What's In The Cards For Great Ajax's (AJX) Q3 Earnings?

 | Nov 03, 2019 09:37PM ET

Great Ajax Corp. (NYSE:AJX) is scheduled to report third-quarter 2019 results on Nov 5, after the market closes. The company’s results will likely reflect year-over-year (y/y) growth in its earnings per share and revenues.

In the last reported quarter, this mortgage real estate investment trust (mREIT), which primarily focuses on residential mortgage loans and origination of non-performing loans (NPLs), posted earnings per share (excluding 25 cents from non-recurring items) of 31 cents, missing the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 40 cents. Nonetheless, total income of $20.7 million surpassed the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $14.9 million.

Over the trailing four quarters, the company missed the Zacks Consensus Estimate on all occasions. It reported an average negative surprise of 14.7% during this period. The graph below depicts this surprise history:

Great Ajax Corp. Price and EPS Surprise

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