The framework reads distribution. Smart money appears to be selling into strength. Institutional holders may be rotating out. Price has moved down 0.0% since our last review. Ethical screening: FAIL. This security does not pass our values-based screening criteria. The risk-adjusted return profile shows negative risk-adjusted returns. Our composite framework grades it D, carrying a low risk profile. Technically it is sitting below its long-term trend line with momentum reading bearish. Over the past year the shares are down 56%. Our forward projection puts the odds of a 10% gain over the next month near 15%.
Lument Finance Trust, Inc.
LFT · the NYSE · USD · Market cap $57M
Lument Finance Trust, Inc., a real estate investment trust, focuses on investing in, originating, financing, and managing a portfolio of commercial real estate (CRE) debt investments in the United States.
FAIL · Does not pass the screenAt the last full screen
2026-06-14
Screened 2026-06-14 · the tape above runs as of 22:40 UTC · 24 Jul · two dates, stated on purpose · verdict and workings shown in full · never trimmed
This name holds its distribution label.
Lument Finance Trust, Inc. holds its Distribution at $1.08. The statistical read favours the sellers, held for 2 days.
| Phase | Distribution · caution |
| Quantitative state | The statistical read favours the sellers, held for 2 days |
| Price at the screen | $1.08 |
| Valuation | N/A trailing · 4.32 forward price to earnings |
| Values screen | FAIL · score 30.0 |
| Beta | 0.59 |
Five Screens, Shown in Full
Does not pass. Business activity
| Test | Figure | Limit | What it means | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Business activity | Excluded | Core business clean | Financial sector: mortgage | Fail |
| Debt load | 0.00% | Below 33% | Interest-bearing debt is just 0.0% of its assets, well under the one-third ceiling: it does not run on borrowed money. | Pass |
| Interest-bearing cash | 0.00% | Below 33% | Cash held in interest-bearing accounts and securities is 0.0% of assets, under the one-third limit. | Pass |
| Receivables | 0.00% | Below 49% | Money owed to the company is 0.0% of assets, under the 49% limit. | Pass |
| Revenue purity | 0.00% | Below 5% | Only 0.0% of revenue comes from non-compliant sources, under the 5% line. | Pass |
Five checks adapted from AAOIFI screening standards: business activity plus four balance-sheet ratios. All five must pass for ethical clearance. Every figure is arithmetic on public accounts, not judgement.
What the Numbers Say It Is WorthThe Fair Value Range
Our framework reads AVOID: it trades at roughly a 100% discount to our $2.16 fair value, weak competitive moat, 208.50% revenue growth.
Fair value range in USD, drawn from the 2026-06-14 screen. The gold marker is the market price at the same screen. A 100.0% margin of safety to the base estimate.
Where it has been, where the models see it going. History from market close data; projection points are our fair-value estimates and third-party analyst targets, dated to the 2026-06-14 screen.
Fair value and rating are our own model estimates; the Street's range reflects third-party analyst estimates. Analysis, not advice.
The Business, in Plain WordsWhy it gives us pause
At 4.3x forward earnings, the price already runs ahead of the business. Our fair value sits at $2.16, below where it trades today. The weak moat is real, but quality alone does not make an expensive price cheap.
| Forward P/E | 4.3xcheap for a company growing this fast |
| EPS, trailing | -0.13 |
| EPS, forward | 0.25 |
| Revenue growth | +208.5%growing very fast |
| Profit margin | -13.2%currently unprofitable |
| Return on equity | -0.9%not currently earning a positive return on equity |
| Dividend yield | 1,481.00% |
| Debt to equity | 4.53heavy leverage: higher risk if revenue softens |
| Current ratio | 185.49comfortably covers its short-term bills |
| Beta | 0.59steadier than the market |
| Short interest, float | 0.05% |
| 52-week range | 1.00 - 2.63 |
| Moat | WEAK |
| Market cap | $57M |
The risks · The things to watch: it's a small-cap, so the share price can swing harder than the market; it carries a real debt load, which raises the stakes if revenue slips.
Plain-English interpretation of our own screen data. Analysis, not advice.
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Every Entry, As Written
The framework reads distribution. Smart money appears to be selling into strength. Institutional holders may be rotating out. Price has moved down 0.0% since our last review. Ethical screening: FAIL. This security does not pass our values-based screening criteria. The risk-adjusted return profile shows negative risk-adjusted returns.
The framework reads distribution. Smart money appears to be selling into strength. Institutional holders may be rotating out. Ethical screening: FAIL. This security does not pass our values-based screening criteria. The risk-adjusted return profile shows negative risk-adjusted returns.
Each entry above was written on its date, before the outcome. A journal you can prune is not a journal.
| Period | Price then | Price return | Divs per share | $1,000 became | Total return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 month | $1.16 | -12.9% | · | $871 | -12.9% |
| 2 months | $1.28 | -21.1% | · | $789 | -21.1% |
| 3 months | $1.33 | -23.9% | $0.04 | $791 | -20.9% |
| 6 months | $1.54 | -34.2% | $0.08 | $710 | -29.0% |
| 1 year | $2.30 | -56.1% | $0.18 | $517 | -48.3% |
| 2 years | $1.90 | -47.0% | $0.59 | $840 | -16.0% |
| 3 years | $1.27 | -20.6% | $0.86 | $1,470 | +47.0% |
| 5 years | $2.26 | -55.3% | $1.43 | $1,079 | +7.9% |
Historical returns from market close data. Past performance does not guarantee future results.
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