Redwood Trust (NYSE:RWT) ($13 per share) is a “value investor” in mortgages and mortgage securities. It has a culture of prudence, great skills in credit risk assessment and a focus on growth in per share value. The company has struggled to earn good returns in this period of suppressed interest rates yet has continued to pay the dividend that now provides approximately a 9% yield. It has recently made strategic moves that we think position it for more predictable growth going forward. The stock sells at a 14% discount to book value, and we believe it will sell at or above book value again. We think the ingredients are in place for double-digit annual returns over the next few years regardless of what happens to the S&P 500.
From Wallace Weitz (Trades, Portfolio)'s First Quarter Value Matters.
