Two Harbors Investments Corp $TWO Stock Position Raised by Clayton Partners LLC

Clayton Partners LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Two Harbors Investments Corp (NYSE:TWO) by 56.0% in the fourth quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The institutional investor owned 195,000 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock after purchasing an additional 70,000 shares during the quarter. Two Harbors Investments makes up 1.4% of Clayton Partners LLC’s portfolio, making the stock its 28th largest holding. Clayton Partners LLC’s holdings in Two Harbors Investments were worth $2,048,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other institutional investors have also modified their holdings of the company. SG Americas Securities LLC bought a new stake in shares of Two Harbors Investments during the 4th quarter valued at about $1,621,000. Pekin Hardy Strauss Inc. bought a new stake in shares of Two Harbors Investments during the 3rd quarter valued at about $5,325,000. UBS Group AG grew its position in shares of Two Harbors Investments by 42.3% during the 4th quarter. UBS Group AG now owns 1,564,418 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $16,426,000 after buying an additional 464,929 shares during the last quarter. ABC Arbitrage SA bought a new stake in shares of Two Harbors Investments during the 4th quarter valued at about $1,033,000. Finally, Public Sector Pension Investment Board grew its position in shares of Two Harbors Investments by 14.5% during the 3rd quarter. Public Sector Pension Investment Board now owns 406,202 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $4,009,000 after buying an additional 51,520 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 64.19% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several research analysts have commented on TWO shares. Compass Point restated a “neutral” rating and issued a $13.00 target price on shares of Two Harbors Investments in a research report on Tuesday, June 9th. Weiss Ratings upgraded shares of Two Harbors Investments from a “sell (d)” rating to a “sell (d+)” rating in a research report on Wednesday, April 29th. Zacks Research upgraded shares of Two Harbors Investments from a “strong sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Monday, April 6th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. cut shares of Two Harbors Investments from a “neutral” rating to an “underweight” rating and decreased their target price for the stock from $12.50 to $11.00 in a research report on Thursday, April 16th. Five research analysts have rated the stock with a Hold rating and two have given a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, Two Harbors Investments has an average rating of “Reduce” and an average price target of $12.50.

Two Harbors Investments Price Performance

NYSE TWO opened at $12.32 on Thursday. The company has a 50-day moving average price of $11.95 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $11.36. The stock has a market cap of $1.29 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -3.22 and a beta of 1.04. Two Harbors Investments Corp has a 52 week low of $8.78 and a 52 week high of $14.17. The company has a current ratio of 1.06, a quick ratio of 1.06 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.91.

Two Harbors Investments (NYSE:TWO) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, April 28th. The real estate investment trust reported $0.34 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.21 by $0.13. The company had revenue of $225.08 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.33 million. Two Harbors Investments had a negative net margin of 87.72% and a positive return on equity of 13.62%. Analysts forecast that Two Harbors Investments Corp will post 0.8 EPS for the current year.

Two Harbors Investments Profile

Two Harbors Investments Corp. is a mortgage real estate investment trust (mREIT) that primarily invests in residential mortgage-backed securities (RMBS) issued or guaranteed by government-sponsored enterprises, as well as non-agency residential mortgage loans, mortgage servicing rights and credit risk transfer securities. The company seeks to generate attractive risk-adjusted returns for its shareholders by employing leverage to enhance net interest income derived from its portfolio of high-quality fixed-income assets.

Headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Two Harbors operates through a self-managed platform that combines portfolio management, risk-management and securitization expertise.