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The price of Chimera Investment Corp (NYSE: CIM) closed at $13.68 in the last session, up 0.51% from day before closing price of $13.61. In other words, the price has increased by $0.51 from its previous closing price. On the day, 0.52 million shares were traded. CIM stock price reached its highest trading level at $13.855 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $13.54.
Ratios:
We take a closer look at CIM’s different ratios to gain a better understanding of the stock. It provided that stocks Price–to–Cash (P/C) ratio for the trailing twelve months (TTM) is standing at 4.37 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 5.62. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 0.10 and its Current Ratio is at 0.10. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 3.93 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 2.66.
On December 06, 2023, UBS started tracking the stock assigning a Neutral rating and target price of $5.50.
Barclays Downgraded its Equal Weight to Underweight on December 10, 2020, whereas the target price for the stock was revised from $9 to $10.
Insider Transactions:
An investor can also benefit from insider trades by learning what management is thinking about the future direction of stock prices. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Mar 11 ’25 when CREAGH GERARD bought 12,500 shares for $13.31 per share. The transaction valued at 166,375 led to the insider holds 138,127 shares of the business.
Macdowell Jack Lee Jr bought 66,000 shares of CIM for $998,580 on Dec 10 ’24. The Chief Investment Officer now owns 166,000 shares after completing the transaction at $15.13 per share. On Dec 09 ’24, another insider, Macdowell Jack Lee Jr, who serves as the Chief Investment Officer of the company, bought 50,000 shares for $14.91 each. As a result, the insider paid 745,500 and bolstered with 100,000 shares of the company.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, CIM now has a Market Capitalization of 1107679232 and an Enterprise Value of 11252140032. As of this moment, Chimera’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 9.17, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 7.19. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 0.82. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 1.42 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 0.65. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 34.436.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for CIM is 1.81, which has changed by 0.0081061125 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.092761636 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, CIM has reached a high of $16.89, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $9.85. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is 7.84%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -3.35%.
Shares Statistics:
According to the various share statistics, CIM traded on average about 622.53K shares per day over the past 3-months and 517880 shares per day over the past 10 days. A total of 80.97M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 78.47M. Insiders hold about 3.09% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 57.19% stake in the company. Shares short for CIM as of 1748563200 were 1554899 with a Short Ratio of 2.50, compared to 1745971200 on 1245342. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 1554899 and a Short% of Float of 1.94.
Dividends & Splits
The forward annual dividend rate for CIM is 1.46, which was 1.46 in the trailing 12 months. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.10727407The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 13.51. The current Payout Ratio is 129.15% for CIM, which recently paid a dividend on 2025-03-31 with an ex-dividend date of 1751241600. Stock splits for the company last occurred on 2024-05-22 when the company split stock in a 1:3 ratio.
