MDV vs. EARN, AJX, LFT, ACR, CHMI, BHR, ONL, CIO, MITT, and FSP
Should you be buying Modiv Industrial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Modiv Industrial include Ellington Residential Mortgage REIT (EARN), Great Ajax (AJX), Lument Finance Trust (LFT), ACRES Commercial Realty (ACR), Cherry Hill Mortgage Investment (CHMI), Braemar Hotels & Resorts (BHR), Orion Office REIT (ONL), City Office REIT (CIO), AG Mortgage Investment Trust (MITT), and Franklin Street Properties (FSP). These companies are all part of the "real estate investment trusts" industry.
Modiv Industrial (NYSE:MDV) and Ellington Residential Mortgage REIT (NYSE:EARN) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk and profitability.
8.2% of Modiv Industrial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 20.4% of Ellington Residential Mortgage REIT shares are held by institutional investors. 4.6% of Modiv Industrial shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.5% of Ellington Residential Mortgage REIT shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Ellington Residential Mortgage REIT received 163 more outperform votes than Modiv Industrial when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 80.00% of users gave Modiv Industrial an outperform vote while only 51.35% of users gave Ellington Residential Mortgage REIT an outperform vote.
Modiv Industrial pays an annual dividend of $1.15 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.4%. Ellington Residential Mortgage REIT pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 13.5%. Modiv Industrial pays out -244.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ellington Residential Mortgage REIT pays out 369.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Modiv Industrial currently has a consensus price target of $18.00, indicating a potential upside of 15.76%. Ellington Residential Mortgage REIT has a consensus price target of $6.00, indicating a potential downside of 15.73%. Given Modiv Industrial's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Modiv Industrial is more favorable than Ellington Residential Mortgage REIT.
Ellington Residential Mortgage REIT has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Modiv Industrial. Modiv Industrial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ellington Residential Mortgage REIT, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Modiv Industrial had 2 more articles in the media than Ellington Residential Mortgage REIT. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Modiv Industrial and 8 mentions for Ellington Residential Mortgage REIT. Modiv Industrial's average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat Ellington Residential Mortgage REIT's score of 0.42 indicating that Modiv Industrial is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Modiv Industrial has a net margin of 1.80% compared to Ellington Residential Mortgage REIT's net margin of 0.00%. Ellington Residential Mortgage REIT's return on equity of 10.85% beat Modiv Industrial's return on equity.
Modiv Industrial has a beta of -0.22, suggesting that its share price is 122% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ellington Residential Mortgage REIT has a beta of 1.86, suggesting that its share price is 86% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Modiv Industrial and Ellington Residential Mortgage REIT tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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