Wall Street kicked off the week with a flurry of bold calls on some of the market's most closely watched names, and at least one stock just scored a target price hike of more than 50 percent from a major firm.

Can RITM sustain its 12.2% one-month gain as asset management growth and Newrez efficiency gains offset liquidity and MSR risks? Let's discuss.

Shareholders of PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust would probably like to forget the past six months even happened. The stock dropped 23.9% and now trades at $9.41. This was partly driven by its softer quarterly results and may have investors wondering how to approach the situation.

BZZUF, GPI and PMT have been added to the Zacks Rank #5 (Strong Sell) List on August 11, 2026.

Investors can certainly boost their returns by concentrating on stocks trading between $1 and $10. However, a disciplined approach is necessary because many of these businesses are speculative and lack the underlying fundamentals to support their prices.

Spector pivots capital toward higher-yielding securitizations.

Mortgage REIT PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust (NYSE:PMT) missed Wall Street’s revenue expectations in Q2 CY2026 as sales rose 4% year on year to $73 million. Its non-GAAP profit of $0.23 per share was 23.3% below analysts’ consensus estimates.

Many small-cap stocks have limited Wall Street coverage, giving savvy investors the chance to act before everyone else catches on. But the flip side is that these businesses have increased downside risk because they lack the scale and staying power of their larger competitors.

Moby summary of PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust's Q2 2026 earnings call

PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust (NYSE:PMT) reported second-quarter net income of $20 million, or $0.23 per diluted common share, as lower contributions from credit-sensitive and aggregation-and-securitization strategies were partly offset by stronger results in interest-rate-sensitive investments

PennyMac Mortgage (PMT) delivered earnings and revenue surprises of -23.33% and -19.63%, respectively, for the quarter ended June 2026. Do the numbers hold clues to what lies ahead for the stock?

Mortgage REIT PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust (NYSE:PMT) will be reporting results this Wednesday after the bell. Here’s what investors should know.

Ladder Capital (LADR) delivered earnings and revenue surprises of 0.00% and +2.86%, respectively, for the quarter ended June 2026. Do the numbers hold clues to what lies ahead for the stock?

PennyMac Mortgage (PMT) doesn't possess the right combination of the two key ingredients for a likely earnings beat in its upcoming report. Get prepared with the key expectations.

Stocks in the $10-50 range offer a sweet spot between affordability and stability as they’re typically more established than penny stocks. But their headline prices don’t guarantee quality, and investors should exercise caution as some have shaky business models.

A number of stocks jumped in the afternoon session after softer-than-expected inflation data appeared to cool expectations for further interest rate hikes from the Federal Reserve.