Alert: Rating Upgrade (3/8/24)-New York Mortgage Trust Inc (NASDAQ: NYMT).

The Value Trend Rating for New York Mortgage Trust Inc (NASDAQ: NYMT) improved recently from D to C reflecting improving fundamentals and high Appreciation Potential. Details supporting this higher rating are included in our next report.

On 3/8/24, New York Mortgage Trust Inc (NASDAQ: NYMT) stock rose modestly by 0.6%, closing at $7.21. However, this advance was accompanied by below average trading volume at 81% of normal. Relative to the market the stock has been weak over the last nine months but is unchanged during the last week.
NYMT is expected to continue to be a Value Builder reflecting capital returns that are forecasted to exceed the cost of capital.
New York Mortgage Trust has a current Value Trend Rating of C (Low Neutral). This VT Rating improved in recent days from D previously. The Value Trend Rating reflects very contradictory signals from PTR's two proprietary measures of a stock's attractiveness. New York Mortgage Trust has a good Appreciation Score of 77 but a poor Power Rating of 15, leading to the Low Neutral Value Trend Rating.