Freddie Mac (OTCMKTS:FMCC) Sets New 12-Month Low – Time to Sell?

Freddie Mac (OTCMKTS:FMCC)’s stock price reached a new 52-week low on Wednesday . The stock traded as low as $4.05 and last traded at $4.40, with a volume of 3271846 shares trading hands. The stock had previously closed at $4.80.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of research firms have commented on FMCC. Keefe, Bruyette & Woods reduced their price target on shares of Freddie Mac from $11.00 to $9.00 and set an “underperform” rating for the company in a report on Thursday, December 18th. BTIG Research began coverage on shares of Freddie Mac in a research report on Monday, January 26th. They set a “buy” rating and a $20.00 price objective on the stock. Zacks Research upgraded Freddie Mac to a “hold” rating in a research note on Monday, December 15th. Finally, Wedbush raised Freddie Mac from an “underperform” rating to an “outperform” rating and set a $13.35 target price for the company in a research report on Friday, December 12th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, two have issued a Buy rating, one has assigned a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Freddie Mac has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $16.84.

Freddie Mac Price Performance

The company has a market cap of $2.91 billion, a P/E ratio of -223.85 and a beta of 1.83. The stock has a fifty day moving average price of $7.23 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $9.50.

About Freddie Mac

Freddie Mac (OTCMKTS:FMCC), officially the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, is a government-sponsored enterprise chartered by Congress in 1970 to enhance liquidity and stability in the U.S. housing finance system. Headquartered in McLean, Virginia, the company operates under the supervision of the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) and carries a congressional mandate to support affordable, sustainable homeownership and rental housing markets nationwide.

The company’s primary business activities involve purchasing mortgage loans from approved lenders, pooling them into mortgage-backed securities (MBS), and guaranteeing the timely payment of principal and interest to investors.