Western Asset Mortgage Capital Corporation

NYSE:WMC Stock Report

Market Cap: US$55.5m

Western Asset Mortgage Capital Valuation

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

Valuation Score

0/6

Valuation Score 0/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Sales vs Peers

  • Price-To-Sales vs Industry

  • Price-To-Sales vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

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

Below Fair Value: Insufficient data to calculate WMC's fair value for valuation analysis.

Significantly Below Fair Value: Insufficient data to calculate WMC's fair value for valuation analysis.


Key Valuation Metric

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

Key metric: As WMC is unprofitable we use its Price-To-Sales Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Sales ratio for WMC. This is calculated by dividing WMC's market cap by their current revenue.
What is WMC's PS Ratio?
PS Ratio6.1x
SalesUS$9.13m
Market CapUS$55.53m

Price to Sales Ratio vs Peers

How does WMC's PS Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PS ratio for WMC vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PSEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average5.7x
LOAN Manhattan Bridge Capital
8.5xn/aUS$63.0m
SACH Sachem Capital
4.8x60.0%US$52.6m
AAIC Arlington Asset Investment
7.2xn/aUS$137.1m
AOMR Angel Oak Mortgage REIT
2.4x-19.9%US$230.2m
WMC Western Asset Mortgage Capital
6.1xn/aUS$55.5m

Price-To-Sales vs Peers: WMC is expensive based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (6.1x) compared to the peer average (3.4x).


Price to Sales Ratio vs Industry

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

1 CompanyPrice / SalesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
BMNM Bimini Capital Management
0.8xn/aUS$10.24m
No more companies available in this PS range
WMC 6.1xIndustry Avg. 5.0xNo. of Companies6PS03.26.49.612.816+
1 CompanyEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Sales vs Industry: WMC is expensive based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (6.1x) compared to the US Mortgage REITs industry average (4.5x).


Price to Sales Ratio vs Fair Ratio

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

WMC PS Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PS Ratio6.1x
Fair PS Ration/a

Price-To-Sales vs Fair Ratio: Insufficient data to calculate WMC's Price-To-Sales Fair Ratio for valuation analysis.


Analyst Price Targets

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

Analyst Price Target
Consensus Narrative from 1 Analyst
US$102.50
Fair Value
91.0% undervalued intrinsic discount
1
Number of Analysts

Analyst Forecast: Insufficient data to show price forecast.


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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2023/12/07 07:31
End of Day Share Price 2023/12/05 00:00
Earnings2023/09/30
Annual Earnings2022/12/31

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

PackageDataTimeframeExample US Source *
Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

* example for US securities, for non-US equivalent regulatory forms and sources are used.

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Analyst Sources

Western Asset Mortgage Capital Corporation is covered by 10 analysts. of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Derek HewettBofA Global Research
Jason StewartCompass Point Research & Trading, LLC
Stephen LawsDeutsche Bank