Real estate investment trust Arbor Realty Trust (NYSE:ABR) missed Wall Street’s revenue expectations in Q1 CY2025, with sales falling 16.5% year on year to $134.2 million. Its non-GAAP profit of $0.28 per share was 5.1% 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.
The end of an earnings season can be a great time to discover new stocks and assess how companies are handling the current business environment. Let’s take a look at how Arbor Realty Trust (NYSE:ABR) and the rest of the thrifts & mortgage finance stocks fared in Q1.
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Distributable earnings for the quarter declined 22% year-over-year (YoY) to $81.6 million, or $0.40 per diluted common share, compared to $104.1 million, or $0.51 per diluted common share for the quarter ended Dec. 31, 2023.
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