Based on the aggregated intelligence of 180,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS, the Fool's free investing community, mortgage REIT CYS Investments
With that in mind, let's take a closer look at CYS' business and see what CAPS investors are saying about the stock right now.
CYS facts
| Market Cap | $2.3 billion |
| Industry | Mortgage REIT |
| Trailing-12-Month Revenue | $183.3 million |
| Management | Chairman/CEO Kevin Grant CFO Frances Spark |
| Return on Equity (average, past 3 years) | 21.6% |
| Cash/Debt | $57.7 million / $9.9 billion |
| Dividend Yield | 14.3% |
| Competitors |
Annaly Capital Management Capstead Mortgage MFA Financial |
Sources: S&P Capital IQ and Motley Fool CAPS.
On CAPS, 95% of the 203 members who have rated CYS believe the stock will outperform the S&P 500 going forward.
Earlier this year, one of those bulls, goldengems, tapped CYS as a particularly attractive income opportunity:
Fed assurance regarding interest rates to 2014 means CYS cost of borrowing will remain low, protecting the outsize dividends produced from its [residential mortgage-backed securities] portfolio. Should many of the underlying home loans be refinanced at lower rates, the dividend would fall. There are few places where you can pick up shares for $13 and change, and look forward to a $2 annual dividend.
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