This is not investment advice. The machine read: ARMOUR Residential REIT, Inc.'s three tracks disagree. Price, valuation and the earnings engine each tell a different story — the next quarter or two settles it. The sharpest open question: whether the cash starts following the profit. Every number on this page is drawn deterministically from the raw series, with no forecasts and no price opinions — as of 5 August 2026.

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