PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust (NYSE: PMT) is a specialty finance company that invests primarily in residential mortgage loans and mortgage-related assets. As a real estate investment trust (REIT), our objective is to provide attractive risk-adjusted returns to our shareholders over the long-term, primarily through dividends and secondarily through capital appreciation.
Our investment focus is on mortgage-related assets that we create through our industry-leading correspondent production activities, including mortgage servicing rights (MSRs). In correspondent production, we acquire, pool and securitize or sell newly originated prime credit quality loans. Our interest rate sensitive investments include the MSRs, mortgage-backed securities and related hedge instruments. Our credit sensitive investments primarily consist of credit risk transfer investments related to loans sourced through our correspondent production that were delivered to Fannie Mae.
PMT is managed by PNMAC Capital Management, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of PennyMac Financial Services, Inc. (NYSE: PFSI), and an investment adviser registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission that specializes in mortgage assets. Our correspondent production operations are conducted on a fee-for-service basis by another PennyMac Financial subsidiary, PennyMac Loan Services, LLC, which also services most of the loans in our investment portfolio and the loans for which we retain the obligation to service.
PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust has elected to be taxed as a real estate investment trust (REIT) for U.S. federal income tax purposes. The company's stock trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol PMT.