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Western Asset Mortgage is listed at the NYSE Exchange
Western Asset Mortgage [WMC]
NYSE Sector: Real Estate Industry:REIT Mortgage

Is Western Asset Mortgage stock a buy?

What Is The Conclusion?

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Interesting Questions and Easy Answers!

Yes, Western Asset Mortgage pays dividends. Last time was Tuesday 5th of December 2023 where the investors holding the stock on Wednesday 29th of November 2023 were paid $0.1 per share. Over the last 46 times between 2012 and 2023, Western Asset Mortgage has paid $17.9659 with an average of $0.39 per share.

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We cannot find data for Western Asset Mortgage 10 years ago, but if you had invested on Friday 22nd of November 2019 when the price was $101.30, you would have made a loss of $-92.12 per share or -90.94%

No, the average daily trading liquidity for Western Asset Mortgage is $21 197 thousand. Trading in stocks with this little trading liquidity is very dangerous, and you can get into a situation where it will be hard to trade your stocks. In addition, these types of stocks usually have very high volatility.

Western Asset Mortgage has much of the business financed by loans. This puts the company at high risk in periods of high inflation where borrowing costs usually go up. Western Asset Mortgage has a very good net profit margin of 148.85% and should have very high tolerances against inflation.

We have calculated the inflation risk for Western Asset Mortgage to be medium [0.6 of 1]

US inflation for August 2024 was 0.19%. Over the last 12 months, the US inflation is 2.59%. The 10-year treasury yield that indicates the future interest level is currently 4.41 and is up 0.05 over the last 30 days.