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Great Ajax (Great Ajax) Debt-to-Equity : 0.83 (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Great Ajax Debt-to-Equity?

Great Ajax's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was $0.00 Mil. Great Ajax's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was $210.58 Mil. Great Ajax's Total Stockholders Equity for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was $254.30 Mil. Great Ajax's debt to equity for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 0.83.

A high debt to equity ratio generally means that a company has been aggressive in financing its growth with debt. This can result in volatile earnings as a result of the additional interest expense.

The historical rank and industry rank for Great Ajax's Debt-to-Equity or its related term are showing as below:

AJX' s Debt-to-Equity Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.21   Med: 0.38   Max: 1.63
Current: 0.83

During the past 10 years, the highest Debt-to-Equity Ratio of Great Ajax was 1.63. The lowest was 0.21. And the median was 0.38.

AJX's Debt-to-Equity is ranked worse than
52.97% of 674 companies
in the REITs industry
Industry Median: 0.78 vs AJX: 0.83

Great Ajax Debt-to-Equity Historical Data

The historical data trend for Great Ajax's Debt-to-Equity can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Great Ajax Debt-to-Equity Chart

Great Ajax Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Debt-to-Equity
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.33 0.23 0.21 0.63 0.68

Great Ajax Quarterly Data
Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
Debt-to-Equity Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.64 0.67 0.66 0.68 0.83

Competitive Comparison of Great Ajax's Debt-to-Equity

For the REIT - Mortgage subindustry, Great Ajax's Debt-to-Equity, along with its competitors' market caps and Debt-to-Equity data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Great Ajax's Debt-to-Equity Distribution in the REITs Industry

For the REITs industry and Real Estate sector, Great Ajax's Debt-to-Equity distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Great Ajax's Debt-to-Equity falls into.



Great Ajax Debt-to-Equity Calculation

Debt to Equity measures the financial leverage a company has.

Great Ajax's Debt to Equity Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Great Ajax's Debt to Equity Ratio for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.


Great Ajax  (NYSE:AJX) Debt-to-Equity Explanation

In the calculation of Debt to Equity, we use the total of Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation and Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation divided by Total Stockholders Equity. In some calculations, Total Liabilities is used to for calculation.


Be Aware

Because a company can increase its ROE % by having more financial leverage, it is important to watch the leverage ratio when investing in high ROE % companies.


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Great Ajax (Great Ajax) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
13190 SW 68th Parkway, Suite 110, Tigard, OR, USA, 97223
Great Ajax Corp is an externally managed real estate company. The company's primary business is acquiring, investing in and managing a portfolio of mortgage loans. It primarily targets acquisitions of re-performing loans (RPLs) including residential mortgage loans and small balance commercial mortgage loans (SBC loans). Great Ajax operates in a single segment. The company also holds real-estate owned (REO) properties acquired upon the foreclosure, other settlement of owned non-performing loans.
Executives
Mary B Doyle officer: Chief Financial Officer 9400 SW BEAVERTON-HILLSDALE HWY, SUITE 131, BEAVERTON OR 97005
Mary Haggerty director 13190 SW 68TH PARKWAY, SUITE 110, TIGARD OR 97223
Russell Schaub director, officer: PRESIDENT 9400 SW BEAVERTON-HILLSDALE HWY, SUITE 131, BEAVERTON OR 97005
Lawrence Mendelsohn director, officer: CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
Magnetar Financial Llc 10 percent owner 1603 ORRINGTON AVE., 13TH FLOOR, EVANSTON IL 60201
Magnetar Capital Partners Lp 10 percent owner 1603 ORRINGTON AVE., 13TH FLOOR, EVANSTON IL 60201
Supernova Management Llc 10 percent owner 1603 ORRINGTON AVENUE, 13TH FLOOR, EVANSTON IL 60201
Alec N Litowitz 10 percent owner C/O MAGNETAR FINANCIAL LLC, 1603 ORRINGTON AVENUE, 13TH FLOOR, EVANSTON IL 60201
Paul M Friedman director 11 DEERFIELD LANE, SCARSDALE NY 10583
Ogren John Kirk Jr director 9400 SW BEAVERTON-HILLSDALE HWY, SUITE 131, BEAVERTON OR 97005
John C Condas director 9400 SW BEAVERTON-HILLSDALE HWY, SUITE 131, BEAVERTON OR 97005
Handley Jonathan Bradford Jr director 9400 SW BEAVERTON-HILLSDALE HWY, SUITE 131, BEAVERTON OR 97005
Daniel Jay Hoffman director 9400 SW BEAVERTON-HILLSDALE HWY, SUITE 131, BEAVERTON OR 97005
Glenn J Ohl officer: CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER 9400 SW BEAVERTON-HILLSDALE HWY, SUITE 131, BEAVERTON OR 97005
Luxor Capital Group, Lp 10 percent owner 7 TIMES SQUARE, 43RD FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10036