WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif. (AP) _ PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust (PMT) on Thursday reported a loss of $29.6 million in its first quarter.

The Westlake Village, California-based company said it had a loss of 32 cents per share.

The results did not meet Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of four analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of 41 cents per share.

The specialty finance company posted revenue of $81.8 million in the period.

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