ARI vs. TWO, RC, PMT, MFA, CIM, ARR, DX, NYMT, IVR, and ACRE
Should you be buying Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance include Two Harbors Investment (TWO), Ready Capital (RC), PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust (PMT), MFA Financial (MFA), Chimera Investment (CIM), ARMOUR Residential REIT (ARR), Dynex Capital (DX), New York Mortgage Trust (NYMT), Invesco Mortgage Capital (IVR), and Ares Commercial Real Estate (ACRE). These companies are all part of the "mortgage reits" industry.
Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance (NYSE:ARI) and Two Harbors Investment (NYSE:TWO) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, community ranking, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation and profitability.
In the previous week, Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance had 10 more articles in the media than Two Harbors Investment. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance and 9 mentions for Two Harbors Investment. Two Harbors Investment's average media sentiment score of 0.52 beat Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance's score of 0.24 indicating that Two Harbors Investment is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Two Harbors Investment has a net margin of 56.90% compared to Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance's net margin of -28.20%. Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance's return on equity of 5.88% beat Two Harbors Investment's return on equity.
Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Two Harbors Investment. Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Two Harbors Investment, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance has a beta of 1.69, meaning that its stock price is 69% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Two Harbors Investment has a beta of 1.85, meaning that its stock price is 85% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance presently has a consensus target price of $10.38, suggesting a potential upside of 2.62%. Two Harbors Investment has a consensus target price of $14.57, suggesting a potential upside of 11.23%. Given Two Harbors Investment's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Two Harbors Investment is more favorable than Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance.
Two Harbors Investment received 195 more outperform votes than Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.90% of users gave Two Harbors Investment an outperform vote while only 58.86% of users gave Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance an outperform vote.
Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance pays an annual dividend of $1.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 13.8%. Two Harbors Investment pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 13.7%. Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance pays out -179.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Two Harbors Investment pays out 101.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
54.4% of Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 64.2% of Two Harbors Investment shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Two Harbors Investment shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Two Harbors Investment beats Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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