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RCD NYSE

Ready Capital Corporation Notes -15.12.29
1W: -1.2% 1M: -1.7% 3M: +0.6% YTD: +10.5% 1Y: -3.1%
$22.83
+0.03 (+0.13%)
 
Weekly Expected Move ±2.2%
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Edge Score

Quantitative competitive moat analysis scoring five pillars of durable advantage — cost leadership, brand intangibles, switching costs, network effects, and efficient scale — using industry percentile rankings on a 0–100 scale.

WEAK EDGE
43.8 / 100
NoneWeakNarrowWide
Primary source: Switching Costs  ·  ROIC: -6.1%
Cost Advantage
26
Intangibles
55
Switching Cost
59
Network Effect
27
Scale
40
The Edge Score quantifies a company's competitive moat using five pillars: Cost Advantage (20%, operating margin and SG&A efficiency vs industry peers), Intangible Assets (25%, gross margin premium, R&D intensity, brand pricing power), Switching Costs (25%, revenue stability, earnings consistency, customer retention proxied by operating leverage), Network Effects (15%, revenue growth with expanding margins, market share dominance), and Efficient Scale (15%, market concentration, ROIC sustainability). Each pillar is scored 0–100 using industry percentile rankings, then weighted into a composite. Wide ≥ 70, Narrow ≥ 55, Weak ≥ 40, None < 40. RCD shows a Weak competitive edge (43.8/100) — limited structural advantages that may face competitive pressure. The primary source of advantage is Switching Costs. Negative ROIC of -6.1% indicates the company is currently destroying value, though this may reflect a growth investment phase.

Financial Rating

Composite financial health rating (A+ to F) based on discounted cash flow valuation, return on equity, return on assets, debt-to-equity leverage, and relative P/E and P/B multiples.

D+
Oct 02, 2026
DCF
1
ROE
1
ROA
1
D/E
1
P/E
1
P/B
2
The Financial Rating evaluates six fundamental factors — discounted cash flow (DCF) valuation, return on equity (ROE), return on assets (ROA), debt-to-equity leverage (D/E), and relative price-to-earnings (P/E) and price-to-book (P/B) multiples — each scored 1–5. RCD receives an overall rating of D+. Areas of concern: DCF (1/5), ROE (1/5), ROA (1/5), D/E (1/5), P/E (1/5), P/B (2/5).

InsiderStreet Scorecard

Proprietary multi-factor scorecard rating companies across seven fundamental dimensions — profitability, balance sheet strength, earnings quality, growth, value, momentum, and safety — each scored 0–100.

★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 28 Grade D
Profitability
20
Balance Sheet
19
Earnings Quality
18
Growth
—
Value
38
Momentum
—
Safety
15
Cash Flow
65
The InsiderStreet Scorecard rates companies across eight dimensions: Profitability (margins, ROA, ROE), Balance Sheet (leverage, liquidity, coverage), Earnings Quality (accruals, cash conversion), Growth (revenue and earnings trajectory), Value (P/E, P/B, earnings yield, Graham criteria), Momentum (revenue and earnings acceleration), Safety (Altman Z-Score risk adjustment), and Cash Flow (operating cash flow quality, FCF conversion, cash coverage). The overall score blends 35% quality, 35% value, and 30% momentum, with a penalty for distress-zone Altman scores. RCD scores highest in Cash Flow (65/100) and lowest in Safety (15/100). A grade of D flags significant fundamental concerns across multiple dimensions.

Risk & Quality Signals

Academic financial models used by institutional investors to assess bankruptcy risk, earnings manipulation, financial strength, and credit quality.

