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Redwood
(NYSE:RWT)
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Rating:47Neutral
Price Target:
$4.00
â–¼(-13.23% Downside)
Action:Reiterated
Date:09/16/26
The score is held down primarily by weak financial quality—especially deeply negative cash flow, very high leverage, and inconsistent bottom-line profitability—along with bearish technical trends. Offsetting factors are a highly positive operational narrative from the latest earnings call (platform growth, efficiency gains, and legacy wind-down progress) and an elevated dividend yield, though sustainability risk remains given earnings and balance-sheet pressures.
Positive Factors
Mortgage banking scale and returns
Sustained mortgage banking volume and returns indicate durable operating momentum across Redwood’s core platforms. Consistent production supports recurring securitization activity, improves capital utilization, and provides a stronger earnings foundation than relying primarily on investment portfolio performance.
Negative Factors
Very high and rising leverage
The extremely small equity cushion relative to debt leaves Redwood highly sensitive to asset-value declines, spread movements, and financing stress. Rising leverage limits financial flexibility and can constrain capital allocation, making balance-sheet resilience a persistent fundamental vulnerability.
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Positive Factors
Negative Factors
Mortgage banking scale and returns
Sustained mortgage banking volume and returns indicate durable operating momentum across Redwood’s core platforms. Consistent production supports recurring securitization activity, improves capital utilization, and provides a stronger earnings foundation than relying primarily on investment portfolio performance.
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Redwood Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
Any
Net Interest Income by Segment
Measures the net revenue from lending and borrowing activities after funding costs for each segment, the core driver of traditional bank profits. Changes reflect loan growth, rate environment, and funding mix—key for forecasting earnings under different interest-rate scenarios.
Measures the net revenue from lending and borrowing activities after funding costs for each segment, the core driver of traditional bank profits. Changes reflect loan growth, rate environment, and funding mix—key for forecasting earnings under different interest-rate scenarios.
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Market Cap
$443.41M
Dividend Yield20.4%
Average Volume (3M)6.27M
Price to Earnings (P/E)―
Beta (1Y)0.89
Revenue Growth20.85%
EPS Growth91.76%
CountryUS
Employees351
SectorReal Estate
Sector Strength53
IndustryREIT - Mortgage
Share Statistics
EPS (TTM)-0.02
Shares Outstanding125,612,434
10 Day Avg. Volume5,390,493
30 Day Avg. Volume6,268,250
Financial Highlights & Ratios
PEG Ratio0.03
Price to Book (P/B)0.73
Price to Sales (P/S)0.65
P/FCF Ratio-0.07
Enterprise Value/Market Cap62.83
Enterprise Value/Revenue21.14
Enterprise Value/Gross Profit82.93
Enterprise Value/Ebitda40.84
Forecast
1Y Price Target
$5.79Price Target Upside25.63% Upside
Rating ConsensusStrong Buy
Number of Analyst Covering6
EPS Forecast (FY)0.92
Revenue Forecast (FY)$365.39M
Redwood Business Overview & Revenue Model
Company Description
Redwood Trust, Inc. is a specialized financial enterprise operating across the United States, managing its activities through three distinct divisions. Its Residential Mortgage Banking segment functions as a conduit, sourcing residential home loan...
How the Company Makes Money
Redwood Trust generally makes money by generating net interest income and investment income from mortgage-related assets and related financing activities. Key drivers typically include (a) interest and yield earned on residential mortgage loans an...
Redwood Earnings Call Summary
Earnings Call Date:Jul 28, 2026
(Q2-2026)
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Next Earnings Date:Nov 04, 2026
Earnings Call Sentiment Positive
The call outlined solid operating momentum driven by AI-enabled efficiency, strong platform growth (notably Aspire and Sequoia), successful joint-venture distribution expansion, meaningful cost reductions, and improving capital efficiency. These positives were partially offset by continued drag from the legacy investments portfolio (fair-value losses and negative carry), a QoQ decline in non-GAAP EAD per share, and sensitivity of production to rate volatility. Management provided clear plans and progress to reduce legacy allocation and redeploy capital into higher-return mortgage banking activities, which supports a constructive near- to medium-term outlook.Positive Updates
Consistent High Mortgage Banking Volume
Redwood exceeded $8.0 billion of mortgage banking volume for the second straight quarter and executed over 20 securitizations in the first half of 2026. Mortgage banking returns remained above 20% for the 8th consecutive quarter.
