Claros Mortgage Trust Inc (NYSE: CMTG) is -45.35% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $2.13 and a high of $9.75 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will make a comeback and enjoy potential growth. Why not look at analysts view on what the future holds for the stock. The CMTG stock was last observed hovering at around $2.75 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -0.28%.
Currently trading at $2.47, the stock is -30.95% and -23.25% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 1.16 million and changing -10.18% at the moment leaves the stock -58.47% off its SMA200. CMTG registered -73.45% loss for a year compared to 6-month loss of -61.47%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $3.2184 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $5.96735.
The stock witnessed a -27.78% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -36.34%, and is -21.09% down over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 15.75% over the week and 9.48% over the month.
Fwd P/E is 18.01. Profit margin for the company is -129.79%. Distance from 52-week low is 15.96% and -74.66% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (-3.21%).
The EPS is expected to grow by 64.36% this year
168.0 institutions hold shares in Claros Mortgage Trust Inc (CMTG), with institutional investors hold 83.98% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 139.36M, and float is at 113.14M with Short Float at 3.02%. Institutions hold 69.19% of the Float.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is HYUNDAI INVESTMENTS CO., LTD. with over 27.4 million shares valued at $219.76 million. The investor’s holdings represent 19.7026 of the CMTG Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is KOCH INDUSTRIES INC with 15.13 million shares valued at $121.32 million to account for 10.8766 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are VANGUARD GROUP INC which holds 11.48 million shares representing 8.2693 and valued at over $92.05 million, while BLACKROCK INC. holds 6.8506 of the shares totaling 9.53 million with a market value of $76.41 million.
Claros Mortgage Trust Inc (CMTG) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider purchase by Mack Richard, the company’s CEO AND CHAIRMAN. SEC filings show that Mack Richard bought 25,000 shares of the company’s common stock on Mar 12 ’25 at a price of $3.38 per share for a total of $84500.0. Following the purchase, the insider now owns 2.59 million shares.
Claros Mortgage Trust Inc disclosed in a document filed with the SEC on Mar 13 ’25 that Mack Richard (CEO AND CHAIRMAN) bought a total of 10,000 shares of the company’s common stock. The trade occurred on Mar 13 ’25 and was made at $3.66 per share for $36559.0. Following the transaction, the insider now directly holds 2.6 million shares of the CMTG stock.
Still, SEC filings show that on Mar 12 ’25, Richman Steven Leonard (Director) acquired 5,000 shares at an average price of $3.40 for $17000.0. The insider now directly holds 18,500 shares of Claros Mortgage Trust Inc (CMTG).
