Notable News Spotlight: Hunt Companies Finance Trust (NYSE:HCFT)

Hunt Companies Finance Trust (NYSE:HCFT) changed 1.55% to recent value of $3.28. The stock transacted 79015 shares during most recent day however it has an average volume of 40.08K shares. It spotted trading -9.89% off 52-week high price. On the other end, the stock has been noted 13.89% away from the low price over the last 52-weeks.

On Jan. 6, 2020, Hunt Companies Finance Trust (NYSE:HCFT) reported that its independent directors unanimously approved the entry into a new management agreement with OREC Investment Management, LLC (the Manager), a subsidiary of ORIX Corporation USA (ORIX USA) and the concurrent mutual termination of its management agreement with Hunt Investment Management, LLC (Hunt).

A subsidiary of ORIX Corporation, the Japan-based financial services giant, ORIX USA provides a wide range of innovative capital solutions for clients in the corporate, real estate, and municipal finance sectors. ORIX Corporation assets exceed $110 billion, and it has approximately $400 billion of assets under management.  OREC Investment Management is part of ORIX Real Estate Capital’s finance and investment management platform, which was created through the combination of RED Capital Group, Lancaster Pollard, and Hunt Real Estate Capital.  The combined platform has an annual loan production in excess of $9 billion and a servicing portfolio of more than $40 billion.

The terms of the new management agreement, which are further described in the Company’s Form 8-K, align with the terms of HCFT’s prior management agreement with HIM in all material respects, including a cap on reimbursable expenses.  Pursuant to the terms of the termination agreement between the Company and Hunt, the termination of the management agreement did not trigger, and Hunt was not paid, a termination fee by the Company.  ORIX USA separately agreed to pay Hunt a negotiated payment in connection with the foregoing.

HCFT has a gross margin of 40.20% and an operating margin of 17.10% while its profit margin remained 2.30% for the last 12 months. Its earnings per share (EPS) expected to touch remained -744.90% for this year while earning per share for the next 5-years is expected to reach at -11.18%.

The company has 23.59M of outstanding shares and 21.07M shares were floated in the market.  The price moved ahead of 0.68% from the mean of 20 days, -0.13% from mean of 50 days SMA and performed -2.28% from mean of 200 days price. Company’s performance for the week was 0.61%, 0.61% for month and YTD performance remained 1.55%.

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