Ratios

		vs industry	vs history
P/E(ttm)	6.00	CYS's P/E(ttm) is ranked higher than 95% of the 249 Companies in the Global REIT - Residential industry. ( Industry Median: 26.15 vs. CYS: 6.00 )	CYS' s 10-Year P/E(ttm) Range Min: 2.54   Max: 8.76 Current: 6 2.54 8.76
P/B	0.87	CYS's P/B is ranked higher than 85% of the 249 Companies in the Global REIT - Residential industry. ( Industry Median: 1.30 vs. CYS: 0.87 )	CYS' s 10-Year P/B Range Min: 0.47   Max: 1.06 Current: 0.87 0.47 1.06
P/S	5.63	CYS's P/S is ranked higher than 77% of the 249 Companies in the Global REIT - Residential industry. ( Industry Median: 6.20 vs. CYS: 5.63 )	CYS' s 10-Year P/S Range Min: 3.02   Max: 7.99 Current: 5.63 3.02 7.99
EV-to-EBIT	7.69	CYS's EV-to-EBIT is ranked higher than 95% of the 249 Companies in the Global REIT - Residential industry. ( Industry Median: 28.60 vs. CYS: 7.69 )	CYS' s 10-Year EV-to-EBIT Range Min: 3.6   Max: 64.2 Current: 7.69 3.6 64.2

Dividend & Buy Back

		vs industry	vs history
Dividend Yield	14.06	CYS's Dividend Yield is ranked higher than 98% of the 249 Companies in the Global REIT - Residential industry. ( Industry Median: 4.40 vs. CYS: 14.06 )	CYS' s 10-Year Dividend Yield Range Min: 2.45   Max: 20.21 Current: 14.06 2.45 20.21
Dividend Payout	0.9	CYS's Dividend Payout is ranked higher than 95% of the 249 Companies in the Global REIT - Residential industry. ( Industry Median: 1.24 vs. CYS: 0.9 )	CYS' s 10-Year Dividend Payout Range Min: 0.19   Max: 2.99 Current: 0.9 0.19 2.99
Dividend growth (3y)	19.7	CYS's Dividend growth (3y) is ranked lower than 92% of the 249 Companies in the Global REIT - Residential industry. ( Industry Median: -8.45 vs. CYS: 19.7 )	CYS' s 10-Year Dividend growth (3y) Range Min: 0   Max: 19.7 Current: 19.7 0 19.7
Yield on cost (5-Year)	14.10	CYS's Yield on cost (5-Year) is ranked higher than 96% of the 249 Companies in the Global REIT - Residential industry. ( Industry Median: 4.00 vs. CYS: 14.10 )	CYS' s 10-Year Yield on cost (5-Year) Range Min: 2.45   Max: 20.21 Current: 14.1 2.45 20.21
Share Buyback Rate	-79.9	CYS's Share Buyback Rate is ranked lower than 90% of the 249 Companies in the Global REIT - Residential industry. ( Industry Median: -7.50 vs. CYS: -79.9 )	CYS' s 10-Year Share Buyback Rate Range Min: -44.8   Max: -82.3 Current: -79.9

Valuation & Return

		vs industry	vs history
Price/Tangible Book	0.9	CYS's Price/Tangible Book is ranked lower than 64% of the 249 Companies in the Global REIT - Residential industry. ( Industry Median: 1.30 vs. CYS: 0.9 )	CYS' s 10-Year Price/Tangible Book Range Min: 0.5   Max: 1 Current: 0.9 0.5 1
Price/Median PS Value	1.1	CYS's Price/Median PS Value is ranked lower than 63% of the 249 Companies in the Global REIT - Residential industry. ( Industry Median: 1.10 vs. CYS: 1.1 )	CYS' s 10-Year Price/Median PS Value Range Min: 0.8   Max: 1.7 Current: 1.1 0.8 1.7
Price/Graham Number	0.5	CYS's Price/Graham Number is ranked lower than 67% of the 249 Companies in the Global REIT - Residential industry. ( Industry Median: 1.30 vs. CYS: 0.5 )	CYS' s 10-Year Price/Graham Number Range Min: 0.3   Max: 0.6 Current: 0.5 0.3 0.6
Earnings Yield (Greenblatt)	13.00	CYS's Earnings Yield (Greenblatt) is ranked higher than 97% of the 249 Companies in the Global REIT - Residential industry. ( Industry Median: 2.60 vs. CYS: 13.00 )	CYS' s 10-Year Earnings Yield (Greenblatt) Range Min: 1.6   Max: 27.5 Current: 13 1.6 27.5

Business Description

CYS Investments Inc. formerly Cypress Sharpridge Investments is a Maryland Corporation. It is a specialty finance company that was created with the objective of achieving consistent risk-adjusted investment income. The Company seeks to achieve this objective by investing on a leveraged basis in residential mortgage pass-through securities for which the principal and interest payments are guaranteed by the Federal National Mortgage Association, or Fannie Mae, the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, or Freddie Mac, or the Government National Mortgage Association, or Ginnie Mae, and collateralized by single-family residential mortgage loans. It invests in residential mortgage backed securities either issued or guaranteed as to principal and interest by a government agency or a government-sponsored entity, or Agency RMBS, collateralized by either adjustable-rate mortgage loans, or ARMs, with interest rates that reset monthly, hybrid ARMs that typically have a coupon rate that is fixed for an initial period (typically three, five seven or ten years) and thereafter resets at regular intervals, or fixed rate mortgage loans. The Company's investment strategy is designed to: build an investment portfolio consisting of Agency RMBS that seeks to generate attractive risk-adjusted investment income; manage financing, interest and prepayment rate risks; capitalize on discrepancies in the relative valuations in the RMBS market; manage cash flow so as to provide for regular quarterly distributions to stockholders; limit credit risk; and minimize the impact that changing interest rates have on its net investment income.
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Industry:	REIT - Residential
Compare:	PPS, EQR, AVB, AGNC, AIV
Traded in other countries:	CY5.Germany

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