Jun 30, 2024

MITT Q2 2024 Earnings Report

Reported financial results, showing the continued execution of core business strategy and the compelling benefits of the recent WMC acquisition.

Key Takeaways

AG Mortgage Investment Trust reported its second quarter 2024 financial results, generating $0.21 per share of Earnings Available for Distribution (EAD), covering the newly set $0.19 per share dividend. The company successfully executed a $65 million follow-on senior unsecured notes offering and gained entry into the Russell 3000® Index.

Book Value per share was $10.63 as of June 30, 2024.

Adjusted Book Value per share was $10.37 as of June 30, 2024, a decrease of (2.0)% from March 31, 2024.

Net Income/(Loss) Available to Common Stockholders was $(0.02) per diluted common share during the second quarter 2024.

Earnings Available for Distribution (EAD) was $0.21 per diluted common share during the second quarter 2024.

Total Revenue
$16.4M
Previous year: $11.4M
+44.2%
EPS
$0.21
Previous year: $0.08
+162.5%
Economic Return on Equity
-0.2%
Previous year: 1.9%
-110.5%
Investment Portfolio
$6.9B
Previous year: $4.5B
+53.3%
Economic Leverage Ratio
2.5
Previous year: 1.6
+56.2%
Cash and Equivalents
$121M
Previous year: $80.3M
+50.6%
Total Assets
$7.1B
Previous year: $4.62B
+53.8%

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Forward Guidance

This press release includes forward-looking statements regarding dividends, book value, adjusted book value, investments, business and investment strategy, investment returns, return on equity, liquidity, financing, taxes, assets, interest rate sensitivity, and views on certain macroeconomic trends and conditions.

Positive Outlook

  • Ability to drive earnings power and to make MITT a more scaled and profitable pure-play residential mortgage REIT
  • Ability to create long-term value for stockholders
  • Whether corporate debt structure will have the advantages anticipated
  • Ability to continue to opportunistically rotate capital through sales of legacy WMC or other non-core assets
  • Ability to continue to grow residential investment portfolio

Challenges Ahead

  • Failure to realize the anticipated benefits and synergies of the WMC acquisition
  • Whether market conditions will improve in the timeline anticipated
  • Impact of market volatility on business and ability to execute strategy
  • Ability to manage warehouse exposure as anticipated
  • Changes in inflation, interest rates and the fair value of assets, including negative changes resulting in margin calls relating to the financing of assets