How to buy ARMOUR Residential REIT stock | $11.08

ARMOUR Residential REIT, Inc is a reit-mortgage business based in the US. ARMOUR Residential REIT shares (ARR) are listed on the NYSE and all prices are listed in US Dollars.

How to buy shares in ARMOUR Residential REIT

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2. Open and fund your brokerage account. Complete an application with your personal and financial details, like your ID and bank information. Fund your account with a bank transfer, credit card or debit card.
3. Search for ARMOUR Residential REIT. Find the stock by name or ticker symbol: ARR. Research its history to confirm it's a solid investment against your financial goals.
4. Purchase now or later. Buy today with a market order or use a limit order to delay your purchase until ARMOUR Residential REIT reaches your desired price. To spread out your purchase, look into dollar-cost averaging, which smooths out buying at consistent intervals and amounts.
5. Decide on how many to buy. At last close price of USD$11.08, weigh your budget against a diversified portfolio that can minimize risk through the market's ups and downs. You may be able to buy a fractional share of ARMOUR Residential REIT, depending on your broker.
6. Check in on your investment. Congratulations, you own a part of ARMOUR Residential REIT. Optimize your portfolio by tracking how your stock — and even the business — performs with an eye on the long term. You may be eligible for dividends and shareholder voting rights on directors and management that can affect your stock.

ARMOUR Residential REIT share price

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ARMOUR Residential REIT shares at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2020-12-27.

Latest market close	USD$11.08
52-week range	USD$4.6086 - USD$19.4341
50-day moving average	USD$10.6724
200-day moving average	USD$9.8076
Wall St. target price	USD$10.75
PE ratio	N/A
Dividend yield	USD$1.2 (11.05%)
Earnings per share (TTM)	USD$-9.675

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ARMOUR Residential REIT price performance over time

Historical closes compared with the close of $11.08 from 2020-12-09

1 week (2021-01-11)	0.09%
1 month (2020-12-18)	4.04%
3 months (2020-10-16)	15.66%
6 months (2020-07-17)	17.37%

1 year (2020-01-17)	-41.68%
2 years (2019-01-18)	-46.32%
3 years (2018-01-18)	24.66
5 years (2016-01-15)	19.2

ARMOUR Residential REIT financials

Operating margin TTM	121.71%
Gross profit TTM	USD$-211,425,000
Return on assets TTM	-1.96%
Return on equity TTM	-16.51%
Profit margin	0%
Book value	$13.784
Market capitalisation	USD$693.3 million

TTM: trailing 12 months

Shorting ARMOUR Residential REIT shares

There are currently 5.3 million ARMOUR Residential REIT shares held short by investors – that's known as ARMOUR Residential REIT's "short interest". This figure is 46.9% up from 3.6 million last month.

There are a few different ways that this level of interest in shorting ARMOUR Residential REIT shares can be evaluated.

ARMOUR Residential REIT's "short interest ratio" (SIR)

ARMOUR Residential REIT's "short interest ratio" (SIR) is the quantity of ARMOUR Residential REIT shares currently shorted divided by the average quantity of ARMOUR Residential REIT shares traded daily (recently around 1.1 million). ARMOUR Residential REIT's SIR currently stands at 4.95. In other words for every 100,000 ARMOUR Residential REIT shares traded daily on the market, roughly 4950 shares are currently held short.

However ARMOUR Residential REIT's short interest can also be evaluated against the total number of ARMOUR Residential REIT shares, or, against the total number of tradable ARMOUR Residential REIT shares (the shares that aren't held by "insiders" or major long-term shareholders – also known as the "float"). In this case ARMOUR Residential REIT's short interest could be expressed as 0.08% of the outstanding shares (for every 100,000 ARMOUR Residential REIT shares in existence, roughly 80 shares are currently held short) or 0.099% of the tradable shares (for every 100,000 tradable ARMOUR Residential REIT shares, roughly 99 shares are currently held short).

Such a low SIR usually points to an optimistic outlook for the share price, with fewer people currently willing to bet against ARMOUR Residential REIT.

Find out more about how you can short ARMOUR Residential REIT stock.

ARMOUR Residential REIT share dividends

Dividend payout ratio: 26.32% of net profits

Recently ARMOUR Residential REIT has paid out, on average, around 26.32% of net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 11.05% of the current stock value. This means that over a year, based on recent payouts (which are sadly no guarantee of future payouts), ARMOUR Residential REIT shareholders could enjoy a 11.05% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In ARMOUR Residential REIT's case, that would currently equate to about $1.2 per share.

While ARMOUR Residential REIT's payout ratio might seem fairly standard, it's worth remembering that ARMOUR Residential REIT may be investing much of the rest of its net profits in future growth.

ARMOUR Residential REIT's most recent dividend payout was on 29 December 2020. The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their shares by 14 December 2020 (the "ex-dividend date").

Have ARMOUR Residential REIT's shares ever split?

ARMOUR Residential REIT's shares were split on a 1:8 basis on 3 August 2015. So if you had owned 8 shares the day before before the split, the next day you'd have owned 1 share. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your ARMOUR Residential REIT shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 700% higher share price could have impacted the market appetite for ARMOUR Residential REIT shares which in turn could have impacted ARMOUR Residential REIT's share price.

ARMOUR Residential REIT share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, ARMOUR Residential REIT's shares have ranged in value from as little as $4.6086 up to $19.4341. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".

Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NYSE average) beta is 1, while ARMOUR Residential REIT's is 1.0635. This would suggest that ARMOUR Residential REIT's shares are a little bit more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent, relatively-speaking, a slightly higher risk (but potentially also market-beating returns).

ARMOUR Residential REIT overview

ARMOUR Residential REIT, Inc. invests in residential mortgage backed securities in the United States. The company's securities portfolio primarily consists of the United States Government-sponsored entity's (GSE) and the Government National Mortgage Administration's issued or guaranteed securities backed by fixed rate, hybrid adjustable rate, and adjustable rate home loans, as well as unsecured notes and bonds issued by the GSE and the United States treasuries; and money market instruments. It also invests in other securities backed by residential mortgages for which the payment of principal and interest is not guaranteed by a GSE or government agency. The company has elected to be taxed as a real estate investment trust under the Internal Revenue Code. As a result, it would not be subject to corporate income tax on that portion of its net income that is distributed to shareholders. ARMOUR Residential REIT, Inc. was founded in 2008 and is based in Vero Beach, Florida.

Frequently asked questions

• What percentage of ARMOUR Residential REIT is owned by insiders or institutions?

  Currently 1.793% of ARMOUR Residential REIT shares are held by insiders and 57.239% by institutions.

• When does the fiscal year end for ARMOUR Residential REIT?

  ARMOUR Residential REIT's fiscal year ends in December.

• Where is ARMOUR Residential REIT based?

  ARMOUR Residential REIT's address is: 3001 Ocean Drive, Vero Beach, FL, United States, 32963

• What is ARMOUR Residential REIT's ISIN number?

  ARMOUR Residential REIT's international securities identification number is: US0423155078

• What is ARMOUR Residential REIT's CUSIP number?

  ARMOUR Residential REIT's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 042315507