Mortgage REIT Two Harbors Investment (NYSE: TWO) will be announcing earnings results this Monday afternoon. Here’s what investors should know.

Two Harbors Investment missed analysts’ revenue expectations by 111% last quarter, reporting revenues of -$12.28 million, down 111% year on year. It was a slower quarter for the company, with a significant miss of analysts’ revenue estimates and a significant miss of analysts’ EPS estimates.

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This quarter, analysts are expecting Two Harbors Investment’s revenue to grow 157% year on year to $117 million, a reversal from the 152% decrease it recorded in the same quarter last year. Adjusted earnings are expected to come in at $0.36 per share.

Analysts covering the company have generally reconfirmed their estimates over the last 30 days, suggesting they anticipate the business to stay the course heading into earnings. Two Harbors Investment has missed Wall Street’s revenue estimates four times over the last two years.

Looking at Two Harbors Investment’s peers in the thrifts & mortgage finance segment, some have already reported their Q3 results, giving us a hint as to what we can expect. PennyMac Financial Services delivered year-on-year revenue growth of 10.6%, beating analysts’ expectations by 9.9%, and PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust reported revenues up 22.7%, topping estimates by 2.1%. PennyMac Financial Services traded up 7.2% following the results while PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust was also up 8.4%.

Read our full analysis of PennyMac Financial Services’s results here and PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust’s results here.

The euphoria surrounding Trump’s November win lit a fire under major indices, but potential tariffs have caused the market to do a 180 in 2025. While some of the thrifts & mortgage finance stocks have shown solid performance in this choppy environment, the group has generally underperformed, with share prices down 3.7% on average over the last month. Two Harbors Investment’s stock price was unchanged during the same time and is heading into earnings with an average analyst price target of $11.08 (compared to the current share price of $9.90).

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