Mortgage REIT's

Shares of Chimera (NYSE: CIM) are lower on the session by 0.77%, trading at $3.30. Overall put volume is now running at 2.48x the daily average, with 8% of all puts traded being purchases on the offer. 1,641 contracts have traded on the session so far. Chimera Investment Corporation is a...

Annaly Capital Management (NYSE: NLY) releases its next round of earnings this Monday, July 25, 2011. Get the latest predictions in Benzinga's essential guide to the company's second quarter earnings report. Earnings and Revenue: Anlalysts are expecting a positive EPS of 64 cents/share and...

Here are today's Put/Call Ratio leaders… 1. Collective Brands Inc. (NYSE: PSS) 5,739 puts, 78 calls 2. Lennar Corp. (NYSE: LEN) 13,820 puts, 1,136 calls 3. iStar Financial (NYSE: SFI) 2,670 puts, 226 calls 4. Eagle Bulk Shipping (NASDAQ: EGLE) 2,887 puts, 326 calls 5. Assured Guaranty Municipal...

Shares of iStar Financial (NYSE: SFI) are lower on the session by 1.05%, trading at $7.52. Overall put volume is now running at 2.35x the daily average, with 26% of all puts traded being purchases on the offer. 2,326 contracts have traded on the session so far. iStar Financial Inc. is a finance...

Wunderlich Securities reiterated its Hold rating on Anworth Mortgage Asset (NYSE: ANH). At the same time, the rating agency left its price target on the company's stock unchanged at $7.50. On Wednesday, ANH lost 0.28% of its value to end the day at $7.25.

Below are the top small-cap mortgage investment stocks on the NYSE and the NASDAQ in terms of earnings per share. The trailing-twelve-month earnings per share at Invesco Mortgage Capital Inc (NYSE: IVR) is $3.95. IVR's PEG ratio is 1.17. The trailing-twelve-month earnings per share at Ellington...

Stifel Nicolaus made a number of updates in a research report published today. Corporate Office Properties Trust (NYSE: OFC) had its rating upgraded from Sell to Buy. At the same time, its price target was put to $33. On Tuesday, OFC closed the day at $30.34. Fortinet, Inc. (NASDAQ: FTNT) had its...

Shares of Anworth Mortgage (NYSE: ANH) are higher on the session by 1.40%, trading at $7.25. Overall put volume is now running at 3.24x the daily average, with 13% of all puts traded being purchases on the offer. 1,927 contracts have traded on the session so far. Anworth Mortgage Asset...

Shares of CapitalSource (NYSE: CSE) are higher on the session by 0.87%, currently trading at $5.82. The stock has been moving largely lower over the past six months and is currently trading below the 200-day moving average. Options traders are buying puts on the name today. A short while ago the...

Wells Fargo is out with a research report on Annaly Capital Management, Inc. (NYSE: NLY) with a Market Perform rating and a $16-$17 valuation on shares. In the research report, Wells Fargo writes, "We are initiating coverage of Annaly Capital Management, Inc. (NLY) with a Market Perform rating and...

Wells Fargo has initiated coverage on the following companies: Annaly Capital Management (NYSE: NLY) Market Perform Invesco Mortgage Capital (NYSE: IVR) Outperform

Bank of America is maintaining its Buy rating and its $4.25 price target on Chimera Investment Corp. (NYSE: CIM) in its preview of the company's Q2'11 results. Says Bank of America, in the report, “Chimera Investment Corp. shares fell 2.7% today after concern about the debt ceiling negotiations...

On CNBC's Mad Money, Jim Cramer said during the Lightning Round that Imax (NYSE: IMAX) has “always troubled me. I think business is good and it can probably go back to the mid-30s." Cramer said that CVR Partners (NYSE: UAN) is an "interesting company. They're not as good as some other fertilizer...

The market has been in a bit of a roller coaster lately, with concerns of a sovereign debt crisis in Europe, debt ceiling worries at home, and corporate earnings potentially looking very bleak, especially if you look at the semiconductor industry. Here is a list of 5 high dividend paying stocks...

Pacific Office Properties Trust, Inc. (NYSE: PCE) announced today that the NYSE Amex has accepted the Company's plan for regaining compliance with the Exchange's listing standards. The Plan was submitted in response to notification from the Exchange of the Company's non-compliance with certain...