Altman Z-Score
0.04
Distress Zone
Piotroski F-Score
3/9
✗ ✓ ✗ ✓ ✗ ✗ ✗ ✗ ✓
Beneish M-Score
—
—
Ohlson O-Score
-5.14
Bankruptcy prob: 0.6%
Low Risk
Credit Rating
B+
Score: 33.3/100
Trend: Improving
Earnings Quality
—
OCF/NI: -1.82x
Accruals: -20.1%
The Altman Z-Score (1968) combines five ratios — working capital, retained earnings, EBIT, market value of equity, and sales, all relative to total assets or liabilities — into a single bankruptcy predictor. RCD scores 0.04, placing it in the Distress Zone (safe > 2.99, distress < 1.81). Historically, companies in this range face elevated bankruptcy risk. The Piotroski F-Score (2000) is a 9-point binary checklist — four profitability tests (positive ROA, positive cash flow, improving ROA, cash flow exceeding net income), three leverage tests (declining debt ratio, improving current ratio, no share dilution), and two efficiency tests (improving gross margin, improving asset turnover). Each pass scores 1 point. RCD scores 3/9, suggesting weak financial fundamentals — the company fails the majority of these accounting tests. The Ohlson O-Score (1980) is a 9-variable logistic regression that estimates bankruptcy probability using firm size, leverage, working capital, current ratio, profitability (ROA), cash flow coverage, negative equity flag, consecutive losses flag, and earnings trajectory. The raw score is converted to a probability via logistic transformation. RCD's implied 0.6% bankruptcy probability is well within safe territory. Our Credit Rating model scores companies on five weighted components — solvency (30%), earning power (25%), leverage (20%), liquidity (15%), and cash flow quality (10%) — then blends the absolute score with sector and industry peer rankings. For companies with large buyback programs, equity is adjusted by adding back cumulative 5-year repurchases (capped at 80% of FCF generated) to avoid penalizing shareholder-friendly capital allocation. RCD receives an estimated rating of B+ (score: 33.3/100), with a improving trend.

Valuation

Key valuation multiples comparing the stock's market price to its earnings, revenue, book value, and cash flows. Lower multiples may indicate relative undervaluation versus peers.

P/E
-0.33x
PEG
0.00x
P/S
0.46x
P/B
0.15x
P/FCF
3.81x
P/OCF
3.81x
EV/EBITDA
-31.55x
EV/Revenue
32.61x
EV/EBIT
-27.62x
EV/FCF
8.30x
Earnings Yield
-14.47%
FCF Yield
26.28%
Shareholder Yield
1.70%
Graham Number
—
Equity-based multiples (P/E, P/B, P/FCF) compare the stock price to per-share fundamentals and are affected by capital structure. Enterprise value multiples (EV/EBITDA, EV/Revenue, EV/FCF) strip out debt and cash, making them more useful for cross-company comparisons regardless of how companies are financed. The Graham Number — √(22.5 × EPS × Book Value) — is Benjamin Graham's formula for the maximum price a defensive investor should pay. RCD currently has negative earnings — the P/E ratio is not meaningful.

DuPont Decomposition (5-Factor)

The 5-factor DuPont framework breaks Return on Equity into its component drivers — tax efficiency, interest burden, operating profitability, asset utilization, and financial leverage — to reveal what truly drives shareholder returns.

Tax Burden
0.896
NI / EBT
×
Interest Burden
2.046
EBT / EBIT
×
EBIT Margin
-1.181
EBIT / Rev
×
Asset Turnover
0.033
Rev / Assets
×
Equity Multiplier
5.065
Assets / Equity
=
ROE
-36.2%
The 5-factor DuPont identity decomposes ROE as: Tax Burden × Interest Burden × EBIT Margin × Asset Turnover × Equity Multiplier = ROE. This reveals whether returns are driven by operating performance, financial leverage, or tax efficiency — three very different sources of profitability. RCD's ROE of -36.2% is driven by financial leverage (equity multiplier: 5.06x). Note: high leverage means ROE is amplified by debt rather than operational performance.

Graham-Dodd Adjusted Valuation

Our adaptation of Graham's growth formula (Fair P/E = 8.5 + 2g) from The Intelligent Investor. The classic version relies on analyst growth projections, which can be unreliable. This adjusted model substitutes the company's realized 3-year EPS CAGR — a backward-looking, verifiable measure of actual earnings power — grounding the valuation in demonstrated performance rather than forecasts.

Two adjustments we make, and why. Growth is capped at 15%. Graham defined g as expected growth over the next seven to ten years, not last year's rate. Across US companies since 1994 the median realized 7-year EPS growth is 5–8% regardless of how fast a company grew beforehand, and of 4,457 company-quarters that grew faster than 200%, none sustained it. Uncapped, the formula assigned fair multiples in the hundreds to companies that had never held that rate — and scored worse than simply reading the P/E. Capped, it carries real information. The verdict has three states, not two. Tested over 377,249 stock-months, this ratio only separates outcomes at its extremes: below 0.25 beat the universe by 1.3 points a year, above 3.0 lagged by 2.7, and everything in between sat inside a one-point band. Rather than call two-thirds of the market "undervalued" on a threshold of 1.0, we say Neutral where the model cannot tell — which is most of the time.

