ARMOUR Residential REIT (NYSE:ARR) Posts Quarterly Earnings Results, Misses Expectations By $2.93 EPS

ARMOUR Residential REIT (NYSE:ARR) issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday. The real estate investment trust reported ($2.22) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.71 by ($2.93), Zacks reports. ARMOUR Residential REIT had a return on equity of 15.10% and a net margin of 44.90%.

ARMOUR Residential REIT Price Performance

Shares of NYSE:ARR traded up $0.12 during midday trading on Wednesday, hitting $12.79. The company had a trading volume of 4,027,020 shares, compared to its average volume of 3,745,129. The company has a fifty day moving average of $15.04 and a two-hundred day moving average of $16.33. ARMOUR Residential REIT has a 12-month low of $12.27 and a 12-month high of $19.31. The company has a market cap of $1.81 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 3.44 and a beta of 1.42.

ARMOUR Residential REIT Announces Dividend

The company also recently declared a monthly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, November 27th. Shareholders of record on Monday, November 16th will be paid a dividend of $0.24 per share. This represents a $2.88 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 22.5%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, November 16th. ARMOUR Residential REIT’s payout ratio is currently 77.42%.

More ARMOUR Residential REIT News

Here are the key news stories impacting ARMOUR Residential REIT this week:

• Positive Sentiment: ARMOUR declared a monthly dividend of $0.24 per common share, payable November 27 to shareholders of record November 16. The annualized payout is $2.88 per share, representing a reported yield of approximately 22.3%, which may support investor demand for the income-oriented mortgage REIT. November 2026 Dividend Rate Per Common Share
• Neutral Sentiment: The company said Margaret Field Karr has joined as a strategic investor-relations and corporate-communications adviser. The move could improve communication with investors, but it does not immediately change ARMOUR’s earnings or financial position. Strategic Investor Relations Advisor Announcement
• Neutral Sentiment: ARMOUR released its third-quarter results and scheduled a conference call for October 22, giving investors an opportunity to review the company’s financial position, portfolio performance and management outlook. Q3 Results and September 30, 2026 Financial Position
• Negative Sentiment: ARMOUR reported a quarterly loss of $2.22 per share, missing the consensus estimate of $0.71 by $2.93. Although the REIT reported a 44.9% net margin and 15.1% return on equity, the large earnings shortfall is the primary pressure on the stock and raises questions about near-term operating performance. ARMOUR Q3 Earnings Release

Insider Activity

In other news, Chairman Daniel Staton sold 35,583 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, September 10th. The stock was sold at an average price of $15.86, for a total value of $564,346.38. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. 0.19% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of research firms have recently weighed in on ARR. Weiss Ratings lowered ARMOUR Residential REIT from a “hold (c-)” rating to a “sell (d+)” rating in a research note on Wednesday, August 19th. Zacks Research raised shares of ARMOUR Residential REIT from a “strong sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Tuesday, July 21st. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, two have assigned a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $18.50.

About ARMOUR Residential REIT

ARMOUR Residential REIT, Inc is a real estate investment trust that invests primarily in residential mortgage-backed securities. Its portfolio generally consists of securities issued or guaranteed by U.S. government-sponsored enterprises, including Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, or by U.S. government agencies such as Ginnie Mae.

The company invests in a range of agency mortgage securities, including fixed-rate and adjustable-rate mortgage pass-through securities, collateralized mortgage obligations, specified pools and to-be-announced securities.