Redwood Trust Valuation

Is RWT undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

2/6

Valuation Score 2/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of RWT when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: RWT ($7.02) is trading above our estimate of fair value ($6.88)

Significantly Below Fair Value: RWT is trading above our estimate of fair value.


Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for RWT?

Key metric: As RWT is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for RWT. This is calculated by dividing RWT's market cap by their current earnings.
What is RWT's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio13.2x
EarningsUS$70.61m
Market CapUS$941.74m

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does RWT's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for RWT vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average11.9x
TRTX TPG RE Finance Trust
12.8x14.0%US$716.2m
CIM Chimera Investment
4.3x-27.1%US$1.2b
DX Dynex Capital
17.9x27.5%US$1.4b
NREF NexPoint Real Estate Finance
12.7x26.3%US$379.3m
RWT Redwood Trust
13.2x19.7%US$941.7m

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: RWT is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (13.2x) compared to the peer average (11.9x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does RWT's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the US Mortgage REITs Industry?

0 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies available in this PE range
RWT 13.2xIndustry Avg. 10.5xNo. of Companies4PE0612182430+
0 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: RWT is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (13.2x) compared to the US Mortgage REITs industry average (10.6x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is RWT's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

RWT PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio13.2x
Fair PE Ratio15.5x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: RWT is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (13.2x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (15.5x).


Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst RWT forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUS$7.02
US$8.43
+20.0%
5.6%US$9.50US$8.00n/a10
Nov ’25US$7.27
US$8.45
+16.2%
5.7%US$9.50US$8.00n/a10
Oct ’25US$7.61
US$8.16
+7.2%
8.7%US$9.50US$7.00n/a10
Sep ’25US$7.57
US$7.86
+3.8%
7.7%US$8.75US$7.00n/a10
Aug ’25US$7.07
US$7.73
+9.3%
10.4%US$9.00US$6.50n/a11
Jul ’25US$6.37
US$7.55
+18.5%
11.7%US$9.00US$6.00n/a11
Jun ’25US$6.34
US$7.58
+19.5%
12.2%US$9.00US$6.00n/a10
May ’25US$6.18
US$7.63
+23.4%
12.0%US$9.00US$6.00n/a10
Apr ’25US$6.29
US$7.93
+26.0%
8.7%US$9.00US$7.00n/a10
Mar ’25US$6.14
US$7.98
+29.9%
9.3%US$9.00US$7.00n/a10
Feb ’25US$6.87
US$8.40
+22.3%
5.8%US$9.00US$7.50n/a10
Jan ’25US$7.41
US$8.40
+13.4%
6.9%US$9.00US$7.50n/a10
Dec ’24US$7.26
US$8.31
+14.5%
7.3%US$9.00US$7.50n/a8
Nov ’24US$6.38
US$8.50
+33.2%
9.8%US$10.00US$7.50US$7.278
Oct ’24US$7.13
US$8.50
+19.2%
9.8%US$10.00US$7.50US$7.618
Sep ’24US$8.22
US$8.44
+2.7%
9.4%US$10.00US$7.50US$7.579
Aug ’24US$7.53
US$8.44
+12.1%
9.4%US$10.00US$7.50US$7.079
Jul ’24US$6.37
US$8.17
+28.2%
12.9%US$10.00US$7.00US$6.379
Jun ’24US$6.10
US$8.17
+33.9%
12.9%US$10.00US$7.00US$6.349
May ’24US$6.02
US$8.44
+40.3%
11.7%US$10.00US$7.00US$6.189
Apr ’24US$6.74
US$9.00
+33.5%
7.4%US$10.00US$8.00US$6.299
Mar ’24US$7.51
US$9.11
+21.3%
9.6%US$11.00US$8.00US$6.149
Feb ’24US$8.56
US$9.00
+5.1%
10.8%US$11.00US$7.50US$6.879
Jan ’24US$6.76
US$8.92
+31.9%
11.8%US$11.00US$7.50US$7.419
Dec ’23US$7.90
US$8.92
+12.9%
13.2%US$11.50US$7.50US$7.269
Nov ’23US$7.13
US$8.92
+25.1%
13.2%US$11.50US$7.50US$6.389

Analyst Forecast: Target price is more than 20% higher than the current share price and analysts are within a statistically confident range of agreement.


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