Negative Updates
Legacy Investments Drag on Earnings
Legacy investments generated a $23 million GAAP loss in Q2 (including $12 million of negative fair value changes) and a $14 million EAD loss for the quarter. The legacy portfolio continues to impose negative carry and fair-value pressure while being actively wound down.
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Q2-2026 Updates
Positive
Negative
Consistent High Mortgage Banking Volume
Redwood exceeded $8.0 billion of mortgage banking volume for the second straight quarter and executed over 20 securitizations in the first half of 2026. Mortgage banking returns remained above 20% for the 8th consecutive quarter.
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Company Guidance
Management guided that they will continue redeploying capital from the legacy portfolio — which was 12% of capital at 6/30 (down from 15% on 3/31 and 63% YoY) — to below 10% pro forma after a recent transaction and targeted below 5% by year-end, noting each $100 million redeployed could boost consolidated EAD ROE ~200–400 bps; they reiterated mortgage banking durability (8th consecutive quarter of returns north of 20%, operating platforms delivered $34 million of EAD and an 18.5% annualized ROE) and growth targets including driving Aspire from an estimated 5–6% run-rate market share to ~10% by YE2026 (Aspire locked $2.1 billion in Q2, +31% QoQ, 101 bps gain-on-sale, 60+ day delinquencies <10 bps). Management also pointed to continued expense leverage from AI and scale (H1 adjusted expenses = 64 bps of production vs 88 bps in FY2025 with another ~10–15 bps of improvement expected), balance-sheet optionality (recourse debt ~$4.5 billion, 5x leverage; ~$192 million cash; ~$100 million unencumbered assets; $3.7 billion excess warehouse capacity; ~ $1.5 billion secured debt callable in 12 months) and funding cost savings (recent refinancing ~150 bps lower) as enablers of faster capital turnover and higher returns.Redwood Financial Statement Overview
Summary
Income Statement
46
Neutral
Balance Sheet
28
Negative
Cash Flow
17
Very Negative
| Breakdown | TTM | Dec 2025 | Dec 2024 | Dec 2023 | Dec 2022 | Dec 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Income Statement | ||||||
| Total Revenue | 1.32B | 1.11B | 1.08B | 158.60M | 522.58M | 952.03M |
| Gross Profit | 335.95M | 1.06B | 1.05B | 136.86M | 502.87M | 930.06M |
| EBITDA | 682.17M | 1.07B | 927.31M | 20.25M | 398.85M | 796.93M |
| Net Income | 5.72M | -70.03M | 54.00M | -2.27M | -163.52M | 319.61M |
Balance Sheet | ||||||
| Total Assets | 28.82B | 23.70B | 18.26B | 14.50B | 13.03B | 14.71B |
| Cash, Cash Equivalents and Short-Term Investments | 672.74M | 678.68M | 456.64M | 380.48M | 391.04M | 657.28M |
| Total Debt | 27.47B | 22.16B | 16.39B | 12.84B | 11.50B | 12.88B |
| Total Liabilities | 27.89B | 22.72B | 17.07B | 13.30B | 11.95B | 13.32B |
| Stockholders Equity | 934.00M | 982.62M | 1.19B | 1.20B | 1.08B | 1.39B |
Cash Flow | ||||||
| Free Cash Flow | -14.28B | -10.09B | -5.86B | -2.02B | -139.14M | -5.69B |
| Operating Cash Flow | -14.28B | -10.09B | -5.86B | -2.02B | -139.14M | -5.69B |
| Investing Cash Flow | 5.59B | 4.53B | 2.54B | 908.72M | 213.89M | 1.40B |
| Financing Cash Flow | 8.53B | 5.70B | 3.27B | 1.15B | -276.87M | 4.28B |
Redwood Technical Analysis
Negative
4.61
Price Trends
4.20
Negative
4.48
Negative
4.84
Negative
Market Momentum
-0.16
Negative
35.28
Neutral
17.85
Positive
Evaluating momentum and price trends is crucial in stock analysis to make informed investment decisions. For RWT, the sentiment is Negative. The current price of 4.61 is above the 20-day moving average (MA) of 3.78, above the 50-day MA of 4.20, and below the 200-day MA of 4.84, indicating a bearish trend. The MACD of -0.16 indicates Negative momentum. The RSI at 35.28 is Neutral, neither overbought nor oversold. The STOCH value of 17.85 is Positive, not indicating any strong overbought or oversold conditions. Overall, these indicators collectively point to a Negative sentiment for RWT.
