Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance Inc (ARI) 20 Days SMA touches -1.09%: The odds favor the bear

On Friday, Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance Inc (NYSE: ARI) opened higher 2.96% from the last session, before settling in for the closing price of $8.78. Price fluctuations for ARI have ranged from $8.52 to $12.74 over the past 52 weeks.

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Over the past five-year period, the growth rate of yearbook sales for the company of the Real Estate sector was 16.92%. Company’s average yearly earnings per share was noted -60.79% at the time writing. With a float of $136.61 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $138.17 million.

In terms of profitability, gross margin is 60.92%, operating margin of 29.66%, and the pretax margin is -34.49%.

Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance Inc (ARI) Insider Activity

A key investor’s attitude towards the stock of the REIT – Mortgage industry is another important factor to consider. The insider ownership of Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance Inc is 1.13%, while institutional ownership is 64.72%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Sep 06 ’24, was worth 8,597. In this transaction Director of this company sold 833 shares at a rate of $10.32, taking the stock ownership to the 29,525 shares. Before that another transaction happened on Sep 06 ’24, when Company’s Director proposed sale 833 for $10.19, making the entire transaction worth $8,491.

Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance Inc (ARI) Earnings and Forecasts

Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of 0.25 per share during the current fiscal year.

According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around -60.79% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will surge by 0.07% during the next five years compared to -27.62% drop over the previous five years of trading.

Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance Inc (NYSE: ARI) Trading Performance Indicators

Check out the current performance indicators for Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance Inc (ARI). In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 1.78. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 39.63.

For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is -0.93, a number that is poised to hit 0.23 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 0.85 in one year’s time.

Technical Analysis of Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance Inc (ARI)

Compared to the last year’s volume of 1.0 million, its volume of 2.84 million showed improvement in the last five days. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 22.54%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 0.22.

During the past 100 days, Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance Inc’s (ARI) raw stochastic average was set at 21.05%, which indicates a significant decrease from 50.70% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 24.76% in the past 14 days, which was higher than the 23.13% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.

At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $9.03, while its 200-day Moving Average is $9.96. Nevertheless, the first resistance level for the watch stands at $9.15 in the near term. At $9.27, the stock is likely to face the second major resistance level. The third major resistance level sits at $9.49. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $8.81, it is likely to go to the next support level at $8.59. Should the price break the second support level, the third support level stands at $8.47.

Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance Inc (NYSE: ARI) Key Stats

There are currently 138,175K shares outstanding in the company with a market cap of 1.29 billion. Presently, the company’s annual sales total 344,590 K according to its annual income of 58,130 K. Last quarter, the company’s sales amounted to 71,570 K and its income totaled -91,550 K.