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Ready Capital Corp

RC·NYSE·Real Estate & Construction·CIK 0001527590

Ready Capital Corporation is a multi-strategy real estate finance company. It originates, acquires, finances, and services small and medium-sized enterprise (LMM) loans, Small Business Administration (SBA) loans, construction loans, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) loans, and to a lesser extent, mortgage-backed securities (MBS) primarily backed by LMM loans or other real estate-related investments. The company's loans generally have original principal amounts up to $40 million and are used by businesses to purchase operational real estate or by investors acquiring multi-family, office, retail, mixed-use, or warehouse properties. The company aims to provide attractive risk-adjusted returns to its stockholders. Ready Capital Corporation completed the sale of its Residential Mortgage Banking segment effective June 30, 2025. The company reports its activities in two operating segments. The LMM Commercial Real Estate segment originates LMM loans across the full life-cycle of an LMM property, including construction, bridge, stabilized, and agency loan origination channels through its subsidiary, ReadyCap Commercial, LLC. These originated loans are generally held-for-investment or placed into securitization structures. This segment also originates and services multi-family loan products under the Freddie Mac Small Balance Loan program, which are held for sale and subsequently sold to Freddie Mac.

Ready Capital Corp (NYSE:RC) is a publicly traded company in the Real Estate & Construction sector. Wiseek has independently scored 15 items for RC at importance 7 or higher on its 1–10 market-impact scale. Its most recent item scored 7 or higher is dated 2026-09-18, rated 7/10. Across its 15 most recent items scored 7 or higher, the top rating is 9/10, with 10 rated 8 or above. Recent SEC coverage for RC spans 8-K, DEF 14A, 10-Q, 10-K.

Recent high-impact activity:

  • Ready Capital Prices $225M Notes, Redeems $350M 2026 Debt
  • Ready Capital Prices $225M Senior Secured Notes, Redeems $350M 2026 Notes
  • Ready Capital Securitizes $158.2M SBA Loans, Unlocking $500M Capacity
  • Ready Capital Posts $0.63 Q2 Loss, CEO Sees Narrowing Pressure
  • Ready Capital's Q2 Loss Narrows, but Book Value Slides to $6.83 as Non-Performing Loans Stay Elevated

Financial Snapshot

Fiscal year ended December 31, 2025
Revenue
$101.75M
Net Income
-$221.06M
Diluted EPS
-$1.44
Op. Cash Flow
$432.12M
Cash & Equivalents
$207.84M
Total Debt
$1.38B
Debt / Equity
0.89×
Net Margin
-217.3%
Shares Outstanding
163.01M sh
Source: 10-K · filed 2026-04-30 · accession 0001628280-26-028924

Short Interest & Short Volume

23.71 days to cover

FINRA reported short interest of 18,613,189 shares in RC as of the September 15, 2026 settlement, a 4.1% decrease from the prior period — about 23.7 days to cover at its recent average daily volume. On October 2, 2026, 63.0% of RC volume reported to FINRA trade-reporting facilities was marked short.

Short interest (bi-monthly positions)18,613,189 shares as of September 15, 2026
Change vs prior period▼ 4.1%
Days to cover23.71 at avg daily volume of 784,987
Daily short volume (FINRA facilities)63.0% of 858,957 shares on October 2, 2026
5-day average short volume69.3%

Daily short sale volume covers trades reported to FINRA trade-reporting facilities and is not the same as short interest (bi-monthly reported positions). Source: FINRA — FINRA is the owner and source of this short interest and short sale volume data; it may not be redistributed.

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52-week range · as of 2026-09-18 $1.13 – $4.42
Market cap
$186.67M
Volume
2M (1.5× avg)
3-mo avg 1.4M
Live data · 2026-10-04 06:36 UTC · Market closed

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May 07, 2026, 5:04 PM EDT
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Mar 23, 2026, 7:18 PM EDT
Filing Type: 8-K
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Mar 02, 2026, 4:34 PM EST
Filing Type: 10-K
Importance Score:
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Price at Filing: $2.06
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Filing Type: 8-K
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