# NexPoint Real Estate Finance Inc. (NREF) fundamentals

Data as of 2026-09-08. NYSE, United States. Sector: Real Estate / Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs). Price $17.79, market value $410 million.

## Valuation
- **P/E (trailing): 7.6×** (5-yr avg 16.5×, 3-yr avg 12.0×). NexPoint Real Estate Finance Inc. trades at 7.6× trailing earnings, well below its own five-year average of 16.5×: cheap by its own standards. The Real Estate median in the September 2026 study was 25.2×. Forward P/E is 10.2×, higher than trailing, so analysts expect earnings to fall.
- **PEG: 0.06**. A PEG of 0.06 means the P/E is low relative to expected earnings growth: the market is not paying much for that growth.
- **Price / book: 0.9×**. The shares trade below book value, which can signal a bargain or a balance sheet the market doubts.
- **Earnings yield: 13.2%**. The inverse of the P/E: 13.2% of the price is earned each year.

## Profitability
- **Return on equity: 31.7%**. 31.7% on shareholders' equity is excellent if it is not driven by leverage; sustained above 20% usually signals a competitive advantage.

## Growth
- **EPS growth (1 yr): 179.4%** (3-yr 134.9%/yr, 5-yr 10.4%/yr). Earnings per share rose 179.4%.

## Financial health
- **Debt to equity: 1.99**. Debt is 1.99 times equity, a leveraged balance sheet, which is normal for real estate.
- **Piotroski F-score: 4/9**. 4 of 9 checks pass: mixed.

## Dividends
- **Dividend yield: 11.24%** ($2.00 per share, trailing). NexPoint Real Estate Finance Inc. yields 11.24%, high enough to check carefully: yields this high often precede a cut.
- **Payout ratio: 29%**. 29% of earnings goes out as dividends, leaving room to keep raising it.
- **Consecutive years of increases: 1**. 1 straight year of increases.
- **Dividend growth (5 yr): 7.1%/yr** (1-yr 0.0%). The dividend has grown 7.1% a year over five years.

## Price and momentum
- **Total return (1 yr): 31.5%** (YTD 35.2%, 3-mo 15.3%). The shares are up 31.5% over twelve months including dividends.
- **From 52-week high: -3.5%** (43.9% above the low). Trading within 5% of its 52-week high.
- **200-day average: above**. The price sits above its 200-day moving average, the usual definition of an uptrend.
- **RSI (14-day): 61**. An RSI of 61 is neutral.
- **Beta (1 yr): 0.55** (volatility 25%). Beta of 0.55 against the S&P 500: the shares move much less than the market.

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