Adj. Growth Rate
0.00%
Fair P/E
8.50x
Intrinsic Value
—
Price/Value
—
Margin of Safety
—
Premium
—

Profitability Trends

Historical profitability ratios tracking how efficiently the company converts revenue into returns for shareholders over time.

Leverage & Solvency Trends

Debt and liquidity metrics showing the company's financial leverage and ability to meet short-term and long-term obligations.

Efficiency & Working Capital Trends

Operating efficiency metrics measuring how quickly the company converts inventory to sales, collects receivables, and manages its cash conversion cycle.

Growth Trends (YoY %)

Year-over-year growth rates for key financial metrics, showing the trajectory of revenue, earnings, and cash flow generation.

Earnings Stability

R-squared of linear regression measuring how predictably revenue, earnings, and margins follow a trend over the trailing 5 years. 1.0 = perfectly predictable; lower values indicate erratic or cyclical behavior.

Monte Carlo Price Simulation

Geometric Brownian Motion with 1,000 antithetic paths over 1 year, seeded from 447 days of historical volatility. Percentile bands show the range of statistically plausible outcomes — this is a statistical model, not a forecast.

Current Price
$22.83
Median 1Y
$20.42
5th Pctile
$9.19
95th Pctile
$45.19
Ann. Volatility
45.9%
25th–75th percentile 5th–95th percentile Median path Historical
All Ratios & Metrics

Complete fundamental data with up to 20 periods of history, sparkline trends, and current values across 13 categories and 130+ financial metrics.

