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Crexus Investment Corporation (CXS). Parth Chopra, Aditya Chaudhry. Profile. Mainly a commercial real estate finance company Invests and manages the following: Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities (CMBS) Other Commercial real estate Located in Maryland Risk Adjusted investing
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Crexus Investment Corporation (CXS) Parth Chopra, Aditya Chaudhry
Profile • Mainly a commercial real estate finance company • Invests and manages the following: • Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities (CMBS) • Other Commercial real estate • Located in Maryland • Risk Adjusted investing • Classified as a Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) and thus pays 90% of its earnings to shareholders
Dividends • CXS is required to pay out 90% of its earnings per quarter in the form of dividends. • Dividends have continued to rise because of increased earnings as shown in the following data:
Stock History • Previous close: $10.58. • 52-week range: $8.03 - $13.51 • 3-month:
Fundamentals • Met EPS and Sales expectations for last four quarters. • Exceeded both by 9.02% 2nd quarter. • Sales expected to have grown over 530% in 2011. • EPS expected to have grown 112% in 2011. • P/E ratio of 8.23. • Earnings report Jan. 27.
Technicals • The StockScouter measure of relative price change and consistency is flat. • Previous day's closing price was slightly above 50-day moving average. (MSN StockScouter).
Analyst Expectations • From MarketWatch: From CNN Money: • Insider Buying: http://www.marketwatch.com/investing/stock/cxs/insideractions
Recomendations • Buy at market price. • Limit sell at about $12.50, hold at least untill next dividends are payed. • Expected Dividend Return of about 35 cents (conservative estimate) per stock. • Total Return: 12 shares * ($2.00 + $0.35) = $28.20
Sources • http://eresearch.fidelity.com/eresearch/evaluate/fundamentals/earnings.jhtml?stockspage=dividends&symbols=CXS&showPriceLine=no • http://finapps.forbes.com/finapps/jsp/finance/compinfo/CIAtAGlance.jsp?tkr=CXS&tab=searchtabquotesdark • http://www.crexusinvestment.com/site/aboutus.aspx • http://www.marketwatch.com/investing/sto • ck/cxs/analystestimates • http://money.cnn.com/quote/quote.html?symb=CXS