Stocks · Real Estate · REIT - Mortgage
Claros Mortgage Trust, Inc. CMTG
$1.23 +1.65% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $173.5M
Weak trendExpensive vs sectorHigh risk
Next earnings report: Nov 4, 2026
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Three things to know
- Operating margin narrowed to -216.1% from -103.7% a year earlier.
- Over the past year the stock returned -63.9%, behind the S&P 500 by 79.0 percentage points.
- The stock is 66% below its highest close of the past year.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Real Estate sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 12%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 6%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRTop 16%
- Revenue growth accelerationBottom 1%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalBottom 8%
- Gross marginBottom 1%
- Operating marginBottom 1%
- Accruals (lower is better)Top 5%
- Interest coverBottom 6%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldBottom 1%
- Free-cash-flow yieldBottom 13%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueBottom 3%
- Sales / enterprise valueBottom 34%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthBottom 5%
- 6-month returnBottom 2%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Bottom 5%
- Distance from 52-week highBottom 5%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Bottom 22%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersBottom 5%
- Consecutive EPS beatsBottom 18%
- Share of analysts rating BuyBottom 1%
- Upside to consensus price targetTop 3%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Bottom 5%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 2%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Bottom 12%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 85.3% | -11.5% | ↓ |
| Gross margin | -60.9% | -96.2% | ↓ |
| Operating margin | -103.7% | -216.1% | ↓ |
| FCF margin | 5.5% | -6.2% | ↓ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | -11.5% | 85.3% | ↓ | Bottom 12% |
| Gross margin | -96.2% | -60.9% | ↓ | Bottom 1% |
| Operating margin | -216.1% | -103.7% | ↓ | Bottom 1% |
| Net margin | -226.1% | -155.1% | ↓ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | -6.2% | 5.5% | ↓ | — |
| Return on invested capital | -13.4% | — | Bottom 8% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | 16.8% | — | Top 16% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -13.8%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- -3.8%
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- -2.5×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.00%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- -288.05%
- Shareholder yield
- -288.05%
- Share count change, 1 year
- +0.9%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- +0.7%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Jul 29, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 0
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 3 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- -100.0%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- +0.9%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 4 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $2.75
- Target vs current price
- +123.6%
- Analysts with a rating
- 7
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 0%
- Consensus rating
- Hold
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 29, 2026 | -156.0% | -2.4% | -18.4% | -19.3% | — |
| May 6, 2026 | -118.1% | -2.6% | -17.0% | -13.3% | -34.4% |
| Feb 18, 2026 | -407.1% | -2.8% | -11.1% | -11.1% | -16.7% |
| Nov 5, 2025 | -1400.0% | +6.1% | +1.0% | +13.1% | -9.0% |
| Aug 6, 2025 | -3750.0% | -1.0% | +17.3% | +28.0% | +15.6% |
| May 7, 2025 | +21.9% | +5.1% | +2.0% | +6.7% | +9.8% |
| Feb 19, 2025 | +50.0% | -2.0% | -12.9% | +39.3% | -16.9% |
| Nov 8, 2024 | +144.4% | +6.7% | -1.1% | -12.4% | -52.3% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 29, 2026 | -$0.63 | -$0.25 | -156.0% | $30.0M |
| May 6, 2026 | -$0.52 | -$0.24 | -118.1% | $30.0M |
| Feb 18, 2026 | -$0.71 | -$0.14 | -407.1% | $43.8M |
| Nov 5, 2025 | -$0.15 | -$0.01 | -1400.0% | $59.3M |
| Aug 6, 2025 | -$0.77 | -$0.02 | -3750.0% | $133.6M |
| May 7, 2025 | -$0.25 | -$0.32 | +21.9% | $132.6M |
| Feb 19, 2025 | $0.18 | $0.12 | +50.0% | $60.6M |
| Nov 8, 2024 | $0.22 | $0.09 | +144.4% | $64.9M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EV / Sales | 11.12× | — | — | Bottom 34% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | -8.45% | — | — | Bottom 13% |
| Earnings yield | -311.20% | — | — | Bottom 1% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 11.2× – 242.3× since Jun 30, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✗ Price above 20-day average
- ✗ Price above 50-day average
- ✗ Price above 200-day average
- ✗ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✗ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 0
- Days above the 200-day average
- 0
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- -17.9%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- -7.4%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -24.7%
- Distance from 200-day average
- -46.9%
- RSI (14)
- 28.9
- Relative volume
- 0.61×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 57.5%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 68th percentile · Normal for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 1.00
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.21
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -65.6%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -91.7%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 3, 2022 | Oct 1, 2026 | -94.2% | 1085 days | Not yet recovered |
| Dec 3, 2021 | Dec 15, 2021 | -15.5% | 8 days | 22 days (Jan 18, 2022) |
| Jan 18, 2022 | Feb 22, 2022 | -11.9% | 24 days | 39 days (Apr 19, 2022) |
| Apr 25, 2022 | May 2, 2022 | -10.9% | 5 days | 6 days (May 10, 2022) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $173.5M
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- -$3.83
- Revenue (TTM)
- $238.1M
- 52-week range
- $1.20 – $3.62
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $215.0M | $270.2M | $129.8M | $170.7M | $430.5M |
| Gross profit | $215.0M | $270.2M | $80.3M | -$48.8M | -$374.2M |
| Operating income | $0 | $0 | $107.5M | -$190.4M | -$489.1M |
| Net income | $170.6M | $112.1M | $6.0M | -$221.3M | -$489.1M |
| EPS (diluted) | $1.27 | $0.80 | $0.02 | -$1.60 | -$3.48 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | -$20.8M | $23.6M | $132.6M | $133.6M | $132.8M | $75.2M | $29.8M | $310,000 |
| Net income | -$56.2M | -$100.7M | -$78.6M | -$181.7M | -$9.5M | -$219.2M | -$54.3M | -$255.4M |
| EPS (diluted) | -$0.40 | -$0.72 | -$0.56 | -$1.30 | -$0.07 | -$1.56 | -$0.39 | -$1.81 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $213.6M | $111.0M | $111.1M | $84.5M | -$30.5M |
| Capital expenditure | -$11.5M | -$2.3M | -$2.1M | -$1.3M | -$2.7M |
| Free cash flow | $202.1M | $108.7M | $109.0M | $83.2M | -$33.2M |
| Dividends paid | -$204.9M | -$208.1M | -$192.2M | -$120.7M | $0 |
| Net share buybacks | $99.3M | -$21.4M | -$3.9M | -$3.5M | -$1.5M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $90.3M
- Total assets
- $3.84B
- Total liabilities
- $2.60B
- Total debt
- $2.57B
- Net debt
- $2.48B
- Shareholders’ equity
- $1.24B
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Jul 29, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2024 | $0.10 | Oct 15, 2024 |
| Jun 28, 2024 | $0.25 | Jul 15, 2024 |
| Mar 27, 2024 | $0.25 | Apr 15, 2024 |
| Dec 28, 2023 | $0.25 | Jan 12, 2024 |
| Sep 28, 2023 | $0.25 | Oct 13, 2023 |
| Jun 29, 2023 | $0.37 | Jul 14, 2023 |
| Mar 30, 2023 | $0.37 | Apr 14, 2023 |
| Dec 29, 2022 | $0.37 | Jan 13, 2023 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 4,026,451
- Days to cover
- 4.02
- Change vs previous report
- -7.5%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.