The second-quarter 2025 earnings season will kick off next week, with banking sector players due to report numbers. The overall picture ahead of this reporting cycle is one of continued resilience and a steadily improving outlook.Total S&P 500 earnings are expected to be up 4.9% from the year-ago period on 3.9% higher revenues, per the latest Earnings Trends report. While negative revisions to Q2 estimates have stabilized in recent weeks, estimates for the period have been under significant pressure relativ ...

MCLEAN, Va., May 28, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC) today posted to its website its Monthly Volume Summary for April 2025, which provides information on Freddie Mac’s mortgage-related portfolios, securities issuance, risk management, delinquencies, debt activities and other investments. Freddie Mac’s mission is to make home possible for families across the nation. We promote liquidity, stability and affordability in the housing market throughout all economic cycles. Since 1970, we have h ...

MCLEAN, Va., May 21, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC) today announced the pricing of the Freddie Mac Seasoned Loans Structured Transaction Trust (SLST) Series 2025-1, a securitization of approximately $284.2 million including both guaranteed senior and non-guaranteed subordinate securities backed by a pool of seasoned residential mortgage loans. The SLST program is a fundamental part of Freddie Mac's seasoned loan offerings which reduce less-liquid assets in its mortgage-related investment ...

CORRECTION: Only to the appendix To Nasdaq Copenhagen A/S 2 May 2025 Announcement 37 /2025 Jyske Realkredit’s auctions for 1 July 2025 refinancing Jyske Realkredit plans to carry out the auctions Tuesday 27th of May 2025 for loans in cover pool E. The refinancing amount and bonds to be offered are specified in the table below: OpenCloseAlloc.NameISINAmount mill.LCRTuesday 27 May10:0010:3010:35Var. 422.E.OA Cb3.ju29 RFDK0009417198<td style="width:66.14px;;border-right ...

Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation (NYSE:AGM) Q1 2025 Earnings Conference Call May 9, 2025 8:30 AM ET Company Participants Jalpa Nazareth - Senior Director, IR & Finance Strategy Brad Nordholm - President & CEO Aparna Ramesh - EVP, CFO & Treasurer Zack Carpenter - EVP, Chief Business Officer Conference Call Participants Bill Ryan - Seaport Research Partners Bose George - KBW Brendan McCarthy - Sidoti Operator Good morning, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to the Farmer Mac 2025 Earnings Results Conf ...

Financial Performance - Net income from continuing operations was $0.47 per common share[5] - Distributable losses were $(0.09) per common share[5] - Distributable earnings before realized losses were $0.00 per common share[5] - A dividend of $0.125 per common share was declared[5] Loan Portfolio - The total loan portfolio was $8.4 billion[5] - The weighted average yield in the $5.9 billion CRE core portfolio was 8.3%[5] - Total loan originations amounted to $466.1 million[5] - Loan repayments and sales totaled $758.2 million[5] - Core delinquencies (60+ days) stood at 4.1%[5] Capitalization & Acquisitions - 3.4 million shares were repurchased at an average price of $5.02, impacting book value per share by $0.11[5] - Total leverage was 3.5x, with a recourse leverage ratio of 1.3x[5] - The acquisition of United Development Funding IV was closed for $167 million, which was $0.14 per share accretive to book value per share[5] Portfolio Composition - The carrying value of the Core portfolio is $5.88 billion with 4.1% being 60+ days delinquent[7] - The carrying value of the Non-Core portfolio is $0.74 billion with 40.9% being 60+ days delinquent[7]

Ellington Financial (EFC) Q1 2025 Earnings Call May 08, 2025 11:00 AM ET Company Participants Alaael-Deen Shilleh - Associate General Counsel & SecretaryLaurence Penn - CEO, President & DirectorJR Herlihy - Chief Financial OfficerMark Tecotzky - Co-Chief Investment OfficerCrispin Love - DirectorTrevor Cranston - Managing DirectorRandy Binner - Managing DirectorFrancesco Labetti - Equity Research Associate Operator Good morning, ladies and gentlemen, thank you for standing by. Welcome to the Ellington Financ ...

Company Update FIRST QUARTER 2025 Forward-looking statements 2 When used in this presentation or other written or oral communications, statements that are not historical in nature, including those containing words such as "will," "believe," "expect," "anticipate," "estimate," "plan," "continue," "intend," "should," "could," "would," "may," the negative of these words or similar expressions, are intended to identify "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, ...

Economic Overview - The U.S. economy contracted by 0.3% in the first quarter of 2025, marking the first quarter of negative growth since Q1 2022 and missing analysts' expectations of 0.4% growth [3] - Consumer confidence fell by 7.9 points to 86 in April, reaching a five-year low, indicating a lack of investor confidence in the economy [6] Trade and Tariffs - Concerns are rising that President Trump's tariffs could negatively impact economic health, despite a temporary 90-day pause on tariffs that led to a 41.3% increase in imports for the quarter, while exports only grew by 1.8% [4][6] Consumer Behavior - Consumer spending has slowed as individuals are saving more in anticipation of tougher economic conditions, alongside a significant decline in federal expenditures contributing to sluggish GDP figures [5] Dividend-Paying Stocks - In light of economic uncertainty, investing in dividend-paying stocks is recommended as they tend to provide steady income and stability [2][7] - Atkore Inc. (ATKR) announced a dividend of $0.33 per share with a dividend yield of 2%, having increased its dividend once in the past five years with a payout ratio of 12% [9][8] - Enact Holdings, Inc. (ACT) declared a dividend of $0.21 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.07%, having increased its dividend six times in the past five years with a payout ratio of 16% [11][10] - Pool Corporation (POOL) announced a dividend of $1.25 per share with a dividend yield of 1.64%, having increased its dividend six times in the past five years and a payout ratio of 46% [13][12] - American Water Works Company, Inc. (AWK) declared a dividend of $0.83 per share with a dividend yield of 2.08%, having increased its dividend six times in the past five years and a payout ratio of 57% [15][14]

MCLEAN, Va., May 01, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC) today posted to its website its Monthly Volume Summary for March 2025, which provides information on Freddie Mac’s mortgage-related portfolios, securities issuance, risk management, delinquencies, debt activities and other investments. Freddie Mac’s mission is to make home possible for families across the nation. We promote liquidity, stability and affordability in the housing market throughout all economic cycles. Since 1970, we have h ...