LADR Should I Buy
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Ladder Capital Corp (LADR) is not a strong buy for a beginner, long-term investor at this moment. While the stock has some positive catalysts such as insider buying and a stock buyback plan, the company's financial performance shows declining profitability and revenue trends. Additionally, technical indicators suggest a neutral stance, and there are no strong proprietary trading signals to justify immediate action.
The MACD histogram is positive and expanding, indicating bullish momentum. RSI is at 69.255, which is neutral and close to overbought levels. Moving averages are converging, suggesting indecision. The stock is trading near its resistance level of 10.447, with support at 9.882. Overall, the technical setup is neutral to slightly bullish.
Insider buying has increased significantly by 8000.47% over the last month.
A $100 million stock buyback plan has been approved.
Record loan origination volume in Q1
Analysts maintain an Outperform rating despite lowering price targets.
Q1 2026 net income declined to $2.61 million, raising concerns about future profitability.
Financial performance in 2025/Q4 showed significant YoY declines in revenue (-19.57%), net income (-49.38%), and EPS (-48%).
Analysts have lowered price targets twice in recent months.
In Q1 2026, Ladder Capital reported distributable earnings of $28 million or $0.22 per share, meeting analyst expectations. However, net income declined to $2.61 million despite a 9% revenue increase to $74.22 million. In 2025/Q4, the company experienced significant YoY declines in revenue (-19.57%), net income (-49.38%), and EPS (-48%).
Analysts maintain an Outperform rating but have lowered price targets twice recently, from $12 to $11.50 and then to $11. Sequential earnings improvement and dividend increases are expected in the second half of 2026 and 2027.
