AJX vs. MDV, LFT, EARN, ACR, CHMI, BHR, ONL, CIO, CMCT, and MITT
Should you be buying Great Ajax stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Great Ajax include Modiv Industrial (MDV), Lument Finance Trust (LFT), Ellington Residential Mortgage REIT (EARN), ACRES Commercial Realty (ACR), Cherry Hill Mortgage Investment (CHMI), Braemar Hotels & Resorts (BHR), Orion Office REIT (ONL), City Office REIT (CIO), Creative Media & Community Trust Co. (CMCT), and AG Mortgage Investment Trust (MITT). These companies are all part of the "real estate investment trusts" industry.
Modiv Industrial (NYSE:MDV) and Great Ajax (NYSE:AJX) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability, risk and dividends.
In the previous week, Modiv Industrial had 8 more articles in the media than Great Ajax. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Modiv Industrial and 3 mentions for Great Ajax. Modiv Industrial's average media sentiment score of 1.46 beat Great Ajax's score of 0.75 indicating that Great Ajax is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Modiv Industrial has a beta of -0.22, meaning that its stock price is 122% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Great Ajax has a beta of 1.87, meaning that its stock price is 87% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Great Ajax received 240 more outperform votes than Modiv Industrial when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 80.00% of users gave Modiv Industrial an outperform vote while only 57.54% of users gave Great Ajax an outperform vote.
Modiv Industrial has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Great Ajax. Modiv Industrial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Great Ajax, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
8.2% of Modiv Industrial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 58.6% of Great Ajax shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.6% of Modiv Industrial shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.3% of Great Ajax shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Modiv Industrial currently has a consensus price target of $18.00, suggesting a potential upside of 11.87%. Great Ajax has a consensus price target of $7.50, suggesting a potential upside of 105.20%. Given Modiv Industrial's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Great Ajax is more favorable than Modiv Industrial.
Modiv Industrial has a net margin of 1.80% compared to Modiv Industrial's net margin of 0.00%. Great Ajax's return on equity of 0.37% beat Modiv Industrial's return on equity.
Modiv Industrial pays an annual dividend of $1.15 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.1%. Great Ajax pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.9%. Modiv Industrial pays out -244.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Great Ajax pays out -9.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Modiv Industrial has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years.
Summary
Modiv Industrial beats Great Ajax on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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