Profitability
Metric Trend Q4'24 Q1'25 Q2'25 Q3'25 Q4'25 Q1'26 Q2'26 Current
ROE -17.2% -12.2% -16.0% -17.5% -13.5% -31.0% -36.2% -36.18%
ROA -3.1% -2.4% -3.1% -3.7% -2.6% -6.3% -7.1% -7.14%
ROIC 0.0% 0.0% -0.9% -1.4% -4.0% -6.6% -6.1% -6.10%
ROCE 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% -2.0% -4.4% -5.2% -5.22%
Gross Margin 1.0% 1.0% 1.9% 47.5% -1.1% -8.6% 89.6% 89.63%
Operating Margin 0.0% -0.0% 5.4% -1.7% -2.1% -2.7% -43.8% -43.81%
Net Margin -5.4% -1.1% 4.6% -1.0% -1.9% -4.5% -1.5% -1.46%
EBITDA Margin 0.0% -0.0% -0.0% 0.0% -1.2% -2.4% -10.2% -10.16%
FCF Margin -45.4% 44.8% 2.5% -39.6% 5.4% 5.0% 3.9% 3.93%
OCF Margin -45.4% 44.8% 2.5% -39.6% 5.4% 5.0% 3.9% 3.93%
ROIC Economic snapshot only -5.97%
Cash ROA snapshot only 16.12%
Cash ROIC snapshot only 17.46%
CROIC snapshot only 17.46%
NOPAT Margin snapshot only -1.37%
Pretax Margin snapshot only -2.42%
R&D / Revenue snapshot only 1.33%
SGA / Revenue snapshot only 42.65%
SBC / Revenue snapshot only 3.86%
Valuation
Metric Trend Q4'24 Q1'25 Q2'25 Q3'25 Q4'25 Q1'26 Q2'26 Current
P/E Ratio -12.53 -15.65 -12.75 -12.59 -15.06 -6.11 -6.91 -0.328
P/S Ratio 68.04 -233.62 -133.63 -423.10 61.26 17.77 14.95 0.456
P/B Ratio 2.16 1.91 2.04 2.20 2.22 2.31 3.08 0.149
P/FCF -149.74 -521.52 -54.42 10.68 11.39 3.57 3.81 3.805
P/OCF — — — 10.68 11.39 3.57 3.81 3.805
EV/EBITDA — — — — -59.77 -29.17 -31.55 -31.551
EV/Revenue 169.19 -544.52 -271.72 -815.58 161.06 42.97 32.61 32.605
EV/EBIT — — — — -59.10 -27.59 -27.62 -27.619
EV/FCF -372.36 -1215.58 -110.65 20.59 29.95 8.63 8.30 8.297
Earnings Yield -8.0% -6.4% -7.8% -7.9% -6.6% -16.4% -14.5% -14.47%
FCF Yield -0.7% -0.2% -1.8% 9.4% 8.8% 28.0% 26.3% 26.28%
PEG Ratio snapshot only 0.003
Price/Tangible Book snapshot only 3.680
EV/OCF snapshot only 8.297
Shareholder Yield snapshot only 1.70%
Leverage & Solvency
Metric Trend Q4'24 Q1'25 Q2'25 Q3'25 Q4'25 Q1'26 Q2'26 Current
Current Ratio — — — — 1.04 1.64 0.28 0.276
Quick Ratio — — — — 1.04 1.64 0.28 0.276
Debt/Equity 3.28 2.64 2.20 2.13 3.78 3.43 3.74 3.735
Net Debt/Equity 3.21 2.54 2.11 2.05 3.62 3.28 3.64 3.636
Debt/Assets 0.60 0.51 0.43 0.45 0.75 0.73 0.74 0.744
Debt/EBITDA — — — — -38.67 -17.88 -17.55 -17.548
Net Debt/EBITDA — — — — -37.04 -17.11 -17.08 -17.080
Interest Coverage 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 -0.40 -0.80 -1.04 -1.044
Equity Multiplier 5.52 5.14 5.09 4.70 5.01 4.68 5.02 5.021
Cash Ratio snapshot only 0.276
Debt Service Coverage snapshot only -0.914
Cash to Debt snapshot only 0.027
FCF to Debt snapshot only 0.217
Defensive Interval snapshot only 4331.7 days
Efficiency & Turnover
Metric Trend Q4'24 Q1'25 Q2'25 Q3'25 Q4'25 Q1'26 Q2'26 Current
Asset Turnover 0.01 -0.00 -0.00 -0.00 0.01 0.02 0.03 0.033
Inventory Turnover — — — — — — — —
Receivables Turnover (trade) 0.31 -0.08 -0.14 -0.05 0.40 1.12 0.11 0.113
Payables Turnover 0.00 0.00 0.17 0.34 4.98 5.98 5.50 5.503
DSO (trade) 1166 -4302 -2596 -7132 915 327 3226 3225.8 days
DIO — — 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 days
DPO — — 2194 1069 73 61 66 66.3 days
Cash Conversion Cycle (trade) — — — — 842 266 3159 3159.5 days
Cash Velocity snapshot only 2.070
Capital Intensity snapshot only 24.376
Growth (YoY)
Metric Trend Q4'24 Q1'25 Q2'25 Q3'25 Q4'25 Q1'26 Q2'26 Current
Revenue — — — — -3.4% 12.1% 10.2% 10.22%
Net Income — — — — 27.6% -1.2% -90.4% -90.39%
EPS — — — — 25.7% -1.2% -89.8% -89.84%
FCF — — — — 12.4% 124.0% 15.8% 15.76%
EBITDA — — — — — — — —
Op. Income — — — — — — -5.9% -5.92%
OCF Growth snapshot only 15.76%
Asset Growth snapshot only -32.71%
Equity Growth snapshot only -31.72%
Debt Growth snapshot only 16.18%
Shares Change snapshot only 0.29%
Dividend Growth snapshot only -53.24%
