Diversified REITs in Spotlight - Apollo Commercial (NYSE:ARI), Newcastle Investment (NYSE:NCT), American Tower (NYSE:AMT)

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Apollo Commercial Real Est. Finance Inc (NYSE:ARI) plunged -3.07% and closed at $17.05 in the last trading session with the total traded volume of 5.48 million shares. That’s more than the average volume of 281,652. The decline was seen after the company priced an underwritten public offering of 8 million shares of common stock. The company said that the underwriters will be granted a 30-day option to acquire almost an additional 1.2 million shares. The offering is projected to end on March 11.

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The net proceeds are intended to be used for acquisition of the company's target assets, which include commercial first mortgage loans, commercial mortgage-backed securities, subordinate financings and other commercial real estate-related debt investments, and for general corporate purposes.

ARI is now trading above its 50 day moving average of -1.12% and 200 day moving average of +4.52%. It has outstanding shares of 28.04 million with the total market cap of $478.08million and its beta value stands at 0.51 times which shows that stock is less volatile.

Despite hitting new high, Newcastle Investment Corp (NYSE:NCT) declined -1.96% with the closing price of $11.01. The company recently entered into a definitive agreement to buy as much as 50% of a $4.2 billion unpaid principal balance (“UPB”) portfolio of consumer loans from HSBC Finance Corporation (NYSE: HBC). The REIT that manages a portfolio of primarily real estate securities will co-invest alongside Springleaf Finance, Inc. (“Springleaf”), a Fortress affiliate, who will also be accountable for servicing the loans.

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The overall volume in the last trading session was 5.89 million shares. Its fifty two week range was $5.73-$11.39. The total market capitalization remained $1.90 billion. NCT is ahead its 52 week low with 116.12% and its last month price volatility remained 2.60%. Its beta coefficient was 3.35 with a target price of $11.17. In its share capital, the company has 253.03million outstanding shares while 246.18million shares have been floated in market. It has insider ownership of 1.41% with its institutional ownership remained 28.85%. EPS this year fell -4.92% while the five year EPS growth rate was -15.91%.

American Tower Corp (NYSE:AMT) decreased -1.46% to close at $77.50 in the last trading session and its total traded volume was 2.07 million shares, beating the average volume of 2.73 million. The company recently added $1.8 billion from the sale of asset-backed securities, which are divided into two series, and are protected by revenue from leases on the company's communication sites. American Tower currently owns 16,765 such leases on more than 5,000 sites all over the US.

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The company has market cap of $30.62 billion. It has earnings per share of $1.60, net profit margin of 24.35% and operating margin of 39.40%. The stock has positive year-to-date performance of 0.30% and is trading above its 50 day moving average of +0.58% and 200 day moving average of +7.10%.

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