Angel Oak Mortgage REIT (AOMR) has reported new figures for Q1 2026, with recent quarterly revenue ranging from US$5.9 million to US$23.5 million over 2025 and basic EPS between US$0.03 and US$0.88 over the same periods. The company’s revenue moved from US$37.9 million with EPS of US$1.31 in Q3 2024 to US$16.7 million and EPS of US$0.45 in Q4 2025. Trailing twelve month revenue most recently stood at US$61.0 million with basic EPS of US$1.85. Together, these figures provide important context for how investors may assess the latest release, including the consistency and quality of margins.

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With the headline figures in place, the next step is to see how these results compare with widely discussed views on AOMR’s earnings power, risk profile, and income appeal, and to identify where the numbers may challenge those narratives.

Trailing net margin at 71.9% versus revenue swings

• Over the last twelve months, AOMR reported US$61.0 million in revenue and US$43.9 million in net income, which works out to a 71.9% net margin even though individual quarters ranged from US$5.9 million to US$37.9 million in revenue.
• Bulls point to this high margin as backing their view that disciplined credit and securitization can support strong earnings. However, the quarterly pattern, with revenue moving between US$5.9 million and US$23.5 million in 2025, shows that profitability is being earned in a business where volumes and deal timing can move around a lot.
  • Supporters highlight data driven credit management and lower delinquencies in recent securitizations as reasons margins can stay robust, which lines up with the trailing 71.9% margin.
  • At the same time, the wide range in quarterly revenue and EPS, from US$0.03 to US$0.88 in 2025, is a reminder that even strong years can come with choppy reported results that bulls need to be comfortable with.

Bulls argue that this level of profitability could be part of a longer story on earnings power, and you can see how they are framing that in more detail in the 🐂 Angel Oak Mortgage REIT Bull Case

Share price well below DCF fair value and analyst target

• With the stock at US$8.71, it trades at a P/E of 4.9x on the trailing numbers and sits below both an 11.45 analyst price target and a DCF fair value of about US$20.69.
• Supportive investors see the gap between US$8.71, 11.45 and the DCF fair value as aligning with the bullish view that future earnings and margins can justify a higher multiple. Bears focus on whether the business can actually deliver on the growth and balance sheet strength implied by those valuations.
  • The bullish narrative leans on forecasts that earnings can rise from around US$17.5 million to over US$36 million by 2028, which, if achieved, would help explain a share price closer to or above 11.45.
  • More cautious investors point out that consensus also includes cases where revenue growth and margins are expected to soften, which would make today’s low P/E and the gap to DCF fair value less straightforward as a signal.

Cash flow coverage flags for debt and dividend

• Alongside strong reported earnings, the trailing data flags that debt is not well covered by operating cash flow and that the 14.7% dividend is not well covered by free cash flow.
• Bears argue that this mix, strong accounting earnings but weaker cash coverage of both leverage and distributions, is central to their cautious view because it leaves less room if securitization terms, funding costs or loan performance become less favorable.
  • The cautious narrative highlights that the model relies heavily on active securitization markets and access to warehouse and unsecured funding, so limited cash coverage of debt today makes those external conditions more critical.
  • Given the flagged dividend coverage, skeptics also question how steady a 14.7% yield can be in a scenario where free cash flow does not fully support payouts, especially if earnings growth settles at the modest rates implied in some of the forward estimates.

If you want to see how those concerns are laid out against the numbers in more detail, it is worth reading the 🐻 Angel Oak Mortgage REIT Bear Case

Next Steps

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