SLIDESHOW: Top 10 Cheap Dividend Stocks Under $10

Chimera Investment is a real estate investment trust engaged in investing in mortgage assets. Co.'s investment portfolio includes: Residential Mortgage Loans, which invests in residential mortgage loans through secondary market purchases from banks, non-bank financial institutions, and federally chartered corporations; Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities, which Co. invests in mortgage pass-through certificates issued or guaranteed by the Government National Mortgage Association, Federal National Mortgage Association or Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation; Agency mortgage-backed securities; and Other Real-Estate Related Assets. More details about Chimera Investment at: http://www.chimerareit.com. View CIM's Dividend History » ETFs holding CIM »

Should Chimera Investment shares be counted among the Top 10 Cheap Dividend Stocks Under $10 label? To start, we see that the recent trading price for CIM stock is $9.61 and the dividend yield is 13.74% (as of 8/12/2022). The most recent quarter's (MRQ) earnings result, annualized, was $1.24/share. Looking at the sum total of quarterly earnings across the trailing twelve month (TTM) period, Chimera Investment produced $1.58/share. And taking the median quarterly result across the TTM period, and annualizing it, results in $1.64/share. Comparing the current indicated annual dividend rate of $1.32 against that median result, we calculate a dividend payout ratio of 80.5%. Comparing the company's various earnings metrics against the stock price, we end up with a PE ratio of 5.9 for the TTM Median method, 7.8 for price to earnings using MRQ annualized, and 6.1 for current price/TTM earnings. Based on CIM's history, that recent TTM PE is low relative to the historical average, with the recent PE 16.4% lower than the average (TTM method) of 7.3.