B. Riley Issues Positive Forecast for Rithm Capital Earnings

Rithm Capital Corp. (NYSE:RITM) – Analysts at B. Riley lifted their Q3 2025 earnings estimates for shares of Rithm Capital in a report released on Monday, April 28th. B. Riley analyst R. Binner now forecasts that the real estate investment trust will post earnings per share of $0.52 for the quarter, up from their prior forecast of $0.51. B. Riley currently has a “Strong-Buy” rating on the stock. The consensus estimate for Rithm Capital’s current full-year earnings is $1.93 per share.

Rithm Capital (NYSE:RITM) last posted its earnings results on Friday, April 25th. The real estate investment trust reported $0.52 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.45 by $0.07. The business had revenue of $28.89 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.27 billion. Rithm Capital had a net margin of 17.79% and a return on equity of 18.15%. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business posted $0.48 EPS.

A number of other brokerages have also commented on RITM. Jones Trading reiterated a “buy” rating and issued a $12.50 price objective on shares of Rithm Capital in a report on Tuesday. Piper Sandler raised shares of Rithm Capital from a “neutral” rating to an “overweight” rating and boosted their target price for the stock from $12.50 to $14.00 in a research report on Monday. Wedbush reissued an “outperform” rating and issued a $14.00 target price on shares of Rithm Capital in a research report on Friday, March 28th. BTIG Research reissued a “buy” rating and issued a $16.00 target price on shares of Rithm Capital in a research report on Friday. Finally, UBS Group dropped their target price on shares of Rithm Capital from $14.00 to $13.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday, April 16th. Eight analysts have rated the stock with a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and a consensus price target of $13.61.

Rithm Capital Stock Performance

Shares of RITM stock opened at $11.15 on Wednesday. Rithm Capital has a 12 month low of $9.13 and a 12 month high of $12.20. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.74, a current ratio of 1.09 and a quick ratio of 1.35. The firm has a market capitalization of $5.91 billion, a P/E ratio of 6.68 and a beta of 1.36. The company’s fifty day moving average price is $11.10 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $11.09.

Rithm Capital Dividend Announcement

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, April 30th. Investors of record on Monday, March 31st will be issued a $0.25 dividend. This represents a $1.00 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 8.97%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, March 31st. Rithm Capital’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 83.33%.

Institutional Trading of Rithm Capital

Hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted its holdings in shares of Rithm Capital by 119.1% in the 3rd quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 4,608,008 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $52,301,000 after purchasing an additional 2,504,529 shares during the last quarter. Wedbush Securities Inc. raised its stake in Rithm Capital by 13.7% during the 4th quarter. Wedbush Securities Inc. now owns 231,682 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $2,509,000 after acquiring an additional 27,924 shares in the last quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp raised its stake in Rithm Capital by 9.1% during the 4th quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp now owns 1,916,453 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $20,755,000 after acquiring an additional 159,506 shares in the last quarter. EMC Capital Management raised its stake in Rithm Capital by 1,349.0% during the 4th quarter. EMC Capital Management now owns 35,371 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $383,000 after acquiring an additional 32,930 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Meridian Financial Partners LLC bought a new stake in Rithm Capital during the 4th quarter valued at $898,000. Institutional investors own 44.92% of the company’s stock.

Rithm Capital Company Profile

Rithm Capital Corp. operates as an asset manager focused on real estate, credit, and financial services. It operates through Origination and Servicing, Investment Portfolio, Mortgage Loans Receivable, and Asset Management segments. Its investment portfolio primarily comprises of mortgage servicing rights (MSR), and MSR financing receivables, title, appraisal and property preservation, excess MSRs, and services advance investments; real estate securities, call rights, SFR properties, and residential mortgage loans; consumer and business purpose loans; and asset management related investments.