Redwood Risk Analysis
Redwood disclosed 55 risk factors in its most recent earnings report. Redwood reported the most risks in the "Finance & Corporate" category.
Finance & Corporate - Financial and accounting risks. Risks related to the execution of corporate activity and strategy
Latest Risks Added 0 New Risks
Redwood Peers Comparison
UnderperformOutperform
Sector (65)
Name | Overall Rating | Market Cap | P/E Ratio | ROE | Dividend Yield | Revenue Growth | EPS Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
65 Neutral | $2.17B | 12.19 | 3.79% | 4.94% | 3.15% | 1.96% | |
62 Neutral | $1.49B | 7.07 | 11.87% | 13.46% | 30.22% | 35.19% | |
58 Neutral | $614.63M | 3.57 | 13.99% | 25.22% | 31.49% | 274.62% | |
56 Neutral | $773.32M | 5.79 | 8.23% | 19.71% | 19.70% | 13.45% | |
55 Neutral | $680.18M | 5.42 | 8.88% | 20.51% | 21.86% | 97.23% | |
55 Neutral | $169.93M | 9.27 | 7.31% | 17.49% | 25.55% | -50.15% | |
47 Neutral | $443.41M | -165.73 | 0.59% | 20.40% | 20.85% | 91.76% |
* Real Estate Sector Average
RWT
Redwood
3.53
-1.47
-29.39%
EFC
Ellington Financial
11.59
-0.20
-1.70%
IVR
Invesco Mortgage
5.71
-0.53
-8.55%
MFA
MFA Financial
7.65
-0.35
-4.37%
PMT
PennyMac Mortgage
7.80
-3.04
-28.07%
AOMR
Angel Oak Mortgage
7.32
-0.78
-9.62%
Redwood Corporate Events
Business Operations and StrategyPrivate Placements and Financing
Redwood Trust Completes Convertible Notes Offering and Restructuring
Positive
Sep 15, 2026
On September 15, 2026, Redwood Trust, Inc. completed a private offering of $205 million in 7.00% convertible senior notes due 2030, including full exercise of a $20 million option granted to initial purchasers. The notes, issued under an indenture...
Business Operations and StrategyDividendsPrivate Placements and Financing
Redwood Trust Declares Q3 Dividends and Balance Sheet Actions
Neutral
Sep 10, 2026
On September 10, 2026, Redwood Trust, Inc. announced that its board declared third-quarter 2026 dividends on both common and preferred stock, underscoring management’s commitment to maintaining shareholder returns. The regular common dividen...
Business Operations and StrategyDividendsFinancial Disclosures
Redwood Trust Posts Q2 Loss Amid Strong Mortgage Banking
Negative
Jul 28, 2026
Redwood Trust reported results on July 28, 2026 for the quarter ended June 30, 2026, posting a consolidated GAAP net loss of $2.9 million, or $0.03 per share, while generating Non-GAAP Earnings Available for Distribution of $20.3 million, or $0.15...
Business Operations and StrategyFinancial DisclosuresPrivate Placements and FinancingProduct-Related Announcements
Redwood Trust Highlights Growth and AI Mortgage Advances
Positive
Jul 7, 2026
On July 7, 2026, Redwood Trust reported continued momentum in its mortgage banking operations for the quarter ended June 30, 2026, with aggregate volumes exceeding $8 billion amid volatile rates and a subdued housing market. Its Aspire non-QM busi...
Glossary
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