Growth Quality
Metric Trend Q4'24 Q1'25 Q2'25 Q3'25 Q4'25 Q1'26 Q2'26 Current
Revenue Stability — — — — — — — —
Earnings Stability — — — — — — — —
Margin Stability — — — — — — — —
Rev. Growth Consistency 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.50 0.50 0.500
Earn. Growth Consistency 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.50 0.00 0.00 0.000
FCF Positive Streak 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Earnings Persistence — — — — — — — —
Earnings Smoothness — — — — — — — —
ROE Trend — — — — — — — —
Gross Margin Trend — — — — — — — —
FCF Margin Trend — — — — — — — —
Sustainable Growth Rate — — — — — — — —
Internal Growth Rate — — — — — — — —
Cash Flow Quality
Metric Trend Q4'24 Q1'25 Q2'25 Q3'25 Q4'25 Q1'26 Q2'26 Current
OCF/Net Income 0.08 0.03 0.23 -1.18 -1.32 -1.71 -1.82 -1.816
FCF/OCF 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.000
FCF/Net Income snapshot only -1.816
CapEx/Revenue 0.0% -0.0% -0.0% -0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.00%
CapEx/Depreciation snapshot only 0.000
Accruals Ratio -0.03 -0.02 -0.02 -0.08 -0.06 -0.17 -0.20 -0.201
Sloan Accruals snapshot only -0.047
Cash Flow Adequacy snapshot only 19.141
Dividends & Buybacks
Metric Trend Q4'24 Q1'25 Q2'25 Q3'25 Q4'25 Q1'26 Q2'26 Current
Dividend Yield 1.1% 2.4% 3.0% 3.5% 3.3% 2.3% 1.4% 3.54%
Dividend/Share $0.26 $0.53 $0.66 $0.81 $0.69 $0.43 $0.31 $0.04
Payout Ratio — — — — — — — —
FCF Payout Ratio — — — 36.9% 37.4% 8.3% 5.2% 5.22%
Total Payout Ratio — — — — — — — —
Div. Increase Streak 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Chowder Number — — — — 1.57 -0.15 -0.52 -0.517
Buyback Yield 1.1% 1.6% 2.6% 2.8% 2.0% 1.6% 0.3% 0.32%
Net Buyback Yield 1.1% 1.6% 2.6% 2.8% 2.0% 1.6% 0.3% 0.32%
Total Shareholder Return 2.2% 4.0% 5.7% 6.2% 5.2% 3.9% 1.7% 1.70%
DuPont Factors
Metric Trend Q4'24 Q1'25 Q2'25 Q3'25 Q4'25 Q1'26 Q2'26 Current
Tax Burden (NI/EBT) 1.00 1.00 0.90 0.88 0.76 0.86 0.90 0.896
Interest Burden (EBT/EBIT) — — — — 1.97 2.18 2.05 2.046
EBIT Margin 0.00 -0.00 -0.00 -0.00 -2.73 -1.56 -1.18 -1.181
Asset Turnover 0.01 -0.00 -0.00 -0.00 0.01 0.02 0.03 0.033
Equity Multiplier 5.52 5.14 5.09 4.70 5.28 4.95 5.06 5.065
Per Share
Metric Trend Q4'24 Q1'25 Q2'25 Q3'25 Q4'25 Q1'26 Q2'26 Current
EPS (Diluted TTM) $-1.87 $-1.41 $-1.71 $-1.85 $-1.39 $-3.04 $-3.25 $-3.25
Book Value/Share $10.89 $11.58 $10.71 $10.58 $9.44 $8.04 $7.29 $8.21
Tangible Book/Share $9.61 $10.29 $9.47 $9.29 $8.14 $6.78 $6.10 $6.10
Revenue/Share $0.34 $-0.09 $-0.16 $-0.06 $0.34 $1.05 $1.50 $2.49
FCF/Share $-0.16 $-0.04 $-0.40 $2.18 $1.84 $5.21 $5.90 $6.14
OCF/Share $-0.16 $-0.04 $-0.40 $2.18 $1.84 $5.21 $5.90 $6.14
Cash/Share $0.85 $1.23 $0.95 $0.88 $1.51 $1.20 $0.73 $0.76
EBITDA/Share $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $-0.92 $-1.54 $-1.55 $-1.55
Debt/Share $35.74 $30.61 $23.50 $22.51 $35.65 $27.57 $27.22 $27.22
Net Debt/Share $34.89 $29.38 $22.55 $21.63 $34.15 $26.38 $26.50 $26.50
Academic Models
Metric Trend Q4'24 Q1'25 Q2'25 Q3'25 Q4'25 Q1'26 Q2'26 Current
Altman Z-Score — — — — — — — 0.038
Altman Z-Prime snapshot only -0.428
Piotroski F-Score 2 2 2 3 5 4 3 3
Beneish M-Score — — — — -3.58 — — —
Ohlson O-Score snapshot only -5.141
Net-Net WC snapshot only $-27.98
EVA snapshot only $-930978600.00
Credit
Metric Trend Q4'24 Q1'25 Q2'25 Q3'25 Q4'25 Q1'26 Q2'26 Current
Credit Rating snapshot only B+
Credit Score 17.85 22.80 23.43 32.41 37.92 46.32 33.26 33.256
Credit Grade snapshot only 14
Credit Trend snapshot only 9.823
Implied Spread (bps) snapshot only 650.000
Industry Credit Rank snapshot only 65
Sector Credit Rank snapshot only 18

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